07/02/2018 1 Minute Read

Team Italy Juniors travel to Sicily for 2018 Spring Training

Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball (FIBS) president Andrea Marcon and vice president Fabrizio De Robbio seached high and low for a location where the perfect playing conditions would allow the Team Italy Juniors to train for the upcoming U18 European Championship, which takes place in Grosseto from July 9-15, 2018

04/02/2018 2 Minute Read

Team Italy shuts out New Zealand 6-0, then loses 3-2 to Aussie All-Stars in extra innings

After defeating New Zealand 5-4 the day before, the Team Italy women's softball team returned for a rematch in order to stay alive in the Asia Pacific Cup Consolation Round at Blacktown International Sportspark in Sydney, Australia on Sunday, February 4, 2018

03/02/2018 2 Minute Read

Italy beats New Zealand 5-4, then loses to Aussie All-Stars 6-3 in Asia Pacific Cup

Team Italy women's softball team manager Enrico Obletter could not have scripted a better Hollywood ending for the Azzurre against New Zealand at Blacktown International Sportspark in Sydney on February 3, 2018

02/02/2018 2 Minute Read

Team Italy women's softball team gains valuable experience in Asia Pacific Cup

Team Italy manager Enrico Obletter along with coaches Federico Pizzolini and Lisa Birocci Banse know in order to qualify for the 2020 Olympic games that their Azzurre softball team must be able to compete against the best players in the world

01/02/2018 2 Minute Read

Team Italy women's softball team plays with grit 'down under' in 2018 Asia Pacific Cup

Team Italy manager Enrico Obletter and his 16 softball players took the field at Sydney’s Blacktown International Sportspark to battle Japan in the opening game of the 26-game Asia Pacific Cup tournament on February 1, 2018 knowing that a good showing against the top-ranked powerhouse would garner respect for the Italians in the eyes of many skeptics

23/01/2018 2 Minute Read

Team Italy's Chris Colabello gives back to his hometown of Milford, Massachusetts

When Azzurri slugger Chris Colabello was a senior at Milford High School in 2001, he was awarded the 60th Annual Daniel Cardone Memorial Scholarship to help pay for his tuition as a student athlete at Assumption College in Worchester, Massachusetts

22/01/2018 2 Minute Read

Team Italy catcher Cesare Astorri signs minor league contract with Oakland A's

Touching down in America as a member of the Emilia Romagna Cadetti in the 2014 Little League World Series, Team Italy catcher Cesare Astorri dreamt as a young teenager that he would return to the U

18/01/2018 3 Minute Read

FIBS Convention3 brings together international baseball and softball ambassadors

Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball (FIBS) in association with the Italian American Baseball Foundation (IABF) have worked diligently to make Convention3 (CON3) the finest baseball and softball gathering in Europe

10/01/2018 1 Minute Read

Team Italy manager Enrico Obletter announces Asia Pacific Cup softball roster

Team Italy softball manager Enrico Obletter is wrapping up the final details for his young and talented squad of women as they prepare for the upcoming Asia Pacific Cup, which takes place at Sydney’s Blacktown International Sportspark in Australia from February 1 - 4, 2018

04/01/2018 2 Minute Read

From Azzurri blue to Dodger blue, Team Italy's Pat Venditte is ready for Los Angeles

Born and raised in the heartland of America in Omaha, Nebraska, Azzurri ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte is about to make a big splash in Hollywood after signing a minor-league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers on November 27, 2017