Cobbs did make the Belgian team, but had to prove himself since the season had already started when he arrived and he was an American. But Cobbs hung out with the team on his first day in Belgium and pitched his first game two days later. He said club baseball was similar to a country club where participants paid 1,000 francs a year to play on the team, and if they received a salary it was considered professional baseball. Cobbs did receive a monthly salary and a paid apartment. Each club team is based on a cantina that sells food, beer and coffee in an open-air patio.
People sit in the bleachers or in the patio area to watch the game.
When the game ended, he said both teams usually hung out in the dugouts and the cantina served them dinner. Ransom and husband Bud Ransom visited Cobbs for two weeks in July and cherished their time with him. She said families attended a game and stayed there afterwards to eat and socialize. It was really a family-type of atmosphere. I think we, as Americans, have lost that.