by David Burns | Apr 24, 2018 | Blog, Globetrotters, New Zealand, Softball, South Africa
First African MLB player Gift Ngoepe drops in to support IBC members Chelsea Cohen, Tyler Krobetzky and Jaz Shergill at baseball and softball camps for unprivileged children outside of Cape Town, South Africa. We then head over to New Zealand to check in on five IBC...
by David Burns | Mar 27, 2018 | Australia, Blog, Globetrotters, Softball
In this all-Australian episode, Vicky McFarland performs a dangerous stunt, is attacked by a swarm of fish and is stranded in the Australian Outback. We also introduce AJ Cipolla while he takes us inside his Instagram Aussie baseball stories including a team bingo...
by David Burns | Mar 5, 2018 | Blog, Globetrotters, Softball
In this all-softball episode we follow one of our members, Lisa Maulden (now our Softball Recruitment Manager) on her journey from summer ball in Europe to winer ball in New Zealand. After that we visit another one of our members, Vicky McFarland, who is lighting up...
by David Burns | Feb 18, 2018 | Blog, Globetrotters, South Africa, South America
In this episode we visit three IBC members playing in South Africa, Jaz Shergill along with couple Chelsea Cohen and Tyler Krobetzky, all of whom are with the same club. Chelsea is playing in her 7th season overseas and met Tyler while playing in Adelaide, Australia....
by David Burns | Dec 12, 2017 | Austria, Blog, Globetrotters
After winning the Baseball League Austria Championship with the Attnang Athletics in 2016, Steven Johnson and Ryan Rupp both re-signed with the Athletics with one goal in mind…..repeat. This episode highlights their 2017 playoff journey both on and off the...
by David Burns | Dec 4, 2017 | Blog, Germany, Globetrotters
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...
by David Burns | Oct 31, 2017 | Blog, France, Globetrotters, Softball
We are off to the beautiful city of Budapest, Hungary, one of Europe’s most visiting cities to visit Lisa Maulden and Braden Lee, both IBC members who spent the 2017 season with the Budapest Reds Baseball and Softball Club. We then check in on Chad Scheilz and...
by David Burns | Oct 3, 2017 | Blog, Globetrotters, Other
For the first time Globetrotters takes us to one of the most competitive semi-pro baseball leagues in Canada where a number of IBC members have signed on to play in recent years. Jack Shannon shows us around his new home in St. John, New Brunswick while playing for...
by David Burns | Sep 16, 2017 | Blog, France, Globetrotters
Coming off his second straight season overseas in Austria then Australia, Michael Gonzalez (and fellow import teammate) Andrew Schenk make a pit stop in Bali, Indonesia before traveling to their new teams in Europe. Michael then shows us around his new home in...
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 | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog, France, Globetrotters
First stop is La Rochelle, France for the French All-Star home run contest where IBC member Alex Carter puts on a show. From there IBC members playing in Germany, Switzerland, and France meet up in Pamplona, Spain for the Running of the Bulls. We then pop over to...
by David Burns | Jul 25, 2017 | Austria, Blog, Globetrotters, Spain
In this episode we drop by the infamous Finkstonball baseball and softball tournament and music festival in Attnang-Puchheim, Austria. Numerous IBC members are in town for the weekend including Globetrotters Jimmy Jensen, Scotty Mulhearn and Daniel Catalan. The week...
by David Burns | Jul 5, 2017 | Austria, Blog, Globetrotters, South America
Get some insight into the clubhouse lifestyle in Attnang-Puchheim, Austria before stopping in with the Buenos Aires Shankee in Argentina for the start of their spring...
by David Burns | Jun 21, 2017 | Austria, Blog, France, Globetrotters
It is a snow packed baseball day in Austria with Steven and Ryan before visiting Daniel Catalan in Paris with his new club and his sweet set up at Paris...
by David Burns | Jun 6, 2017 | Austria, Belgium, Blog, Globetrotters
Season 2 takes us to the 2017 summer season overseas where the majority of IBC imports are playing or coaching in Europe. In this first episode we start off with imports on two teams coming off a championship season in 2016, the Attnang Athletics of the Austrian first...
by David Burns | Apr 11, 2017 | Australia, Blog, Globetrotters
In this second to last episode of season 1, we take you to Canberra to visit with Louis Cohen (ACT Bandits/Canberra Cavalry) and Chad Scheilz (Tuggeranong Vikings) before heading to Adelaide with Alex Carter (Port Adelaide Magpies/Adelaide Bite). All three IBC members...
by David Burns | Apr 4, 2017 | Australia, Blog, China, Globetrotters, South Africa
This episode features clips and bloopers of IBC members throughout Australia as well as in South Africa and China. This episode gives you a good feel of the overall experience of playing abroad and the various cultural experiences that come with it....
by David Burns | Mar 6, 2017 | Australia, Blog, Globetrotters
Former imports of the MacArthur Orioles (Sydney) Jimmy Jensen, Max MacNabb and Caleb Fenimore are back in Australia for another season of baseball but this time with separate clubs. In this episode Jimmy and Max return to Sydney to visit their former club and Caleb...
by David Burns | Feb 16, 2017 | Australia, Blog, Globetrotters
Max MacNabb and Louis Cohen are the two biggest IBC success stories of the 2016-2017 season as both pitchers worked their way from state league baseball in Australia to key starting pitching roles for the Adelaide Bite and Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball...
by David Burns | Feb 2, 2017 | Australia, Blog, China, Globetrotters
Tyler Krobetzky and Chelsea Cohen met while playing abroad in Australia. In this episode, one year later, Chelsea and Tyler take advantage of their Australian mid-season Christmas break to visit New Zealand for their second time as a couple. Chris Kuno takes us...
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. 
