NL West meets Far East in historic trip

 

Published 3/12/2008 by John Schlegel at Major League Baseball News

Major League Baseball is making its first-ever foray into China this week, when the Dodgers and Padres travel to the other side of the globe to visit the Great Wall of China, enjoy the exchange of ballplayers meeting young Chinese students face to face and, yes, play some baseball. [link]

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Ni Hao: Dodgers Continue Growing Relations in China

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Bibliotech: "How to Quit Your Job and Write a Book (Or Two)"

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Welcome to the BallHype Spotlight Series , Volume 2: Bibilotech, a series of essays about books. In this edition, Geoff Young of Ducksnorts tells you how to quit your job and write a book (or two) . Enjoy.     In August 2006, I got the bright idea of writing a book based on my Padres blog, Ducksnorts . I'd published a couple "Best Of" eBooks in the past that relied ...
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Baseball has a major-league stake in China success

Baseball Digest Daily found this 3/12/2008 on www.usatoday.com

The Dodgers and Padres will play two exhibition games in China this weekend at the new Olympic park in Beijing. MLB hopes it ...
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Padres in China

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The Padres are in China for some exhibition games with the Dodgers, and Gaslamp Ball clues us in with some fun China links .
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China Links

The Hardball Times found this 3/12/2008 on www.gaslampball.com

Well the Padres are in China.  Let's see what's going on over there. I always thought that if an athlete blamed their steroid suspension on contaminated supplements that they were lying.  Turns out they really are contaminated.  You ...
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