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Haarlem, The Netherlands — The USA Baseball National Team, for which Kansas University head baseball coach Ritch Price is an assistant coach, defeated Cuba, 4-1, to win the Haarlem Baseball Week championship on sunday at Pim Mullier Stadium.
Team USA improved to 14-0 on the 2008 tour and finished 7-0 in the Haarlem Baseball Week.
Sunday's victory marked the first time in recorded history that a United States collegiate national team has defeated the Cuba Olympic Team in a tournament title game.
Team USA will face the German National Team in Regensburg, Germany, today.
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Toto_the_great (anonymous) says...
Is this Team USA our Olympic team, or did I hear that baseball is no longer an Olympic sport?
July 15, 2008 at 6 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ohjayhawk (anonymous) says...
Toto - 2008 is the last year for baseball and softball in the Olympics, unless they vote in the future to bring it back.
July 15, 2008 at 6:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
plasticJHawk (anonymous) says...
who plays on the US National team? College players? Minor Leaguers? What was that one team of MLB All-Stars who played in the tournament against all the other national teams a few years ago?
July 15, 2008 at 7:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
okjhok (anonymous) says...
I think that was the World Baseball Classic, or something like that, but that wasn't the National team, which is amateurs-only, I think.
July 15, 2008 at 7:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
chuckberry32 (anonymous) says...
us olympic baseball teams have always been fielded from the college ranks.
July 15, 2008 at 7:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
dsmith84 (anonymous) says...
Not true. Pat Borders (who was the MVP of a world series) was on the 2000 olympic team. He and 11 more of the 28 players on that team had major league service time. So I believe the restriction is something to do with current status, because Borders played for 7 different major league teams, and certainly would have surpassed any maximum requirement.
July 15, 2008 at 4:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )