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Originally Posted by SanDiegoPadres19
Get over it. Baseball and softball are awesome sports and should be in the Olympics. This hurts now but in a few years this will really sting. I hope this is not a final.
Who the HELL cares about rugby, squash, roller games or karate. I hope baseball officals and softball officals make a huge stink out of this. This needs to change.
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Baseball and softball were more beneficial to axe, as facilities for the other sports exist in London (but I believe they're going to build new a squash facility), so it was more a money decision than anything else.
In addition, very few countries play baseball, or even care about it. It's only a major sport in the US, Canada and Japan. If baseball and softball officials do make a stink, it won't make a difference, as they carry no weight in international sporting circles.
Personally, I think any sport where the Olympics isn't considered to be the ultimate achievement (e.g. soccer, tennis) should be axed. It denigrates the Olympics to see World Champions casually show up and look mildly pleased when they win a gold medal.