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    • Wednesday, May 29, 2013

    Wrestling, Baseball-Softball and Squash make (Olympic) list

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    posted 3 weeks ago by Gamingboy to i-love-baseball-but-seriously-they-have-to-put-wrestling-back-in, international, olympics  |  51 comment(s)

    Wrestling, squash and baseball-softball made the IOC short list Wednesday for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics.

    Three months after being dropped from the 2020 program, wrestling took a big step toward keeping its Olympic status.

    Eight sports were vying for a single opening in the lineup.

    Eliminated from contention were five sports — karate, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding and the Chinese martial art of wushu.

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    1. Fly should without a doubt be number !!!!! posted on April 07, 2009 at 12:10 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Women's baseball? Men's softball? These people must be idiots.
    2. Dewey, Steven Wright Wannabe and Soupuss posted on April 07, 2009 at 12:14 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Is this "women in baseball" month or something?
    3. Misirlou is bad, he's nationwide posted on April 07, 2009 at 12:26 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I wonder what Rob Neyer thinks of this?
    4. jacksone (AKA It's OK...) posted on April 07, 2009 at 01:58 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    #3 - Nice.
    5. winnipegwhip posted on April 07, 2009 at 01:59 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    If women's baseball becomes an Olympic sport this will develop the sport faster than anything else.

    20 years ago in Canada, the school of thought was girls/women do not play hockey. They play ringette. Once women's hockey was made an Olympic sport the growth was exponential. More females play hockey than ringette now.
    6. Shredder posted on April 07, 2009 at 02:07 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I had never heard of Ringette before. It appears to be Canada's answer to Australia's Netball. Or perhaps vice versa.
    7. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee posted on April 07, 2009 at 02:08 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I wonder what women's baseball would look like. I imagine kind of like baseball in the 1890's - pitchers wouldn't throw as hard, there would be a lot of contact but not for big power, and speed and fielding would really important. It could be pretty fun to watch if they weren't like, icky girls. Do they us aluminum bats in the Olympics?
    8. jacksone (AKA It's OK...) posted on April 07, 2009 at 03:37 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I wonder what women's baseball would look like. I imagine kind of like baseball in the 1890's - pitchers wouldn't throw as hard, there would be a lot of contact but not for big power, and speed and fielding would really important. It could be pretty fun to watch if they weren't like, icky girls. Do they us aluminum bats in the Olympics?


    Wouldn't it be like softball? Except with overhand pitching?
    9. RJ in TO posted on April 07, 2009 at 03:42 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    AP NewsBreak: Baseball to add women to Olympic bid

    "We'll give you these women, but only if you put baseball back in the Olympics."
    10. RJ in TO posted on April 07, 2009 at 03:45 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I had never heard of Ringette before. It appears to be Canada's answer to Australia's Netball. Or perhaps vice versa.

    I'm Canadian, and this is the first Ringette reference I've heard since Grade 9 gym class. As a result, I'm assuming that Netball must also be an incredibly obscure sport, practiced only by Phys-Ed teachers desperate for something non-destructive to occupy the attention of annoying teenagers.
    11. SoSH U at work posted on April 07, 2009 at 03:47 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Wouldn't it be like softball? Except with overhand pitching?


    If it ever took off, I suspect you'd find an awful lot of sidearmers/knucklescrapers, perhaps one-time softball pitchers.
    12. Gamingboy posted on April 07, 2009 at 03:57 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    By the end, the Silver Bullets were doing reasonably respectable against top Amateur teams.
    13. rdfc posted on April 07, 2009 at 07:59 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    There's a new book out called Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don't Play Baseball by Jennifer Ring, which deals with the fact that women have historically been excluded from baseball

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