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• Mets Notebook: Knight Ties Mets’ Start To Beijing Pressure

  In Monday’s game against the Nationals, Brandon Knight will have to draw on his experience in the 2008 Olympics and pitch under pressure. Posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:40 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Mets, Olympic Games (2008), Washington Nationals, Knight, Brandon, Niese, Jon

• U.S. Wins Bronze in Baseball

  After a demoralizing semifinal loss to Cuba on Friday, the U.S. brought the bronze home, in an 8-4 victory over Japan. Posted Saturday, August 23, 2008 1:54 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Olympic Games (2008), United States, Japan

• Cuba 5, United States 4: Cuba Tops U.S. in Final At-Bat

  The United States lost to Cuba in the first Olympic case of a quirky new tiebreaker system for baseball games that go into extra innings. Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 8:47 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Olympic Games (2008), Cuba, United States

• Korea Survives Wild Ninth Against U.S.

  The United States’ game against Korea on Wednesday night, its first in perhaps the final Olympic baseball competition, satisfied supporters and detractors alike. Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 4:55 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Olympic Games (2008)

• Journeyman Pitcher Now Has Many Good Options

  Brandon Knight will pitch Saturday for the Mets, and next week he may be working out with the Olympic baseball team that will compete next month in Beijing. Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 9:33 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Mets, Olympic Games (2008), Knight, Brandon

• Prospects Are Mindful of Olympics’ Approach

  USA Baseball officials have been somewhat hamstrung by major league teams’ recent call-ups of candidates and their reluctance to let their top prospects play in Beijing. Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 12:21 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Olympic Games (2008), Martinez, Fernando, Johnson, Davey

• Teaching Baseball as Second Language in China

  Over the past five years, Major League Baseball has invested tens of millions of dollars into seeding the sport in China. Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 11:33 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Beijing (China), Olympic Games (2008)

• A Pitcher With the Talent to Take On the World

  With a four-seam fastball that regularly touches 100 miles an hour, a nasty slider and a tricky changeup, Stephen Strasburg is a likely Olympian and top draft pick. Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:01 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Olympic Games (2008)

• Cuba Ponders Baseball Life Without Olympics

  For Yulieski Gourriel, winning the baseball gold medal for Cuba in the Olympics parallels little else when it comes to boosting the morale of the communist island nation. Posted Saturday, May 03, 2008 2:21 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Olympic Games (2008), Cuba