http://www.mister-baseball.com/italian-infielder-luca-martone-signs-houston-astros/ Baseball and Softball in Europe Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:44:55 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.mister-baseball.com/italian-infielder-luca-martone-signs-houston-astros/comment-page-1/#comment-2570 myworldofbaseball » Blog Archive » Astros Sign Italian; Other Caribbean Signings Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:57:34 +0000 http://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=7841#comment-2570 [...] http://www.mister-baseball.com/italian-infielder-luca-martone-signs-houston-astros/ reports that the Houston Astros have signed Italian infielder Luca Martone to a six year contract.  He is the sixth Italian playing organized baseball in the United States.  One Italian player that is winning the Triple Crown in the California League is Alex Liddi of the Mariners.  The Astros can only hope he develops into that kind of player.  Italy, with the Netherlands field the two strongest baseball leagues in Europe. [...] [...] http://www.mister-baseball.com/italian-infielder-luca-martone-signs-houston-astros/ reports that the Houston Astros have signed Italian infielder Luca Martone to a six year contract.  He is the sixth Italian playing organized baseball in the United States.  One Italian player that is winning the Triple Crown in the California League is Alex Liddi of the Mariners.  The Astros can only hope he develops into that kind of player.  Italy, with the Netherlands field the two strongest baseball leagues in Europe. [...]

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