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EuroLeague - professional baseball in Europe
First off, for anyone that was reading my historical timeline, I apologise for letting you down - but as I said at the start, it can come back as it is all completed. That I feel may have been the problem for me, making up stories over such a long period of time can become repetitive.
Anyway, we have thanks to blackrussian New Zealand baseball, so if the Kiwis can have pro baseball, why not Europe, yeah? So in late 2004, twelve ownership groups set up a European based league, drawing on both independent players from North America, and locally qualified national team players. Events leading to opening day Nov. 24, 2004 – The EuroLeague of baseball is formed at a meeting in The Hague, Netherlands. The franchises will be based in seven countries (Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden), in cities to be announced at the league’s first general meeting in London on January 26th. Jan. 20 – The planned general meeting in London on the 26th is cancelled, leading to speculation that the league may not play a single game. Feb. 5 – German sports network DSF and pay TV platform Premiere Deutschland announce a $105 million television deal for the first three years of the new baseball EuroLeague, although as of yet, no announcement as to where the teams will be based has been made, nor where the players will come from. Feb. 24 – The UK’s leading sports channel Sky Sports announce a $185 million package for the first four years to the EuroLeague for broadcasting rights, and in a press statement announce the postponed general meeting will now be held on March 3rd in London. The deal also includes broadcasting to Italy, where Sky also runs a satellite television platform. Mar. 1 – A report in German newspaper Rheinische Post says that Dusseldorf along with Cologne and Berlin will be home for three teams in the new baseball EuroLeague, to be announced officially on March 3rd. Mar. 3 – The meeting of team owners finally takes place, and at the end of it the following announcements were made: There will be twelve franchises based in seven countries. Those cities are Amsterdam, Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, London, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Paris, Rome, Rotterdam, and Stockholm. The twelve teams will play in two leagues, the Atlantic League – Amsterdam, London, Madrid, Manchester, Paris, and Rotterdam, and the Continental League – Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Milan, Rome, and Stockholm. The league will play a 92-game regular season – 68-games within their league, and 24-games across the two leagues. The season finale will be a best-of-five game playoff between the Atlantic League and Continental League champions. And although many players will be drawn from North America, each team will be able to add to their roster ‘nationals’, players eligible to play for the national team where the team is based. Mar. 22 – Following poor ticket sales, and failure to secure a site for the construction of a stadium, the Madrid franchise is transferred to the bigger baseball city of Barcelona. The EuroLeague announces that the city of Madrid will still be considered in any future expansion. Apr. 9 – The first day of the inaugural draft gets underway in Manchester, with the results as follows: Round 1 Rotterdam pick: P Hubert Maroney (dnp) Berlin pick: P Thomas Cabot Amsterdam pick: P Pedro Frisina (dnp) Cologne pick: P Oliver Begaye Paris pick: SS Alan Flory (dnp) Rome pick: LF James McElroy Stockholm pick: P William Cruz Milan pick: P Stanley Miltenberger Manchester pick: 2B Frank Silvia (dnp) London pick: SS Burl Poulson Barcelona pick: P Brian Stratton Dusseldorf pick: LF Marion Huhn (dnp) Round 2 Rotterdam pick: LF Clarence Mann (dnp) Berlin pick: 2B Harrison Lane Amsterdam pick: RF Adan Torres Cologne pick: RF Mohamed Hayes (dnp) Paris pick: P Linwood Dupuy Rome pick: P Jordon Teeple Stockholm pick: CF Robert Usry Milan pick: RF Wilfredo Losoya (dnp) Manchester pick: P Roy Rodger (dnp) London pick: P Asbel Ramos Barcelona pick: LF Alfonso Fernandes Dusseldorf pick: P James Guzman Round 3 Rotterdam pick: 3B Bill Bunch (dnp) Berlin pick: 3B Christopher Enochs (dnp) Amsterdam pick: LF James Tompson Cologne pick: C Robert Dudek Paris pick: RF Luis Melo Rome pick: CF Brian Bryant Stockholm pick: C Rodger Ledbetter Milan pick: 1B Derrick Mosca Manchester pick: CF David Steadham London pick: 1B Curt Hopkins Barcelona pick: SS Ryan Beaulieu Dusseldorf pick: SS Israel Baca Apr. 10 – The second day of the draft concludes. Apr. 11 – At the final day of the spring session, the EuroLeague announces that pan-European broadcaster Eurosport will show ‘Friday Night Baseball’. Fifteen games will be shown during the season on the channel, plus the All-Star Game and EuroLeague Championship, in a deal worth $48 million a year. On the same day, the 2005 schedule is revealed, with opening day on May 1st, with Amsterdam