While Olympic baseball is mostly an afterthought in the United States, fans in Japan expected the home country to win the gold medal. They delivered.

There wasn’t any baseball at Paris 2024 ... before being readded as optional for Tokyo 2020. It’s in-and-out status should ...

(Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images) (ATR) World baseball leaders want to return the Premier 12 to Tokyo ahead of the 2020 Olympics. South Korea won the gold medal Nov. 21 with a solid thumping ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Baseball - Men - Gold Medal Match - United States v Japan - Yokohama Baseball Stadium, Yokohama, Japan - August 7, 2021. Team Japan celebrate winning the Gold Medal Match.

Japan starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws against the Dominican Republic during the first inning of a baseball game at the 2020 Summer Olympics on July 28 in Fukushima. (AP Photo) ...

The Tokyo 2020 squad is a step away from fulfilling ... Organizers dropping the sport for the last two Olympics set him behind. But any missing passion surged back last year when U.S. baseball ...