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Canada's Miracle - Canada beats U.S. at WBC

Writer11Writer11 Posts: 738 ✭
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What a great game ... Sports talk shows are already calling it Canada's greatest baseball victory ever. Of course, we haven't really won much before, but still very exciting. Final score: Canada 8 U.S. 6.

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  • bri2327bri2327 Posts: 3,178 ✭✭
    if only their hockey team could have faired so well image
    "The other teams could make trouble for us if they win."
    -- Yogi Berra

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  • Writer11Writer11 Posts: 738 ✭
    Bri,

    We are still in mourning about that ... we needed to win this for our fragical sports psyche ... image
  • Writer11Writer11 Posts: 738 ✭
    Make that "fragile" sports psyche ...
  • bri2327bri2327 Posts: 3,178 ✭✭
    i didnt mean anything negative by it, just a bit of lighthearted fun......for what its worth I hope Canada wins the whole WBC to ease some of the pain. image
    "The other teams could make trouble for us if they win."
    -- Yogi Berra

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  • Writer11Writer11 Posts: 738 ✭
    Bri,

    I know what you said was in good fun ... Hey, in baseball on any given day any team can win.
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    writer, do you really think this tournament means anything? To me it is a yawn fest. But that is just me. If you are pumped up then good for you! image

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  • Writer11Writer11 Posts: 738 ✭
    I'm a Canadian that loves baseball. Heck, I enjoyed watching that short-lived Senior League in Florida that someone organized 15 years ago, so I was excited to watch this tournament from the beginning.

    As for other Canadians, I think it's safe to say that at the beginning of the tournament they weren't paying much attention to it. But now many Canadians are excited about it. This win is the lead story on the sports stations up here.
  • yawie99yawie99 Posts: 2,575 ✭✭✭
    Any tournament that spawns a word like fragical can't be all bad. Of course linguistic derring-do should be expected from someone with that user ID.
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  • Writer11Writer11 Posts: 738 ✭
    Agreed ... the word was used to showcase just how fragile these magical moments can be .... image It was a "fragical" moment.
  • DirtyDog48DirtyDog48 Posts: 298


    << <i>What a great game ... Sports talk shows are already calling it Canada's greatest baseball victory ever. Of course, we haven't really won much before, but still very exciting. Final score: Canada 8 U.S. 6. >>



    I'm afraid Steve Green won't be joining Paul Henderson any time soon as one of Canada's heroes of international sport, but I was happy to see the Canucks get one vs. USA's spoiled pros.
  • SusquehannaSusquehanna Posts: 97
    At some point during the tournament does it convert to a best-of-so-many games format? Just wondering, and not suggesting that the outcome would of have different in this instance had it been a best-of. Enjoy it Canada.

    Nick
  • KnucklesKnuckles Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭
    Yaaaa.

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  • ctsoxfanctsoxfan Posts: 6,246 ✭✭


    << <i>Sports talk shows are already calling it Canada's greatest baseball victory ever. >>



    Have there been any other ones?
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  • Coinhusker1Coinhusker1 Posts: 3,560 ✭
    Do the Red Sox still own the rights to Stern? Maybe they did not need Coco Crisp after all! image
  • Coinhusker1Coinhusker1 Posts: 3,560 ✭


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    << <i>Sports talk shows are already calling it Canada's greatest baseball victory ever. >>



    Have there been any other ones? >>



    Maybe the Blue Jay's first WS. But none of the players were Canadian (that I know of).
  • iamthegreatcornholioiamthegreatcornholio Posts: 3,366
    I turned it on via MLB.com at work and it was Can 8 USA 0... I watched the USA score 6 and then turned it off... maybe I'm good luck image USA should own south africa
  • Writer11Writer11 Posts: 738 ✭
    Canada has beaten the U.S. in a couple of amateur baseball tournaments, but nothing that has involved major league players.

    And there was one Canadian player on the 1993 World Series Champion Toronto Blue Jays - Rob Butler.

    Stern will be on the Red Sox roster - at least to start this season.
  • Coinhusker1Coinhusker1 Posts: 3,560 ✭


    << <i>Stern will be on the Red Sox roster - at least to start this season. >>



    Cool. I think Stern is a former 'Husker as well. image

    If he can avoid getting picked off at first, he might make the team to fill in for the inevitable Trot Nixon injuries.
  • Writer11Writer11 Posts: 738 ✭
    Stern is a former Husker. Here is what I understand about him: He was a Rule 5 pick last year (Red Sox picked him up from the Braves). He was injured for the vast majority of last season (he only had 15 major league at bats). His injury time, I believe, does NOT count as service time with a major league club. So it's my understanding that the Red Sox have to keep Stern on their roster for what equates to a full major league season or they risk losing him.
  • ctsoxfanctsoxfan Posts: 6,246 ✭✭
    I didn't realize A-Rod was on the USA team. Oh well, better luck for us next year!
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