Portugal national baseball team 11 July, and to Russia by 0-10, at 11 July, being eliminated. 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
Baseball Assistance Team Baseball Assistance Team The Baseball Assistance Team is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization affiliated with Major League Baseball. The organization's mission is to "confidentially support members of the "Baseball Family" in need of assistance." The baseball family includes former players, both from the Major and Minor Leagues, former Negro League and All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players, umpires, scouts, and MLB and MiLB team personnel. The Baseball Assistance Team was founded in 1986 during the term of Commissioner Peter Ueberroth as a way for Major League Baseball and its players to take care of former players who have fallen upon hard