The Italian Baseball League club TELEMARKET RIMINI announced on Friday the signing of right-handed pitcher Rafael Garcia. He will join his former teammate from the Nicaraguan League Gustavo Martinez, who is the…
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Italian Winter League continues on Sunday
The Italian Winter League, an indoor tournament for youth players, continues this weekend with stops in three cities. Round two of the Veneto portion takes place in Bolzano in the Dolomites. Also…
Pete Rose Jr. close to sign in Godo
The 2009 Italian Baseball League season might features a big name. Pete Rose Jr. is close to signing with last year’s seventh ranked club GODO, according to sources of Baseball.it. The son…
Foreign Players confirmed in Italian Baseball and Softball Leagues
The Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS) released a list of foreign-born players on Thursday, which were protected by their old club and their rights will stay with their current team, though…
Road for Italy to 2009 World Baseball Classic goes through Florida
Like several of the other World Baseball Classic teams, the Italian team is also preparing for the tournament in Florida. Pitchers and catchers will report to Fort Pierce on February 14th, other…
Lorenzo Avagnina leaves Grosseto for Rimini
Outfielder and part-time pitcher Lorenzo Avagnina leaves MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO after just one season to join TELEMARKET RIMINI. The 28-year-old came to the 2007 champion last winter from the relegated club AVIGLIANA. In…
Results Italian Winter League February 1st
The Italian Winter League heated up on Sunday, as the tournaments in Firenze and Vicenza kicked off their schedule for the new season. In addition round three of the Emilia Romagna portion…
Mike Crudale to T&A San Marino, Vincent Parisi returns
The reigning champion of the Italian Baseball League T&A SAN MARINO signed the former Major Leaguer Mike Crudale for the upcoming season. He is expected to take over the closer role. The…
MLB.com takes a look at Alex Maestri before the World Baseball Classic
MLB.com’s minor league expert Jonathan Mayo took a look at Italians number one pitching prospect Alessandro Maestri shortly before the start of the 2009 World Baseball Classic, in which manager Marco Mazzotti…
Eddie Rios brings Power to Telemarket Rimini
The Italian Baseball League club TELEMARKET RIMINI filled a foreign spot on the roster besides pitching ace Gustavo Martinez with the Venezuelan Eduardo Rios. The 36-year-old is supposed to provide some power…
Danesi Nettuno lures Jeff Farnsworth to Italian Baseball League
The runner up in the 2008 Italian Baseball League championship DANESI NETTUNO has signed the former Major League pitcher Jeff Farnsworth. The 33-year-old right-hander is currently pitching for the TIGRES DE ARAGUA,…
Italian Winter League kicks off in Tuscany and Veneto
The Italian Winter League started with two tournaments in Bologna in December and January into a new season. With the beginning of the new month February, the stops in Tuscany and Veneto…
Mattia Campanini leaves Rimini for Godo
Infielder Mattia Campanini leaves TELEMARKET RIMINI and joins DE ANGELIS GODO for the 2009 season. The 2008 seventh-rank finisher signs him on a loan contract from RICCIONE, which still holds the contract…
Italian Concerns about 2009 Baseball World Cup Organization
by Pim van Nes On Tuesday, the independent website Baseball.it in Italy published an article written by the Italian journalist Marco Micheli. The author aims to the delay in information about possible…
Results Italian Winter League January 25th
The Italian Winter League, an indoor tournament for youth players, continued last Sunday with another stop in Bologna. The CARPI CLIPPERS won both games to move into first place of Group B…
New Sponsor for Godo, Danilo Sanchez stays
The Italian Baseball League club DE ANGELIS GODO announced last week the addition of a new sponsor and two decisions regarding the roster for the 2009 season. The company Bambini S.r.l., which…
Italian Winter League continues this Weekend
After the start in December, the Italian Winter League, an indoor league for youth players, continues this weekend. Again, Bologna is the tournament site on Sunday. This time group B of the…
Cariparma adds Mihai Burlea to Pitching Staff, First Romanian in IBL
After bringing back Danny Newman, the Italian Baseball League club CARIPARMA added another piece to the pitching staff. Mihai Burlea joins the fifth-place finisher from 2008 and is going to be the…
Danesi Nettuno signs Spanish RHP Yoel Hernandez, confirms Camilo
The Italian vice champion DANESI NETTUNO signed another member of the Spanish national team. Starting pitcher Yoel Hernandez joins Remigio Leal (2008: FC BARCELONA) and Dewis Navarro (MARLINS PUERTO CRUZ) in Nettuno….
Former Red Sox Abe Alvarez joins Reggio Baseball
The youngest member of the 2004 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox is going to pitch for REGGIO EMILIA in the 2009 Italian Baseball League season. The team announced on Monday on…
World Baseball Classic Provisional Rosters released
In a special show on the new MLB Network the provisional 45-man rosters for the 16 teams at the upcoming World Baseball Classic were released on Monday evening. The final rosters of…
XXIV Coach Convention of FIBS in Perugia from January 23 to 25
Baltimore Orioles’ Jeremy Guthrie and Chicago Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry highlight the speakers at the XXIV Coach Convention of the Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS) in Perugia from January 23…
Reggio Emilia sign former Minor Leaguer Pete Farina and Taber Lee
The Italian Baseball League club REGGIO EMILIA acquired two more players for the upcoming season. They signed catcher Pete Farina and infielder Taber Lee with both having collected experience in the American…
Danny Newman returns to Cariparma
Long time Italian veteran Daniel Newman returns to CARIPARMA in the Italian Baseball League. The left-handed pitcher, who is celebrating his 45th birthday on January 18, already played in Parma for two…
Chris Iannetta passes on Italy, plays for USA at Classic
Catcher Chris Iannetta of the Major League club COLORADO ROCKIES accepted an invitation by Team USA for the 2009 World Baseball Classic and is currently one of two backstops on the American…