Fiorentina Baseball

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Fiorentina Baseball Softball
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League Serie A2 (Girone D)
Location Florence
Ballpark Cesare Vita Stadium  [ it ]
Year founded 1947
League championships 1949
Former name(s)Firenze Baseball Club
Lions Baseball Club
ColoursRed, black, white
            
Website www.fiorentinabaseball.it

Fiorentina is a baseball club based in Florence, Italy, that competes in Serie A2, the second division of Italian baseball.

Serie A2 is the top-level minor baseball league in Italy. It is part of a promotion and relegation system with Serie A1, meaning some teams have played at both levels at some point.

Firenze Baseball Club was founded on 24 September 1947, with their first Scudetto coming just two years later. In 1981 Firenze merged with Lions B.C., founded in 1955, and Fiorentina Baseball Softball was born.

Scudetto Scudetto

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Two former MLB players have been involved with the club: Kirk McCaskill and Alan Olmsted. [1]

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References

  1. "Baseball: Speciale Fiorentina Baseball Firenze Viola Supersport: oggi ore 11.30 presentazione ufficiale in Palazzo Vecchio e via al campionato di A/Federale: ore 16.30 e 20.30 contro Verona – FirenzeViolaSuperSport Live".