WIP: European Baseball

eriqjaffe · 04-20-2012, 09:39 AM

This is something I've been meaning to do for a while now, and finally got started on. As the thread title implies, it's uniforms for a handful of European clubs and competitions.

Information about these leagues and teams can be sketchy, and there's certainly a language barrier in some cases, but I think these are reasonably accurate. In most cases, I was able to dig up high-resoultion (or high-enough-resolution) pictures to work from. A few had to be created by hand, but they're certainly close to accurate.

I'll be posting them in alphabetical order by country, and then I'll tack more on later if I do any more.

You can download the entire set here.

The OOTP 15 updates for Italy and the Netherlands are available here.

First up, Austria!

The top tier of baseball in Austria is the Austrian Baseball League. The league contains 8 teams:

Attnang-Puchheim Athletics
Dornbirn Indians
Schwab Tigers
Soroptimist Stockerau Cubs
Union Kufstein Vikings
Vienna Metrostars
Vienna Wanderers
Wiener Neustadt Diving Ducks

eriqjaffe · 04-20-2012, 09:42 AM

Austria's second tier is Baseball Bundesliga, which contains 6 teams:

Feldkirch Cardinals
Hard Bulls
RiCo Highlanders
Rohrbach Crazy Geese
Traiskirchen Grasshoppers
Union Kufstein Vikings 2 (not included)

There are other tiers (Regionalliga Mitte, Regionalliga Ort and Regionalliga West), but they seem to exist solely as junior clubs (essentially farm teams) for the teams in the ABL and BBL. The ABL and BBL work on a promotion-relegation system, which doesn't seem to include the Regionalliga clubs. I haven't really been able to dig up much information on the Regionalliga teams (although, admittedly, I haven't really looked too much), so I haven't even tried to make caps or uniforms for them.

eriqjaffe · 04-20-2012, 10:58 AM

Belgium is a bit strange, as they seem to have separate-but-not-entirely governing bodies for Flemish and French teams. I'm not Belgian, so I don't really understand the politics in that regard. As near as I can tell, the three main tiers of baseball in Belgium are kind of a mish-mash of the two bodies. The top two tiers run a promotion/relegation system, I'm not sure if that includes the third tier or not. Either way, I was able to dig up enough source material to make uniforms for all three tiers of Belgian baseball.

The highest level is 1 Division Baseball, which contains 8 teams:

Borgerhout Squirrels
Brasschaat Braves
Deurne Spartans
Hoboken Pioneers
Merksem Royal Greys
Mortsel Stars
Namur Angels
Royal Antwerp Eagles

eriqjaffe · 04-20-2012, 10:59 AM

2 Division Baseball, which contains 7 teams:

Beveren Lions
Brussels Kangaroos
Gent Knights
Liège Rebel Foxes
Louvain-la-Neuve Phoenix
Merchtem Cats
Wielsbeke Pitbulls

eriqjaffe · 04-20-2012, 11:27 AM

3 Division Baseball, with a total of 10 teams:

Antwerp Eagles 2 (not pictured)
Braine Black-Rickers
Frameries Athletics
La Louvière Snarling Wolves
Leuven Twins
Merchtem Cats 2 (not pictured)
Oudenaarde Frogs
Seraing Brown Boys
Tournai Celtics
Zonhoven Sunville Tigers

Yes, there's a team known as the "Brown Boys." It's a pretty uncomfortable name, but...well, there you go.

I didn't do jerseys or caps for the Frameries A's for two reasons: 1) That was a club I couldn't find any pictures for, and 2) if their logo is such a blatant Oakland A's ripoff, I figure their jerseys probably are, too, so I just use that.

silvam14 · 04-20-2012, 04:35 PM

Are these real-life teams and leagues? This could be very useful. Do you treat second and third level leagues as minors?

eriqjaffe · 04-20-2012, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silvam14

Are these real-life teams and leagues? This could be very useful. Do you treat second and third level leagues as minors?

Yes, these are all real teams and leagues. I would assume that they would rank somewhere below US independent leagues in terms of player quality, at their best. I have edited some of the above posts with links to the various league/federation web sites, and will be sure to link to the sites in future.

