Posted on 08/23/2008 6:56:45 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
South Korea surprises defending champion Cuba for baseball gold
South Korea finished Olympics with 9-0 record Cuba's only two losses in '08 Games came to S. Korea Bases loaded double play in ninth inning sealed win
BEIJING (AP) -- Campeones no more. There's a new champion in Olympic baseball: the surprising, gutsy South Koreans.
South Korea captured gold and capped a perfect and improbable Olympic run with the country's biggest win yet in international baseball, a 3-2 victory over defending champion Cuba on Saturday night in the final of the Beijing Games.
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Hurray for the South Koreans! Well done!
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!/Just Asking - seoul62.......
We must drop baseball and softball from the Olympics, because the U.S. win all the time. Oh,wait.
Excellent news! Way to go, S. Korea!
Cubans are not unbeatable. They lost to Japan in 2006 at the World Baseball Classic final. They lost to US in 2000 in Sydney.
Cubans had a chance to win in the 9th inning...Bases loaded, one out. Then the Korean catcher got ejected for arguing balls and strikes. The new catcher and pitcher got put in the game. The pitcher was a right-hander who throws the submarine style...The batter hits a ground ball...Then the double play...
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