Italy-Leonardo Seminati was the slugging first baseman for Italy at the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2017 in Thunder Bay
Now he is playing (“above expectations”) in the Cincinnati Reds Farmy System
HOOOOME RUN !!!!!!!!! 🇮🇹 Leonardo SEMINATI. He knew it. 🇮🇹 ITA 1-1 KOR 🇰🇷 5th Inning <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/U18WorldCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#U18WorldCup</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/FIBSpress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fibspress</a> <a href="https://t.co/cWvwygRisu">pic.twitter.com/cWvwygRisu</a>
— ⚾ WBSC (@WBSC) <a href="https://twitter.com/WBSC/status/905149387218632704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2017</a>
18 year old (born January 1999 in Torre Boldone
near Bergamo) Seminati had already made his debut in the Italian Baseball League for Parma (he appeared in 8 games
In July he had signed (through scout Sal Varriale) as an international free agent for MLB’s Cincinnati Reds and a reported US$ 135,000 bonus
Reds’ largest on the international market this season
thanks to WBSC-MLB-MLBPA global player agreement
allowed Seminati to represent Italy in the U-18 World Cup
Seminati made his professional debut in late September during Cincinnati’s Instructional League in Arizona and he did impress Reds Farm Director Jeff Graupe
who told to MLB.com: “He’s playing above expectations…He has major power
He hit a ball over the scoreboard in Glendale
Leonardo Seminati in a Cincinnati Reds uniform
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the event Dalla prevenzione alla cura: l’esperienza dell’Ambito territoriale di Bergamo nella lotta al maltrattamento infantile (From prevention to treatment: the experience of the Bergamo area in the fight against child abuse) will be held
A public meeting that will be an opportunity to present the work carried out in the framework of the European project Pearls for Children
it is implemented by Cesvi and concerns the Bergamo area (municipalities of Bergamo
The project – financed by the European Union
started in October 2020 and concluding in September 2022 – represented an initial pilot experiment based on an integrated intervention model designed to prevent and combat child abuse at the local level
A phenomenon that – reads the Pearls for Children website – "is one of the most common and serious adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) experienced by 55 million children in the EU"
the project activities will be illustrated: among them
a training course on the model of assisted resilience addressed to professionals from the medical
social services and law enforcement sectors
and the creation and operation of the Area Child Abuse Group
composed of some 25 professionals from the area who have been actively working on the drafting of an intervention strategy on the issue at the local level
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earning his merits to don the captain's armband first and then rising to the status of stalwart legend of the Club
no other Nerazzurri player can ever flaunt more league appearances (398)
more official matches (435) and more Serie A game (281
a record shared with Stefano Angeleri): we are of course talking about Gianpaolo Bellini
who stepped up to the Gewiss Stadium bleachers to officially cut the ribbon on the first gathering of "La Scuola allo Stadio" 2024/25
who has now taken up a managing role at Atalanta Academy
answered the questions and satisfied the curiosity of the over 200 students (a total of 10 classes) from the first-grade secondary schools of Torre Boldone and from the Bergamo-based "Imiberg"
to my eyes both were first options- with these words
Gianpaolo answered the question about his choice to embark on his footballing journey-
After finishing the scientific high school I did set out to apply to architecture school
Since I was already training with the first team since eleventh grade
I did my best to nurture them both with the same effort: to my eyes
"I joined Atalanta's ranks at a very young age when I was 10 -Bellini recalled-
My father wasn't too happy about it because he saw football as an encroachement on school time
In addition to it being a straining commitment
especially considering that I lived in Sarnico back in the day and sessions were hold in Bergamo
He then cut a deal with my then head coach (and mentor) Bonifaccio: no sooner had I gotten poor grades
I would have left Atalanta 'effective immediately'
because I have always done well in school"
On Friday October 11 took place the first meeting of the 22nd edition of “La Scuola allo Stadio Project”
the socio-educational initiative promoted and organised by Atalanta and mainly aimed at all primary and at the secondary school students
The project is renowned for its educational value and has long been recognised by the Osservatorio Nazionale sulle Manifestazioni Sportive del Ministero dell'Interno (National Observatory for Sporting Events of the Ministry of the Interior)
The 22nd edition of "La Scuola allo Stadio"
the socio-educational project created and endorsed by the Club
will host 10 meetings across the whole sporting season: with the maiden get-together now concluded
the countdown to the second gathering is already on