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Sydney 2000 Olympics commemorative baseball glove

Overview

This commemorative, coloured leather baseball glove uses the three colours of the Sydney 2000 Olympic logo - red, yellow and blue. The thonging is red; the pocket is blue and yellow; the fingers are blue and yellow on the back and cream on the palm; the thumb is blue, red and cream. The Sydney 2000 Olympic logo and the manufacturer's name are stitched into the palm of the glove.

Historical information

Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the third time an Olympic baseball tournament had been held as a full medal sport, and the ninth time it had been part of the Summer Olympic Games in any capacity. It was held in Sydney, Australia from 17 September through to the bronze and gold medal games on 27 September. Two venues were used for the Games: the Sydney Baseball Stadium and Blacktown Olympic Park. For the first time in Olympic competition, professional baseball players were eligible to participate.

Eight countries competed: Australia, Cuba, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea and the United States. The United States won the gold medal by defeating Cuba 4–0. South Korea won their first Olympic baseball medal, beating Japan in the bronze medal match 3–1.

Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics]

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Registration number
cwa-org-100-2020.340
Material
Inscriptions and markings

Sydney 2000 (logo)
Mizuno®

Contextual Information

This Sydney 2000 Olympic Games commemorative baseball glove was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Tony Baker.

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Sydney 2000 Olympics commemorative baseball glove and first pitch baseball
Sydney 2000 Olympics commemorative baseball glove and first pitch baseball.
Sydney 2000 Olympics commemorative baseball glove and first pitch baseball
Sydney 2000 Olympics commemorative baseball glove and first pitch baseball.

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