USA - DANVILLE – Hubert "Daddy" Wooten of Goldsboro, N.C., and Dwight Lucas of Danville have something in common: They are glad Bobo Smalls hasn't given up on drawing attention to the last Negro barnstorming team, the Indianapolis Clowns, ...

CUBA - Villa Clara Orangemen and La Habana Cowboys have ended the 48 National Series calendar for 2008 as leaders of the Eastern and Western Leagues respectively in the 2008-2009 Cuban season. Villa Clara is without any discussion the best team in the...

CUBA - Two Cuban baseball players who were banished from the Cuban League recently have defected according to ESPNdeportes.com sports writer Enrique Rojas. Yadel Marti and Yasser Gomez have left Cuba and are in a place unknown before trying to arrive in...

USA - This time last year, Rinku Singh had never picked up a baseball. Neither had Dinesh Patel. The teens, living in a poor farming community in India, were just a month away from joining the army. But in a twist worthy of a made-for-TV movie, the two javelin throwers triumphed ...

USA - Ripken Baseball announced recently they will continue their annual Ripken Coaching Clinic series in 2009 as part of National Baseball Hall of Famer, Cal Ripken, Jr.’s vision of growing the game of baseball worldwide, “The Ripken Way.” Coaching clinics are scheduled to be held in at Paramus Catholic ...

SOUTH AFRICA - A Gauteng teenager has landed a seven-year contract with a major league American baseball team. Dylan Lindsay has been signed up by Kansas City Royals after being spotted by a scout last year. Dylan, 17, who plays for ...

CHINA - Baseball may eventually have a future in China. It seems the same can't be said for the baseball venues built for the Beijing Olympics. Put up as temporary structures, the two Olympic baseball stadiums and a practice facility are likely to be razed next year unless baseball backers ...