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Alvarez was the first baseball player to be selected as a flag bearer for the United States. [50] The baseball team went on to win silver, losing to hosts Japan in the gold-medal game. [51] Alvarez became the 135th athlete to compete in both the Winter and Summer Olympics and only the sixth to medal at both the Winter and Summer Olympics.
In 2000, pros were admitted, but MLB refused to release its players in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and the situation changed only a little: the Cubans still used their best players, while the Americans started using minor leaguers. The IOC cited the absence of the best players as the main reason for baseball being dropped from the Olympic program.
Kyla Ross – member of the Fierce Five, the gold medal-winning US Women's Gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Levi Ruivivar – will represent the Philippines at the 2024 Olympic Games. Ava Verdeflor – Philippines national team member training in Allen, Texas. 2014 Youth Olympics competitor.
In contrast, Nippon Professional Baseball has allowed its players to compete in the Olympics, and paused its 2021 season for the duration of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (held in 2021). [ 10 ] At the IOC meeting on July 7, 2005, baseball and softball were voted out of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , United Kingdom , becoming the first sports ...
On 10 September 2010 Thompson picked up his first major league win after the Angels went into extra innings against the Seattle Mariners. Thompson made his only Australian Baseball League appearances in the 2010–11 season pitching in three games for his native Sydney Blue Sox. On 14 April 2012, the Angels designated Thompson for assignment.
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Sprague is the only baseball player ever to win championships in the College World Series, the Olympics, and the World Series. [ 5 ] Sprague's final career totals include 1203 games played, 506 runs, 1010 hits, 225 doubles, 12 triples, 152 home runs, 558 runs batted in, a .247 batting average, a .318 on-base average, and a .419 slugging average.
Garciaparra, with the Red Sox in 2002, retired as a member of the Red Sox during Spring training 2010. March 2 – Major League Baseball 2K10 video game published by 2K Sports is released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Nintendo DS. The cover features Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays.