For the fourth time in the last five years San Martino Junior has won the Italian Winter League, an indoor tournament for youth players. They defeated Senago United 4-1 in the championship game on Sunday in Bologna. Junior Parma took third place after a 3-1 win over Cervignano.
MVP: Edoardo Filippini (San Martino Junior)
Best Batter: Mattia [...]
Having more fun with this graph stuff. I should have done this earlier but look at Citi Field production at Shea Stadium:
Key
Dark Blue: Homers
Orange: Fly Out
Light Blue: Double
Blue: Triple
Again, I believe you won’t see that much of a difference.
Everyone thinks Citi Field is where home runs go to die? I argued this point a couple of months ago. Check out this graph courtesy of MLB Gameday BIP Location. Basically it takes all the homeruns at Citi Field and superimposes it over Yankee Stadium. I added fly balls to see how many outs would [...]
CD Pamplona – Halcones de Vigo 1-3, 6-2
Game 1 :
VIG 111 000 000 3 6 0
PAM 000 010 000 1 3 3
Box score
After their opener against the FC Barcelona was rained out in week one, Halcones de Vigo started in Pamplona into the new season. In game one on Saturday they scored single runs in [...]
Week two in the Spanish Division de Honor is already in the books. At the first weekend in March CB Sant Boi and the Tenerife Marlins Puerto Cruz each improved to 4-0 in the season thanks to sweeps in Gijon, respective Viladecans. CB out-scored El Llano 34-3 with Daniel Martinez scoring four times on Saturday [...]
The 2009/2010 season in the Italian Winter League ends on Sunday with the national finals of the youth indoor league in Bologna. Defending champion San Martino Junior, host Athletics Bologna, Junior Parma, Junior Grosseto, Senago United, Nuova Pianorese, Antella and Cervignano have qualified for the tournament.
Schedule:
Group A
(Centro Universitario Record, Via del Pilastro 8 in Bologna)
8.20 [...]
After rain denied opening day in the Spanish Division de Honor for the FC Barcelona and Halcones de Vigo last week, they get a chance to start the 2010 season on Saturday. “Barca” hosts Baseball Navarra at the ballpark in Montjuic. Not only new starting pitcher Delio Miguel Martinez and new shortstop Oscar Angulo were [...]
The playoffs in the regional tournaments of the Italian Winter League were played last Sunday. Junior Parma took first place at the Winter League Emilia Romagna. San Martino Junior prevailed at the Winter League Veneto. Cervignano picked up the trophy at the Winter League in Rovigo.
These three teams plus host Athletics Bologna, Tuscany winner Junior [...]
CB Sant Boi – CD Pamplona 13-3 (8), 12-1 (7)
Game 1:
PAM 000 002 10 3 3 2
BOI 005 013 13 13 14 1
Box score
Considered as one of the favorites going into the 2010 season, Sant Boi opened with two easy wins against Pamplona. Former Mets prospect Junior Guerra (W 1-0) led the way in game [...]
Opening Weekend in the Spanish Division de Honor is in the books. Defending champion Tenerife Marlins Puerto Cruz prevailed twice against San Inazio Bilbao on Saturday. Richard Montiel and Luis Landaeta combined for three homeruns, while Leslie Nacar and Ivan Granados picked up the wins on the mound. Game two of the doubleheader was called [...]
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Indoor training week and clinic in Hungary
Last weekend the Hungarian Baseball and Softball Federation (MOBSSz – www.baseball.hu) hosted a very illustrious guest at the American School in Nagykovacsi (AISB – www.aisb.hu). Simon Gühring (Baseball-Reference) joined the Hungarian National Team coaching staff this past weekend during the Federation’s Winter Training Clinic. The captain of the [...]
The Italian Winter League is entering its final stretch of the 2010 season. After the Winter League Tuscany ended two weeks ago, the other three regional tournaments will play its finals on Sunday. The best teams from each event will qualify for the national finals of the youth indoor league, which will be held in [...]