"We're seeing vast increases in the betting pools in Asia on A-League soccer, " he said.
Leijer had an unsuccessful trial with Everton as a youngster, but has rebuilt his career in the A-League.
Farina said the game would be good preparation for the new A-League season, which starts in less than a month.
The 28-year-old, who also holds Greek citizenship, was a free agent after his contract expired with A-League champions Melbourne Victory.
Dunfermline earlier this week also confirmed that 32-year-old defender Scott Wilson was leaving the club to join Queensland Fury in the Australian A-League.
But they will be fielding a Division Two outdoor team called Milwaukee Wave United in the A-League - the American equivalent of the English First Division - this season.
Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Graham Ashton told reporters that the country's professional soccer league the A-League was drawing larger and larger bets from overseas gamblers, a trend he said increases the threat of manipulation.
The Heat signed Varnado to a guaranteed contract in late January but if the Heat win the NBA championship this season, they'll break a D-League jinx: A team that has signed a Development League call-up to a guaranteed contract during the NBA season has never gone on to win a title in the same year.
It staged a 2011 flash mob that included a funky-chicken dance at a minor-league baseball game in Visalia, Calif.
The following summer, he hit 97 during the All-Star Game of the Coastal Plains League, a summer-league for college players.
Based in Honolulu, the Islanders throughout their history were affiliated with six major-league teams, including the Washington Senators a team located a major-league record 4, 837 miles away.
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The V8's vocals will bring a tear to your eye, with pitched, hissing over-notes coming from the turbochargers (17-psi max boost) and a major-league, Late Model Sportsman-style warble from the tailpipes, abetted by an active exhaust system that opens up as the engine revs rise.
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Pineda will have the labrum tear repaired by Dr. David Altchek at the Hospital for Special Surgery on Tuesday, and faces a 12-month recovery process, with a May 1, 2013 target date to be back on a major-league mound.
In Delhi, there is even a league - the Street League - for homeless kids, set up by aid workers.
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Rice, the 31-year old rookie, could finally call himself a major-league baseball player.
Far from the rough gem that the young Ruth offered an unsuspecting baseball world, Bonds was born and raised to play the game by a father who was a big-league star (the late Bobby Bonds), a godfather who was an icon (Willie Mays) and a string of talented coaches.
There is, certainly, a great movie to be made about a young baseball player from the islands or South America who enters an American-run baseball academy, gets a tryout with a minor-league franchise, suffers the cultural dislocations of American wealth and strangeness, and then, on the verge of success, hits a rock somewhere and capsizes before he can get to the majors.
Jason Kipnis homered in the first off Phelps (1-2) as the Indians won for the 13th time in 15 games and improved to a major-league best 16-5 since April 20.
Heat players were open for catch-and-shoot jumpers a league-leading 67.8% of the time, according to Synergy up from 62.6% last season and 56.6% in 2010.
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And perhaps even more worrying for coach Jose Mourinho was a crowd of only 24, 973 at Stamford Bridge, including a distinctly unimpressed owner Roman Abramovich - a miserable turn-out for a Champions League game.
After six games with Washington in 2011, the Yankees signed him to a minor-league deal.
He would likely be stashed in the minors in case of injury to a major-league arm.
But the profession of managing a major-league team rarely intersects with the concept of fairness.
A. Dickey, for a package of heralded prospects who may not see a major-league diamond in 2013.
He also masterminded the relocation of a minor-league baseball franchise to Springfield, where his name graces the team's stadium.
For Mr. Chesney, a sports nut who hosts many top athletes backstage, stadium concerts help sustain a big-league aura.
But his twin brother, Paco, an infielder for Team Spain, is still hoping to latch on with a major-league organization.
Vegas continues to explode in population and is now the largest metropolitan area in the country without a major-league franchise.
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