at Manchester, and Rotterdam at Paris. Apr. 14 – After the great highs of the past few days, comes a big low, with many highly drafted players deciding to stay in the USA and fight their way through the minor leagues, fearing either that the EuroLeague will not be competitive enough to get them to the majors, or that the ‘nationals’ would be picked ahead of them regardless of ability. Rotterdam is hardest hit, losing their first three draft picks. Apr. 22 – EuroLeague announces that the 2005 All-Star Game will be held in Milan, and also announces the six cities that are being analysed for possible expansion – Birmingham, Copenhagen, Kyiv, Madrid, Moscow, and Prague. Apr. 29 – Eurosport announce their ‘Friday Night Baseball’ schedule, with all 12 teams shown at least once: EUROSPORT (Paris) – Europe’s leading sports channel Eurosport, are delighted to announce the 2005 EuroLeague baseball schedule of games to be shown on the channel. Like many baseball fans in Europe, Eurosport is excited in anticipation of the first professional baseball league in European history, and are pleased to be chosen as the main broadcaster of live games and highlight shows throughout Europe. May 6 – Manchester at London May 13 – Milan at Rome May 20 – Paris at Manchester May 27 – Cologne at Milan June 3 – Berlin at Barcelona June 10 – Amsterdam at Cologne June 17 – Amsterdam at Rotterdam June 21 – All-Star Game in Milan June 24 – Stockholm at Paris July 1 – Dusseldorf at London July 8 – Dusseldorf at Berlin July 15 – Berlin at Stockholm July 22 – Paris at Rotterdam July 29 – Barcelona at Paris August 5 – game TBA August 12 – game TBA All game times Friday at 1940 CET (1840 UK) – except All-Star Game on Tuesday June 21st at 1915 CET (1815 UK). Note: Late season games are subject to alteration due to their relevance to the league title race. Team previews up next. |
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07-11-2005, 06:43 AM
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Atlantic League - Amsterdam
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Amsterdam Active Roster Manager: Robert Eenhoorn Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws CATCHERS Maikel Benner 15 C 5/19/1979 Right Right National Jerry Truss 76 C 5/30/1980 Right Right INFIELDER Kenneth Harbert 88 1B 6/11/1974 Right Right Julian Harding 55 2B 10/13/1973 Right Right Brian Hambright 69 3B 7/21/1979 Right Right Dana Piercy 70 SS 12/7/1973 Right Right Grady Goudy 91 1B 12/14/1973 Right Right Eric Blank 53 3B 8/26/1967 Right Right Dion Jozwiak 14 1B 7/6/1968 Right Right OUTFIELDER Adan Torres 51 RF 4/17/1976 Left Left Danny Rombley 37 CF 7/19/1978 Left Left National Danny Minor 75 LF 5/18/1978 Right Right Michael Barron 75 CF 3/20/1975 Right Right James Tompson 40 LF 8/21/1974 Right Right Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws STARTERS Michael Hildebrand 60 SP 1/14/1973 Right Right Preston Greenleaf 74 SP 6/14/1972 Both Left Kenneth Isbell 45 SP 12/29/1976 Right Right Tito Garrido 83 SP 7/14/1972 Both Right Howard Demaria 95 SP 1/26/1980 Right Right RELIEVERS Patrick Beljaards 16 CL 7/10/1977 Both Right National Forstin Coenraad 21 MR 1/9/1980 Right Right National Alberto Cambra 76 MR 2/11/1968 Right Right David Delgadillo 19 MR 12/29/1971 Left Left Rob Cordemans 19 MR 2/28/1974 Left Left National Lorenzo Mendoza 89 MR 1/25/1975 Left Right Amsterdam has a strong side led by Dominican Republic rightfielder Adan Torres. The 28-year-old may be small, but this guy could be the MVP of the league this season – he has all the batting prowess of a hall of fame incumbent, and could win multiple Gold Gloves in the field as well, his fielding is in that elite group of players. National Player Catcher Maikel Benner is the player to watch. Although he does not seem to have the fundamental abilities at the plate yet, he’s only 25, and with his national team coach Robert Eenhoorn in charge, should get the nod over Jerry Truss. If, and with many of the nationals, it is a big if, Eenhoorn and his staff can improve Benner’s awareness at the plate, he could become the local hero for the team. Nationals: Denny Beljaards, Patrick Beljaards, Maikel Benner, Forstin Coenraad, Rob Cordemans, Gregory Gustina, Danny Rombley, Tjerk Smeets, Robin van Doornspeek |
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07-11-2005, 07:04 AM
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Atlantic League - Barcelona
