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http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug...p&type=lgnsAn excerpt:
Each team’s at-bat in the 11th inning and beyond will begin with runners on first and second bases. Teams may start the 11th at any point in their batting order under format changes announced Friday by the International Baseball Federation and adopted in time for next month’s Beijing Games.
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That's just ridiculous.Can't believe they are eliminating baseball and softball. Have to believe it's a bias against the US players and them playing for countries like Greece if their second cousin on the stepmother's side stopped in Athens on a layover from Hong Kong in 1953.

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That's just ridiculous.Can't believe they are eliminating baseball and softball. Have to believe it's a bias against the US players and them playing for countries like Greece if their second cousin on the stepmother's side stopped in Athens on a layover from Hong Kong in 1953.
look at the plus sideif it wasn't for the IOC getting rid of baseball we wouldn't have the World Baseball Classic
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Think there should be a rule: You can only play for the country that you're a citizen of.P.S. I'm assuming your "love" for the WBC is sarcastic.

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Think there should be a rule: You can only play for the country that you're a citizen of.P.S. I'm assuming your "love" for the WBC is sarcastic.
no sarcasm, I thoroughly enjoyed the WBC and I can't wait till this coming winter so I can watch & listen again
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I was unable to get interested last time. Just Remember Bart Colon pitching for his country and then flaming out for the Angels. I doubt it was worth it for him or the Angels.

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I was unable to get interested last time. Just Remember Bart Colon pitching for his country and then flaming out for the Angels. I doubt it was worth it for him or the Angels.
he needs to train better, a lot of other pitchers didn't have any problemssome did, but most didn't
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I saw this go across the bottomline the other day and literally started busting out laughing. This is so ridiculously funny that it's not. It is as bad as college softball now.

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That's just ridiculous.Can't believe they are eliminating baseball and softball. Have to believe it's a bias against the US players and them playing for countries like Greece if their second cousin on the stepmother's side stopped in Athens on a layover from Hong Kong in 1953.
Baseball's not big enough worldwide. Throw out the third world countries with no electricity there's basically US and Japan.
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Baseball's not big enough worldwide. Throw out the third world countries with no electricity there's basically US and Japan.
Yeah I can see that. And if that's the case how 'bout getting rid of some the reedickulouse events in the winter olympics like curling, biathalon, and hockey. :club:
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