Saturday, August 9, 2008
Team USA Baseball
One month after the formation of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) in 2006, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that baseball and softball were eliminated from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England.
Therefore, the team assembled for the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing marks the end of American Olympian baseball. Team USA maintains a storied history of impressive squads:
- Los Angeles ‘84: 4-1, losing in the bronze medal game to Japan
- Seoul, Korea ‘88: 4-1
- Barcelona, Spain ‘92: 5-4
- Atlanta ‘96: 7-2, defeating Nicaragua in the bronze medal game
- Sydney, Australia ‘00: 8-1, defeating Cuba in the gold medal game
Check out the list of ballplayers who will be attempting to recapture the magic of the 2000 team in Sydney:
| Name | Pos | Team/School | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, Brett | P | Midland (Athletics Double-A) | |||||
| Arrieta, Jake | P | Frederick (Orioles Class A) | |||||
| Barden, Brian | IF | Memphis (Cardinals Triple-A) | |||||
| Brown, Matthew | IF | Salt Lake City (Angels Triple-A) | |||||
| Cahill, Trevor | P | Midland (Athletics Double-A) | |||||
| Cummings, Jeremy | P | Durham (Rays Triple-A) | |||||
| Donald, Jason | IF | Reading (Phillies Double-A) | |||||
| Duensing, Brian | P | Rochester (Twins Triple-A) | |||||
| Fowler, Dexter | OF | Tulsa (Rockies Double-A) | |||||
| Gall, John | OF | Albuquerque (Marlins Triple-A) | |||||
| Hessman, Mike | IF | Toledo (Tigers Triple-A) | |||||
| Jepsen, Kevin | P | Salt Lake City (Angels Triple-A) | |||||
| Knight, Brandon | P | New Orleans (Mets Triple-A) | |||||
| Koplove, Mike | P | Las Vegas (Dodgers Triple-A) | |||||
| LaPorta, Matt | OF | Akron (Indians Double-A) | |||||
| Marson, Lou | C | Reading (Phillies Double-A) | |||||
| Neal, Blaine | P | Toledo (Tigers Triple-A) | |||||
| Nix, Jayson | 2B | Colorado Springs (Rockies Triple-A) | |||||
| Schierholtz, Nate | OF | Fresno (Giants Triple-A) | |||||
| Stevens, Jeff | P | Buffalo (Indians Triple-A) | |||||
| Strasburg, Stephen | P | San Diego State University | |||||
| Teagarden, Taylor | C | Oklahoma (Texas Triple-A) | |||||
| Tiffee, Terry | IF | Las Vegas (Dodgers Triple-A) | |||||
| Weathers, Casey | P | Tulsa (Rockies Double-A) |
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