The Italian Serie A1 Baseball saw its third week of the 2020 season. Unipol Bologna improved to 9-0 for the season with three wins over Parmaclima. San Marino follows in second place…
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German RHP Markus Solbach joins San Marino for 2020 Season
After the minor league season in the United States was cancelled German right-hander Markus Solbach of the Los Angeles Dodgers selected San Marino to play for in the 2020 season. The 28-year-old…
2020 Season in Italian Serie A1 started on Wednesday evening
The 2020 season in the Italian Serie A1 Baseball started on Wednesday evening with three games. ASD San Marino defeated Hotsand Macerata 8-2. Mattia Reginato homered in the first inning for a…
Opening Day in Italian Serie A1 Baseball set for July 8
The Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS) announced after a video conference with the seven participating clubs on Monday, June 29 that the 2020 season in the Italian Serie A1 Baseball will…
Softball: Exhibition Series between Spain and Italy cancelled
A scheduled exhibition series between the Women’s Softball National Teams of Spain and Italy got cancelled this week due to concerns of the spread of the coronavirus. The series would have taken…
Nico Giarratano new Shortstop for Fortitudo Bologna
Fortitudo Bologna has signed a new shortstop. 25-year-old Nico Giarratano is a former minor leaguer with the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics. The California native also is in possession of an…
San Marino signs RHP Dimitri Kourtis
San Marino has signed 27-year-old right-handed pitcher Dimitri Kourtis for the 2020 season in the Italian Serie A1. Kourtis, who is from Florida, is in possession of a Greek passport. The graduate…
Holmberg, Ceccaroli, Poma added to Italian National Team Coaching Staff
The Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS) announced that Bill Holmberg, Paolo Ceccaroli and Gianguido Poma were added as assistant coaches to the staff of Italian national team manager Mike Piazza.
Parma signs Leo Rodriguez
ASD Parma announced that they have reached an agreement with Leo Rodriguez. The infielder with Spanish passport is transferring from Nettuno to Parma. The former minor leaguer from the Dominican Republic first…
Andy Paz, Raul Rivero return to Fortitudo Bologna
Fortitudo Bologna confirmed this week that two key players will return for the 2020 season. Right-handed pitcher Raul Rivero and catcher Andy Paz will suite up for the Italian champion this year.
Italian Serie A1 starts on April 3 & 4, 2020
The Italian Serie A1 is going to open the 2020 season on the weekend of April 3 and 4. The regular season lasts through August 7 and 8. There will be a…
FIBS announces 2020 Teams for Italian Series A1 Baseball and Softball
The Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS) announced the subscribed clubs for the 2020 season in the Italian Serie A1 Baseball and the Italian Serie A1 Softball. In Baseball Fortitudo Bologna, Godo,…
Mike Piazza new Manager of Italian National Team
Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Piazza is the new manager of the Italian national team. The former catcher, who hit 427 home runs in the big leagues and was inducted into the…
Owen Ozanich returns to France, joins Montpellier Barracudas
After half a season in the Italian Serie A1, French pitcher Owen Ozanich returns to the French Division I. The ace of the French National Team however is not returning to his…
Exhibition Series: Italy wins another Slugfest against Spain
Italy 134 002 21 13 13 3 Spain 110 031 20 8 11 4 Box score On Tuesday Italy won another slugfest as their exhibition series against Spain continued, prevailing 13-8 after…
Exhibition Series: Italy wins slugfest against Spain
Spain 000 030 113 8 10 4 Italy 041 210 22X 12 14 3 Box score After the dramatic finish on Sunday, Italy bounced back and beat Spain 12-8 on Monday evening…
Exhibition Series: Spain downs Italy in spectacular fashion
Italy 100 301 100 6 9 1 Spain 000 211 003 7 8 1 Box score In the first of four exhibition games between the two teams Spain downed Italy 7-6 in…
Unipol Bologna wins Italian Baseball Championship
Unipol Bologna has won the Italian Baseball Championship 2019. It’s the 12th scudetto for Fortitudo in team history. Bologna swept the best-of-five final series against T&A San Marino. After prevailing 3-1 and…
Italy announces team for Exhibition Series against Spain
Italy is going to finish up preparations for the European Championship 2019 (September 7 to 15, tickets available at www.baseball-em.de) in Bonn and Solingen with a four-game exhibition series against Spain in…
Italian Baseball Series: Unipol Bologna one win away from Championship
Unipol Bologna is one win away from winning another scudetto. They are leading the best-of-five Italian Baseball Series 2-0 against San Marino Baseball. On Friday they beat San Marino 3-1 and then…
Unipol Bologna, San Marino meet in Italian Baseball Finals
Unipol Bologna and San Marino will face each other in the Italian Baseball Finals 2019. Bologna edged out Parmaclima in five games in the semifinals, while San Marino defeated Nettuno. The Italian…
Italy, Spain square off in 4-game Series ahead of European Championship
To finish off preparations for the European Championship in Bonn and Solingen, Germany (September 7 to 15, tickets available at www.baseball-em.de), the national teams from Italy and Spain will square off in…
Yulman Ribeiro returns to Italy, joins Parmaclima
Right-handed pitcher Yulman Ribeiro is returning to Italy for the remainder of the 2019 season. The 33-year-old is joining Parmaclima and is coming from the Astros Valencia of the Spanish Division de…
Castenaso’s Captain suspended for 3 Years after Attack against Umpire
Following the attack against Italian umpire Fabrizio Fabrizi following a Serie A1 Baseball matchup between Fortitudo Bologna and Castenaso, Castenaso’s captain Riccardo Bassi got suspended for three years from all baseball activities…
Italian Umpire attacked following Serie A1 Game
Following a matchup in the Italian Serie A1 between Castenaso and Bologna this past weekend international respected umpire Fabrizio Fabrizi got punched in the face by Castenaso captain Riccardo Bassi. Fabrizi just…