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Austrian Baseball...

Even in Austria, Baseball season is in full swing. Justin is playing at the American International Baseball Club (AIBC) with the Major Twins and with the Vienna Lions in the Schülerliga Ost of the Austrian Baseball Federation.

Justin did well in his Austrian baseball debut. This is the first of his four hits that he had in this game

This is his fourth his of the day...a double to right

He also pitched three innings with no earned runs and 4 strikeouts. Not bad!


I am playing on the Vienna Mets in the Regionalliga Ost. This team plays in the third tier of Austrian baseball and serves as the farm club for the Vienna Metrostars in the top division (the ABL). The pictures below are from a pre-season game agains the Piratas del Caribe (that's right)...
team before the game

I played catcher for the entire 9 inning game...


Our schedule is now packed with baseball as Tuesdays are the only days of the week where there is no potential for baseball related activities. Its been great for all three of us as it has allowed us to make new Austrian friends...hopefully our Deutsche will improve as well! 

All these innings of  baseball have lead to an increase in photo shoots for Rebecca!

It turns out that playing baseball in Austria is pretty serious business; both Justin and I are now official card carrying members of the Austrian Baseball Federation and stats, results, and standings for our club teams are regularly posted within a day of a game being played.

You can check out the results and stats for both Justin and I on the Homerunners Baseball Club website. We are part of the same system, so there is a really good chance that in 4 or 5 years we will be able to play together on the same team.





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