Since Pete Caliendo and the Carminucci Sports Group have taken over the new Grosseto Baseball franchise in the Italian Baseball League, not much has happened regarding the creation of the roster for the 2012 season. In Liberia Uscita now reports that two Greek players are on the verge of joining the project. Panagiotis Sikaras and Theon Bourdaniotis are supposed to strengthen the team.
Sikaras was talking to Danesi Nettuno this winter, but an agreement fell through a couple of weeks ago. The 32-year-old former minor leaguer is well known in Italian baseball, having played for De Angelis Godo and Telemarket Rimini. The 26-year-old Bourdaniotis was a member of the Greek team at the IBAF Baseball World Cup in Panama last October. He attended Sacramento State University and Cal State in Los Angeles.