The College of New Jersey's former baseball coach, Rick Dell threw out the first pitch when the United States Olympic Baseball team opened action in Beijing, China. Dell, the Lions' baseball coach until July of 2007, is currently the director of baseball operations is Asia for Major League Baseball. He is based in Beijing, China and last summer was part of the first-ever China Baseball Academy in Wuxi, China, to train young baseball talent from across China, in conjunction with the China Baseball League.

In the game, Korea scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to rally and defeat Team USA, 8-7. Team USA fought back with three runs in the top of the ninth inning to take a one-run, lead but the Koreans mounted their own comeback, highlighted by a sacrifice fly from Jongwook Lee to earn the victory.

The U.S. Olympic Baseball Team would go on to clinching the bronze medal with a 8-4 win over Japan.