by David Burns | Apr 26, 2023 | BBJO Podcast
Former Appalachian State standout, Kaleb Bowman, found himself undrafted upon graduation and made the decision to travel the world and play baseball. This journey landed him in Canada that very same summer after graduating, playing in a five-team semi-professional...
by David Burns | Dec 26, 2022 | BBJO Podcast
After wrapping up his college career at Georgetown University with a successful senior campaign which saw him hit .344 and lead the Big East Conference in slugging percentage, Steve Anderson was hopeful of being drafted. When that didn’t come to fruition, he opted to...
by David Burns | Dec 1, 2022 | Blog, Written Stories
By David Burns December 1, 2022 After polling our newsletter and social media audience about the top coaches in Europe in 2022, a number of European and import coaches were nominated. Will Swindling’s story stood out to us as our first coach feature, not only because...
by David Burns | Nov 24, 2022 | Blog, Written Stories
Written by: Carter Cromwell November 23, 2022 “The manager would like to see you in his office” is a line usually guaranteed to make a ballplayer think “uh, oh” and envision a trek to the guillotine. But in Kaleb Bowman’s case, it meant he would be moving onward and...
by David Burns | Nov 4, 2022 | BBJO Podcast
As an indy pro pitcher in the Frontier League and American Association, Tim Brown spent his winters pitching in Australian state leagues — and some time in the ABL— for five straight years. Pitching year-round for five straight years. He even threw a no-hitter in the...
by David Burns | Sep 11, 2022 | BBJO Podcast
Brett Holtz is an Ivy League first baseman who had his college baseball career ripped away from him by COVID-19 and Alec Lemmon had hung up the cleats and got the travel bug while backpacking in Australia before deciding to combine his new passion with his old...
by David Burns | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog, Written Stories
By Carter Cromwell April 25th, 2022 From very early on, Gary Owens had a vision – he knew he wanted to be a baseball player. But he couldn’t envision then how far the game could and would take him. At the time, his vision extended only to the boundaries of his...
by David Burns | Mar 14, 2022 | BBJO Podcast
UCLA Bruin alumnus Eddie Murray (far right above) teaches in the offseason in order to play baseball in Europe during the summer. Eddie wrapped up his college career in 2009 but it wasn’t until 2014 that he discover that baseball in Europe was a thing. He got...
by David Burns | Feb 14, 2022 | BBJO Podcast
Photo Credit: jchristophestudio.fr In this episode, Baseball Jobs Overseas founder David Burns and co-host Jimmy Jensen interview Jacob Biller, a BBJO member who played his first season overseas in France in 2021 where he won a championship and even managed to get on...
by David Burns | Dec 20, 2021 | BBJO Podcast
In this second interview with our globetrottin’, country-music-singin’, pro baseball player, Bryan Ruby, we talk about his experience playing winter ball in Guatemala in the fall/early winter of 2020 during the midst of a second COVID-19 wave and the...
by David Burns | Dec 6, 2021 | BBJO Podcast
Ryan “RJ” Johnson is a player in high demand overseas for a number of reasons and is currently living in the Czech Republic year-round as an import for a club that is on the rise. The former American Association pitcher has re-invented himself as a...
by David Burns | Nov 17, 2021 | Blog, Written Stories
November 16th, 2021 By Carter Cromwell When Billy Germaine was released from his independent league team in the summer of 2017, it seemed to represent a dead end for his baseball career. Instead, it was just a detour. And no small one, as it turned out. The new path...
by David Burns | Oct 21, 2021 | BBJO Podcast
Pennsylvania-born Bryan Ruby is a baseball player and country music songwriter who has traveled the world playing baseball while continuing with his career in music. Bryan’s passion for country music was behind his decision to pass up a D1 baseball scholarship...
by David Burns | Sep 4, 2021 | Featured Clubs/Ballparks, Uncategorized
The Attnang Athletics was the first club in Austria to build a modern ballpark (2009) with the capability of hosting international baseball events. Since then, many others have followed suit such as the Wr. Neustadt Diving Ducks and Dornbirn Indians. The hosts of the...
by David Burns | Aug 18, 2021 | Featured Clubs/Ballparks, Uncategorized
Film Date: June 13, 2021 Home Team: Hard Bulls League: Austrian Bundesliga Recent Baseball Jobs Overseas imports to the club: Clayton Carson, Yodai Nakamura, Marcus Fukuhara, Jose Ruiz, Zeke Howie Watch this video on...
by David Burns | Jul 18, 2021 | Featured Clubs/Ballparks, Uncategorized
This Drone footage is of the Opening Ceremony at Prague Baseball Week 2021 featuring the International Stars and the Czech National Team. The International Stars featured 23 members from Baseball Jobs Overseas who were playing around Europe that made their way for the...
by David Burns | Jul 6, 2021 | Featured Clubs/Ballparks, Uncategorized
The Eagles Praha (Prague Eagles) are a steadfast top 4 team in the Czech Extraliga and are owners of one of the best baseball and softball complexes in all of Europe, thus called upon to host numerous baseball and fastpitch tournaments for all ages. Many of our...
by David Burns | Jun 18, 2021 | Featured Clubs/Ballparks, Uncategorized
Film Date: June 11, 2021 Home Team: Heidenheim Heideköpfe Visiting Team: Stuttgart Red League: Germany Bundesliga Former/Current Baseball Jobs Overseas imports: Gary Owens, Logan Grigsby, RJ Hively, Aaron Dunsmore, Mitch Nilsson, Terrell Joyce, Fernando Escarra Watch...
by David Burns | Feb 13, 2021 | Blog, Written Stories
February 14th, 2021 By Carter Cromwell Will Swindling’s baseball career hasn’t gone as he originally envisioned, but he never envisioned how it has gone. A star on his youth teams and an all-state performer in high school in Eugene, Ore., he attracted attention from...
by David Burns | Nov 25, 2020 | Written Stories
November 20, 2020 Carter Cromwell Sam Belisle-Springer’s path to professional baseball was not a traditional one. After wrapping up a Canadian college baseball career, the french-Canadian pitcher set his sights on baseball overseas. This landed him in Argentina...