You are THE MAN!

Slef E.

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Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] Don't say girls ain't tuff


> 9:30-11:30 a.m. (2:30-4:30 a.m. ET)
> Semifinals - Game 29
> 12:00-2:00 p.m. (5:00-7:00 a.m. ET)
> Semifinals - Game 30
> 5:00-7:30 p.m. (10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET)
> Bronze Medal Game - Game 31
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 9:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] Don't say girls ain't tuff
> 
> 
> > Deere Pats Moot:
> >
> > Is this thingy televised? If so, what time?
> >
> > I could look it up myslef, but I'm busy
> > listening to the "Hey Coach!" archive.
> >
> > Roll Tide!!
> >
> > Slef E.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Pat Smoot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 6:44 AM
> > Subject: [RollTideFan] Don't say girls ain't tuff
> >
> >
> > > Team USA records seventh straight shutout
> > >
> > > By Tom Withers
> > > The Associated Press
> > > August 21, 2004
> > >
> > > ATHENS, Greece | On a chilly day last October, the U.S. softball team
> met
> > > its match and took a beating like never before -- or since. There was no
> > > "mercy rule" to save them.
> > >
> > > The Navy SEALS don't believe in one.
> > >
> > > To prepare for the Olympics, the Americans trained with the elite unit
> in
> > > San Diego, running their obstacle courses and enduring tests of mind and
> > > body. They learned teamwork and a new motto: So what.
> > >
> > > On Friday, after posting their seventh straight shutout, 3-0 over Taiwan
> to
> > > finish a sweep through preliminary-round play, the two-time defending
> gold
> > > medalists had but one thought.
> > >
> > > "So what," Lisa Fernandez said.
> > >
> > > Cat Osterman struck out 10 in six innings, former University of Alabama
> > > player Kelly Kretschman tripled in Lovieanne Jung in the sixth inning,
> and
> > > Crystl Bustos homered for a U.S. team (7-0) that's as hot as the
> Athenian
> > > sunshine.
> > >
> > > Showing more speed, more pitching, more everything than any team in the
> 
> > > tournament over the last week, the Americans have put up some amazing
> > > statistics on their way to Sunday's semifinal showdown with Australia,
> their
> > > old Olympic nemesis.
> > >
> > > Through seven games, the U.S. team has outscored opponents 41-0, allowed
> > > just 11 hits, permitted three runners to reach third and compiled a .346
> > > batting average to just .080 for the opposition.
> > >
> > > Fernandez, a two-time Olympian, is having trouble digesting some of the
> > > numbers.
> > >
> > > "It's mind-boggling when you look at our ERA," she said of the U.S.
> team's
> > > seven-game goose egg.
> > >
> > > And there's even more.
> > >
> > > Fernandez, who batted .097 (3-for-31) in Sydney four years ago, is
> hitting
> > > .556 -- second only to Australian Natalie Titcume's .600 -- and her
> seven
> > > RBIs lead the tournament. And Natasha Watley, whose speed may be the
> U.S.
> > > team's best weapon, has four steals, seven infield hits and is
> > > unquestionably the toughest out in the world.
> > >
> > > Oh yeah, and there's the Americans' 77-game winning streak -- not a
> record
> > > but not bad.
> > >
> > > The accomplishments, though, won't mean a thing if the U.S. team can't
> win
> > > two more games and a gold medal.
> > >
> > > "It's not how you start," Fernandez said. "It's how you finish."
> > >
> > > Having cruised and crushed their way through round-robin play untested,
> > > except for an extra-inning win over Japan, the U.S. will now face the
> > > Aussies, the only team to beat the Americans twice in the Olympics.
> > >
> > > And the pitcher who got both wins -- Tanya Harding -- will start.
> > >
> > > "I'm kind of thinking she might be on the mound," said U.S. coach Mike
> > > Candrea, who will go with either Jennie Finch or Fernandez.
> > >
> > > Fernandez is campaigning for the ball.
> > >
> > > "I want to start every day," she said.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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