SOFIA, Bulgaria — The Bulgarian Baseball Federation (BFB), under President Yassen Nedelchev, recently reached a historic benchmark in producing the country’s first-ever live video transmission of a baseball competition in Bulgaria on Saturday, September 13th.
The BFB brought a semifinal contest of the 2014 Bulgarian National Championship between Athletic Sofia and the Sofia Blues to a global audience via online platform Streamer.bg. (Watch replay: http://www.streamer.bg/bg/452/filmpage-go)
In-game commentary was delivered in Bulgarian to help spur further national interest in the bat-and-ball sport.
Officials at the BFB hailed the “historical event” as another validation of baseball and softball’s growing footprint, increasing activity and steadily rising popularity across Europe.
In April of 2013, BFB celebrated its 25th anniversary as the national governing body for baseball.
Bulgaria’s National Team baseball programme is currently ranked No. 19 within Europe (out of 40 countries) and No. 55 at the world level.
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