All Games Of World Baseball Classic Qualifiers To Be Streamed For Free On YouTube

All WBC Qualifier games will be streamed live on MLB’s YouTube channel for free. Simply go to youtube.com/mlb or search for “MLB” in the YouTube app from any device. Germany and France will square up at 3.30am CET on March 14 to open the WBC Qualifier in Tucson. Great Britain, Spain and Czech Republic will play in a second WBCQ later this month.

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Brett Tomko To Pitch For Czeh World Baseball Classic Qualifier Team

The Czech Baseball Association (CBA) released its preliminary roster for the World Baseball Classic Qualifier in Arizona next month. Manager Mike Griffin selected 38 players including catcher Martin Cervenka, Alex and Eric Sogard as well as former Major Leaguer Brett Tomko. The Czech team is slotted into a pool with Spain, Great Britain, Panama, Philippines and New Zealand.

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MLB Invites Players From 13 European Countries For Elite European Development Tournament In UK

Major League Baseball announced the rosters of teenage players participating in the Elite European Development Tournament, which is being held in the United Kingdom for the first time at the Farnham Park Baseball & Softball Complex, operated by BaseballSoftballUK (BSUK), from Tuesday, June 25th through Thursday, June 27th. The tournament will feature the 90 best teenage baseball players from 13 European countries and the Ramstein U.S. Air Force Base in Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany), including:

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Former Cardinals Playing In European Championship 9-16-16: Curt Smith Singles Twice; Jesus Ustariz Walks Twice

Jesus Ustariz (former Johnson City-Spain) started at first base and batted sixth.  0-for-3 with one run and two walks.

Spain beat Czech Republic 9-3

Curt Smith (former Springfield-Netherlands) started at first base and batted third.  2-for-4 with one hit by pitch.

Netherlands beat Italy 6-5

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Former Cardinals Playing in European Championship 9-12-16: Curt Smith Collects Four Singles & Three RBIs

Curt Smith (former Springfield-Netherlands) started at first base and batted third.  4-for-4 with three RBIs, two runs, and one caught stealing.

Netherlands beat Czech Republic 10-0

Jesus Ustariz (former Johnson City-Spain) started at first base and batted sixth.  0-for-3 with one sacrifice.

Spain beat Italy 8-3

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Cardinals World Baseball Classic Notebook 3-19-16: Edmundo Sosa Singles & Scores One Run

Jhonny Polanco (former Springfield-Nicaragua) entered in the fifth and pitched to three batters.  He allowed no hits or runs, one walk, threw one wild pitch, and struck one out.  (p-s:13-7)(g/f:1-0)(ir-s:1-1)

Nicaragua beat Czech Republic 7-6 in 11 innings

Edmundo Sosa (State College-Panama) started at second base and batted leadoff.  1-for-6 with one run.

Panama beat France 7-4

Sunday's Games:
Panama (2-1) visits Colombia (2-0) @ 7:00 PM ET
Nicaragua (2-1) visits Mexico (2-0) @ 10:00 PM ET

MLB Europe's All-Stars Compete In St. Petersburg/No-Hitter Vs. Puerto Rico

A European All-Star team full of prospects is currently competing in a Spring Training tournament in Florida alongside teams from all over the world. MLB Europe assembled the team (see roster below), which is coached by Andy Berglund, Martijn Nijhoff and Bill Holmberg among others. Nine different countries are represented.

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MLB European Elite Camp Exposure In The Media: Haarlems Dagblad

Monne Reitsma was one of the Dutch journalists who attended MLB press conference,which was held yesterday in Pioniers stadium prior to the first MLB Elite Camp in Hoofddorp. Reitsma wrote an extensive article for his newspaper Haarlems Dagblad and quoted MLB coaches Barry Larkin and Steve Finley.

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Rumor: European Pro Baseball League For 2016 Planned

Mister-Baseball.com has learned that a couple of club teams in European Baseball will meet in the coming days to create a professional baseball league in Europe. The league would consist of two teams apiece from the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany and France and is supposed to start in April of 2016.

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Day One & Day Two Recaps Of 2015 MLB Spring Academies Tournament (Barcelona)

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MLB Spring Academies Tournament In Sant Boi From April 5-11, 2015

Once again MLB International will hold a MLB Spring Academies Tournament in early April. From April 5 to 11 the top academy players from throughout Europe will travel to Sant Boi, Spain for a preparation style preseason event. Priority is not on results, but on giving players competitive at-bats and innings on the field.

