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MLB Press Release 2006


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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SELECTED PRESS CLIPS: FIRST PITCH-MLBI COACHING CAMP Manipur, November 2006
  FIRST PITCH Chair MURIEL PETERS (seated right) said she was… fascinated by the athletic players of the state's players with no proper equipment, formal institutions and infrastructure: The Imphal Free Press in its coverage of the press conference held by Mrs. Peters and MLBI coaches JEFF BRUEGGEMANN and DAVE PALESE. (Imphal, 5/11/06)
In Manipur baseball has become very popular and become a way of life. They have the same level of interest as the Americans. There were about 200 kids at Imphal alone: MLBI coach DAVE PALESE in The Statesman. (Kolkata, 17/11/06)
 

First Pitch Chair MURIEL (MIKE) PETERS throws the first pitch at the inaugural ceremony of Camp Manipur! November 2006. Poknapham.
(Imphal 22/11/06)


MIKE signs an autograph for a young Manipuri baseball player. The Imphal Free Press (Imphal,11/06)
Take the views of the US Ambassador in India, David Mulford: "As sports enthusiasts, the Indian people may one day embrace baseball…. "
The Statesman on baseball clinics. (Kolkata 11/06.)

 


No one really knows as to how and when the game originated in Manipur. Some trace its roots to the time Imphal was base to American troops during World War 2:
India Today
(New Delhi,11/06.).

 




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