ITA 000 000 002 0 2 7 0 WAS 041 000 000 0 5 9 1 Box score at FIBS.it The Italian National Team played another exhibition game before the 2009 World…
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Regional Finals in Italian Winter League this Weekend
The Italian Winter League strides towards the end of the 2008/2009 season. This coming Sunday the regional finals are taking place in the four spots of the national indoor youth league. The…
Italy loses to New York Mets 4-5 on Friday
ITA 000 300 01 4 6 0 NYM 000 401 0X 5 6 0 Italian Stats on FIBS.it Mets Stats by NY Daily News The Italian team had another warm-up game before…
World Baseball Classic Previews: Italy
Mister-Baseball.com is counting down with short team-by-team previews until the World Baseball Classic starts on March 5th. Italy Today and tomorrow we’ll continue our preview of 2009 World Baseball Classic teams with…
LHP Rick Palma joins Cariparma
The Venezuelan pitcher Ricardo Palma joins the Italian Baseball League club CARIPARMA filling another foreign-player spot besides Johnny Carvajal and Orlando Munoz. The left-hander Palma was born on September 26, 1979 in…
European Baseball Series with Italy and Netherlands in September
The two top European Baseball national teams Netherlands and Italy will face each other in a four-game series next September to finalize their preparations for the 38th IBAF Baseball World Cup, which…
Italy beats Florida Marlins in 6-Inning Friendly
FLA 001 000 1 4 2 ITA 000 22X 4 7 0 Unofficial Box score at FIBS.it The Italian World Baseball Classic team played another unofficial warm-up game on Wednesday. In Jupiter,…
Outfielder Jack Blalock joins Reggio Baseball
Outfielder Jack Willie Blalock is the newest acquisition of the Italian Baseball League club REGGIO BASEBALL. They announced the signing of the 25-year-old a few days ago on their website. He was…
Baltimore Orioles beat Italy in Scrimmage
ITA 000 000 000 0 4 2 BAL 003 000 010 4 7 0 Unofficial Box score at FIBS.it On Tuesday the Italian National Team faced the Baltimore Orioles in an unofficial…
Results Italian Winter League February 22
The Italian Winter League finished its first phase last Sunday, as the preliminary rounds in the four stops of the indoor competition were completed. In the Emilia Romagna portion in Bologna, PARMA…
Danny Gonzalez new Shortstop in Rimini
The Italian Baseball League club TELEMARKET RIMINI announced the signing of new shortstop Daniel Gonzalez, strengthening the roster for the 2009 season even more. The PIRATES already had signed pitchers Rafael Garcia,…
Italian Winter League in Full Throttle on Sunday
The Italian Winter League will take big strides towards the playoffs this Sunday. The indoor league for youth players is going to have its last preliminary round tournaments. The playoffs at each…
Godo’s latest Addition: Bologna’s Lino Connell
Last year’s seventh-finisher DE ANGELIS GODO continues to reinforce the roster for the upcoming season in the Italian Baseball League. They have signed infielder Lino Connell, who played for FORTITUDO BOLOGNA the…
Shortstop Manny Alexander from Rimini to Nettuno
The former Major League infielder Manuel DeJesus Juan Alexander is moving from one Italian Baseball League club to another. The 37-year-old leaves TELEMARKET RIMINI and joins DANESI NETTUNO. Manny Alexander played 593…
Results Italian Winter League February 15
The Italian Winter League, a youth indoor competition, continued last weekend with two tournaments in the Veneto region. The “Trofeo Cassa di Risparmio” kicked off its schedule with round one in Rovigo….
2009 Season in Italian Baseball League starts on April 10
The defending champion T&A SAN MARINO will open the 2009 season in the Italian Baseball League on April 10th against the promoted club PALFINGER ITALIA REGGIO EMILIA. In other matchups on opening…
Abraham Nunez joins Danesi Nettuno, Giovanni Carrara returns
No, he is not the longtime infielder of the Pittsburgh Pirates with the same name. However the Abraham Nunez, who will join DANESI NETTUNO of the 2009 campaign in the Italian Baseball…
Italian World Baseball Classic Team opens Camp in Fort Pierce, Florida
On Saturday, February 14th the Italian National Team opens training camp for the 2009 World Baseball Classic with 14 players in Fort Pierce, Florida. Coaches Tom Trebelhorn, Bill Holmberg and Gibo Gerali…
Former Yankees Infielder Felix Escalona to Godo
The Italian Baseball League club GODO found its shortstop for the upcoming season. The 29-year-old Venezuelan Felix Escalona joins the roster for last year’s seventh place finisher. He began his professional career…
Veneto Center of Italian Winter League this Weekend
The center of the Italian Winter League this Sunday is in Veneto. The preliminary round tournament in Rovigo kicks off its schedule. In Brescia round two of the Veneto portion takes place….
T&A San Marino brings in Three New Players
The reigning Italian Baseball League champion T&A SAN MARINO added three more players to the 2009 roster. They signed outfielder Carlos Duran, catcher Randolph Kirindongo and reliever Luis Ramirez. The Venezuelan Duran…
MontePaschi Grosseto downhill already before Spring Training
by Pim van Nes One month ago club president Claudio Banchi predicted that all Italian clubs would be hurt by the economic crisis, whilst his sponsor MontePaschi had neither signed nor paid…
Results Italian Winter League February 8
The Italian Winter League, an indoor league for youth players, continued its schedule last Sunday with stops in Bolzano, Viterbo and Bologna. In the Emilia Romagna Tournament the fourth round in the…
Romanian Pitcher Mihai Burlea signed two 2009 Contracts
by Pim van Nes Embarrassing both Netherlands number 7 club MediaMonks RCH and Italian number 6 club Cariparma, the Romanian pitcher Mihai Burlea signed a contract with RCH at the end of…
Yulman Ribeiro to Bologna, Manager injured
Alessandro Labanti of Baseball.it updated us this weekend about FORTITUDO BOLOGNA. The winner of the Coppa Italia and participant in the European Cup is still looking for a sponsor, which would set…