Major League Baseball to Europe?
The ( London ) Times reports that major league baseball mayopen the 2007 season in London I think that this would be a swell idea. I thought it was great when the Yankees opened in Japan a couple of years back.
The more international exposure baseball gets, the better it does. The Phantom would have to consider flying over such a match in London.
Baseball is small potatoes in Europe, but it's bigger than you think. There's a high standard of play in Holland, which produced the great Bert Blyleven, a pitcher who won an eye-popping 287 games.
There is also a professional league in Italy. It has not produced major league players as far as I know, but they will someday.
And yes, my Irish friends, there is a small league in Ireland. I don't think that this is a professional league, and the number of people at a game would probably fit in a phone booth, but you have to start somewhere.
Someday, 50,000 people in Croke Park for a pennant race between Dublin and Belfast, as Irish-American power pitching great and Hall of Famer Nolan Ryanthrows out the ceremonial first ball...
The more international exposure baseball gets, the better it does. The Phantom would have to consider flying over such a match in London.
Baseball is small potatoes in Europe, but it's bigger than you think. There's a high standard of play in Holland, which produced the great Bert Blyleven, a pitcher who won an eye-popping 287 games.
There is also a professional league in Italy. It has not produced major league players as far as I know, but they will someday.
And yes, my Irish friends, there is a small league in Ireland. I don't think that this is a professional league, and the number of people at a game would probably fit in a phone booth, but you have to start somewhere.
Someday, 50,000 people in Croke Park for a pennant race between Dublin and Belfast, as Irish-American power pitching great and Hall of Famer Nolan Ryanthrows out the ceremonial first ball...
