The stories:

• Review of the ESSL 2015
• Player profile Jason Parker (Rhino) from BNB
• Player profile Rafael José Ferrer Barzaga from the Toros
• ESSL Inside Story

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Articles

• ESSL – A New Day Dawns For Slowpitch Softball in Europe (with player profiles)
• Windmill Classic Tournament in Almere, Netherlands
• ESSL Updates

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Anže Tanc of Slovenia’s Dream Team is the type of softball player that will have an impact on the game and will leave the IOC no choice but to reinstate the bat and ball sports back into the Olympics. The fact that his passion is slowpitch softball makes no difference whatsoever, as in Europe, the entire sport, and baseball, has a one-for-all, all-for-one attitude.
The 21-year-old shortstop who lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia, is currently a student, moonlights as a taxi cab driver to make a living, and is a non-stop supporter of the bat and ball sports. When he’s not playing at stops across the continent, working or going to school, he’s a coach of both a 12u and 16u baseball team.
“I do my best to try and expand both sports wherever I can,” says Anže. “In Slovenia, as well as in most European countries, softball is not very well recognized. Therefore, we try our best to popularize it in as many ways as possible. With the ESSL, which is the top level of slowpitch in Europe, we expect that the sport is becoming more recognized.”

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Softball Magazine player profile Anže Tanc (permission granted by Softball Magazine)

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In the new issue of Softball Magazine you can read her player story:

Samantha Einwagner plays first base for team PGS in the ESSL in Austria, but where she grew up and learned the game of softball is another whole…well, country.
A school and club softball player from the time she was seven through 18 years old in Arizona, the now 25-year-old is an English teacher who resides in Linz, Austria. She gets her softball fix these days playing slowpitch in the rising league in Europe, the European Slowpitch Softball League.

Samantha recollects her early years in the sport. “My career in softball started at the age of seven when I played in a league called Arizona Girls Softball (AGS) for girls aged 6-18 years old,” says Samantha. “I went on to play Senior League for the Arrowhead All-Stars and ASA club ball for the Vipers, Lil’ Saints and Desert Kaos. I also played competitively for Mountain Ridge High School. I ate, slept, and breathed only softball for my entire adolescent life; no other sport interested me more! “I began playing competitive ASA fastpitch at the age of 11. Club ball was expensive due to all of the traveling, but I had the opportunity to play against the best in the country. While playing high school ball at Mountain Ridge High, we made the state finals each year I was there. In these years, I played more games than I can count, all filled with amazing memories and friendships…”

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Softball Magazine player profile Samantha (permission granted by Softball Magazine)

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ESSL Stats Women 2015

Link: Stats Women

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