The International Olympic Committee announced Wednesday that baseball will return to the Olympics for the 2020 games in Tokyo.
It's exciting news for the sport, since it was taken off the Olympic slate following the 2008 games in Beijing.
In celebration of America's pastime returning to the Olympic games, here's a fun throwback for Chicago fans. Recognize these guys?
Last time baseball was an Olympic sport (08) these guys won bronze. Strasburg,Fowler, Cahill, Arrieta. #mlb #Wbsc pic.twitter.com/ZLzpfQDGkU
— John Blundell (@JBMLBPR) August 3, 2016
The last time the Olympics featured baseball (Beijing 2008), future Chicago Cubs teammates Jake Arrieta, Dexter Fowler and Trevor Cahill were teammates on the U.