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Put simply the pros didn't show. They play for money, not for patriotism obviously. Clearly America cannot claim to be the no. 1 baseball team now that they've lost the Olympics. Noshowers are included in the assessment. If a lack of patriotism meant a team played badly and lost no-one would be saying "ah but if they played their best they'd have one". They did play their unmotivated best. Why different for no-shows? |
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08-15-2004, 08:14 AM | #13 | |
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Regardless, if he's innocent, and genuinely had a good day, it shows how far the games have sunk, if the first thing people think is "drugs". He had a neck like a bull too. Looked like a weightlifter, not a sprinter. Like Ben Johnson did. |
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Put simply the pros didn't show. They play for money, not for patriotism obviously. Clearly America cannot claim to be the no. 1 baseball team now that they've lost the Olympics. Noshowers are included in the assessment. If a lack of patriotism meant a team played badly and lost no-one would be saying "ah but if they played their best they'd have one". They did play their unmotivated best. Why different for no-shows? [/QUOTE]To the best of my knowledge Cuba has always been the no1 baseball nation, not USA
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08-17-2004, 09:24 AM | #15 |
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Pah, I agree Donut.
I've no interest in the olympics at all. But when you talk about the US Baseball team, is it currently US Baseball season over there now? Cos maybe they just prefer to play for their club? Man Utd have lost two class players to the Olympics at the start of the season and im gutted. So pah.
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It'd be a lot more sensible if pros didn't play in the Olympics at all. I liked it better that way.
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08-18-2004, 11:39 PM | #17 |
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Well well. He quit, rather than be sacked. CHEAT!
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08-19-2004, 08:00 AM | #18 |
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Well im not normally interested in the Olymics, but when I heard this morning about the guy that threw a shotput 22m! and then got fouled, I started to watch some of the events. Some of the people there are amazing!
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08-19-2004, 08:27 AM | #19 |
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Sports Illustrated mentions that five lifters were banned as well for failing drug tests.
SI.com For the sake of the argument that has turned its attention to what the US is doing wrong, at least they were not in this line-up. [ 08-19-2004, 08:28 AM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]
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I should hope not Larry . Weighlifting is not something you see much of in the US because the big money is in power-lifting which as a non-olympic sport and doesn't have such strict guidelines against chemical substances.
[ 08-19-2004, 08:41 AM: Message edited by: Davros ]
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