Germany expels top club

In Germany, the baseball federation has expelled one of its leading clubs from the country's premier league competition. The Cologne Dodgers were excluded from the premier Bundesliga after the club failed to appear for a game in Solingen. Under the League's rules, a club can be expelled if it is found to have violated league rules on three occasions in one season. All of the games played by the club this season were reclassified as 9- or 7-0 forfeits, and Cologne will be relegated to the second Bundesliga for next season. Cologne's participation in regional leagues is not affected.

This is the second controversy surrounding Cologne this season. In May, the club angered the German federation by forcing a legal precident that applied the so-called Bosman Ruling to German baseball.