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July 31, 2010
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Danny Maciocia fired as Edmonton Eskimos GM
posted by tommybiden at 05:40 PM on July 31, 2010
I guess it's par for the course over there, but that North Korean story is still bizarre. To be honest, I was very impressed not just with the scoreline but with their play in the opening match against Brazil. The other two matches, however, left a little to be desired.
From the article: The broadcast of live games had been banned to avoid national embarrassment, but after the spirited 2-1 defeat to Brazil, state television made the Portugal game its first live sports broadcast ever.
Ouch. I guess they won't be doing that again any time soon.
On another note. Is that A-Rod clip for real? That is hysterical!
posted by bender at 08:55 AM on August 02, 2010
On another note. Is that A-Rod clip for real? That is hysterical!
Yeah, it's real, but it's old.
Number 50 on the Orioles this year is Frank Mata, and that's definitely not the name on the jersey in the clip, plus that looks like old Yankee Stadium.
There was no #50 in 2009, 2008, or 2007.
John Halama wore #50 in 2006, and he's left handed (as opposed to Eddy Rodriguez, who was right-handed and whose name is too big for that clip).
Doing a quick search of batter vs pitcher database on baseball-reference.com, I find that Halama faced ARod with the bases loaded, while the score was 4-1, in old Yankee Stadium, on April 23, 2006 (bottom of the 5th inning).
So that clip is more than 4 years old.
If you care, the next pitch was a ball, then ARod hit a sac fly to score a run.
posted by grum@work at 10:29 AM on August 02, 2010
Doing a quick search of batter vs pitcher database... If you care, the next pitch was a ball, then ARod hit a sac fly to score a run.
Holy crap!! That is fabulous!
posted by bender at 11:02 AM on August 02, 2010
Sabremetricious!
posted by rcade at 11:46 AM on August 02, 2010
North Korean World Cup squad makes a public appearance.