13/03/2020 2 Minute Read

Team Italy players affected by MLB Spring Training games suspension and Opening Day postponement

After the announcement from MLB Commissioner Robert D

12/03/2020 1 Minute Read

Team Italy women’s softball squad faces USA on Tokyo Olympics Opening Day

Equipped with a powerful roster capable of taking down the game’s elite, Italian manager Enrico Obletter will put his resilient softball squad to the test when Team Italy (ranked #10) clashes against top-ranked USA at Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium on July 22, 2020 at 12 noon (Japan Standard Time)

11/03/2020 1 Minute Read

Pat Venditte and Sam Gaviglio pick up first 2020 Spring Training wins

Team Italy pitchers Pat Venditte and Sam Gaviglio won their first MLB Spring Training games on March 10, 2020

10/03/2020 1 Minute Read

IABF honored by New York Mets at Citi Field on Italian Heritage Day

The is being honored by the New York Mets as the Non-Profit of the Game at Citi Field on Sunday, May 31, 2020

09/03/2020 1 Minute Read

Giulio Monello, Daniel Monti, and Maurizio Andretta lead Odessa Wranglers into NJCAA Division I Top 10

Three Italian-born and developed players are leading the charge of Odessa College, where Chicago Cubs pitching prospect Matteo Bocchi began his collegiate career five years ago

05/03/2020 1 Minute Read

Coronavirus Memo issued by MLB to team officials

According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, Major League Baseball has established an internal task force to combat the threat of coronavirus

03/03/2020 1 Minute Read

European Softball Coaches Association and National Fastpitch Coaches Association bridge the gap across the Atlantic

The European Softball Coaches Association (ESCA) and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) have joined forces in a partnership agreement to share and increase the knowledge of European coaches

02/03/2020 2 Minute Read

Lenny Randle shares Maury Wills' secrets with Team Italy speedster Aldo Koutsoyanopulos

After making a presentation with Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball (FIBS) English language editor and filmmaker Roberto Angotti to middle school students at Community Roots Academy in Laguna Niguel, California on February 28, 2020, MLB ambassador Lenny Randle passed on lessons learned from renowned base stealer Maury Wills to Team Italy speedster Aldo Koutsoyanopulos

01/03/2020 2 Minute Read

Team Italy places fourth in Baseball5 European Championship

At the first-ever Baseball5 European Championship in Vilnius, Lithuania from February 28-March 1, 2020, the Italians were a long shot from day one

28/02/2020 1 Minute Read

Jordan Romano brings the heat to Toronto Blue Jays’ bullpen

After Team Italy pitcher Sam Gaviglio struck out DJ LeMahieu and Gleyber Torres to pitch a scoreless third inning against the New York Yankees in a spring training game on February 22, 2020, Azzurri hurler Jordan Romano came out of the Toronto Blue Jays bullpen to pitch a scoreless fourth inning which included a strikeout of Gio Urchela