8/13/08 Olympic Thread: SPOILERS!
by Jennifer on Aug 12, 2008 7:28 PM PDT
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Wednesday Edit: NBC coverage begins at 8 ET/7 CT. Swimming starts at 10 ET/9 CT. Micahel Phelps competes in the 200m IM semis.
Other events include: women's road cycling (trials), men's 3m synchronized springboard diving final, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh play their final preliminary women’s beach volleyball match against Norway, women's 200m fly, men's 200m breast, men's 100m free, women's 4x200m free relay, and more gymnastics.
Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps.
Did anyone see the video yesterday where he said he eats close to 10,000 calories a day?
We've got swimming just finishing up. Gymnastics now. The USA dudes won bronze yesterday, the NBC talking heads think the ladies for USA should do better than that.
To the action...
PS - VISA just aired a "Congrats on 10, Michael" commercial.
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I'm interested, too
but as a former fencer I have to say that fencing may be the least telegenic sport imaginable. Even live, it’s so fast that it’s incredibly difficult to tell what just happened. And trying to make sense of it on a small screen, from a side view, is nearly impossible.
If anything’s watchable, it would be epee—at least you don’t need to worry about right-of-way.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I only got interested because we did a story about one of the competitors
(who lost in the round of 16) but even with my extremely limited knowledge of fencing I can see where that would be true.
by Englishmajor on Aug 13, 2008 7:42 AM PDT up reply actions
How the heck are these little girl doing this?
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I don't know.
They are all really small.
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And is short enough she can walk under the balance beam.
!
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
Is he Zito's uncle?
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 12, 2008 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
It's Patrick Duffy- The Man From Atlantis
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 12, 2008 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions
bears a resemblance to Scuttlebutt's leg.
every winning streak ends with taking your underpants off. @('.')@
by Leopold Bloom on Aug 14, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
left leg that is
Save the thesaurus for when you are in front of the judge. When speaking of the A's, speak with your heart on...................your sleeve!
Olympics aren't even on in the Pacific Time Zone
for another half hour. So not too many RAFS will be here.
That's fine.
They can use it when I’m asleep.
Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows
I used to watching the Winter Olympics
then put on house slippers and dance around the kitching doing “turns”.
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Did you realize that you posted this?
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 12, 2008 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Our neighbors built a snow slide in their back yard
one year during the Winter Olympics, and all of the kids in the neighborhood had bobsled competitions, with homemade medals.
by Englishmajor on Aug 12, 2008 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I first read homemade "meals"
and it made me think of childhood :-)
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 12, 2008 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually did that too....
long long long long long long long ago…
The A's colors are green and gold.
Last night's pommel by Alexander Artemev was CRAZY.
Other two? Not so much.
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How long before Phelps next race?
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 12, 2008 8:05 PM PDT reply actions
I'm here.
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 12, 2008 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Spake Confucius:
Gymnastics is fun, and enriches the mind and soul; swimming is dull, and leads to atrophy of same.
The A's colors are green and gold.
That Baranowska looks like a scary dude!!
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 12, 2008 8:14 PM PDT reply actions
Poor gal took last place. They're all champions, though.
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 12, 2008 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Please, don't jinx him, Rowdy.
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I think it would be easier to note when he's NOT in the water. :)
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Can the A's sign him?
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 12, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
They'd have to put a pool in the OF.
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We don't have any money :-(
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 12, 2008 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Can you lap someone in swimming?
This isn’t even fair.
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That was some freaking awesome shit. P to the PIMP!
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 12, 2008 8:30 PM PDT reply actions
There's far too many medals up for grabs in the fucking pool, they should
put an asterisk next to them on the medal table.
At least most of the swimming is a traditional event. Unlike some of the "made up" sports
that have been added over the years.
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 12, 2008 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Well yeah there are some shitty sports that have been added (yet Squash remains
on the outside for some unknown reason). Plus you get the fact that professionals compete – Basketball, Tennis, Football et al, which goes against the original ideals of the games.
