``Look at NFL Europe -- they don't exactly embrace football over there. The fans there have soccer, tennis, other sports and that's great.
I'm not sure that what baseball would get out of it from a public-relations standpoint is worth the harm you'd do to the players who had to make the trip.''
That, however, appears to be a minority view.
``Baseball is becoming an international sport. Anything they do to help the game grow is good,'' Arizona's Steve Finley said.
``Part of major league baseball's job is to grow the game, to get baseball more popular around the world. Look at the Japan [All-Star] tour and what that's done for the relationship between the two leagues. Players are crossing over leagues now.''
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