- Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Team squads
The following contains the team squads for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in
Beijing ,China .
=flag icon|Canada Canada=[ [http://66.241.210.162/files/2008%20Olympic%20Roster%20-%20media.pdf Team Canada Olympic baseball roster] accessed July 18, 2008] [ [http://66.241.210.162/files/2008%20Baseball%20Canada%20Olympic%20MG%20-%20Final%20small.pdf Baseball Canada Olympic Team Media Guide 2008] accessed July 18, 2008] Manager: 21 -
Terry Puhl , 10 -Greg Hamilton .Coaches: 36 -
Denis Boucher (Pitching coach), 2 -Rob Ducey .Pete Orr was originally named to the team, but pulled out when he was called up to the major league roster of theWashington Nationals [ [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/baseball/story/2008/07/25/orr-canada.html CBC Olympics - Orr backs out of Canadian Olympic Team] accessed July 28, 2008] . He was replaced by 22-year-oldEmmanuel Garcia [ [http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3690973 Emmanuel Garcia headed to Beijing] accessed July 28, 2008] .Scott Richmond was also removed from the team when he was called up by theToronto Blue Jays . Pitcher James Avery was named as a replacement [ [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/baseball/story/2008/07/31/avery-olympics.html Avery tabbed to replace pitcher Richmond on Olympic team] accessed August 1, 2008] .
=flagicon|China China=[ [http://www.ibaf.org/pdf/rosters/China.pdf Team China Olympic Roster (pdf)] ] Manager:
Jim Lefebvre .Coaches: Steven Ontiveros (Pitching coach).
flagicon|Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
Manager: 2 -
Hung I-Chung (洪一中La New Bears ).Coaches: 83 - Hsieh Chang-Heng (謝長亨
Chinatrust Whales ), 97 -Lu Ming-Tsu (呂明賜La New Bears ), 32 -Kung Jung-Tang (龔榮堂 National Training Team).*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 Olympics Games after he was tested positive for a banned substance [ [http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news/article/-/4896157/taiwan-win-minus-doping-test-dropout Taiwan win minus doping test dropout] AAP - August 13, 2008, 6:05 pm. Accessed August 13, 2008.] . The Chinese Taipei National baseball team could only finish the Olympics with the remaining 23 players.
=flagicon|Cuba Cuba=Manager: 6 - Antonio Pacheco.
Yunieski Maya andYulieski González were originally named, but were replaced withMiguel Lahera andElier Sánchez .
=flagicon|Japan Japan=Manager:
Senichi Hoshino .Coaches:
Kōichi Tabuchi , Koji Yamamoto,Yutaka Oono .
=flagicon|South Korea South Korea=Manager: 74 - Kim Kyung-Moon (김경문) (
Doosan Bears ).Coaches: 76 - Cho Kye-Hyun (조계현) (
Samsung Lions ), 77 - Kim Gwang-Soo (김광수) (Doosan Bears ), 88 - Kim Ki-Tae (김기태) (Yomiuri Giants ).Im Tae-Hoon had been originally named, but was replaced withYoon Suk-Min .
=flagicon|Netherlands Netherlands=Manager: [ [http://www.ibaf.tv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=294&Itemid=72 Netherlands Olympic Roster Finalized] accessed July 18, 2008] ]
Robert Eenhoorn Coaches:
Brian Farley - Pitching coach,Wim Martinus - 1st base coach,Jack Hubbard - 3rd base coach,Paul van den Oever - Coach.
=flagicon|United States United States=General Manager:
Bob Watson
Manager:Davey Johnson [ [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20080716&content_id=3142921&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb] accessed July 21, 2008] ] [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Team/9990593.shtml Baseball Team Profile] . Beijing 2008 website, accessed August 7, 2008] ]
Coaches:Marcel Lachemann - Pitching Coach,Reggie Smith - Hitting Coach,Rick Eckstein - 3rd Base Coach,Dick Cooke - Auxiliary Coach,Rolando de Armas - Auxiliary Coach.Notes
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