Watching the Olympics

[Charles]

Japanese marathon runners train in the thin air of Colorado and at least some of the figure skaters train in the US, probably due, in part, to a lack of ice rinks in Japan.

And with the lack of ice rinks comes a lack of skating coaches.

[Greji]

And with the lack of ice rinks comes a lack of skating coaches.

It is more the latter. The same as swimming. They train in the US for the most part....

[Blah Pete]

And with the lack of ice rinks comes a lack of skating coaches.

Ice time in the US has to be a lot cheaper too.

[Behan]

With ice skating I don't know the reason, but Japan has a really big shortage of ice rinks. For example, in Chiba there is only one but we actually went a couple of years here with none.

[Catoneinutica]

[quote="GuyJean"]Very true. And the US can use the 'melting pot' explanation..

Except the pot won't accept the 'tired, poor, or huddled masses' now]

Truer words have never been spoken! Where's a God-fearing Republican business owner supposed to find a supply of poor, easily exploitable workers?

If only there were...I dunno, a large, heavily populated country to the south of the US. And then other heavily populated countries to the the south of that one!

-catone
-then you could pick up cheap laborers just by driving down to Home Depot!

[Behan]

They just did a pep talk interview of three announcers outside the stadium and they said the US pitcher was "taishita koto wa nai", so Japan still had a great chance. The inning started and the pitcher struck out the first two batters and grounded out the next to end the inning. Hmmmm.....

Japan just changed pitchers and brought Naruse instead of Darvish. The fans are going to give Hoshino more grief for that.

What an arrogant thing to say.

[Greji]

What an arrogant thing to say.

They also neglected to mention the fact that the Pitcher that the Elite Japanese Pros were facing from the US team was a college student, not a pro.

[Gilligan]

They also neglected to mention the fact that the Pitcher that the Elite Japanese Pros were facing from the US team was a college student, not a pro.

Just to set the record straight, the college pitcher was Stephen Strasburg, and he pitched 4 innings against Cuba the day before the US played Japan.

The pitcher who started (and pitched 7 innings) against Japan in the bronze medal game was Brett Anderson, who plays AA ball for the Midland Rock Hounds (Oakland A's affilliate).

[Behan]

Double A, and not even Triple A? I hope Hoshino knows that, too.

[Jack]

Any websites out there that has the photos of those gorgeous Chinese volunteers dressed in white during the opening ceremony and medal girls? I got a tell you, The Beijing Olympics were way over the top particularly the girls.

[Greji]

Just to set the record straight, the college pitcher was Stephen Strasburg, and he pitched 4 innings against Cuba the day before the US played Japan.

The pitcher who started (and pitched 7 innings) against Japan in the bronze medal game was Brett Anderson, who plays AA ball for the Midland Rock Hounds (Oakland A's affilliate).

Sorry about that Gil. Thanks for the correction, but to get even compels me to comment on the inclusion of Jake Arrieta on the team. He pitches for that flea bitten franchaise on the east coast that has been completely overshadowed by the Nationals.

[Gilligan]

Sorry about that Gil. Thanks for the correction, but to get even compels me to comment on the inclusion of Jake Arrieta on the team. He pitches for that flea bitten franchaise on the east coast that has been completely overshadowed by the Nationals.

Yes he does, and since you bring him up, it gives me a chance to mention that he was just named pitcher of the year in the Carolina League.

[Greji]

Yes he does, and since you bring him up, it gives me a chance to mention that he was just named pitcher of the year in the Carolina League.

Damn, I should've known I couldn't have gotten to you without you getting a commercial in.....

[Gilligan]

Damn, I should've known I couldn't have gotten to you without you getting a commercial in.....

[Behan]

[Gilligan]

[canman]

That must really suck though. The other guys got to stand on the podium and receive the medals and receive the cheers and adulation from the fans. What does Murofushi get, a fedex envelope with a bronze medal and a thank you. It's just not the same.

[IkemenTommy]

What does Murofushi get, a fedex envelope with a bronze medal and a thank you.

How ironic!


The wikipedia entry for Koji Alexander Murofushi says that his mother is a Romanian. I guess that explains his wicked FG look.

Murofushi's mother, Serafina Moritz, was a javelin thrower representing Romania.

[Greji]

[Mulboyne]

Bloomberg: Sunny Side Up Rides Kitajima's Waves on Share Listing

Sunny Side Up Inc. soared on its first trading day on Osaka's Hercules market as Olympic victories by star client Kosuke Kitajima helped the sports agent and promotional firm buck Japan's slumping market for new shares. The Tokyo-based company rose by its daily limit of 360 yen, or 13 percent, to 3,160 at the close of trading. Sunny Side Up sold 190,000 shares to investors at 2,800 yen each during its book-building process, raising 532 million yen. The company represents Japanese sports stars including Kitajima, who won two gold medals in breaststroke swimming events at the Beijing Olympics, setting a world record in the process. Hidetoshi Nakata, Japan's most famous soccer player, is a client as well as head of branding for the firm. "Our original business model was low risk and low return as a traditional press agency responding to queries, but we are transforming into a high-return business," Etsuko Tsugihara, the company's president, said at a press conference today. "Japan is a country with little in the way of natural resources, but is rich in talent. We want to take that talent and harness it into new branding opportunities"...more...

[GuyJean]

The Paralympic Opening Ceremony was also pretty impressive..

Looking forward to the 'Blade Runner'.


Coming in 2nd Against Regular Runners
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GJ

[pheyton]

The Paralympic Opening Ceremony was also pretty impressive..

Looking forward to the 'Blade Runner'.


Coming in 2nd Against Regular Runners
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GJ

Wow, that is pretty damn inspirational. On a side note, I would hate to see that guy charging down an ally at me. Terminator flashbacks.

[Mulboyne]

Wheelchair wipeout at 6:30

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From the BBC report:

...The International Paralympic Committee has ordered a re-run of Monday night's T54 womens's 5000m final after a dramatic crash on the penultimate lap. Six of the 11 athletes in the field were left felled with Britain's Shelly Woods going on to win silver behind Canada's Diane Roy in the Bird's Nest. Three countries protested against the result, and the athletes have been told to return their medals...The race drama unfolded just before the bell when Switzerland's Edith Hunkeler appeared to run into team-mate Sandra Graf and the ensuing chaos left the athletes, including Hunkeler, on the ground. However, with 50m to go, the remaining athletes were impeded by a judge rushing onto the track to aid the stricken athletes...

[Mulboyne]

[Buraku]

Paralympics close, ending China's Olympic party


The mask BS was always a political move, an attempt to wash out the Chicoms as a bunch of arrogant commies from a big dirty city just like the Lama religious BS which backfired.
Yes they do live in a big dirty city in Beijing and pollution is bad in China but they organized the games very well cleaning roads and shutting factories and rained like fuck during the olympics washing that dirt out of the air. The sad fact is pollution at the Los Angeles Games in 84 was worse, many athletes who came to America ended up in hospital with respiratory problems because Hell-A is so fucking dirty. Now as smoggy as LA was nobody went around wearing some big fucking mask because when your invited to someone's house for an event you happily take part and don't go sniffing around for their dirty laundry. I belive politics should be separate from sport but some morons make the mix inevitable shit keepings happening like when Iran and the US were drawn against each other in the quarter-final para olympic B-ball game, but the Iranian team coach rather than lose to a bunch of infidels forced them to quit the competition.

[Mike Oxlong]

[AssKissinger]