Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
January 30, 2009
Challenge from Brazil

Tuffy R sent me this link, as the Brazilian curling team calls out the Americans:

"We knew they were out there playing," Patzke said, "but we didn't really have them on our radar until they made the challenge."

The best-of-five match against the United States team, beginning Friday in Bismarck, N.D., will be Brazil's international curling debut, an appearance about as unlikely as that of the Jamaican bobsled team at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

"When I mention it to friends and family, the first question they ask is, 'Are you going to Brazil?' " said Todd Birr, the skip, or captain, of the United States team. "No, we're going to Bismarck. But it should be fun."

The World Curling Federation allots two berths in the 12-team world championship to countries from the Americas, and in the 50 years of the event the lone representatives have been the United States and Canada. Only two other countries in the Americas belong to the federation: Brazil, which joined in 1998, and the United States Virgin Islands.

Canada can't be bumped as host nation and world champs, so the Brazilians get a chance to knock off the US. It looks like you can follow the event here. Does anyone know if there will be live television coverage?


Posted by David Pinto at 11:21 AM | Other | TrackBack (0)
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If the trends continue, after the NFL Network and MLB Network, can the Curling Channel be far behind?

Posted by: rbj at January 30, 2009 01:31 PM
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