season runs from November to February).Weve been lucky that we have had a lot of guys whove had professional baseball experience over here, Hendriks said. Anytime you get a chance to work with a guy like Gr

Chelseas head coach Antonio Conte believes Eden Hazard is enjoying himself this season after buying into the Italians vision for the Blues.The west London club travel to Middlesbrough for the Super Sunday clash at The Riverside live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 3.30pm, with Chelsea in a position to move top of the Premier League table after finishing 10th last season.Hazard was an integral part of their title success during 2014-15, but struggled in the following campaign. The 25-year-old Belgian has already netted seven goals this campaign and Conte said: I like to see my players always involved in the project, in the idea of football. Antonio Conte has been happy with Hazards form of late You can see Eden is always involved in the game, not calm and off during the game.Hes always a point of reference for his team-mates. I think hes fantastic. If you want to pass the ball, hes always in the right position to receive. Mboro vs Chelsea November 20, 2016, 3:30pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass To be a complete player you must do both phases, with the ball and without the ball. Eden is doing this and its fantastic.When we have the ball you can see that he can have freedom, but always to respect the other roles and the other two strikers, (Diego) Costa and Pedro. Conte discussed Hazards form at his Friday press conference, saying the Belgian is playing fantastic football For this reason always there is a rotation of these three strikers.In this system, Eden is working a lot without the ball, but in a position more ahead than before. And for him its better.Also See:Whats changed for Hazard?Sky Live: Middlesbrough v ChelseaChelsea fixturesChelsea statsFred Kendall Jersey .J. Jefferson has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. 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Traditional contenders Brazil, Greece and Turkey drew the other three spots to complete the 24-team field for this summers tournament in Spain, basketball governing body FIBA announced Saturday at its meeting in Barcelona.Watching major league baseball games could be a bit of a challenge for Liam Hendriks when he was in school. After all, he grew up in Perth, Australia, where the time zone is 12 hours ahead of North Americas Eastern time zone. So he would wake up by 7 a.m., turn on the TV and watch as many innings of a major league night game as possible before it was time to go to school.My parents would leave to go to work, and I would be sitting there watching and then wind up running late for the school bus, he said. It was a 10-minute walk to get to the bus, and I would usually leave with five minutes to go, so I would have to run to the bus. And if I missed the bus, I would have to run to school.Young Australian baseball fans have been able to watch Hendriks on their screens in recent seasons, though that might have meant being very, very late for the school bus in 2016 since he pitches for the Oakland Athletics, who usually play in the Pacific time zone.There have been 30 Australian-born major leaguers, beginning with Joe Quinn from 1884-1901. He would be the only Aussie in the majors for another 85 years until Craig Shipley played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1986 to start a growth in the sport Down Under. Dave Nilsson reached the majors as a catcher in 1992 and went on to become an All-Star, as did Grant Balfour, who debuted in 2001 and also pitched in a World Series.At the start of this season, Hendriks was the only Aussie in the majors, but three more were called up later: Detroit Tigers rookie pitcher Warwick Saupold, Minnesota Twins rookie third baseman James Beresford and veteran reliever Peter Moylan, who made it back to the big leagues with the Kansas City Royals.We go through peaks and valleys with guys coming over here, Hendriks said. Well go through the stage when a lot of kids are coming over here a lot more, and then well go through the stage where not so much. Lately, weve had a lot of kids going to college over here [in the U.S.] rather than go into pro ball. Some guys who might have been fringe players, they can head to college and maybe mature a little bit and hone their skills a little bit under American tutelage, which generally is a bit better than some of the Australian coaches down there.Hopefully these [three] guys getting in the big leagues this year definitely will spur a wave. Well see how long that takes to kick in, but generally we have 40 guys in the minors at any one time. The number is usually 30-plus kids trying to get their chance, and hopefully clubs will recognize how much they persevered to get over here and how much they sacrificed as well for that opportunity.Hendriks, 27, got his start in baseball as a child, when his parents gave him the choice between playing the very popular cricket or the less popular T-ball. They said, T-ball is like half an hour every Saturday and cricket is like six hours every Saturday. You can choose whatever you want but ...He chose the quicker game and wound up loving baseball. As he grew older, he would play at a baseball school in South Fremantle, though it was not a short commute. After his school day ended at 3:30 in the afternoon, he would take a series of buses and trains that could take two hours to reach the baseball school.dddddddddddd He would practice for an hour and a half and then head home. He also would occasionally pitch on fields that had a dirt mound on the actual diamond but a plastic mound on which relievers warmed up.I think it builds character, Hendriks said of starting a baseball career in Australia. I think a lot of guys when they get over here, you know what theyve gone through, what theyve grinded through to get here.Hendriks signed with the Twins in 2007 and reached the majors with them in 2011, though he lost his first nine decisions as a starter. He has worked exclusively out of the bullpen the past two seasons (he was with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2015). Heading into Fridays game, he had a 3.79 ERA in 51 appearances for the As this season, more than a run below his career mark of 4.91.Hes an aggressive guy that just wants to pitch, and hes moved himself up to spot where its a prominent role for us, Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. Aggressiveness is his thing. I dont want to stereotype, but it seems like a lot of the Australian players are aggressive guys.Melvin has managed a fair number of Aussies, including four in 2012, when pitchers Grant Balfour, Travis Blackley and Rich Thompson and third baseman Luke Hughes all were with the As. Well, we wear green and gold uniforms, so you would expect them to want to come here, Melvin said, referring to Australias national colors.Hendriks says the Australian Baseball League, which started in 2010 and receives some funding from MLB, is helping the sport grow there. Former big leaguers such as Nilsson and Graeme Lloyd provide valuable coaching while active, and former minor leaguers provide good competition on the field (the ABL season runs from November to February).Weve been lucky that we have had a lot of guys whove had professional baseball experience over here, Hendriks said. Anytime you get a chance to work with a guy like Graeme, it can take you from being a fringe guy to all of a sudden youre learning a new pitch or a new technique and way to attack hitters that gives you an edge that some scouts are looking for and the opportunity to maybe come over here.There are also more scouts in Australia these days. As Aussie former big leaguer Ryan Rowland-Smith said before the 2014 MLB opener that was played in Sydney: When I signed 13 years ago, there were a handful of teams that were serious about sending scouts over and trying to sign you. Now every team sends someone over there.Hendriks says baseball is in the top 10 of Australias favorite sports and maybe pushing the top five.With the World Baseball Classic coming up, that will help and raise the popularity, like swimming and gymnastics in the Olympics, he said. Hopefully, we can win a couple games and advance to the second round and put on a good show for the guys back home.And one they will be able to watch without being too late for school or work. ' ' '