Carona Shoes Carona Shoes Incorporated in 1953, Carona Shoes, managed by the Sahu family till 1984, was earlier called as Carona Sahu Shoe company. In 1984, the company headquarters in D N Road (near Fort) was engulfed fire and in one sense the slide began from there. In 1984, the company was acquired by the Khataus after which it got the present name. The company used to manufacture canvas and rubber footwear of all kinds. It had its manufacturing facilities in Mumbai (Jogeshwari), Aurangabad and Ahmedabad. In 1989, the company entered into a technical agreement with Puma AG Rudolf Dassler Sport, Germany,
Baseball in Germany Baseball in Germany Baseball in Germany started in 1936, with the first official baseball game being played at the 1936 Olympics. After World War II, baseball was popularized by American soldiers who were stationed in Germany. Today, baseball is a minor sport in Germany, although the country is still home to one of Europe's biggest baseball communities, with around 30,000 active players. The national governing body is the Deutscher Baseball und Softball Verband (German Baseball and Softball Federation), and the highest baseball league is the 1. Baseball Bundesliga. Max Kepler is currently the only German-developed player in Major League Baseball.