The Soft Pitch

The Olympics is upon us…good luck China in baseball…huh? China does not have a team do they? Yep..as you may know every host country can have a team in most events without qualifying…China has been playing here in Scottsdale under MLB manager, Jim Lefebvre for two years. Film producer Tom Jennings had the foresight to do a documentary on their humble beginnings and preparation for the Olympics…if you like baseball you will love the show. If you like heart warming and charming stories of underdogs you love it as well…

PBS approached us because they heard I liked baseball, well they were right. This is our first major support of public broadcasting, which is a good thing to consider and support in our community efforts anyway…but when it has some impact on our fastest growing region why not take a chance. Corporate Communications is funding our sponsorship of the program with both our operating groups in Asia…both presidents Stephen Wong and KP Tang loved the idea…so hopefully our customers and suppliers will go see the team play…I assume the odds are against them, but ya never know. In either case watch the program on PBS…it will be shown on most of their network on the evening of 8/14…my bet is you will think it’s a homerun.

For more information, please visit the Out of Left Field  web site http://www.azpbs.org/leftfield/ .

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