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Chris Robinson who was a catcher for the University of Illinois and played for Team Canada in this year’s Olympics, did a Q&A for the Chicago Tribune.
I was a bit puzzled by the Trib’s last question though.
Q: Cubs vs. Tigers, World Series. Who do you root for?
Umm, considering that Robbie is currently on the roster [...]

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Team USA came from a 4-0 deficit to beat Canada Saturday.  With the score 4-3 in the bottom of 7th, Terry Tiffee was the hero of the game with two doubles and two key rbis.
Box Score
A tough luck loss for former Illini catcher Chris Robinson who is playing for Team Canada.  He was 3 for [...]

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Three days into Olympic baseball and powerhouse Cuba has already shown they are a force to be reckoned with.  They are undefeated through three games having beaten US, Canada and Japan.
The US took gold in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney but it will take a Cinderella story for that to happen this time.  At this [...]

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Steve Vedder from The Grand Rapids Press has a nice feature on former University of Illinois catcher Chris Robinson who is representing his home country by playing for Team Canada.
Team Canada plays their first game of the Olympics on August 13 when they face China.
2008 Olympic Baseball schedule

Tags: chris robinson, olympics

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