MANILA, Philippines — American coach Bill Picketts is convinced that with the right direction, Filipinos can excel in baseball based on his impressions from several days of scouting the national and random varsity teams at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

Picketts, 51, arrived here last Wednesday as a Major League Baseball designate to advise the Philippine Amateur Baseball Association (PABA) on forming the national team to play at the World Baseball Classic qualifiers in Tucson on March 18-25. He was a second/third baseman and shortstop in three seasons with the Southern Oregon As, Madison Muskies and Reno Silver Sox in the minors and is now head baseball coach at Los Angeles Pierce College. 

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