More Baseball in Brazil


	More Baseball in Brazil

brazilnut72

7-14-2007 9:35 AM

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brazil, brazilian, baseball

brazilnut72 says:

It is growing here...if ever so slowly.

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7-14-2007 9:45 AM

ladalooop88845

if only soccer could grow in america

7-14-2007 10:37 AM

brazilnut72

I agree. It seems to me that soccer in the US is alive and well on the junior, high-school, and amature levels--they just seem to have trouble developing a professional structure.

7-15-2007 3:14 AM

BitDrifter

if only soccer could grow in america

It is growing, every year.

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