Portugal national baseball team Portugal national baseball team The Portugal national baseball team is the national baseball team of Portugal. The team represents Portugal in international competitions. Baseball is still a relatively unknown sport in Portugal. Many of the Portuguese baseball players are from Portuguese communities in Canada, United States and Venezuela. The first Portuguese baseball stadium, Estádio Municipal de Abrantes, was inaugurated on 22 July 2006. Portugal was recently involved in the 2010 European Baseball Championship qualifier tournament, in Abrantes, with Ireland, Greece and Russia. On 9 July 2008, the Portuguese team beat Ireland by 11-8, but lost to Greece by 3-11 at
Paul Gibson (baseball) Gibson's Baseball Academy in Long Island, New York. Gibson is regarded as a projector scout which will envisions what a player will be able to do in a two or three years term. Despite the fact that Gibson had a successful pitching career, he has been able to analyze the players’ ability regardless his position. Gibson style of scouting looks also for some particular traits in the players’ personality and character to ensure that they could handle the pressure and be team leaders. Beginning in 2006 and for three years, Gibson served as an area scout supervisor for the Atlanta