bmo 180 Posted February 29, 2020 #41 Share Posted February 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Quaker2001 said: Olympic baseball gets a huge talent-pool boost Players on 40-man rosters not in the major leagues will be eligible for the Olympics. That's a big boost for the sport since originally anyone on a 40-man roster would not be allowed to participate in Tokyo. YESSSS!!! Would have loved if MLB players could play, but we don’t live in a perfect world. We can see some very talented prospects at the games along with pros from the Korean & Japanese leagues. It is huge for the development of young players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaBUru38 205 Posted February 29, 2020 #42 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Tim Tebow will play the qualifiers for the Phillipines. He's a former NFL quarterback, where he scored 17 touchdown passes and 12 touchdown rushes, but also 9 interceptions and 6 fumbles lost. Since 2016 he plays baseball. In 2018 he batted .273 at the AA Eastern League, but in 2019 he batted .163 at the AAA International League. bmo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmo 180 Posted February 29, 2020 #43 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Philippines??? Really?? Olympian1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,893 Posted February 29, 2020 #44 Share Posted February 29, 2020 1 hour ago, bmo said: Philippines??? Really?? yes, he was born there while his parents were serving as missionaries... the whole family moved back to the USA only when he was 3 years young... therefore, because he was born in the Philippines, he could easily get the local citizenship and play for them in the international sport events... bmo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmo 180 Posted February 29, 2020 #45 Share Posted February 29, 2020 35 minutes ago, phelps said: yes, he was born there while his parents were serving as missionaries... the whole family moved back to the USA only when he was 3 years young... therefore, because he was born in the Philippines, he could easily get the local citizenship and play for them in the international sport events... Did not know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 246 Posted February 29, 2020 #46 Share Posted February 29, 2020 3 hours ago, NaBUru38 said: Tim Tebow will play the qualifiers for the Phillipines. He's a former NFL quarterback, where he scored 17 touchdown passes and 12 touchdown rushes, but also 9 interceptions and 6 fumbles lost. Since 2016 he plays baseball. In 2018 he batted .273 at the AA Eastern League, but in 2019 he batted .163 at the AAA International League. He's playing in the qualifiers for the World Baseball Classic, not the Olympics. The Philippines are not a part of Olympic baseball qualifiying Laraja 1 Paris 2024 competition schedule by Day Paris 2024 competition schedule by Sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumo 2,796 Posted March 2, 2020 #47 Share Posted March 2, 2020 "The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), together with host Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (CTBA) and the Chinese Taipei Professional Baseball League (CPBL), today announced that the WBSC Baseball Final Qualification Event for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020, scheduled to take place in Taichung and Dou Liu, TPE, from 1-5 April, has been postponed to 17-21 June due to player, personnel and spectator health and safety measures against the spread of the coronavirus". https://www.wbsc.org/news/final-olympic-baseball-qualifier-postponed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 246 Posted March 2, 2020 #48 Share Posted March 2, 2020 44 minutes ago, Wumo said: "The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), together with host Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (CTBA) and the Chinese Taipei Professional Baseball League (CPBL), today announced that the WBSC Baseball Final Qualification Event for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020, scheduled to take place in Taichung and Dou Liu, TPE, from 1-5 April, has been postponed to 17-21 June due to player, personnel and spectator health and safety measures against the spread of the coronavirus". https://www.wbsc.org/news/final-olympic-baseball-qualifier-postponed That's not good. But makes sense, especially considering 1 of the participating teams is China. Paris 2024 competition schedule by Day Paris 2024 competition schedule by Sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnl 661 Posted March 3, 2020 #49 Share Posted March 3, 2020 On 29/02/2020 at 04:01, bmo said: YESSSS!!! Would have loved if MLB players could play, but we don’t live in a perfect world. We can see some very talented prospects at the games along with pros from the Korean & Japanese leagues. It is huge for the development of young players. Still depending on whether or not The teams decide to give the players the option or keep them on the roaster, hoping that in LA 2028 it will be possible that all MLB players Could and would be in bmo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxim Fastovsky 124 Posted March 3, 2020 #50 Share Posted March 3, 2020 55 minutes ago, Dnl said: Still depending on whether or not The teams decide to give the players the option or keep them on the roaster, hoping that in LA 2028 it will be possible that all MLB players Could and would be in it will still be hard because of the majors going on in the same time, they need to stop it, i wish , but i'm skeptical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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