U.S. baseball prospects lose to World team

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The future was on display this afternoon in Yankee Stadium, as minor league players with Olympic aspirations played in the annual XM All-Star Futures game.

Homegrown prospects who hope to make the U.S. Olympic baseball team, however, were shut out, 3-0, by a club made up of prospects from elsewhere in the world.

Nine pitchers from the World team held the Americans to three hits over nine innings. Boston Red Sox prospect Che-Hsuan Lin (Taiwan) was named most valuable player after hitting a two-run home run in the seventh inning.

Bloomberg reported that fans in New York booed Lin for wearing a Red Sox cap during an on-field interview after the game, which served as the opening game in baseball’s All-Star break.

This afternoon’s game was the last tryout for U.S. players hoping to make the trip to Beijing next month. The roster will be set by USA Baseball officials.

-- Greg Johnson