Yanks vs. BoSox in China and Japan, 2008

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Interesting tidbit in tomorrow's (May 5) New York Times. Rather than paraphrase, I'll quote the majority of the article (entire story can be seen at New York Times Sports):

Major League Baseball is in preliminary negotiations with several teams, including the Yankees and Red Sox, about playing exhibition games in China next March and opening the regular season in Japan, according to several individuals briefed on the negotiations.

Although other teams are involved, baseball would prefer the Yankees and the Red Sox, who have the league's most contentious rivalry and would conceivably feature four Japanese players, to open the season in Asia. The Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres are believed to be two other choices.

"We are talking to a number of different clubs about a number of different possibilities," Patrick Courtney, a spokesman for Major League Baseball, said in a telephone interview. Courtney said that the plans were in the preliminary stages and he did not want to comment further.

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