Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against... at the 1964 Summer Olympics
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964.... was a demonstration sport and consisted of a single game. It was the fifth time that a baseball exhibition had been held, and was the last time that only one game would be played. Approximately 50,000 fans watched the game.
The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U... team of college baseball
College baseball
File:Cornell Baseball2.jpgCollege baseball is baseball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States.... players, including eight future major league players and coached by Rod Dedeaux
Rod Dedeaux
Raoul Martial "Rod" Dedeaux was an United States college baseball coach who compiled what is arguably the greatest record of any coach in the sport's amateur history.... , defeated a Japan
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south.... ese amateur all-star team in Tokyo
Tokyo
, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people.... , 6-2.
The American future major leaguers included pitchers Alan Closter, Dick Joyce
Dick Joyce
Richard Edward Joyce was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball during the 1965 in baseball season. Listed at 6' 5", 225 lb., Joyce batted and threw left handed.... , and Chuck Dopson; catchers Jim Hibbs
Jim Hibbs
James Kerr Hibbs is a former professional baseball player who played 1 season for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball. He played college baseball at Stanford University.... and Ken Suarez
Ken Suarez
Kenneth Raymond Suarez is a former right handed Major League Baseball catcher who played from 1966 to 1973 for the Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers .... ; outfielder Shaun Fitzmaurice
Shaun Fitzmaurice
Shaun Earle Fitzmaurice is a former Major League Baseball player. Fitzmaurice played for New York Mets in the 1966 in baseball season. In nine career games, he had two hits in 13 at-bats with two Runs Scored.... ; first baseman Mike Epstein
Mike Epstein
Michael Peter Epstein , nicknamed SuperJew, is a burly left-handed former Major League Baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers , Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers , and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from - .... ; and second baseman Gary Sutherland
Gary Sutherland
Gary Lynn Sutherland was a Major League Second Baseman and Shortstop for 13 seasons from 1966-1978.After attending the University of Southern California , Sutherland played for the Philadelphia Phillies , Montreal Expos , Houston Astros , Detroit Tigers , Milwaukee Brewers , San Diego Padres and St.... .
Fitzmaurice hit a home run on the first pitch of the game.
