No baseball in the 2012 Olympics

[Iceblink]

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Starting in 2012, no baseball in the games. Though the best players from many countries are in the majors during the games, it can still be cool to see some of the younger guys get some time on a global stage. And the Dave Nilssons of the world got to resurface every four years. No more.

 

(No softball, either.)

 

I mostly watch the summer games to see beach volleyball and women's swimming. :oops: I think they still have a trampoline "competition", no? And no baseball? And while I'm aimlessly complaining, they should add a small match play golf bracket (amateurs, preferably).

[IowaCubsFan]

I believe that they also had ballroom dancing and bridge as exhibition sports.

 

The fact that baseball is such a popular sport in the Americas and the far east is apparently irrelevant to the Eurotrash that runs the IOC. After all, they love soccer, the only sport in the world that has an annual death toll associated with it.

[burnt out cubbie fan]

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Starting in 2012, no baseball in the games. Though the best players from many countries are in the majors during the games, it can still be cool to see some of the younger guys get some time on a global stage. And the Dave Nilssons of the world got to resurface every four years. No more.

 

(No softball, either.)

 

I mostly watch the summer games to see beach volleyball and women's swimming. :oops: I think they still have a trampoline "competition", no? And no baseball? And while I'm aimlessly complaining, they should add a small match play golf bracket (amateurs, preferably).

You may get your wish.

With two slots open on the program, the IOC voted from a waiting list of five sports: golf, rugby, squash, karate and roller sports. Squash and karate were nominated for inclusion but were rejected overwhelmingly.

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[J.R.]

Olympic baseball was always going to suck because the leagues rightly refused to shut down their seasons for weeks at a time. Without the stars of the game, what's the point?

 

I never gave a damn anyway, the whole thing's a sham.