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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.
Baseball at the Summer Olympics unofficially debuted at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, [1] and was first contested as a demonstration sport at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. It became an official Olympic sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, then was played at each Olympiad through the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
[12] [6] He was also named a 2010 Rawlings-Perfect Game 1st Team All-American, Texas – All-Region 1st Team, and Rivals.com named him the # 60 high school baseball prospect in the nation (writing "With ability to either stay at first base or develop into a pitcher, Lakind has drawn comparisons all over the map. Most frequently he has been ...
April 4 – At Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees open the 2010 baseball season. Boston comes back from a 5–1 deficit with a 9–7 victory. April 5 – Atlanta Braves rookie Jason Heyward hits a 451-foot home run in the first at-bat of his career.
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Stephen James Strasburg (/ ˈ s t r ɑː s b ɜːr ɡ /; [1] [2] born July 20, 1988) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who spent his entire 13-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Washington Nationals.
Baseball was dropped after the 2008 Games, returned in 2021 in Japan, then was left out this year in Paris. The sport returns for the Los Angeles Games four years from now. At the Tokyo Olympics, Major League Baseball only allowed players not on 40-man rosters to play — and teams additionally blocked many eligible prospects.
On August 14, 2010, Duensing pitched his first career shutout vs. Trevor Cahill and the Oakland Athletics. After the Twins clinched the division title on September 20, 2010, Duensing was announced the third starter in the Twins' postseason rotation. Duensing had an impressive 2010 season, pitching to a record of 10–3 with a 2.62 ERA.