Will they ever have baseball and softball in olympics again?

Question

I know it was in bejing but its not going to be in london or in the future, as of now

I heard its b/c MLB wont take a break in there season to let the starts play..... and b/c US is too good its not competitve but the softball didnt even win gold.....

will it take MLB to cooperate b4 its back in olympics?

Answer 1

I hope so. I enjoy watching baseball even though the MLB players don't get to come out. They are protesting to have both baseball and softball reinstated, but we'll have to see how to goes.

Answer 2

i think it might be back in 2016,not sure though,yeah whats the deal with badmitton or table tennis.i guess because the asians are good at it they keep that in

Answer 3

I'm just going to make a comment on one of your comments. Yes, the softball team didn't win gold this year, but they have ever since softball became an olympic sport. Obviously we don't dominate if both teams didn't take home gold... I mean, yes they're good. Obviously they are or else they wouldn't be taking them out of the olympics. I think that it sucks that they are and they should put both sports back in. Also, imagine if we did use MLB players, we'd basically never lose. So, yes we dominate at the sports, but they shouldn't take them out. It's not like either team hasn't been beat, so it's possible for us to lose. I think since softball didn't win gold this year, that they will consider re-entering the sport because USA didn't win.

Answer 4

do you why american is very good at softball and baseball because not many countries in the world are playing these two games or at least they are not interested in it.

Answer 5

So I am a softball player and have really been keeping up with all of that stuff. It is a dream I have to play in the olympics one day but as of now softball won't be in it during the 2012 olympics and possibly even the 2016 olympics but they have said that it might be back in by 2016. I don't understand why you would take a sport like baseball and softball out of the olympics but yet some of the dumbest sports or sports alot of the world doesn't play are still in.  

Answer 6

It's PART of that reason, yes you're right MLB doesn't want any of the GREAT players taking a break while baseball season is still going.

Another reason is because the IOC claims that their aren't enough countries playing baseball.

Answer 7

Baseball, softball bumped from Olympics

By Vicki Michaelis, USA TODAY

SINGAPORE — Baseball and softball are out of the Olympics as of 2012, in a vote that surprised even longtime International Olympic Committee members.

"There were a lot of people that said they supported us and obviously didn't," said Don Porter, president of the International Softball Federation.

Baseball joined the Olympics in 1992 and softball in 1996.

Answer 8

Removing baseball and softball is the IOC's spitting on America. These are our best sports so they are being removed purely for politics.

Answer 9

I hope the MLB will cooperate so that baseball will be reinstated in later olympics and so the stars can play

Answer 10

Not after 2012. London olympics will be the last one....I think??

Answer 11

The reasons I've heard that baseball and softball were cut is that MLB won't release major-leaguers to play and because of the steroids scandal in MLB. Softball was cut due guilt by association with baseball and because the USA women's team were able to dominate due to inferior training facilities in other countries.

It seems to me that if you're going to penalize someone for being the best of the best it kind of defeats the puropse of having the event. Teofilo Stevenson dominated heavywieght boxinf for 12 years in the '72/'76/'80 games yet nobody suggested boxing be eliminated because of it.

The real reason baseball and softball were cut is money. Britain didn't want to build stadium venues for baseball and softball because they would not be used once the games were over, so they pushed through

a motion which passed in one vote. Baseball and softball will have to do some serious lobbying to get the sports reinstated when it comes up for vote next year.  

Answer 12

The softball and baseball players are trying to get softball and baseball voted back in, but as of right now USA is too good at these sports and they are not going to have these sports in 2012. I play softball and one of my dreams is to be in the olympics but i don't know if i will ever get the chance. I hope the get it voted back in...

Answer 13

This was the last year for at least baseball, I don't know about what else. The IOC doesn't like baseball and softaball in the Olympics because we are basically the dominating team in both of those, even if the softball team barely lost to Japan in the finals. That was their first loss since Sydney, I think.