Vienalga uz to visu “CCCP” būšanu…. Ir sākusies jauna vēsture un no Baltijas šie puiši ir pirmie….

Nākamais būs Guņča….

JL

P.S. Abi censoņi ir/būs pirmie profesionāļi ASV no Baltijas valstīm, kas šajā reģionā ir uzauguši, kā beisbolisti. Bet no ex.USSR bija jau vairāki. Šeit būs izvilkums no http://www.mister-baseball.com:
Russian baseball player Viacheslav Vasilyev has signed a professional baseball contract with the Rockford RiverHawks of the Frontier Professional Baseball League located in the United States of America. Vasilyev (6’3” & 195lbs. / 190.5cm & 88.5kg) is a 24 year old right-handed pitcher, and is a native of Moscow, Russia. Vasilyev has also been a top right-handed hitter as an outfielder, and a top pitcher for the Russian National Baseball Team as well as with the Russian club team MGPU. Vasilyev won the Russian Baseball League’s Most Valuable Player award in 2007, and helped lead MGPU to the Russian Baseball League’s championship title in 2008. Vasilyev is best known internationally for his performance with the Russian National Team versus Team USA on July 30, 2007 in Cary, North Carolina (USA) where he threw 6 1/3 innings while striking out 3 batters and giving up zero earned runs.
Vasilyev joins Andrei Lobanov of the Minnesota Twins (MLB club) minor league system as the only two Russians currently playing professional baseball in the United States. Lobanov (6’3” & 175lbs. / 190.5cm & 79.5kg) is a 19 year old left-handed pitcher and is also a native of Moscow, and as well is a candidate for the 2009 Russian National Team. Russian International Baseball (RIB) reports that Vasilyev is now the eleventh Russian native and the thirteenth player overall from the former Soviet Union to sign a professional minor league baseball contract in the United States since 1992. Baseball was started from scratch in the USSR in late 1986 with an announcement from the USSR Olympic Committee that made baseball an official sport in the USSR. Championship play began in 1987. This was all following the 1986 decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to make baseball an official medal sport in the Summer Olympic Games. Other MLB clubs that have signed players from the former Soviet Union to minor league contracts include the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: (6) Yevgeny Puchkov and Ilya Bogatyrev of Moscow; Rudolph Razjigaev of Krasnoyarsk (Siberia), Russia; Nikoloz Bezhuashvili of Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia; Denis Grishkin of Kishinev, Moldova; and Alexander Nizov of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Atlanta Braves: (1) Andrei Selivanov of Moscow. Los Angeles Dodgers: (2) Alexander Toropov and Roman Bessonov of Moscow. Seattle Mariners: (1) Oleg Korneev of Moscow. Minnesota Twins: (2) Nikolay Lobanov of Moscow, who is no relation to the current and aforementioned Twins pitcher Andrei Lobanov of Moscow.

Teksta pilna versija: http://www.mister-baseball.com/russian-baseball-player-vasilyev-signs-professional-contract-america/