Pisa, April 5, 2022 – Pisa’s first baseball game in the FIBS Toscana under 12 championship begins with a victory, which opened on Sunday April 3 at the Alfredo Sisi stadium in Livorno with Pisa Tower polisportiva La Cella winning by 16 to 14 with Chiantella. The game remained balanced until the fourth inning when Pisa Tower took over and took the win in the fifth and sixth inning not allowing Chiantella to score points.
Great satisfaction for Franco Grappolini’s team which is bringing baseball back to the city and which, for the first time, plays in the league with the Pisa shirt. Last year Pisa had not reached the minimum number of athletes and the girls and boys had played the tournament on loan at Livorno 1948 Baseball asd. The team made up of girls and boys aged 10 to 12 saw on the field: Maya Bonechi, Lola Carelli, Lorenzo Chipa, Delisa Gashi, Suami Gelli, Morgana Gelli, Caterina Melideo, Nicola Melideo, Benard Peposhi, Adele Piccioli, Martin Santander, Alessia Santander, Miriam Sposito, Samuele Sposito, Mirta Verità.
Sunday 10 April Pisa Tower will be away to Florence at the Cesare Vita stadium for the second league match of the first round against Fiorentina Baseball ssd, on Monday 18 April the girls will participate in the Tuscan regional softball selection in Massa and the boys in the regional one of baseball in Livorno. Franco Grappolini (former player, former coach of the Serie A and Serie B youth teams of Siena and Livorno and former coach for the regional selections), Virgilio Perra (coach and former manager of the Serie B youth teams of Livorno) and Filippo Fabbri (coach and ex-Rimini Baseball youth player) managed in less than two years to form a close-knit group of about 20 girls and boys aged 6 to 14, involving them in a sport that combines collaboration, discipline, fun and fair play. “We are looking for other girls and boys to bring baseball and softball back to Pisa – explains coach Franco Grappolini – a game that had a glorious tradition in our city until the 90s, training takes place at the Polisportiva La baseball field. Cell in Pisa, all boys and girls aged 6 to 15 are welcome “.
