January 26, 2007
Across the Atlantic
While the Yankees head for China, Omar Minaya leads a contingent of former players to Africa for baseball clinics:
Hall of Famer Dave Winfield, former San Francisco and Chicago Cubs manager Dusty Baker also will be on the trip along with Dave Stewart, Bob Watson and Reggie Smith, Minaya said Friday. The group is scheduled to leave New York on Feb. 1, spend four days in Ghana and return Feb. 6.
"Children around the world dream of becoming major league superstars. With the help from programs like this one, the children of Africa are one step closer to making this dream a reality," George Ntim, the president of the African Development Foundation, said in a statement.
That's a pretty impressive group of teachers.
And following in the globalizing footsteps of these great franchises, Pirates GM Dave Littlefield announces an outreach program to... Antarctica!