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Munich-Haar Disciples and head coach part ways

Munich-Haar Disciples and head coach part ways

German first Bundesliga club Munich-Haar Disciples announced on their website the club will part ways with head coach Don Freeman. Not because of the bad results but only because of important family matters he has to deal with.

Despite a positive start of the season and the accomplishment of the goals set, the Disciples and their 67-year old head coach Don Freeman will part ways. Freeman, who was…

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Pickles UVV attracts new manager

Pickles UVV attracts new manager

Dutch hoofdklasse club Pickles UVV has acquired a new manager. After Ference Jongejan hung up his coaching spikes at the end of the 2016 season, the club needed to look for a new skipper. They found their man in Ty Eriksen. Despite his young age (32) Erikson has quite some experience as a manager/coach. He managed the national teams of Germany, Austria and Israel. He also is scout for the Baltimore…

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Munich-Haar Disciples establish baseball academy

Munich-Haar Disciples establish baseball academy

The Munich-Haar Disciples announced today that the Bundesliga team has established a baseball academy. Leader of this academy will be Chris Howard, former catcher of the Regensburg Legionaere, whith whom he won five German titles. Howard recently hung up his spikes at the age of 27. According to the former German international, he was forced to stop playing baseball due to several injuries that…

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Future of ELB may not be as gloomy as it looks like, part 2

Future of ELB may not be as gloomy as it looks like, part 2

About two months ago you could read here that the future of the Euro League Baseball does not look as bad as you might think. Today the league confirmed this in a press release.

In the press release, ELB president Wim van den Hurk stated that the league will continue in 2017. Finally the Dutch Baseball Federation agrees on combination teams and individual teams to participate. The French…

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