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Barcelona Active Roster Manager: Jake Molina Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws CATCHERS Joel Olivares 45 C 7/2/1976 Both Right Ernest Beaudet 9 C 10/26/1977 Right Right INFIELDER Victor Clark 55 1B 5/5/1976 Both Right Dominick Hutto 37 2B 9/7/1969 Right Right Joel Rios 85 3B 7/4/1976 Right Right Ryan Beaulieu 18 SS 12/8/1979 Right Right William Lindsey 99 2B 3/25/1974 Right Right Javier Zabalza 1 2B 7/10/1976 Right Right National Javier Civit 28 1B 12/11/1972 Right Right National OUTFIELDER Alfonso Fernandes 57 LF 10/22/1979 Right Right Juan Garcia 19 CF 8/23/1975 Right Right National Chester Murray 17 RF 6/20/1980 Left Left Cosme Arias 39 CF 8/13/1976 Left Left Sebastian Tesouro 9 LF 3/9/1980 Both Right National Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws STARTERS Brian Stratton 57 SP 4/29/1976 Left Left Donovan Lecompte 52 SP 3/11/1980 Left Right Alex Aguilera 15 SP 11/24/1975 Right Right Matias Soto 55 SP 2/3/1981 Both Left John Harris 54 SP 8/30/1973 Both Left RELIEVERS Jason Roybal 89 CL 1/18/1973 Both Right Andy Ruffin 18 MR 11/10/1973 Right Right James Potts 16 MR 7/26/1974 Both Right Paul Jackson 90 MR 1/10/1976 Left Left Carlos Ros 23 MR 2/13/1975 Both Right Pedro Belmonte 20 MR 3/10/1972 Right Right National Barcelona will struggle to make a big influence with their batting, therefore the pitching staff will have to help out the Spaniards with the combination of Brian Stratton and Jason Roybal looking a very good combination to start and then relieve respectively. National Player Sebastian Tesouro, a 25-year-old leftfielder – good in the outfield, above average at the plate, with his major problem getting bat on ball regularly. If he can do that, he can help with the offensive production problems. Nationals: Pedro Belmonte, Javier Civit, Juan Garcia, Miguel Mora, Nestor Perez, Sebastian Tesouro, Jorge Valles, Javier Zabalza Last edited by Sdpm100; 07-11-2005 at 07:53 AM. Reason: First time an error, second time an error - quelle surprise... |
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07-11-2005, 07:49 AM
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Atlantic League - London
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London Active Roster Manager: Stephan Rapaglia Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws CATCHERS Andrew Northern 49 C 12/10/1974 Right Right Clyde Kavanaugh 41 C 12/30/1975 Right Right INFIELDER Curt Hopkins 67 1B 3/19/1976 Right Right Alex Malihoudis 4 2B 7/22/1978 Right Right National Tom Croom 31 3B 1/21/1973 Right Right Burl Poulson 90 SS 9/6/1977 Right Right Richard Jimerson 90 1B 7/28/1979 Left Left Curtis Richardson 92 2B 1/24/1978 Right Right David Myrie 71 3B 5/10/1973 Right Right Matt Stockman 7 1B 6/16/1974 Right Right National Gary Fernandez 52 2B 2/27/1980 Left Right OUTFIELDER Theodore Dolph 25 LF 4/3/1981 Right Right James Rutherford 63 CF 11/4/1979 Right Right National Robert Salazar 98 RF 12/17/1978 Right Right Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws STARTERS Asbel Ramos 57 SP 6/8/1978 Right Right Gary Tongue 35 SP 6/30/1978 Right Right National Alvaro Sanchez 63 SP 5/24/1979 Left Left Scott Chilson 7 SP 11/15/1975 Both Right Pedro Sanchez 99 SP 8/23/1976 Right Right Drew Bignall 43 SP 9/1/1984 Right Right National RELIEVERS Duane Ogren 1 CL 7/28/1967 Left Left Jera-do Nissho 81 MR 3/15/1978 Left Left William Langlais 88 MR 5/19/1967 Right Right Byron Zorrilla 13 MR 11/29/1975 Right Right Daniel Jones 42 MR 8/29/1979 Right Right Shortstop Burl Poulson, he can hit the ball further and more powerfully than most, expect him to be in the top three in homeruns… National Player …but Drew Bignall could be the star of the league. The 20-year-old pitcher actually comes from Minneapolis and qualifies for Great Britain via one of his parents, but man, nobody will care if he can become a star in the league. Not only can he pitch better than most, he could also play as a first or third baseman for London. Nationals: Drew Bignall, Stephen Brown, Raef Hobbs-Brown, Alex Malihoudis, Michael Renery, James Rutherford, Alex Smith, Matt Stockman, Gary Tongue |
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07-11-2005, 08:48 AM
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Atlantic League - Manchester
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Manchester Active Roster Manager: Tom Gillespie Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws CATCHERS Gerardo Leyva 96 C 12/4/1979 Both Right Josh Chetwynd 22 C 12/24/1970 Right Right National INFIELDER James Johnstone 14 1B 2/1/1980 Both Right Glenn Martin 60 3B 5/6/1981 Right Right David Donaldson 25 3B 1/12/1977 Right Right National Benjamin Tyree 17 SS 5/2/1975 Right Right Ryan Stewart 6 2B 10/9/1979 Right Right Zoilo Rodriguez 85 2B 7/27/1974 Right Right Sam Whitehead 14 SS 9/27/1981 Right Right National OUTFIELDER Ruben Hernandez 46 LF 12/5/1974 Both Right David Steadham 12 CF 5/31/1972 Right Right Justo Arispe 81 RF 11/22/1976 Right Right Don Dockery 96 CF 3/14/1973 Both Right Robert Burrage 6 LF 2/4/1976 Right Right Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws STARTERS Bobby Bretz 92 SP 7/16/1966 Right Right Juan Gomez 76 SP 4/29/1966 Both Right Joel Font 37 SP 5/24/1979 Left Left Thomas Demmer 7 SP 12/8/1978 Right Right Kelly Pursel 10 SP 12/8/1974 Left Left RELIEVERS Nick Carter 12 CL 11/1/1974 Right Right National Robert Anstett 25 MR 1/19/1978 Right Right Fred Johnson 10 MR 11/28/1978 Right Right Eric Irvin 23 MR 9/30/1971 Left Left Domingo Benero 24 MR 11/18/1977 Right Right Robin Seaver 75 MR 3/29/1984 Right Right Uh, no one…that’s the problem for Manchester, they are going to struggle, it’s that simple. National Player Nick Carter – he may be a closer, he may be 32, but he’s got the killer instinct at the end of the game to get close game wins for the team. Nationals: Nick Carter, Josh Chetwynd, David Donaldson, Geoff Freeborn, Brad Marcelino, Aeden McQueary-Ennis, Sam Whitehead, Ian Young |
