Jesco Veisz

From BR Bullpen

Jesco Veisz was general manager of the German national team from 2004-2010, taking over the role when he was only 33 years old. He has also managed the German junior national team and coached for Germany. Under Veisz's guidance, Germany made it to their first Baseball World Cup in three decades, in 2007 - they will also be in the 2009 Baseball World Cup. He was let go, effective January 2010, as German baseball funding dried up with the exclusion of baseball from the Olympics.