Volcanoes Manager Tom Trebelhorn Selected To Coach Italy In World Baseball Classic
January 7, 2009 - Northwest League (NWL1)
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes News Release
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Manager, Tom Trebelhorn, was recently notified he has been selected to coach the Italian National Team in the World Baseball Classic to be held March 5 thru March 23, 2009.
The World Baseball Classic features the best players from sixteen countries, with four teams each in four first round cities - Tokyo, San Juan, Toronto and Mexico City. Quarter-final competition will be held in San Diego and Miami, with the semi-finals and finals to be held at Dodger Stadium on March 23rd.
Trebelhorn, who will coach third base, will join Italian Manager, Marco Mazzieri, formerly a coach with the Bellingham Mariners in the Northwest League. Longtime Indians, Orioles and Seattle Mariners Manager, Mike Hargrove, and ex-major league superstar, Mike Piazza will join Trebelhorn on the Italian staff. In 1989, Piazza played for the Salem Dodgers.
Italy will join Venezuela, Canada and the United States in Pool C in Toronto with play beginning March 8th. Said Volcanoes President, Jerry Walker, "It is a tremendous honor to have a Volcanoes Manager so respected worldwide, and selected for this outstanding coaching honor".
Trebelhorn guided the Volcanoes to their third consecutive Northwest League Western Division title in 2008. Recently the team announced that "Treb" will return as manager for the 2009 season.
Trebelhorn will be a special guest of the Volcanoes at their upcoming Winter Sports Banquet, that features William Neukom, CEO of the San Francisco Giants. The banquet will be held on Friday, January 30th in Salem at the Oregon State Fairgrounds' Cascade Hall. Banquet tickets, including a buffet dinner, are $25 each and can be purchased by calling the Volcanoes at 503-390-2225 ext. 3007.
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