Ryu Hyun-jin went the distance, scattering five hits and striking out six on the way to a 1-0 shutout of Canada (box here). The win puts Korea atop the standings with Cuba*, setting up a crucial Saturday night matchup with arch rivals Japan.
Korea’s lone run came on a 3rd inning home run off the bat [...]

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Both Cuba and China won in the magical, whimsical 11th inning, where games become games unto themselves. Cuba’s Michel Enriquez smacked a two-run double off two-time loser Jeff Stevens, scoring Hector Olivera and Luis Navas (box here) to give Cuba a 5-4 win over the Americans in the first of two matches decided by [...]

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Last night my wife made Buffalo wings, chow mien and margaritas for dinner. That  won’t sound very  impressive to any of you living outside of Korea or a few other parts of Asia, but those who do know how rare such foods can be.
As I was carrying the margaritas to the table (the food [...]

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Even though it’s almost game time for Day 3 at the Olympics it seems silly not to mention the performance of Stephen Strasburg, who was perfect through 4 1/3, and had a no hitter through 6 2/3 in the team’s 7-0 shut out of the Netherlands, a game shortened by rain (box here).
Between various streams [...]

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