Category: Italy

Sicily: At the beginning of the week it became public that the Catania Warriors Paternò currently doesn’t have a ballpark available, which meets the criteria for the Italian Baseball League. The club…

The Italian Baseball market continues to produce one news after another. This time two pitchers have found new homes in Godo and Grosseto. Godo Knights The North East Knights have signed the…

A recap of last weekend’s transactions and rumors in the Italian Baseball League: Parma Baseball Parma has signed shortstop Marco Yepez. The 28-year-old is from Caracas, Venezuela and a former minor leaguer….

The promoted Italian Baseball League club Catania Warriors Paternò has signed two former players from Danesi Nettuno. Veteran utility player Ramon Tavarez (picture) and young catcher Raffaele Medoro will join the Sicilian…

Shawn Pynn (picture, right), who had resigned as head coach of the German club HSV Stealers in December, has found a new home for the 2010 season. The 29-year-old Canadian is going…

[youtube rT06I9dOtOY] Baseball.it called it “A Samurai for the Knights”. The Godo Knights have signed the American first baseman/outfielder Gary Burnham Jr. for the upcoming season in the Italian Baseball League. He…

Right-handed pitcher Cody Cillo is returning to the reigning Italian champion Fortitudo Bologna. The 29-year-old came to Italy in 2006, joining De Angelis Godo for two seasons before going to Bologna in…

The Italian Winter League has its first winner. Junior Grosseto beat ASD Antella 3-1 in the finals to win the 2010 edition of the Winter League Tuscany in Florence. With the triumph…

The 2010 season in the Italian Baseball League starts on April 1st with defending champion Fortitudo Bologna taking on the Godo Knights (formerly known as De Angelis Godo). Danesi Nettuno will face…

The Italian Baseball League club Telemarket Rimini has found a successor for the leaving Gustavo Martinez (Parma). The Pirates signed the right-handed reliever Alex Serrano, who is going to turn 29 on…

The Sicilian newcomer in the Italian Baseball League has made a significant step towards the 2010 season. According to Baseball.it, the Catania Warriors Paternò have added three Dominican players to their roster….

Already a week ago Fortitudo Bologna announced that the Cuban Josè Hernandez will serve as manager of their IBL2 affiliate this year. The 44-year-old will head the coaching staff of Castenaso together…

Catcher Vincent Parisi returns to the Italian Baseball League and Danesi Nettuno. The 32-year-old is going to split time behind the plate with Spanish national teamer Dewis Navarro. Born in Salem, Oregon,…

The Italian Winter League is entering its final stretch. At the finals of the Winter League Tuscany in Florence on Sunday, the first participants for the national finals of the youth indoor…

The promoted Italian Baseball League club Catania Warriors Paternò have added first baseman Francesco Rosa-Colombo (picture, playing first base) to the roster for the upcoming season. The 26-year-old was born in Torino…

Giulio Montanini, who led Parma to its first national title in 1976, was appointed as the new head of player development of the franchise. He will oversee the program of all affiliated…

The newly formed Italian Baseball League franchise Godo-Verona continues to make great progress in preparation for the 2010 season. On Tuesday evening the organization has revealed its new logo and a new…

The Italian Baseball League club Montepaschi Grosseto has announced that outfielder/designated hitter Roberto Toniazzi and catcher Alessandro Galli (picture) will return to the team for the upcoming season. Both players are 34…

The Italian Winter League, the national indoor tournament in Italy, heated up last Sunday with regional events on five different sites. In Bologna Fortitudo and Athletics solidified their top positions in the…

Flavio Pomogranato, Livio Caponi and Marco Mannucci have founded an amateur baseball league called North West League (NWL) the region of Piedmont, Liguria and Aosta Valley in Italy to provide an alternative…

The Italian Baseball League club in Godo has promoted the 24-year-old right-handed pitcher Pietro Briggi onto its first-division roster. He comes from Verona, which will be the IBL2 affiliate for Godo in…

Left-handed pitcher Junior Oberto of the Italian Baseball League club Montepaschi Grosseto suffered a knee injury during an accident in Grosseto on Friday. According to the report on Baseball.it an elderly lady…

Just a one day after right-handed pitcher Gustavo Martinez left Rimini to join Parma, another player makes the same trip, but the other way around. Third baseman Jhonny Carvajal is going to…

The Italian Winter League accelerates its pace with five tournaments on Sunday. Just a few dates are left on the schedule for the indoor youth league and the regional playoffs are right…