MLB.com

February 4, 2010

Baseball in China has been hard hit by the sport's removal from the Olympics but the Yankees also brought some good news with them when it was confirmed that the Beijing Games stadium would be rebuilt in the southeastern port city of Xiamen.

"We feel it is a great opportunity here in China to continue to grow the game of baseball," Brian Cashman, general manager of Yankees, told a news conference.

"And hopefully one day a citizen of China will participate and help a Major League Baseball team win a world championship, just like many members who have already done so from other countries now."

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