Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team squads
The following contains the team squads for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.
Canada
[1][2] 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.[3] He was replaced by 22-year-old Emmanuel Garcia.[4] 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.[5]
China
[6] Manager: Jim Lefebvre.
Coaches: Steven Ontiveros (Pitching coach).
|
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 Olympic Games after he was tested positive for a banned substance.[7] The Chinese Taipei National baseball team could only finish the Olympics with the remaining 23 players.
Cuba
Manager: 6 – Antonio Pacheco.
|
Yunieski Maya and Yulieski González were originally named, but were replaced with Miguel Lahera and Elier Sánchez.
Japan
Manager: Senichi Hoshino.
Coaches: Kōichi Tabuchi, Koji Yamamoto, Yutaka Oono.
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.
Netherlands
Manager:[8] Robert Eenhoorn
Coaches: Brian Farley – Pitching coach, Wim Martinus – 1st base coach, Jack Hubbard – 3rd base coach, Paul van den Oever – Coach.
|
United States
General Manager: Bob Watson
Manager: Davey Johnson[9][10]
Coaches: Marcel Lachemann – Pitching Coach, Reggie Smith – Hitting Coach, Rick Eckstein – 3rd Base Coach, Dick Cooke – Auxiliary Coach, Rolando de Armas – Auxiliary Coach.
|
Notes
- Team Canada Olympic baseball roster Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 18, 2008
- Baseball Canada Olympic Team Media Guide 2008 Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine accessed July 18, 2008
- CBC Olympics – Orr backs out of Canadian Olympic Team accessed July 28, 2008
- Emmanuel Garcia headed to Beijing accessed July 28, 2008
- Avery tabbed to replace pitcher Richmond on Olympic team accessed August 1, 2008
- Team China Olympic Roster (pdf)
- Taiwan win minus doping test dropout Archived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine AAP – August 13, 2008, 6:05 pm. Accessed August 13, 2008.
- Netherlands Olympic Roster Finalized accessed July 18, 2008
- accessed July 21, 2008
- Baseball Team Profile. Beijing 2008 website, accessed August 7, 2008]