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Olympic Games 2004 in Athens,Greece

 
 
MyOwnUsername
 
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Reply Fri 27 Aug, 2004 04:30 pm
Re: men's olympic basketball
im4bigal wrote:
sorry if I sound unpatritoic but I think our over-paid, obnoxious NBA players are earning a deserved humiliation.

With the exception of Tim Duncan and maybe only a couple others, I find it hard to cheer them on for a bronze medal.


And since Lithuanians somehow managed to lost from Italy, and bronze will mean more to them then to USA, I think Americans could easily stay without any medal in basketball.

Funny thing (no offense to anyone, but it's really unbeliavable how....how...how...some Americans are Very Happy): Croatian TV had report about baseball tournament and they interviewed some Americans.

Quote of all quotes: "It's really nice here, people are very nice, everything is peacefull, so we are very sorry that Americans DECIDED not to come"

Yeah, problem is that they DECIDED that after they were eliminated in qualifying round Very Happy (losing 1:2 from Mexico with 2 run home run in bottom of 9th)

So, no Olympic medals for USA in baseball and basketball - that would be cool Wink
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fbaezer
 
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Reply Fri 27 Aug, 2004 05:00 pm
Quote of all quotes: "It's really nice here, people are very nice, everything is peacefull, so we are very sorry that Americans DECIDED not to come"

Typical American arrogance and lack of information.

No matter the Olympic result, and no matter the result in the World Championship, many Americans will still say that the winner of the NBA is "World Champion". The US as the navel of the universe.

But actually, MOU, I think our 2 runs were not on the botton of the 9th inning, but on the 5th or 6th. The US run was a homer on the bottom of the 9th though. I'll check it out.

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Even if I'm an Italianophile, I wanted Lithuania to win the basketball semifinal. They've have terrible luck before: too many damn bronze medals, and they deserved better than that.

The NBA team deserves nothing.
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fbaezer
 
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Reply Fri 27 Aug, 2004 05:08 pm
Marion Jones has been another disaster. Another example of a great athlete ruined by her own fame.

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Unluckily, Iraq lost the football bronze against Italy.
The overpaid, overhyped, Azzurri celebrated their typical 1-0 victory over the team of the war-ridden country as if the had won the World Cup.

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The International Gymnastic Federation has asked Paul Hamm to return his gold medal (given to him because of some judges' mistake).
It's a pity that such a great comeback didn't end like a perfect story.
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fbaezer
 
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Reply Fri 27 Aug, 2004 05:42 pm
You were right, MOU, about the baseball game.

An excerpt from Associated Press:

The Mexican team was a heavy underdog in this quarterfinal game, but got a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning from Luis A. Garcia off Brian Bruney.

Bruney had 26 saves in the Arizona Diamondbacks' minor league system this season.

The United States threatened in the bottom of the ninth when Grady Sizemore and former major leaguer Ernie Young led off with singles.

With runners on second and third with one out, reliever Isidro Marquez got Justin Leone to ground back to the mound and retired Gerald Laird on a popup to end it.

Former New York Mets pitcher Rigo Beltran held the Americans to three hits in seven innings. Leone, of the Seattle system, homered in the fourth for the U.S. run.

Ray Martinez tied it in the fifth with a homer off Cleveland prospect Jason Stanford. The Americans had outscored their opponents 21-0

The U.S. roster also included Atlanta rookie pitcher Horacio Ramirez and former big leaguers Mike Lamb and Todd Williams.

``We lost a game. I don't think it's a setback for U.S. baseball,'' said Sandy Alderson, an executive vice president in the commissioner's office and the top American official with the team.

``I think it's a validation of the internationalization of the game. As we know, anything can happen in a game or a short series of games,'' he said.


http://photos.eluniversal.com.mx/img/2003/11/hom/festejo07nov.jpg
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Thok
 
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Reply Sat 28 Aug, 2004 01:40 am
canoe: 2 gold medals, one silver for Germany... place 6 on the medal table near on Japan.

