Vamsi Kondreddy former player in India and current wall street businessman sees big things for baseball in India, with a professional baseball league as the high slight. 14.billion people in India. 60 thousand baseball softball players. Cricket very similar to baseball skills, fans used to watching games for days, 3-4 hours will be easy, MLB opens an office in India, major possibilities.
Things discussed.
- Baseball in India when it started.
- The structure of baseball in India.
- How many players in Baseball and Softball in the country.
- Why kids would play baseball when they love cricket.
- Special skills for baseball that kids in India have.
- The movie Million Dollar Arm highlighting players making it to professional baseball.
- MLB opens office in India.
- India has an official baseball federation.
- Does the government support baseball in India?
- What are the major obstacles in developing the sport.
- You must be crazy to put your own money in developing a professional league or have done your homework and see an upside.
- About the professional league, when it starts, type of players, how many teams, investment opportunities and more.
- How many tournaments a year are played.
- Coaching programs.
- Teaching fans the rules of the game.
- And so much more to this discussion.
Contact Vamsi Kondreddy via email at Vamsi.kondreddi@dreamolympic.con
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