Team Italy manager and National Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Piazza opens and closes day five of the virtual online CON6 2021 Italian Baseball and Softball Convention with two fascinating interviews by Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball (FIBS) media representative and English language website editor Roberto Angotti.  Mike Piazza: Preparing for t...

Before there was Joe DiMaggio, there was Tony Lazzeri. A decade before the “Yankee Clipper” began his legendary career in 1936, Lazzeri paved the way for the man who would become the patron saint of Italian American fans and players. He did so by forging his own Hall of Fame career as a key member of the Yankees’ legendary Murderers’ Row lineup bet...

It was 6:30 a.m. on Saturday morning and the Arizona Diamondbacks' clubhouse was not yet open, but there was Tim Locastro sitting in the parking lot anxiously waiting. After spending 10 days in isolation following a positive COVID-19 test, Locastro craved being around his teammates again. "I was completely bored," Locastro said. "For the last 10 da...

Tommy Lasorda spent his life prophesying his death. His most famous sayings, the wisecracks that he repeated until they became Dodgers lore, were all about mortality: the flesh and the divine. If you were to slit his wrists, Lasorda said a million times, he would bleed Dodger blue. Examine his heart, which doctors did after he suffered coronaries i...

Now presenting their 11th episode, Italian American Baseball Foundation (IABF) Spaghetti & Baseballs co-hosts Chris Colabello and Natalie Spedaliere welcome 2001 MLB All-Star and four-time World Series champion Jeff Nelson to the IABF Facebook Livestream on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 8 pm (ET). A great friend and supporter of the IABF with 15 yea...

Long before he began pursuing a career acting on the big screen, Frank Grillo was a Yankees fan growing up in the Bronx. Grillo, 55, recalled his family’s obsession with his hometown club, bonding with relatives at his Italian-American household while his favorite team played on his television set. “I remember the games were always on the televisio...

Red-shirt freshman Luke Napolitano went 4-5 with a triple and seven RBIs to help Hofstra win game two of a doubleheader, 14-5, over La Salle Monday afternoon at Hank DeVincent Field. The Pride lost game one, 6-5. Hofstra moved to 4-2 on the season with the split. La Salle dropped to 1-3.Napolitano, a transfer from the University of Kansas, ripped a...

If Earl Weaver was night, Joe Altobelli was day. Two managers could not have been more different, and that’s the first thing members of the 1983 Orioles recall about Altobelli, the man who led them to a World Series championship. “With Earl, if you made a mistake on the field, he would be waiting in the dugout to scream at you in front of everybo...

Lucas Giolito gave up a solo home run to Ronald Guzman. Other than that, his first two innings of Cactus League play couldn’t have gone any better. Giolito struck out four Rangers, coming back from a 3-0 count on one, and did not walk a batter. Guzman’s homer was the only hit. The White Sox’ likely Opening Day starter, energized by having fans in t...

New Red Sox reliever Adam Ottavino made headlines in 2018 when he said he believed he’d strike out Babe Ruth every time he faced him because of how advanced the modern game is. Asked Friday how he’d fare against Red Sox legend Ted Williams, Ottavino said he believes he could hold his own. “I don’t know. It’s a different era,” Ottavino said on WEEI’...