MEXICO CITY._ Baseball will have another of its intermittent returns to the Olympic Games for Los Angeles 2028, precisely the starting point of its second stage as an exhibition sport, in 1984.
The most recent participation in the fair every four years was in Tokyo 2020 (2021), after being excluded by the French from their event next year.
It had exhibition status since the beginning of the 20th century (1904), but its forays were occasional, including Korea 1988, until they made it “official” for Barcelona 1992, where Cuba won its first of three gold medals (1996 and 2004). .
With that category he remained in the next four, he was not in London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016, to return in the event that the Japanese organized in the middle of the pandemic a year later than planned, without an audience.
BEHIND the Mexican Pacific League, the next circuit to come into action will be the Dominican Republic (Lidom), this Thursday, debuting the new rules suggested by the Major Baseball League.
Next Saturday it will be the turn of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP) and on November 3rd the Roberto Clemente of Puerto Rico, also following the rules that, proven, speed up the fun.
As for the other leagues invited to the Caribbean Series, Miami 2024: Nicaragua will start its tournament on November 3, there is no start date in Panama and in Curacao they do not have winter ball.
In Curacao they have a summer league and in principle it was said that the 2023 champion will attend Florida, but they have already ruled it out. Most likely, they will put together a steam team again, just like for Caracas 2023.
ON this day in 1981- In Game 5 of the National League Championship Series, Rick Monday hits a home run in the ninth inning off Steve Rogers to give the Dodgers a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Expos and the National League pennant.
Fernando Valenzuela, with help from Bob Welch for the last out, is the winner of the battle that sent Los Angeles to the World Series against the New York Yankees. This game would later be known in baseball history as “Blue Monday” in Montreal.
**”If you don’t support the Dodgers, you may not get to heaven.”- Tom Lasorda.
IN seguidillas.- Ramiro Peña, second baseman of the Sultanes de Monterrey, was named “Defensive Player of the Year” in the Mexican League. Throughout the season, the former big leaguer only made two errors (.995)… Similarly, in MLB, the Toronto Blue Jays catcher, Alejandro Kirk, is a finalist among the candidates for the Gold Glove… Also the Mexican American outfielders, Alex Verdugo (Boston) and Alec Thomas (Arizona)… The Atlanta Braves assigned their new signing Alejo López to their AAA branch, Gwinnett.
Baseball will have another of its intermittent returns to the Olympic Games for Los Angeles 2028, precisely the starting point of its second stage as an exhibition sport, in 1984.
2023-10-19 11:19:43
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