By Olga Zavolovich

McGwire, Sosa, Krassner and Gilmore — home run hitters extraordinaire! McGwire topped Maris and ended 1998 at 70. Sosa was right behind him with 66. But neither has equaled the feats of Jerry Krassner and John Gilmore who, as members of the Foreign Devils over-30 baseball team, have homered in Denmark, Ukraine, and China.

While most Americans enjoy their summer vacations relaxing in splendid bliss, Gilmore and Krassner answer the call of the ump to travel to exotic lands in the pursuit of international baseball. Appropriately named the “Foreign Devils,” over the last few years John and Jerry have tasted the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat in Beijing, Shanghai, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Amsterdam, Kiev, Kirovograd, and Copenhagen. (more…)