After two teams stepped back in the past week, a third team has decided to withdraw from the 2020 Serie A1 competition in Italy. Next to Rangers Redipuglia, Grizzlies Torino, it was announced yesterday that Nettuno Baseball City has opted to sit out the season. The farce named 2020 Serie A1 continues… With the withdrawal…
According to an article on the website of the FIBS, another club has withdrawn from the 2020 Serie A1. After Rangers Redipuglia announced to step back last week, Grizzlies Torino is the next team to renounce. In an article called “Grey Smoke for A1 Baseball 2020,” it was made clear that during another video conference,…
Italian baseball clubs had until last night 23:59 (11:59 PM) Central European Time to make clear if they wanted to play the 2020 season or not. After a lot of rumours floating around in the past weeks about Parma and the two Nettuno representatives stepping back, the FIBS (Italian Baseball and Softball Federation) announced on…
According to Grandeslam.net, French national team player Owen Ozanich will return to Parmaclima for the 2020 season. Originally, Ozanich had signed with the Montpellier Barracudas for 2020 but as the French season has been cancelled due to the coronavirus, he is free to join any club he wants. It was Ozanich himself who approached Parmaclima…
In a video conference, yesterday, the Italian Baseball and Softball Federation (FIBS) discussed a possible start with the Italian clubs. For now, the start of the season is scheduled for June 14 but that can be pushed back to July 12. With these dates in mind, the playoff format the FIBS has been puzzling on…
The other day you could read a blog post about persistent rumors of Manny Ramirez coming to Parma. According to gazzetta.it, the former MLB star has offered himself and is still negotiating. In the previous blog post, you could read that it would be the third time that Ramirez would come out of retirement. It…
According to the Italian baseball website Baseballmania.eu, there are persistent rumors coming from the United States about Manny Ramirez coming to Italy and to Parmaclima Parma (Serie A1) in particular. After having announced his retirement twice, it would be the second time that he returns to baseball. In 2017, the former Boston slugger went to…
In a session of the Federal Council of the FIBS (Italian Baseball and Softball Federation), the composition of the 2020 Serie A1 has been approved. After the regular period in which clubs could apply for a spot in the Serie A1, there were only seven teams that were willing to play in the highest Italian…
Late October, the FIBS (Italian Baseball and Softball Federation) announced a new plan in which the Serie A1 would grow from seven clubs (after Rimini withdraw before the start of the 2019 season) to twelve. But yesterday the federation announced the names of the clubs for the 2020 season. The number of clubs was nowhere…
After a season with only seven teams, the FIBS (Italian Baseball and Softball Federation) has proposed to have a twelve-team league next year. Plans were presented today. In a meeting today, FIBS president Andrea Marcon presented the plans of expansion for the Serie A1. This year, the league would start with eight teams but after…
