Sep 18

Why isnt baseball and softball going to be at the next sumer olympics?

Published by admin at 6:43 am under Democracy Activists

manager_chauncey asked:


I thought that it was kinda weird
I know that more than americans play the sport because the men didnt even quilify for the olymoics at athens
I know that more than americans play the sport because the men didnt even quilify for the olympics at athens
Well thanks for answering everybody but i just heard on the tv that the IOC voted in 2005 a to have it removed untill 2016.

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6 Responses to “Why isnt baseball and softball going to be at the next sumer olympics?”

  1. Tson 20 Sep 2008 at 11:05 pm

    Because only the Americans play baseball or softball

  2. Grumbleson 23 Sep 2008 at 6:52 am

    Its played competitively in about 4 countries only.

  3. Sweet as !on 24 Sep 2008 at 9:54 pm

    Really??? maybe cause the Poms prefer, Cricket, Rugby!!! , i know Soccer will be there tho.

  4. Carebearon 24 Sep 2008 at 10:20 pm

    Lack of Europeans and International interest.

  5. maskddingoon 25 Sep 2008 at 2:11 pm

    Who knows… Maybe all the games they play and time it takes just to hand out 6 medals? Most of the world isn’t interested. Even Americans (who should be crazy about baseball) generally aren’t even interested in Olympic baseball because the MLB is going on (and starting to heat up) at the same time. So not even most Americans really care. I doubt that even 10% of the people you ask from this country would know even 1 player on our baseball team.

    Still I understand what you are saying. It’s hard to imagine a ‘parlor game’ like ping-pong actually adding more competitions types and medals as a real sport like baseball and softball are pushed out. I’m just waiting for the addition of ‘bean-bag-toss’ I’m quite good at it I think I could medal.

  6. doctaon 25 Sep 2008 at 8:27 pm

    I don’t know why but that *****.Baseball Softball should be main stay sports of the Olympics.
    Sports that should be eliminated are Beach Volleyball,Table Tennis,Syncronize Swimming,Equestrian,Water Polo and how the hell does BMX Racing get into the Olympics,does the IOC think this is X Games ?.

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