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Globetrotters – Season 3, Episode 4 “Exotic Lands”

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...

Globetrotters – Season 3, Episode 1 “The Global Game”

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....

Globetrotters – Season 1, Episode 10

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. Watch this video...

Globetrotters – Season 1, Episode 1

by David Burns | Oct 31, 2016 | Australia, Blog, Globetrotters, South Africa

In this first episode we visit three IBC members playing overseas, Jimmy Jensen and Max MacNabb in Melbourne and Adelaide, Australia and Jaz Shergill in Cape Town, South Africa. Watch this video on YouTube...

IBC E64: South African baseball as a Winter ball Option with Tanner Leighton

by David Burns | Sep 15, 2016 | Australia, Blog, Germany, Podcasts, South Africa

In 2012, Tanner Leighton, the #4 ranked NAIA prospect in the country from The Masters College in California, was one of many players in the independent ball system who had been in contact with scouts during his college tenure, yet had no luck come June. After a season...

IBC E34: Travel baseball – South Africa, Baseball Without Borders, Import Exchange Program

by David Burns | Sep 25, 2014 | Blog, Podcasts, South Africa

In addition to numerous opportunities to see the world while playing professional baseball, there are opportunities to see the world and lend a helping hand to the less fortunate baseball markets around the globe. Organizations like the Kosovo Baseball Initiative and...

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Founder David Burns

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.