
Episode #26
#26 Baseball's European Cups confusing formats explained
Paul and Matthias try to get to grips with the WBSC European cup format that consists of four different tiers, all with different rules, dates, and quality.

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Hosted by Paul Hughes and Matthias Letsch · sports · EN · 26 episodes
The Baseball Europe podcast is dedicated to telling the stories, sharing the banter, and covering the quirks of the game across the continent. From Bundesliga dugouts to Dutch dynasties, Italian rivalries to Czech ballparks, we’re digging into the people, places, and passion that make European baseball its own weird and wonderful world.This isn’t a dry scoreboard recap or an MLB clone. It’s about what it feels like to play, watch, and live baseball here, the unique mix of expats, lifers, dreamers, and diehards who keep the game alive outside the U.S.
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Episode #26
Paul and Matthias try to get to grips with the WBSC European cup format that consists of four different tiers, all with different rules, dates, and quality.

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Episode #24
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Episode #23
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Episode #24
<p>This week it's all about the country where, during communism, Baseball was illegal, but now boasts one of the most Baseball saturated cities in Europe. </p><p>Intro music credit: Teamwork by 2TECH-AUDIO | https://2tech-audio.bandcamp.com</p><p>Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com</p><p>Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)</p><p>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US</p><p>@dbl.baseball</p><p>@mainzathletics</p><p>@mlbeurope</p><p>@mlb</p><p>#baseballeurope</p><p>#baseballmadeingermany</p><p>https://baseballeurope.wixsite.com/podcast<br /></p><p><br /></p>
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