Team Italy manager Alberto D'Auria has revealed the names of the twenty players competing at the U23 European Baseball Championship in Wiener Neustadt and Schwechat, Austria from August 8-12, 2023. The Italian skipper said, “We are playing against an extremely competitive group and are determined to improve upon our bronze medal finish in Verona in 2021. With players like Gabriele Angioi, Andres Annunziata ,Niccolò Cinelli, Tommaso Giarola, Daniel Monti and Lorenzo Morresi, we expect offensive production.”
Shortstop Vince Cimini, a recent graduate from Boston College, makes his Azzurri debut at the U23 European Baseball Championship in hopes of making the elite squad roster next month at the European Baseball Championship in Czech Republic.
Prior to the start of the U23 European Baseball Championship, the Team Italy baseball squad will be hosted at the Italian Embassy in Vienna by Ambassador Stefano Beltrame on Monday, August 7, 2023 at 2 pm.
The 20 players representing Team Italy in the U23 European Baseball Championship:
Gabriele Angioi (Cagliari), Andres Antonio Annunziata Nino (Academy Of Nettuno/Nettuno 1945), Marco Artitzu (Porta Mortara Novara/Bsc Grosseto), Tommaso Battioni (Parma Baseball), Francesco Maria Bonvini (Crocetta Parma), Samuele Bruno (Academy Of Nettuno/Godo), Vince Cimini (Grizzlies Torino) Niccolò Cinelli (Bsc Grosseto), Ion Doba (Bsc Grosseto 1952), Samuele Gamberini (Fortitudo Bologna), Tommaso Giarola (Grizzlies Torino 48), Juan Carlos Infante Jr. (Modena), Matteo Marelli (Senago Milano), Daniel Xavier Monti (Fortitudo Bologna), Lorenzo Morresi (Macerata Angels), Matteo Oldano (Grizzlies Torino 48), Francesco Pomponi (Oltretorrente/Parma Baseball), Mattia Sireus (Bsc Grosseto), Federico Virgadaula (Brescia), and Edoardo Zingarelli (Grizzlies Torino).
The staff:
Alberto D’Auria, manager; Rolando Cretis, pitching coach; Gianmario Costa, Federico Bassi, Christian Gnudi, and Gianluca Poli coaches; Frankie Russo, quality control coach; Michele Corbo, athletic trainer; Dr. Davide Ortolina, team physician; Marco Mennella, physiotherapist; Riccardo Soglia, delegation manager; and Gigi Mignola, FIBS executive.
U23 EUROPEAN BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Forza #Italia!
by Roberto Angotti
(Photo of Team Italy slugger Lorenzo Morresi by Photo Bass)
