Baseball: Olympic battle on.

Byline: From ALAN McKINLAY in Detroit

BASEBALL will appeal against the decision to drop the sport from the 2012 London Games - and the battle to restore its Olympic status has already started.

On Sunday, a world team beat the USA 4-0 in a game between the best young players.

And last night major league stars from eight different countries, including Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to the present, the Braves have played in Turner Field. slugger Andruw Jones representing Holland, battled to become the home run king of the annual All Star Game.

Together with the World Baseball Classic

For information about the tournament held in 2006, see 2006 World Baseball Classic.

For information about the upcoming 2009 tournament, see 2009 World Baseball Classic.

to be staged in March, baseball is busy trying to establish itself as a worldwide sport.

Head of Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation).
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. International, Clive Russell, said: "We were shocked at the decision to drop it in 2012."

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Title Annotation:	Sport
Publication:	The Mirror (London, England)
Date:	Jul 12, 2005
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