15/01/2023 2 Minute Read

Team Italy softball manager Federico Pizzolini reflects on Florida training camp experience

The Team Italy women's softball squad held a winter training camp in Tampa, Florida from January 3-8, 2023 to kick off the new year. Azzurre manager Federico Pizzolini said, "I am satisfied with the results and the positive feedback."

12/01/2023 1 Minute Read

Two-time MiLB Manager of the Year Blake Butera to serve as Team Italy bench coach in World Baseball Classic

Having been named Carolina League Manager of the Year for two years in a row, Charleston RiverDogs manager Blake Butera will join Team Italy manager Mike Piazza as the Azzurri bench coach in the 2023 World Baseball Classic

11/01/2023 1 Minute Read

Nancy Evans and Becky Blatnick work with Team Italy softball pitchers before presenting at CON-X 2023

The coaches entrusted with the growth and future development of Team Italy softball pitchers will be at CON-X 2023 for a series of presentations on the various aspects of pitching after four intensive practices with 17 pitchers from U15 and U18 categories at the Collecchio BSC.

11/01/2023 1 Minute Read

John Noce honored by ABCA with the prestigious Wilson Lefty Gomez Award

World-renowned Italian-American coach John Noce, already an American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Fame Inductee, received the prestigious Lefty Gomez Award at this year’s ABCA Hall of Fame Banquet in Nashville, Tennessee on January 6, 2023. In addition to being a coach in Parma and Novara, he served on the Team Italy coaching staff from 1977-1996 during which time he led the Azzurri squad to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles (1984), Barcelona (1992) and 1996 (Atlanta). Last year he volunteered as a coach for the FIBS and IABF Bay Area Collegiate Games.

09/01/2023 2 Minute Read

CON-X 2023 welcomes Jean Côté and Rob Gray

Jean Côté and Rob Gray represent two of the most authoritative researchers on youth sport. Côté and Gray will make three presentations each at the CON-X 2023 Italian baseball and softball convention at Palacongressi di Rimini on January 28 and 29, 2023. All training courses will be of special interest to coaches working from the youth level and above.

06/01/2023 1 Minute Read

Chris Denorfia and Jack Santora join Team Italy coaching staff for World Baseball Classic

Former MLB player Chris Denorfia and former San Marino and Rimini favorite Jack Santora will serve as coaches for Team Italy under the leadership of manager Mike Piazza in the 2023 World Baseball Classic

05/01/2023 2 Minute Read

Italy’s Serie A Baseball begins on April 15, 2023 with five groups of six teams

After a Zoom meeting between FIBS President Andrea Marcon, the Federal Council and representatives from the thirty registered Serie A Baseball teams, the five groups of squads for the first round were revealed. The top 10 teams will advance in the championship, while the remaining 20 squads will compete in the relegation round.

05/01/2023 1 Minute Read

Jessica and Alana Mendoza to special guest at CON-X 2023 in Rimini, Italy

The Mendoza sisters, authors of the critically-acclaimed book "There's No Base Like Home", will special guest at CON-X 2023 from January 27-29, 2023 at Palacongressi di Rimini in Italy

02/01/2023 2 Minute Read

WBSC reveals updated baseball and softball world rankings

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has released the new world rankings for men's baseball as well as women's and men's softball based on 2019-2022 results

30/12/2022 1 Minute Read

Italy's Serie A Baseball: 30 teams will participate in the 2023 season

With the defections of Academy Nettuno and Castelfranco Veneto, a total of 30 teams from nine regions as well as defending champion San Marino will participate in Serie A Baseball during the 2023 season