Los Angeles Dodgers Peter O'Malley began reaching out in 1980 by starting clinics in China and South Korea, building baseball fields in two Chinese cities, and in 1998 becoming the first major league team to open an office in Asia. The Dodgers were the second team to start a Japanese player in recent history, pitcher Hideo Nomo, the first team to start a South Korean player, pitcher Chan Ho Park, and the first Taiwanese player, Chin-Feng Chen. In addition, they were the first team to send out three Asian pitchers, from different Asian countries, in one game: Park, Hong-Chih Kuo of Taiwan, and
US F1 Team US F1's failure to compete in the 2010 season. The team was fined €309,000 plus the costs of the hearing, and banned from competing in any FIA-sanctioned championship. In early 2010, plans emerged for a prospective American team known as Cypher, which was later confirmed to be formed from the remains of USF1. This re-imagining of the team is not associated with either Ken Anderson or Peter Windsor. The Cypher Group later withdrew their bid to join F1 for the 2011 season. US F1 Team US F1 Team was a proposed Formula One team that was granted entry to the