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The following contains the team squads for the Beijing
2008 Summer Olympics .
Canada
The roster for the
Canada national baseball team was as follows.
[1]
[2]
Pete Orr was originally named to the team, but pulled out when he was called up to the major league roster of the
Washington Nationals .
[3] He was replaced by 22-year-old
Emmanuel Garcia .
[4]
Scott Richmond was also removed from the team when he was called up by the
Toronto Blue Jays . Pitcher
James Avery was named as a replacement.
[5]
China
The roster for the
China national baseball team was as follows.
[6]
Chinese Taipei
The roster for the
Chinese Taipei national baseball team was as follows.
On August 13, 2008, right before the Chinese Taipei vs. Netherlands match, Chang Tai-Shan was banned by the
IBAF on showing up in the Olympic Games after he was tested positive for a banned substance.
[7] The Chinese Taipei National baseball team could only finish the Olympics with the remaining 23 players.
Cuba
The roster for the
Cuba national baseball team was as follows.
Yunieski Maya and
Yulieski González were originally named, but were replaced with
Miguel Lahera and
Elier Sánchez .
Japan
The roster for the
Japan national baseball team was as follows.
South Korea
The roster for the
South Korea national baseball team was as follows.
Im Tae-Hoon had been originally named, but was replaced with
Yoon Suk-Min .
Netherlands
The roster for the
Netherlands national baseball team was a follows.|
[8]
United States
The roster for the
United States national baseball team was as follows.
Notes
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Team Canada Olympic baseball roster
Archived 2008-09-11 at the
Wayback Machine accessed July 18, 2008
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Baseball Canada Olympic Team Media Guide 2008
Archived March 26, 2009, at the
Wayback Machine accessed July 18, 2008
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CBC Olympics – Orr backs out of Canadian Olympic Team accessed July 28, 2008
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Emmanuel Garcia headed to Beijing accessed July 28, 2008
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Avery tabbed to replace pitcher Richmond on Olympic team accessed August 1, 2008
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Team China Olympic Roster (pdf)
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Taiwan win minus doping test dropout
Archived 2011-05-24 at the
Wayback Machine AAP – August 13, 2008, 6:05 pm. Accessed August 13, 2008.
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Netherlands Olympic Roster Finalized [
permanent dead link ] accessed July 18, 2008
^ mlb.mlb.com
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20080716&content_id=3142921&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb . Retrieved July 21, 2008 . [
title missing ]
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Baseball Team Profile . Beijing 2008 website, accessed August 7, 2008]
Tournaments Qualifications Squads Italicised years indicate baseball was featured as a demonstration sport.