On Monday, June 15 IBAF President Dr. Harvey Schiller alongside others, including representatives of Major League Baseball will present Baseball’s case for reinstatement in front of the executive board of the IOC. You’ll find a letter from Dr. Schiller below.
Additionally in an article by Simon Ward, which was published on www.ibaf.org, Dr. Schiller says that Baseball has done everything the IOC has asked to do to meet the requirements to return to the Olympic Games. You’ find the piece here.
Letter by Dr. Harvey Schiller:
Dear Friend of Baseball,
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Monday we will present our case for re-instatement to the Olympic programme to the IOC Executive Board. Joining me in the 20 minute presentation will be John Ostermeyer, Jean-Pierre Moser, Bob DuPuy, the President and COO of Major League Baseball, Don Fehr, the Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association and Sidney de Jong, member of the Dutch National team. Sandra Monteiro, President of the Portuguese Federation and Riccardo Fraccari, the President of the Italian Federation, will also be in Lausanne to assist us in talking to various IOC members and federations during the early part of next week as well.
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Our presentation will effectively address all of the reasons as to why baseball was removed from the 2012 programme, and will offer a five day tournament plan for both men and women that will include using the best players from professional baseball. We have spent time working with all four candidate cities to make sure they understand the value baseball can bring to their bid for 2016, and continue to speak to as many IOC members as possible in outlining our plan and the steps we have made to grow the game globally, from the youngest of children to elite competition. We feel that we have done everything that the IOC has asked us to do to this point, and will continue to re-address and add to those steps over the next few months.
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As always, your support and input is needed and very much appreciated. We have received notes of assistance with IOC members from Italy, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, Israel, Japan, China, Korea, Sweden, Latvia, Fiji, Hungary and across Africa recently, and are hoping that type of support and outreach can occur with every IOC member from their federation over the next two months. The announcement of which sports will be put forward for the vote will occur in August at the World Track and Field Championships, and the final vote will then take place in October in Copenhagen.
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Also, as a reminder, information on events in your country that can be passed along to the media are also critical to get to our staff, so that we can help you tell all the good news stories about baseball to the largest possible audience.
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As always we want to thank you for all your efforts to help us grow baseball on a global scale. We think we have made great progress and have told a great story, and will update you late next week after the presentation.
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Regards,
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Dr. Harvey W. Schiller
President
International Baseball Federation
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