- May 29, 2015
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I am surprised nobody has brought this up yet ... OLYMPIC SOFTBALL!!!!
Japan vs. Australia is airing right now on NBC Sports. USA vs. Italy will be on at 10:00(CST).
I'm glad the diamond sports are back, but it looks like they hopped in a time machine back to the 1980s. We know shorts are a part of the international game (Japan is wearing them) ... and there is something about the way some of the Australian players are wearing hats under their helmets that look like it is hand-me-down baseball gear from their big brothers ... but the field, OY. They set up a temp field on a baseball field. They cut a square section of turf up for the pitching area. There is temporary netting for the backstop and all the way down past the dugouts ... which are free floating benches behind the temp fence ...
I feel like I am going to have to get in the car and drive down to the gas station just to use the bathroom!
Honestly, it is pretty shameful for a presentation of games on a stage like the Olympics. It's what I would expect at a weekend youth tournament playing at a baseball facility.
OK, enough complaining ... it really is GREAT to have you back!
Japan vs. Australia is airing right now on NBC Sports. USA vs. Italy will be on at 10:00(CST).
I'm glad the diamond sports are back, but it looks like they hopped in a time machine back to the 1980s. We know shorts are a part of the international game (Japan is wearing them) ... and there is something about the way some of the Australian players are wearing hats under their helmets that look like it is hand-me-down baseball gear from their big brothers ... but the field, OY. They set up a temp field on a baseball field. They cut a square section of turf up for the pitching area. There is temporary netting for the backstop and all the way down past the dugouts ... which are free floating benches behind the temp fence ...
I feel like I am going to have to get in the car and drive down to the gas station just to use the bathroom!
Honestly, it is pretty shameful for a presentation of games on a stage like the Olympics. It's what I would expect at a weekend youth tournament playing at a baseball facility.
OK, enough complaining ... it really is GREAT to have you back!
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