Baseball-Former MLB stars help kids swing for the fences in cricket-mad Mumbai

By Revathi Hariharan MUMBAI, Oct 23 (Reuters) When former New York Yankees player Nick Swisher watched a schoolgirl with braided hair smash a series of home runs at a Mumbai playground, he was struck by how readily the cricket-mad youngsters could adapt their skills to ​baseball. The girl was among students at Hansraj Morarji School who swapped their cricket gear ‌for baseball gloves as a parade of MLB greats arrived to put them through a series of drills. I am taking these kids back with me, they can really swing the bat, the former Yankees first baseman and outfielder said. While Swisher ran home-run drills, former Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and American softball star Rachel Garcia oversaw batting practice. Meanwhile, ‌former ​Chicago Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta, ex-Boston Red Sox outfielder and World ⁠Series champion Jonny Gomes and softball ⁠star Jordan Woolery handled pitching and fielding sessions in Mumbai s scorching heat. Gonzalez, who hit 317 home run