Italian pitcher Alessandro Maestri is adding another chapter to his well-traveled career. The 26-year-old right-hander from Cesena is going to try his luck with the Kagawa Olive Guyners in Japan. It is…
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Former Major Leaguer Kris Wilson retires from Active Career
Former Major League hurler Kris Wilson has ended his active career. In an interview with the Italian blog BaseballMania.it he announced his retirement. The past two years he had pitched for Danesi…
Former Major Leaguer Luis Maza from Grosseto to Rimini
Former Major Leaguer Luis Maza is staying in the Italian Baseball League. After playing for Montepaschi Grosseto in 2011, he joins Telemarket Rimini for the upcoming season. The 31-year-old Venezuelan infielder played…
Angel Salazar new Pitcher for Cariparma Parma
Cariparma Parma has found a new foreign starting pitcher. Angel Salazar is a 22-year-old right-hander with a 94 MPH fastball. He is the third big acquisition after Osman Marval and Andrea Pizziconi…
Stuttgart Reds play Novara United this Weekend
The promoted Baseball-Bundesliga team Stuttgart Reds is currently in Italy. This weekend they are going to play two games against Novara United. On Saturday at 2pm they will square off with the…
Buchbinder Legionaere, Danesi Nettuno play Exhibition Series
The reigning German champion Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg is again traveling to Italy for a preseason training camp. They will square off with Italy’s vice champion Danesi Nettuno at Steno Borghese in a…
Jean Toledo not coming back to Novara United
Another team in the Italian Baseball League has lost a player to the Mexican League. The 28-year-old pitcher Jean Toledo, who was supposed to come back for a second season with Novara…
Roberto Corradini to play for Telemarket Rimini in 2012
It was rumored for quite some time, but now the teams officially announced that Roberto Corradini will play for Telemarket Rimini in 2012. The Pirates and his former club Cariparma Parma found…
Cariparma Parma signs former Major Leaguer Anderson Machado
The Italian Baseball League champion from 2010, Cariparma Parma, has signed Anderson Machado to strengthen the team in anticipation of the upcoming season. The 31-year-old shortstop batted .221/.333/.324 in 24 MLB games…
Takahiko Sato joins Fortitudo Bologna
Fortitudo Bologna has added corner infielder Takahiko Sato from Japan to the 2012 roster. Manager Marco Nanni plans to use the 34-year-old slugger at third base. He had started his professional career…
Telemarket Rimini officially adds Carlos Pezzullo
It took a while to work out an agreement between Danesi Nettuno and Telemarket Rimini, but left-handed pitcher Carlos Pezzullo has officially joined the Pirates on a one-year loan contract. The 29-year-old…
Francesco Cruceta to pitch for Telemarket Rimini
The official announcement is still outstanding, but all signs indicate that former Major Leaguer Francisco Alberto Cruceta is going to play for Telemarket Rimini this season. The 30-year-old Dominican right-hander had a…
Grosseto Baseball adds Mike Smith to Pitching Staff
Grosseto Baseball is bringing in another former Major Leaguer. Michael Anthony Smith, who played 15 games in the big leagues for the Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins in 2002 and 2006,…
Grosseto Baseball adds three American Players
Grosseto Baseball has added three more American players for the upcoming season in the Italian Baseball League. It was already know that the 26-year-old Greek national team pitcher Theon Bourdaniotis will join…
Cariparma Parma wins Race for Andrea Pizziconi
After getting released last fall Andrea Pizziconi found interest from several Italian Baseball League clubs. Cariparma Parma has won the race for the 20-year-old from Anzio. Before going to the United States…
Jose Angel Mejias new Closer for North East Knights
The North East Knights have a new closer. The Italian Baseball League club signed the 26-year-old Venezuelan right-hander Jose Angel Mejias. He replaces Emmanuel Ulloa on the pitching staff, who will assume…
Joey Schwartz remains with North East Knights
The American with Italian passport, Joey Schwartz, remains with the North East Knights. He came to Godo last winter after two seasons with the Goteborg Hajarna in the Swedish Elitserien. The utility…
T&A San Marino adds Rodney Rodriguez to Pitching Staff
T&A San Marino has chosen a familiar face to take over the game-one starting pitcher spot. Right-hander Rodney Rodriguez is coming from the North East Knights. The 29-year-old from Santo Domingo, Dominican…
Ramon Ramirez might jump Pirates Ship for Mexico
Former Major League pitcher Ramon Ramirez might not play in Rimini after all. Baseball.it reports on Wednesday that a Mexican team made him a lucrative offer and the right-hander is pondering to…
Grosseto sets IBL2 Coaching Staff
Besides announcing Mike Hartley as new manager and the signing of Rolexis Molina Guerrero, Grosseto Baseball also published a press release naming the coaching staff for the IBL2 team of Junior Grosseto….
Mike Hartley new Manager in Grosseto
Grosseto Baseball has finally named its manager for the upcoming season in the Italian Baseball League. After Mike Marshall decided not to join the newly founded franchise, new general manager Darren Harrison…
Paolo Tanesini returns to North East Knights
Italian outfielder Paolo Tanesini returns from Telemarket Rimini to the North East Knights. He played on a loan contract for the Pirates. He batted .221/.347/.317 with two triples, six doubles, 14 runs…
Pair of Greek Players for Grosseto Baseball?
Since Pete Caliendo and the Carminucci Sports Group have taken over the new Grosseto Baseball franchise in the Italian Baseball League, not much has happened regarding the creation of the roster for…
San Marino: Vasquez leaves, Yepez arrives
Just a couple of weeks before the 2012 season in the Italian Baseball League starts, defending champion T&A San Marino has to do some shuffling. Wuilliuans Vasquez, who already had an agreement…
Telemarket Rimini signs Ramon Ramirez
Telemarket Rimini finally has found a successor for Dushan Ruzic as foreign starting pitcher. The 29-year-old Venezuelan right-hander Ramon Ramirez is coming to the Pirates. Two years after Jim Brower Rimini will…