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Dodgers, Valencia Host 2nd Early Bird Event From February 24 To March 1, 2015

With the great help of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, in collaboration with the City and State of Valencia, Spain, Valencia will host an U19 National Baseball Team event in the 2015 Torneo de Béisbol de Valencia, a six-nation tournament sponsored by the Dodgers held in Valencia from Feb. 24 to March 1, 2015.

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Blue Jays Sign 19-Year Old Belgian Outfielder Sam Buelens

After Thomas de Wolf signed with the New York Mets in 2008 to become the first player born and raised in Belgium in the Minor Leagues, Belgian Baseball has a second prospect. 18-year-old outfielder Sam Buelens, who becomes 19 on December 27, signed with the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Cardinals Playing In 2014 European Championship 9-16-14: Curt Smith Doubles, Hits Two Home Runs, Drives In Three Runs, & Scores Four Runs; Jesus Ustariz Collects Two Singles & Scores Two Runs

Jesus Ustariz (Johnson City-Spain) started at first base and batted sixth.  2-for-4 with two runs.

Spain beat Czech Republic 9-2


Curt Smith (Springfield-Netherlands) started at first base and batted third.  3-for-5 with one double, two home runs, three RBIs, and four runs.

Netherlands beat Russia 12-1

European Championship 9-15-14: Jesus Ustariz Collects Three Doubles, Two Home Runs, & Drives In Five Runs; Curt Smith Collects One Double, One Home Run, & Drives In Four Runs

September 12, 2014:

Curt Smith (former Springfield-Netherlands) started at first base and batted third.  2-for-4 with one double, one RBI, one walk, and three runs.

Netherlands beat Croatia 19-2

Jesus Ustariz (Johnson City-Spain) started at first base and batted sixth.  3-for-4 with two doubles, one home run, three RBIs, one run, and one caught stealing.

Spain beat Greece 15-3


September 13, 2014:

Curt Smith (former Springfield-Netherlands) started at first base and batted third.  2-for-2 with one home run, three RBIs, one run, and one hit by pitch.

Netherlands beat Czech Republic 7-0

Jesus Ustariz (Johnson City-Spain) started at first base and batted sixth.  2-for-4 with one double, one home run, two RBIs, and one run.

Spain beat Croatia 18-2


September 14, 2014:

Jesus Ustariz (Johnson City-Spain) started at first base and batted sixth.  Two runs, one walk, and two hit by pitches.

Spain beat Russia 12-0

Notes:
Netherlands and Spain are both 3-0 and tied for first in Pool B.

Jesus Ustariz Playing For Spain In 2014 European Championship

The first round at the European Championship 2014 started with three games in Ostrava, Czech Republic. In the morning Spain downed Greece 15-3. The Spanish squad dominated, scoring in eight of the nine innings played, but missed out on an early ending. Jesus Ustriz and Oscar Angulo hit home runs. Angulo scored four times. Ustariz also had two doubles and drove in three. John Paul Koulotouros went deep for the Greek squad. On the mound Antonio Noguera struck out 13 in six innings.

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Curt Smith To Play For Dutch Team In France International Baseball Tournament & European Championship

The Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association (KNBSB) has released a 27-man roster, which will participate in the France International Baseball Tournament “Yoshida Challenge” in Senart, France next weekend and in the European Championship in the Czech Republic from September 12 to 21.

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MLB Affiliated Players Approved For Participation In European Championship

The European Championship 2014, 12-21 September in Regensburg/Ostrava/Trebic & Brno is approved by Major League Baseball for the use of professional players under contract of their MLB organisations.

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MLB Academies Spring Tournament Brings Europe's Top Talents In Italy

The seventh annual MLB Academies Spring Tournament took place in Tirrenia and Livorno, Italy from March 30 – April 5. In total, 170 players from eight nations competed in 20 games under the watchful eyes of national team coaches, MLB staff and scouts. Games were played at the CONI Olympic Training Center in Tirrenia and also, for the first time with this event, at the Livorno Baseball Club.

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MLB Academies Tournament Gets Kicked Off On Sunday In Tirrenia

This year’s MLB Academies Tournament will get underway on Sunday in Tirrenia, Italy. In the week-long pre-season tourney academy players from the Czech Republic, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Italy, France and Sweden will participate. Special restrictions will be in place and the results are not important. The MLB Academies Tournament was introduced to give the top prospects in European Baseball an opportunity to get playing time in spring.

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