Above: Will Gordon pitching in 3rd-inning action in Vilnius, Kaunas vs. Vilnius.
below: Arunas Dankovskis, young standout from Kaunas, hitting a triple in the same game.
Highlights from the beginning of the 2009 Lithuanian Baseball season May 13th 2009 A few highlights from the first few weeks of games:
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LITHUANIAN CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK 2: LITUANICA (KAUNAS) AND VIKINGAS (VILNIUS) TAKE TWO FROM LOGIPOLIJA AND VETRA
Kaunas Lituanica extended their record to 4-0 in ’09 Championship Play with two wins over Vilnius Logipolija this weekend, beating Logipolija 13-7, 16-5 in two games. In game 1 Will Gordon and Marijus Dargis ... read more
Europe » Lithuania » Kaunas Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the USSR in 1940. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, but Moscow did not recognize this proclamation until September of 199... ... read more
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