Veteran Gabriele Ermini is joining T&A San Marino in the Italian Baseball League. The 38-year-old is coming from Grosseto to the Titans. The Tuscan club played in the Serie A of the…
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Italy, Czech Republic preparing for 21U Baseball World Cup in Taichung
While the Netherlands traveled to Taichung on Tuesday, Italy and the Czech Republic got there a couple days earlier for a series of exhibition games to finish off preparations prior to the…
ASD Rimini announces Orlando Munoz as new Manager
ASD Rimini has announced on Tuesday that they have hired Orlando Munoz as new manager. He replaces Chris Catanoso at the helm of the Pirates. Munoz worked as head of the coaching…
Alex Sambucci leaves ASD Parma for Unipol Bologna
The 25-year-old first baseman Alex Sambucci is leaving ASD Parma to join reigning Italian Baseball League champion Unipol Bologna. He played six seasons for Parma after being developed in Latina. In September…
Augusto Medina joins Coaching Staff of T&A San Marino
T&A San Marino has hired Augusto Medina as new third base coach. He is coming from Italian Baseball League opponent Parma to the reigning European Champions Cup Winner. Additionally they confirmed that…
Italy announces preliminary Roster for 21U Baseball World Cup
The Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS) has announced a 26-man preliminary roster for the 21U Baseball World Cup in Taichung next month. The final roster will be released on October 30….
Gilberto Gerali returns to helm in Parma
Gilberto “Gibo” Gerali is returning to the playing field with ASD Parma of the Italian Baseball League. He is succeeding Orlando Munoz as manager with the club. He already served in this…
Unipol Bologna to keep Manager Marco Nanni, Starting Pitcher Riccardo De Santis
Unipol Bologna has announced that it has extended the contracts of manager Marco Nanni and starting pitcher Riccardo De Santis. Nanni, who is the head coach of Fortitudo since the 2006 season,…
Final Rosters, Schedule for „City of Barcelona“ Tourney
This coming weekend the 20th edition of the “City of Barcelona” Baseball Tournament will be played at Montjuic/Barcelona. Four teams are participating from Italy and Spain. Final rosters and the schedule got…
Lenny Randle new Manager in Nettuno
Former Major League infielder Lenny Randle is the new manager of Nettuno of the Italian Baseball League. The 65-year-old, who played for six MLB organizations, is joining the Italian club. He is…
Parma’s Stefano Giannetti tests positive for Cannabis
22-year-old infielder Stefano Giannetti of Parma in the Italian Baseball League failed a doping test on September 3. He got tested positive for THC Metabolita (Cannabis) following a Coppa Italia game against…
Rimini wins Consolation Prize “Coppa Italia“
After losing the European Champions Cup to T&A San Marino and the Italian Baseball Series to Unipol Bologna, ASD Rimini prevailed in the their third final this year. They defeated Parma 7-2…
Juan Carlos Infante signs with Bologna through 2018
New Italian Baseball League champion Unipol Bologna has extended the contract with infielder Juan Carlos Infante. The 32-year-old, who is from Caracas but has an Italian passport, is playing in Italy since…
Unipol Bologna wins Italian Baseball League 2014
Unipol Bologna is the 2014 Italian Baseball League champion. They defeated ASD Rimini 8-1 and 4-0 this past weekend to erase a 2-3 deficit en route to a 4-3 win in the…
Marco Mazzieri gathers 27 Players for Euros Training Camp
Italian head coach Marco Mazzieri has invited 27 players for a training camp in Veronello, finishing up preparations for the European Championship next week. They also will play in the Italian Baseball…
Italian Baseball Week with Italy, Czech Republic and Spain
The Italian Baseball Week will be played for the sixth time. The national teams from Italy, Czech Republic and Spain will use the tournament from September 6 to 9 in the Veneto…
Italy publishes preliminary roster for European Championship
The Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS) has released a preliminary roster for the upcoming European Championship. 44 players were named, 24 of them will make the cut for the tournament. The…
Italian Baseball Series: Rimini leads 3-2
Rimini took game three 3-2 over Unipol Bologna on a walk-off hit by Ricardo Bertagnon on Thursday to take a 2-1 lead in the Italian Baseball Series. The best-of-seven series continued in…
Italian Baseball Series: Rimini takes 2-1 lead after Walk-Off on Thursday
Rimini took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Italian Baseball Series with a 3-2 win over Unipol Bologna on Thursday evening. Ricardo Bertagnon decided the outcome with a two-out walk-off RBI single…
Italian Baseball Series: Rimini, Bologna split first two games
The Italian Baseball Series is tied after two games. On Friday evening ASD Rimini edged out Unipol Bologna 6-5 in 11 innings. The Pirates tied the game with four runs in the…
Italian Baseball Series starts on Friday
The Italian Baseball Series starts on Friday between Rimini and Unipol Bologna. Fortitudo has home field advantage in games one and two, as well as six and seven. Rimini won two of…
Bologna, Rimini to play in Italian Baseball Series
Unipol Bologna and ASD Rimini will play in the Italian Baseball Series, as three-time defending champion T&A San Marino missed out on a return to the finals. The Italian Series starts on…
IBL Semis: Shutouts for San Marino and Rimini on Thursday
The two contenders for the second spot in the Italian Baseball Series finals besides Unipol Bologna celebrated shutouts on Thursday evening. T&A San Marino remains one game behind Rimini. San Marino beat…
Rimini’s Sandy Patrone suspended after Positive Doping Test
Italian right-handed pitcher Sandy Patrone has been suspended by the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) after testing positive during a doping control following Rimini’s European Cup game against DOOR Neptunus in Brno,…
IBL Semis: Bologna in Final, Rimini and San Marino in battle for 2nd
Unipol Bologna clinched a berth in the Italian Baseball Series with a sweep over Parma in the IBL semi-finals last weekend. They won all three games to improve to 12-3 in the…