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DURHAM - The U.S. Olympic baseball team will play four exhibition games in North Carolina before heading to the Beijing Games.USA Baseball officials on Tuesday announced the team's pre-Olympic schedule. The U.S. will play Canada once at USA Baseball's national training complex in Cary on Aug. 1, and three times in Durham on Aug. 2-4.The Americans have qualified for the Olympics in baseball for the first time since winning the gold at the Sydney Games in 2000.The U.S. Olympic team of professional players won't be selected until July. Players not on 25-man major league rosters are eligible for consideration.Baseball was dropped for the 2012 London Games but is trying to gain reinstatement for 2016.
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