Baseball and beer go great together – or so I’m told. And perhaps baseball might go even better with Czech beer, the best beer in the world – or so I have also been told.

The 4th annual World University Championship is to be played this summer (July 17-27) in the Czech towns of Brno, Olomouc, Blansko and Choceň.

Teams from 14 countries, including China, Croatia, Cuba and the USA, will be participating.

While baseball does not seem likely to usurp soccer as the dominant sport around the world, it has grown a steady and very loyal following in numerous countries in Europe, like the Czech Republic.

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All those who happen to be in the vicinity of Salem, Virginia on Friday, April 18 won’t want to miss the Salem Avalanche’s first annual “Salute to Ramen Noodles Night.”

The Class A Advanced affiliate of the Houston Astros will be marking the 60^th anniversary of the college-student staple. (more…)

The Royals Joey Gathright leaps over the Dodger’s Hidoki Kuroda.

Watch more amazing Gathright hurdles after the … er … jump. (more…)

Freelance reporter Joe Lavin broke the story today on what lies within Jose Canseco’s new book, entitled “Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and The Battle to Save Baseball.”

The book was not supposed to reach store shelves until Monday, just in time for April Fool’s Day.  However, Lavin seems to have stumbled by chance upon a copy at a Cambridge, Massachusetts book store. (more…)

We used to think we had it pretty good on the West Coast when we could roll out of bed on a Saturday morning and make a pot of coffee just in time to catch the first pitch of an East Coast game.

Now, since I’ve been in Europe, catching games at a decent hour has been a rarity – except on days when the Boston Marathon is run. (more…)