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07-11-2005, 09:33 AM
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Atlantic League - Paris
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Paris Active Roster Manager: Andrew Sallee Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws CATCHERS Ryan Borne 46 C 10/27/1971 Right Right Antonio Loera 42 C 8/22/1976 Right Right INFIELDER Samy Boutagra 26 1B 6/26/1975 Both Right National Milton Corona 20 2B 1/8/1974 Right Right Camilo Fortunato 58 3B 9/2/1973 Right Right Carol Landis 95 SS 5/26/1981 Right Right Arthur Buskirk 67 1B 10/15/1973 Left Left Joseph Crawford 99 2B 9/16/1981 Right Right OUTFIELDER Luis Melo 40 RF 3/18/1980 Left Left Jerome Rousseau 25 RF 11/1/1979 Left Left National Steve Schnabel 8 CF 6/28/1980 Left Left Otis Curley 74 LF 3/27/1978 Left Left Joseph Bennett 52 LF 3/21/1977 Both Right Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws STARTERS Linwood Dupuy 27 SP 8/8/1971 Left Left Albert Lewis 35 SP 11/3/1978 Right Right Nelson Cantu 90 SP 6/1/1974 Right Right Edmund Wagner 46 SP 3/30/1968 Left Left James Martin 56 SP 5/22/1975 Both Right RELIEVERS Samuel Meurant 10 CL 1/11/1972 Both Left National Michael Webb 93 MR 3/8/1969 Both Right Russell Flake 45 MR 10/12/1969 Left Left Andrew Pineda 6 MR 4/8/1967 Left Left Juan Muñoz 73 MR 11/28/1974 Right Right Calvin Winebrenner 35 MR 3/27/1977 Right Right Nicolas Dubaut 20 MR 7/31/1981 Both Left National Second baseman Joseph Crawford. The 23-year-old from the USA could well become a career leader in batting average, it’s almost as if he has some sort of telepathic reading on what the pitcher is going to do. He could become the star in Paris – who says the Americans can’t get along with the French? National Player Nicolas Dubaut. Nationals: Samy Boutagra, Nicolas Dubaut, Gaspard Fessy, Christophe Goniet, Sebastien Herve, Thomas Langloys, Maxime Leblanc, Pierrick Lemestre, Boris Marlhe, Samuel Meurant, Antony Piquet, Jerome Rousseau |
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07-11-2005, 09:38 AM
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Atlantic League - Rotterdam
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Rotterdam Active Roster Manager: Ben Thijssen Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws CATCHERS Robert Haga 13 C 6/11/1979 Right Right INFIELDER Nick Parker 14 1B 6/9/1976 Left Left Alex Ciprian 30 2B 6/8/1979 Both Right Ivanon Coffie 17 3B 9/9/1976 Left Left National Raily Legito 30 SS 11/24/1977 Right Right National Percy Isenia 26 1B 5/18/1975 Left Right National Gary Henriksen 60 2B 4/7/1975 Right Right Michael Duursma 8 SS 4/6/1977 Right Right National OUTFIELDER Michael Kelley 76 CF 11/10/1973 Left Left Bill Peguero 94 LF 1/12/1978 Left Left Craig Claus 49 RF 4/11/1971 Right Right Harvey Monte 7 RF 12/3/1980 Left Left National George Domingo 25 LF 4/9/1976 Left Left Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws STARTERS Douglas Belanger 98 SP 11/17/1973 Left Left Dave Draijer 14 SP 7/20/1972 Left Left National Celes Pessoa 53 SP 8/2/1970 Right Right Billy Montag 32 SP 4/4/1974 Right Right Javier Garcia 18 SP 11/27/1980 Both Right RELIEVERS John Victory 58 MR 5/6/1977 Left Left Gary Leu 25 CL 5/15/1975 Right Right Michiel van Kampen 27 MR 12/16/1975 Both Right National Darren Guion 72 MR 4/16/1975 Right Right Harold Walsh 55 MR 4/5/1971 Right Right Francisco Martinez 37 MR 12/8/1976 Right Right Benton Leaf 17 MR 11/15/1979 Left Left Like Manchester – no one. National Player Closer Michiel van Kampen – reliable and usually gets the job done, without being arrogant or spectacular. Nationals: Evert-Jan ‘t Hoen, David Bergman, Ivanon Coffie, Sidney de Jong, Dave Draijer, Michael Duursma, Percy Isenia, Raily Legito, Diegomar Markwell, Harvey Monte, Jan Naterop, Nick Stuifbergen, Michiel van Kampen |
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07-11-2005, 09:56 AM
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Atlantic League Projection 2005
Half way home, it must be time for the first league projection - using a highly scientific formula that is so top secret it can't be revealed... yeah right, it's really just total guesswork
 Anyway for what it's worth... Atlantic League Projection 1st – Amsterdam 2nd – London 3rd – Paris 4th – Barcelona 5th – Rotterdam 6th – Manchester |
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07-11-2005, 12:29 PM
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this is very cool. well, let me officially begin lobbying for a russian/ukrainian expansion team. dynamo kyiv anyone?
