NEW YORK (AP) U-S-A Baseball has picked the man who will help select the players and coaching staffs and organize the exhibition games for the team it will send to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.<br>
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The general manager's post goes to Bob Watson, who's the chief disciplinarian for Major League Baseball. He's also baseball's vice president of rules and on-field operations.<br>
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Watson co-chaired U-S-A Baseball's steering committee in 1999 and 2000, and oversaw selection of the 2003 team that did not qualify for the Athens Games.<br>
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Beijing will mark baseball's last appearance in the Olympics. It's being dropped.<br>
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