diamondblack.jpg Andrew Marck pitches Philippines during the 2016 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers. Photo: Getty ImagesBaseball New Zealand is licking its lips at the outside chance of sending a team to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But this week's visit from World Baseball Softball Confederation boss Riccardo Fraccari has the sport's brass dreaming of competing on the biggest stage. "President Fraccari said there will be an Oceania representative at the Olympics," Baseball New Zealand chief executive Ryan Flynn tells herald.co.nz. "What that would mean is a much clearer path for both baseball and women's softball - our women's softball team is ranked eighth in the world and they finished higher than Australia at the recent world cup.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 04, 2016 01:30 UTC