NETHERLANDS - Former Dutch National Team-Manager Jim Stoeckel has been named the new Pitching Coach of the Dutch Squad in the staff of new Field Manager Rod Delmonico, the Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association ...

USA - University of Michigan head baseball coach Rich Maloney has announced the addition of Brant Ust to his coaching staff as a volunteer assistant. Ust, who was the Big East Player of the Year and an All-American ...

GERMANY - The Gauting Indians have signed former Harvard star Trey Hendricks to coach the German Baseball League club this upcoming season. Hendricks, 26, was the Ivy League Pitcher of the Year in 2004 as well as being a unanimous ...

FRANCE - Rouen Huskies catcher Boris Marche has been selected as the Best Player in the French League this past season by Baseball à la Francaise (BAF). The survey was voted on by visitors to the French baseball website. The strong-armed backstop of the reigning French Champions, Marche threw out ...

GERMANY - The 2009 German Baseball League will get underway on April 4 with three matchups, respectively, in both the North and South Divisions. Former Zurich Challengers skipper Andy Fleishacker will lead 2008 North Division Champion Solingen Alligators against the ...

NETHERLANDS - Mark Duursma, Lindsey Meadows and Ciro Ricardo are the Most Valuable Players of the 2008 baseball and softball season. The three were honored Saturday-afternoon by the Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association (KNBSB) during the ...

NETHERLANDS - The Technical Committee of the European Baseball Confederation (CEB) held a meeting on Friday-evening and Saturday-morning in Frankfurt (Germany). On the agenda was the determination of the pool alignments for the two European Cup-tournaments, which will be played from Monday, March 30 through Saturday, April 4. Also, drawings ...