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Talking of German teams, the three German based franchise reports are coming next. Last edited by Sdpm100; 07-11-2005 at 12:49 PM. Reason: Error number three: it's 'is' not 'are' like - quelle surprise numero trois |
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07-11-2005, 01:04 PM
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Continental League - Berlin
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Berlin Active Roster Manager: Gregory Frady Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws CATCHERS Robert Shabazz 42 C 9/29/1968 Right Right Edward Morales 71 C 10/20/1978 Both Right Bruno Ballard 37 C 9/28/1976 Right Right INFIELDER Jordon Eslinger 95 1B 7/7/1972 Left Left Harrison Lane 94 2B 9/30/1979 Right Right Ryan Crotin 76 3B 2/5/1979 Both Right National (by league) David Stegman 88 SS 4/7/1977 Right Right David Merz 38 1B 2/6/1981 Right Right Luigi Franke 93 2B 4/11/1974 Right Right Rodrigo Alvarez 8 3B 6/14/1979 Right Right OUTFIELDER Bill Ritz 58 CF 1/23/1978 Right Right Mark Martin 75 LF 9/28/1981 Right Right Stanley Saulters 4 RF 10/10/1975 Right Right Francis Pizano 29 RF 4/6/1970 Left Left Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws STARTERS Thomas Cabot 27 SP 5/26/1975 Right Right Kanotarou Takuya 5 SP 7/7/1977 Right Right Edmund Eldredge 77 SP 8/5/1978 Right Right Tracey Montemayor 88 SP 7/6/1972 Right Right Robert Sims 60 SP 6/30/1974 Right Right RELIEVERS Henry Bonilla 54 CL 9/2/1978 Both Right Franklin Johnson 80 MR 8/12/1985 Both Right Humberto Quiles 32 MR 8/26/1980 Left Left Phillip Young 9 MR 7/7/1973 Left Left Juan Sanchez 9 MR 7/19/1980 Right Right Micheal Hunter 86 MR 9/29/1977 Right Right Pitcher Thomas Cabot – an all-star in any league, and definitely one in this one. Strikeouts – easy, pop-ups – easier, shutouts – come on, you’ve got to ask him to do something harder than that! National Player The German teams have been allowed players from the German Baseball League to makeup their staff, due to the poor quality of their own players. Even then, the only one to make the active roster is third baseman Ryan Crotin, so he’s obviously the pick… But seriously, Crotin has a good awareness for getting bat on ball and should bat over .300 on the year. Nationals: Marvin Appiah, Ryan Crotin (Canada – BL), Klaus Hopfensperger, Michael Otto, Markus Winkler, Dominik Wulf |
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Continental League - Cologne
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Cologne Active Roster Manager: Jesco Veisz Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws CATCHERS Robert Dudek 37 C 8/21/1980 Right Right Patrick Cleary 47 C 2/18/1976 Left Right INFIELDER John King 29 1B 9/7/1974 Right Right Gregory Schrack 68 SS 12/20/1978 Right Right Roger Crick 87 3B 2/16/1977 Right Right Milford Leadbetter 51 2B 1/23/1973 Both Right Clayton Stembridge 47 2B 5/20/1978 Right Right Garfield Waits 26 SS 2/19/1977 Right Right Ruben Otero 11 1B 7/17/1982 Right Right Eddy Fradera 30 3B 7/24/1967 Left Right OUTFIELDER Ryan Lucas Balan 22 CF 2/12/1980 Left Left National (by league) Jason Thorp 67 LF 12/25/1971 Right Right Roger Moulder 74 CF 6/17/1980 Left Left Gregory Martino 90 LF 6/30/1977 Right Right Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws STARTERS Oliver Begaye 24 SP 12/26/1980 Right Right Michal Morillo 29 SP 3/15/1975 Right Right Thurman Wycoff 89 SP 9/11/1978 Right Right Diego Lopez 80 SP 9/2/1972 Left Left RELIEVERS Harold Defoor 61 CL 4/18/1979 Left Left Brian Christianson 17 MR 10/20/1973 Right Right Kevin Hobbs 37 MR 6/29/1970 Right Right Jorge Martinez 24 MR 7/29/1984 Right Right Oliver Begaye can be a team’s go-to-guy for many years to come. If you need the 24-year-old to pitch you to victory, the young American will do just that. And even if you get past Begaye, closer Harold Defoor is pretty intimidating on the mound. National Player Like Berlin, Cologne have just one player on the active roster, and it’s another Canadian named Ryan – centerfielder Ryan Lucas Balan. Nationals: Martin Almstetter, Ryan Lucas Balan (Canada – BL), Cody Crossman (USA – BL), Kai Gronauer, Joel Rodriguez, Jan Russel |
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Continental League - Dusseldorf
