February 19, 201016 yr Watching olympic hockey all week made me think how great the summer olympics would be if MLB allowed its players to compete (if MLB sent its players, baseball would be reinstated as an olympic sport). IMO, it is a much, much better alternative to the WBC (which is a joke). Just start the season a week, week and a half earlier and schedule some doubleheaders. The competition would be insane. What does everyone else think?
February 19, 201016 yr I've love to see it. Its also not going to happen, and I'm pretty sure most fans wouldn't like it either.
February 19, 201016 yr The American and ultra rich Latin stars would never do it. They think about their paychecks first.
February 19, 201016 yr I like the youngers guys playing. Where else do you get Jayson Nix getting hit in the face at an international level?
February 20, 201016 yr The relief I felt when I found out that Danks wasn't going to the WBC showed me once and for all that the White Sox winning at baseball means a hell of a lot more to me than the United States winning at baseball. That said, feel free to send any non-Sox player you want. Edited February 20, 201016 yr by MattZakrowski
February 20, 201016 yr QUOTE (WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 04:34 PM) Watching olympic hockey all week made me think how great the summer olympics would be if MLB allowed its players to compete (if MLB sent its players, baseball would be reinstated as an olympic sport). IMO, it is a much, much better alternative to the WBC (which is a joke). Just start the season a week, week and a half earlier and schedule some doubleheaders. The competition would be insane. What does everyone else think? They do blood based drug testing for the Olympics. MLB players will run as fast as they can away from it.
February 20, 201016 yr QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 19, 2010 -> 08:58 PM) They do blood based drug testing for the Olympics. MLB players will run as fast as they can away from it. End of thread. It is reason #1 why Bud totally avoided this to save baseball in the Olympics.
February 20, 201016 yr Yeah, blood testing means the players will never agree to this, considering how many of them are probably still on illegal things even despite advances in drug testing. Even if such an obstacle were overcome though, I don't think baseball with MLB players in the Olympics is feasible with the 162 game schedule. The season runs too late and is really jammed tight into the calendar as it is, imagine it if you also had a two week break for the Olympics.
February 20, 201016 yr What sane organization is going to allow their top starting pitcher to take a 2 week break from MLB baseball at the end of July/beginning of August to pitch in a 2 week highly competitive tournament? If Jake Peavy were to participate in such an event I'd be downright furious, even if he were representing my homeland.
February 20, 201016 yr QUOTE (Kalapse @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 01:32 AM) What sane organization is going to allow their top starting pitcher to take a 2 week break from MLB baseball at the end of July/beginning of August to pitch in a 2 week highly competitive tournament? If Jake Peavy were to participate in such an event I'd be downright furious, even if he were representing my homeland. Yeah, this isn't an issue right now anyways since the 2012 Olympics won't have baseball (although it's possible they'll return in 2016 IIRC.)
February 21, 201016 yr QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 12:34 AM) Yeah, this isn't an issue right now anyways since the 2012 Olympics won't have baseball (although it's possible they'll return in 2016 IIRC.) I thought it's best chance to return was if Chicago got it because I believe the host city/country have a say in something like 2 exhibition sports.
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