11/09/2021 2 Minute Read

Team Italy hosts European Baseball Championship in Piemonte from September 12-19, 2021 and competes against 15 countries

For the first time in the 67-year history of the European Baseball Championship, sixteen teams will compete in a total of 48 games in Piemonte on the diamonds of Torino, Settimo Torinese and Avigliana

09/09/2021 2 Minute Read

From Antwerp to Piemonte, 67 years of European Baseball Championship history

The Italian senior national baseball team won its first of 10 European Championship titles in 1954, while Kingdom of the Netherlands has won the Euro throne 23 times since 1956. Having not won the European Baseball Championship for nine years, Team Italy under the guidance of Azzurri manager Mike Piazza will attempt to reclaim the Euro Baseball Championship title on its home turf in Piemonte on the diamonds of Torino, Settimo Torinese and Avigliana from September 12-19, 2021.

09/09/2021 2 Minute Read

Team Italy manager Mike Piazza visits Candiolo Institute prior to tribute to NYC heroes at Citi Field on September 11

Azzurri manager Mike Piazza visited the Candiolo Institute, European Baseball Championship Charity Partner, and met Candiolo President Allegra Agnelli prior to boarding his flight to New York for the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the horrific 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers at Citi Field

09/09/2021 1 Minute Read

Serie A1 Softball Playoffs begin in Italy

The Serie A1 postseason starts on Friday, September 10, 2021 with the first two quarterfinal games between MKF Bollate and Pianoros Softball followed by a third contest on Saturday. The other quarterfinal matchup between Poderi Dal Nespoli Forlì and Rhevandors Caronno takes place on Saturday, September 11 (games 1 and 2) and Sunday, September 12 (game 3). In addition, the first two games of the best-of-five series playout between Lacomes New Bollate and Caserta happen on Sunday.

08/09/2021 2 Minute Read

Azzurri manager Mike Piazza exudes confidence in Team Italy approaching European Baseball Championship in Piemonte

At a Torino press conference in Piazza Castello’s Piemonte Region building’s Sala della Trasparenza, Team Italy manager Mike Piazza appeared content with his squad’s chances of doing well in the European Baseball Championship, which takes place on the diamonds of Torino, Avigliana and Settimo Torinese from September 12-19, 2021

31/08/2021 1 Minute Read

WBSC U12 Baseball World Cup postponed to 2022

The Team Italy U12 baseball squad will have to until the summer of 2022 to compete in the WBSC U12 World Cup in Tainan, Taiwan

30/08/2021 2 Minute Read

Team Italy manager Alberto D’Auria reflects on the U23 European Baseball Championship

Team Italy manager Alberto D’Auria took time out to talk about the Azzurri’s third-place finish in the recent U23 European Baseball Championship in Verona and San Martino Buon Albergo

29/08/2021 1 Minute Read

Team Italy manager Mike Piazza summons 24 players to Fossano in preparation for Euro Baseball Championship in Piemonte

National Baseball Hall of Famer and Team Italy manager Mike Piazza has selected 24 Azzurri players to report to Fossano beginning Tuesday, August 31, 2021 to prepare for the European Baseball Championship in Torino, Settimo Torinese and Avigliana from September 12-19, 2021

28/08/2021 2 Minute Read

Team Italy places third in U23 European Baseball Championship after 8-1 no-hitter over Great Britain

A combined three Team Italy pitcher no-hitter eclipsed Great Britain to give the Italians an 8-1 victory in the European Baseball Championship battle for the bronze in San Martino Buon Albergo on August 28, 2021

27/08/2021 2 Minute Read

Team Italy battles for the bronze in U23 European Baseball Championship after 1-0 loss to Germany in semifinal

Team Italy played with heart in the European Baseball Championship semifinal in Verona against Germany on August 27, 2021, but in the end the Germans scored the only run of the game in the top of the seventh inning to advance to the Euro Championship final against Kingdom of the Netherlands on August 28, 2021