Category: Italy

Two players born in Cuba will join the Italian Baseball League club Telemarket Rimini. Starting pitcher Enorbel Marquez-Ramirez and outfielder Laidel Chapelli were officially introduced by the club on Thursday. The 35-year-old…

The Venezuelan first baseman with an Italian passport, Jairo Ramos, is expected to join Fortitudo Bologna for the upcoming season in the Italian Baseball League. The 38-year-old apparently already has signed an…

The Fortitudo Baseball Franchise was introduced this past weekend in Bologna. Fortitudo Bologna will cooperate with the local clubs from Castenaso, Longbridge, Minerbio, Pianorese, Yankees San Giovanni Persiceto, San Lazzaro and Sasso…

The Italian Grandeslam blog brings us new rumors about the IBL club Cariparma. They seem to be interested in signing Adolfo Gomez and Juan Camilo. Gomez already played for Parma in 2007…

T&A San Marino is interested in 28-year-old infielder Anthony Granato according to Maurizio Roveria of Baseball.it. The Toronto native spent three seasons (2004-2006) in the organizations of the Chicago Cubs and Colorado…

Riccione Dolphins will be the IBL2 affiliate for the Italian Baseball League club Telemarket Rimini. Both clubs are close to finalize an agreement according to Baseball.it on Monday evening. They already had…

On Thursday the Italian Baseball and Softball Federation released the TV ratings for the 2009 season on its website FIBS.it. According to the report the numbers indicate an increase of about 50…

On Wednesday a newspaper in Parma reported that the Italian Baseball League club Parma has signed 26-year-old pitcher Justin Cicatello for the 2010 season. According to general manager Massimo Fochi the former…

The Italian Baseball League club Danesi Nettuno announced on Wednesday on their website that the Serie A2 club Latina BC will be their IBL2 affiliate in the 2010 season. The other teams…

As already known the Italian Baseball League is going to be played in a different format with an IBL1 and an IBL2 division, so players can be transferred between the two teams…

The Italian blog Grandslam published another set of rumors out of the Italian Baseball League on Monday. Montepaschi Grosseto: We already knew since a few weeks about the return of Kelly Ramos….

The Italian Winter League made its second stop of the 2009/2010 season in Bologna last weekend. The local teams of Athletics, Longbridge, Nuova and Fortitudo captured wins, while the clubs from Parma…

One of the best players ever in Italian Baseball League history returns to his roots. The 44-year-old Roberto De Franceschi is leaving De Angelis Godo after three years to join Danesi Nettuno….

The Italian Winter League, a national indoor tournament for youth players, continues on Sunday with the second event of the Emilia Romagna competition. The games will be played at the Centro Universitario…

Since over ten years there is the Italian Winter League, a national indoor tournament for teams at the youth level. This week Baseball.it reported about an initiative by clubs in the north-east…

The Italian Baseball League club De Angelis Godo has reached an agreement with the Serie A2 club Verona Baseball for the 2010 season. Godo is going to continue to play in the…

Baseball.it reports on Tuesday that Italian Baseball League champion Fortitudo Bologna has signed the 19-year-old catcher/outfielder Mattia Reginato, who comes from the relegated club Palfinger Reggio Emilia. In 2009 he batted .230…

Last Tuesday the Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS) celebrated the season end at the “Gala dei Diamanti” in Parma. Besides the All Stars in the Italian Baseball League, awards were also…

On Tuesday the annual “Gala dei Diamanti” took place in Parma, Italy to honor the 2009 Italian Baseball League All Stars and to celebrate the end of the Baseball year. Fresh elected…

The Italian Winter League, a national indoor youth tournament, opened its doors for the 13th season with the first event of the regional competition “Emilia Romagna” in Bologna on Sunday. The first…

The Italian Winter League, a national indoor tournament for youth players, opens its 2010 season this weekend with the first regional event Winter League Emilia Romagna in Bologna. Defending champion San Martino…

Baseball.it reports on Wednesday that the National Anti-Doping Tribunal of the Italian Olympic Committee CONI with Chairman Francesco Plotino imposes a suspension of two years against Claudio Liverziani of the Italian Baseball…

The online survey at Baseball.it to determine the 2009 All Stars of the Italian Baseball League ended on Monday with a total of 615 participants (increase of 23 percent) from Italy, San…

The official announcement wasn’t made yet, but according to Baseball.it Kelly Ramos will return to Grosseto for the 2010 campaign in the Italian Baseball League. The Dominican catcher is the second foreign…