I’ve nothing against swimming, I swam competitively as a youngster and still do recreationally today, but the focus it gets in the Olympics is just crazy.
Yes, let's go back to the Coubertin's
Olympics, when only rich men, and trust fund babies could win medals. When anyone who had to work for a living could only dream of a medal. When women were banned from a huge number of events for “their own safety”.
Also, what the “original” ideals? Coubertin’s ideals? Why are they “original”? Were Coubertin’s ideals on amateurism based on the ideals of the Ancient Olympics?
ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524
I think they should line everyone up and throw all the medals into the pool and leave it up for grabs. That would be compelling tv
The A's colors are green and gold.
My mom used to throw nickels in the pool and I thought they were gold
everytime I came up with one!!
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 12, 2008 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not that it's boring, though the new rules have made breastroke hideous, it's just
ridiculous. One guy is in line to win eight gold medals – that’s fucking insane. Great achievement for him, well done and all that, but seriously it’s nuts how many events there are in the pool.
And they should have weapons.
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Get in the water NOW!!
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 12, 2008 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
nevermind
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 12, 2008 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
They should just fill the pool with sharks, if you're going to that extreme.
Or maybe two or three sharks and have a game of Bulldog.
Olympic chicken fighting!
How could that not be worth watching?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
No shit.
She can do back flips on that thing like nobody’s business… but can’t mount the beam? Ouch.
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no interest any of the other stuff… i just tuned in (9 PST), did i miss the swimming or is it coming up?
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
9:20ish and 10:20ish for the Michael Phelps stuff.
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woo hoo i thought i missed it!
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
they’re not the ones you were talking trash
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
if you just won 5 gold medals
while still finding time to lead the NY Giants to a superbowl, you wouldn’t show humility either.
Neither do the French
"Do you know that the guy really doesn't like baseball all that much?" - J.P. Riccardi
Yea, that damn geniune excitement....
We need less of that.
Bring back Hammer.
by OaktownPower on Aug 13, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I think you'd have been jumping around too if you just saw how you won that race
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it’s 9:35 where is my swimming jennifer?!?
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
beach volleyball (shudder).
if it hasn’t come on yet i’m fine, i’m keeping track in the PIP window…
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
Schedule
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/SW_2008-08-12.shtml
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I can't wait to find out if anyone lost a wedding ring in the sand today...
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
What Time is the USA baseball team playing?
"With 16-year-old Dominican righty Michel Inoa in tow, Gio Gonzalez improving at Triple-A and lefty Brett Anderson carving up Double-Abatters along with Simmons and Trevor Cahill, Oakland’s pitching depthis officially the envy of baseball." - BaseballAmerica.com
Must watch Cahill Pitch!
"With 16-year-old Dominican righty Michel Inoa in tow, Gio Gonzalez improving at Triple-A and lefty Brett Anderson carving up Double-Abatters along with Simmons and Trevor Cahill, Oakland’s pitching depthis officially the envy of baseball." - BaseballAmerica.com
So that would be 6am NY time.
Might have to pull an all nighter.
"With 16-year-old Dominican righty Michel Inoa in tow, Gio Gonzalez improving at Triple-A and lefty Brett Anderson carving up Double-Abatters along with Simmons and Trevor Cahill, Oakland’s pitching depthis officially the envy of baseball." - BaseballAmerica.com
No Clue.
"With 16-year-old Dominican righty Michel Inoa in tow, Gio Gonzalez improving at Triple-A and lefty Brett Anderson carving up Double-Abatters along with Simmons and Trevor Cahill, Oakland’s pitching depthis officially the envy of baseball." - BaseballAmerica.com
Im pretty sure he is. Someone else posted that he was.
"With 16-year-old Dominican righty Michel Inoa in tow, Gio Gonzalez improving at Triple-A and lefty Brett Anderson carving up Double-Abatters along with Simmons and Trevor Cahill, Oakland’s pitching depthis officially the envy of baseball." - BaseballAmerica.com
Uneven bars is the greatest Olympic event
Great stuff. Main reason I prefer women’s to men’s gymnastics. Men’s gymnastics should have a similar event.
