The USA Athletes International Team left for Italy on July 8, 2008 on an American Airlines flight from New York to Rome. Italy is a great country full of smiling people, beautiful scenery and wonderful food! Baseball is very popular in Italy. In Florence and Tuscany there are posters (like bull fighting posters in Spain and
Portugal) announcing the next game of
Bollate!
The team is staying at the Hotel Aldobrandeschi Roma, located in the center of the city. The players and coaches toured Rome on Wednesday and Thursday morning, visiting the Vatican, St. Peter’s Square and Basilica.
The USA Team will be wearing red, white and blue on the field and will play its first game in Rome on Thursday afternoon. The team transfers to Tuscany on Friday morning.
Two upcoming games are scheduled against the Italian 17-U Junior National Team. The Italy National Baseball team is the team that represents Italy in international baseball competition. Along with the Netherlands, the Italian national team is viewed as the second strongest in Europe
David Fogel
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