May 20, 2020 By Carter Cromwell To the Jeopardy answer “hotbed of baseball”, one might offer the question “What is Japan?” Or “. . . The Dominican Republic?” Or “. . . St. Louis?” Or various other places around the world. It’s highly doubtful that any contestant...
Patrick and Evyn were two of three BBJO imports who signed on to play with the Wesseling Vermins in the 2019 German Bundesliga season. It was the first season that the Vermins played in the first division and although suffering some pretty tough losses, Patrick, Evyn...
Jonathan Mottay is a dual passport holding (France, U.S.) pitcher who travels the world playing the game he loves. In this epi we start off in the beautiful Berlin, Germany where Jonathan is playing for the 2018 season. We then flashback to his winter ball season in...
In 2018 we had 57 of our past and present members playing in Germany and have highlighted the top performers below using the stats that were available (*some divisions were not up-to-date). To qualify for this post is the player must be a current BBJO member or a...
The epitome of a baseball globetrotter, Jimmy Jensen wraps up his 5th straight season overseas (year-round), this time with the Stuttgart Reds of the German Bundesliga. In this episode Jimmy shares his 2017 summer experience of baseball and travel while also...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I came to Europe to play baseball for the Attnang Athletics of Austria in 1999 and returned permanently in 2004. Attnang is a small town of 8,000 and yes, during the off days, sometimes I found myself banging my head against the wall because back then, there was no...
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