Matthew Mitcham Back In The Flesh

We just can't get enough of Mitcham. He is truly a hero in the eyes of many, gay and stright. Never have I seen a better form. The Advocate has a great articale with even better pics(grrrrr!). I can not believe he does not have a sponsor yet. What the hell is wrong with the world? Not only is he gorgeous but he has accomplished what no other human has done. Just in case you can't remember. He received the highest olympic diving score in history....thats right in history. maybe he needs to smoke on a bong for people to notice him.

Here is just a clip from the articale:

“I don’t want to be just a one-minute wonder,” he says. “I do want to continue being the best, so that when [people] think back, there will be no doubt in their minds that Matthew Mitcham was the best diver of his time. I don’t want people to think that winning the gold medal in Beijing was just me being lucky, you know?”

Matthew we know and we love you. Keep the gold alive.

Michael Phelps: Can He Do It?

Michael Phelps took his six gold medal August 15, 2008. Today He tied Mike Spitz for the record, 7 gold medals in a single olympic year.



There is no doubt in my mind he can do it to it!

Update soon...

USA Not Happy With New Baseball Rules

Across the board, U.S. players seemed as disappointed that an important game was decided by a rule designed to speed games to a conclusion.

"They played well. We played well," said Tiffee, who doubled twice and is 6-for-12 as the U.S. has started 1-2 with a pair of one-run, last-inning losses. "The whole extra-inning thing I think is bogus, but that's the way this competition is. You've got to go out and play. They beat us today. Hats off to them."

"I'm not a big fan of it," Donald said. "I think that takes all the work out of it. Bascially, you get a base hit and you've got a good shot at winning the game. In a normal game you have a guy at first and you have to battle to get that guy home. But that's international baseball for you. Every game, every run, every pitch, there's so much riding on it."

"How things turned out, you're definitely not going to like it," Barden said. "They have to get the field ready for the next game and this game over with …. but it's not baseball. You should just play it out. It's not soccer where you go to kickoffs. No one plays like that. I don't know if they play like that in their (Cuban) leagues or Japan plays like that….Play a game like that and it's decided by one hit."

Johnson was on the record as disliking the extra-inning rule even before the tournament began.

"I have never been a proponent of the new rule but they're trying to quicken the games and that's what we have to live with," he said, following his postgame press conference. "I'm a dinosaur. I'm a baseball purist. I'm not really fond of putting guys on base, then trying to defend. They do things like that in football."

Via USA Today

Crazy New Olympic Baseball Rules

Extra innings will have a new look in what could be baseball’s last Olympic appearance.

Each team’s at-bat in the 11th inning and beyond will begin with runners on first and second bases. Teams may start the 11th at any point in their batting order under format changes announced Friday by the International Baseball Federation and adopted in time for next month’s Beijing Games.

Baseball and softball are making their last appearance for a while, after the International Olympic Committee voted to eliminate the sports from the 2012 London Games. Both sports are working to be reinstated for the 2016 Olympics.

Under the new format, the 10th inning will be played normally. At the start of the 11th, teams will have the option of beginning at any point in the existing batting order and placing the previous two batters on base.

For example, a team that opts to lead off with its No. 3 hitter would begin with its No. 1 batter on second base and its No. 2 hitter on first with no outs.

“It’s kind of the same thing (as the traditional extra-inning format),” said U.S. pitcher Jeremy Cummings of Triple-A Durham. “You just get two guys on, so more than likely, guys in the Far East will probably bunt them over. So you’ve got one out with guys on second and third, so that might make the bunt defense come into play a little bit more.”

The 12th inning and beyond would begin where the previous lineup left off, with the two hitters ahead of the batter scheduled to lead off that inning being placed on first and second bases.

Initially, USA Baseball executive director Paul Seiler was opposed to the format change, but he warmed to the idea after discussing it with general manager Bob Watson, field manager Davey Johnson and the rest of Team USA’s on-field personnel.

“The traditionalist in me says, ‘No way.”’ Seiler said. “The IOC is really managing-slash-massaging sports within the Games. We’re one of those few sports that baseball people or traditionalists would say, ‘We do have a tiebreaker—we keep playing until the game’s over.’

“But you know, in the Olympics, where you have (a) finite amount of time to get your program finished (and) the early game goes 15, 16, 17 innings, then what does that do? Television is affected, transportation is affected—a lot of logistical things that we don’t have to worry about on a Friday night in Durham. It’s a domino (effect).”

The new rules are being tested at a youth tournament this week in Canada and will take effect for all tournaments under the federation’s umbrella.

Via Yahoo sports