the silver bullet.

Your eyes are not playing tricks on you, the US softball team lost the gold medal this morning in Beijing to Japan.
After being tested by Japan yesterday and just squeaking out a 4 to 1 extra-inning win, the American girls lost the gold medal game to the same Japanese team 3 to 1.
Now don’t get [...]

Were you crushed by the poor overall performance of the USA baseball team in the Olympics this year? Well don’t worry, because I garuntee there will not be a repeat performance by the team in the 2012 London Olympics, I’m 100% sure of it!!!
In 2005 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted on weather baseball should be admitted in the 2012 [...]

Time for the daily roundup. Don’t forget to read a great post by Shawn, “Spiking the Competition” posted yesterday.
BASEBALL: The US Team is off today and is preparing for a match up with China early tomorrow morning. Standings remain the Same. See below.
BASKETBALL: The US WOMEN took it to New Zealand this morning 96-60. [...]

Another Round of updates from Beijing.
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT A GREAT ARTICLE HERE ON THE BULLET: SPIKING THE COMPETITION by SHAWN CAMILLERI
(Also available below this post)
Let’s do the roundup:
BASEBALL: It’s a victory for TEAM USA! The R,W, and B beat our neighbors to the North 5-4 last night. Brian Barden went 2-for-5 with a [...]

UPDATES from BEIJING
BASEBALL: A marathon game between Cuba and the United States hands the Red, White and Blue their second loss. The defending Gold Medal winner Cubans scored two runs in the top of the 11th to win it. I still have not seen a baseball game on TV, It’s starting to piss me off. [...]

Okay, so we’ve got some new updates from across the globe.
Let’s start with
BASEBALL: Two rain delays left the game with a USA lead 7-0 into the bottom of the ninth. The excessive rain forced officials to call the game with the Netherlands rallying. Nevertheless, USA gets it’s first win of the tournament and is now [...]

The Santa Clara Bruins, behind skipper John Rahbar are right now preparing for their battle with N. Monterey County Condors, and their ace Melissa Decker.  The game will likely be focused around pitching and defense as the condors will march out their only starter and the Bruins, their consistent tosser in Sophomore Akemi Lagier.
Let’s break down the [...]

A close friend and skipper has found his way to the playoffs for the first time and it deserves mention here. The Santa Clara High School Bruins have stumbled, yet confidently into the CCS playoffs for Softball. Now, they are a ten seed, facing off against a seven seed, BUT they just may ave the [...]