This squad of Russian ballplayers played at an international tournament in New Jersey last August.

First row (kneeling, left to right): Dmitri Lukin (CSKA PVO, SS), Alexandr Kovtun (CSKA PVO, 2B), Asan Kadyrov (formerly of CSKA PVO, 3B), Yury Zhirov (CSKA PVO, RHP), Andrei Protasov (SKV, 2B-SS), Andrei Artamonov (SKV, C).

Second row (standing, left to right): Alexandr Brilev (Spartak, OF), Alexandr Myaskov (Spartak, 2B), Ruslan Nabiev (CSKA PVO, 3B), Alexei Zhilkin (Spartak, 1B), Alexei Erofeev (SKV, OF-manager), Dmitri Shlyapnikov (CSKA PVO, coach).