unbelievable game. they just stopped playing once they got a lead. when you are up 1 the idea is to play like you're down 1. Japan had a lot of chances to tie before they did both times they were down. Glad i watched the game instead of getting slapped around like i did on Saturday.(thank God for Havelock

so did Hamels... we jinxed them

Seems like all teams play the same way, when they are up a goal they retreat into defense mode, reminds me of the NFL prevent victory defenses. As long as the US kept the pressure on, they were the superior team but once they gave the Japanese girls space to employ their passing game...that changed. The US could have scored 3-4 goals early but just simply couldn't convert good opportunities. It was a great final and neither team really deserved to lose, if the US was to be beat, I'm glad it was Japan.

And like clockwork, Halladay can't make it through five due to "heat related illness" and ends up with the loss.

yep. this is officially the jinx thread. verlander, hamels, jurrjens, and halladay all get lit up first start back from the ASG. Halladay even ends up with heat exhaustion!!! he looked like he was going to pass out on the mound.

Verlander apparently does it all:

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?co...y_17257001&v=3

Slotdirt, Our bet is void, Jurrigens went on the DL. You should feel like a very lucky man.

kinda sucks for me. I had to be the 3-5 favorite at this point.

Good to know! I'll say hello to him when I'm in his homeland this weekend.

Here you go Lori,

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/6...t-dancing-cast

I'm just not sure I can enjoy watching show! but I might try now that she is on!

Hey Bigs we have to golf sometime soon!

You know it's an NFL contract when the Eagles agree to a "$100 million" deal with a 30-something quarterback. Odds that he plays out all six years of the deal?

30-1?

I dont know the details of the deal, other than 40 mil guaranteed.

How do NFL contract work? is it once he gets paid the first 40 mil (maybe take 2 or into the 3rd year to reach that) than he can get cut with no financial penalties?

NFL contracts take funny money to a whole new level. The chances that he actually gets paid $100 million for that deal are slim and none. Even the "guaranteed" part isn't always, you know, guaranteed.