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Foreign players now make up nearly 40 percent of MLB rosters. Hear how international scouting has become a necessity for every major league team.

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" That's an example of the growth of baseball worldwide the Seattle Mariners over the 2008 season with players from eight countries outside the United States. Our kids here are holes. You -- directions of the pool here as. Diminish them so that also. Gives us in the -- with a horn player. Major League teams in this modern global marketplace. Simply cannot compete -- personnel standpoint without a strong international department."

" Ideally thinking that covers the majority of the world but. I think he got third place finish. The Dominican Republic. Venezuela. You have to be -- have to be extremely -- and music you're strong in those two. 220 you can really because most of players come -- there everybody's looking for good players and so competitive out there. You really don't believe any you know sometimes it's just him. Com we have not -- you know entered the Asian. The situation we definitely set apart -- structures to. To be active -- they're going to hopefully the outcome of the merely wanted to take advantage of Latin America specifically Dominican Venezuela first. You know we have scouts Panama and Colombia will probably set up operational downs or something toward last year and now we're."

" Even close to 40% of those major leaguers being. Foreign -- us."

" This is the Marlins team in the Gulf Coast League rookie baseball. Prospects from Latin America there's challenges be on the field of play well for me it's. And and to be gained is what are -- barely that we are there -- because. I runs I want I want to learn quickly. So things. Abuse test that's just that's just have been the most important thing and concentrated here -- English. First things. And lost their bodies and they hop label pleasure to -- and evenings -- And the amazing when the in the media here you must work hard. Well on the floor today and his wife -- every day every day in this community. And go to bed."

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(0:06) That's an example of the growth of baseball worldwide the Seattle Mariners over the 2008 season with players from eight countries outside the United States. Our kids here are holes. You -- directions of

(0:36) of the world but. I think he got third place finish. The Dominican Republic . Venezuela. You have to be -- have to be extremely -- and music you're strong in those two. 220 you can really

(1:22) Even close to 40% of those major leaguers being. Foreign -- us.

(1:30) This is the Marlins team in the Gulf Coast League rookie baseball. Prospects from Latin America there's challenges be on the field of play well for me it's. And and to be