In Vietnam, America throws the first pitch; Thirty years after the Vietnam War, Americans return to teach baseball.(WORLD)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: February 14, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Simon Montlake

The diamond on the field was more sand than grass, a little uneven in places. The bleachers were rows of wooden chairs borrowed from the adjacent high school.

But it was a recognizable slice of America in the old badlands of central Vietnam. Baseball finally made its national debut in Dong Ha last month, three decades after the fall of Saigon, and nobody wanted to miss the fun.

On the field, several hundred Vietnamese student...

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