Another swing at success

Facing an 0-2 count, rebooted league confident this version will be a hit

The country's most peripheral pro sport turned over a new leaf with last week's launch of the revamped China National Baseball League in Tianjin.

Founded in 2002, the league endured a series of economic challenges before suspending operations in 2011. It was reborn in 2014 but folded again three years later.