Olympic Baseball

Olympic Baseball

The baseball competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held over an eleven day period that starts August 13 and end with the finals August 23. Games will be played at Wukesong Baseball Field. This is the last year... [more]

The baseball competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held over an eleven day period that starts August 13 and end with the finals August 23. Games will be played at Wukesong Baseball Field.

This is the last year that baseball will be featured as an Olympic sport, the International Olympic Committee has voted to remove basell for the 2012, and future Olympics.

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The Olympic baseball competition consists of eight teams, and two rounds. In the preliminary round, each team plays every other team, once. The top four teams advance to the playoff round, with the finals decided the bronze, silver and gold medalists.

This is the last year that baseball will be a part of the Olympic games. It will not return for the 2012 Olympics in London, or any Olympics thereafter, unless reinstated at a future date.
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Beijing will be the last Olympic appearance for both baseball and softball , unless the athletes have their way. In 2005, both sports were voted out of the Olympic lineup for the 2012 London Olympics, but the athletes in both sports are fighting hard for their return by 2016. "It absolutely breaks my heart that the Olympics are done for softball," said U.S. softball pitcher Monica Abbott. "The Olympics is the end-all be-all for softball and we train for years for this. It is the biggest thing in our sport." The U.S. is leading the charge, with players trying desperately to save their sport. ... Read Full Story
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Last night (August 18 th , 2008), Bob Costas reported from the NBC studios in Beijing, the IOC’s (International Olympic Committee) reasoning behind the removal of the sports of Baseball and softball from future Olympics (a minimum of the 2012 games in London). Here is what he reported: Read Full Story
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