Mongolian Baseball

I never would have thought that I would see the day that the all-American game of baseball was introduced and adopted in Asia and played by native citizens of the Gobi Desert. But it has. There is a Mongolian National Federation of Baseball and they compete internationally. Quite appropriately, Robert Koehler calls them the Homerin' Horde.

Let's see, now. We've got Japan, China, and South Korea represented in Major League Baseball, along with Canada and most countries in Central America. So don't be surprised if George Steinbrenner decides to add a Mongolian pitcher or slugger to the Yankee roster sometime in the future. It's conceivable that an entire team could be fielded with a different country represented at each position without one American in the lineup.