Miracle on Grass?
Murray Chass' piece posted minutes ago is the first mainstream comment on the upset that I have found in an hour of surfing...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/09/sports/sportsspecial/09usa.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Comparing a single win to a Devil Ray world championship seems a bit extreme. Every baseball fan knows that anything can happen on any single day...especially when a starter has a bad day and you get into the bullpen. Al Leiter's selection to the team was clearly a sentimental mistake on the part of Buck Martinez. Even Rick Sutcliffe on ESPN remarked that he had a woeful workout a couple of days ago. Why take that risk when your bullpen is stocked full of fresh closers?
Still...all credit to Team Canada. They outplayed the U.S. in every aspect of the game. Particularly bad...America got six walks and left five of them on base...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/09/sports/sportsspecial/09usa.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Comparing a single win to a Devil Ray world championship seems a bit extreme. Every baseball fan knows that anything can happen on any single day...especially when a starter has a bad day and you get into the bullpen. Al Leiter's selection to the team was clearly a sentimental mistake on the part of Buck Martinez. Even Rick Sutcliffe on ESPN remarked that he had a woeful workout a couple of days ago. Why take that risk when your bullpen is stocked full of fresh closers?
Still...all credit to Team Canada. They outplayed the U.S. in every aspect of the game. Particularly bad...America got six walks and left five of them on base...
posted by LH at 10:31 PM
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