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Title: Out of Left Field: The Making of the Chinese Olympic Baseball Team

Presenting Station: Eight/KAET-TV, Phoenix

Air date : Thursday, August 14 at 10 p.m.
(Please check local listings.)

Description: A former major league baseball manager, Jim Lefebvre, and Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame pitcher Bruce Hurst take on the toughest task of their careers – transforming China’s fledgling national baseball team into a contender in the 2008 Olympic Games. This is a story of two divergent nations united by America’s pastime, a seat-of-the-pants chronicle of underdogs, world-class dreams, high-stakes risks and Olympic glory. What started four years ago with a phone call from an office not far from China’s Forbidden City to a retired manager in Scottsdale, Arizona, ends in August 2008, when outmatched Chinese baseball players – bolstered by their American coaches – step onto an Olympic baseball diamond and make history. In HD where available. 1 hour.

Production Credits: A Tom Jennings Production in association with Eight/KAET-TV, Phoenix

Sponsor: This program was made possible in part by Avnet.
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Publicity Contacts:
Susan Soto
Eight/KAET-TV
480.965.0579
susan.soto@asu.edu