Baseball 2018 Discussion Thread

[Bearas 537]

Even though qualified for 2019 European Championships in July 2017 - the rules were changed after that and  had to battle  for qualification. Unfortunately without the main players  were destroyed and our ECH debut won't be happening. 

[heywoodu 15,319]

  On 7/1/2018 at 5:08 PM, Bearas said:

Even though qualified for 2019 European Championships in July 2017 - the rules were changed after that and  had to battle  for qualification. Unfortunately without the main players  were destroyed and our ECH debut won't be happening. 

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The fuck is that bullshit? Changing the rules after teams qualified?

[Dunadan 1,103]

  On 7/1/2018 at 5:08 PM, Bearas said:

Even though qualified for 2019 European Championships in July 2017 - the rules were changed after that and  had to battle  for qualification. Unfortunately without the main players  were destroyed and our ECH debut won't be happening. 

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The rules were changed in May 2017 (so 2 months before the start of the pools later won by Austria and Lithuania), on the CEB website you can also download the letter sent to all federations on 11 May 2017:  http://baseballeurope.com/download/utejudyj1494602776.pdf/European championship seniors 2017-2019.pdf

[phelps 7,776]

Italy repeats as U12 European Baseball Champion in Budapest, Hungary. 

 

The italians beat the czechs 11-0 in the Championship game.

Earlier that day, Russia finished third with a win over The Netherlands.

 

14 teams were participating to the competition which served as a qualifier for the 2019 U12 Baseball World Cup to be played in Taïwan.

 

Final standings

• 1- Italy
• 2- Czech Republic
• 3- Russia
• 4- The Netherlands
• 5- France
• 6- Germany
• 7- Hungary
• 8- Belgium
• 9- Ukraine
• 10- Slovakia
• 11- Great Britain
• 12- Austria
• 13- Poland
• 14- Croatia

[phelps 7,776]

The U18 European Baseball Championship is kicking off in Grosseto, Italy on Monday the 9th of July, 2018.

 

The Euros serve as a qualifier for the 2019 U-18 Baseball World Cup for which the two top teams of the competition will be qualified.

 

Participants

 

Group A

• Czech Republic
• France
• Great Britain
• The Netherlands
• Ukraine

 

Group B

• Germany
• Ireland
• Italy
• Lithuania
• Spain

 

Full Schedule, Results and Stats

http://www.baseballstats.eu/2018/grosseto/schedule.php

Edited July 13, 2018 by phelps

[phelps 7,776]

and last night Italy had a disastrous outing against Spain, who won 8-4...

now we have to face the Netherlands already in the semifinals on Saturday, which means that 1 of the 2 European powerhouses (and it's gonna be Italy, I fear) won't qualify for the U-18 World Cup later this year...and for Italy this would be the final nail on the grave of our hopes to earn a spot to the senior 2019 Premier 12 (the 1st and only global qualifier to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics)...

[phelps 7,776]

Today is the opening day of the 29th Haarlem Baseball Week, the most important tournament for National teams held on European soil...

 

This is the official website:

https://honkbalweek.nl/

 

Participating teams:

 

The Kingdom of the Netherlands

Cuba

Japan

Germany

Italy

Chinese Taipei

 

tournament format: round robin play followed by a modified page-system playoff (with the top 4 teams of the round robin still on course for the final success)...

 

unfortuately, it looks that there's no TV and/or streaming coverage...

@heywoodu do you have some info about it?

[heywoodu 15,319]

  On 7/13/2018 at 8:55 AM, phelps said:

 

unfortuately, it looks that there's no TV and/or streaming coverage...

@heywoodu do you have some info about it?

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Nope, but I'll ask on a Dutch forum. I do know that they didn't find a main sponsor, so they're depending on many small local sponsors. The good news is that ticket sales are going well, the match against Cuba is almost sold out already (3000 people) and 75% of the sky boxes have already been booked. Basically it needs to be a financial succes (or at least not a loss) or else it's probably over, since this is most likely the last chance for the tournament.

[Gianlu33 4,708]

 

  On 7/13/2018 at 8:55 AM, phelps said:

unfortuately, it looks that there's no TV and/or streaming coverage...

@heywoodu do you have some info about it?

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Livestreaming is aviable here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNAAqYO1oEOoympYtiEicMg/videos?view=2&flow=grid

[phelps 7,776]

  On 7/13/2018 at 1:52 PM, Gianlu33 said:

 

Livestreaming is aviable here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNAAqYO1oEOoympYtiEicMg/videos?view=2&flow=grid

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yes, but unfortunately they stopped the live broadcast after less than 7 innings (not to mention that it was just a still picture from behind the catcher and nothing else)...

 

however, good but unlucky outing for Italy...we lost "only" 1-0 after 10 innings of play in a pitchers' duel "for experienced fans" only...

MVP for Italy, the starting pitcher Luis Lugo, with only 2 hits given up and good 9 K's in 5 innings...