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Team China will play six games in this season's Arizona Fall League

Larkin, Dyer and Lawless to join Lefebvre, Hurst in coaching the Chinese National Team

 

           

The Chinese National Team will become the first international team to participate in the Arizona Fall League, continuing Major League Baseball's ongoing effort to help develop the squad as it trains for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The 16th season of the AFL will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 9.

 

Team China will play one game against each of the six teams in the Arizona Fall League during the period of Oct. 25-31. Team USA, a national team of non-40-man-roster players from MLB organizations, also will play one game against each of the six Arizona Fall League teams. The results and statistics of the Team China and Team USA games will count in the Arizona Fall League. Both Team China and Team USA will participate in international tournaments in Asia following their Arizona Fall League participation.

 

 

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Rod Nelson