31/07/2020 3 Minute Read

Federation Focus: Lithuania has one of three Europeans playing at MLB level

The game of baseball was introduced to the country in 1922, but the Lithuania Baseball Association was founded only in 1987. Federation President Virmidas Neverauskas, the father of Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dovydas, guided us through baseball in the Baltic area.

18/06/2020 4 Minute Read

Federation Focus: Sri Lanka wants to become one of Asia's baseball powerhouses

Baseball was introduced in Sri Lanka in the 1980s. The federation has set a five-year goal of climbing the baseball ladder in Asia.

22/05/2020 3 Minute Read

Federation Focus: Australian baseball is thriving from youth to pro levels

Baseball was introduced in Australia in the 1850s by gold miners. We look at how it evolved, leading to the current Australian Baseball League and the discovery of Baseball5.

30/04/2020 3 Minute Read

Federation Focus: Zambia Baseball Softball Association spreading game with Baseball5 and int'l support

Softball was introduced to the country in the early 1970s by foreign workers in the Copper Belt Province. Baseball came in the 1980s thanks to Cuban medical doctors. Activity had almost ceased in the country before WBSC introduced Baseball5 in early 2019.

30/03/2020 2 Minute Read

Federation Focus: Guatemalan Softball finding place on global stage behind ASOSOFT

Guatemalan softball is on a roll having competed in back-to-back WBSC men's junior world championships while in 2020, the Central American country had their highest-ever finish on the global stage, placing sixth at the WBSC Men's U-18 Softball World Cup.

28/02/2020 2 Minute Read

Federation Focus: Baseball5 gives new impetus to development in Tunisia

Tunisia was the first Arabic country to play baseball and lived its golden age in the 1980s but suffered a crisis in the early 1990s. Thanks to the introduction of Baseball5, the federation is now making a comeback.