Azzurri U18 baseball skipper Francesco Aluffi has invited 26 players to a workout in Casteldebole (Bologna) on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The Team Italy U18 squad is preparing for the U18 European Baseball Championship in Ostrava and Brno, Czech Republic from August 13-20, 2022.
U18 manager Francesco Aluffi will be assisted by John Patrick Cortese (bench coach), Stefano Cappuccini (hitting coach), Davide Sartini (infield coach), Massimiliano Masin (pitching coach), Fabrizio Goracci (athletic trainer), Aldo Peronaci (delegation manager), Sergio Arigano (physiotherapist) and Dr. Davide Ortolina (team physician). After the training in Casteldebole, Team Italy will hold another workout in Modena on July 27, 2022 before final practices in Verona prior to departure to Regensburg, Germany for the Regensburg Gateway Showcase Tournament from August 7-11, 2022. Team Italy will face host Germany, Czech Republic, the All-Stars and the Netherlands during the five-day U18 tourney.
The following players are expected to report in Casteldebole:
Tommaso Adorni (Crocetta Baseball Club), Andres Annunziata Nino (Academy of Nettuno), Nicola Anzanel (Cervignano Baseball), Alessandro Barbona (Academy Of Nettuno), Nicholas Bertoldi (New Black Panthers), Vincenzo Bruno (Staranzano), Simone Carnevale (Piacenza Baseball), Sebastiano Catellani (Oltretorrente Baseball Club), Federico Cherubin (Crazy Sambonifacese Baseball Softball), Edoardo Cornelli (Oltretorrente Baseball Club), Niccolò Funzione (Bsc 1952 Grosseto), Diego Gergolet (New Black Panthers), Michel Gonzato (Crazy Sambonifacese Bs), Cristian Laghi (Cral Enrico Mattei), Alessandro Laise (Senago Milano United B.C.), Diego Luciani (Bsc 1952 Grosseto), Davide Malusà (New Black Panthers), Matteo Marelli (Senago Milano United B.C.), Davide Montanari (Junior Parma Baseball Club), Riccardo Nepoti (Bologna Athletics), Giacomo Taschin (Bsc Rovigo), Federico Tiburtini (Oltretorrente Baseball Club), Filippo Venditti (Nettuno B.C. 1945), Alessandro Volpe, Williams Wong (Settimo), Manuel Zazza (Lions Nettuno), Pietro Verzin (Crazy Sambonifacese), and Edoardo Zingarelli (Grizzlies Torino 48 B.S.C.).
Forza #Italia!
by Roberto Angotti
