The German website DW-World.de has posted a nice article on Baseball in Nettuno, Italy.
An excerpt:
Italians are completely crazy about football. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi owns one of the country’s finest teams, AC Milan, and one million people tuned in to watch the wedding of a soccer star from Rome. But not far from the eternal city, in the same province, America’s pastime rules.
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In the seaside city of Nettuno, 70 kilometers (43 miles) south of Rome, kids grow up playing baseball, a tradition that began during World War Two. Nettuno, named for the Roman god of the sea, has played and followed baseball since then and proclaims its passion loud and proud. Signs are placed throughout the city alerting visitors that they are in “Nettuno – the city of baseball.” The city founded in the 9th century may offer a scenic port with a Renaissance-era castle and even have the remains of a saint on display in a church. Baseball, however, beats all.