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'''[[Baseball]]''' returned as a [[demonstration sport]] for the third time at the '''[[1952 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]. The game played was actually a variant of the sport called [[Finnish baseball]] or "pesäpallo".


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The ceremonial first feed, or pitch, was thrown at 6 p.m. on [[31 July]] by [[Lauri Pihkala]], who had created the sport. The teams playing were the [[Finnish Baseball Federation]] and the [[Worker's Athletic Federation]]. In a match with a shortened schedule, the Finnish Baseball Federation won 8-4.
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[[Pesäpallo]], the Finnish variant of [[baseball]], was played as a [[demonstration sport]] at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] at [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]] in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83152473/how-fins-play-a-ball-game-called-pesapal/ |title=How Fins Play A Ball Game Called Pesapallo |first=Red |last=Smith |newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |page=15 |date=August 2, 1952 |accessdate=August 10, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>


The ceremonial first feed, or pitch, was thrown at 18:00 on 31 July by [[Lauri Pihkala]], who had created the sport. The teams playing were the [[Finnish Baseball Federation]] and the [[Finnish Workers' Sports Federation]]. In a match with a shortened schedule, the Finnish Baseball Federation won, 8–4.
==Finnish Baseball League roster==

* [[Eino Kaakkolahti]], feeder
==Rosters==
* [[Leo Hannula]], 1st base
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* [[Viljo Niemi]], infielder
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* [[Olli Hanski]], 2nd base

* [[Antti Elomaa]], wicket-keeper
===Finnish Baseball League (Pesäpalloliitto)===
* [[Pertti Ahonen]], 3rd base
* [[Eero Vuorio]], extra 2nd base
* [[Eino Kaakkolahti]], pitcher
* [[Toivo Ilola]], extra 3rd base
* [[Leo Hannula]], 1st baseman
* [[Taisto Lehto]], outfielder
* [[Viljo Niemi]], left fielder
* [[Olli Hanski]], 2nd baseman
* [[Antti Elomaa]], catcher
* [[Pertti Ahonen]], 3rd baseman
* [[Eero Vuorio]], right shortstop
* [[Toivo Ilola]], left shortstop
* [[Taisto Lehto]], right fielder
* [[Viljo Kokkonen]], substitute
* [[Viljo Kokkonen]], substitute
* [[Pertti Jaakkola]], substitute
* [[Pertti Jaakkola]], substitute
* [[Eero Vilevaara]], substitute
* [[Eero Vilevaara]], substitute
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==Worker's Athletic Federation roster==
===Worker's Athletic Federation (Työväen Urheiluliitto)===
* [[Aimo Paavola]], pitcher
* [[Aimo Paavola]], pitcher
* [[Osmo Juntto]], 1st base
* [[Osmo Juntto]], 1st baseman
* [[Onni Sallinen]], left fielder
* [[Onni Sallinen]], left fielder
* [[Jorma Harlin]], 2nd base
* [[Jorma Harlin]], 2nd baseman
* [[Reino Hakkarainen]], catcher
* [[Reino Hakkarainen]], catcher
* [[Veikko Auersalmi]], 3rd base
* [[Veikko Auersalmi]], 3rd baseman
* [[Pauli Kilpiä]], 2nd stop
* [[Pauli Kilpiä]], right shortstop
* [[Paavo Reiju]], 3rd stop
* [[Paavo Reiju]], left shortstop
* [[Lasse Heikkilä]], right fielder
* [[Lasse Heikkilä (baseball player)|Lasse Heikkilä]], right fielder
* [[Pauli Lahtinen]], substitute
* [[Pauli Lahtinen]], substitute
* [[Pauli Vainio]], substitute
* [[Pauli Vainio]], substitute
* [[Oiva Huuskonen]], substitute
* [[Oiva Huuskonen]], substitute
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==Sources==
* {{cite journal | author = Cava, Pete |date=Summer 1992 | title = Baseball in the Olympics | journal = Citius, Altius, Fortius | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | pages = 7–15 | url = https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll10/id/3005/rec/4 }}
* [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf Official Report]. XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952.
*{{cite book |author= Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans |title= Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mM0XzW03AcC|year=2011|page=297|publisher= Scarecrow Press |isbn= 9780810875227 }}


==References==
==References==
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* {{cite journal | author = Cava, Pete | year = 1992 | month = Summer | title = Baseball in the Olympics | journal = Citius, Altius, Fortius | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | pages = 7-15 | url = http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1e.pdf}}
* [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf Official Report]. XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952.


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Latest revision as of 23:13, 11 December 2024

Pesäpallo at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Demonstration sport
Games played1
DateJuly 31, 1952
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
CityHelsinki, Finland

Pesäpallo, the Finnish variant of baseball, was played as a demonstration sport at the 1952 Summer Olympics at Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland.[1]

The ceremonial first feed, or pitch, was thrown at 18:00 on 31 July by Lauri Pihkala, who had created the sport. The teams playing were the Finnish Baseball Federation and the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation. In a match with a shortened schedule, the Finnish Baseball Federation won, 8–4.

Rosters

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Sources

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  • Cava, Pete (Summer 1992). "Baseball in the Olympics". Citius, Altius, Fortius. 1 (1): 7–15.
  • Official Report. XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952.
  • Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans (2011). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement. Scarecrow Press. p. 297. ISBN 9780810875227.

References

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  1. ^ Smith, Red (2 August 1952). "How Fins Play A Ball Game Called Pesapallo". Ottawa Citizen. p. 15. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via newspapers.com.