by Riccardo Schiroli It is not been a very good weekend of baseball in the Italian League. After everybody had believed Summer months had started, the league experienced a couple of rain…
Category: Italy
Montepaschi Grosseto releases Manager
After an 8-15 start into the 2009 Italian Baseball League season, MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO with new president Roberto Ferri decided to release manager Mario Labastidas on Monday. Paul Minozzi will take over at…
Recaps: Danesi Nettuno completes Sweep of De Angelis Godo on Sunday morning
De Angelis Godo – Danesi Nettuno 1-7 NET 100 000 510 7 11 1 GOD 001 000 000 1 5 0 Box score Just a few hours after completing a long day-night…
Recaps: Rimini shuts out Grosseto twice on Saturday
Telemarket Rimini – Montepaschi Grosseto 2-0, 1-0 GRO 000 000 000 0 5 3 RIM 010 000 10X 2 5 1 Box score Rafael Garcia and Gustavo Martinez combined to allow just…
Recaps: Parma’s Grifantini, Burlea combine to shut out Bologna
Fortitudo Bologna – Cariparma Parma 0-6 PAR 000 301 110 6 11 2 BOL 000 000 000 0 3 3 Box score Marco Grifantini and Mihai Burlea in his first Italian Baseball…
Recaps: Pitching, Jansen’s Triple secure win for San Marino
Cariparma Parma – Fortitudo Bologna 2-8 BOL 202 100 300 8 7 2 PAR 100 010 000 2 7 3 Box score Former Major League all star Mike Piazza threw out the…
Mike Piazza on hand as Cariparma hosts Fortitudo Bologna
Former Major League catcher Mike Piazza is going to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in front of tonight’s Italian Baseball League match between CARIPARMA PARMA and FORTITUDO BOLOGNA. The former New…
Recaps: Bologna, Grosseto overcome Deficits in Wins over Rimini, San Marino
Fortitudo Bologna – Telemarket Rimini 4-3 RIM 300 000 000 3 6 1 BOL 002 000 101 4 8 2 Box score BOLOGNA overcame a 0-3 deficit after a Mario Chiarini homerun…
Results Italian Baseball League May 21 to 23
The seventh week in the Italian Baseball League ended on Saturday with six games (recaps to follow on Monday). FORTITUDO BOLOGNA won the series against TELEMARKET RIMINI with a victory in the…
Recaps: Godo, Reggio Emilia down Parma, Nettuno in Walk Off Style
Fortitudo Bologna – Telemarket Rimini 10-3 RIM 000 010 110 3 8 3 BOL 300 050 02X 10 10 1 Box score FORTITUDO tied the series against RIMINI on Friday evening with…
Recaps: Rimini wins 1st Duel against Bologna
Telemarket Rimini – Fortitudo Bologna 4-2 BOL 010 000 001 2 10 0 RIM 130 000 00X 4 8 0 Box score RIMINI scored four runs in the first two frames en…
First Half of Regular Season in Italian Baseball League ends with Showdown
by Riccardo Schiroli The Italian Baseball League plays the last weekend of the first half of the season and it’s pretty easy to preview some excitement. The best teams of the first…
Former Major Leaguer Mike Piazza travels to Italy
by Riccardo Schiroli Mike Piazza continues his relation with Italian baseball. The former All Star will travel to Italy on Wednesday 5/20 and will remain there for one week. Piazza will give…
Recaps: Bologna and Rimini finish off Sweeps in IBL
Montepaschi Grosseto – Fortitudo Bologna 1-11 (7), 6-11 BOL 106 300 1 11 9 1 GRO 100 000 0 1 6 1 Box score BOLOGNA used a six-run third to defeat GROSSETO…
Results Italian Baseball League May 14 to 16
FORTITUDO BOLOGNA swept the three-game series against MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO and is closing the gap towards first place with now eight wins in a row. Leader TELEMARKET RIMINI also won all three games…
Roberto Ferri new President of Montepaschi Grosseto
The Italian Baseball League club Montepaschi Grosseto has a new president. Roberto Ferri was elected on Wednesday evening by the executive council of the club. At the meeting Umberto Zanobi also was…
Recaps: Di Biase, Ramirez lead San Marino to win over Nettuno
Montepaschi Grosseto – Fortitudo Bologna 0-2 BOL 000 101 000 2 9 1 GRO 000 000 000 0 7 0 Box score Jesus Matos struck out eight batters in seven scoreless innings…
Recaps: Easy Wins for Rimini and Parma in IBL on Thursday Evening
Palfinger Reggio Emilia – Cariparma Parma 1-8 PAR 300 010 202 8 10 2 EMI 000 000 010 1 6 2 Box score PARMA scored three runs in the first en route…
Italian Baseball League continues tonight with two Games
With matchups between DE ANGELIS GODO and TELEMARKET RIMINI (live at Rai Sport Piu’ (stream)), respective PALFINGER REGGIO EMILIA and CARIPARMA the Italian Baseball League continues this evening. The most anticipated series…
Fortitudo Bologna brings in Victor Moreno for Eddy Rodriguez
After releasing Eddy Rodriguez last week, FORTITUDO BOLOGNA has found a replacement for the former Major League reliever. Victor Moreno, who pitched an inning for Venezuela against Italy in the 2009 World…
Recaps: Reggio Emilia rallies in 9th to avoid Sweep against Rimini
Montepaschi Grosseto – Danesi Nettuno 3-1 NET 100 000 000 1 6 1 GRO 012 000 00X 3 9 2 Box score GROSSETO answered an early sac fly by Abraham Nunez with…
Recaps: San Marino rides Da Silva’s 10 K’s to Win over Parma
T&A San Marino – Cariparma 5-1 PAR 001 000 000 1 3 2 SMA 000 210 20X 5 4 2 Box score Tiago Da Silva struck out ten in eight innings to…
Recaps: Chapelli’s big Hit Leads Cariparma to win over T&A San Marino
Cariparma – T&A San Marino 4-3 SMA 001 010 001 3 10 1 PAR 200 100 001 4 5 4 Box score Laidel Chapelli hit a walk-off RBI single in the bottom…
Telemarket Rimini looks like Team to beat in Italian Baseball League
by Riccardo Schiroli Telemarket Rimini looks like the team to beat in the Italian Baseball League. In the series against San Marino, the Rimini Pirates were pretty close to a sweep even…
Claudio Liverziani collects Hit Number 1,000 in Italian Baseball League
Claudio Liverziani of FORTITUDO BOLOGNA collected his 1,000th hit in the Italian Baseball League last Thursday in a game against former Boston Red Sox’ hurler Abe Alvarez of PALFINGER REGGIO EMILIA. The…