Baseball is making its return to the Olympics after a 13-year hiatus, re-debuting in Japan, a nation with a healthy baseball obsession. Six teams have qualified to take part in the 10-day tournament ...

The United States will play the loser of the South Korea/Japan game on Aug. 5 at 6 a.m. ET. The Dominican Republic will play in the bronze medal match.

Korea will then play Japan on Friday, the Dominican Republic on Saturday ... with an eye toward the 2026 World Baseball Classic and the 2028 Summer Olympics. Yonhap ...

Korea, the Premier 12 action moved to Taipei for group play and quarter final games. Cuba, Canada and Dominican ... the Olympics, the event would serve as a test for 2020, assuming baseball ...

Israel’s Olympic run came to a heartbreaking end in Tokyo with a ninth-inning loss to the Dominican Republic ... year he was at the World Baseball Classic in South Korea and Tokyo.

In recent international competitions, Japan defeated the Olympic champions, Korea ... defeated the Dominican Republic; and Cuba was defeated before the medal round! The game of baseball insures ...

Baseball and softball have come and gone from the Olympics over the years ... of eyeballs as they tried to slay Japan, South Korea, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Cuba and other juggernauts ...

Bach, wearing bright white gloves on both hands, fist bumped the 14-year-old before Team Japan took the field for its game against the Dominican Republic. It’s the only Olympic baseball game ...