To be honest, I haven't really set up any actual leagues for this, other than to just make sure the uniforms and caps look right. But, yeah, I'd probably set up the lower-level leagues as minor leagues and just remove team affiliations as necessary.

eriqjaffe · 04-20-2012, 04:58 PM

The Czech Republic seems to have a pretty well-organized setup, and their league seems to be run at a fairly high-level (at the very least, their web sites are pretty slick). In fact, they even have their website available in English, although more information is available on the Czech-language website (and it's just a Google Translate away).

The top tier, Extraliga, has been dominated by the Draci Brno (Brno Dragons) club, who have won a staggering 14 consecutive titles. Now that's an evil empire!

Extraliga contains 8 teams:

Arrows Ostrava
AVG Draci Brno
Eagles Praha
Kotlářka Praha
NAVISYS Hroši Brno
Olympia Blansko
Skokani Olomouc
VSK Technika Brno

When I had originally done these, I didn't know that MZLU Express Brno had dropped out of Extraliga. I had already done a set for them, so I included them in this batch.

eriqjaffe · 04-20-2012, 05:07 PM

The second tier is the 12-team Českomoravská liga. 5 of the teams are just "B" clubs of Extraliga teams and (presumably) share caps/uniforms with the top-level clubs, the other 7 appear to be unaffiliated.

Arrows Ostrava B (not pictured)
Blesk Jablonec
Draci Brno B (not pictured)
Eagles Praha B (not pictured)
Hroši Brno B (not pictured)
Klasik Frýdek-Místek
Kotlářka Praha B (not pictured)
Orlice Choceň
SaBaT Praha
Sokol Hluboká
Tempo Titans Praha
Třebíč Nuclears

DrkLrdK · 04-21-2012, 02:34 PM

Thank you!

These are awesome!

eriqjaffe · 04-23-2012, 10:01 AM

Like the Czech league, baseball in France is in the midst of a dynasty. The Rouen Huskies have won 7 consecutive titles, and 8 of the last 9 overall. But it still doesn't get them halfway to the all-time French title leader Paris Université Club, who have won 22 titles.

The top level of baseball in France is Division 1, previously known as the Division Élite. It contains a total of 8 teams:

Barracudas de Montpellier
Chevaliers de Beaucaire
Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge
Panthères de Pessac
Paris Université Club
Rouen Baseball 76 Huskies
Templiers de Sénart
Tigers de Toulouse

eriqjaffe · 04-23-2012, 10:04 AM

The second division is known Nationale 1. I find it kind of funny that there is a team known as the "French Cubs," yet the Cherbourg Seagulls wear Cubs caps.

Nationale 1 has a total of 17 teams:

Arvernes de Clermont-Ferrand
Barracudas de Montpellier 2 (not pictured)
Cavigal de Nice
Cougars de Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Expos d'Ermont
French Cubs de Chartres
Gothics de Gif-sur-Yvette
Huskies de Rouen 2 (not pictured)
Indians de Boé-Bon Encontre
Korvers de Dunkerque
Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge 2 (not pictured)
Meds de Marseille
Paris Université Club 2 (not pictured)
Seagulls de Cherbourg
Squales de Vauréal
Thiais Tigers
Vipères de Valenciennes

cephasjames · 04-23-2012, 10:59 AM

Thanks for sharing a labor of love!

The Wanderers and the Highlanders crack me up.

eriqjaffe · 04-23-2012, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cephasjames

Thanks for sharing a labor of love!

The Wanderers and the Highlanders crack me up.

Yeah, the Highlanders logo looks like Moe from the Simpsons in a kilt swinging a baseball bat. It's quite bizarre.

shawa666 · 04-23-2012, 11:42 AM

These are awesome.

DrkLrdK · 04-23-2012, 01:10 PM

Once again, thank you for taking the time to do these, they are awesome

Just curious though, will you be doing Finland?

eriqjaffe · 04-24-2012, 12:21 PM

Finland is in progress, but not ready yet.

