Category: Italy

Fortitudo Bologna misses Matteo D’ANGELO until June, as he is pitching for the Winthrop University. They will replace him with Alfredo LOPEZ DELGADO. The Cuban with an Italian passport pitched since 2006…

San Martino Junior A won the Veneto Tournament after beating Praissola S. Bonifacio 10-0 in the finale. They have secured a spot in the Italian Winter League Finals in Bologna on March…

Corner infielder Williams VASQUEZ signed with T&A San Marino. He played for the relegated Avigliana last season and follows teammate Matthew MARRONE. The pitcher had signed with the fifth place finisher earlier…

The Italian Winter League is making strides toward the end of the season. The Veneto tournament in Verona will be the first to start the final round. Teams from San Martino Junior,…

Telemarket Rimini announced another signing. Starting pitcher Matt Beech joins the team in 2008. He is a former Major Leaguer for the Philadelphia Phillies. He 36-yeeer-old southpaw was born in Oakland, California….

It seems that infielder Lino CONELL will be back with Fortitudo Bologna. There are rumours about an agreement for an extension between the club and the player. The 35-year-old former minor leaguer…

Last week we reported several transactions by Caffe Danesi Nettuno. We talked about the signing of outfielder Selwyn LANGAIGNE and the extension of pitcher Giovanni CARRARA. However there was some misleading information’s…

The Italian Winter League continued last weekend with just one stop. The Trofeo Cariparo kicked off their short schedule of three game days. Ponzano Veneto clinched first place in group one with…

Telemarket Rimini confirmed on their website the return of Clinton BALGERA. The Australian played in Italy in the past and he destroyed opposing pitching this winter in his home country. The 32-year-old…

We do not have a confirmation yet. But is seems that outfielder Mike LOCKWOOD could sign with De Angelis Godo of the Italian Baseball League. He was born on December 27, 1976…

The only promoted team in the Italian Baseball League reported their first signings for the 2008 season. The Rangers Redipuglia revamped their roster with Lizhaio BAEZ, Francesco NARDI, Matteo BERTOLDI, Paolo PIANI,…

The Italian Winter League continues with just one stop this Sunday. The Trofeo Cariparo tournament in Rovigo kicks off their schedule. Teams from Veneto, Udine, Ravenna and Rovigo will determine their participant…

We reported two weeks ago that Jesus MATOS would leave Fortitudo Bologna to join a Mexican Summer League Club. Now there is a possibility for a return of the premium pitcher. Some…

Montepaschi Grosseto was interested in Buddy BENGEL to strengthen the pitching staff in 2008. However he decided to go to Telemarket Rimini and they had to look elsewhere. They now have signed…

Danesi Nettuno signed the Venezuelan outfielder Selwyn LANGAIGNE and confirmed several key players for the upcoming season. LANGAIGNE is 31 years old and was born in Caracas, Venezuela. The left-handed batter is…

The Italian National Team does not have a big tournament on their schedule this year. Nevertheless manager Marco MAZZIERI and his coaching staff want to continue the progress made at the Baseball…

Baseball.it reports two signings of Telemarket Rimini. Manuel De Jesus ALEXANDER and Buddy BENGEL will be added to the roster in 2008. “Manny” ALEXANDER is 37 years old and is looking back…

The Italian Winter League heated up over the weekend. The preliminary round at the Veneto Tournament was completed. Praissola San Bonifacio scored 36 runs in four victories to clinch first place in…

The Italian Winter League continues this weekend with tournaments in Bologna, Grosseto, Cairo Montenotte and Brescia. The preliminary round at the Veneto event will end this Sunday. San Martino Junior A and…

T&A San Marino missed the playoffs in the Italian Baseball League with a 21-21 record in fifth place. They want to change that in 2008. They introduced pitcher William LUCENA this week…

by Riccardo Schiroli FIBS Communications manager The foreign born players who represent Italy in international baseball are in most of the cases Italian citizens from birth. Only in rare occasions (Carlos GUZMAN,…

Michael NATALE will replace Chris DI ROMA at the top of the pitching staff of Cariparma. The team website published the signing on Monday. NATALE was born in Whittier, California, but also…

The Italian Winter League continued its play last weekend at the stops in Bolzano and Bologna. San Martino A (8-0) build up their lead in group 1 of the Veneto Tournament. They…

The Italian Winter League continues on Sunday with tournaments in Bolzano and Bologna. The Veneto and Emilia Romagna events each have their third game day this week. San Martino A (4-0) and…

Three tournaments of the Italian Winter League went under way last weekend. The BSC Arezzo was the big winner in Firenze with two wins. The Athletics Bologna took the lead in the…