Saturday, February 6, 2010

The Yankees hope to inspire Chinese youth with trophy

Liu Zhen and Nick Mulvenney

The New York Yankees showed off the World Series trophy in China's capital Wednesday, hoping to inspire young Chinese to aspire to winning baseball's greatest prize.

Baseball in China has been hard hit by the sport's removal from the Olympics but the Yankees also brought some good news with them when it was confirmed that the Beijing Games stadium would be rebuilt in the southeastern port city of Xiamen.

"We feel it is a great opportunity here in China to continue to grow the game of baseball," Brian Cashman, general manager of Yankees, told a news conference.  Read more…

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