2021 Olympic baseball tournament: How to watch online

The 2021 Olympic baseball tournament begins on July 27, with six teams competing for a gold medal. Here’s how to watch the action.

Olympic baseball is back!

The 2021 Olympic baseball tournament will mark the sports’ first appearance on the world’s stage since 2008.

This year, Team USA will go up against five other gold medal hopefuls: Dominican Republic, Israel, Japan, Mexico and South Korea.

You won’t see any MLB stars on the roster for the Americans. The only MLB-affiliated pros who can play are the ones who aren’t on a 40-man roster in the league. That means everyone out there, from minor leaguers to journeymen, will be looking to impress their way up the pro ladder.

There is a familiar face running the show at the Olympics. Former Angels manager Mike Scioscia is managing Team USA.

By contrast, Japanese and South Korean pros will take part for those teams.

2021 Olympic baseball tournament live stream and channel info

The 2021 Olympic baseball tournament will be broadcast

Date: July 27-Aug. 7, 2021
TV & Live Stream Start Time: Varies
TV Channel: NBC, NBCSN, USA
Live Stream: NBC Sports App, Fubo.TV, Peacock TV

The opening game will feature host nation Japan against the Dominican Republic to kick off the round-robin group stage. Each team will play two games to determine the seeding for the double-elimination knockout stage.

Team USA is set to face Israel on July 30 at 6:00 a.m. ET and South Korea on July. 31 at 6:00 a.m. ET.

The knockout stage will begin on Aug. 1 with a Bronze Medal Game on Aug. 6 at 11:00 p.m. ET and the Gold Medal Game on Aug. 7 at 6:00 a.m. ET.

South Korea won gold at the 2008 Olympics before the sport was taken off the Olympic slate. Team USA has only won gold once in baseball at the Olympics despite it being the national pastime.