Germany, however, is. I'm not sure if this is a semi-pro or professional league or not (Wikipedia doesn't list it as a professional league), but with 15 clubs, it's certainly the biggest top-level league in Europe. The top level is the 1. Baseball-Bundesliga:

Bad Homburg Hornets
Berlin Sluggers
Bonn Capitals
Cologne Cardinals
Dohren Wild Farmers
Dortmund Wanderers
Haar Disciples
Heidenheim Heideköpfe
HSV Stealers
Mainz Athletics
Mannheim Tornados
Paderborn Untouchables
Buchbinder Legionäre
Solingen Alligators
Stuttgart Reds

eriqjaffe · 04-24-2012, 12:23 PM

The second tier in Germany is 2. Baseball-Bundesliga. The two leagues run on a promotion-relegation basis, and 2BB has 14 teams, 6 of which are clearly the Junior clubs of the 1BB squads. The other 8 appear to be independent clubs:

Berlin Roadrunners
Braunschweig Subway 89ers
Darmstadt Whippets
Haar Disciples 2 (not pictured)
Hannover Regents
Heidenheim Heideköpfe 2 (not pictured)
HSV Stealers 2 (not pictured)
Ladenburg Romans
Mainz Athletics 2 (not pictured)
Neuenburg Atomics
Paderborn Untouchables 2 (not pictured)
Ratingen Goose-Necks
Regensburg Legionäre 2 (not pictured)
Tübingen Hawks

Gern44 · 04-24-2012, 12:37 PM

Real nice work Eriqjaffe. Its obvious you put a ton of work and effort into these. Nice.

eriqjaffe · 04-25-2012, 10:01 AM

Great Britain has a fairly extensive arrangement, I was able to find good enough stuff to put together four levels. The top tier is the 8-team National Baseball League:

Bracknell Blazers
Croydon Pirates
Essex Arrows
Harlow Nationals
Herts Falcons
Lakenheath Diamondbacks
London Mets
Southampton Mustangs

04-20-2012, 09:39 AM	#1
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,484	WIP: European Baseball This is something I've been meaning to do for a while now, and finally got started on. As the thread title implies, it's uniforms for a handful of European clubs and competitions. Information about these leagues and teams can be sketchy, and there's certainly a language barrier in some cases, but I think these are reasonably accurate. In most cases, I was able to dig up high-resoultion (or high-enough-resolution) pictures to work from. A few had to be created by hand, but they're certainly close to accurate. I'll be posting them in alphabetical order by country, and then I'll tack more on later if I do any more. You can download the entire set here. The OOTP 15 updates for Italy and the Netherlands are available here. First up, Austria! The top tier of baseball in Austria is the Austrian Baseball League. The league contains 8 teams: Attnang-Puchheim Athletics Dornbirn Indians Schwab Tigers Soroptimist Stockerau Cubs Union Kufstein Vikings Vienna Metrostars Vienna Wanderers Wiener Neustadt Diving Ducks __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 04-20-2014 at 10:53 AM.

04-20-2012, 09:42 AM	#2
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,484	Austria's second tier is Baseball Bundesliga, which contains 6 teams: Feldkirch Cardinals Hard Bulls RiCo Highlanders Rohrbach Crazy Geese Traiskirchen Grasshoppers Union Kufstein Vikings 2 (not included) There are other tiers (Regionalliga Mitte, Regionalliga Ort and Regionalliga West), but they seem to exist solely as junior clubs (essentially farm teams) for the teams in the ABL and BBL. The ABL and BBL work on a promotion-relegation system, which doesn't seem to include the Regionalliga clubs. I haven't really been able to dig up much information on the Regionalliga teams (although, admittedly, I haven't really looked too much), so I haven't even tried to make caps or uniforms for them. __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 04-27-2012 at 10:15 AM.