The A's colors are green and gold.
"Live"
but a three-hour tape delay on the west coast
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Aug 12, 2008 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Korea is a pretty good team
maybe except for Japan and Cuba, probably one of the best teams here.
I think it’s two facts
1. The young pitchers could only throw so many innings per directive of their ML teams/college coaches
2. Davey Johnson is an idiot
0-2 breaking ball away at the batter's ankles
the throw still beat the runner, even if the tag didn’t. Hose nontheless
Japanese team
a lot of good players with ML futures, CF Norichika Aoki and RP Kyuji Fujikawa are also a part of the team
that walk
was probably on strike 3 to lead off.
90-94 mph, 81 mph changeup, whatever that breaking pitch was. He looks pretty good
Is, was, and always will be Wilkinson who is meant to be god
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
no wonder knight was in indy ball
his stuff sucks. finally getting pulled
Question
How is baseball on the chopping block, yet ping-pong remains untouched?
I apologize to any ping-pong/table tennis enthusiasts.
Economics
It costs quite a lot to build baseball (and softball) venues, especially in places where baseball isn’t played very much (ie, Athens). Table tennis can be set up in any gymnasium, etc, and the venue would be useful for other events, like, say, rhythmic gymnastics.
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
"Useful"
Not a word I would use w/r/t rhythmic gymnastics.
The reason table tennis should be tossed is because it’s totally uncompetitive. You might as well just add 4 gold medals to the Chinese total and skip the actual event. It’s as though they made American football an Olympic sport—it’s essentially only played seriously in one country.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
Much unlike
Baseball (two countries)?
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
I'm sorry
I must have missed the serious professional leagues in countries other than the US and Japan.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
Yeah, because there are no professional leagues in the Caribbean, or at least serious baseball there.
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At the very least we can agree there aren't 8 serious baseball countries
(Since so many of the WBC teams were not serious)
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
for the WBC add
puerto rico
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
So when exactly is Cahill going to pitch and when will it be on TV?
"Do you know that the guy really doesn't like baseball all that much?" - J.P. Riccardi
Thats what I wanna know.
Same with Anderson.
"With 16-year-old Dominican righty Michel Inoa in tow, Gio Gonzalez improving at Triple-A and lefty Brett Anderson carving up Double-Abatters along with Simmons and Trevor Cahill, Oakland’s pitching depthis officially the envy of baseball." - BaseballAmerica.com
25 minutes between races?!
Holy crap! Good luck, dude.
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Alright. Let's get this thing going...
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by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 13, 2008 8:09 PM PDT reply actions
so this strasburg guy is pitching well through 4 innings.
no comments? anyone else watching? i don’t see a new olympic thread, maybe this one needs a bump…
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
Glad you found the link, I wandered away from this thread
After watching the first I figured Strasburg would be on semi cruise control. Kinda figured it was gonna be a lock so I opted to watch some MLB games :p
I installed Silverlight to watch it.
Then it went into a rain delay in the 8th.
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Looks like Cahill's going to go against Cuba tonight.
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rec'd to bump
I’d like spoilers to concentrate here :)
Cahill just pulled a Billy Sadler from yesterday's Giants game.
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Got out of it with a strikeout. 2 runs. Maybe he can settle down now.
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There is another thing to this
The baseballs they’re using are a little different. Higher stitching, for one. That can take some time to get used to.
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Is anyone else's "silverlight" buffering constantly?
It’s a way crappier product than MLB.tv
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
And compared to MLB.tv, which are you paying for?
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LaPorta and Donald have been trying their best to screw over Cahill
The A's colors are green and gold.
5 IP for Cahill and he was fortunate to escape with just the 2 in the first
He’s out of the game now.
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China vs. Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
Is a great game. its in the 10th inning. 2 outs and runners and 1st and second for taiwan in the top of the 10th. China almost doubled the runner off at 2nd just now.
compare this to the UA v.s Cuba game
a lot quieter and the staduim is empty. This game is full of screaming fans with chants. all the asian teams have such enthustiastic fans that make it easy to watch.
