Whose idea was it to make Baseball an olympic event?

Question

Only the US and Japan play it(!)

What sport could Can Britain introduce that will guarantee us a gold medal?

Answer 1

oh that is easy this is only played in England,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0jPaTmWF...

Answer 2

Darts definitely.  Baseball is so boring and it goes on for days  

Answer 3

Could Bad Parenting be an Olympic sport?

Answer 4

didn't Cuba beat the US the first time baseball was included - I think they are dropping it for the next games.

How about synchronised Morris dancing for a guaranteed brit gold.

Answer 5

Baseball kinda sucks for an event

Answer 6

PG I'm having real problems answering your Q's....This is the 3rd time!

Squeezy bottle water fights. There.

Answer 7

No idea, then again I don't watch it, I suppose they could introduce watching paint dry or its equivalent Golf.

Answer 8

We could win in snooker, if "Rocket Ronnie" will represent us in 2012.

Answer 9

Yes, and for that matter they should drop baseball.

Answer 10

Steve beat me to it - just about to say moaning.

Answer 11

On the contrary, Baseball is a univsal sport played around the world. Other than the U.S. ,Canada, and Japan It is played in: Australia, China, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Afica, Saudi_Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan,  The United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela

2007 saw the first professional baseball league in the Middle East when the Israel Baseball League (IBL) opened with 6 teams each playing a modified 45 game schedule

The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of baseball. It sanctions play between teams sponsored by the national baseball federations of member countries through competition tournaments including the Baseball World Cup, the World Baseball Classic (in conjunction with Major League Baseball), the Intercontinental Cup, and the Olympic baseball tournament (in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee).

There also the following international organizations:

African Baseball & Softball Association (ABSA) - 16 member countries

Baseball Confederation of Oceania (BCO) - 15 member countries

Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) - 20 member countries

Confederation of European Baseball (French:Confédération Européenne de Baseball) (CEB) - 40 member countries

Pan American Baseball Confederation (Spanish:Confederación Panamericana de Béisbol) (COPABE) - 26 member countries

That makes about 117 countries were baseball is played. There is so much Baseball being played ( and played year round) that one could create a baseball channel.

I do know that the brits have cricket list as sport for 2012, a game only played in England, Australia and South Africa. One should ask "Whose idea was it to make cricket an olympic event?"

The IOC may bring softball and baseball back in to the Olympics after a final vote in 2010 during the Vancouver Winter Olympics. The two slots left available by the IOC's elimination were not filled by new sports, so both baseball and softball can reemerge as events in the 2016 Olympics, provided no new sports are adopted into the games and both receive enough votes to be included.

Speculation over reasons for removal of baseball and softball from the Olympic games include IOC anger at American "Major League Baseball for refusing to suspend the season and allow Major League Baseball players to participate in the Olympics, the "domination of American women in softball", the way Major League Baseball tests and punishes its players for drugs, the unpredictable length of baseball games, a pro-Europe bias of the IOC, and an anti-American bias of the IOC.

I think we, as Americans (and even Canadians) should demand that, 1, the 2016 Olympics be held in Chicago, and 2, that it include Baseball, and eliminate cricket. Let's stand up for our National pastime.

Answer 12

Darts i think would be our only hope

Answer 13

Given that baseball is the same as netball, only with funny blokes playing it, Britain could maybe introduce drunken abuse or vandalism.

Answer 14

Darts perhaps..........Phil Taylor would win a few:)

Answer 15

Team and individual whingeing - we're the best in the world at that.