Some news got to us from Asian Baseball at the beginning of this week. According to a report published on Sportbusiness.com the Chinese financier Kenny Huang Jian Hua is investing in a new youth baseball league in China, committing for ten years and with hopes to find the Yao Ming of Baseball. Read the full article on SportBusiness.com
Indonesia beat Pakistan 3-2 in the final of the 2009 Asian Baseball Cup this past weekend and booked a ticket to the Asian Baseball Championships later this summer. They now will compete with the Philippines, Thailand and Japan at the Narita Round with the winner joining Korea, Chinese Taipei and China in Sapporo for the final round of the Asian championship. You can find the complete results on www.ibaf.org