“Thanks….Baseball!” For once Antonello Venditti takes off the clothes of the Roma fan to wear the blue ones in honor of national baseball, protagonist to World Baseball Classic, running between the United States, Japan and Taiwan and broadcast on Sky Sports. The singer-songwriter, last Sunday, published a video on his Facebook profile in which he rejoiced for what had just happened victory of Italy against the Netherlandsdecisive for qualifying for the quarter-finals.
“A company that only those who have played can understand”
Venditti’s passion for baseball was not known to many so far, but the singer has told of have also been a player of this sport: “You couldn’t care less but I do, this is a child’s emotion. A feat that only those who have played baseball can understand, Holland is our bitter enemy and we have eliminated it”, he said in the live social network last Sunday, catching many of his fans by surprise. “I for many years as a kid I played in the Condor, a company that made baseball history. I’m over the moon, it’s like a victory for Roma”. A comparison that gives a very good idea of the happiness of Venditti, a great fan of the yellow and red team and his singer with the hymns “Thank you Rome”, “Rome”, broadcast in every home match at the Olimpico, e “What’s up”, composed on the occasion of the victory of the Scudetto in 2001. In Rome there is a deep-rooted tradition of baseball teams and realities: the team of the player Venditti is the U.S. Condor born, according to the chronicles, in the parish of Santa Francesca Cabrini, on the will of a certain Father Maurilio who had just returned from the United States.
The World Baseball Classic live on Sky
“Now our journey in this World Cup continues,” explained Venditti. A journey that will continue on the Sky Sport channels, which is exclusively broadcasting the World Cup of the Azzurri trained by Mike Piazza. The match valid for the quarter-finals against the hosts of Japan it will be Thursday March 16 at 11 on Sky Sport Uno and Sky Sport Arena. Not only Italy though: there are also other quarter-final matches on the schedule, starting with Cuba-Australia. Venditti and all other baseball lovers will never be able to leave the sofa.
