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TheRimini Baseball Club, nicknamed thePirates (i Pirati),[1] was a team that played inSerie A1Italian Baseball League. The team was based in the city ofRimini and played its home games at the Stadio dei Pirati since 1973.
Rimini has won 13 national championships and threeEuropean Cups during its entire history.
The club participated in the first and highest-tier level of the Italian league pyramid until 2018, then did not participate to the following 2019 Serie A.
The club was formed in 1949, inspired byEugenio Pagnini, amodern pentathlete at the1928 and1932 Summer Olympics, who taught in Rimini's classical lyceum and had recently returned from a visit to theUnited States. The club initially played on a field byRimini railway station and at theStadio Romeo Neri.[1]
In 1973, the club moved to a purpose-built stadium. Under the leadership of Rino Zangheri, the club reached its biggest years of notability, with players includingMike Romano, who left the club forNovara United in 2012. In 1979, the club changed its uniform from white and red (the same colours ofRimini FC 1912) to black and orange.[1]
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