{"id":8173,"date":"2026-03-16T23:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T03:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consmiami.esteri.it\/?p=8173"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:11:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:11:50","slug":"the-italian-national-baseball-team-shines-in-the-semifinals-of-the-2026-world-baseball-classic-miami-loandepot-park-march-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consmiami.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dal_consolato\/2026\/03\/the-italian-national-baseball-team-shines-in-the-semifinals-of-the-2026-world-baseball-classic-miami-loandepot-park-march-16-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Italian National Baseball Team Shines in the Semifinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic (Miami LoanDepot Park, March 16, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We were absolutely thrilled to cheer on our extraordinary National Team in last night\u2019s World Baseball Classic semifinal against Venezuela at Miami\u2019s LoanDepot Park.<\/strong> An enthusiastic crowd of Italian fans filled the stands, supporting our Azzurri with passion, pride, and heartfelt energy as they faced their opponents with courage and determination.<\/p>\n<p>Team Italy gave us a truly unforgettable experience and\u2014despite the final score\u2014made us immensely proud of their remarkable achievement, bringing our Country to the forefront of the international baseball stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sport, when played with such dedication and integrity, honors us all. It inspires growth, strengthens our community, and showcases the values of Italy to the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Our sincere gratitude goes to our Athletes, to FIBS, and in particular to President Marco Mazzieri and to the Head of the National Teams Office, Marco Landi.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We were absolutely thrilled to cheer on our extraordinary National Team in last night\u2019s World Baseball Classic semifinal against Venezuela at Miami\u2019s LoanDepot Park. An enthusiastic crowd of Italian fans filled the stands, supporting our Azzurri with passion, pride, and heartfelt energy as they faced their opponents with courage and determination. Team Italy gave us [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[12,7],"class_list":["post-8173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomazia-culturale","tag-italiani-nel-mondo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consmiami.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consmiami.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consmiami.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consmiami.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consmiami.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/consmiami.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8176,"href":"https:\/\/consmiami.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8173\/revisions\/8176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consmiami.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consmiami.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consmiami.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}