WIP: European Baseball - Page 3

eriqjaffe · 05-03-2012, 10:04 AM

Switzerland is home to the 8-team Nationalliga A:

Bern Cardinals
Embrach Mustangs
Luzern Eagles
Therwil Flyers
Wil Devils
Zürich Barracudas
Zürich Challengers
Zürich Lions

eriqjaffe · 05-03-2012, 10:08 AM

The second tier in Switzerland is the 8-team Nationalliga B:

Bern Cardinals 2 (not pictured)
Jona Bandits
Sissach Frogs
SWISS U18 Nati
Therwil Flyers 2 (not pictured)
Zürich Barracudas 2 (not pictured)
Zürich Challengers 2 (not pictured)

eriqjaffe · 05-03-2012, 10:12 AM

The third tier in Switzerland is the 12-team 1. Liga:

Bern Cardinals 3 (not pictured)
Embrach Rainbows
Hünenberg Unicorns
Luzern Eagles 2 (not pictured)
Romsanhorn Submarines
Thun Hunters
Wil Devils 2 (not pictured)
Zürich Barracudas 3 (not pictured)
Zürich Eighters East
Zürich Eighters West (not pictured)
Zürich Lions East (not pictured)
Zürich Lions West (not pictured)

The Embrach Rainbows are affiliated with the NLA Embrach Mustangs and wear the same caps.

Jamee999 · 05-03-2012, 10:25 AM

I think we should all take a moment to appreciate the Bolton Robots of Doom. What a name.

eriqjaffe · 05-03-2012, 10:27 AM

That's all I have at this point, the rest of the European Leagues have proven to be more elusive. I have zipped up everything up to this point and uploaded it to Mediafire, the download link is in the first post.

mavericktango · 05-06-2012, 02:55 PM

I'm sure everybody from Europe thanks you from the bottom of their heart as I do. You're a god-send

GMLoophole · 05-07-2012, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mavericktango

I'm sure everybody from Europe thanks you from the bottom of their heart as I do. You're a god-send

Everybody else does too! I faked together Italian logos for a league last year and thought about a world association setup... this will make that a lot less daunting! Thanks so much for these things.

Also, a few above have asked about team info. Wikipedia has several good articles on history/locations of teams. You can start with the honkbal site and go from there: Baseball in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

eriqjaffe · 05-08-2012, 11:34 AM

With an assist from DrkLrdK, who kindly provided some source material, here is Finland's top tier, the 4-team SM-sarja.

Espoo Expos
Malmi Bullets
Puumat
Tampere Tigers

bill-rob · 05-09-2012, 07:54 PM

Great Work buddy

I actually play for the Bolton Robots of Doom in the GB AAA league and love the fact that I can now add me and the guys to a league!

Top Work

eriqjaffe · 05-14-2012, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bill-rob

Great Work buddy

I actually play for the Bolton Robots of Doom in the GB AAA league and love the fact that I can now add me and the guys to a league!

Top Work

Hope I got the jersey right!

Anyhow, I found a bit more good stuff over the weekend:

Poland is home to a few different tiers. The top tier is the 7-team Ekstraliga.

Baseball Wroclaw
Baza Bydgoszcz
Centaury Warszawa
Dęby Osielsko
Gepardy Żory
Silesia Rybnik
Stal Kutno

eriqjaffe · 05-14-2012, 11:54 AM

The second tier is the the 7-team I Liga.

Caper Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Comets Mazowsze
Demony Miejska Górka
Diament Piła
Jastrzab Jastrzębie-Zdrój
Piraci Władysławowo
Schaby Warszawa

eriqjaffe · 05-14-2012, 11:54 AM

Double post.

eriqjaffe · 05-21-2012, 10:36 AM

I headed back to Italy over the weekend, and put together uniforms for the third and fourth tier of Italian baseball.

The third tier is the amateur 19-team Serie "A" Federale.

