SPORTS / BASEBALL

List: Top 10 European Baseball Teams

Date: Mid-Season 2008

Source: Mister Baseball

Base: Countries covered: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.

Notes: The Mister Baseball site put together a top 50 list (see the link above), but make it clear that it is not definitive: "Clearly, such an exercise will lead to differing opinions. After all, it is impossible to definitively rank teams - many of whom have never played the other clubs on the list. Nevertheless, these rankings are based on a combination of factors that offer a good look into where various teams from across the continent stack up against each other. Point totals for teams were amassed from two categories: Strength of baseball in the club's country and Club's performance". We encourage you to visit the site to see the experts thinking and calculations.