Riccardo Fraccari: Baseball and softball’s Olympic odyssey leaves its mark on Tokyo 2020

Riccardo Fraccari: Baseball and softball’s Olympic odyssey leaves its mark on Tokyo 2020

When in 2013, the global baseball and softball families agreed to merge under one unified, global governing body – the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) – we did so in the long-term interest of our sports. We understood there was strength in unity and, by taking the best of both sports, we could form a stronger and more convincing campaign to get baseball and softball back on the Olympic programme.