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The walls of the stadium in Zagreb are scarred with bullet holes. The scars are not fresh, they are remnants of the Croatia's struggle for independence. With that established, Murray Cook's job is to make sure the rest of the stadium is up to par in time for the International Baseball Federation's World Cup tournament beginning Sept. 9.
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There are all sorts of reasons why baseball shouldn't return to the Olympic Games. Harvey Schiller, though, has an answer for each of them. And if the president of the International Baseball Federation has his way, America's pastime again will be a part of the world's biggest sporting event in 2016.
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Kenny Mathews recently enjoyed a thrilling experience he will never forget. The Diamond Bar High School student was one of 18 players selected for USA Baseball's age 16 and under national team, which competed in the 2009 International Baseball Federation (IBAF) "AA" World Youth Championships Aug. 15 to 23 at Taichung, Taiwan.
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Extra innings will have a new look in what could be baseball's last Olympic appearance. Each team's at-bat in the 11th inning and beyond will begin with runners on first and second bases. Teams may start the 11th at any point in their batting order under format changes announced Friday by the International Baseball Federation and adopted in time for next month's Beijing Games.
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DURHAM, N.C. -- Extra innings will have a new look in what could be baseball's last Olympic appearance. Each team's at-bat in the 11th inning and beyond will begin with runners on first and second bases. Teams may start the 11th at any point in their batting order under format changes announced Friday by the International Baseball Federation and adopted in time for next month's Beijing Games.
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BASEBALL USA BASEBALL-Named Davidson coach Dick Cooke auxiliary coach for the 2007 International Baseball Federation World Cup.
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Little did they know it at the time, but the Pirates could play a role in helping return baseball to the Olympics. A group of foreign diplomats attended Wednesday's Pirates- Nationals game in Washington, D.C., in a lobbying effort by the International Baseball Federation.
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DETROIT - Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto will not be suspended by Major League Baseball or his team after testing positive for marijuana at this year's World Baseball Classic. Soto, last season's NL Rookie of the Year, drew a two-year ban from international competition by the International Baseball Federation.
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HAVANA - A son of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's has been elected one of three vice presidents of the International Baseball Federation after a vote Sunday in Lausanne, Switzerland, Cuban sports officials said. Antonio Castro, a 39-year-old doctor, was elected to the post along with Japan's Kazuhiro Tawa and Mexico's Alonso Perez. Ricardo Fraccari of Italy was selected the federation's new president. The IBAF administers baseball outside the major pro leagues.
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A son of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's has been elected one of three vice presidents of the International Baseball Federation after a vote Sunday in Lausanne, Switzerland, Cuban sports officials said. Antonio Castro, a 39-year-old doctor, was elected to the post along with Japan's Kazuhiro Tawa and Mexico's Alonso Perez. Ricardo Fraccari of Italy was selected the federation's new president. The IBAF administers baseball outside the major pro leagues.
