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Did you really mute Steve Stone?

I just hit the pitcher 16 times but didn't hit a single home run. I don't think I'm going to play again.

I don't buy that. Neill slid well before Grosso even touched the ball sideways. Then he touched it and let himself fall over Neill, who again was there before he changed his dribble, instead of following the ball. There was another defender coming towards the side dribble, so it's not like he was alone with the keeper if he doesn't fall. Like USS said with regards to the US-Ghana PK, you're essentially saying he had a clear go at goal without the "foul". That's not true in this case, it was a bad call. All that said, in the brief replay I saw of the red card, that didn't look like a red. I could care less if Neill had been shot and was writhing on the ground in pain, the fact remains that Neill impeded the progress of Grosso. It's highly likely that Grosso would have had a decent chance at goal or could have passed to a teammate that had a decent shot at goal. Neill prevented that from happening. It doesn't matter in the least whether the foul was accidental or on purpose - the referee dealt with that by not handing out a card which he likely would have had Neill pulled him down - a foul occurred on the play. And please, don't use the US-Ghana PK as a corollary because absolutely no foul occured in that game. Sure, Grosso likely embellished the play a bit but there have been hundreds of more pathetic dives with less contact than this play in the World Cup this year. A foul, albeit not a bad one, occured on that play and the referee definately made the correct call. That being said, it's too bad for Australia that the game had to end like that but I can't say I feel sorry for them. They played up a man for the whole second half and couldn't break through.

Why did he have to? Because futbol would fail to exist without pansy boys flopping and getting calls? Because he got fouled. It wasn't an intentional foul but Grosso tripped over Neill. I'll give you that Grosso sold it and may have tried to trip over Neill but the fact remains that he tripped and Neill preventened, albeit unintentionally, a shot at goal. It's not like Grosso jumped over Neill and went down. There was contact and Grosso sold it well. The referee had no choice but to call it. A foul or infraction doesn't have to be intentional to get called.

Wow. Unbelievalbe penalty kick call for Italy. The referee had to call that foul. Totti to win the game and send Italy to the quarterfinals... GOAL!! WOW.

I need somebody to score in this game. I have to be at work at 1030 (Pacific Time). I'll probably have time to watch the overtime if the game goes that far but definately won't be able to watch the penalty kicks.

Totti in for Del Piero.

And the red card comes again. Not sure about that one though. It was late but it wasn't horrible. Yellow card worthy. BTW, as I type this Marcelo Balboa confirms it so I must be right. Italy now down to 10 men.

Can we find out what Koby Clemens was thinking when the manager went over and took second base?

I don't think Guillen would be pronouncing "Cardinals" correctly. He'd prolly be calling them, what he call Jay Mariotti. That's what a couple of the "(bleeps)" were for. Also, the statement has been translated into English from Ozzie-speak.

<-- leaves to find the nearest cliff.

Bingo.

Take me out to the baaall game. Take me out with the crooowd. Dusty I have someTHING to tell you. I don't care if you E-ver come back Cause you're FIRED, FIRED FIRED FIRE Fiiiii-ered. If you don't leave now it's a shAAAAme. Cause it's ONE, TWO, THREE strikes your OUT At the oooooll, baaaaaall, gaaaaaaAAAAAAAAA-a-a-a-ME!!!! Awesome.

The Aussies are playing fairly well today. I would love nothing more than to see them upset Italy. AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!! OY OY OY!!

Jim Duquette made the deal. He's now with Baltimore. Well does Baltimore have any good prospects we could trade for?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38053000/jpg/_38053615_riv300.jpg Is that a picture of Rivaldo when he took the dive in 2002? IIRC he got hit in the leg/thigh with the ball and fell down in a heap and grabbed his face.

They'll do it during the seventh inning stretch. Hendry will announce that he will be the guest singer of "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" and at the end of the song instead of saying 'Let's get some runs!!', Hendry will say 'Dusty, YOU'RE FIRED!!' and Wrigley will erupt.

This just in, as a response to the accusations of cheating by the Cardinals, the White Sox have just accused the Cardinals of sucking. When reached for comment, Ozzie Guillen could only respond with "(bleep) (bleep) Cardinals (bleep) (bleep) (bleep) Tony LaRussa. (Bleep) (bleep) cheating (bleep) (bleep) Cardinals (bleep) (bleep) (bleep) (bleep) suck (bleep). (Bleep) (bleep)."

The Cubs are good at sucking and losing.

Chip and Stone were great but I don't mind Len and Bob at all. As for Bob being manager of this team, I would be surprised if he wanted the job. I sure wouldn't.

Not only did he get a hit, but he got an RBI on the play as well.

I would believe Nolan Ryan hitting 103. The others, I'm not so sure about. Why? Cause he doesn't play right now? Because Nolan Ryan was a notorious hard thrower. I didn't say the others can't do it or didn't do it. I just said I put more faith in Ryan than the others.

It looks like FIFA is actually blaming the referee's for the match. I'm going to have to watch a replay of this game sometime. My dad has it on TIVO so when I go home next weekend I'll have to watch it because I know World Cup Live won't do it justice. It sounds like the referee absolutely butchered this match. I hope this makes FIFA wake up to what's been going on but they'll probably just consider this game as an anomaly and won't do much of anything.

DLEE WELCOME BACK!!

I agree with him in that regard. I think the referees have, for the most part, been way too quick to hand out yellow cards. Some cards are warranted and necessary but the referee must look at the context of the game before handing out a yellow card. For anybody that watched, the referee for the Brazil-Japan match was excellent. Also, even though he handed out 6 yellow cards, the ref for the Argentina-Mexico match was excellent as well. The referees aren't supposed to be noticed on the field but they have become the story of the World Cup. I don't necessarily think that the referee needs to talk to every player but they don't need to hand out yellow cards like they are going out of style. I agree with he was saying but he makes the point of saying it in numerous times in every single broadcast. Its a valid point but he's beating a dead horse. True. It makes me want to say 'Hey, Marcelo. We get it already. We understood the first 10 times you said it during this broadcast."