2008 Summer Olympics

[Kyo]

i wasnt trying to get in your pants but thanks for the pointers '-'*)b

[Aksannyi]

Hehe.

Never can resist the opportunity to make a dig at myself.

[fren.]

Ok with a little research it wasnt MLB players at all, it was A-AAA. None which curently are promininet or even playing in the MLB currently.


P Brett Anderson February 1, 1988 Midland RockHounds (AA)
P Jake Arrieta March 6, 1986 Frederick Keys (A)
IF Brian Barden April 2, 1981 Memphis Redbirds (AAA)
IF Matthew Brown August 8, 1982 Salt Lake Bees (AAA)
P Trevor Cahill March 1, 1988 Midland RockHounds (AA)
P Jeremy Cummings November 7, 1976 Durham Bulls (AAA)
IF Jason Donald September 4, 1984 Reading Phillies (AA)
P Brian Duensing February 22, 1983 Rochester Red Wings (AAA)
OF Dexter Fowler March 22, 1986 Tulsa Drillers (AA)
OF John Gall April 2, 1978 Albuquerque Isotopes (AAA)
IF Mike Hessman March 5, 1978 Toledo Mud Hens (AAA)
P Kevin Jepsen July 26, 1984 Salt Lake Bees (AAA)
P Brandon Knight October 1, 1975 New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA)
P Mike Koplove August 30, 1976 Las Vegas 51s (AAA)
OF Matthew LaPorta January 8, 1985 Akron Aeros (AA)
C Louis Marson June 26, 1986 Reading Phillies (AA)
P Blaine Neal April 6, 1978 Toledo Mud Hens (AAA)
IF Jayson Nix August 26, 1982 Colorado Springs Sky Sox (AAA)
OF Nate Schierholtz February 15, 1984 Fresno Grizzlies (AAA)
P Jeff Stevens September 5, 1983 Buffalo Bisons (AAA)
P Stephen Strasburg July 20, 1988 San Diego State University
C Taylor Teagarden December 21, 1983 Oklahoma RedHawks (AAA)
IF Terry Tiffee April 21, 1979 Las Vegas 51s (AAA)
P Casey Weathers June 10, 1985 Tulsa Drillers (AA)



Thats their entire roster.

Fowler, LaPorta, Strasburg (#1 pick next year) and Teagarden aren't too shabby. Most teams didn't send out their top prospects due to health risks and you sure as fuck aren't getting any of the premium pitching prospects. In terms of MLB talent; I think it'll be USA > DR > Japan > Cuba

Off the top of my head the premium players from DR are;

Manny
Hanley
Jose Reyes
Cano
Vlad Guerrero
David Ortiz
Pujols
Soriano

..and zero in terms of starters, unless you wanna roll with Volquez.

USA is loaded:
Hitters
ARod
Jeter
Utley
Wright
Howard
Holliday
Braun
Fielder
Longoria
Texiera
Sizemore
Morneau
Mauer
Hamilton

Pitchers
Halladay
Sabathia
Harden
Beckett
Chamberlain
Lincecum
Webb

Missing some obviously and half of these might not even play (Longoria/Lincecum/Joba) but that's A LOT to choose from. It would be a slaughter, the only thing that would be a concern is injuries in the heat of a pennant race. Japan might be a wild card though, those fuckers are sneaky with their fundamental bullshit.

[Kyo]

I like Brian Mcann over mauer(yes Im a braves fan) as well as chipper jones has to be there too. Dan uggla as well, just to name a few, but I totaly agree, the agruement however was that MLB players played in the game, when they didnt. I'd add cole hamels amd john lester to picthers as well.

[Akiyama]

She'd probably like my cake.

[Kang]

Arrgh. Mike Brown came so close to winning Canada's first medal in the 200 Breast stroke but finished a tenth of a second behind the third place swimmer.

As far as softball goes, bring it on Kyo lol.

I just read that CBC isn;t even going to show it live, their gonna broadcast it tomorrow at 6pm. Fucking gay. They're gonna show gymnastics instead of softball. I was already tired of gymnastics after the first day. Guess I'll have to stream the game.

[Tyche]

I'm going to a theme park tomorrow, but I'm going to tough it out and watch softball tonight unless it gets out of hand early. Then I'm waking up to see the US spank Greece. God I'm going to be so fucking tired tomorrow.

[Plow]

Nastia Liukin is definitely the best looking one on the team. I wasn't sure about her at first, but after seeing her on the uneven bars and balance beam, I couldn't get enough of her good looks.

What's really cool to me is that what makes Nastia hot is really the fact that she's *so* damn good. (especially on bars and beam)


The smoothness of her work, the way she's so perfectly straightened on the handstands, when she's swinging her legs are like a perfect quarter inch apart, when her legs are extended they're perfectly straight, etc., it all adds up to absolutely beautiful gymnastics, which looks, well, beautiful.


That and the fact that she pretty much has the best ass in the history of mankind.

And the only other people they're showing are the other Americans, who look like men (lol @ tiny shawn johnson's massive pro wrestler shoulders and half inch neck), and the chinese girls who are either ass ugly or 8 years old.

[Akiyama]

If you're going to insult the others, don't forget Nastia's huge like xbox forehead. Seriously, I could eat dinner off that thing.

Oh wow, japanese guy took a horrible fall there.

[Kang]

You Americans may be lucky because Canada's best pitcher isn't playing. We'll see how this goes.

[Tyche]

I thought he ripped out his rotator. Hope he's alright.

[Tyche]

And let's not make excuses for losing before the game even starts. I don't think our best pitcher played the first game and a no-no was still thrown

[Akiyama]

Yeah, guy really landed hard too.

[Kang]

I'm watching it streamed with no commentators. Why is the umpire and the U.S. coach gathered on the mound with the pitcher for?

[Tyche]

oh noes, were losing!

[Akiyama]

OSNAP CANADA 1 USA 0 USA OVERRATED LULZ


k. I'm done.

[Kang]

Sweet, 1-0 Canada

[Tyche]

2 runs in 12 years. I'm worried

[Kang]

Lol, it starts with one run , then next thing you know you don't win a medal...Okay maybe that's a stretch

[Penthesilea]

i know you all are diggin on Shawn Jackson, but this chick is really pretty

http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/...bio/index.html