Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Double Dutch!

Two post ago I said something that I would like to retract. I said that the Netherlands beating the Dominican Republic, 3-2 in the first game they played was most likely the biggest upset of the Classic. Last night I was proved wrong. That game was only half of the upset. The same two teams played each other again, and the result was even more fantastic then the first one. The Netherlands, a team that has hardly any MLB players on it, if any at all. Against a team that has a former A.L. MVP, a cleanup hitter from a team that has won two World Series from 2004-2007, two of the fastest players at the top of their order, and many, many more stars. And for 11 inning the two teams that are so far separated in "talent" remained scoreless. That ended how every when in the top of the 11th, Jose Reyes, (Mets) scored from first when an error was committed by the Netherlands. This put the Dominican Republic up 1-0, and only needing three outs to avenge them selves on the Netherlands (The Dutch). However the Dutch found a way to get men on base. And the rest would fall in place for them. An RBI single brought in the run the tied the game, at 1-1. And with two outs in the 11th and the Dominicans only needing one more out to go to the 12th where they would have a chance to go up on the Dutch again, but an error by the first basemen after a failed pick off attempted that went wide and move the winning run 90 feet away from home, bought the Dutch another upset of the Dominican team. Watch the Comeback!

1 comment:

John Calvin said...

The Dutch are hot right now, I am so glad they cleaned house on the Dominican Republic. That team is over staffed with MLB stars, and I am glad they got pounded. Besides, Pujols, and Tejada are from Dominican, which is just enough of a reason to wish them ill in the Classic. I hope our boys can regroup, and move on to the next round, Oswalt has yet to show what he can do, so we need to last long enough for him to get another start, which pretty much will guarantee another win. GO Oswalt, Go Astros, Go team USA!