A second manager in Italy’s Serie A1 has been shown the door after his team got off to a less than auspicious start in 2009. Weeks after the Grosseto Orioles changed managers, De Angelis Godo president Lino Ceccarini decided he’d seen enough of Maurizio Zoli after a 7-23 showing and replaced him with Mario Mascitelli, who has 12 games left in the regular season to turn things around.
Mascitelli will face some expecations Zoli was unable to meet. De Angelis opened their wallet over the winter, bringing in Venezuelan Felix Escalona, a former Tampa Bay Rays and Ney York Yankees shortstop. It was hoped Escalona would improve a lineup that also included two other newcomers: Former Triple-A pitcher Emmanuel Ulloa and ex-Mexican League infielder Lino Connell. The result has obviously not been what was hoped for.
The 41-year-old Mascitelli hit .302 over 402 games in his Italian League career. He’s managed teams at the Serie A2 level, and coaches with both Italy’s Junior National Team and at the National Baseball Academy in Tirrenia.
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