The Griddle: The British aren't coming! The British aren't coming!
Baseball Toaster —
To Olympic baseball qualifying that is... Team GB, the British international baseball squad, finally had to drop out of Olympic qualifying after the British Olympic Association decided against advancing the group 40,000 to compete in the final qualifier in Taiwan. The BBC story goes in to greater detail. The final three spots for the 2008 Olympics will come from an eight-team tournament involving Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan to most of us), Korea, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, and Germany. The Germans are replacing the British. The British baseball team will take ...
Blimey
ShysterBall —
Great Britain has been forced to pull out of an Olympic baseball qualifier because it couldn't get the dough to send it's team to Taiwan. Upon being informed that the government isn't going to help out, the team's spokesman noted that it would have been tough for GB to make the games anyway: ...
International Pastime: No Baseball for Britain
FanHouse —
... Baseball is a uniquely American sport -- and by that I include North, South and Central America. It's certainly gained traction is some parts of Asia, but for the most part the game is played on this side of the pond. This fact became even more clear when Great Britain officially ended their Olympic bid, not for lack of qualifying (they were still in the race), but simply lack of funding. From the BBC: ...