A.S.D. Anzio B.C.
A.S.D. B.C. Old Rags Lodi
A.S.D. Bollate B.C. 1959
A.S.D. Padova B.S.C. Tommasin
Bancaetruria Baseball Arezzo
BBC Mastiff A.S.D.
Bologna Athletics A.S.D.
C.U.S. Messina A.S.D.
Comcor Engineering Modena Baseball Club
Cs Medical Codogno
E-Tecno1/Fontana Sala Baganza
Farma Crocetta Baseball
I.C.M. Ponte Di Piave
Ilcea Bsc Rovigo
Juve 98 B.C. S.S.D.
New Black Panthers A.S.D.
Palfinger Reggio Emilia
Rangers Redipuglia
Urbe Roma S.S.D. A R.L.

eriqjaffe · 05-21-2012, 10:47 AM

The fourth tier is the amateur 26-team Serie "B" Federale.

A few notes - I'm not 100% sure that the Jolly Roger logo is the right logo. Olmedo's jersey and cap are based on a really, really low-res photo I found, and their logo is pure conjecture based off of that image.

ASD Ares Milano Baseball
ASD Baseball Team Verona
ASD BC Cairese
ASD BC Foggia
ASD BCM Baseball
ASD Junior Alpina BS Trieste
ASD Matino Baseball
ASD Staranzano Ducks BC
Cagliari BC ASD
Cupra Baseball Softball SSD
CUS Brescia Baseball ASD
Fano Bas '94
Heila Poviglio
Jolly Roger BC ASD
Los Amigos Olmedo Bas
Nuova Pianorese Baseball ASD
OasiS Castelfranco Veneto
Oltretorrente BC – ASD
Polisportiva Padule Bas ASD
Pulirapida Baseball Pesaro
Rams Baseball Club Viterbo ASD
Redskins Imola Baseball
Sager Srl Europa BC
Sanremo Baseball Club
Tigers Cervignano
Valbruna Acciai Vicenza

eriqjaffe · 05-22-2012, 04:17 PM

Hungary has a relatively small setup. The top tier is the 4-team NBI:

Jánossomorja Rascals
Nagykanizsa Ants
Óbuda Warriors Budapest
Szentendre Sleepwalkers

eriqjaffe · 05-22-2012, 04:19 PM

The second tier is the 5-team NBII.

Érd Aeros
Hungarian Astros
Jászberény Stinky Sox
Nemesvámos Sharks
Sopron Westwind

eriqjaffe · 05-23-2012, 10:05 AM

Slovakia is home to the 7-team 1 Liga:

1. baseballový klub Slávia UPJŠ Seals Košice
Baseballový klub Apollo Bratislava
Baseballový oddiel ŠKP Los Toreros Topolcany
BC Slovan Bratislava
Športový klub Trencín Pegasus
TJ Slávia STU Spiders Bratislava
TJ STU Angels Trnava

Four Slovakian clubs also plays a mixed schedule with four Hungarian clubs, known as Interliga. The schedules are intertwined, although the standings (and, I think, the stats) are kept separate. There is one Interliga club in Slovakia that doesn't play in another league (as far as I can tell) known as the Fighting Flies Bratislava.

DrkLrdK · 05-28-2012, 12:50 PM

1. Thank you for doing this thread, absolutely enjoy it.

2. Are there anymore European leagues?

eriqjaffe · 05-29-2012, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrkLrdK

1. Thank you for doing this thread, absolutely enjoy it.

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrkLrdK

2. Are there anymore European leagues?

Oh, sure, there are leagues of some sort in most European countries. The hard part is digging up enough information on them to put together a complete league. Additionally, the farther into Eastern Europe I go, the more the language barrier gets in the way. Google Translate can only get me so far when it comes to places that use a Cyrillic alphabet.

Gazzw87 · 05-31-2012, 09:44 PM

These are amazing! Thanks alot for taking the time and effort! As one of the poster said here in Europe we thank you!!

I just wanted to leave some comments to some of the questions I noticed.. I play for the Oldham North Stars here in the UK. As for the standard of the UK league.. The top league is decent but I'd doubt would be anywhere near even say a very poor US college/high school team. There is a team in the top league that uses some Japanese students so there will be some better pleyers obviously but it's all strickly amateur! However the current coach of team GB is Sam Dempster < some of you North Americans might have head of him. Had the pleasure of him doing a training session at the North Stars.

As for the other Euro leagues, in terms of strength and playing quality you'd be looking at a list something like..

