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when did the USA stop fielding an Olympic BASEBALL team?

BigKidAtHeartBigKidAtHeart Posts: 1,799 ✭✭
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I just checked the Olympic website and found out that
not only did the USA not win the Baseball gold...
but did not even enter a team?

Since when has that happened?
We used to have teams in the 80s and 90s

What happened????
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  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭
    i think they didnt even qualify..
    ·p_A·
  • habs71habs71 Posts: 321


    << <i>i think they didnt even qualify.. >>



    Right..men's team did not qualify.
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  • calleochocalleocho Posts: 1,569 ✭✭
    USA has only won Gold once since 72' in baseball.
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  • 1420sports1420sports Posts: 3,473 ✭✭✭
    I was reading that Little League baseball has had a drop of 30% in recent years. I understand that there is little representation in major cities. If that is correct, MLB needs to do something about it.
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  • BigKidAtHeartBigKidAtHeart Posts: 1,799 ✭✭


    << <i>I was reading that Little League baseball has had a drop of 30% in recent years. I understand that there is little representation in major cities. If that is correct, MLB needs to do something about it. >>

    they are...
    they are recruiting from all those countries
    that ARE winning medals in the Olympics!
    (cuba, dominican rep., japan, etc)

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  • AlanAllenAlanAllen Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭
    USA was knocked in in the qualifying round by Mexico.

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  • BigKidAtHeartBigKidAtHeart Posts: 1,799 ✭✭
    yeah,
    I guess it would be impossible to field a USA baseball "Dream Team"
    since the olympics AND mlb are both playing in the middle
    of the summer....

    (I smell a conspiracy...image )
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  • wlf3wlf3 Posts: 356
    funny 1 : they didn't qualify, go figure
    funny 2 : the Greeks had a team of Greek/Americans - because they have no idea what baseball is, let alone how to play ! didn't see how they did...anyone?
  • aro13aro13 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭
    Greece won 1 game in the tournament over Italy.

    The National League wild card race and post-season might be decided by the USA not qualifying for Greece. Had the USA qualified in all likelihood Roger Clemens would have pitched for them in Greece. The USA probably would have shutout Cuba in the Gold Medal Game. The Astros would have traded a great number of players and somebody else would have Carlos Beltran. Either way Jimy Williams would have been fired. Now, Roger could possibly be pitching in the post-season with the Astros.
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