Chandigarh, June 24: For a cricket crazy nation like India popular American sport baseball may be a different ball game altogether.
But if two major league international baseball coaches from the US , currently on a tour here, are to be believed, the country has all the right ingredients "to get hooked on to this fast and exciting sport". "Currently, we are doing some coaching and we have nearly 75 baseball players from all parts of India attending the ten-day clinic in Chandigarh. The players are responsive, enthusiastic and eager to pick up on techniques of this game", said Rick Dell, one of the coaches. The boys attending the clinic were already familiar with the sport and only needed guidance on how to sharpen their skills, he said, enthused by their progress. "We are here to promote the game and our goal is to improve the players as well as the coaches. The ball and bat mentality (referring to cricket) is already there. We are teaching them fundamentals of baseball, the mental part of it and fielding positions among other things", he said.

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