European Championship Baseball in Czech Republic

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

From July 7 to July 17 the European Championship Baseball will be played in the Czech Republic.

Today most games were cancelled due to heavy rainfall.

Only two games haven been played:

Group A: -Netherlands vs Great Britain: 4-0
Group B: -Spain vs Czech Republic: 10-1

Other participants are:

Group A: Germany, Italy, Russia and Sweden
Group B: Croatia, France, Ukraine and Greece

Maybe it is a nice idea to report a game of your own national team. So Perseas, I am very curious of your report.

Here is the boxscore of the game Netherlands vs Great Britain:

BOX SCORE

Netherlands
AB R H RBI AVG.
Michael Duursma, dh..... 2 - - - .000
Dirk van 't Klooster, cf 5 - - - .000
Raily Legito, ss........ 3 1 1 - .333
Ivanon Coffie, 3b....... 3 - - 1 .000
Sidney de Jong, c....... 4 - 1 - .250
Harvey Monte, rf........ 4 1 1 - .250
Percy Isenia, 1b........ 4 - 2 1 .500
Evert-Jan 't Hoen, 2b... 4 1 2 1 .500
Johnny Balentina, lf.... 4 1 1 - .250
Rob Cordemans, p........
Michiel van Kampen, p..

pitching INN SO BB H R ER
Rob Cordemans, W........ 8 5 - 3 - -
Michiel van Kampen, SV.. 1 2 - - - -


Great Britain
AB R H RBI AVG.
Adam Roberts............ 3 - 1 - .333
Aeden McQueary-Ennis.... 4 - - - .000
James Rutherford........ 4 - - - .000
Geoff Freeborn.......... 4 - - - .000
Josh Chetwynd........... 2 - - - .000
Mathew Stockman......... 3 - - - .000
Timothy Collins......... 3 - 1 - .333
David Donaldson......... 2 - - - .000
Raef Hobbs-Brown....... 1 - - - .000
Bradley Marcelino....... 3 - 1 - .333
Drew Bingal.............
Simon Eissens..........
Gary Tongue............

pitching INN SO BB H R ER
Drew Bingal, L.......... 6.1 2 3 5 2 2
Simon Eissens........... 1.2 - 1 3 2 2
Gary Tongue............. 1 - - - - -


Umpires:
HP-Frantisek Pribyl (Czech Republic)
1B-Marco Screti (Italy)
3B-Jaroslav Prokop (Czech Republic)
Official Scorer:

Technical Commissioner:
Xavier Mateu (Spain)


Line Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 8 0
Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1



LIVE PLAY-BY-PLAY
Game started at 5:00 PM (17:00)

Bottom of ninth inning
Michiel van Kampen relieves Rob Cordemans;
McQueary-Ennis strikes out (K1);
Rutherford strikes out (K2);
Freeborn flies out to leftfield (F7)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Netherlands win 4-0


Top of ninth inning
Gary Tongue relieves pitcher Simon Eissens;
Balentina grounds out to third base (53);
Duursma grounds out to second base (43);
Van 't Klooster flies out to rightfield (F9)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Netherlands lead 4-0


Bottom of eighth inning
Collins singles to rightfield
Raef Hobbs-Brown pinch-hits for David Donaldson; Hobbs-Brown strikes out (K5);
Marcelino singles to rightfield; Collins advances to third base;
Roberts grounds into double play to short (64-43); Marcelino forced out at second (64); Roberts out at first (43)
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
Netherlands lead 4-0


Top of eighth inning
Legito triples to centerfield;
Coffie sacrifice flies to leftfield (SF7); Legito scores;
De Jong grounds out to third base (53);
Monte singles to leftfield;
Isenia doubles to rightfield; Monte scores;
't Hoen pops out to first base (F3)
2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors,1 LOB
Netherlands lead 4-0


Bottom of seventh inning
Rutherford strikes out (K4);
Freeborn flies out to first base (F3);
Chetwynd hit by pitch (HP2);
Stockman pops out to catcher (F2)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
Netherlands lead 2-0


Top of seventh inning
Isenia pops out to first base (F3);
't Hoen homers to centerfield;
Balentina doubles to leftfield;
Simon Eissens relieves pitcher Drew Bingal;
Duursma walks (BB1);
Van 't Klooster flies out to second base (F4); Balentina eliminated at second base (4) in a double play
1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
Netherlands lead 2-0


Bottom of sixth inning
Donaldson flies out to rightfield (F9);
Marcelino grounds out to second base (43);
Roberts doubles to rightfield;
McQueary-Ennis flies out to leftfield
0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
Netherlands lead 1-0


Top of sixth inning
Coffie grounds out to second base (43);
De Jong strikes out (K2);
Monte flies out to leftfield (F7)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Netherlands lead 1-0


Bottom of fifth inning
Chetwynd flies out to centerfield (F8);
Stockman strikes out (K2);
Collins grounds out to short (63)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Netherlands lead 1-0


Top of fifth inning
't Hoen singles to leftfield;
Balentina grounds to short, reaches on fielder's choice (FC 64); 't Hoen forced out at second (64);
Duursma walks (BB3);
Van 't Klooster flies out to centerfield (F8);
Legito grounds to first base, reaches on an error (3E1); Balentina scores; Duursma advances to second base
1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error, 1 LOB
Netherlands lead 1-0


Bottom of fourth inning
McQueary-Ennis flies out to rightfield (F9);
Rutherford grounds out to first base (31);
Freeborn grounds out to third base (53)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Score tied 0-0


Top of fourth inning
De Jong flies out to leftfield (F7);
Monte grounds out to second base (43);
Isenia flies out to second base (F4)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Score tied 0-0


Bottom of third inning
Donaldson pops out to first base (F3);
Marcelino flies out to rightfield (F9);
Roberts grounds out to short (63)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Score tied 0-0


