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Originally Posted by Slava
Hey Octo, what do you mean by last olympic softball game ever played? Has this been removed for 2012 and beyond?
(If so that is a shame...they should begin by paring events where the judges pick a winner first, and leave the real sports there for the medals).
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It's being removed because nobody other than the US ever wins, while baseball is being removed because the Olympics thought that they would get major leaguers, but MLB has never participated. And neither sport is being played significantly in europe or africa.
Though I would think that if Chicago wins the 2016 bid (which I think it will), the IOC would vote to reinstall the sports since they'd be a big draw.