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With Club Italia LA28 official sponsor San Francisco Italian Athletic Club Foundation’s Paul Giusto and FIBS Ambassador to Canada Flavio Volpe in attendance, Team Italy manager Mike Piazza eloquently conveyed a call to action for Club Italia LA28 Olympic prospects. "Everything we do has a purpose. We like to treat you guys like Big Leaguers because...

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The Italian National Baseball Team, led by MLB Hall of Famer Mike Piazza, is set to play a two-game exhibition series against the University of Tampa Spartans. The games will take place at the Spartans' historic field on October 18th at 5:00 PM and October 19th at 6:00 PM. This exhibition serves as preparation for the Italian team ahead of internat...

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“It all starts with a dream.” Ask Mike Piazza about his goals for baseball in Italy and he’ll likely find his way back to this thought. The Hall of Fame catcher has already made multiple noteworthy contributions to help support the country’s baseball ambitions, representing Italy both on the field and in the dugout during previous World Baseball...

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Mathieu Silva could barely contain his excitement. His father, Christian, had gathered the family together in their hometown of Bollate just outside of Milan to share an announcement. One which detailed an opportunity unlike any young Italian baseball player had ever experienced. Mathieu -- a 13-year-old outfielder who represented Italy in th...

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Terry Francona, a.k.a. Tito, admitted that in his grandfather's language he cannot express a single concept. He does remember four words, though: "In the name of the father." Because the priest would say them in Italian, precisely, and when that moment came it meant that the liturgy was ending, "and it was almost the moment when you could finally p...

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The Mets, like every other team, are looking to improve this offseason but with New York they are hoping to bounce back from a disappointing 2023 campaign. Following a 101-win season, the Mets finished below .500 and missed the postseason resulting in sweeping changes including to their manager. With newly hired David Stearns as the team’s Presiden...

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National Baseball Hall of Famer and Team Italy manager Mike Piazza shared his insight after the Azzurri squad missed out in the hunt for a medal at the 2023 European Baseball Championship in the Czech Republic due to recent losses to Sweden (8-3) and Great Britain (11-10) in Trebic.  While the Azzurri squad was practicing at the Trebic Nuclears bal...

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I have always thought, perhaps driven by my love for the Italian American community and the history of its achievements, that the greatest American athlete of all time is Joe DiMaggio, who belonged to that community. There is obviously no official ranking, everybody has their own, mine sees there at the top a very great Italian American. Someone wh...

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Perhaps the best moment of Mike Piazza's career was his home run in the New York Mets' first home game post-9/11. With his Mets down 2-1 to the Atlanta Braves, Piazza drilled a no-doubt two-run homer that proved to be the game-winner.  It's now considered one of the greatest home runs in Mets history, allowing New Yorkers to forget for just a momen...

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After suffering a 2-0 shutout to Panama the day prior at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, the Italians returned for a win-or-go home game under the lights against Kingdom of the Netherlands on Sunday, March 12, 2023 and punched their ticket to the second round of the World Baseball Classic in Tokyo after defeating the Dutch 7-1. Before t...

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