| Teams hunt Latin talent to make up for declining American talent DataNEG1 #143584 "MLB teams hunt so competitively in Latin America not only because Latino players are good, but also because the quality of American baseball talent is declining. Dick Williams, special assignment scout for the New York Yankees, believes that the American talent has diminished." |
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- CitationsAdd new citationList by: CiterankMapLink[1] The Globalization of Baseball
Author: AJ Marcano
Cited by: Eric Hoffer 7:48 AM 1 March 2012 GMT
Citerank: (2) 143582Efforts to increase popularity focus on talent developementMLB has made tremendous efforts to develope rich talent pools in Latin American countries in order to provide a better service to their fans. In MLB, talent is the commodity. If teams don't offer high-end talent, fans will go elsewhere. No one pays to see a bad show.50B14A30, 143587Fidel Castro wants to export Cuban athletes"Even Fidel Castro has expressed a desire to "export" Cuban baseball players to MLB for a profit rather than having them defect to the United States."50B14A30
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| Excerpt / Summary The globalization of baseball also features an increasingly global hunt for baseball talent. The already significant presence of foreign players in MLB indicates how serious the global talent hunt has become. The most serious international market for baseball players is in Latin America, but MLB teams are also scouting and trying to recruit talent in Asia. Most MLB teams now vseriously hunt talent in Latin American countries, through scouting and baseball academies where MLB teams systematically evaluate baseball prospects.
The denationalization of the market for baseball talent is a complex, and in many ways, disturbing phenomenon. Baseball experts perceive that MLB teams hunt so competitively in Latin America not only because Latino players are good, but also because the quality of American baseball talent is declining. Dick Williams, special assignment scout for the New York Yankees, believes that "[tlhe American talent has diminished. ' "° |