Reasons softball will not be in the 2024 Olympic
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has dropped softball as a sport from the 2024 Summer Olympics which is taking place in Paris. The IOC has cited many reasons to remove it from the Olympics. It has sparked outrage from many softball players and coaches. Let’s study the reasons in detail due to which softball is […]
A Glove of Their Own to Warm IOC Committee’s Hearts?
1904…1936…1992…2005…2008…2012…2016? The summer Olympiad of 1904 was the first Olympic Games to welcome baseball into the fold. In 1936, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) removed Polo from the Olympic Games. Why is this important? Well, until baseball was voted out of the Olympics it was the last sport to suffer such a fate. At the […]
IBAF Lays Out Company Statistics
As stated earlier in a post on BaseballReflections.com, the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) is making a serious run at attempting to get baseball in the Olympics once again. They have compiled some research over the past months and shared it with Baseball Reflections. Their organization is a non-profit, volunteer based company, and is considered to […]
IBAF Submits Proposal Backing Baseball in Olympics
Image via Wikipedia The International Baseball Federation recently sent out a press release of an update of their efforts to get baseball back into the Olympics. In February, the federation submitted a 150 document to the International Olympic Committee with facts, figures and statistics as to why baseball should be included in the Olympics in […]
