Baseball and Softball not in the olympics anymore?

Question

Ok so they aren't having baseball and softball in the olympics anymore-but BMX racing and race walking are olympic sports? I dont know about you but when I think of summer I think of baseball...not race walking!

Answer 1

http://www.nbcolympics.com/baseball/inde...

http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/inde...

Answer 2

The IOC wants players from the MLB, not "top" minor leaguers(who occasionally go in and out of the MLB system) and top NCAA players. h**l, I've heard they're going to replace it with cricket. Yeah...cricket. What a joke.

Answer 3

Softball is being phased out because they thought that the Americans were dominating too solidly...which is ironic because they just lost for the first time ever in a gold medal game. My thought is that there are many sports that are dominated by countries...Diving- China, Table tennis- China, synchronized swimming- Russia, rhythmic gymnastics- Russia, but those sports have been kept, so softball and baseball should too.

Answer 4

I agree hope they can somehow bring it back.