1st Holland
2nd Italy
3rd Czech
4th German
5th Austrian
6th French

You can earn money playing in Holland as it's a pro league. Italy is a pro league also. Czech you can earn some money but I'd imagine it's semi-pro and only the 2 or so imports would get some spends and some place to sleep but the MLB often does a European try out in Czech Republic. Germany again a player or 2 might get some spends whilst playing there. Supposedly players have been paid playing in Austria and France too.

Holland and Italy are by far the best nations, especially at league level. Players would earn I'd suspect around $1,000 a month (this would have to be for the better player) as these teams actually get fans and will have some form of stadium to seat a few hundred to a thousand spectators say.

Anyway sorry for all that just wanted to give some info of baseball this side of the water! The info won't be 100% accurate but it's what i've learnt from research over the years.

05-03-2012, 10:04 AM	#41
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,486	Switzerland is home to the 8-team Nationalliga A: Bern Cardinals Embrach Mustangs Luzern Eagles Therwil Flyers Wil Devils Zürich Barracudas Zürich Challengers Zürich Lions __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 05-03-2012 at 10:07 AM.

05-03-2012, 10:08 AM	#42
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,486	The second tier in Switzerland is the 8-team Nationalliga B: Bern Cardinals 2 (not pictured) Jona Bandits Sissach Frogs SWISS U18 Nati Therwil Flyers 2 (not pictured) Zürich Barracudas 2 (not pictured) Zürich Challengers 2 (not pictured) __________________

05-03-2012, 10:12 AM	#43
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,486	The third tier in Switzerland is the 12-team 1. Liga: Bern Cardinals 3 (not pictured) Embrach Rainbows Hünenberg Unicorns Luzern Eagles 2 (not pictured) Romsanhorn Submarines Thun Hunters Wil Devils 2 (not pictured) Zürich Barracudas 3 (not pictured) Zürich Eighters East Zürich Eighters West (not pictured) Zürich Lions East (not pictured) Zürich Lions West (not pictured) The Embrach Rainbows are affiliated with the NLA Embrach Mustangs and wear the same caps. __________________

05-03-2012, 10:27 AM	#45
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,486	That's all I have at this point, the rest of the European Leagues have proven to be more elusive. I have zipped up everything up to this point and uploaded it to Mediafire, the download link is in the first post. __________________

05-06-2012, 02:55 PM	#46
mavericktango Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK, Europe Posts: 384	I'm sure everybody from Europe thanks you from the bottom of their heart as I do. You're a god-send __________________ A Lost Soul

05-03-2012, 10:25 AM	#44
Jamee999 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 769	I think we should all take a moment to appreciate the Bolton Robots of Doom. What a name.

05-08-2012, 11:34 AM	#48
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,486	With an assist from DrkLrdK, who kindly provided some source material, here is Finland's top tier, the 4-team SM-sarja. Espoo Expos Malmi Bullets Puumat Tampere Tigers __________________

05-09-2012, 07:54 PM	#49
bill-rob Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 19	Great Work buddy I actually play for the Bolton Robots of Doom in the GB AAA league and love the fact that I can now add me and the guys to a league! Top Work

05-14-2012, 11:54 AM	#51
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,486	The second tier is the the 7-team I Liga. Caper Kędzierzyn-Koźle Comets Mazowsze Demony Miejska Górka Diament Piła Jastrzab Jastrzębie-Zdrój Piraci Władysławowo Schaby Warszawa __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 06-01-2012 at 11:11 AM.

05-14-2012, 11:54 AM	#52
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,486	Double post. __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 06-01-2012 at 11:12 AM.

05-21-2012, 10:36 AM	#53
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,486	I headed back to Italy over the weekend, and put together uniforms for the third and fourth tier of Italian baseball. The third tier is the amateur 19-team Serie "A" Federale. A.S.D. Anzio B.C. A.S.D. B.C. Old Rags Lodi A.S.D. Bollate B.C. 1959 A.S.D. Padova B.S.C. Tommasin Bancaetruria Baseball Arezzo BBC Mastiff A.S.D. Bologna Athletics A.S.D. C.U.S. Messina A.S.D. Comcor Engineering Modena Baseball Club Cs Medical Codogno E-Tecno1/Fontana Sala Baganza Farma Crocetta Baseball I.C.M. Ponte Di Piave Ilcea Bsc Rovigo Juve 98 B.C. S.S.D. New Black Panthers A.S.D. Palfinger Reggio Emilia Rangers Redipuglia Urbe Roma S.S.D. A R.L. __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 05-21-2012 at 10:49 AM.

