04/12/2019 1 Minute Read

Team Italy softball manager Enrico Obletter headlines Formation Day in Abruzzo

Comitato Nazionale Tecnici (CNT) Abruzzo in conjuction with the Abruzzo and Molise regional committee are proud to welcome the return of Formation Day in Atri, province of Teramo, Abruzzo on December 14, 2019

03/12/2019 1 Minute Read

Macerata hosts Juniors U18 European Baseball Championship

The Executive Committee recently met during the WBSC Congress in Sakai, Japan and announced that the Juniors U18 European Baseball Championship will take place in Macerata, Italy from July 13-19, 2020

29/11/2019 2 Minute Read

Mike Piazza is honored and proud to be Team Italy manager

National Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Piazza was officially welcomed as the new Team Italy manager at a press conference held at the Italian National Olympic Committee/Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI) headquarters in Rome on November 29, 2019

27/11/2019 6 Minute Read

More Italian women than ever are playing softball at U.S. colleges and high schools

With the Team Italy women's softball squad heading to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the Italian softball revolution has just begun

24/11/2019 1 Minute Read

Team Italy will participate in first-ever U18 Women's Softball World Cup

Replacing the U19 Women’s Softball World Championship, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced the formation of the newly created U18 Women’s Softball World Cup, which will take place in Lima, Peru from August 21-30, 2020

21/11/2019 1 Minute Read

Alessandro Maestri and Gavin Cecchini impress in Australian Baseball League openers

Team Italy and Sydney Blue Sox pitcher Alessandro Maestri threw five complete innings and allowed just one run on two hits with two strikeouts in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) opener against Geelong-Korea at the Geelong Baseball Centre on November 21, 2019

21/11/2019 1 Minute Read

Team Italy hosts Euro Women's Softball Championship in Friuli region

Prior to departing for the Olympics in Tokyo as the Europe-Africa representative, Team Italy manager Enrico Obletter and the Azzurre softball squad have to take care of some very serious business on their own home turf

20/11/2019 2 Minute Read

New York Mets reportedly express interest in Team Italy catcher Drew Butera

According to Ken Davidoff of the New York Post, the New York Mets have reached out to 36-year-old MLB veteran Drew Butera in an effort to extend depth at the catcher position

17/11/2019 2 Minute Read

Team Italy's Gavin Cecchini adds charge to Canberra Cavalry in Australian Baseball League

After recently receiving his Italian citizenship and playing for Team Italy in the WBSC Europe-Africa Olympic Qualifier in Bologna and Parma, proud Italian American Gavin Cecchini is ready for combat on the Canberra Cavalry roster during the 2019-2020 Australian Baseball League (ABL) season

16/11/2019 1 Minute Read

Alessandro Maestri returns to Sydney Blue Sox and wins preseason debut over Geelong-Korea

After leading the Sydney Blue Sox to the Australian Baseball League (ABL) playoffs last season, Team Italy patriarch Alessandro Maestri made his 2019-2020 ABL preseason pitching debut for the Sydney Blue Sox and picked the win in a 8-1 victory over Geelong-Korea at Blacktown International Sportspark in Sydney on November 15, 2019