Tomorrow among other in handball men GER-CRO and finally the closing ceremony.
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Wilso
 
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Reply Sat 28 Aug, 2004 02:40 am
Why don't the American major leaguers play in Olympic baseball? Surely not every Olympic games is held during the baseball season when their teams need them.
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drom et reve
 
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Reply Sat 28 Aug, 2004 04:36 am
It's like the English footballers who don't play for Great Britain at the Olympics; they have 'more important things to do Rolling Eyes.' It's sad to see that they're neglecting the paramount of sport.


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drom et reve
 
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Reply Sat 28 Aug, 2004 04:36 am
Closing ceremony? I didn't think that it was finishing this quickly.


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Thok
 
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Reply Sat 28 Aug, 2004 04:48 am
13. August to 29. August- 16 competition days, tommorow the games end.
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melbournian cheese
 
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Reply Sat 28 Aug, 2004 05:08 am
nooooooooooo!!!!! why must you be so short, olympics??? why???????

BTW: GO AUSSIE! ONE MORE GOLD AND WE'RE THIRD!!!!!
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drom et reve
 
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Reply Sat 28 Aug, 2004 05:10 am
Wow... it seems as if it's only been on for a week :S.

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drom et reve
 
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Reply Sat 28 Aug, 2004 05:10 am
(Incidentally: M.C; are Australia playing in any finals to-day or to-morrow?

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Roberta
 
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Reply Sat 28 Aug, 2004 05:32 am
fbaezer wrote:
Typical American arrogance and lack of information.

No matter the Olympic result, and no matter the result in the World Championship, many Americans will still say that the winner of the NBA is "World Champion". The US as the navel of the universe.


Gee, maybe I should change my user name to Belly Button Lint. Just a thought. There are many Americans who are arrogant and ignorant. There are also many who are neither.

The US didn't do well in basketball for a variety of reasons, the main one being that the other teams played better.

As for Major League baseball players participating in the Olympics, the summer games fall during the height of the season. Pennant races. Playoff races. Major leaguers will never play in the Olympics, unless the schedule is radically changed. The reason the US isn't playing baseball in the Olympics? The same reason as the basketball players failing to win the gold--the other teams played better.

The women's 4 X 100 relay? Not the first time somebody screwed up. Won't be the last.

I saw some horses dancing to music in the dressage a few days ago. Did my heart good.
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Wilso
 
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Reply Sat 28 Aug, 2004 05:36 am
dròm_et_rêve wrote:
It's like the English footballers who don't play for Great Britain at the Olympics; they have 'more important things to do Rolling Eyes.' It's sad to see that they're neglecting the paramount of sport.




The soccer competition has age limits. They're only allowed one or two senior players. It's basically a junior competition which is the reason you don't see all the big name players.
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Wilso
 
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Reply Sat 28 Aug, 2004 05:37 am
dròm_et_rêve wrote:
(Incidentally: M.C; are Australia playing in any finals to-day or to-morrow?



The Opals play the US tonight. (That's the women's basketball final.)
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melbournian cheese
 
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Reply Sat 28 Aug, 2004 05:42 am
we're in the sailing final! i don't know if there are any more
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husker
 
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Reply Sat 28 Aug, 2004 10:48 am
Don't know if you discussed? IOC recommends dropping baseball

very interesting reading - more than baseball
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husker
 
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Reply Sat 28 Aug, 2004 10:51 am
Did you know the Olympics, consist of 28 summer sports and 300 events.
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melbournian cheese
 
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Reply Sun 29 Aug, 2004 12:02 am
.....no golds for australia.....and 6 for russia....... Crying or Very sad .......
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J-B
 
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Reply Sun 29 Aug, 2004 12:28 am
I don't agree friend.
I think Austrlia is the best in this game according to the proportion between your country's population and the golds it got.
Then you will get the highest score.
GOOD! Smile
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