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Sunday, August 26, 2007

US to help develop baseball in Vietnam

Bombs Away Lee May!

US baseball coaches will be sent to Vietnam to help develop the sport in the Southeast Asian country.

This was part of a project to develop baseball in Vietnam discussed in Hanoi on August 24 by the Hanoi Sports and Physical Training Department and James Rhodes, who is the son of former major leaguer, Dusty Rhodes.

Marking the occasion, James Rhodes presented two bats that his father used as gifts to the Hanoi Sports and Physical Training Department.

Rhodes, who is a Vietnam veteran, said the project will contribute to promoting friendship between the US and Vietnam.

Repoz Posted: August 26, 2007 at 04:27 PM | 8 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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   1. Beauregard Posted: August 26, 2007 at 05:23 PM (#2500024)
James Rhodes, who is the son of former major leaguer, Dusty Rhodes.


I thought his son's name was Dustin.
   2. Jolly Old St. Neck Wound, Moral Idiot Posted: August 26, 2007 at 06:23 PM (#2500049)
So the Hanoi authorities are now asking the US to help them develop a distinctly western sport, after we bombed their country into oblivion during Operation Rolling Thunder.

Tell me again. Why is it so essential we remain in Iraq with boots on the ground again?

So that we can prevent their illegal immigrants from smuggling themselves across the ocean in equipment bags and bombing all our ballparks. There's also the matter of making sure that we keep those $35.00 parking fees safely in the hands of Halliburton, since otherwise they'd be subject to taxation by Communistic U.S. local governments.
   3. Los Angeles Waterloo of Black Hawk Posted: August 26, 2007 at 07:02 PM (#2500094)
US baseball coaches will be sent to Vietnam to help develop the sport in the Southeast Asian country.

So we're sending advisors?

Yeah, that'll end well.
   4. Earvin 'Gold Stars' Johnson Posted: August 26, 2007 at 07:05 PM (#2500097)
Teaching football to the Vietnamese probably was out of the question, what with Operation Linebacker II and all.
   5. IronChef Chris Wok Posted: August 26, 2007 at 08:07 PM (#2500158)
danny Graves joke?
   6. Ivan Grushenko of Hong Kong Posted: August 26, 2007 at 08:47 PM (#2500202)
Is a sport played better in Japan, Korea and Taiwan than anywhere in Europe "distinctly western"?
   7. Tim Stauffer, Trot Nixon's Coming (Dan Lee) Posted: August 26, 2007 at 10:53 PM (#2500311)
I'd say something about teaching Iraq and Afghanistan baseball, but Jeff Bronkey's already got Afghanistan under control.

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