by Riccardo Schiroli It looks like the 2008 Italian Baseball League is not going to be a private affaire between Nettuno and Grosseto. Fortitudo Bologna took the lead sweeping the struggling De…
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National Team wins exhibition against De Angelis Godo
ITA 003 020 030 8 12 0 GOD 100 010 000 2 6 0 The Italian National Team does not have any big tournaments on the 2008 schedule. However to stay sharp…
Wrapping up week three of the Italian Baseball League
The third week of the 2008 campaign of the Italian Baseball League is in the books and we saw a change at the top of the standings. GROSSETO surprisingly lost two of…
Fortitudo takes over first place with sweep against Godo
Montepaschi Grosseto – T&A San Marino 3-5 SMA 020 012 000 5 10 4 GRO 101 100 000 3 7 4 SAN MARINO also won the second game in Grosseto. They tied…
San Marino and Rimini win extra-inning affairs
Montepaschi Grosseto – T&A San Marino 0-1 SMA 000 000 000 0 1 5 0 GRO 000 000 000 0 0 6 0 GROSSETO lost for the first time this season, as…
Austin homered as Bologna won in Godo
De Angelis Godo – Fortitudo Bologna 2-5 BOL 021 000 200 5 8 2 GOD 100 000 001 2 4 2 The game started well for the home team DE ANGELIS, when…
Godo and Bologna open week three in Italian Baseball League
The 5-1 FORTITUDO opens the third week of the Italian Baseball League on the road against DE ANGELIS. Jesus Matos (BOL) regained his form of recent years and struck out eleven PARMA…
Italian Weekly: Unexpected Sweeps on second Weekend of IBL
by Riccardo Schiroli Everybody could have previewed the 3 wins Telemarket Rimini got against Rangers Redipuglia and the 3 wins T&A San Marino celebrated against De Angelis Godo, but the other 2…
Wrapping up week two of the Italian Baseball League
MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO dominated the rematch of last year’s Italian Series against DANESI NETTUNO and solidified first place in the standings with the second sweep in as many weeks. In second comes now…
Four sweeps in second week of Italian Baseball League
Rangers Redipuglia – Telemarket Rimini 2-13 RIM 110 015 05 13 10 1 RED 000 110 00 2 6 2 RIMINI used two five-run innings to blow a close game against the…
Bologna shutouts Cariparma behind Matos’ 11 K’s
Cariparma – Fortitudo Bologna 0-13 BOL 000 062 230 13 16 0 PAR 000 000 000 0 4 4 Jesus Matos is back himself and the powerful offense of BOLOGNA was no…
Grosseto takes victory in first match versus Nettuno
Danesi Nettuno – Montepaschi Grosseto 2-4 GRO 000 400 000 4 10 1 NET 100 001 000 2 6 4 MONTEPASCHI won the first game of the highly anticipated three-game set against…
Nettuno faces Grosseto as second week in IBL kicks off
This week we’ll see the rematch of last year’s Italian Series. GROSSETO travels to Nettuno for a three-game series, which kicks off the second game day in the Italian Baseball League tonight….
Italian Weekly: First week in Italian Baseball League is in the books
by Riccardo Schiroli The first weekend of the 2008 Italian Baseball League could have been a disaster for Cariparma. The team managed by Italy’s Bench Coach Gibo Gerali couldn’t count on their…
Wrapping up week one of the Italian Baseball League
The first game day of the 2008 Italian Baseball League is in the books. It featured some interesting results and a few thrilling contests. The two finalists of 2007, MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO and…
Grosseto and Nettuno complete sweeps on opening weekend
Montepaschi Grosseto – Rangers Redipuglia 8-0 RED 000 000 000 0 6 1 GRO 202 000 40X 8 11 1 GROSSETO completed the sweep against the RANGGERS with an 8-0 shutout, their…
San Marino surprises Jesus Matos and Fortitudo
Montepaschi Grosseto – Rangers Redipuglia 7-2 RED 200 000 000 2 9 0 GRO 100 030 03X 7 11 1 After getting no-hit by Lincoln Mikkelsen on Thursday in the opener, the…
Lincoln Mikkelsen no-hits Rangers in rain-shortened opener
{mrb-result:2008-04-17|2008-04-17|IT} Montepaschi Grosseto – Rangers Redipuglia 4-0 (6) RED 000 000 0 0 3 GRO 000 04X 4 6 1 Rain hindered the Italian Baseball League opener from the start and cut…
Italian Baseball League starts tonight
The Italian Baseball Leagues starts their new season tonight with two games. Live on RAI Sport Satellite the 2007 champion MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO faces the promoted RANGERS REDIPUGLIA. A half hour before the…
San Marino wins last preseason tournament in Italy
T&A SAN MARINO defeated MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO 3-1 in the finals of the 17th edition of the preseason tournament “Blue F Ball” in Bologna. FORTITUOD BOLOGNA won the bronze medal game 2-0 against…
Italian Baseball League open gates on Thursday
by Riccardo Schiroli I am glad Mister-Baseball.com asked me to write a weekly column on the Italian Baseball League and, at the same time, I am aware of the fact some people…
Top Teams with last Warm Up before Season Openers
The Italian Baseball League (IBL) kicks off their 2008 schedule next Thursday with a night game between MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO and RANGERS REDIPUGLIA. This weekend four IBL teams face each other in Bologna…
Still nine days till opening day in Italy
With the opening game between MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO and RANGERS REDIPUGLIA sill nine days away, the preseason in Italy continued. GROSSETO beat FORTITUDO BOLOGNA 7-4 and 4-3. Jorge Nunez with a triple and…
Nettuno’s Igor Schiavetti still sidelined
Baseball.it reports on Thursday, that Igor Schiavetti of DANESI NETTUNO still can’t participate in the team workouts. However they are not concerned, because newcomer Frank Menechino can replace the captain of DANESI…
Ryan Baerlocher and Cory Walters to Godo
Three weeks before the start of the new season and DE ANGELIS GODO of the Italian Baseball League added two American pitchers to their staff. The 30-year-old Ryan Lee Baerlocher is from…