23/12/2019 1 Minute Read

Boston Red Sox sign Team Italy’s John Andreoli to minor league contract with invitation to Spring Training

Team Italy’s John Andreoli will report to Fort Myers, Florida for Boston Red Sox Spring Training on February 17, 2020 for the first full-team workout along with fellow outfielders Andrew Benintendi, Mookie Betts, J

21/12/2019 2 Minute Read

LA Angels choose former Team Italy infielder Jack Santora to manage Inland Empire 66ers

After playing for Team Italy in three World Baseball Classics (2006, 2009, and 2013) and having spent nearly a decade as the everyday Rimini shortstop, Jack Santora began his Minor League Baseball-affiliated coaching career in 2017 with the Los Angeles Angels Single-A affiliate Burlington Bees before taking on the managerial reins of the rookie-level Arizona League Angels in 2018

17/12/2019 1 Minute Read

Team Italy softball squad faces Mexico and Australia on AP Cup Opening Day

In what some believe to be double trouble with an ominous doubleheader against Mexico (ranked #5) and Australia’s Travelodge Aussie Spirit (ranked #7) on day one of the four-day Australia Pacific Cup (AP Cup) beginning January 30, 2020, the Olympic-bound Team Italy women’s softball squad (ranked #9) views AP Cup Opening Day as an opportunity to shoot up the ladder in international rankings

16/12/2019 1 Minute Read

CON6 attracts Canadian Award-Winning Umpire Trevor Grieve

Toronto native Trevor Grieve will be joined by an assemblage of international umpires as well as coaches, scorers, athletes, managers, and medical professionals at the CON6 Italian Baseball and Softball Convention at Palacongressi di Rimini from January 24-26, 2020

15/12/2019 1 Minute Read

Team Italy's Alessandro Maestri and Gavin Cecchini face off in Australian Baseball League

Team Italy patriarch Alessandro Maestri pitched six solid innings and allowed just two runs on six hits with three strikeouts and one walk to pick up the win in the Sydney Blue Sox 5-3 victory over the Canberra Cavalry at MIT Narrabundah Ballpark in Canberra on December 12, 2019

14/12/2019 1 Minute Read

Carol Bruggeman (@CoachBrugg) represents softball royalty at CON6

National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Executive Director Carol Bruggeman will be among fellow coaches as well as umpires, scorers, athletes, managers, and medical professionals featured at the CON6 Italian Baseball and Softball Convention held at the ultra-spacious Palacongressi di Rimini from January 24-26, 2020

11/12/2019 2 Minute Read

Houston Astros pitching coach Brent Strom added to CON6 lineup

CON6 brings together coaches, umpires, scorers, athletes, managers, and medical professionals at the ultra-spacious Palacongressi di Rimini from January 24-26, 2020

10/12/2019 1 Minute Read

Team Italy softball squad can boost WBSC ranking with winning effort in AP Cup

Formerly known as the Asia Pacific Cup, the newly-branded Australia Pacific Cup (AP Cup) reflects the tournament’s Down Under flavor on the international softball circuit

08/12/2019 1 Minute Read

CON6 Italian Baseball and Softball Convention doubles its reach and moves to Palacongressi di Rimini

Formerly known as CON3, the newly-created CON6 2020 serves not only as the 35th Annual Coach Convention, the 16th Annual Umpire Convention, and the 14th Annual Scorer Convention but now expands its reach by adding Athletes, Managers, and Medical staff professionals to the roster for the first time

05/12/2019 4 Minute Read

IABF Gala Dinner unites Italian American baseball and softball stars with pride and passion

The fourth annual Italian American Baseball Foundation (IABF) Gala Dinner and Fundraiser for Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball (FIBS) proved to be the best event ever in the 501(c)(3) charity foundation’s history at Giando on the Water in Brooklyn on December 4, 2019