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In case you missed it the US national Team lost to Mexico in an olympic qualifying game.
The result: No US team for the 2004 Olympics.
We must really suck at baseball if we can't even make it to the olympics. Unbelievable.....And they wonder why fans don't care anymore. I guess if the MLB players don't care about American Baseball why should the fans.
A very sad day indeed!!!
Philliesfan980
11-08-2003, 06:23 AM
Originally posted by Taur
In case you missed it the US national Team lost to Mexico in an olympic qualifying game.
The result: No US team for the 2004 Olympics.
We must really suck at baseball if we can't even make it to the olympics. Unbelievable.....And they wonder why fans don't care anymore. I guess if the MLB players don't care about American Baseball why should the fans.
A very sad day indeed!!!
Although I'm a huge baseball fan, I really don't know too much about the US National team. Does it consist of minor league players? Or just college/amateur players? If its just college players, I could see how mexico might give them a run. Just wait until they play the guys in the dominican, that will be a blowout.
Philliesfan980
11-08-2003, 06:47 AM
Dola..
The fact that I just woke up and hadn't put in my contacts yet made me miss the fact that they weren't going to the olympics. Wow, this is tremendiously disappointing. During the last olympics, the US's trip to winning the gold metal was the main reason I watched the usually boring event. I guess there's no reason to watch them this time around, who wants to see the spoiled "dream team" stuggle against the quickly emerging european teams?
Balldog
11-08-2003, 07:01 AM
I'm pretty sure its college players.
JonInMiddleGA
11-08-2003, 07:14 AM
No college players, instead this roster was mostly minor league prospects with a few former major leaguers like Mike Lamb & Ernie Young (Roger Clemens was rumored to have been considering the Olympics), and a few young major leaguers like Horacio Ramirez of Atlanta made up the roster.
Whatever the roster, losing to a team that hadn't won a game in the tournament and who was playing only because the Bahamian team forfeited the game by not bothering to show up for it, well, that is indeed a "shock and a disgrace", just as former manager Tommy Lasorda said.
lynchjm24
11-08-2003, 08:44 AM
Originally posted by Taur
In case you missed it the US national Team lost to Mexico in an olympic qualifying game.
The result: No US team for the 2004 Olympics.
We must really suck at baseball if we can't even make it to the olympics. Unbelievable.....And they wonder why fans don't care anymore. I guess if the MLB players don't care about American Baseball why should the fans.
A very sad day indeed!!!
What the hell are you talking about?
Get a clue. It's Olympic baseball, if anyone cared Ernie Young wouldn't be there.
Ksyrup
11-08-2003, 08:58 PM
Who the hell cares. I don't give two shits about how the US fares in an international competition. Same thing with basketball and hockey. I want to watch the professional leagues, not a thrown-together-at-the-last-minute "team" representing our country. Unlike most other countries, we don't measure our value based on beating the "great satan" countries in sporting events. In order to compete with these countries, we'd have to devote more money and take our best players and keep them out of college and professional leagues to make a true team worthy of competing. I don't think the trade-off is worth it.
The only bad thing about this is that it might actually step up efforts to get MLB players into international tournaments (which is already getting serious consideration), and that would be a bad thing. If they do anything like the NHL did in stopping their season to allow players to play in the olympics, I will be mightily pissed.
How un-American of you. The Olympics Give Americans a chance to unite and root for their country.
I truly hope you don't consider yourself an American Kysrup. You have to Root, Root, Root for the home team.
LOL Go home you pinko-commie-bastard
MrBug708
11-08-2003, 10:11 PM
I wouldnt want to go to Athens. 3 bombings last week that was aimed at the US
Chief Rum
11-08-2003, 10:15 PM
Originally posted by MrBug708
I wouldnt want to go to Athens. 3 bombings last week that was aimed at the US
I think the terrorists need to improve their aim.
CR
MrBug708
11-08-2003, 10:31 PM
lol...they were set off in Greece to warn America
Schmidty
11-08-2003, 11:43 PM
Losing in baseball, is like losing in NASCAR.
Who the hell cares?
How many people can I piss off in one post?
MrBug708
11-08-2003, 11:53 PM
Not all of us are Tigers fans and used to it.
*ducks the incoming Royals joke*
SackAttack
11-09-2003, 12:18 AM
For what it's worth, the US was 3-0 in pool play, while Mexico went 0-3 and advanced only because the Bahamas' national team forfeited by failing to show up for their game.
Yet, the US, with a 3-1 record, is going home, while Mexico, with a 1-3 record, is one win away from the Olympics.
What's the bigger shame? The US' loss, or the fact that an Olympic representative doesn't even deserve to be there?
Ksyrup
11-09-2003, 09:44 AM
Originally posted by Taur
How un-American of you. The Olympics Give Americans a chance to unite and root for their country.
I truly hope you don't consider yourself an American Kysrup. You have to Root, Root, Root for the home team.
LOL Go home you pinko-commie-bastard
Yeah, I really don't consider myself an American because I think international sporting events are a waste of time. :rolleyes: I'll root for my country in dealing with terrorism, you can root for Kobe to put 50 points up on Lithuania. Enjoy.
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