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Nice run from de Grasse to finally get Gold.
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games Thread 🔥🥇🥈🥉
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Yea it's crazy to see when it's usually the opposite for most sprinters. Had a good example of that contrast with his teammate Brown who had a hell of a start up until the corner and final stretch where he faded away while De Grasse upped his gear.
Doesn't always have the strongest starts but he finishes stronger down the stretch than anyone.
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Happy for de Grasse man
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Damn didn't realize Brown, Rai Benjamin and De Grasse all ran for USC 
Allyson Felix did too, program is stacked
Allyson Felix did too, program is stacked
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Birchmount Park C.I.Damn didn't realize Brown, Bednarek and De Grasse all ran for USC
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got damn japan unloaded there just missed a grand slam
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got damn imagine giving up a 3 run double in a tie game and your name is Go Woosuk...
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Cant wait to see how knighton develops
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Related to this, I just remembered that it wasn't that long ago that Piers Morgan walked off a live TV broadcast and then quit his job becasue a co-worker called him out for being an ******* about Meghan Markle. The nerve at this dude to go at Simone for being a "quitter"
Hypocrite d-bags might be the worst kind of d-bags.
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Related to this, I just remembered that it wasn't that long ago that Piers Morgan walked off a live TV broadcast and then quit his job becasue a co-worker called him out for being an ******* about Meghan Markle. The nerve at this dude to go at Simone for being a "quitter"
This a married man
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Baseball has been popular there for a long time, they actually have the 2nd best league in the world behind the MLB with the NPB, i'm not a baseball fan but my friends that are tell me NPB would be a higher level than minor leagues
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Allyson committed to USC but ended up changing her mind and turned pro straight outa HS
Damn didn't realize Brown, Rai Benjamin and De Grasse all ran for USC
Allyson Felix did too, program is stacked
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Adding on to this, Baseball is Japans most popular sport and has been played there professionally since the 1920s. MLB has been getting a steady influx of Japanese players every year since Hideo Nomo in the 90s so it’s not too crazy to think that the Japanese national team should be able to compete on a world stage.
culturally, the high school baseball tournament that happens every year is like the Super Bowl of Japan. It’s where dudes like Daisuke Matsuzaka become legends. I would love to go and attend someday.
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^^^
Also for the folks saying "Well, the best US players aren't in the Olympics because MLB..." it goes the same for Japan as well (Ohtani, Darvish, etc). That's why I've always believed the WBC is an underrated event and MLB has been sluffin in promoting it. The full Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Japan teams are CRAZY. The level and electricity of international team sports > domestic, with the exception maybe being the NBA.
Also for the folks saying "Well, the best US players aren't in the Olympics because MLB..." it goes the same for Japan as well (Ohtani, Darvish, etc). That's why I've always believed the WBC is an underrated event and MLB has been sluffin in promoting it. The full Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Japan teams are CRAZY. The level and electricity of international team sports > domestic, with the exception maybe being the NBA.
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The WBC should be the "World Series".
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Facts. Advertising for the '23 WBC Finals should be nothing short of: "The Real World Series."
Japan beat S. Korea earlier, so it looks like the US will have to play the KBO All Stars tomorrow in the Semi-Finals. Keeping an eye on 22-year-old Lee Jung-hoo, who has been showing that he likely could hit in any damn league in the world.
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It would be dope if the MLB could pause for a few weeks to allow players to play in the WBC. I know it will never happen but if we hadguys like Trout, Ohtani, Vladdy jr playing in the tourney, I would be glued to my tv
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Japanese baseball league is official. Real deal. My regret was not being able to score tickets to a Tokyo Giants game when i was there. The atmosphere at their games looks crazy, and their concession stands are wild.
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IIRC, the NPB falls right between Triple A and the Majors.
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This is the guy who helped that Belarus sprinter's husband escape to Ukraine
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Wow. belarus is savage. Also the second line says the police are treating the murder as suspicious. I would hope they treat all murders that way.
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Ingrid Oliveira, the olympic diver from Brazil, she might have missed the 10m finals but sheeeshhh 
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Is the game tonight on actual TV or peacock????
