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America's Game Takes on World Flavor With Growth of International Talent.

Baseball Digest

| September 01, 2001 | CAPLE, JIM | COPYRIGHT 2001 Century Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

NOT ALL THAT LONG AGO, BASEball's so-called major leagues were limited to U.S. cities east of the Mississippi or along its western banks. Baseball's idea of internationalism was nicknaming someone Dutch or Heinie.

No longer. Baseball may be on the decline in U.S. inner cities, but it is expanding across the globe as steadily and surely as Mo Vaughn's waistline. Foreign-born players made up 24 percent of major league opening day rosters last year, with 198 players representing 16 countries and Puerto Rico. Two years ago, baseball opened its season in Mexico. Last year, it opened in Japan. In 2001, it opened in Puerto Rico.

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