The Cougars are 2-0 now in their little tour of Europe for some summer practice. The most recent 114-45 win included everything except an embarrassing brawl.
I'm guessing everyone has heard the old news by now about the Georgetown game in China and the brawl that ended the game. Sad. Word from NPR was that it shouldn't hurt US-Chinese relations because China sensors the media and did not allow the fight to be published. Rather, the front page news was Joe Biden's visit to China.
Glad the Cougars can always be trusted to play without the black eyes that are found all around the NCAA landscape these days.
Go Cougars!
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Lesson learned: never turn off the Rays
Monday night the Rays had a nice come-from-behind and walkoff homerun. Tuesday I got to go to the game and the Rays basically won it in the first inning and James Shields pitched all nine innings without surrendering a run.
Last night the Rays had chances to tie the game multiple times and couldn't quite get there. I'll admit I lost hope after the Rays gave up three runs in the top of the ninth to go down 7-3. I switched channels to check on the US-Mexico soccer match and saw the ESPN ticker scroll across the screen that the Rays score was updated to 7-5 with one out. I switched back and it was already 7-6 with a pinch runner on first. Upton struck out and it looked like too little too late until Sam Fuld.
Sparkplug Sam shot a triple to right-centerfield. I guess you can't call it a walk off because he did no walking around the bases but it was the last play of the game. Johnson scored from first to tie the game and the relay throw skipped by third base as Fuld made his head-first slide. Ninety feet later he made another head-first slide to end the game as he scored on the overthrow error. Rays win again!!!!
Never give up on the Rays. They never give up.
Last night the Rays had chances to tie the game multiple times and couldn't quite get there. I'll admit I lost hope after the Rays gave up three runs in the top of the ninth to go down 7-3. I switched channels to check on the US-Mexico soccer match and saw the ESPN ticker scroll across the screen that the Rays score was updated to 7-5 with one out. I switched back and it was already 7-6 with a pinch runner on first. Upton struck out and it looked like too little too late until Sam Fuld.
Sparkplug Sam shot a triple to right-centerfield. I guess you can't call it a walk off because he did no walking around the bases but it was the last play of the game. Johnson scored from first to tie the game and the relay throw skipped by third base as Fuld made his head-first slide. Ninety feet later he made another head-first slide to end the game as he scored on the overthrow error. Rays win again!!!!
Never give up on the Rays. They never give up.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
#yep
There have been a few sports-related tweets recently that I wanted to pass on. Some are witty, some are sarcastic, most are concisely accurate of my opinion as well. I think I'll just keep this as a running post and add to it.
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Jimmer Fredette: "Practice today with the byu guys to get them ready to go overseas. #greecetrip"
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Did you see the Pirates lose to the Braves in 19 innings on this blown call a week or two ago?
In response, @nvasconcelos threw this tweet out there: "I'm just glad the human element of umpiring is preserved. That's the important thing."
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Another good one by Dale Murphy recently: "So great to see the #redsox on #espn again...I think it's been atleast...what? One day since they were on last?"
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I almost did a post about Tiger and Steve but I'm fasting from Tiger for a while so I'll just retweet this little gem from @GenoEspn: "Tiger/Stevie catfight was a sight to behold. Now it's time for everyone to move on--out of respect for Ad Scott." Ain't it the truth.
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Jimmer Fredette: "Practice today with the byu guys to get them ready to go overseas. #greecetrip"
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Did you see the Pirates lose to the Braves in 19 innings on this blown call a week or two ago?
In response, @nvasconcelos threw this tweet out there: "I'm just glad the human element of umpiring is preserved. That's the important thing."
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Another good one by Dale Murphy recently: "So great to see the #redsox on #espn again...I think it's been atleast...what? One day since they were on last?"
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I almost did a post about Tiger and Steve but I'm fasting from Tiger for a while so I'll just retweet this little gem from @GenoEspn: "Tiger/Stevie catfight was a sight to behold. Now it's time for everyone to move on--out of respect for Ad Scott." Ain't it the truth.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Rookies Rule
Welcome to the future. I like what I see.
The Rays had a day game today so I missed it but that is why they invented mlb.com so I am made aware that a couple of rookies took care of business today.
After going down a run in the top of the 10th, Desmond Jennings homered to tie it up again.
After going down a couple in the 11th, Robinson Chirinos tied it up with a single in the bottom of the inning.
After finally getting through the top of an inning unscathed, Chirinos ended the game with a walkoff in the 12th.
We can't afford to pay the hefty salaries of the established stars so we know the farm system has to continue to churn faster than most and the future looks bright.
Go Rays!
The Rays had a day game today so I missed it but that is why they invented mlb.com so I am made aware that a couple of rookies took care of business today.
After going down a run in the top of the 10th, Desmond Jennings homered to tie it up again.
After going down a couple in the 11th, Robinson Chirinos tied it up with a single in the bottom of the inning.
After finally getting through the top of an inning unscathed, Chirinos ended the game with a walkoff in the 12th.
We can't afford to pay the hefty salaries of the established stars so we know the farm system has to continue to churn faster than most and the future looks bright.
Go Rays!
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