Dodgers and Padres to square off in China, to test out Beijing Olympic Baseball facility
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It waas announced that the Dodgers and Padres will play a 2 game exhibition series this March in China at Wukesong Field.Note, China had long forsaken for being too western until just recently.
They were coerced into WBC participation where various athletes from other sports were given baseball equipment to get pounded by Taiwan, Korea, and Japan in the WBC first round in Tokyo in 2006.
How big of a breakthrough is this for the game?
The Dodgers have Taiwanese star players Hong Chi Kuo and Chin Lung Hu on their roster.
The A's and Red Sox are already playing their regular season openers at the Tokyo Dome this March.
Is China ready for baseball?
Or will they become the silliness that became of the Greek National Team in the 2004 Olympics (if you remember Peter Angelos's band of fun led by former Yankee Clay Bellenger)
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AROC
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China could be ready for baseball, but it aint going anywhere soon. I'm glad that they are sending the Dodgers over there. Classic team.
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