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Are you passionate about baseball? Do you want to experience Europe in a unique way? If so, you have come to the right place. Old World Baseball, LLC (OWB) is dedicated to providing custom-tailored, high-quality, baseball-playing/cultural opportunities in Europe for groups and individuals (of all ages).
Each of the founders of OWB, Tom Gillespie and Stephan Rapaglia, has had tremendous coaching and playing experience in the European baseball world. Between them, Tom and Stephan have coached and/or played in the shadows of Windsor Castle and Edinburgh Castle, in Barcelona's Olympic Stadium, and in other historic European locations such as London, Paris, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Stockholm, Prague, Madrid, Munich and Zagreb. OWB was founded by Tom and Stephan so that adventurous and enthusiastic North American ballplayers can share these types of experiences.
*Old World Baseball is not affiliated in any way with Major League Baseball® or the World Baseball Classic®.
RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
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OWB's 2012 trip to Europe will run from July 9 - 19, 2012 (U.S. departure date - July 8), and registration is nearly complete. The trip will include various destinations in Holland, Belgium and Germany, and opponents are expected to include a mix of European national teams and high-level club teams. Registration and waiver forms, as well as an informational flyer, are available at the "Form Downloads" page.
In a recent press release, the Belgian Men's National Team announced that its 2012 training schedule will include games against Old World Baseball on July 14 and 15.
The Netherlands recently made history by winning the 2012 Baseball World Cup, a tournament which included USA, Cuba, Japan, Korea, Canada and all of the world's other top baseball-playing nations.
Stephan Rapaglia is quoted multiple times in a ESPN.com feature article on the rise of European baseball: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/6948276/mlb-baseball-europe-take-off.Tom Gillespie ran coaching and player clinics in Uganda in 2010, where he worked with many of the members of the Little League team recently featured on ESPN (http://search.espn.go.com/uganda-baseball/videos/6). OWB's July 2011 High School Trip involved visits to 7 cities in 3 countries, with games against 4 different national teams. MLB has announced that four European nations will be included in the 2012 qualifier for the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
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