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Updated Sunday, November 15, 2009 11:25 am TWN, CNA

Former New York Yankees manager to visit Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Former New York Yankees manager Carl Stump Merrill will visit Taiwan's Kaohsiung City and Taitung County from this weekend to share his baseball experience and to coach local school teams, according to the Kaohsiung branch of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT).

Merrill, who joined the New York Yankees in 1985 as first-base coach and became manager of the team in 1990-1991, was invited by the Kaohsiung American School to conduct a cultural program sponsored by the United States Department of State, the AIT Kaohsiung office said in a press release the previous day. The program will highlight the importance of tolerance and teamwork, the AIT office said.

A news conference will be held on Tuesday at Sanming Senior High School in Kaohsiung City.

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