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Baseball, softball to return to Olympics in 2020
- Updated: August 3, 2016
Baseball will return to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
The International Olympic Committee executive board voted Wednesday to bring back baseball and softball to the Summer Games after not including them in 2012 or the upcoming ’16 Games.
“We are excited about the IOC’s announcement restoring baseball and softball to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a news release. “Baseball and Softball are global sports that belong in the Olympics. We are grateful to the IOC executive board, the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee and the World Baseball Softball Confederation for their collective efforts, which will allow fans throughout the world to again enjoy Baseball and Softball on the Olympic stage.”
Baseball has a sporadic history with the Olympics. Though the sport made its Olympic debut in 1904 and was played in several other Summer Games, it was only considered an exhibition through 1988.
Last time baseball was an Olympic sport (08) these guys won bronze. Strasburg,Fowler, Cahill, Arrieta. …
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