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Jan252011
10:17 AM ET | By Jessica Mendoza

For softball's future: On leaving the U.S. team

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Since the International Olympic Committee voted to remove softball from the Olympic Games for 2012 and beyond, the sport has not been the same on the international level. However, here in the U.S., the sport has continued to grow on the youth level in huge numbers, from T-ball through college.

In my work as a college softball analyst for ESPN, I have seen this amazing game regularly outperform regular-season college baseball games in terms of television ratings. Softball is dearly loved ...

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