Put together Alessandro Maestri, for years the best Italian baseball pitcher, and Stefano Belisari, for everyone simply Elio delle “tense stories”, a great fan of hitting and running, and here comes a pleasant publication for everyone.
The four-handed book is titled “I was called Maesutori” with the subtitle “Baseball and life. From Romagna to Japan passing through the USA “, published by Baldini-Castoldi and in bookstores from the end of 2021, was presented today in Lastra a Signa in the town council hall, thanks to the municipal administration and the” Lancers baseball 1982 “,
Present were Alessandro Maestri former blue and now national federal manager, interviewed by Fabio Ferri, and in connection Stefano Belisari “Elio”, the Mayor and the councilor for Sport of Lastra a Signa Angela Bagni and Leonardo Cappellini, Fausto Merlotti Councilor of the Tuscany Region, Simona Nava Fibs regional president, actor, director and friend of baseball Alessandro Calonaci, Gianni Taccetti Secretary of Unvs Nesti Pandolfini Le Signe and Gabriele Fredianelli of Coni Firenze, in addition to Lancers President Paolo Moretti, vice president Gabriele Nerbini, captain Antonio Parrini, who in this first event of the 2022 season also presented the 40th anniversary logo to celebrate forty years of its history.
“The book – explains Alessandro Maestri – tells about my sporting life and the journey I have undertaken in my career from a technical point of view, more generally everything around baseball played. While Elio intervenes in various moments of the book explaining the rules of the game and telling his anecdotes in an exhilarating way, especially in the period in which he too was in Japan “.
The idea of writing a four-handed book by two authors who apparently have nothing in common was born thanks to a baseball commentary for Sky made by Alessandro Maestri in the United States where he met Elio for the occasion. And they have stayed in touch ever since. Elio invites Alessandro to Milan to watch an Inter match at San Siro, Alessandro gives him a Classic jersey when he did the New Year’s concert in Rimini in 2013. Elio stayed on stage all evening with that shirt.
“Once – continues Maestri – we started talking about our respective Japanese experiences and the idea of the book came and the time available that unfortunately the lockdown gave us, did the rest. By presenting the book we will try to convey those feelings and sensations experienced in our life thanks to this sport “.
Source: Press Office
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