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starting to feel that way, brenham...

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the two strikes he hit against the US in the federations cup made me sick to my stomach.  it would sure be nice to have another player who is able to score from outside of the 18.

[quote name="adminbaberuth" post="808853" timestamp="1275603717"] The Russians hose the Americans in the gold medal game of baseketball. Replay shows Mike Renfro in bounds , Oilers lose to Pittsburg. I don't think Mel Renfro touched the ball that John Mackey took to the house, Colts win the Super bowl over the Cowboys. Lions beat the Steelers with a coin toss mess up in overtime. Was told Aquillard pushes off Nederland defender, Indians steal of victory. [/quote] and all of those are the exact opposite of this situation, which makes it seem much less of a problem to reverse this.  the outcome of the game last night doesn't change, but a player gets the honor he deserves for doing something that only 20 others have done before him. 

[quote name="adminbaberuth" post="808735" timestamp="1275586626"] ESPN MLB - Tigers P Armando Galarraga presented lineup card, shook hands with Jim Joyce before Thursday's game [/quote] i thought that was pretty cool, and also seeing the emotion that the umpire showed.  a lot of class shown by both of them.

if he's fine, i'd like to see him play to build some chemistry up top... but if he's anything less than 100%, i'm with you newcastle.  let him rest.

He was the player i idolized growing up.  I hate to see him go, but i'm glad he's not dragging it out.  It's time.

[quote name="WOSgrad" post="808800" timestamp="1275597686"] While the blown call was OBVIOUS, I kinda agree with Commissioner Selig in not overturning the call (man, "agree with Commissioner Selig", I never thought I would utter those words!!).  While the call did cost someone a personal achievement...and admittedly a historic one...[b]it did not change the outcome of the game as far as a win or loss is concerned.[/b]  I am sure that Selig saw the potential of being called on to reverse a lot of calls if he had acted on this one. [/quote] Changing the call wouldn't effect the outcome of the game either.  I agree that the argument could be made to go back and change other calls, but there's a difference between this happening in the 4th and 9th innings.  If the same thing happened in the 4th, and he pitches a 1-hitter, there's no way of proving that a lack of pressure contributed to him not giving up another hit.  In this case, being the very last out of the game, the call completely screwed the player, and had no bearing on any other facet of the game being played.  That being the case, I would like to see them reverse the call.  The whole situation is an atrocity.  I don't see how anybody can look at what happened last night and say that the element of human error involved with the call was "good" for the game.  If anything, it will turn off the casual observer towards baseball.

[quote name="KDOSullivan" post="808779" timestamp="1275594356"] Selig just said no, the call stands.....Once again, ML baseball is a dying sport..... [/quote] I don't really understand that... are they "protecting the integrity of the game" by allowing one of the most brutal mistakes in the history of the game to stand?

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We fished the intercoastal last weekend.  No trout, a few reds, and other assorted junk.  there are tons of crabs out there, if you're interested in loading up on blues.

[quote name="Vpbaseball#9" post="808688" timestamp="1275577047"] 4 maybe 5 [/quote] sounds like me and hippy have a chance, then :)

For what it's worth, the umpire went after the game and found Gallaraga in the tunnel and apologized face to face.

DETROIT -- Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers lost his bid for a perfect game Wednesday night with two outs in the ninth inning on a disputed call at first base. Replays appeared to show Cleveland hitter Jason Donald was out. Tigers manager Jim Leyland immediately argued the call with first base umpire Jim Joyce, and was joined by several Detroit players who surrounded the ump after the Tigers beat the Indians 3-0. Galarraga (2-1) was in complete control throughout the night and on track for the third perfect game of the season. Copyright by STATS LLC and The Associated Press

Did anyone else just see that?  Armando Gallaraga just got screwed!  On a grounder between 1st and 2nd, 1st baseman Miguel Cabrera makes a nice play in the hole, turns, throws to Gallaraga @ 1st, and Gallaraga beats the runner by a full step, but the 1st base ump inexplicably called him safe!  I'm speechless!  If that call's close, don't you have to give him the out regardless?  The thing is, it wasn't close!  He was out!!!

It's also worth noting that I saw Kenny Mayne interviewing some player from the WNBA, and he said something like this... "I don't think I'm being patronizing when I say that we know that a WNBA cannot beat an NBA team.  But could a WNBA team beat a D-3 men's college team?  What about a HS boys state championship team?" Her answer: "I'd like to think so.  Let's lace them up and find out."  So when a WNBA player is asked if her team can beat a boys' state championship team, she was far from a definitive yes.  And i don't care how good UCONN is, they'd get destroyed by a WNBA team.

