Estimated read time: 4-5 minutesDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Baseball United, which swung for the sports history fences by establishing the first professional baseball league in the Middle East and South Asia, announced Monday its first franchise, the Mumbai Cobras. The tournament will take place a year after Baseball United was first established. "Major League Baseball is over 150 years old and has so much romance and pageantry. Dubai, Baseball United's center of operations and prospective host of the first baseball game, is a strategic location for the startup baseball league. Baseball United said it will be announcing new franchises, TV licensing group partnerships and sponsorships in the coming weeks.

Source: Forbes May 15, 2023 18:30 UTC