04-20-2012, 10:58 AM	#3
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,484	Belgium is a bit strange, as they seem to have separate-but-not-entirely governing bodies for Flemish and French teams. I'm not Belgian, so I don't really understand the politics in that regard. As near as I can tell, the three main tiers of baseball in Belgium are kind of a mish-mash of the two bodies. The top two tiers run a promotion/relegation system, I'm not sure if that includes the third tier or not. Either way, I was able to dig up enough source material to make uniforms for all three tiers of Belgian baseball. The highest level is 1 Division Baseball, which contains 8 teams: Borgerhout Squirrels Brasschaat Braves Deurne Spartans Hoboken Pioneers Merksem Royal Greys Mortsel Stars Namur Angels Royal Antwerp Eagles __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 04-27-2012 at 10:17 AM.

04-20-2012, 10:59 AM	#4
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,484	2 Division Baseball, which contains 7 teams: Beveren Lions Brussels Kangaroos Gent Knights Liège Rebel Foxes Louvain-la-Neuve Phoenix Merchtem Cats Wielsbeke Pitbulls __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 04-27-2012 at 10:19 AM.

04-20-2012, 11:27 AM	#5
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,484	3 Division Baseball, with a total of 10 teams: Antwerp Eagles 2 (not pictured) Braine Black-Rickers Frameries Athletics La Louvière Snarling Wolves Leuven Twins Merchtem Cats 2 (not pictured) Oudenaarde Frogs Seraing Brown Boys Tournai Celtics Zonhoven Sunville Tigers Yes, there's a team known as the "Brown Boys." It's a pretty uncomfortable name, but...well, there you go. I didn't do jerseys or caps for the Frameries A's for two reasons: 1) That was a club I couldn't find any pictures for, and 2) if their logo is such a blatant Oakland A's ripoff, I figure their jerseys probably are, too, so I just use that. __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 04-27-2012 at 10:20 AM.

04-20-2012, 04:35 PM	#6
silvam14 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dedham, MA Posts: 9,746	Are these real-life teams and leagues? This could be very useful. Do you treat second and third level leagues as minors? __________________ Senior "Nancy Boy" of the OOTP Boards _______________________________________________

04-20-2012, 04:58 PM	#8
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,484	The Czech Republic seems to have a pretty well-organized setup, and their league seems to be run at a fairly high-level (at the very least, their web sites are pretty slick). In fact, they even have their website available in English, although more information is available on the Czech-language website (and it's just a Google Translate away). The top tier, Extraliga, has been dominated by the Draci Brno (Brno Dragons) club, who have won a staggering 14 consecutive titles. Now that's an evil empire! Extraliga contains 8 teams: Arrows Ostrava AVG Draci Brno Eagles Praha Kotlářka Praha NAVISYS Hroši Brno Olympia Blansko Skokani Olomouc VSK Technika Brno When I had originally done these, I didn't know that MZLU Express Brno had dropped out of Extraliga. I had already done a set for them, so I included them in this batch. __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 04-27-2012 at 10:26 AM.

04-20-2012, 05:07 PM	#9
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,484	The second tier is the 12-team Českomoravská liga. 5 of the teams are just "B" clubs of Extraliga teams and (presumably) share caps/uniforms with the top-level clubs, the other 7 appear to be unaffiliated. Arrows Ostrava B (not pictured) Blesk Jablonec Draci Brno B (not pictured) Eagles Praha B (not pictured) Hroši Brno B (not pictured) Klasik Frýdek-Místek Kotlářka Praha B (not pictured) Orlice Choceň SaBaT Praha Sokol Hluboká Tempo Titans Praha Třebíč Nuclears __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 04-27-2012 at 10:27 AM.

04-21-2012, 02:34 PM	#10
DrkLrdK Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Watertown, WI Posts: 312	Thank you! These are awesome!

04-23-2012, 10:01 AM	#11
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,484	Like the Czech league, baseball in France is in the midst of a dynasty. The Rouen Huskies have won 7 consecutive titles, and 8 of the last 9 overall. But it still doesn't get them halfway to the all-time French title leader Paris Université Club, who have won 22 titles. The top level of baseball in France is Division 1, previously known as the Division Élite. It contains a total of 8 teams: Barracudas de Montpellier Chevaliers de Beaucaire Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge Panthères de Pessac Paris Université Club Rouen Baseball 76 Huskies Templiers de Sénart Tigers de Toulouse __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 04-27-2012 at 10:31 AM.

