Saturday, August 21, 2004
Medal Field Set
The Olympic medal round field has been set with Australia trouncing the Netherlands, 22-2. There's one more round of preliminary games, that will determine the exact match-ups for the semi-final round, but Cuba and Japan will be at the top and Canada and Australia will be the lower seeds. With Australia's romp, a win over Taiwan will likely give it Cuba in the semis, which would leave Canada the daunting task of beating Japan to get to the gold medal round. It's single-elimination, and we might even get some games on the tube in North America. Both of the semis should be pretty decent games.
Australia have the advantage of being able to set its rotation to a degree -- since the Taiwan game is not a "must win" it can hold back its best pitcher for the semis. We may yet see Jeff Williams get his Olympic due.
posted by The Crank 1:52 PM
