27/01/2022 1 Minute Read

Team Italy pitching coordinator Bobby Cramer adds strength to manager Mike Piazza’s coaching staff

Former MLB pitcher Bobby Cramer plays an integral part of the Team Italy baseball coaching staff as the new Azzurri pitching coordinator

22/01/2022 2 Minute Read

Italian baseball and softball media visibility data reveals major growth in 2021

As compared to 2019, the recent uptick in global viewership and media visibiiliiy suggests the thriving demand for Italian baseball and softball coverage will increase in 2022

17/01/2022 2 Minute Read

Team Italy U23 baseball prospects put to the test in Rome from January 28-30, 2022

Forty-six athletes will undergo a series of physical tests at the Giulio Onesti Olympic Training Center in Rome from January 28-30, 2022 to kick off the start of the Team Italy U23 baseball season

07/12/2021 2 Minute Read

Baseball5 provides prisoners in Italy with hope for personal growth and new beginnings

The FIBS "Sport in Prison - Return home" project starts from Rebibbia Prison in Rome

04/12/2021 1 Minute Read

Softball pitching clinics from Becky Blatnick and Nancy Evans begin in Italy on December 7, 2021

A canceled flight has postponed the arrival of the American pitching coaches Becky Blatnick and Nancy Evans. As a result, Team Italy coach Marco Villani will coordinate the scheduled workout in Modena on December 5, 2021 and the second Modena pitching clinic on the following day has been canceled. Those athletes affected by the cancellation must email teamitaly@fibs.it and choose another date in either Bollate or Caprino Veronese.

03/12/2021 3 Minute Read

Synergy between Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball and MLB felt at Italian American Baseball Foundation Gala in New York

After Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball (FIBS) President Andrea Marcon along with members of the Italian delegation met with Major League Baseball International executives Jim Small and Chris Haydock at the new MLB headquarters on Sixth Street in Manhattan the day prior, the Sixth Annual Italian American Baseball Foundation (IABF) Gala on December 2, 2021 at Giando On the Water in Brooklyn provided the perfect backdrop for the front office personnel, players, coaches, and media representatives to synergize their efforts in helping grow and promote the games of baseball and softball in Italy and beyond.

23/11/2021 2 Minute Read

Softball pitching coaches Nancy Evans and Becky Blatnick conduct Team Italy clinics in Modena, Bollate and Caprino Veronese

University of Arizona softball pitching legends Nancy Evans and Becky Blatnick will conduct three clinics in association with the Team Italy coaching staff from December 5-12, 2021 in Emilia-Romagna, Lombardia and Veneto

20/11/2021 1 Minute Read

"Unity is strength" is the motto for European baseball and softball with the birth of WBSC Europe

CEB President Didier Seminet and ESF President Gabriel Waage, two of the top representatives for the European baseball and softball federations, share their enthusiasm for newly-founded World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSCE) before their respective organizations dissolve, while FIBS Vice Presidents Roberta Soldi and Gigi Mignola shed light on the bright future ahead post-pandemic working in conjunction with WBSCE.

19/11/2021 1 Minute Read

European baseball and softball unite with the birth of WBSC Europe

With the historic vote by Euro delegates on Friday, November 19, 2021 inside Rome’s CONI Hall of Honor, the completion of the World Baseball Softball Confederation Europe (WBSCE) marks the unification of baseball and softball disciplines and the combined advocacy for both sports in future Olympic competitions

18/11/2021 1 Minute Read

Rome serves as World Baseball Softball Confederation Europe headquarters

Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball (FIBS) welcomes representatives from the various European National Baseball and Softball Federations to Rome from November 19-21, 2021 to come together as one and make history as the newly-created World Baseball Softball Confederation Europe (WBSCE)