Someone please explain why they got rid of Softball and Baseball from the Olympics

[LynneSin]

I enjoyed watching those games!

[HopeHoops]

1. They had to make room for coed naked twister and beer pong.

[LynneSin]

2. So you're planning to compete in 2016

[HopeHoops]

4. I don't do beer pong.

[Iggo]

3. I think it's because nobody but the USA ever won.

Just a guess.

[LynneSin]

5. In baseball the USA only won one of the 5 Olympics that had baseball

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_at_the_Summer_Olympics#Medalists

Cuba won 3 gold medals and South Korea also won a gold medal. Cuba is the only team that won a medal all 5 olympics, USA only won for 3 of the olympics. Many of the great MLB player are from outside the USA and many hispanic countrics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_at_the_Summer_Olympics#Medalists


Softball has only been on 4 olympics with the women winning 3 gold but last olympics it was Japan that won.

[Iggo]

7. See? Told ya I was guessing!

[TheMightyFavog]

6. Well regionalism is one thing.

As a sport, it's not that popular save for North America, a few Carribean nationss and Japan and Chinese Taipei. Secondly, infrastructure. London would have had to had built baseball and softball venues, and then they'd be stuck wiith them after the games. Thirdly, I think the doping scandals plaguing Major Leauge Baseball were kind of the final nail in the coffin.