by David Burns | Jul 5, 2018 | Blog, Featured Clubs, Featured members
In June 2018, Europe’s best and biggest invitational tournament, Finkstonball, featured 8 baseball teams and 6 women’s fastpitch softball teams, three nights of great open air music and 25 of our members spread out amongst various teams. 15 of these...
by David Burns | Feb 20, 2018 | Blog, Featured members, Softball
In the late fall of 2017, Lisa Maulden finished a 27 hour journey from Budapest, Hungary to Auckland New Zealand to begin her 5th season playing professional fastpitch softball overseas with the Western Magpies of the Auckland Premier League. “Thankfully I only...
by David Burns | Feb 5, 2018 | Blog, Featured members, Tips
Jimmy Jensen in Australia Accounting for both players and coaches in baseball as well as women’s fastpitch softball, as of February 1st, 2018, members of our website have signed over 700 baseball and softball contracts encompassing 25 different countries. Many...
by David Burns | Feb 4, 2018 | Blog, Featured members
In an effort to showcase the lifestyle of our members playing or coaching abroad, we are assembling a promo video and we want to feature our members of the International Baseball Community website, past and present. In return for helping us out, we are offering prizes...
by David Burns | Sep 4, 2017 | Austria, Blog, Czech Republic, Featured members, Globetrotters
An old baseball glove left behind by a U.S. solider during WWII is found and donated to the Attnang Athletics clubhouse. Steven Johnson and myself hit the road to Prague for Prague Baseball Week with the International Stars. While in Prague we meet up with Zak Colby...
by David Burns | Jul 10, 2017 | Austria, Blog, Featured members
Written by IBC member Dustin Hamilton. Baseball has always been a big passion of mine and was something I knew I wanted to pursue for as long as I could. I was blessed with the opportunity to play most of my college ball in Hawaii and enjoy the many great perks the...
by David Burns | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog, Featured members
In what has grown into a friendly rivalry, the International Stars and the Czech National Team have battled it out at Prague Baseball Week since the Stars entered the tournament for the first time in 2013. Since then, the two teams in have met in the championship game...
by David Burns | Jan 18, 2017 | Australia, Featured members, Germany, Softball, South America
This past holiday season, while the majority of us locked ourselves inside to stay away from the cold as we dreamt of the baseball (or softball) season still months away, couple Tyler Krobetzky and Chelsea Cohen flew to New Zealand for Christmas before flying to...
by David Burns | Dec 27, 2016 | Blog, China, Featured members
Chris Kuno registered for a membership on the International Baseball Community website in April of 2016 and was one of two IBC members selected by the SECO Academy in Shanghai, China to coach youth aged 6-12 for the winter of 2016-2017. Chris put together this video...
by David Burns | Nov 8, 2016 | Blog, Featured members
In recent years there has been an influx of American baseball players taking their career overseas to Europe, with Californians making up a large percentage. Since the Launch of the Baseball Jobs Overseas website in early 2013, the number of aspiring professional...
by David Burns | Oct 18, 2016 | Australia, Austria, Blog, Czech Republic, Featured members, Germany
At Prague Baseball Week 2015, I sat down with Alex Lee and Eric Brenk, two former teammates at Wofford College took unique paths to overseas baseball which include seasons in Austria, Australia, Germany, and the Czech Republic. One used their experience to see over 15...
by David Burns | Sep 13, 2016 | Australia, Blog, Featured members
When Nate Harris signed up for the Gold Membership at the International Baseball Community website in late April, 2016, he never would have guessed that he would be on the mound pitching for a championship in Melbourne, Australia five months later. The catcher who...
by David Burns | Aug 30, 2016 | Australia, Blog, Featured members
Fresh off of surgery, former New Mexico Highlands University first baseman Tommy Lyons was looking for a place to play winter ball to get back into baseball shape. He had been playing independent ball in the Pacific Association for three years and decided playing in...
by David Burns | Jun 16, 2016 | Australia, Blog, Featured members
After graduating from Erskine College in 2013, 6’7″ right handed pitcher Heath Gray did what most ball players did, he pursued a professional career in baseball. The native of South Carolina signed his first pro contract with the Waterloo Whiskey Jacks of...
by David Burns | Jun 11, 2016 | Australia, Blog, Featured members, Germany
Louis Cohen spent his college baseball years at Cal State University Northridge in the Big West Conference where he spent most of his time in the bullpen chomping at the bit to get on the mound. As his college career drew to a close there were no promising...
by David Burns | Jun 8, 2016 | Australia, Blog, Featured members
First off the city of Melbourne is the best city in Australia to live in. It is full with crisp, clean air, great culture, a high quality of life, clean water, and overall it is a good size as the second biggest city in Australia. The living situation is always a toss...
by David Burns | Mar 8, 2016 | Australia, Blog, Featured members
Guest post by; Tony Harring of the North Coast Ball Club Perth, Australia Mid July 2015 with the Western Australia baseball season 3 months away prompted a number of emails to be sent to player/coaches who had identified themselves on IBC as willing to travel and...
by David Burns | Jan 14, 2016 | Blog, Czech Republic, Featured members
In 2013 and 2014, numerous Baseball Jobs Overseas members who found jobs playing pro baseball in Europe were picked up by the International Stars tournament team to play at both Finkstonball in Austria and at Prague Baseball Week in the Czech Republic. In the past I...
by David Burns | Nov 19, 2014 | Australia, Austria, Blog, Featured members, New Zealand
Upon graduating in 2009 from the Winthrop University Eagles baseball program, an NCAA Division 1 Big South Conference school, Owen Reid knew three things, he wanted to continue playing baseball, he did not want the traditional 9-5 job, and he wanted to see the world....
by David Burns | Oct 17, 2014 | Blog, Featured members, Germany
EACH year, early June can be a roller coaster of emotions for college and high school baseball players from around the country. With only 40 rounds in the MLB draft (not counting compensation rounds), hundreds of prospects from across the country go undrafted each...
A former import player myself, I started this website in late 2012 to help others do the same.
As a father of two, I am grounded (in Austria) and use this blog to live vicariously through our members. I hope you enjoy their adventures and stories as well. 
