Commissioner Selig makes no bones of his desire to sell baseball internationally. And when it comes to foreign markets, they don’t come much richer than China. Will baseball globalization succeed there? And if it does, will it be as a consumer of the product or a supplier of talent (or both)? Since 2002, we’ve seen five Taiwanese players in MLB, but none yet from the mainland (son-of-a-missionary Harry Kingman, who played four games for the 1914 Yankees, doesn’t count). Hutzler’s combination of interests – public policy, Chinese culture, varsity baseball – promises an insightful presentation.

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Ryan Hutzler

Ryan Hutzler (rhutzler2@gmail.com) wrote his Senior Thesis at Trinity College in Hartford on “Baseball’s Global Trend and Emergence in China”, which won The Public Policy and Law Book Prize as the most esteemed department work. He was selected as a Fulbright Scholarship finalist to continue his studies of baseball’s growth and development in Chinese culture and society. A varsity middle infielder at Trinity, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa as he earned a BA in Public Policy and Law while also studying Mandarin Chinese. Though raised in Andover MA, Ryan is an avid Mets fan. He currently works at a Washington DC law firm and resides in Arlington VA.