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Dusseldorf Active Roster Manager: Jamie Cassady Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws CATCHERS Rodney Faucher 93 C 10/20/1980 Right Right INFIELDER Craig Wilcox 54 1B 10/18/1978 Right Right Calvin Rueb 62 2B 8/29/1977 Right Right Israel Baca 72 SS 4/17/1983 Both Right Manuel Lopez 39 2B 6/8/1976 Both Right Alexander Lauterbach 26 3B 6/11/1981 Right Right National Shawn Horowitz 70 SS 3/17/1976 Right Right Edward Roder 95 1B 1/10/1978 Right Right Gregory Pritt 52 3B 11/19/1976 Right Right OUTFIELDER Rodney Vanslyke 16 CF 12/5/1972 Right Right Joel Torre 78 RF 6/4/1978 Left Left Leon Johnson 68 CF 5/31/1979 Left Right Francis Sainz 50 LF 10/17/1977 Right Right Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws STARTERS James Guzman 84 SP 6/20/1984 Right Right Jason McCarter 16 SP 12/31/1976 Left Left National (by league) Justin Spaeth 30 SP 6/30/1978 Right Right Paul Hinz 94 SP 12/8/1980 Both Right Young Utterback 47 SP 7/25/1986 Right Right RELIEVERS Christopher Hurley 73 CL 8/23/1974 Right Right Bill Bowers 67 MR 12/6/1974 Right Right Carroll Staples 39 MR 8/28/1978 Right Right Mike Rothschild 76 MR 12/21/1974 Right Right Adam Clifton 51 MR 2/12/1978 Both Right The man from a country but is named after another – Dominican Republic’s 21-year-old shortstop Israel Baca. But unfortunately, all that shows you is how poor this team may actually be. He may be a nice, average player who will bat .285, with 15 homeruns, and 40 RBI but when you have nothing else in the way of offence, those types of numbers are not going to help your team. National Player Finally, someone on the active roster who’s German (not a Canuck called Ryan! – Ed.). His name is Alexander Lauterbach, he’s a third baseman from Regensburg, and his main asset is that he can hit the ball into the outfield more often than not, making him a key RBI man for the team with the lowest payroll in both leagues. Nationals: Wes Bentley (USA – BL), Simon Guhring, Alexander Lauterbach, Jason McCarter (USA – BL), Manuel Moller, Jendrick Speer |
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Continental League - Milan
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Milan Active Roster Manager: Giampiero Faraone Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws CATCHERS Leon Rao 47 C 3/28/1980 Right Right Richard Tudor 98 C 6/15/1972 Right Right INFIELDER Derrick Mosca 12 1B 1/2/1973 Both Right Seth la Fera 11 SS 8/14/1974 Right Right National Britt Dennie 31 2B 12/15/1972 Left Right James Adams 10 SS 12/11/1966 Right Right Harley Winsett 29 3B 8/7/1972 Right Right Luca Bischeri 9 2B 6/17/1978 Right Right National Lee Mariscal 44 1B 8/9/1980 Right Right OUTFIELDER Alfonso Villaran 3 LF 5/13/1978 Right Right Dong Willhite 18 CF 6/30/1978 Left Left Steve Corcoran 87 RF 12/28/1979 Left Right Giovanni Pantaleoni 5 RF 11/20/1977 Right Right National Dennis Losh 85 CF 11/16/1978 Right Right Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws STARTERS Peter Nyari 16 SP 2/11/1971 Both Right National Stanley Miltenberger 80 SP 12/10/1979 Left Left Richard Born 46 SP 10/6/1968 Right Right Harold Austin 52 SP 5/16/1983 Left Left Todd Frechette 39 SP 11/18/1974 Left Left RELIEVERS Byron Carpio 90 CL 1/31/1977 Right Right Vernon Salazar 62 MR 9/15/1977 Right Right Aaron Rios 68 MR 2/15/1972 Both Right Anselmo Hidalgo 75 MR 1/17/1977 Left Left Riccardo de Santis 43 MR 6/14/1979 Right Right National Steven Moulder 85 MR 6/11/1974 Both Right Stanley Miltenberger, 25-year-old American pitcher. Yet he will probably be the number two man in the rotation… National Player …because of 34-year-old Peter Nyari. The wily old fox may be coming towards the end of his career, but Nyari is going to be a ‘national’ that can help his team hugely. He’s able to use the K-zone to it’s fullest, getting out of innings quickly, and keeping the pitch count low. Nationals: Anthony Billisi, Luca Bischeri, Frank Candela, Mario Chiarini, Riccardo de Santis, Robert Fontana, Seth la Fera, Peter Nyari, Giovanni Pantaleoni |
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07-11-2005, 03:42 PM
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Continental League - Rome
Good evening blackrussian once again, I looked at your website (well the one you posted obviously) but I see the statistics haven't been updated since 2000... oh well, it doesn't matter - Kyiv and Moscow are high up on the expansion list, lets put it that way.
