Baseball and softball are played by over 65 million people in over 140 countries, and the global sport, which is returning to the Olympic Games in 2020, is also growing among players with disabilities such as visual impairment.

Italy is the European country where baseball for the blind developed the most. A selection of the eleven-team league dominated the International Mole’s Cup. A beep baseball star in the USA thankful to the Orioles, who included braille lettering in their uniforms

MONTPELLIER, France-The University of Montepellier organized a 4 team baseball for the blind tournament named BatBall. Cuba won the final game against an Italian All Star. Bandits de Nogent and Pau/Montepellier represented France

BOLOGNA, Italy-The Patrini Malnate won the 9 team Italian League of Baseball for the Bling defeating the Roma All Blinds in a championship game played in Bologna

Baseball, the national sport of Cuba, is now reaching and serving more of Cuba’s population with one of the newest forms of the game, baseball for the blind.

Bologna, Italy will host on Sunday 9/7 the second edition of the first (and only, for now) Baseball for the Blind international tournament played in Europe.