2000 Olympics: USA Baseball Wins the Gold!

[wolfthunder333]

hey number 16 Doug Mientkiewicz

[spongermon]

they should call it BORINGBALL

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[GustavoCLa]

Americans, how can you expect the world to swallow baseball in the Olympics if the best players can't play? In the Olympics the best should compete. If you want baseball back ask MLB to stop the season during the Olympics. Many sports fighting for the right to be olympic, no chance for these that waste it. In men's soccer the best also don't play, but you know, soccer is soccer.

[Canadacup09]

@GustavoCLa agreed

[elcubanito1700]

for those who say baseball is boring, most likey y'all sucked and never gotten picked on team. Baseball is one the greatest sport ever, its a sport of comradely b/c its takes 9 guys to win a game not 1.

[GustavoCLa]

@elcubanito1700 I'm not really into baseball isn't the pitcher 50% of a team? At least for us laymans that's what looks like.

[elcubanito1700]

@GustavoCLa no the pitcher isn't 50% of the team just b/c the pitcher has the ball majority of doesn't make him the half of the team. without a good infield and outfield a pitcher isn't really much anything. see baseball is a team sport you need nine guys to win not one.

[GustavoCLa]

@elcubanito1700 As I said I'm not much into baseball. In my country baseball barely exists. But I've seen a few matches in the Olympics and in the Classics. Sometimes the pitches would eliminate his adversaries for 3 innings in a row. Sometimes he would give a home run to the adversary by making a bad throw. If not 50%, it seems that he is much more important than the remaining players individually.

[jtdiver]

Just watched "Sydney 2000 Olympics: Bud Greenspan's Gold from Down Under" which had a great feature on Team USA's unlikely run to gold in 2000. Highly recommended 5-star sports documentary which shows great chemistry between Coach Lasorda and Ben Sheets, Mientkiewicz's late-inning heroics, Cuba's dominance and political rivalry, etc. Afterwards got online, did a search on it and this video came up first... gotta love YouTube. thanks for posting @spinfly.

[Salvaje41]

Dile a tu dueño Fidel Castro ( o mejor dicho ) a la momia TU-TAN-CAGON que haga en cuaquier pais de indios lo que ha hecho en cuba , para que veas como tiene que irse con su cagalera para casa del coño de su madre , o mejor dicho , para Cuba , el pais de las focas , si , FOCAS que lo unico que hacen es aplaudir como focas cada vez que a el le da por caerles a patadas por el culo , pendejos de mierda , aguantones , no hay un solo indio que sea esclavo hoy en ninguna parte del mundo , CHIVATOS !!

[Salvaje41]

En cuanto a mi , que me llamen cualquier cosa , Indio , o lo que sea , ser indio ( y yo no lo soy ) hasta en cuba es motivo de orgullo , Hatuey fue indio y es considerado un heroe en cuba , de los indios se ha escrito muchas cosas buenas , se enfrentaron a los colonizadores en todos los paises y mucho se ha hablado de su valor , en cuanto a ustedes los cubanos se les conoce por covardes , chivatos , sumisos , rendidores , pingueros,nadie en el mundo aguantaria 51 años de dictadura , PENDEJOS !!

[Salvaje41]

Si "Fenomeno" jajaja , el unico fenomeno que tu conoces es el culo tuyo , de verdad que es un fenomeno soportar una morronga 51 años seguidos y todabia pedir mas pinga , y no , no soy indio , y si lo fuera , ese no es motivo para avergonzarme , lo que si es una verguenza es que en pleno siglo 21 haya todabia esclavos y gente tan pendeja como tu que soportan callados tanta opresion , de verdad es un fenomeno saber que cubanos sea sinonimo de esclavo , pendejo y chivato , QUE VERGUENZA POR DIOS !!

[Salvaje41]

Arriba USA !!!!!!!! , le dieron duro a los comunistas de pinga esos jajajajajaja , se dice que desde ese momento le comenzaron las cagaleras a fidel castro jajajajajajajaja

[jared23brewer]

thumbs up if u love baseball

[sgsfdgfsdfsdfsddf]

seems baseball was eliminated because people dint like USA... Im ussually not one to say stuff like that but... look at the shit the Olympics has

Rowing? who watches that?

100meter? who watches that?

Swimming? who watches that?

[elcubanito1700]

@sgsfdgfsdfsdfsddf what about bmx, sure I like bmx and even did it as a kid but its not an olympic sport in my opinon

[MrChicagoblackhawks]

Who cares about golf, rugby is cool but why did they eliminate baseball? Very dumb I think.

[scrfce454]

I'm pissed that they eliminated baseball from the 2012 olympics

[jb26508]

Baseball and Softball. From 2012 and 2016 and are going to reinstate Squash, Golf, Rugby lol a bunch of other thing. Roller sport such as roller skating racing and roller skating lol cant w8 4 the reaction of the world

[scrfce454]

i heard they were just doing rugby and golf

[jb26508]

I looked it up but still Rugby and Golf over Baseball i dont think so

[pg86]

@jb26508 Wait are they really gonna add Rollerblading!?

[AlucardZero]

@scrfce454 Only like 4 countries play it. I'm glad it's gone. It takes too long (3 hours per game??) and theres almost no competition in it. And the USA is the only country that "really" plays baseball.

[scrfce454]

@AlucardZero Actually most south American and Asian countries play it and what do you mean by no competition? the u.s only won the gold once. And why do people always complain about how long the game takes?

[Alex24xx925]

@scrfce454 people dont have the attention span now a days to watch or listen to a game. espically teenagers. i mean im 17 and i watch baseball every night when i come home from practice. people say its boring, too slow or no excitment, but baseball is much more than scoring and highlight plays, even though its a big part of the game

[scrfce454]

@Alex24xx925 I agree i watch baseball almost every night and its my favorite sport to watch and play. And its not boring if you have a team that you root for and watch their games. I never understand how people who like soccer can say that baseball is boring.

[GustavoCLa]

@scrfce454 Ha, comparing baseball and soccer in boringness? What about this: In soccer 65% of the time of play is with the ball moving, in baseball 5%? 2 minutes of waiting, 5 seconds of action!, 2 minutes of waiting, 10 seconds of action!, this is baseball.

[GustavoCLa]

@scrfce454 Actually in South America baseball is only played in Colombia and Venezuela. In the rest of South America it barely exists. Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Mexico, Puerto Rico NOT in South America. And yes, 3 hours for a game is too much.

[rokimbolo]

@AlucardZero You are kidding rigth?

[elcubanito1700]

@AlucardZero are you kidding baseball popularity has grown over last 10 yrs. especially in europe the mlb has open so many clinics in europe, asia, and latin america and if you don't believe me check out ibaf.org. as for competition other courties have gotten better a lot better and some them can even hang the big boys like Cuba & USA. also just b/c you do not like the sport of baseball doesn't mean its ok to blash sport that many of us love and play you wouldn't like us to blash your fav sport

[elcubanito1700]

@scrfce454 me too instead they aded bmx to the olympics wtf

[Alex24xx925]

A's Got Sheets!!!!!!!

[iamhungey12345]

Too bad Sheets is injury-prone, when healthy...

[TheDrJD]

@iamhungey12345 i pitch like him an there is a lot of stran on he elbow then he pitches so yeah

[aeroedge91]

Baseball?

[redcliffepadres]

You won't believe me, but I have a foul ball from the USA in this game. Fouled off on the Sydney logo

[spinfly]

Wow, amazing you found this so quickly. Just put it up a couple of days ago...

[redcliffepadres]

It was a great game, atmosphere was very good for baseball in Australia. Mind you, I was only 10 at the time =]