Posted On: May 28, 2010
Baseball Prospects – New Opportunities?
It looks like there will be an increased number of new professional baseball leagues opening in Asia for players who are a notch or two below major league caliber.
According to this article, China is planning to launch a new baseball league. What is interesting about this new league is that the article says it is a precursor to an Asian “Superleague” which would involve teams in China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea:
"In the coming six years, we aim to create an Asian baseball league between China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea, most of whom have long been strong baseball league players on the world stage." Baseball in China was dealt a major blow when the sport was removed from the Olympic schedule after the 2008 Beijing Games as the country's state-run sports system is overwhelmingly focused on success at that level
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