Catcher Lou Marson and shortstop Jason Donald were selected onto the roster for the U.S. Olympic team, which will compete starting Aug. 13 in the Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Marson is hitting .321 with 4 HR and 45 RBI for AA Reading this season. Donald is hitting .301 with 12 HR and 47 RBI. Both participated in the MLB Futures Game, a pseudo tryout for the U.S. Olympic team.
Good news for those two, who definitely have played their way onto this honor. Donald remains a big trading chip for the Phils, while the Phils don’t want to give away Marson. I agree. The kid will be special. Of course, Donald shouldn’t be that bad either in the show.
Tim MalcolmTim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.
