The history of Fortitudo Baseball: the interview with Davide Dallospedale

Sixth appointment in the column concerning the athletes who have written the history of Fortitudo baseball. This time it is Davide Dallospedale’s turn.

The sixth guest in the column dedicated to the players who have made the history of UnipolSai Fortitudo baseball Davide Dallospedale. Born in Piacenza, where he took his first steps in the world of baseball, he signed with Fortitudo Bologna in 1998, remaining there for 9 seasons in which he won 2 league titles (2003 and 2005) and 2 Coppa Italia (same years as the league titles). In 2002 and 2006 he won the Max Ott title (best Italian school hitter) and was elected to the All-Star team in the years 2002,2004, 2005 and 2006. After his experience in Bologna he moved to Grosseto, with which he won the Italian title. in 2007, and finally at Parma from 2009 to 2011 with which he won the 2010 title. In his career he has collected 741 appearances in the Italian top league. With the national team, on the other hand, he made his debut in 1999 with the European Championships in which Italy won the silver medal. From that moment, in the following 10 years, Davide took part in: 2 Intercontinental Cups, 2 Olympics, 4 World Championships, 1 University World Cup, 3 European Championships and 2 World Baseball Classic, for a total of 140 appearances.

Hi Davide, how are you first? What do you do in the United States?

My family and I are all fine. My wife Jennifer and I have two girls, Noah (11) and Stella (7). We have been living in Texas (Dallas) for over 11 years and we love it here. We both work at Fossil, the company that makes watches and leather goods. Jen holds the role of Brand Manager while I am Logistics and Customs Manager.

How is the situation due to Covid in the States?

Unfortunately, here in the States there are many cases, but we are used to living with the pandemic. We are all vaccinated in the family and wear masks when we go to public places. I contracted COVID last year and it wasn’t a good experience. I had pneumonia and for several weeks I had to rest in sickness. I’m fine now and hope the vaccine can protect me from further problems in the future.