South Korea wins gold in Olympic baseball finale
source: http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/baseball/recap?gameId=836
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A nation that felt cheated in the WBC when they beat the eventual winner Japan twice before losing to them in the overall semifinal, got redemption by beating Japan twice and amazingly, beating Cuba twice to win gold in the Olympics...
But baseball is getting booted from the Olympics primarily because the very best players aren't involved because of the MLB season...
The United States team might be very much different if they had David Wright and Alex Rodriguez leading the way...
As would Japan if they had Ichiro, Matsuzaka, Fukudome, and Iwamura like they did when they won the WBC 2 years ago.
And team Dominican Republic, not participating in the Olympics this year (since they didn't quite qualify)
But baseball is getting booted from the Olympics primarily because the very best players aren't involved because of the MLB season...
The United States team might be very much different if they had David Wright and Alex Rodriguez leading the way...
As would Japan if they had Ichiro, Matsuzaka, Fukudome, and Iwamura like they did when they won the WBC 2 years ago.
And team Dominican Republic, not participating in the Olympics this year (since they didn't quite qualify)
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