Tom Seaver Fan Club

Baseball is more and more becoming an international sport.  Mets general manager Omar Minaya is helping foster the internationalization of the sport by heading to Africa of all places to hold a baseball clinic in Accra, Ghana.  In addition to Minaya, former major leaguers Dave Winfield, Dusty Baker, Dave Stewart, Bob Watson and Reggie Smith will all be making the trip as well.

This is the largest effort that baseball has ever made in Africa and it’s the kind of thing that you really hope catches on.  Not only in Africa, but in other places like China where the Yankees are heading.  It’s also very cool that the Mets will be making some of the largest inroads into Africa.  Not that there’s a major league ready pitcher or anything over there waiting to be found, but you never know.