Disco Demolition Night was a baseball promotion on Thursday , July 12 , 1979 , at Comiskey Park in Chicago , Illinois that ended Process_end in a riot Violence .

For example , in 2004 , there were statues of Hideki Matsui , the famous baseball player who at that time played for the New York Yankees .

Canoe slalom and golf made Action their Pan American Games debut Process_start , as well as women 's competitions Competition in baseball , C-1 canoe and rugby sevens .

Olympic softball is a women only competition Competition , with men competing Competition in the similar sport of baseball .

This is the most recently contested Competition softball tournament in Olympic history , as the International Olympic Committee voted Choosing to remove Removing baseball from the program in the 2012 Olympics .

Along with baseball , softball was rejected Agree_or_refuse_to_act for inclusion Cause_to_be_included in the 2016 Summer Olympics at the IOC 's meeting Social_event in October 2009 .

The 2009 Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament that started Process_start on 9 September 2009 .

Electrified cage walls , cacti , tables , light tubes , glass , thumbtacks , baseball bats , barbed wire and numerous other weapons and objects have been used Using in it .

Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the third time an Olympic baseball tournament Competition had been held Hold as a full medal sport , and the ninth time it had been part of the Summer Olympic Games Competition in any capacity .

For the first time in Olympic competition Competition , professional baseball players were eligible to participate Participation , though no active players Competition from Major League Baseball were available .

The gold medal game Competition was also only the second game Cuba had lost Competition in Olympic baseball , having lost Earnings_and_losses to the Netherlands earlier in the tournament Competition .

South Korea won their first Olympic baseball medal , beating Competition Japan in the bronze medal match Competition 3–1 .