Minor Considerations
From around the internet, here are a few highlights:
*The New Orleans Times-Picayune has a note suggesting the Nationals have recalled OF Ryan Church, possibly to replace an injured Alex Escobar.
Nationals Partner in Mexico
The Nationals today took another important step internationally:
Barry Larkin Headed to Europe
Barry Larkin, a special assistant to the GM to Jim Bowden, is headed to Europe to join the coaching staff of Major League Baseball International (MLBI) for their third annual academy from August 9-30 in Tirrenia, Italy.
Global Baseball – An Interesting Perspective
Digging around the internet this morning turned up the following site, Global Baseball. It’s a blog that will be updated by a person (jhelfgott) who is “currently working on a year-long research project on the globalization of baseball, courtesy of the Thomas J. Watson Foundation. Over the next 12 months, [the] project will take [the writer] to the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Australia, Puerto Rico, Okinawa, and Venezuela.”
