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evman150 · 03-13-2008, 01:37 PM

http://www.baseball.ca/eng_news_story.cfm?NewsID=1204

And the team...

http://www.ibaf.tv/static/team-canada.html

I have two friends on the team, so I'm really excited for them. They had a huge and emotional (benches cleared in the 6th inning) comeback win three days ago against Taiwan which saved the tournament for them. An easy win against Spain and a big win vs Korea and they're in the Olympics!

This is only the second time Canada has qualified for the Olympics in baseball. Because of the previous moronic qualifying system which saw three Euro teams but only Canada and Cuba representing the Americas in 2004, it has been really tough for Canada to qualify. Even this year was tough, with the silver medalists from Athens not qualifying (Australia). Even now there are only three teams from the Americas that have qualified (US, Canada, Cuba).

Now all Canada has to do is bring home the gold!

03-13-2008, 01:37 PM	#1
evman150 #1 Goaltender Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Richmond, BC Exp:	Baseball: Canada qualifies for Beijing http://www.baseball.ca/eng_news_story.cfm?NewsID=1204 And the team... http://www.ibaf.tv/static/team-canada.html I have two friends on the team, so I'm really excited for them. They had a huge and emotional (benches cleared in the 6th inning) comeback win three days ago against Taiwan which saved the tournament for them. An easy win against Spain and a big win vs Korea and they're in the Olympics! This is only the second time Canada has qualified for the Olympics in baseball. Because of the previous moronic qualifying system which saw three Euro teams but only Canada and Cuba representing the Americas in 2004, it has been really tough for Canada to qualify. Even this year was tough, with the silver medalists from Athens not qualifying (Australia). Even now there are only three teams from the Americas that have qualified (US, Canada, Cuba). Now all Canada has to do is bring home the gold! __________________ "For thousands of years humans were oppressed - as some of us still are - by the notion that the universe is a marionette whose strings are pulled by a god or gods, unseen and inscrutable." - Carl Sagan Freedom consonant with responsibility.