the top of the 9th when China hit a homerun, but it was short-lived as
that would be their only run of the game. Half the crowd had already
left by then.
Sadly, this will be the last time Baseball and Softball are played in
the Olympics. They will be replaced in 2012 in London by two new
sports. I think the rationale was that Olympics Baseball is not
representative of the world's best athletes because all the MLB pros
are still playing out their seasons in the All-Star playoffs or
whatnot.
And since there is no professional league in China, the Chinese
national baseball team will be disbanded after these Olympic Games.
Sad :(
Tomorrow morning, we will step inside the Bird's Nest for the first
time for Athletics (Track and field). We'll see a few finals events
and post about those tomorrow.
For those of you following the gold medal aspirations of China's 110m
hurdle star, Liu Xiang, you will disappointed to know that he withdrew
with an Achilles tendon and hamstring injury seconds before the final
race. Apparently the hamstring injury from May was supposed to be
healed, but the Achilles has been a chronically recurring problem.
When Liu Xiang took his place on the blocks, he was grimacing in pain.
There was a false start and he limped back to the blocks. He withdrew
minutes later - to the disappointment of probably every Chinese fan in
the stadium. This event was THE hottest ticket as the expectations of
an entire nation were on him to repeat his Athens gold. At the press
conference later in the day, his coach cried as he explained how
difficult a situation it was. :(
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