the non-mlb thread - or - does anyone give a shit about the olympics¿

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i know the u.s. team didn't make it in this year (somehow) but will anyone be following this¿ predictions ¿ anything¿

― dyson (dyson), Monday, 16 August 2004 13:41 (nineteen years ago) link

after watching the j's blow a 4 run lead in the 8th it was nice to see canada beat taiwan (who are no slouches) yesterday. go stubby¡

― dyson (dyson), Monday, 16 August 2004 13:42 (nineteen years ago) link

I imagine I'll watch some of the games, in that I likely saw a number of the Cuban players in the 5 games I saw on my trip in March (I haven't seen their Olympic roster yet -- they're the strong favorite). I assume if the NBA schmucks qualify, so do baseball players who make under $200 a year?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 August 2004 13:54 (nineteen years ago) link

so far canada is on top at 4-0 but the real test is coming up with matches against japan, cuba and australia.

i'm keeping you people informed wether you like it or not.

― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 19 August 2004 12:45 (nineteen years ago) link

well, it's cuba vs. australia in the silver/gold match & canada vs. japan in the bronze.

if it wasn't for australia's fluke upset win vs. japan we'd be playing the aussie (who we beat 11-0 earlier) for the bronze. but we're not and japan's a really good team. but if we somehow pull this off a win tomorrow i guarantee ernie whitt will be the next blue jays manager.

― dyson (dyson), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 20:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Anybody got a roster link, for Cuba esp?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 21:08 (nineteen years ago) link

i'm pretty sure this is the cuban national team:

http://www.trabajadores.co.cu/especiales/beisbol_cubano/43serie/equipos/cav.htm

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 21:23 (nineteen years ago) link

Anyone get me a direct link to the US softball team's stats that bypasses potential spoilers on the front page?

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 21:27 (nineteen years ago) link

Stats and/or box scores for this tournament.

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 21:28 (nineteen years ago) link

try here for stats:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/results/5034620/detail.html

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 21:45 (nineteen years ago) link

so cuba gets the gold,
australia shocker with the silver (those mongrel fuxors)
and japan the bronze. *sigh*

― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 26 August 2004 13:48 (nineteen years ago) link

fifteen years pass...

fyi the premier 12 tournament is being held for a few more days in tokyo and is one of the ways teams qualify for the olympics. the usa is not doing too well, although i can't say i care enough to learn the details

anyway if you're jonesing, they apparently have live streams when the games are played: https://premier12.wbsc.org/en/2019

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link

well, Lasorda is too old

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28071286/hall-famer-mike-piazza-agrees-manage-italian-baseball-team

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 22:44 (four years ago) link

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