[quote name="whsalum" post="807948" timestamp="1275344419"] If the post was about the best high school state champions ever and your average womens college team I may agree with your assessment but it's not.It's about this years champions and arguably the best womens college team of all time.Fundamentals are so overlooked in todays game that they are no longer appreciated by a large part of the fan base.I don't think you would see nearly as many shots swatted into the stands as you think simply because these ladies screen as well as any club I've ever watched.The pace of the game would not be frantic or fast paced simply because Gino would know he couldn't win that type game.He didn't win 70 plus games in a row and not know how to coach.If games were won or lost on athletisism alone the guys would win going away but thats the great thing about basketball, strategy and execution are the great equalizer. [/quote] to an extent i would agree, but in this case, the athetic disparity, combined with the fact that all of the boys teams are well coached, too (although not by gino), and i don't see how they'd have a chance.  The matchup problems would be too great to overcome.  For instance, how would UCONN have any chance at all of stopping any post over 6'6" from scoring at will?  How would they score over him?  How would they break Yates' press?  They may take better control of the ball than some of the HS teams yates pounded, but they would be no match for Yates' speed, and would turn the ball over A LOT.  I just don't see it.  Unfortunately, we'll never know.

[quote name="Newcastle" post="808127" timestamp="1275413910"] [quote author=bullets13000 link=topic=70053.msg806967#msg806967 date=1275087192] [quote author=aries456 link=topic=70053.msg806775#msg806775 date=1275060514] And I completely disagree with you... While he hasn't been the one to score the goals, he is always the one to set them up... Every player has gone on record saying they love to play with him because he is so unselfish... [/quote] to each his own.  i respect your opinion, even if i disagree.  [b]Bradley must feel like i do[/b], or he would have taken him over two guys with basically no national team experience, and only one game to watch them.  it's also possible that ching's injury had something to do with it.  who knows. [/quote] well that settles it...as long as the US Men's National Team Coach agrees with you... :D sorry Austin he has you on that one ;) [/quote] He usually calls me a couple of times a week to ask my advice on roster management...    ;D

Aww... I almost feel bad for the guy. 

UCONN women would get slaughtered in all but maybe one or two of these games.  Yes UCONN has great shooters, but those set shots and "jump shots" where the much shorter female guards elevate a jawdropping 4 inches off the ground will be continually swatted into the stands.  yes, uconn has talented posts, but the tallest player on their roster is 6-4.  at best against the smaller schools, they'd have an inch or two size advantage, but that would become irrelevant when faced against opponents who can outjump them by 2 feet.  Their talented guards could conceivably be better skilled than some of their opponents, but they'd be at such a disadvantage in the speed department that even if they got around someone, the defender would have more than enough time to recover, and if not, whatever wild layup that is let go from 2 or 3 feet below the rim is going to get swatted by help defense.  also, the ball moves much slower in the women's game.  the much quicker boys would consistently pick off passes, and nobody on the court for UCONN would have a chance of getting back and contesting fast break layups.  those long, looping cross court passes that you see all the time in the women's game would be turned into a lot of easy baskets for the boys.  I just can't imagine a scenario where UCONN could get anything better than hurried wild perimeter shots and forced, circus-type layups down low.  And that is just on the offensive end.  Think of the defensive nightmares UCONN would face trying to defend any one of the Texas boys' championship teams.  There is absolutely no way that they are fast enough to keep up in a man-to-man defense, meaning they'd be forced to play a zone.  The boys would be able to move the ball much faster than the zone could adjust, leading to as many open three-pointers as the boys feel like taking.  If the shots are not falling, they could either easily penetrate the zone and drive, or dump the ball down into the post, where a girl who can barely jump up and touch the net would be forced to try and guard a boy who mostly likely can dunk without trouble, even if she's in his way (and that's not taking into account the players who they might face who are actually taller, or much taller than their posts).  On missed shots, the girls might be fundamentally better at blocking out, but that would be irrelevant when the boy on her backside is fast enough to go completely around her, or can jump up and over her, using his much longer arms and leaping ability to take the ball without causing an over the back foul.   So, although I'll agree that a well-coached, fundamentally sound basketball team is preferable to an athletic one, in this case the disparity in athleticism would be so great that it would nullify the advantage in fundamentals and coaching, especially considering that these teams never would've won Texas state championships if they didn't have great coaching and fundamentals of their own.

it sucks that they lost, but if you give up a 6 run lead, you can't really be too upset if you lose on a balk, especially if it was the proper call, which it sounds like it was.

i looked up some articles about it, and it comes down to two things for every writer that i saw: it was either the injury or his speed.  i don't think it matters much, because he probably would not have seen the field anyway.  Bradley is going to want more speed up there, and Ching was the slowest of all the forwards in the camp.  Findley probably shouldn't have made it onto the squad, but as the fastest forward in the camp, it's pretty clear why Bradley took him.

[quote name="aries456" post="806775" timestamp="1275060514"] And I completely disagree with you... While he hasn't been the one to score the goals, he is always the one to set them up... Every player has gone on record saying they love to play with him because he is so unselfish... [/quote] to each his own.  i respect your opinion, even if i disagree.  Bradley must feel like i do, or he would have taken him over two guys with basically no national team experience, and only one game to watch them.  it's also possible that ching's injury had something to do with it.  who knows.

[quote name="ForeverADog" post="806961" timestamp="1275086335"] LU up 5-3      bottom 4. [/quote] i hate to see that lead cut.