04-23-2012, 10:04 AM	#12
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,484	The second division is known Nationale 1. I find it kind of funny that there is a team known as the "French Cubs," yet the Cherbourg Seagulls wear Cubs caps. Nationale 1 has a total of 17 teams: Arvernes de Clermont-Ferrand Barracudas de Montpellier 2 (not pictured) Cavigal de Nice Cougars de Montigny-le-Bretonneux Expos d'Ermont French Cubs de Chartres Gothics de Gif-sur-Yvette Huskies de Rouen 2 (not pictured) Indians de Boé-Bon Encontre Korvers de Dunkerque Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge 2 (not pictured) Meds de Marseille Paris Université Club 2 (not pictured) Seagulls de Cherbourg Squales de Vauréal Thiais Tigers Vipères de Valenciennes __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 04-27-2012 at 10:35 AM.

04-23-2012, 10:59 AM	#13
cephasjames Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,748 Blog Entries: 1	Thanks for sharing a labor of love! The Wanderers and the Highlanders crack me up. __________________ 5000+ Generic Logos Free for the Taking FREE: Uniforms and logos for 500+ teams spanning 1871-present Great Lakes League: 10 Conferences, 100 Teams Pre-OOTP 23 Custom Cap & Jersey Template v3.0 by Deft and NoPepper (with layers from other various artists) that I use: Caps, Jerseys

04-23-2012, 11:42 AM	#15
shawa666 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 601 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	These are awesome.

04-23-2012, 01:10 PM	#16
DrkLrdK Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Watertown, WI Posts: 312	Once again, thank you for taking the time to do these, they are awesome Just curious though, will you be doing Finland?

04-24-2012, 12:21 PM	#17
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,484	Finland is in progress, but not ready yet. Germany, however, is. I'm not sure if this is a semi-pro or professional league or not (Wikipedia doesn't list it as a professional league), but with 15 clubs, it's certainly the biggest top-level league in Europe. The top level is the 1. Baseball-Bundesliga: Bad Homburg Hornets Berlin Sluggers Bonn Capitals Cologne Cardinals Dohren Wild Farmers Dortmund Wanderers Haar Disciples Heidenheim Heideköpfe HSV Stealers Mainz Athletics Mannheim Tornados Paderborn Untouchables Buchbinder Legionäre Solingen Alligators Stuttgart Reds __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 04-27-2012 at 10:37 AM.

04-24-2012, 12:23 PM	#18
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,484	The second tier in Germany is 2. Baseball-Bundesliga. The two leagues run on a promotion-relegation basis, and 2BB has 14 teams, 6 of which are clearly the Junior clubs of the 1BB squads. The other 8 appear to be independent clubs: Berlin Roadrunners Braunschweig Subway 89ers Darmstadt Whippets Haar Disciples 2 (not pictured) Hannover Regents Heidenheim Heideköpfe 2 (not pictured) HSV Stealers 2 (not pictured) Ladenburg Romans Mainz Athletics 2 (not pictured) Neuenburg Atomics Paderborn Untouchables 2 (not pictured) Ratingen Goose-Necks Regensburg Legionäre 2 (not pictured) Tübingen Hawks __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 04-27-2012 at 10:38 AM.

04-24-2012, 12:37 PM	#19
Gern44 All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Plymouth, Ma. Posts: 1,936 Blog Entries: 37	Real nice work Eriqjaffe. Its obvious you put a ton of work and effort into these. Nice. __________________ Gern44's Blog

04-25-2012, 10:01 AM	#20
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,484	Great Britain has a fairly extensive arrangement, I was able to find good enough stuff to put together four levels. The top tier is the 8-team National Baseball League: Bracknell Blazers Croydon Pirates Essex Arrows Harlow Nationals Herts Falcons Lakenheath Diamondbacks London Mets Southampton Mustangs __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 04-27-2012 at 10:39 AM.