Quotes

"There are three languages that have to be spoken. There’s Chinese. There’s English. And there’s baseball."
Bruce Hurst, Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame pitcher

"Most of the world has been scouted. All of Latin America. Into Nicaragua and Cuba. We are talking about over a billion people in China. There’s got to be a superstar hiding out in the woods somewhere down there that just needs to be taught baseball."
Mike Baker, New York Yankees scout

"Maybe in the future we can have baseball Yao Ming, like in NBA."
Wong Wey, Chinese Olympic baseball catcher

"Governments. Culture. Language. They don’t matter. Only thing that matters is how I get this guy out and get me in the dugout."
Bruce Hurst, Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame pitcher

"To go to a country of that size and that magnitude and start baseball in the country that may go on forever is a huge, huge opportunity and a privilege."
Jim Lefebvre, former player and coach with the Los Angeles Dodgers

"Our goal is to make baseball in China part of the culture. We're talking about a country of more than one billion people. We know there are some stars out there just waiting to be discovered. What we need is to find that Yao Ming, a dominating player that the country can relate to. Once we start finding players like that, it's only a matter of time. China will become a superpower in baseball, there's no doubt about it."
Jim Lefebvre, former player and coach with the Los Angeles Dodgers