Category: Italy

GrandeSlam.net reported this weekend that pitchers Cody Cillo and Nick Pugliese are probably not coming back to Unipol Bologna for the 2013 season or at least the start of it. The article…

According to GrandeSlam.net Telemarket Rimini is on the verge of signing former Major League outfielder Alex Romero. The 29-year-old Venezuelan, who is currently playing winter ball in his home country, batted .239/.279/.339…

According to Baseballmania.it Unipol Bologna is expected to sign two former Grosseto Baseball players. Luca Bischeri and Junior Oberto will make the move to Fortitudo. Bischeri batted .316/.386/.383 with a triple, seven…

According to a report by Baseball.it the Italian Baseball League club Novara has lost its main sponsor Elettra Energia. A longtime partner of Novara in the last couple of years, the company…

Back in the Italian Baseball League, Palfinger Reggio Emilia has brought in its first new player. It is the 22-year-old Venezuelan shortstop Erick Epifano. He is coming from the Godo Knights, which…

Unipol Bologna has to look for a new IBL2 team after parting ways with Castenaso, which quickly choose to join the North East Knights. Baseballmania.it speculates that the European Champions Cup winner…

The De Angels Godo Knights have a new IBL2 team. One year after Piacenza replaced Verona in the second division of the Italian Baseball League, Castenaso will be the farm team of…

According to a report by Grandeslam.net Novara Baseball has found a replacement for its IBL2 team. Juve98 from Torino is expected to take over for Senago United as its farm team in…

According to a report by Grandeslam.net Italian infielder Andrea Sgnaolin has left Grosseto Baseball to join Danesi Nettuno in the Italian Baseball League. He batted .303/.348/.393 with two homeruns, five doubles, 14…

Unipol Bologna invited media to a Christmas dinner this week. Grandeslam.net reports afterwards that in contrary to earlier rumors Fortitudo is not going to engage Stefano Desimoni and Alex Sambucci from Italian…

Reigning Italian Baseball League champion T&A San Marino is bringing back Williams Vasquez for the 2013 season. The 29-year-old former Minor Leaguer in the New York Yankees organization returns to Italy after…

While the Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS) had announced that the Black Panthers Ronchi dei Legionari will be one of three new additions to the Italian Baseball League in 2013 besides…

Due to the new rules in the Italian Baseball League, which reduces the games per week from three to two, spots for pitchers are getting diminished as well. One of the victims…

Telemarket Rimini is expected to bring in infielder Adolfo Gomez for the 2013 season in the Italian Baseball League according to Baseballmania.it. The 36-year-old was born in Cartagena, Colombia and arrived in…

On Saturday the Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS) gathered in Parma for the annual Gala dei Diamanti, honoring the best players and teams of the past season. Prior to the festivities…

According to a report by Baseball.it the best batter of the 2011 season in the Italian Baseball League could return to Cariparma Parma for the 2013 season. The 31-year-old outfielder Rodney Medina…

While the decisive board meeting will be held on Saturday, FIBS President Riccardo Fraccari revealed during a press conference in Milan that the Italian Baseball League 2013 will be played with ten…

[youtube PbdwbbOZzT0 520] Mister-Baseball.com has received a tip that ASD Reggio Baseball from Reggio Emilia will replace Grosseto Baseball in the Italian Baseball League in the 2013 season. The move is not…

According to a report by Grandeslam.net Dominican right-hander Jesus Matos will stay with Unipol Bologna. In nine years with Fortitudo he has a 92-34 record with an ERA of 1.90. In 2012…

The Italian Baseball and Softball Federation has created an online voting on its website www.fibs.it to determine this year’s most valuable player in the Italian Baseball League. Osman Marval (.384/.450/.597) of Cariparma…

According to a report by Grandeslam.net Danesi Nettuno is interested in acquiring Cariparma Parma’s catcher Osman Marval. He led Parma by hitting .384/.450/.597 with eight homeruns, a triple, eight doubles, 33 runs…

A video conference call of the Federal Council of the Italian Baseball and Softball Federation last Friday revealed that at the moment just only seven teams are registered to participate in the…

Baseballmania.it posted a rumor last week that Danesi Nettuno is intending to keep right-hander Juan Figueroa for the 2013 season. Apparently both sides reached an agreement before he left to play winter…

More and more European players are getting a chance to play in Japan. And after the big success Alessandro Maestri had in his first year, more and more Japanese clubs are looking…

Thanks to the uncertainty about the format for the Italian Baseball League in 2013, the hot stove in Italy’s offseason is developing very slowly this fall. Teams have to be patient since…