The Russians are Coming......

From the inbox:

PHILADE LP HIA, PA – The Russian National Baseball team is barnstorming across America this summer and they will stop in Philadelphia to play a team of Greater Philadelphia Men’s Adult Baseball League Stars on Friday, August 10th at 1:00 pm at La Salle University’s Hank DeVincent Field. The game will be a real treat for players — a chance to measure up against top international talent as well as help raise the profile of the league and of Philadelphia as an international sports mecca.



After the game, the internationally famous Golden Gates Restaurant in Northeast Philadelphia will host a celebratory meal for the players and their hosts as a way to spread goodwill. This is a particularly fitting way to celebrate the event as the Greater Philadelphia Region is home to a population of nearly 100,000 Russian-speaking individuals, heavily concentrated in the Far Northeast section of the city.



This summer, in preparation for their attempt to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the senior Russian National Baseball Team, under the direction of the Russian Olympic Committee, will embark on their 2007 U.S.A. Baseball Tour, an American baseball extravaganza traveling throughout the eastern United States from July 15 to August 15 including Games versus baseball teams in top-level NCAA sanctioned summer collegiate leagues, a series versus Team USA and Team China scheduled through Major League Baseball, and appearances at and the attendance of Major League Baseball games and stadiums (see www.russianbaseball.org)

The Greater Philadelphia Men's Adult Baseball League (GPMABL) is committed to providing the player who is age 18 & over, the opportunity to play real baseball at a competitive level on a regular basis in a professionally-run environment. The GPMABL is affiliated with the Men's Senior Baseball League/Men's Adult Baseball League (MSBL/MABL), the fastest-growing adult baseball organization in the country. League players may be lawyers, local businessmen, or police officers during the week, but enjoy baseball as a serious hobby each weekend. (see www.gpmabl.com)