Would USA and Japan have competed for the gold medal if they had their top players?

Question

Imagine if USA had ARod, Jeter, Torii Hunter, Texieira, Josh Beckett playing for them and Japan had Ichiro, Dice-K, Hideki Matsui and Iwamura playing for them.

Answer 1

Coreans don't even care about baseball and win it gold medal. -_-; If corea put our best athletes that plays football and more is more populated, Corea will be number one in olympic.

Answer 2

duh. usa would kill japan and everyone else, especially the dominicans

Answer 3

There is a big chance that would have happened. The US would have had many of their power hitters insted of all Minor leagers. Anso, Japan would have had dice-k and ichiro and other talented playert. But also u could concider the Dominican Republic as a contender as well if they had their Major Leaguers.

Answer 4

That would be fun.

Answer 5

I know little about Baseball went to a game in the states and found it as boring as cricket. but i looked at the players playing on the USA team and they maybe are not the USA's major stars like the Basketball but they are Major League Players not minor. The cubans beat them and most cubans end up playing in the major league anyway. so they have only been beaten by the players that will fill your next baseball draught. and anyway its a mute point now as its as they say in baseball its outta here. no more at the olympics.

Answer 6

it's just baseball and olympic baseball at that. I could care less.