MLB Owners briefed on Olympic re-entry

My Take: Bring it back! It's a shame it went away in the first place. I hope it returns in 2016 and wouldn't it be great made its return in a city like Chicago that has such a great history with the sport?!

From MLB.com:
Baseball owners were given a briefing about the possible re-entry of the sport into the 2016 Summer Olympics on Thursday by the president of the International Baseball Federation.

"The reaction was good," said Harvey Schiller, who addressed the owners at their first joint meeting of the year on Thursday. "They know it's within their best interests to get back into the Olympic program. The big statement is getting the best players in there."

This past November, Schiller was among a group of baseball officials who gave members of the International Olympic Committee assurances that an effort will be made to send some of the game's best professional players if it is reinstated as a gold medal sport.

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