Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 14, 2006
Women's Curling

USA vs. Canada is on TIVO this morning. The Canadian team is awesome. In the first end they made seven perfect shots to score 5. The US has their work cut out for them.

Update: Canada steals a point in the second end with another perfect last shot by their skip. Even with the hammer, the US failed to take the end. The Canadian women look impressive so far.

Update: The US gets a point in the third end. It's 6-1. Canada continues to look very strong.

Update: Canada picks up another point in the fourth end, although they had a chance at six. The officials had to pull out the scientific measuring device, a compass, which is much cooler than the scientific measuring devices they use in the NFL.

Update: Another reason curling is like baseball; the announcer complain about the official scoring. In both sports, the official scoring doesn't matter to the outcome of the game, it just makes players look better or worse.

Update: US Skip Cassie Johnson finally makes a perfect hammer shot to score 2 for the US. It's 7-3 Canada after five ends.

Update: Cassie Johnson can't repeat her performance in the sixth end, and Canada scores three. The women from the Great White North are simply the superior team today.

Update: Johnson makes two nice shots in the 7th end and scores two, but the Canadian skip (Kleibrink) makes a perfect shot to keep them from scoring three. It's 10-5 Canada with two ends to go.

Update: I was an end off above and corrected it. The Canadians score one in the 8th, take an 11-5 lead, and the US concedes the match. The Canadians were very strong 1-4 today. The US got better as the match progressed, but too many mistakes and near misses cost them against a near perfect opponent.


Posted by David Pinto at 06:58 AM | Other | TrackBack (0)
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Boy, I can't wait until spring training starts...curling for God's sake!

Posted by: jim at February 14, 2006 10:47 AM
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