Vincent Parisi
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Vincent James Parisi
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 5' 11", Weight 181 lb.
- Born February 7, 1978 in Salem, OR USA
Vincent Parisi has played in the Olympics and in Italy.
Parisi played college baseball in the USA. As he had an Italian passport, he was a tempting option for Italian clubs. In 2002, he signed with Parma and hit .314/.395/.457 in a part-time role. A starter for T&A San Marino in 2003, he batted .305/.377/.404 and threw out 18 of 31 attempted base thieves.
Parisi played for the Italian national team in the 2003 Baseball World Cup, hitting .176/.250/.353 as Italy's primary backstop. He hit .304/.467/.391 in the 2003 European Championship to finish 8th in the event in OBP.
He batted .250/.336/.347 for Rimini in 2004 yet still made Italy's team for the 2004 Olympics; he had thrown out 42% of attempted base-stealers. In the Olympics, Vincent was 1 for 8, backing up Luca Bischeri at catcher. His lone hit was a double off Rob Cordemans of the Dutch national team in a loss to Italy's traditional rival.
During 2005, Vince batted .282/.368/.349 with San Marino, continuing his bouncing back and forth between that ckub and Rimini. In '06, he remained with San Marino and hit .238/.322/.320. That year, he gunned down 16 of 31 runners who tried to steal against him.
Parisi moved to Nettuno in 2007 and hit .274/.372/.316. He hit .235/.316/.294 for Italy in the 2007 European Championship. The next year, he batted .311/.419/.418 for Nettuno with a team-best 33 RBI. He tied Max De Biase and Mario Chiarini for third in the league in RBI.
Parisi hit .313/.313/.563 for Nettuno in the 2008 European Cup in Regensburg, then was 2 for 5 in the 2008 European Cup Final Four, which Nettuno won.
