Would you welcome baseball teams from other nations, besides Canada, into the American/National Leagues?

• Assuming the logistics were possible, would it be a good idea to have a baseball team from a European, African, Mid-eastern nation, far eastern nation or a Latin American nation be a member baseball team in either the American or National League...? American Pastime Heads to Holy Land Israeli Broadcasters Puzzled By Baseball Lingo By BEN HUBBARD AP Posted: 2007-06-24 22:45:47 PETAH TIKVA, Israel (June 24) - Puzzled broadcasters calling the first professional baseball game in Israeli history struggled with rendering baseball lingo into the holy tongue of Hebrew. After a valiant effort at translating some of the terms, they gave up - lacing their broadcast with Hebrew-accented versions of ball, strike, out, majors, pitcher and base hit. Otherwise, the game looked and sounded like real baseball on a minor league level, though it seemed as out of place in the Holy Land as polo in Manhattan. Three thousand fans cheered as the Modiin Miracles beat the Petah Tikva Pioneers 9-1. Wire fences ringed the field, and bleachers were set up along the foul lines. A fast food and snack stand did good business on the sidelines, selling hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken and soft drinks - all kosher, of course. The pitchers were a bit on the wild side, and some of the fielding was sloppy. "How do you say 'home plate?"' asked one of the announcers on the cable sports channel, which carried the game live. No one came up with an answer. The Israel Baseball League is the project of Larry Baras, a Boston-based bakery czar who has long dreamed of bringing baseball to Israel. To develop local talent, Baras drafted Dan Duquette, former general manager of the Boston Red Sox, to be the league's director of player development.

• Answer:

  Sure, why not. Baseball isn't diluted enough. Let's bring in more AA players.