by David Burns | Jan 10, 2024 | Globetrotters
BBJO Globetrotters teammates, Ryan “RJ” Johnson, Jeff Costello, and Russ Strilchuk show us their set-up and the beautiful city of Trebic, Czech Republic. Watch this video on YouTube Not ready to hang them up? Seeking a new career path? Annually our...
by David Burns | Aug 30, 2023 | BBJO Podcast
Seattle-born, Ethan Skuija, has always been a dominant pitcher. He dominated as a kid growing up in Canada, in junior college in California, and in division one baseball playing for CSU Bakersfield. None of this changed since he decided to take his career overseas...
by David Burns | Apr 24, 2023 | Blog, Written Stories
By participating for the first time in the recently completed World Baseball Classic, the Czech Republic’s national team checked off multiple items on its to-do list. “Before the tournament, we had three goals – increase the number of baseball fans in the Czech...
by David Burns | Oct 14, 2022 | Blog, Written Stories
By Carter Cromwell October 15, 2022 When the World Baseball Classic begins next March, the Czechs will most likely be an underdog, but that won’t faze them. After all, the Czech team wasn’t a favorite before the recent qualifying round, but it proved adept at...
by David Burns | Sep 11, 2022 | BBJO Podcast
Brett Holtz is an Ivy League first baseman who had his college baseball career ripped away from him by COVID-19 and Alec Lemmon had hung up the cleats and got the travel bug while backpacking in Australia before deciding to combine his new passion with his old...
by David Burns | Dec 6, 2021 | BBJO Podcast
Ryan “RJ” Johnson is a player in high demand overseas for a number of reasons and is currently living in the Czech Republic year-round as an import for a club that is on the rise. The former American Association pitcher has re-invented himself as a...
by David Burns | Jul 18, 2021 | Featured Clubs/Ballparks, Uncategorized
This Drone footage is of the Opening Ceremony at Prague Baseball Week 2021 featuring the International Stars and the Czech National Team. The International Stars featured 23 members from Baseball Jobs Overseas who were playing around Europe that made their way for the...
by David Burns | Dec 20, 2020 | Blog, Written Stories
December 20, 2020 By Carter Cromwell One thing you can say about Zdenek Zidek . . . He’s not afraid of a challenge. Zidek is a practicing defense attorney in his hometown of Prague in the Czech Republic — That’s, you know, on another continent across a really...
by David Burns | Sep 29, 2020 | Advice for Members
Okay… your profile is live… now what? The following is a step-by-step guide to making the most of this opportunity, starting with best positioning yourself to hopefully receive multiple offers and ending with a detailed contract so that you can set...
by David Burns | Mar 26, 2019 | Advice for Members
The following are some of our best tips on how to take your baseball career overseas based on our experience over the years. Since most leagues overseas sign players sight unseen, the process is a bit different which is what we tackle in this post. Although relevant...
by David Burns | Feb 5, 2018 | Blog
Accounting for both players and coaches in baseball as well as women’s fastpitch softball, as of December 31st, 2018, members of our website have signed over 900 baseball and softball contracts encompassing 26 different countries. Many of these members alternate...