Stubby Clapp not going to Beijing Olympics

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Stubby Clapp not going to Beijing
Published 5/9/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Stubby Clapp not going to Beijing Canada’s Olympic baseball team will have to compete at the Beijing Games this summer without its most popular and scrappiest player, CBCSports.ca has learned. Baseball Canada was informed that second baseman Stubby Clapp was denied permission to play for the Olympic team. ..... “The Houston Astros have turned down our request for Stubby to play for us,” Hamilton told CBCSports.ca. “It’s a blow. Stubby Clapp brings leadership to the team and in many ways is the face of the program.”

The Canadian Olympic Baseball Team Will Have to Do Without Stubby Clapp
Published 5/9/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
... In addition to all-name teams, Clapp's been a mainstay of the Canadian national team since 1999. At 35, that's the only baseball he's still playing, though he's also the hitting coach for Class A Lexington in the Houston Astro system. Still, it's a shame the team has refused to give Clapp permission to play in Beijing this summer. ...