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Major League Baseball players (L-R) American Jason Varitek of Boston Red Sox; Puerto Rican Alex Cora of Red Sox; Dominican David Ortiz of Red Sox; American Huston Street of Oakland Athletics; and Canadian Rich Harden of Athletics smile with trophy of the World Baseball Classic at a Tokyo hotel on March 24, 2008. The International Baseball Federation is hoping to include MLB-level talent by the ...
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Olympic Baseball Schedule: Four Games Left
Bus Leagues Baseball — ... *I didn’t mention this when it was first introduced, but is there a stupider rule in any sport than the new extra innings rule that was put in place for these Olympics?  If you’re unfamiliar with the particulars, here they are: ...

Going for gold: Olympic edition
Rockin' the Red — ... As for the continuation of Olympic baseball, the International Baseball Federation is in talks to schedule a comeback of baseball in 2016, featuring big league players like Daisuke Matsuzaka and Albert Pujols: ...

Saving Olympic baseball
Rockin' the Red — ... to 14 for Cuba. Team USA will play Japan for the bronze medal tomorrow, as Korea scored 4 runs in the 8th inning to seal the deal on a 6-2 victory over Team Japan. It's a bit disappointing to see the U.S. fail to make the final round in what may be the last Olympic baseball event ever, but we have to be proud of our own Cardinal farmhand, who's now hitting .300/.364/.500 in Olympic play. As for saving Olympic baseball, commenter Aaron had this to say about the possibility of having major leaguers participate in the Olympic games: ...

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