Softball/Baseball (Dawn of the Dead) - 21 July-7 August

[DoyleG]

Two sports that were long dropped from the Olympics make a return.

Softball started on 21st July and played the first two rounds in Fukushima. The opening game of the baseball competition will be in Fukushima as well.

Softball format will be with a 6 team round-robin with the top 2 facing off for Gold while 3rd and 4th will play for Bronze

Current Standing
USA 3-0
Japan 3-0
Canada 2-1
Australia 1-2
Italy 0-3
Mexico 0-3

Baseball (Starting 28 July)
Group A: Japan, Mexico, Dominican Rep.
Group B: USA, Israel, South Korea

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[DoyleG]

Canada beats Mexico for the Bronze.

 

[Beech]

Softball on a baseball diamond

It looked ridicules!!!!

I don't care how much they tried to spin it. Japan has several baseball stadiums, you could not have dedicated one to softball. Removed all baseball markings, repainted for softball and made all the necessary adjustments.

It reminded so much of soccer/football in North America when they play it on an American football field and all the markings are left. Just ridicules. These are world class events and came off as amateurs.

No one is capable of thinking!!!!

 

[BMOK33]

This Japan win way way less shocking than 2008 when USA despite having lost to Japan 1 or 2 times before was markedly superior. Japan was the better team offensively and pitching wise all tourney and if conditions were not cool and damp today they win that game 5-0 instead of 2-0 as two HR balls stayed in by about 1 foot

 

[Cody Webster]

This Japan win way way less shocking than 2008 when USA despite having lost to Japan 1 or 2 times before was markedly superior. Japan was the better team offensively and pitching wise all tourney and if conditions were not cool and damp today they win that game 5-0 instead of 2-0 as two HR balls stayed in by about 1 foot

One left the park, it was just robbed on a great catch

 

[John Price]