A quick question for my fellow baseball fans: How the hell does the United States lose to Canada in baseball? Hockey, I understand. Curling, definitely. But when you have a roster made up of all-stars, all of them starters on their major-league teams, you shouldn't get beat by a team with a catcher named Max St. Pierre and an infielder named Stubby Clapp.
The only explanation I can come up with right now is that the U.S. team has too many New York Yankees on it. Other than that, I'm at a loss.
The game against South Africa tomorrow is now a must win. Who'da thunk it?
There are 3 former and 2 current Braves on that Canadian team - that's how they won.
Their roster still has a lot of major-leaguers. Granted, they all have funny accents and they probably all live in igloos or something...
Posted by: mchenrmd | March 09, 2006 at 10:51 AM
Don't sleep on Matt Stairs. Just imagine if Mark Teahen had accepted Canada's call....
Posted by: tito | March 09, 2006 at 11:25 AM
The same question was asked when our All-Star basketball team lost in the Olympics. "How could we lose to so-and-so??"
Either the US doesn't have as much of a lock on certain sports as they thought they did, or the major leaguers who play for these teams can't be bothered to play to their normal best when there aren't million dollar salaries and endorsement deals on the line.
Or, it's a combination of the two.
Posted by: Robin | March 09, 2006 at 12:38 PM
Baseball can be a crapshoot on a game-by-game basis - as evidenced by the Devil Rays beating the Yankees multiple times every year.
Posted by: mchenrmd | March 09, 2006 at 02:24 PM
Just think their national sport is La crosse!
Posted by: Steve Clackson | March 09, 2006 at 07:49 PM
I thought it was curling.
Posted by: Jeff | March 09, 2006 at 08:23 PM
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