Italy’s Serie A Baseball Team Gears Up for Third Consecutive Haarlem Baseball Week

A team representing Serie A, with a mix of experience and young talent, is preparing to face the historic Dutch tournament for the third consecutive time.

The twenty-four Azzurri chosen to represent Italy at the thirty-first edition of the Haarlem Baseball Week will meet on July 9 in Reggio Emilia for two days of work on the field before flying to Holland to play in the most prestigious and traditional friendly competition in Europe.

The group is a selection that comes from Serie A, made up of a hard core of more experienced players, some debutants, such as Jesus Carrera who stood out in the Hot Sand Macerata, and 10 athletes born in the 2000s who the staff looks at with particular attention with a view to Olympic qualification within the Club Italia LA28 program.

With the Technical Development Coordinator Gianguido Pomai coach Michele Gerali, Alberto D’Auria, Christian Gnudi, Charles Of The Sainti pitching coach Rolando Cretis e Roberto Corradinithe physical trainer Daniele Santolupothe doctor Davide Ortolinathe physiotherapist Marco Mennella and the support of the executive team Richard Threshold will be in Haarlem: Philip Agretti3B/OF (UnipolSai Fortitudo Bologna); Mattia AldegheriP (Baseball Team Verona); Maurizio AndrettaP (UnipolSai Fortitudo Bologna); Gabriele AngioiSS/2B (Parma Climate); Marco ArtitzuP (Big Mat Grosseto); Alex BassaniP (UnipolSai Fortitudo Bologna); Nathanael Baptist OF (San Marino Baseball); Thomas BattioniOF/UT (Parma Clima); Matthew BocchiP (Parma Climate); Francesco Maria BonviniP (Crocetta Baseball Parma), Jesus Carrera Lopez1B/OF (Hot Sand Macerata); Federico CelliOF (San Marino Baseball); Luke Di RaffaeleP (San Marino Baseball); Samuele Gamberini1B/C (UnipolSai Fortitudo Bologna); Ernest LiberatorC (UnipolSai Fortitudo Bologna); Alberto MineoC (Parma Climate); Lorenzo MorrisiC (Hot Sand Macerata); Richard Paulini2B (UnipolSai Fortitudo Bologna); Francis PomponiP (San Marino Baseball); Gabriele QuattriniP (Hot Sand Macerata); Claudio ScottiP (Parma Climate); Marco Servidei2B/3B (Godo Baseball/Hot Sand Macerata); Mattia SireusP (Big Mat Grosseto); Federico VirgadaulaP (Codogno Baseball).

The Haarlem Baseball Week

The Haarlem Week was inaugurated in 1961 and has seen the most important national teams in the world parade. In fifteen editions, a US team has won (six successes by the Sullivan team), five victories by Cuba, four by Holland and Japan, one by Canada. Italy, which will participate in the prestigious event for the seventh time, in 1972 conquered the third place in the poule B ranking behind the Dutch Antilles and Holland.

In 2000, 2004 and 2018 the Azzurri placed fifth. In 2000, Silvano Ambrosioni’s boys won 1-0 against Taipei, scared Cuba (3-2) and went down with the USA (Simontacchi’s debut), Holland and Japan, closing with a record of one win and four losses. In their last two participations the Azzurri closed the tournament with two wins and three losses. Eighteen years ago, with Davide Dallospedale as the best hitter of the tournament, Giampiero Faraone’s boys won against the Reno Astros (USA) and against Holland 3-1, but lost against Taipei, Japan and Cuba. In 2018, Gilberto Gerali’s team won for the first time in its history against Cuba (7-3) and against Germany (3-1) and above all made a great impression against the two Asian teams: Japan got the better of our national team with a squeeze by Umino in the 10th, while Taipei won 4-3 in the tie-break. The classic challenge with the Orange, victorious 7-0, was a no-contest. In the playoffs, with Maestri starting, Italy lost to the European champions 2-1, conceding the decisive point in the 9th. In the last match of 2018, the defeat also came against Cuba (9-5).

In 2022, Mike Piazza’s Azzurri won against Curacao (5-3) and against Cuba (2-0, thanks to Quattrini and Aldegheri on the mound), a prestigious success that was not enough to access the semifinals. In the final for fifth-sixth place, Italy, which had Vito Friscia as the best hitter, was finally overcome by the Caribbean national team by 5-1. Our national team is now preparing to participate for the third consecutive time.

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2024-07-03 23:11:12
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