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Rome Active Roster Manager: Mauro Mazzotti Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws CATCHERS James Rocker 70 C 10/3/1970 Both Right INFIELDER Garland Cogswell 70 1B 11/5/1978 Right Right Frederick Borror 24 2B 12/2/1974 Right Right Igor Schiavetti 1 3B 3/1/1973 Both Right National James Spry 76 SS 3/23/1979 Both Right Michael Dodd 22 3B 3/24/1970 Right Right Mark Boza 52 2B 12/23/1972 Right Right Gaston Seto 99 1B 2/12/1977 Left Left Walter McCoy 98 3B 11/7/1973 Right Right James McDuffy 53 SS 7/1/1979 Right Right OUTFIELDER James McElroy 63 LF 4/2/1980 Right Right Brian Bryant 63 CF 5/24/1974 Both Right Ricardo Mederos 58 RF 9/11/1978 Left Left Robert Barley 97 CF 5/22/1976 Left Left Justin Andujar 39 LF 1/8/1973 Left Left Marcus Litchford 66 RF 4/6/1980 Right Right Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws STARTERS Jordon Teeple 75 SP 10/20/1980 Right Right Oscar Porcaro 78 SP 11/17/1974 Right Right Martin Herrero 26 SP 11/1/1980 Right Right Michael Barringer 92 SP 3/30/1976 Left Left Troy Dole 89 SP 5/13/1973 Left Left RELIEVERS Cefe Salinas 30 CL 12/29/1973 Both Right Ralph Schuldt 17 MR 4/21/1981 Left Right Floyd Starkweather 69 MR 2/28/1976 Both Right James McElroy is a huge prospect in the league. The 24-year-old leftfielder has a great plate presence – you try and pitch round him, he’ll just draw a walk; you strike him out, the next time up he’ll smash the ball out the park. If there’s one thing he can improve on in a big way is his fielding, especially the throwing range he has (or has not), but this dude will win you more games than he loses you. National Player Rome manager Mauro Mazzotti only sees one member of his squad good enough to start the year on the active roster – third baseman Igor Schiavetti. He wears the number one jersey, so he must be good, right? Nationals: Stefano Bazzarini, David Dallospedale, Gabriele Ermini, Danny Gorrin, Marcello Malagoli, Sandy Patrone, Igor Schiavetti |
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07-11-2005, 03:47 PM
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Continental League - Stockholm
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Stockholm Active Roster Manager: Bill Mathews Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws CATCHERS Rodger Ledbetter 90 C 6/8/1979 Right Right Michael Warner 9 C 2/11/1981 Right Right INFIELDER James Doyle 42 1B 10/3/1979 Left Left Parker Castillo 60 2B 6/21/1966 Right Right Santiago Garcia 90 3B 12/19/1978 Right Right Samuel Riley 38 SS 6/21/1979 Right Right Michael Carroll 73 1B 2/17/1981 Both Right Ernest Kimberly 30 2B 11/15/1974 Right Right Steven Hayes 76 SS 1/9/1976 Right Right OUTFIELDER Clayton Rhoads 93 LF 4/17/1972 Left Left Robert Usry 75 CF 12/27/1976 Left Left Danny Hardy 86 RF 3/3/1966 Left Left Kenneth Buchanan 52 CF 2/13/1973 Right Right Edahiko Yasutake 56 RF 6/11/1977 Both Right Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws STARTERS William Cruz 25 SP 1/15/1980 Left Left Joey Sanchez 49 SP 5/6/1978 Right Right Warren Reisinger 42 SP 3/26/1977 Right Right Michael Carlisle 74 SP 8/8/1969 Right Right Francisco Perez 13 SP 6/16/1975 Both Right RELIEVERS Richard Hufnagel 4 CL 5/25/1973 Left Left Pedro Garcia 1 MR 9/22/1966 Right Right Alejandro Lopez 95 MR 4/24/1979 Left Left George McVicker 56 MR 4/10/1982 Both Right Manuel Hernandez 83 MR 2/5/1978 Both Right Jerome Pauls 9 MR 11/21/1973 Left Left William Cruz. National Player Look above…do you see anything that says ‘National’ next to somebody’s name…? Although manager Bill Mathews is partially to blame, there is a very good closer off the active roster in Magnus Pilegard. The 27-year-old is a dominating force in late or tight situations; expect him to replace Richard Hufnagel soon. Nationals: Hakan Borjes, Philip Gaijzler, Per Lindgren, Rickard Ljung, Magnus Pilegard |
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07-11-2005, 03:54 PM
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Continental League Projection 2005
Yes it's that time again... another league projection. The results here are once again calculated from a secret department... or deep inside the author's brain.
