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NY Yankees to open academies in mainland China?

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NY Yankees to open academies in mainland China?
I was talking to a Kyojin fan the other day when he told me that part of this Godzilla/Giants/Yankee deal was that New York and Yomiuri wanted to build camps and start signing players from mainland China. Which leads me to ask...

A. Does Jiang Zemin and the Communist Party know?
B. What type of talent level does China have?

I know Taiwan and Korea are at a pretty good level now. Does China have any good baseball players like they have in football and basketball? It looks like the Yankees want Godzilla to have a Chinese teammate.
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Re: NY Yankees to open academies in mainland China?
[ Author: Kiyoshi | Posted: Mar 13, 2003 12:31 AM | HAN Fan ]

Akikazu- Look down in this "Around Asia" forum and see the topic: "Chinese Professional Baseball." The last posting was Feb. 12th. The Kintetsu Buffaloes have alraedy established relations with the new mainland China league.
Re: NY Yankees to open academies in mainland China?
[ Author: Guest: Akikazu | Posted: Mar 13, 2003 5:45 PM ]

Doumo arigatou Kiyoshi-san.
Re: NY Yankees to open academies in mainland China?
[ Author: Kiyoshi | Posted: Mar 14, 2003 5:53 AM | HAN Fan ]

Dozo. The Seattle Mariners signed Chao Wang from Beijing in August 2001. Chao Wang pitched for the Peoria Mariners of the Arizona Rookie League in 2002. Wang is 6"4" and 165 lbs. Chao will turn 18 on March 25th.
Re: NY Yankees to open academies in mainland China?
[ Author: Guest: Enrique rojas | Posted: Mar 16, 2003 1:45 AM ]

Chin-Feng Chen was the first Chinese player in Major League Baseball (14 september 2002). Chen played with the Los Angeles Dodgers last season. The Dodgers have three guys from China in their organization now, the most in MLB.

Every professional sport will want to have guys from the "Big Market" (China). Think about an Ichiro from China in MLB with Dodgers or Yankees. They will sell 100 millions caps in China. Bussines is bussines, and baseball is busines now days.
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