On a baseball field, deep in the South American countryside, lies a place where MLB hopes to discover a new talent pool in its effort to expand the game. This is not the Dominican or Venezuelan power houses that initially come to mind, but Brazil, a country previously only thought of for its world-renowned soccer. It is here, at the Brazilian Baseball Academy, that I spent 9 weeks of my off-season working with the national 18u baseball team. While I found similarities, the co