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Old Tue Mar 04, 2008, 01:50pm
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Hello,

I'm French and with a friend we would like to play baseball, regrettably towards to me in France, there are no clubs, the baseball is not very popular. And there is no store which sell equipments (bats, gloves, balls, etc...). I wanted to know if somebody knew an interressant us website to buy the minimum necessities to begin to play? And what are the best gloves and the best bats to begin? If somebody could advise me.

Thank you very much for your help.
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Old Tue Mar 04, 2008, 03:40pm
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Hello,

I'm French and with a friend we would like to play baseball, regrettably towards to me in France, there are no clubs, the baseball is not very popular. And there is no store which sell equipments (bats, gloves, balls, etc...). I wanted to know if somebody knew an interressant us website to buy the minimum necessities to begin to play? And what are the best gloves and the best bats to begin? If somebody could advise me.

Thank you very much for your help.
You're not likely to find much of a response here or at other officiating web-sites. I do know other European countries have baseball (Netherlands, for example). Perhaps you could try them to see how to get equipment to Europe.
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Old Tue Mar 04, 2008, 03:53pm
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Hello,

I'm French and with a friend we would like to play baseball, regrettably towards to me in France, there are no clubs, the baseball is not very popular. And there is no store which sell equipments (bats, gloves, balls, etc...). I wanted to know if somebody knew an interressant us website to buy the minimum necessities to begin to play? And what are the best gloves and the best bats to begin? If somebody could advise me.

Thank you very much for your help.
You may want to look at the following European sites:

http://www.baseballsoftballuk.com/
this is the official site in England and has an on-line store

http://www.ffbsc.org/
The is the official French Baseball site. I trust it will have equipment supplier links on it.

Good luck!
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Old Tue Mar 04, 2008, 04:47pm
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There is another forum I frequent that is dedicated to the hobby of collecting antique and vintage baseball gloves. Several months ago, a poster from France wrote in asking for donations of baseball equipment for a club he was forming in a a French school. His wife is an American, and during a stint in the states he came to love the game of baseball. As a teacher, he got his students interested in the game and formed a team.

Here is the link to a recent post from him, detailing some of the progess he's made with his students.

http://www.vintagebaseballgloveforum...359&highlight=

His user name on the forum is "Moonlight Graham". You can search for all of his posts there to get the full story of his efforts to import the game of baseball to his students in France.

You could also post there if you have a message for him, or possibly contact him directly through that forum's instant messaging system
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Old Tue Mar 04, 2008, 04:59pm
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Cet "website" est pour des arbitres, ainsi vous ne recevrez pas les réponses que vous demandiez. Ceci peut fonctionner mieux : http://www.baseball-links.com/links/...l/Netherlands/

Bonne chance.
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Old Tue Mar 04, 2008, 06:23pm
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Cet "website" est pour des arbitres, ainsi vous ne recevrez pas les réponses que vous demandiez. Ceci peut fonctionner mieux : http://www.baseball-links.com/links/...l/Netherlands/

Bon chance.
"Bonne."
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Old Tue Mar 04, 2008, 07:49pm
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Cet "website" est pour des arbitres, ainsi vous ne recevrez pas les réponses que vous demandiez. Ceci peut fonctionner mieux : http://www.baseball-links.com/links/...l/Netherlands/

Bon chance.
What the hell did he say?
Vas saggen sie?
No comprende Francais?

Heh, heh, heh.... just kidding Garth!
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Old Tue Mar 04, 2008, 08:43pm
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"Bonne."
Oui. Qu'est-ce que je pensais ? Remerciez Dieu que le Français n'était pas mon cours d'étude primaire.
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Old Wed Mar 05, 2008, 08:52am
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Oui. Qu'est-ce que je pensais ? Remerciez Dieu que le Français n'était pas mon cours d'étude primaire.
Still, not too shabby.

All the same, I thought Zorba was Greek?
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Old Wed Mar 05, 2008, 08:58am
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Vas saggen sie?
"was sagen sie ?"
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Old Wed Mar 05, 2008, 09:55am
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Old Wed Mar 05, 2008, 02:51pm
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Oui. Qu'est-ce que je pensais ? Remerciez Dieu que le Français n'était pas mon cours d'étude primaire.
French isn't bad for a guy named Garth!!!!
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Old Wed Mar 05, 2008, 03:20pm
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French isn't bad for a guy named Garth!!!!
J'ai étudié le français depuis cinq ans et J'ai passé quatre mois en France, mais il y a beaucoup d'annees. J'ai oublié la sens de quelques mots et de quelques conjugaisons, mais je me rappelle assez.

J'ai commencé mes études quand j'ai habité à New York, près du Canada. Plus tard, j'ai sorti l'ouest où l'espagnol est parlé beaucoup plus fréquemment. C'est la vie.
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Old Wed Mar 05, 2008, 05:48pm
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Thanks for this websites.
And about the gloves and bats, what are the best for to begin ?
And your French is good, Garth, there are some errors but they are insignifiant.
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Old Wed Mar 05, 2008, 05:51pm
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there are some errors but they are insignifiant.
I imagine they are significant to Garth.
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