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Jul 24th, 2006, 09:40
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| a pain in the asana  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: the India inside my heart
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| American baseball comes to India Baseball strikes root in India By IBNlive.com Saturday July 22, 07:16 PM New York: Baseball is alien to Indians just as cricket is foreign to most Americans. But as cricket grows in the United States courtesy immigrants from the subcontinent, baseball is heading to India. The governing body for the game, Major League Baseball, has scheduled a month-long coaching programme in India this winter. The World Baseball Classic, the first World Cup for the sport, was held this year. And while baseball is considered an American sport, the WBC was won by Japan which beat Cuba in the final to clinch the title. Major League Baseball, which runs the game, wants to spread baseball worldwide. read more at http://in.news.yahoo.com/060722/211/6639p.html
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Jul 24th, 2006, 11:40
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| Member  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bangalore, India
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| On the other hand, softball has been around for a while. My mother was a professor at a women's college, and I remember from sometime back them winning the State championship. |
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Jul 26th, 2006, 07:04
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| Chakravartan  Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Canada
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| Baseball - for those who find cricket just too damned exciting!
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Jul 26th, 2006, 22:17
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| a pain in the asana Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: the India inside my heart
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| how much do cricket players make? just wondering, in comparison to major league baseball players (I'm not talking about minor league A, AA, or AAA players who live on canned spam and hot dogs.) |
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Jul 27th, 2006, 00:31
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| bang a whore? Bangalore Dammit!  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bangalore
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| an approx. answer http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...8042819AAdJYP7 this is exclusive of Ad money.
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