Hello and happy Sunday.
On Friday it was revealed that Scott Kazmir, a left-handed pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization, would be temporarily leaving his post with the AAA Sacramento River Cats to join Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics.
The team that will bring home Olympic gold #ForGlory
See you in #Tokyo2020: https://t.co/L9ApiIgXxK pic.twitter.com/51LEnyte85— USA Baseball (@USABaseball) July 2, 2021Team USA’s roster is absent MLB stars for a few reasons: the Olympics appear in season (unlike in the NBA); MLB doesn’t take a break for the Olympics (unlike in the WNBA); and international baseball simply isn’t as big of a deal in America as other sports.