by David Burns | Apr 8, 2019 | Australia, Blog, Featured members, New Zealand
With a BBJO record 101 signings to play in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa for the 2018-19 season, it is no surprise that a major impact was made on the baseball world in the southern hemisphere. Now that the dust has settled on the season, there seemed to be...
by David Burns | Dec 22, 2018 | Australia, Blog, Featured members, New Zealand
Former MLB pitcher Josh Collmenter became an official member of the Baseball Jobs Overseas website on February 19, 2018, after he elected for free agency four months earlier following a 2017 season which started well with the Atlanta Braves but eventually saw him...
by David Burns | Sep 7, 2018 | Blog, New Zealand, Podcasts
Baseball New Zealand CEO Ryan Flynn returns for the third time, this time to provide an update on the exciting times going on in the world of Baseball New Zealand, in particular the new Australian Baseball League professional franchise team that will based in Auckland...
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 30, 2015 | Australia, Austria, Blog, New Zealand, Podcasts
Every year more and more aspiring professional baseball players decide to take their career abroad. Those that are fortunate enough to find a job overseas have not only extended their career, but have enjoyed experiencing a part of the world that they may otherwise...
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 | Mar 4, 2014 | Blog, New Zealand, Podcasts
In this episode I interview Baseball New Zealand CEO Ryan Flynn for the second time. Ryan takes us through his story of how he followed his passion to work in baseball from the unlikely country of Guam to his current position as CEO of Baseball New Zealand. Listen to...
by David Burns | Jan 8, 2014 | Blog, New Zealand, Podcasts
Baseball is the fastest growing sport in New Zealand as numbers have risen from 800 to 6000 in the past three years. Also, the level of play on the national level is rapidly increasing as New Zealand climbed in the world rankings in the past year from unranked to...
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. 
