Major leaguers could play in Olympics come 2016

Major leaguers might be headed to the Olympics in eight years if the sport gets back on the program and international baseball organizers have their way. International Baseball Federation president Harvey Schiller and his staff are in full-on campaign mode to make a comeback and get their sport in the 2016 Olympics after it was voted out for the 2012 London Games. They are handing out by the handfuls plastic bracelets that read "I am baseball" in Chinese and English, similar to those yellow ones of Lance Armstrong's "Live Strong" cancer fighting and awareness campaign. One of the key issues is the level of competition in baseball and making sure the best players in the world are involved. A possible solution that Schiller is discussing with Major League Baseball's brass and the players' association is the idea of having big... [read full story]