Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg
- Baseball League ( since 1995) Division South (since 1995)
- German Champion 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- German Cup winner 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- German Junior Masters 2013
- German master student in 2013
The bookbinder Legionaries are a baseball club from Regensburg. They play in the Armin Wolf Arena in Regensburg, which was completed in 1998. The Legionaries are represented with their men's teams in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga (South), also exists a third men's team (National Football League ) and a fourth men's team (district league) as well as a ladies' softball team (Bayern league). The youth department " Legionaries Youngsters " includes a total of nine teams (juniors, youth, students and pupils Live Pitch Tossball, Teeball, Bambinis and Softball U13 and U16 softball ).
History
The origins of the club, which was founded in 1987 Baseball Division of the Regensburg Turnerschaft. In 1989, the department but for SV Schwabelweis. In the same year, the young team could reach promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga Süd. Were able to establish the Legionaries there but not until 1992. Two years later promotion to the top division, the 1st Bundesliga South. In 1997, the Regensburg were for the first time German cup winner, the following year, even you could win the European Cup Winners' Cup (B pool) in the newly built Armin - Wolf- Arena. Not only in the first Bundesliga, the baseball team in the following years, but also in Regensburg established itself in Germany The generally not very popular among some of the cathedral city now popular. Both in 2006 and 2007, the Legionaries German vice-champion, so they remained denied the national championship.
14 years after the rise in the 1st Bundesliga and 11 years after the first cup final for the first time succeeded the Legionaries in 2008 winning the German championship, a success that in 2010 could be repeated in the final against the Heidenheim Heideköpfe. In 2011, you could win against the Paderborn Untouchables the third title in club history. 2012 and 2013 succeeded the Legionaries of each title defense against the Solingen Alligators, making them ( four of them in series last) can now boast a total of five championship titles.
With Max Kepler - Rozycki one of the greatest baseball talent in Europe stems from the young talent of the Legionaries. Kepler - Rozycki has been available since 2009 for the Minnesota Twins under contract. Donald Lutz, the first German Major League Baseball player who played until 2007 at the Legion.
Current squad of legionaries
- 5 Christopher Howard
Infielder
- 2 Philip Howard
- 4 Matt Vance
- 21 Christoph Zirzlmeier
- 31 Richard Klijn
- 44 Lukas Jahn
Outfielder
Coaches
- 7 Martin Helmig ( Trainer)
- 3 Martin Brunner ( assistant coach )
Achievements
- German master 2008
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2006
- 2007
- German champion offspring 2013 Junior
- 2013 students