The Taiwanese Baseball Federation recently announced the national team roster for the Olympic Games in Beijing. Five players are currently playing outside of Taiwan in the Japanese Major League and in the…
Category: 2008 Beijing Olympics
MLB to allow top players to participate in Olympics 2016
According to Bob Watson, Major League Baseball (MLB) vice president and general manager of Team USA, in an article on SportBusiness.com, the MLB, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Baseball…
USA Baseball unveils Olympic Roster
by usabaseball.com Complete Roster USA Baseball announced Wednesday 23 of the 24 members of its 2008 U.S. Olympic Baseball Team. The Davey Johnson-led squad is set to compete in the Beijing 2008…
Netherlands Women Softball Team Olympic Roster selected
After a successful three-game series against 2007 Dutch Softball champion Terrasvogels and a Holland All Stars Team, National Team Head Coach Liz Kelly announced the Netherlands Women Softball Team roster for the…
Canada announces Roster for Olympics
The Canadian Baseball Federation recently announced their National Team Roster for the Olympic Games in Beijing this August. 24 former Major League and current Minor League players on the single to triple…
Olympic selection for the Netherlands announced by Eenhoorn
by Pim van Nes Shairon Martis closed the Futures Game victorious for his World Team, shutting out the Olympic Team USA 3-0 at Yankee Stadium in the New York afternoon at the…
Big League Stew speaks with Team USA Manager Davey Johnson
Nick Friedell of the Big League Stew on Yahoo.com spoke recently with Davey Johnson about managing Team USA at the Olympics in Beijing this August. Johnson is also leading a US Olympic…
Japan announces preliminary roster for Olympics
According to Japanball.com the Japanese Baseball Federation has announced a preliminary roster for the Olympic Games in Beijing in August. There are 39 players on the list, which will be cut to…
Olympic reinstatement campaign adds HRH Prince Feisal
by internationalsoftball.com, BackSoftball is a campaign to reinstate Softball into the Olympic Program BackSoftball Campaign Boosted by HRH Prince Feisal’s Role BackSoftball, the campaign for the reinstatement of softball onto the Olympic…
Dutch Team plays opener as Olympic schedule was released
Holland will play the opening game of the Olympic Games baseball tournament versus Chinese Taipei. The seven games for the European champion team will consist of four morning games and three evening…
USA Baseball announces initial 2008 National Team (Collegiate) invite list
by USA Baseball (Official Release) List is comprised of 12 players who have accepted invitations (DURHAM, N.C.) – USA Baseball announced today its initial list of 12 collegiate players who have accepted…
Korean Baseball Organization announces preliminary Olympic Roster
The Korea Times reports that the Korean Baseball organization has selected a 66-men preliminary roster for the Olympics this August. The two most known players are Chan Ho Park of the LOS…
Eenhoorn’s 42 candidates for Olympic Games
by Pim Van Nes The Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation (KNBSB) announced on Tuesday in a press release a roster of 42 players for the Dutch national baseball team in preparation for…
Softball USA nominates preliminary roster for Olympics
The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of the USA announced on Friday March 28 a preliminary 15-player-roster for the upcoming Olympic Games this summer. They are going for the four-peat, winning the past…
Schedule for Olympic Softball Tournament published
The International Softball Federation (ISF) published the schedule for the Olympic Games in Beijing in August this summer. The event starts on August 12th and lasts till August 21st. The eight teams…