Netherlands – Italy 0-1 ITA 000 000 100 1 7 1 NED 000 000 000 0 5 0 Box score Five Italian pitchers held the Dutch team to five hits in a…
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Tie in first Exhibition between Netherlands and Italy
Exhibition Series Netherlands – Italy Game 1 in Bussum: ITA 000 001 000 1 8 0 NED 100 000 000 1 5 0 Box score In the first of four exhibition games…
Italy, Netherlands start Exhibition Series on Tuesday
With the Baseball World Cup starting on Wednesday the two teams which have a bye in round one, the Netherlands and Italy will open a four-game exhibition series on Tuesday. It is…
Q&A with Marco Mazzieri on the Italian Baseball World Cup Team
Until the start of the Baseball World Cup next week we would like to run a series of Q&As on the European participants. We started with Spain, Croatia and the Netherlands. Today…
Results Baseball World Cup Exhibition Games September 2/3
Some of the participating teams in the Baseball World Cup already have started to play exhibition games in front of the tournament, which is scheduled to start next Wednesday. Spain kicked off…
Italian Baseball Week starts today
Four Baseball World Cup teams are currently in Italy to finish up preparations for the upcoming tournament. Cuba, Venezuela, Taiwan and host Italy will play a total of four games apiece against…
Italian Baseball Week with 4 Baseball World Cup Teams
From September 3rd to 6th four teams of the 38th IBAF Baseball World Cup will take part in an exhibition tournament in Italy. Cuba, Venezuela, Italy and Taiwan are going to compete…
Italy releases 27-man Roster for Baseball World Cup
Press Release Italian Baseball and Softball Federation The Italian adventure in the IBAF World Cup begins in the afternoon of Monday, August 24th in Tirrenia (Pisa). Team Italy’s manager Marco Mazzieri will…
Team USA wins 4th KFC World Cup of Softball
Team USA won the 4th KFC World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City on Monday with a 3-1 victory over Australia in the championship game. Monica Abbott gave up just one run…
World Cup of Softball Results July 18&19
The preliminary round at the 4th KFC World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City ended on Sunday. The two European teams in the competition, the Netherlands and Italy, will play for fifth…
World Cup of Softball Results July 16&17
The 4th KFC World Cup of Softball began last Thursday in Oklahoma City with six teams. The Netherlands and Italy represent European colors in the tournament. Both teams opened the tournament with…
Dutch Softball Team with two Wins at Canada Cup, Softball World Cup next
On Sunday the 16th edition of the Canada Cup ended in Surrey, British Columbia with Team USA winning the title with a 3-2 victory in the finals over Canada. The Dutch Women…
Locations for Dutch Exhibitions announced
Rogier van Zon of the Dutch Honkbalsite reports on Thursday about three planned exhibition games for the Dutch National Team in the next couple of months. We already knew about the series…
Baseball in Spain, Italy and Sweden featured in International Publications
Over the last couple of days European Baseball was featured in Baseball Digest and on Sports Feature Communications. The Digest continued its series with articles on Mike Piazza’s trip to Italy and…
The Night I watched the UEFA Champions League Final with Mike Piazza
by Riccardo Schiroli As a professional sports writer I had already watched a Uefa Champions League final. Well, once in Wien (1995) I admit I was not that professional. AC Milan had…
Former Major Leaguer Mike Piazza travels to Italy
by Riccardo Schiroli Mike Piazza continues his relation with Italian baseball. The former All Star will travel to Italy on Wednesday 5/20 and will remain there for one week. Piazza will give…
Fraccari to continue Italian Promotion for another four Years
by Pim van Nes After one game lost to Venezuela and one game won versus Canada during recent World Baseball Classic, Italian federation president Riccardo Fraccari took his microphone to let the…
WBC Pool C: Venezuela uses two big Innings to eliminate Italy
World Baseball Classic Pool C: Venezuela – Italy 10-1 ITA 000 000 100 1 6 1 VEN 000 450 10X 10 14 0 Box score The dream is over for Italy at…
Can Netherlands and Italy pull off another Upset in World Baseball Classic?
What a great tournament for European Baseball. The Netherlands and Italy however need two more upsets tonight, for round two of the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Additionally the homerun happy lineup of…
WBC Pool C: Italy ousts Canada on home turf
World Baseball Classic Pool C: Canada – Italy 2-6 ITA 111 100 200 6 10 0 CAN 000 200 000 2 7 1 Box score European Baseball upset number two at the…
WBC Pool C: Italy gets shut out by Venezuela
World Baseball Classic Pool C: Venezuela – Italy 7-0 ITA 000 000 000 0 8 1 VEN 000 040 12X 7 11 1 Box score No surprise in the evening game of…
2009 World Baseball Classic heats up on Saturday with 6 Games
After seeing one match each per day since tournament start on Thursday, the 2009 World Baseball Classic is scheduled to heat up on Saturday. In the morning games in Pool A continue,…
WBC Exhibitions: Italy blows Win in 9th, Netherlands lose to Twins
Minnesota Twins – Netherlands 4-2 NED 000 100 001 2 4 1 MIN 010 000 30X 4 8 0 Box score The Netherlands concluded their exhibition schedule before the start of the…
Italy defeats Florida Marlins 5-1 in World Baseball Classic Exhibition
Florida Marlins – Italy 1-5 ITA 001 003 100 5 10 0 FLA 000 100 000 1 5 0 Box score The Italian National Team has a favorite opponent during their preparation…
Rallies of Italy, Netherlands too late in World Baseball Classic Warm-Ups
On Tuesday, the exhibition schedule before the start of the 2009 World Baseball Classic heated up, as some of the participating teams took on Major League clubs in Florida. Washington Nationals –…