Why in the world are they bringing back baseball?
They had a hissy fit and dropped it years ago because MLB refused to halt their season and allow top-tier players to compete in the Olympics. Can’t imagine they changed their minds on that.
Probably because there’s a lot of other countries playing it. And really given that the IOC is generally looking for sports America isn’t good at if the MLB keeps their players out that helps the goal.
Yeah right. I can see Dusty Baker sending Wilson Ramos, Daniel Murphy and Steven Strasburg off in the middle of August to compete in the Olympics. Playoff? World Series? We don't need no stinkin' World Series! This is the Olympics man!
Maybe they still do it, but the IOC used to allow the host nation to add a few of their own local events as demonstration Olympic sports. I think taekwondo was added for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, for example. Curling and short-track speed skating were added for Calgary that year.