NEW YORK ” The Yankees and Mariners have become the first major league teams to sign Chinese players, so could baseball’s version of NBA superstar Yao Ming be on deck? Unlikely, for reasons that are ...
BEIJING ” Wang Wei dreams of becoming the first Chinese player to crack the major leagues, but the power-hitting catcher for the Beijing Tigers knows he’s not quite ready. “I think I’m good enough ...
BEIJING -- When Jim Small eyes China, he dreams big: seventh-inning stretches in Shanghai, home runs in Harbin, scouts scouring Suzhou for the new Sammy Sosa. In short, baseball -- pure, old-fashioned ...
It sounds like a pretty wild ambition, given the lack of facilities and baseball's modest public profile across China, but it's time to give it a try, said Chung Chun-hao, operating director of ...
Ray Chang enters the 16-18U Babe Ruth World Series as the manager of MLB China 18U, but the Kansas City native is in familiar territory. “For the players, it’s definitely a little bit of a culture ...
Eighteen youth baseball players from across China, along with their coaches and parents, spent two weeks in South Florida at the All-Star Training Center in Miramar, where they got the chance to learn ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - China's national baseball team is in the United States learning the finer points of the game from Major League representatives as part of their preparation for the Beijing ...
League executives, club representatives and players attend the first-ever draft of the Chinese Professional Baseball league, after 500 hopefuls were put through their paces at a series of nationwide ...