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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSomeone please explain why they got rid of Softball and Baseball from the Olympics
I enjoyed watching those games!
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Someone please explain why they got rid of Softball and Baseball from the Olympics (Original Post)
LynneSin
Jul 2012
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HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)1. They had to make room for coed naked twister and beer pong.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)2. So you're planning to compete in 2016
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)4. I don't do beer pong.
Iggo
(47,581 posts)3. I think it's because nobody but the USA ever won.
Just a guess.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)5. In baseball the USA only won one of the 5 Olympics that had baseball
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_at_the_Summer_Olympics#Medalists
Cuba won 3 gold medals and South Korea also won a gold medal. Cuba is the only team that won a medal all 5 olympics, USA only won for 3 of the olympics. Many of the great MLB player are from outside the USA and many hispanic countrics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_at_the_Summer_Olympics#Medalists
Softball has only been on 4 olympics with the women winning 3 gold but last olympics it was Japan that won.
Cuba won 3 gold medals and South Korea also won a gold medal. Cuba is the only team that won a medal all 5 olympics, USA only won for 3 of the olympics. Many of the great MLB player are from outside the USA and many hispanic countrics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_at_the_Summer_Olympics#Medalists
Softball has only been on 4 olympics with the women winning 3 gold but last olympics it was Japan that won.
Iggo
(47,581 posts)7. See? Told ya I was guessing!
TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)6. Well regionalism is one thing.
As a sport, it's not that popular save for North America, a few Carribean nationss and Japan and Chinese Taipei. Secondly, infrastructure. London would have had to had built baseball and softball venues, and then they'd be stuck wiith them after the games. Thirdly, I think the doping scandals plaguing Major Leauge Baseball were kind of the final nail in the coffin.