Anyway, this is, for what it's worth (ie. nothing), the Continental League prediction. Continental League Projection 1st – Berlin 2nd – Rome 3rd – Cologne 4th – Stockholm 5th – Milan 6th – Dusseldorf Next up, Opening Day in Manchester and Paris! 
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07-12-2005, 04:37 AM
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Opening Day 2005
May 1st – Opening Day
Adapted from The Times newspaper Just how many people wanted to go and watch a professional baseball game in Europe? Not many said the doom mongers, ‘how many Europeans even KNOW how the game is played, I mean they like cricket, a sport that to baseball countries is equally indecipherable’ one hack from a newspaper said. I think it was the New York Post, but I can’t be sure. Just as well then that the fans in Manchester and Paris showed up in force, on a balmy May Day, to catch the opening stanza of what looks like being a fledgling and successful European league. 32370 fans crowded in to Manchester’s Baseball Park to see their hometown team take 13 innings to defeat Amsterdam 4-3, whilst in Paris, 29238 saw their team beat the other Dutch team Rotterdam 5-2. In Manchester, it was asking just too much for a ‘national’ to smash the winning homerun wasn’t it? So, it was left to first baseman James Johnstone to hit his second homer of the afternoon off national closer Forstin Coenraad in the bottom of the 13th inning, to send an attentive and curious crowd home happy. Paris also started out with a win 5-2 over Rotterdam, with Frenchman Samuel Meurant picking up the league’s first ever save, ending the ninth inning by striking out George Domingo and Alex Ciprian. Code:
Historic First Game Box Score Amsterdam 3, Manchester 4 Amsterdam 000 020 001 000 0 - 3 Manchester 001 010 100 000 1 - 4 Amsterdam ab r h rbi bb so .avg Piercy ss 6 0 3 1 0 0 .500 Harbert dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .333 Minor dh 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Torres rf 5 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Tompson lf 5 1 2 0 1 1 .400 Rombley cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Barron cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Goudy 1b 3 1 2 1 1 1 .667 Blank pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- Jozwiak 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hambright 3b 6 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Benner c 6 1 1 0 0 2 .167 Harding 2b 4 0 0 1 0 2 .000 Totals 47 3 10 3 5 12 .213 Ø Batting - 2B: Tompson (1); Benner (1). RBI: Piercy (1); Goudy (1); Harding (1). SF: Harding (1). Team LOB: 12. Ø Baserunning - CS: Minor (1). Ø Fielding - DP: 1 (Piercy-Harding-Jozwiak) Manchester ab r h rbi bb so .avg Arispe rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .200 Dockery cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .200 Steadham dh 5 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Tyree ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Hernandez lf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Martin 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Leyva c 3 1 1 1 0 1 .333 Burrage ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Rodriguez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- Chetwynd c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnstone 1b 5 2 2 2 0 0 .400 Stewart 2b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .250 Totals 42 4 7 4 1 11 .167 Ø Batting - HR: Leyva (1); Johnstone 2 (2). RBI: Arispe (1); Leyva (1); Johnstone 2 (2). Team LOB: 1. Ø Baserunning - SB: Rodriguez (1); Stewart (1). Pitching Amsterdam ip h r er bb so bf era Hildebrand 7.1 4 3 3 1 10 28 3.68 Delgadillo 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 6 0.00 Beljaards 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 Coenraad L,0-1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 9.00 Manchester ip h r er bb so bf era Bretz 7.2 4 2 2 2 9 29 2.35 Irvin 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 Carter 2 3 1 1 0 2 8 4.50 Anstett 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 Johnson 2 2 0 0 1 0 9 0.00 Seaver W,1-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 0.00 IBB: Tompson (by Johnson). Pitches-Strikes: Hildebrand 108-67; Delgadillo 16-10; Beljaards 21-13; Coenraad 12-8; Bretz 106-62; Irvin 4-3; Carter 29-18; Anstett 5-1; Johnson 40-21; Seaver 17-12. Ø Game data: T: 4:32. Att: 32,370. |
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