Baseball and Softball Will Not Be a Part of the 2016 Olympics
by Brendan Scolari on Aug 14, 2009 2:15 PM EDT
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PrintAccording to Jeff Latzke of Boston.com, the 2016 Olympic Games will not include either baseball or softball:
In 2005, softball and baseball became the first sports in 69 years to be dropped from the Olympics, beginning with the 2012 London Games. Both lost appeals for reinstatement in 2006 and then set their sights on this year's vote to get back on the program for 2016.
Instead, International Olympic leaders voted to recommend that golf and rugby be added to the 2016 Games, while softball, baseball and three other sports were left out.
I think our biggest fear in this is it will be difficult for us, being part of the international federation, to be able to promote throughout the world.
I really have no issue with the sports that were selected. They certainly have their place on a world stage, but I also believe that softball and squash and karate and other sports do as well. I think that the limiting of sports to 28 is really a question that needs to be raised.
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Im boycotting the next olympics and the next.......
until baseball is back as an olympic sport. If table tennis and riding horses are “sports” then taking a crap the fastest should get someone a gold medal. Baseball is a real sport. Its not like golf where anyone can play.
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