San Marino Baseball received • newsrimini.it in the public palace
An honor and a pleasure. Day of great prestige, today for the San Marino baseball. Management, technical staff and players were in fact received at the Palazzo Pubblico by Excellent Captains Regent of the Republic of San Marino, Oscar Mina and Paolo Rondelliand from State Secretary for Sport, Teodoro Lonfernini.
For the club a moment of reflection and joy that comes to crown a fantastic year that will have its epilogue next weekend with the Italian Cup.
This speech given in the council chamber by our President, Mauro Fiorini. “As always, today there is great emotion and pride to be received by the Heads of State in the Public Palace of our Republic, to celebrate the 6th success of San Marino Baseball in the Italian top league, the second consecutive after that of 2021, which once again it has brought great satisfaction to our country.
This is, in my opinion, the worthy conclusion of the 2022 competitive season, which was less complicated due to the pandemic, but which still imposed containment measures that we have gladly addressed, in full compliance with the indications of the government, health and athletes, aware that the role of a top team also includes an example function for their practicing sportsmen, especially for the younger ones. Speaking of young people, I point out that for some years the fruits of our nursery have been increasingly deserving entry into the first team, and I am particularly proud to remember that the very young Alessandro Ercolani is continuing his experience with an American team, and is playing in the United States, which is the highest nation where baseball is world-class. The is certainly to be written to our technicians, extremely qualified, who manage many children and young people, putting in important field every year various youth teams of every age group who often follow results on the merits and tournaments in which they often participate.
However, to develop youthful activity in the best possible way, it is necessary to overcome the dedication of a field used to it, which could also be for women’s softball. Unfortunately, and I say this in full respect of the institutions, also in 2022 an instance of Arengo was rejected which could have represented an important step in this direction. However, we can reaffirm that San Marino is an increasingly consolidated reality in the world of Italian and European baseball, confirmed by the victories in the top national championship achieved in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2021 and 2022 (in addition to the finals reached in 2005, 2009, 2017, 2019 and 2020, the 2006, 2011, 2014 Champions League and the 2006 and 2009 Italian Cup).
We must strive every day to maintain this position, the economic contingency continues to be always difficult, today the economic reality is essential to involve a Marine to help us continue to represent an excellence if we continue to be San Marino, with our constant visibility even outside the borders . In fact, all of the above would not have been possible without the financial contribution of our sponsors, to whom a big thank you should also be noted the logistical and organizational contribution of the San Marino Baseball-Softball Federation, the Olympic Committee and the Secretariat of State for Sport. always support us with enthusiasm and without which all this could not come true. As I approach the end, I want to thank the players, proudly highlighting the award for best player of the Italian Baseball Series that our Gabriel Lino has achieved, the technicians, managers and volunteers who collaborate in the stages of the championship, each competing for their own part in create a winning group approved by all, and which it is our commitment and duty to continue to maintain at this high level.
These results have come thanks to the foresight of Alberto Antolini who has been the promoter and protagonist of the new course of our team since the first championship and the support of his companies, also present in the Republic. The hope is that together with Antolini, other new companies of our economic fabric can support this project of companies of our economic fabric can support this project of companies of our economic fabric, they can support this project of companies of our economic fabric, without false modesty, brought and is bringing prestige to our country as also demonstrating the space that Italian televisions, websites and national newspapers have dedicated to us again in recent days. This difficulty in finding financial support is an increasingly topical issue that is causing us serious concern. I do not want to bore their Excellencies with this topic, but I know that our Captains Regent are men of sport and they know well how difficult it is to maintain prestigious positions along. Thanks again, Excellencies, for this audience, which fills us with pride and I assure you that we will do everything to repeat the occasion for the next few years. “