Olympic Baseball

GerryInCS · August 14th, 2008, 11:37 PM

I just looked at the roster and I count three Rockies prospects on the roster.

Nix, Fowler and Weathers

No wonder this team lost to Korea and likely won't medal

HoyaRoxFan · August 15th, 2008, 05:35 AM

And Nix gets hurt.

It is a crying shame that they're cancelling baseball, but it's just not right without international dream teams...

Newman · August 16th, 2008, 06:00 AM

Olympic baseball? I'm glad to see it go. Who cares?

Olympics sports should concentrate on what America wants to see, like swimming, and badminton, and beach volleyball. Synchronized diving. Whatever women want to watch, that's what the Olympics should be about.

Little pixies jumping around, losing their baby teeth if they fall off the balance beam. Is it really a controversy to note that Chinese girls are not 16 years old? How can you convince an 18 year old, fully grown adult woman, to do backflips on a 4 inch beam. You gotta be crazy to do that...or weigh 77 pounds and be young and stupid and do whatever your coach tells you to do.

Nadia Comenichi was 14 when she won the gold for Romania back in the day. There was no Olympic crying over that child abuse back then. Why now?

Our minor leaguers couldn't beat the Korean minor leaguers? Ugh.

TV scheduling. I tried to watch Olympic tennis. The paper said it would be on the Oxygen channel at 5pm our time. Tuned in and they were showing equestrian junk. This is poorly run and abusive to fans. You can't watch what you want I guess, unless you TIVO it, and/or tape everything and zip thru it with the FF. Who has time for that?

GerryInCS · August 16th, 2008, 09:34 AM

Why are they crying about the ages of the girls? Well since Nadia competed a new rule that states that athletes have to be at least 16 years of age to avoid using underaged athletes.

GerryInCS · August 23rd, 2008, 01:56 AM

Well the Americans bring home the Bronze Medal, which is more than I hoped for after their first game.

August 14th, 2008, 11:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
GerryInCS New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 635	Olympic Baseball I just looked at the roster and I count three Rockies prospects on the roster. Nix, Fowler and Weathers No wonder this team lost to Korea and likely won't medal __________________ Americans aren't afraid of Mexicans, Americans are afraid that Mexicans are turning America into Mexico.

August 16th, 2008, 09:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
GerryInCS New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 635	Why are they crying about the ages of the girls? Well since Nadia competed a new rule that states that athletes have to be at least 16 years of age to avoid using underaged athletes. __________________ Americans aren't afraid of Mexicans, Americans are afraid that Mexicans are turning America into Mexico.

August 23rd, 2008, 01:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
GerryInCS New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 635	Well the Americans bring home the Bronze Medal, which is more than I hoped for after their first game. __________________ Americans aren't afraid of Mexicans, Americans are afraid that Mexicans are turning America into Mexico.

August 15th, 2008, 05:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
HoyaRoxFan Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 305	And Nix gets hurt. It is a crying shame that they're cancelling baseball, but it's just not right without international dream teams...

August 16th, 2008, 06:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
Newman Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Aurora Posts: 566	Olympic baseball? I'm glad to see it go. Who cares? Olympics sports should concentrate on what America wants to see, like swimming, and badminton, and beach volleyball. Synchronized diving. Whatever women want to watch, that's what the Olympics should be about. Little pixies jumping around, losing their baby teeth if they fall off the balance beam. Is it really a controversy to note that Chinese girls are not 16 years old? How can you convince an 18 year old, fully grown adult woman, to do backflips on a 4 inch beam. You gotta be crazy to do that...or weigh 77 pounds and be young and stupid and do whatever your coach tells you to do. Nadia Comenichi was 14 when she won the gold for Romania back in the day. There was no Olympic crying over that child abuse back then. Why now? Our minor leaguers couldn't beat the Korean minor leaguers? Ugh. TV scheduling. I tried to watch Olympic tennis. The paper said it would be on the Oxygen channel at 5pm our time. Tuned in and they were showing equestrian junk. This is poorly run and abusive to fans. You can't watch what you want I guess, unless you TIVO it, and/or tape everything and zip thru it with the FF. Who has time for that?