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Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
March 27, 2008
March 24, 2008
Zito Alters Motion in Attempt to Regain His Form
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A month after winning his American League Cy Young award in 2002, Barry Zito relaxed on a couch in his parents’ home in California and discussed what the hardware meant.
“The Cy Young’s not going to get me any more wins, it’s just going to get people to talk like I should get more wins,” he said, adding, “When you really start to dominate is when you get humbled by the game and basically get your butt handed to you.”
Zito was more right then than his pitching has been since. After his 23-5 season in 2002, Zito has been good but not great; and the gargantuan seven-year, $126 million contract he signed before last season advertises more what he isn’t than what he is. He pitched well in an exhibition game Friday for the San Francisco Giants, but Zito’s ghastly spring training has left Giants fans thinking that although one Barry (Bonds) is gone, their other Barry is missing.
“Whatever people think they’re going to think — I still have to go forward with what I’m doing,” said Zito, a left-hander who will turn 30 in May. “Obviously I care about the fans and what the fans think and those things, but I can’t take that out to the mound with me.”
Zito entered Friday’s start with one of the most shocking pitching lines of the spring: a 14.92 earned run average, 21 hits, 10 walks and not one strikeout in 12 2/3 innings, covering 67 batters. Some of that derived from his tinkering with his windup; it began to click Friday with excellent results. He finally struck out a batter — actually four — and crisply held an imposing White Sox lineup to two hits in five and two-thirds shutout innings, deflating his E.R.A. to 10.31.
March 20, 2008
Sports --México NORCECA & PANAMERICAN GAMES--
I practice Modern Pentatlon in Guatemala and we recently went to México City to compete in NORCECA and PAN American Games. I have been in Mexico at least 5 times and I am confident to say that the organization of the competition and the stay was awful. The food was terrible and the organization was even worse than the food I meen nobody knew what to do and the results were constantly changing. The people who were in charge of organizing the competition were constantly changing the rules and for some reason the Guatemalan team was the only team who was getting penalized and just because Mexico and USA wanted to beat us and because Guatemala is a small country that doesn't mean that we have to take this "#$%!!
Men
Nikkos Papadopolo won the junior Championships
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Nikkos Papadopolo, Pedro Gonzales and Andrei Gheorghe manage to win 3rd place because of an outstanding performance in the Biathlon.
Women
Rita Sanz-Agero won 3rd place in the junior Championships
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Rita Sanz-Agero, Abigail Garzo, and Isabel Herrarte won 3rd place Read More......
Men
Nikkos Papadopolo won the junior Championships
Rellay
Nikkos Papadopolo, Pedro Gonzales and Andrei Gheorghe manage to win 3rd place because of an outstanding performance in the Biathlon.
Women
Rita Sanz-Agero won 3rd place in the junior Championships
Rellay
Rita Sanz-Agero, Abigail Garzo, and Isabel Herrarte won 3rd place Read More......
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