Men's Baseball WBSC World Baseball Classic 2026 Road to LA 2028

[erw 101]

21 minutes ago, bestmen said:

This sport should not be olympic , few countries play it ...besides no women category 

There are plenty of sports only few countries play. There would be 5to6 sports remain, if you want to see sports played in the major part of the world. Swimming is not played in most part of the Africa etc....

[phelps 8,728]

1 hour ago, bestmen said:

This sport should not be olympic , few countries play it ...besides no women category 

once again you're showing your ignorance

there's plenty of Countries playing baseball, even if the very best are just a bunch (like in most sports...as if in basketball for instance there were no difference between the top 4/5 teams in the world and the rest of them)

and also women's baseball exists, even if wbsc prefers to keep softball as the women's version because there are more girls playing that and venues are less expensive

 

ps if there's a boring team sport, that's soccer

[Gianlu33 6,029]

Samuel Aldegheri, one of the italian-born players, will be the starting pitcher for this evening match.

[phelps 8,728]

1 hour ago, bestmen said:

Swimming is not played in Africa 

 

even in not coastal countries they swimm in the lake to catch fishs 

so, all the South African and Tunesian Olympic medallists are not Africans

interesting switch in the world of geography 🤔😈🥳

[Ozzy Kemp 13]

If anything, Baseball has shown me why I failed mathematics 

[erw 101]

2 hours ago, phelps said:

so, all the South African and Tunesian Olympic medallists are not Africans

interesting switch in the world of geography 🤔😈🥳

This is just picking out the details and blaming, which is not good for positive solution

[JoshMartini007 2,864]

Baseball has good enough depth to be included at the Olympics, it's on a similar level as field hockey/rugby sevens/water polo. What holds it back is venue costs and MLB refusing to let the players compete.

 

With that said, baseball definitely has an African depth problem. WBSC has been working hard on developing sport on the continent which is a lot more than what water polo has done.

Edited March 14 by JoshMartini007

[bmo 269]

Baseball also has good nations that don't usually contend for medals in other sports like     

[clemsonbeav 637]

50 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Baseball has good enough depth to be included at the Olympics, it's on a similar level as field hockey/rugby sevens/water polo. What holds it back is venue costs and MLB refusing to let the players compete.

 

With that said, baseball definitely has an African depth problem. WBSC has been working hard on developing sport on the continent which is a lot more than what water polo has done.

I did just see an article yesterday about Water Polo 4x4, which would be an attempt to reach out to other nations...not sure how that would go.

 

https://www.worldaquatics.com/news/4463165/world-aquatics-launches-new-4x4-water-polo-format-debuts-with-open-championships-this-september-in-dubrovnik

Edited March 14 by clemsonbeav

[JoshMartini007 2,864]

7 minutes ago, clemsonbeav said:

I did just see an article yesterday about Water Polo 4x4, which would be an attempt to reach out to other nations...not sure how that would go.

Not sure how effective that will be. Baseball5 brings down the cost of equipment and venue requirements. Water polo I assume will still need a pool so it'll essentially be water polo with fewer people.

Edited March 14 by JoshMartini007