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USA Qualifies for 2008 Olympics

I suspect most of us haven't been following along, but the USA has qualified for the 2008 Olympics in baseball.  Of course, the US did not qualify for the 2004 Games.

The qualifying team is managed by Davey Johnson, and features Brandon Wood, Billy Butler, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Bryan LeHair, Mark Reynolds, Skip Schumaker, and Kurt Suzuki

The top two teams from the tournament qualify for the Olympics, and the USA and Cuba have already claimed these two spots.  USA and Cuba play tonight for the tournament championship.

Congrats to USA Baseball.

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That's great!
I'm glad to see a USA team playing well with youngsters.

by FunWithHeadlines on Sep 5, 2006 10:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

TeamUSA vs Cuba
USA beat Cuba 8-5 in the Championship game tonight in Havana,Cuba. Strong showing by our boys against a previously undefeated Cuban team and a little revenge for not qualifying in 2004.
Way to go guys!!

by 525DP on Sep 5, 2006 11:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

nice
Thats very cool!
Giants '08

by z4 landshark on Sep 6, 2006 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice!
Who had a good tourney for Team USA?

I know that Wood, Butler, Salty, and Slowey are the headliner prospects, but did they perform well?

by limozeen on Sep 6, 2006 3:28 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Slowey
I know that Kevin Slowey started last night against Cuba. He gave up one run in five innings. Brandon Wood hit what turned out to be the game-winning homer in the 8-5 win. Later, Salty hit a homer. USA had five homers in the game.

by SethSpeaks on Sep 6, 2006 8:09 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Same team??/
Goes to the Olympics?  I say that because I dont know.

by ChrisRef19 on Sep 6, 2006 11:50 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

definitely not
it'll be whoever can be spared in summer of 2008. brandon wood, i can tell you, will be on the 40-man roster by then. :) same with most of these guys.

by jpahk on Sep 6, 2006 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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