Novocastrian

Canada 8 United States of Merca 6

Rejoice!!

oceanMDX

Yes!!

The Merikins got beat.

iaink

So canadas men may suck at hockey, but at least willmore can rejoice in this.

Kind of surprising she hasnt been cheerleading

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/othe...ll/4789016.stm

Novocastrian

"In pulling off the huge upset against the monstrously talented, but obnoxiously cocky Americans, Whitt's plucky Canadians have already satisfied our national psyche." --Richard Griffin in today's Star.

G'wan, tell us what you really think.

andy_sheila

Just praying for a Mexican win against Canada then it's "close the door on your way out" yanks

Novocastrian

Don't think so A_S. I'm not sure of the tie-break rules but I heard that if Canada lose by more than 2-0 then the Mexicans and the Murkins go through.

andy_sheila

If Mexico beat the Canadians 1-0, 2-0 or 2-1 then both would own a tiebreak edge and the US team would be eliminated.

Novocastrian

Yeabut. If Canada win we're through whatever. Shirley that's more important. If the cry-baby merkins get their collective asses kicked out so soon, then you can be completely sure that this will be the first and last world baseball thingy.

Novocastrian

Mexico 4 Canada 0 after a half inning. I guess the tie break rules are fairly moot at this point.

GO CANADA

eferreira

Is Ontario the only place where Canadians play Baseball?
Or... are there amateur leagues in the other provinces?

Novocastrian

Toronto's Blue Jays are the only MLB franchise in Canada (since the Montreal Expos relocated to Washington DC 2 years ago). There are several A & AA franchises (farm clubs) in other Canadian cities as well as many semi-pro and amateur leagues all over the place (except Iqualuit).

willmore

Not a big baseball fan - but just wait for the world hockey championships starting in may

and by the way....only the canadian men suck at hockey!

Steve_P

The timing of this tournament sucks big time in my opinion.

They are not necessarily going to have the best players from any of the countries there. The NHL playoffs will be in full swing by then and the best teams with one has to assume the best players will still be playing for the Stanley Cup. There will be some good players there but not all by any stretch of the imagination.

Cheers
Steve

P.S. Are you implying that the men are gay when you say the suck at hockey.
Sorry couldn't resist, I'll crawl back into my cave now.

willmore

You're right - especially it being an olympic year - should have been cancelled till next year like the girls was!

Maybe canada will actually have a chance then with all the teams being equally as bad or will that make it even harder for the boys to actually play hockey?