lucaze

luca: adriano is better than ronnie believe that and you have nothing to worry about 525763[/snapback] Yeah, Adriano is great but since Ronie was an Inter player I am just imagining the Fenomenous and the Emperor playing together for us!!! Can't wait to see Brazil with them and Kaka behind!!!

I'm going to have to get the Inter Jersey. 525758[/snapback] If you cannot find it, let me know and I'll send you one from here!

Comments from Carlo RECALCATI (ITA) Carlo RECALCATI (ITA) - head coach On the teams performance: "I'm very satisfied because we fought hard against Argentina. We defended well and tried not to allow them to score easily. Unfortunately we faced some injuries and MIAN will not be playing against Puerto Rico, while BASILE and ROMBALDONI will hopefully be fit. We are hoping to achieve something good before the end of the tournament. We are looking at each game individually". RECALCATI also referred to their next opponent: "I believe that the differences between the teams of the group are very slight. Puerto Rico is a tough team in this tournament, but we will try to face them. Lithuania is one of the favourites for a medal in the Olympics". Italy is facing Puerto Rico in the Quarterfinal on 26 August at the Olympic Indoor Hall at 20:00. ONS ns/am/is

BASETBALL QUARTERFINAL PROGRAM 26 August 2004 Spain - United States 14:30 Lithuania - China 16:45 Italy - Puerto Rico 20:00 Greece - Argentina 22:15 all Athens time (ET = Athens - 7hrs)

Who is Alyssa Milano??

Where are the naysayers about the trade now? Anyone out there who still thinks this was a bad trade for The Fish? 515819[/snapback] Yeah, you're right but I miss Penny and BigChoi!!!

I am still thinking at the 5 games lost with the Expos at the end of July!! Could have won 2 or 3 and being closer to the wc!! But you know I BELIEVE

Great work!!!

Simply Mr.Marlin for a Grand Slam!!!!

it is so hard for me to believe playersrefuse to play at Olympics!!! 515783[/snapback] i know what your saying and i agree with it. at the same time though i do recognize that these guys play 82 games a season and some get to the playoffs and some make a deep run till june so i do understand why they would want some time off. with that said, it still frustrates me when they turn down a spot on the team. 515789[/snapback] Of course I can understand the clubs point of view!!!! I still have clear in my mind when Inter soccer player Ronaldo came back from the World Cup played with Brazil very late, with bad injury and a lot of trouble and missed a great part of the season. Clubs pay a lot of money for top players and from their point of view national teams can be a damage. That's th reason why the Cardinals did not allowed Jason Simontacchi to play for Italy in this Olympics!!! But Olympics should be an honor to play at!!!

Argentina VS Italy Tough game for Italy. 514770[/snapback] Italy is playing with Paraguay tomorrow night!!! Last game of the 1st leg. If win will be quilified for quarterfinal and playing vs Mali or Korea. Iraq is to play against Morocco for the last game of the 1st leg, and in the quarter against Argentina or Australia (depending id 1st or 2nd). 515405[/snapback] True. Paraguay has to beat Italy to qualify to next round. 515432[/snapback] Well, I am sure it could happen since italians are so spoiled. But I know very well the paraguyan central defender, Gamarra. He plays for my favourite team, Inter, and if he is quick my name is Carl Lewis!!! Said that, anything can happen but I think a tie would be enough for italy to get quarter

I simply would love to see the best players in all sports. It make no sense to me to win a medal for istance in baseball if the major players are not playing Olympics. If they do that changes everything in baseball as nationa competitions. In basketball the drea team arrived maybe because of a loss but to see usa is an honor: it is so hard for me to believe playersrefuse to play at Olympics!!!

I m watching the game!! I am sure Usa will win the Olympics but why did not select the real best Usa team?? 515720[/snapback] the US won't win the Basketball gold medal, that's a fact! we just played another pathetic game. Greece sucks, they aren't even a top 10 team, and we played horrendous basketball against them. bad passes, bad defense, poor free throws...I'm happy we won, don't get me wrong, but this should've been a comfortable 15-20 point victory! 515724[/snapback] I understand what you mean! Usa seems a normal team and as normal team can win or lose! I would have brought the best players!!! 515727[/snapback] the best didnt want to go and the nba just threw a bunch of young recognizable names to sell jerseys. got to play with the cards we're dealt. 515731[/snapback] In nba shoes I would have choosen the bests and did everything to have a real dream team!! More than ever after what happen in Indianapolis last year!

