What is Pesäpallo at the 1952 Summer Olympics?
'''[[Pesäpallo]]''', the Finnish variant of [[baseball]], was played as a [[demonstration sport]] at the '''[[1952 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]. The ceremonial first feed, or pitch, was thrown at 18:00 on 31 July by [[Lauri Pihkala]], who had created the sport. The teams playing were the [[Finnish Baseball Federation]] and the [[Finnish Workers' Sports Federation]]. In a match with a shortened schedule, the Finnish Baseball Federation won 8–4. ==Finnish Baseball League (Pesäpalloliitto) roster== * [[Eino Kaakkolahti]], pitcher * [[Leo Hannula]], 1st baseman * [[Viljo Niemi]], left fielder * [[Olli Hanski]], 2nd baseman * [[Antti Elomaa]], catcher * [[Pertti Ahonen]], 3rd baseman * [[Eero Vuorio]], right shortstop * [[Toivo Ilola]], left shortstop * [[Taisto Lehto]], right fielder * [[Viljo Kokkonen]], substitute * [[Pertti Jaakkola]], substitute * [[Eero Vilevaara]], substitute ==Worker's Athletic Federation (Työväen Urheiluliitto) roster== * [[Aimo Paavola]], pitcher * [[Osmo Juntto]], 1st baseman * [[Onni Sallinen]], left fielder * [[Jorma Harlin]], 2nd baseman * [[Reino Hakkarainen]], catcher * [[Veikko Auersalmi]], 3rd baseman * [[Pauli Kilpiä]], right shortstop * [[Paavo Reiju]], left shortstop * [[Lasse Heikkilä (baseball player)|Lasse Heikkilä]], right fielder * [[Pauli Lahtinen]], substitute * [[Pauli Vainio]], substitute * [[Oiva Huuskonen]], substitute [[Category:1952 Summer Olympics]]