by Pim van Nes Yesterday the Netherlands federation KNBSB has distributed a press release. The subject is the agreement between KNBSB and FIBS, the Italian federation, to have the two national teams…
Category: News – Italian National Teams
Italy drops Exhibition against Washington Nationals
ITA 000 000 002 0 2 7 0 WAS 041 000 000 0 5 9 1 Box score at FIBS.it The Italian National Team played another exhibition game before the 2009 World…
Italy loses to New York Mets 4-5 on Friday
ITA 000 300 01 4 6 0 NYM 000 401 0X 5 6 0 Italian Stats on FIBS.it Mets Stats by NY Daily News The Italian team had another warm-up game before…
World Baseball Classic Previews: Italy
Mister-Baseball.com is counting down with short team-by-team previews until the World Baseball Classic starts on March 5th. Italy Today and tomorrow we’ll continue our preview of 2009 World Baseball Classic teams with…
European Baseball Series with Italy and Netherlands in September
The two top European Baseball national teams Netherlands and Italy will face each other in a four-game series next September to finalize their preparations for the 38th IBAF Baseball World Cup, which…
Italy beats Florida Marlins in 6-Inning Friendly
FLA 001 000 1 4 2 ITA 000 22X 4 7 0 Unofficial Box score at FIBS.it The Italian World Baseball Classic team played another unofficial warm-up game on Wednesday. In Jupiter,…
Baltimore Orioles beat Italy in Scrimmage
ITA 000 000 000 0 4 2 BAL 003 000 010 4 7 0 Unofficial Box score at FIBS.it On Tuesday the Italian National Team faced the Baltimore Orioles in an unofficial…
Italian World Baseball Classic Team opens Camp in Fort Pierce, Florida
On Saturday, February 14th the Italian National Team opens training camp for the 2009 World Baseball Classic with 14 players in Fort Pierce, Florida. Coaches Tom Trebelhorn, Bill Holmberg and Gibo Gerali…
Road for Italy to 2009 World Baseball Classic goes through Florida
Like several of the other World Baseball Classic teams, the Italian team is also preparing for the tournament in Florida. Pitchers and catchers will report to Fort Pierce on February 14th, other…
MLB.com takes a look at Alex Maestri before the World Baseball Classic
MLB.com’s minor league expert Jonathan Mayo took a look at Italians number one pitching prospect Alessandro Maestri shortly before the start of the 2009 World Baseball Classic, in which manager Marco Mazzotti…
World Baseball Classic Provisional Rosters released
In a special show on the new MLB Network the provisional 45-man rosters for the 16 teams at the upcoming World Baseball Classic were released on Monday evening. The final rosters of…
XXIV Coach Convention of FIBS in Perugia from January 23 to 25
Baltimore Orioles’ Jeremy Guthrie and Chicago Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry highlight the speakers at the XXIV Coach Convention of the Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS) in Perugia from January 23…
Chris Iannetta passes on Italy, plays for USA at Classic
Catcher Chris Iannetta of the Major League club COLORADO ROCKIES accepted an invitation by Team USA for the 2009 World Baseball Classic and is currently one of two backstops on the American…
Netherlands and Italy add to Exhibition Schedule
Major League Baseball released its complete Spring Training schedule last week and the two lone European World Baseball Classic teams Netherlands and Italy each play three games against Major League clubs. In…
Hargrove, Piazza and Trebelhorn looking forward to coach Team Italy
Press release from Italian Baseball and Softball Federation regarding 2009 World Baseball Classic: TEAM ITALIA ANNOUNCES COACHING STAFF The Italian Federation disclosed the names of the members of Team Italy’s coaching staff…
Hargrove, Trebelhorn, Piazza added to Italian Coaching Staff for Classic
Former MLB Managers Hargrove and Trebelhorn added to Italian Coaching Staff, Mike Piazza Hitting Coach, 69 Players in Consideration for World Baseball Classic Roster On Sunday Italian Baseball and Softball gathered in…
Italy and Netherlands to prepare for WBC against MLB Teams
In preparation for the 2009 World Baseball Classic next March, the two European participants Italy and the Netherlands will face Major League teams in Florida before the start of the tournament. Italy…
Mazzieri to manage Team Italy at 2009 World Baseball Classic
Press release from Italian Baseball and Softball Federation regarding 2009 World Baseball Classic: Marco Mazzieri will manage Team Italy also during the March 2009 World Baseball Classic. The former Team Italy center…
MLB.com takes look at Italian World Baseball Classic Roster
In its continuing series about the rosters of the participating countries at the 2009 World Baseball Classic next March, MLB.com looked at Italy on Monday. Besides a bunch of Italian Baseball League…
National Team wins exhibition against De Angelis Godo
ITA 003 020 030 8 12 0 GOD 100 010 000 2 6 0 The Italian National Team does not have any big tournaments on the 2008 schedule. However to stay sharp…