Ouch. Cummings gives up a 1-out homer to Despaigne in the 8th.
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China swings at everything
and they’ve had a lot of chances. Now in the China vs. Taipei game, the olympic rule is being put into play. The one where the mangers select runners in order on 1st and 2nd.
double play
wow, watching these two chinas play is like watching the A’s or the Gnats. So many scoring chances and always a doubleplay or a strikeout saves the other team’s skin. China has a chance to win it.
only difference is that China and Taiwan bunt
wow, this game is going to the 12th…… 3-3
by VivaOakland on Aug 14, 2008 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Taiwan scores
on a walk. bases loaded. 1 out. top 12th. 4-3 taiwan over china.
by VivaOakland on Aug 14, 2008 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Another run scores for Taiwan and the mostly Taiwanese crowd is loving it
double for Taiwan and they lead 5-3.
looks like China is done....
a single makes it 7-3. still only one out. Maybe I should switch back to the US-Cuba game.
by VivaOakland on Aug 14, 2008 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Ouch
Leadoff triple off the glove of the center fielder by Cuba’s Bell.
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GOO TEAM!!!
Is cuba the vistor???
If the game isn’t over, I’ll switch to that game. But its the bottom on the 12, and I’ll finish watching the taiwanese win first.
HBP to start the B-10th, Teagarden's on
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I'd turn it now, I just have a hard time leaving a game in progress...
and the chants and cheers make it intresting. Get the big hit US!
by VivaOakland on Aug 14, 2008 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
the reason china will lose the game today
9 Jack Custs on their team. Mr. Swing at everything. Nice!!!! USA!!!!!!
GAME NOT OVER YET
7-5 Taiwan with the bases loaded.
by VivaOakland on Aug 14, 2008 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
2 out, Nix to the plate. He homered last time.
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probably just a camara or display error
I’m switching to the usa game at long last.
by VivaOakland on Aug 15, 2008 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if there's some sort of bonus run involved. Strange.
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Cuba scores
Same situation with the other game with that runner starting off at second. Sac bunt then a single.
It might not be a bad idea for something like this so games don’t go on and on.
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hows the photography going?
still taking a lot of good ones???
by VivaOakland on Aug 15, 2008 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Here and there, yeah. I'm caught up on my games.
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double play
okay, I think in the other game it was just a bad camara angle. watching the camara made it look like one run scored, when it was acutally three.
So it's two runners on, not one. I'm guessing Cuba scored them both in that case. That's why there was a throw home...
…where I thought there had only been a runner on third.
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thanks
Do you think they will do that rule in the WBC???
by VivaOakland on Aug 15, 2008 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Ouch!
Nix tried to bunt but it came up and hit him in the forehead and he’s bleeding.
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Barden gets it down. Now USA is in the same spot as Cuba - 2nd and 3rd, 1 out
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Tiffee gets a sac fly, Fowler now at 3rd with 2 away. 5-4.
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Matt Brown fouls out behind the plate, game over.
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bummer
well, its still the round robin tournment. The USA hasn’t played China, Canada, or Japan yet.
First pitch between USA/Canada baseball is in an hour
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Phelps news
Michael Phelps won his seventh gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, edging Milorad Cavic by a blink of the eye, .01 of second in the 100m butterfly on Saturday at the Water Cube.
Phelps, who trailed at the first wall but made up ground on his turn, still looked to be behind Cavic in the final meters but got to the wall first in 50.58 to Cavic’s 50.59.
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"trailed" is an understatement
He was in 7th place (of 8 swimmers) at the wall.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
THAT WAS AMAZING.
"I'm telling you, I can't wait to put on that white uniform," Gonzalez said. "That will be the prettiest uniform I'll ever see."
Seeing it three hours later makes it no less amazing than reading about it. Holy crap.
And the USA just beat Canada, 5-4. That ups their record to 2-2 so far.
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