Baseball has a major-league stake in China success

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

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Roundup - California Doctor Under Investigation for Illegal PEDs Prescription
Published 3/12/2008 by Dave Rouleau at Baseball Digest Daily
... striking out 62 and walking 21 batters. His career splits are impressive considering he can get both righties and lefties out, but 2007 saw these numbers lie in a big way, putting lefties on base more than 40% of the time. Righties were easier for him to retire, but really did some damage when they found a way to put the ball into play: 25 hits in 103 AB (13 extra-base hits). He throws a fastball that can still reach the mid-90s and a slider in the mid-80s. - Gary Thorne has an interesting piece in the USA Today about baseball and its expansion in China. That leaves ...

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