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

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

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

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

Team Italy Juniors manager Francesco Aluffi has one year to prepare his young and talented Azzurri squad for the WBSC U18 Baseball World Cup, which has been rescheduled to take place from September 9-18, 2022 in Sarasota and Bradenton, Florida

After beating Great Britain 11-1 in five innings via mercy rule on day three of the U23 European Baseball Championship in Verona, undefeated Team Italy (3-0) faces semifinalist Germany (2-1) on Friday, August 27, 2021 at 2:30 PM (ET) on FIBSTV.com

Team Italy pitchers Mattia Aldegheri, Eduardo Paluso, Francesco Bonvini and Marco Artitzu limited France to four runs on four hits in the Azzurri 8-4 victory over France on day two of the U23 European Baseball Championship in Verona

Team Italy pitchers Claudio Scotti and Maurizio Andretta combined to defeat the reigning U23 Euro baseball champions by limiting the Czechs to just one unearned run on four hits in the 4-1 victory on August 24, 2021 in Verona

Under the guidance of manager Alberto D'Auria, Team Italy makes its debut in the U23 European Baseball Championship against defending champion Czech Republic on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 2:30 pm (ET) in Verona and streaming live at www.baseballsoftball.tv

Team Italy manager and National Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Piazza will be assisted by Vince Horsman, Gianmarco Faraone, Doriano Bindi, Dan Bonanno and Michele Gerali during the Seniors European Baseball Championship, which takes places on the diamonds of Avigliana, Settimo Torinese and Torino in Piemonte from September 12-19, 2021