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US Baseball Team Fails to Make OlympicsThe defending champion U.S. baseball team will be at home next summer while countries like the Netherlands and Italy compete for an Olympic medal in Athens.
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'I can't believe it!' said Tom Lasorda, who managed the 2000 U.S. team to the gold in Sydney. 'It's a shock and a disgrace that the Americans won't be represented in the Olympics.'
'Baseball is America's game,' he said. 'It doesn't belong to the Japanese or the Cubans or the Koreans or the Italians. This is sad, very sad.'
* Ray, 11/09/2003 10:47:19 AM