U-S-A baseball names 2008 team GM

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> <br> The general manager&#39;s post goes to Bob Watson, who&#39;s the chief disciplinarian for Major League Baseball. He&#39;s also baseball&#39;s vice president of rules and on-field operations.<br> <br> Watson co-chaired U-S-A Baseball&#39;s steering committee in 1999 and 2000, and oversaw selection of the 2003 team that did not qualify for the Athens Games.<br> <br> Beijing will mark baseball&#39;s last appearance in the Olympics. It&#39;s being dropped.<br> <br> (Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)<br>

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