Eagles Praha is a baseball team from
Prague,
Czech Republic. The team plays in the
Czech Extraliga.
History
The club was established on 3 February 1981 in the
Krč
Krč is a district in the south of Prague, located in Prague 4. It became part of the city in 1922.
History
Krč ( la, Carrium) was first mentioned in written documents in 1222. During the time of the Hussites, the area was seized by the ''Pražs ...
district of
Prague as TJ Sokol Praha 4 – Krč. In 1984, the club built its current facilities in a piece of land in Krč. In 1991, the team changed its name to Sokol Krč. In 2000, the organization signed a sponsorship agreement with Altron, a Czech technological supplier, and changed its name to Krč Altron in 2001. For the 2009 season, the club dropped the sponsor title and changed its name to Eagles Praha.
The Eagles have never won the
Extraliga title, but were runners-up in 1999, 2004, 2012 and 2019.
Four Eagles' players were called to represent
Czech Republic at the
2023 World Baseball Classic qualification
The qualifying round of the 2023 World Baseball Classic will be held in September 2022. Teams which participated at the 2017 World Baseball Classic automatically qualified for the 2023 tournament. The qualifying round is to consist of two tourna ...
: pitcher
Tomáš Duffek, catcher
Martin Červenka, infielder
Petr Zýma and outfielder
Marek Chlup. All four players also made it to the
2023 World Baseball Classic
The 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC), an international professional baseball tournament, is set to be the fifth iteration of the World Baseball Classic. It was originally set for 2021 (as per tradition to hold the event every four years), but wa ...
final roster, where Czech Republic played its pool in the
Tokyo Dome in Japan.
Ballpark
Eagles Praha has the largest baseball and softball facilities in the Czech Republic.
The complex has two baseball fields, three softball fields, a multi-purpose indoor arena, a batting practice center and a gym.
The complex is located in the
Krč
Krč is a district in the south of Prague, located in Prague 4. It became part of the city in 1922.
History
Krč ( la, Carrium) was first mentioned in written documents in 1222. During the time of the Hussites, the area was seized by the ''Pražs ...
district in the
Prague 4 municipality, south of Prague's city center.
Roster
References
External links
Official club webpage
Baseball in the Czech Republic
Sport in Prague
Baseball teams established in 1981
1981 establishments in Czechoslovakia
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