Mythical Monkey King Steps Up To Bat For Baseball

[matcom]

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's mythical Monkey King will swing his magical staff for baseball next month in a bid to help a fledgling league take root in a country besotted with soccer and basketball.

Sun Wukong, the legendary simian beloved for his mischievous ways, magical staff and supernatural powers, has been adopted as the China Baseball League's mascot, the organizing committee said on Tuesday.

One of the league's goals is to groom enough domestic talent to give China's national team a shot at qualifying for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Although the sport is popular in Taiwan and Japan, baseball is virtually unknown among China's 1.3 billion people.

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[GOPisEvil]

1. Monkey king? Magical staff?

So many jokes there my head is spinning! :D

[matcom]

2. i left the jokes out on purpose

and left them up to YOU!

go for it! :D

[underpants]

3. Maybe Jasper can be and "Ambassador of the game"

JASPER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[matcom]

4. or at least be in the starting rotation

:bounce:

[GOPisEvil]

5. Does the Monkey King have a Magic Helmet?

[trogdor]

6. Maybe we can outsource the Mets over there.

I can see it now - the Shanghai Mets win the NL Pennant.

[Neshanic]

7. Truly a buffet of comedy waiting there.

"The Mythical Monkey King and his Magical Staff"....Feature length cartoon, mugs, cereal, you name it.

Who's voices could be used for the characters?

[mac56]

8. why, Dennis Miller as the Mythical Monkey King, of course

/sarcasm

[T Roosevelt]

9. You tricked me!

I saw the subject and immediately thought it had to do with our illustrious emperor and his love for baseball. :evilgrin:

[Neshanic]

10. Of course it's about him, everthing is possible....

in the Kingdom of the Monkey King. Just touch his magical staff...touch it, you will be a different person.

Rush touched it too much. He had to take magic elixers.

Ann Coulter touched it and became the man she wanted to be.