Jakub Janda interviewed Guglielmo Trinci, manager of the Italian Under-21 national team. The squad will participate in the European Championship Under-21 in Brno, Czech Republic from August 17 to 22.
Guglielmo Trinci
- manager of the Italian Under 21 national team
- Trinci was a big star as a player. Born 1959, he has represented Italy in 143 games and has over 1000 games in the Italian league, with 161 homers and a career batting average of .317
Jakub Janda: Mr. Trinci, how has your team been preparing for the 2010 European Championship? What kind of preparation have you gone through in last two years?
Guglielmo Trinci: We will have 2 try outs, before opening camp on August 10th. During the season it is not easy to have players available because they have commitments with their clubs
JJ: How does you roster look like? How many players do you expect from the national league and do you have any players playing abroad? How many players of your tem play in the first league?
GT: First baseman Alex Sambucci (Parma), second baseman Alessandro Vaglio (Grosseto) and outfielder Paolino Ambrosino (Nettuno) are everyday players in the IBL. Right hander Ularetti is a reliever for Bologna and left hander Matteo Pizziconi is a reliever for Nettuno. We have 4 players in the US: right handers Lucati (Astros) and Andrea Pizziconi (DBacks), left hander Panerati (Reds) and infielder Martone (Astros). We do hope they are available
JJ: Do you scout your opponents? What do you expect of the teams in your pool?
GT: I will scout all of the players possible during the MLB European Academy and the rest of the scouting will be done during the tournament
JJ: What are your country’s goals for the ECH? What would you consider a success?
GT: Our main goal is to give an overall good image of Italy and the Italian school of baseball. I usually play a tournament to win and I will try to do it also this time.
JJ: Do you know anything about Czech national team? Do you have any experience with them?
GT: I admit I do not know much of the other teams as of now.
JJ: Thank you for your time.
Mister-Baseball thanks Guglielmo Trinci and Jakub Janda for the Q&A.