Top of third inning
Duursma walks (BB2);
Van 't Klooster flies out to rightfield (F9);
Legito strikes out (K1);
Coffie grounds out to first base (3)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
Score tied 0-0


Bottom of second inning
Chetwynd grounds out to second base (43);
Stockman grounds out to short (63);
Collins grounds out to second base (43)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Score tied 0-0


Top of second inning
De Jong singles to centerfield;
Monte flies out to leftfield (F7);
Isenia singles to centerfield; De Jong advances to second base;
't Hoen pops out to the catcher (F2);
Balentina flies out to leftfield (F7)
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB
Score tied 0-0


Bottom of first inning
Roberts hit by pitch (HP1);
McQueary-Ennis strikes out (K1);
Rutherford grounds out to third (53);
Freeborn strikes out (K2)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
Score tied 0-0


Game Notes:
Before the game there was a moment of silence for the victims of the attacks in London

After the playing of the national anthems, rain delayed the start of the game briefly

Top of first inning
Duursma grounds out to catcher (23);
Van 't Klooster grounds out to short (63);
Legito walks (BB1);
Coffie flies out to centerfield (F8)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
Score tied 0-0

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Tomorrow: the mother of all European baseball games. Netherlands vs Italy.

The eternal and most bitter rivals.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

The Netherlands beat Italy 4-0.

Other results of today are:

Greece vs Croatia: 7-2
Germany vs Russia: 2-7
France vs Spain: 3-5
Czech Republic vs Ukraine: 9-1
Sweden vs Great Britain:

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

The Netherlands beat Italy 4-0.

Other results of today are:

Croatia vs Greece: 2-7
Germany vs Russia: 2-7
France vs Spain: 3-5
Czech Republic vs Ukraine: 9-1
Sweden vs Great Britain: 2-8
France vs Croatia: 2-0

[Nuyorican]

Not to go OT on you, Yankees rule, but it boggles my mind that all of these European countries are capable of fielding baseball teams for a competitive tourney, and yet baseball still got the Olympic axe. I had no idea that they even knew what baseball was in nations like Croatia, Czech Rep, etc.

Yesterday I was angry when I read about the IOC's decision to expunge baseball from the Olympics. Today, I’m both angry and confused. Jacques Rogge is an imbecile, plain and simple. Long live baseball in Europe!...and I hope Rogge gets beaned by a screaming line drive the next time he passes a European baseball field.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Not to go OT on you, Yankees rule, but it boggles my mind that all of these European countries are capable of fielding baseball teams for a competitive tourney, and yet baseball still got the Olympic axe. I had no idea that they even knew what baseball was in nations like Croatia, Czech Rep, etc.

Yesterday I was angry when I read about the IOC's decision to expunge baseball from the Olympics. Today, I’m both angry and confused. Jacques Rogge is an imbecile, plain and simple. Long live baseball in Europe!...and I hope Rogge gets beaned by a screaming line drive the next time he passes a European baseball field.

I can understand your frustration. But as long as MLB doesn't want to let their players go to the Olympics, I think you can also blame them.

It has been said several times at the Olympics thread. The Olympics are held during the MLB season. There is too much money involved to let the players go. Nowadays there are so much players from different countries in MLB, I think you may say that maybe one fourth of MLB players will be on the Olympics. How do you replace them?

But if the best players would go, it will not be a problem to form a team of American Major Leaguers the first time. But just look at the NBA players. The first time it wasn't difficult to form a dream team 1. But with the last Olympics the Americans had a hard time to find players who were willing to play for their country. As a result Argentina won the tournament.
I think that would happen with MLB players as well.

I even wonder if Belgium would have been a real baseball country (they even didn't qualify for the European Championships), Rogge would have decided to lobby against baseball.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

The Tournament is played in four cities: Prague, Olomouc, Chocen and Blansko.

Here are some pictures of the baseball fields.

Baseball field(s) in Prague

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Baseball field in Olomouc

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Baseball field in Chocen

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Baseball field in Blansko

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

The most surprising result of today is the result of the game Czech Republic vs Greece: 14-0. The Greek didn't get any hit.

Other results are:

Ukraine - France 0 : 10 (8 innings)
Russia - Sweden 2 : 3 (13 innings)
Italy - Great Britain 12 : 0 (7 innings)
Greece - Czechia 0 : 14 (7 innings)
Sweden - Germany 3 : 6
Netherlands - Russia 11 : 1 (7 innings)

There is still one game going on: Spain vs Croatia: 9-4 in the 7th inning.

[Licey Fan]

Baseball field in Olomouc

THAT FIELD'S HUGE!!! Definetly not a field for batters... The field is really big, and look at how much space's left as foul ground... Is odd, coz baseball field these days are designed to help batting, rather than pitching, as to make the game more exciting

You can see that only the old ballparks in the majors have a considerable foul ground space... The new parks just have the minimum, if any... They prefer putting skyboxes right in the action... That's where the money's at

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Final result of Spain vs Croatia: 10-5

[Perseas]

This year the Greek team is setting itself up for the future. Unlike the past major tournament participations, 13 players out of the 25-man roster actually play in the Greek league and are not Americalns of Greek descent. This may weaken the team orverall but we are slowly trying to get up on our own two feet. In the win against Croatia we had three Greek league players in the starting lineup and in the loss against the Czech Republic we had four. The good thing is that these guys get play time and don;t just sit on the bench watching the Greek-Americans. Unless we get relegated to the B' Division (which I think is highly unlikely) I will deem this tournament a success for us regardless of the final spot...

[Perseas]

Latest results:

Germany beat Great Britain 4-3 and Greece beat the Ukraine 3-2. Greek pitcher James Kavourias pitched a complete game with 7 K's