05-21-2012, 10:47 AM	#54
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,486	The fourth tier is the amateur 26-team Serie "B" Federale. A few notes - I'm not 100% sure that the Jolly Roger logo is the right logo. Olmedo's jersey and cap are based on a really, really low-res photo I found, and their logo is pure conjecture based off of that image. ASD Ares Milano Baseball ASD Baseball Team Verona ASD BC Cairese ASD BC Foggia ASD BCM Baseball ASD Junior Alpina BS Trieste ASD Matino Baseball ASD Staranzano Ducks BC Cagliari BC ASD Cupra Baseball Softball SSD CUS Brescia Baseball ASD Fano Bas '94 Heila Poviglio Jolly Roger BC ASD Los Amigos Olmedo Bas Nuova Pianorese Baseball ASD OasiS Castelfranco Veneto Oltretorrente BC – ASD Polisportiva Padule Bas ASD Pulirapida Baseball Pesaro Rams Baseball Club Viterbo ASD Redskins Imola Baseball Sager Srl Europa BC Sanremo Baseball Club Tigers Cervignano Valbruna Acciai Vicenza __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 05-21-2012 at 10:49 AM.

05-22-2012, 04:17 PM	#55
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,486	Hungary has a relatively small setup. The top tier is the 4-team NBI: Jánossomorja Rascals Nagykanizsa Ants Óbuda Warriors Budapest Szentendre Sleepwalkers __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 05-22-2012 at 04:20 PM.

05-22-2012, 04:19 PM	#56
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,486	The second tier is the 5-team NBII. Érd Aeros Hungarian Astros Jászberény Stinky Sox Nemesvámos Sharks Sopron Westwind __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 10-12-2013 at 01:32 PM.

05-23-2012, 10:05 AM	#57
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,486	Slovakia is home to the 7-team 1 Liga: 1. baseballový klub Slávia UPJŠ Seals Košice Baseballový klub Apollo Bratislava Baseballový oddiel ŠKP Los Toreros Topolcany BC Slovan Bratislava Športový klub Trencín Pegasus TJ Slávia STU Spiders Bratislava TJ STU Angels Trnava Four Slovakian clubs also plays a mixed schedule with four Hungarian clubs, known as Interliga. The schedules are intertwined, although the standings (and, I think, the stats) are kept separate. There is one Interliga club in Slovakia that doesn't play in another league (as far as I can tell) known as the Fighting Flies Bratislava. __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 05-23-2012 at 10:22 AM.

05-28-2012, 12:50 PM	#58
DrkLrdK Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Watertown, WI Posts: 312	1. Thank you for doing this thread, absolutely enjoy it. 2. Are there anymore European leagues?

05-31-2012, 09:44 PM	#60
Gazzw87 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 72	These are amazing! Thanks alot for taking the time and effort! As one of the poster said here in Europe we thank you!! I just wanted to leave some comments to some of the questions I noticed.. I play for the Oldham North Stars here in the UK. As for the standard of the UK league.. The top league is decent but I'd doubt would be anywhere near even say a very poor US college/high school team. There is a team in the top league that uses some Japanese students so there will be some better pleyers obviously but it's all strickly amateur! However the current coach of team GB is Sam Dempster < some of you North Americans might have head of him. Had the pleasure of him doing a training session at the North Stars. As for the other Euro leagues, in terms of strength and playing quality you'd be looking at a list something like.. 1st Holland 2nd Italy 3rd Czech 4th German 5th Austrian 6th French You can earn money playing in Holland as it's a pro league. Italy is a pro league also. Czech you can earn some money but I'd imagine it's semi-pro and only the 2 or so imports would get some spends and some place to sleep but the MLB often does a European try out in Czech Republic. Germany again a player or 2 might get some spends whilst playing there. Supposedly players have been paid playing in Austria and France too. Holland and Italy are by far the best nations, especially at league level. Players would earn I'd suspect around $1,000 a month (this would have to be for the better player) as these teams actually get fans and will have some form of stadium to seat a few hundred to a thousand spectators say. Anyway sorry for all that just wanted to give some info of baseball this side of the water! The info won't be 100% accurate but it's what i've learnt from research over the years.