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 the Washington 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-old Emmanuel 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 the Toronto 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 and Yulieski González were originally named, but were replaced with Miguel Lahera and Elier 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 with Yoon 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.

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