Italy played a good game against Serbia today and lost only in the very last seconds. Basile missed the final tie thow but I am happy because Italy showed good things. Maybe not enought for a medal but hopefully for a place in semifinal

I m watching the game!! I am sure Usa will win the Olympics but why did not select the real best Usa team?? 515720[/snapback] the US won't win the Basketball gold medal, that's a fact! we just played another pathetic game. Greece sucks, they aren't even a top 10 team, and we played horrendous basketball against them. bad passes, bad defense, poor free throws...I'm happy we won, don't get me wrong, but this should've been a comfortable 15-20 point victory! 515724[/snapback] I understand what you mean! Usa seems a normal team and as normal team can win or lose! I would have brought the best players!!!

I m watching the game!! I am sure Usa will win the Olympics but why did not select the real best Usa team?? This team usa seems a normal team not a dream team, so my opinion is why to risk and not bring the bests??

Argentina VS Italy Tough game for Italy. 514770[/snapback] Italy is playing with Paraguay tomorrow night!!! Last game of the 1st leg. If win will be quilified for quarterfinal and playing vs Mali or Korea. Iraq is to play against Morocco for the last game of the 1st leg, and in the quarter against Argentina or Australia (depending id 1st or 2nd).

I was surprised and impressed with Italy's victory over the USA in volleyball. Lucaze, correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't know Italy was a "powerhouse" in volleyball! I know about China, Cuba, Russia, etc., but Italy? 514422[/snapback] Italy in the early 90s built up not only a good volleyball team but a dynasty! When the argentinian coach Julio Velasco (now italian citizen) arrived to coach the national team he simply brought a new mentality not only in volleyball but in all the italian sports. Velasco created the very famous "tiger eyes" sentence meaning he always want his players to fight!!! And Italy in volleyball really changed his mentality!!! He created not only great players but fighters ready to believe to win till it?'s over. Then he took care on the junior teams!!! That was simply the winning step. So surprising everybody Italy won the European cup with a bunch of young and unknown players!! That was just the beginning!!! Learning a lot from Team Usa coached by Doug Beal in the following years Italy ruled the volleyball world creating a perfect team able to win any game. Italy won 3 consecutive World Champions (90, 94, 98), 4 European Champions, 7 World League (on 11 played!!!), 2 World Cups and dozens of minor throphis. The Italian league became (and still is) the most competitive in the world, all best talented players plays for italian clubs which obviously rules the euro cups (even if lately many teams do not plays euro cups just to concentrate on the Italian league). But Italy never won the Olympics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In Barca 92 lost in semifinal against Holland, after dominating never losing the previous 3 years. In Atlanta '96 Italy played and lost an incredible Olympic final against Holland: Italy had 3 matchballs to close the game but Holland won in a terrific tiebreak to get the throphy. Now players changed. Velasco even changed sport (signed for soccer team Lazio as general manager, then Inter), came back to volley to bring the women national team at the top of the World (World Ch. in 2002) and now back to his first love, the volleyball club Modena. Italy is not the favourite for this Olympics! Brazil is much better in both men and women and likely will get both gold. But the young italian team is there ready to fight and hopefully to be in final against brazil. That just happened in the men recent World League and women Grand Prix. Maybe a surpise will bring Italy to the always so dreamed title!

BASEBALL 16 August 2004 10.30 am ITALY vs. CANADA David Rollandini vs. Jason Dickson end of 1st ITALY vs. CANADA 1-2 Jason Dickson AMATEUR DRAFT He was picked in the sixth round of the 1994 draft by USA Major League Baseball team, the California Angels [now Anaheim Angels]. He spent time at various Angels' minor league teams, including the AAA Vancouver Canadians. He made his major league debut for California in 1996, and played for the Anaheim Angels during the 1997, 1998 and 2000 seasons before being traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays organisation and the AAA Durham Bulls. He played the 2003 season with the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League. (MLB, somersetpatriots.com 27/02/04) YANKEE DEBUT His major league debut on the 21 August, 1996 against the New York Yankees and Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter hit a home run off his very first major league pitch. He fought back however to get the win in his first game. (sports-wired.com 27/02/04) 514119[/snapback] ITALY - CANADA 2-9 END 5TH Italy 5 hits 3 err Canada 5 hits 0 err 514134[/snapback] ITALY - CANADA 3-9 Final Italy 9 hits 4 err Canada 6 hits 0 err http://www.athens2004.com/en/BaseballMen/r...tnSubmit=%3E%3E

BASEBALL 16 August 2004 10.30 am ITALY vs. CANADA David Rollandini vs. Jason Dickson end of 1st ITALY vs. CANADA 1-2 Jason Dickson AMATEUR DRAFT He was picked in the sixth round of the 1994 draft by USA Major League Baseball team, the California Angels [now Anaheim Angels]. He spent time at various Angels' minor league teams, including the AAA Vancouver Canadians. He made his major league debut for California in 1996, and played for the Anaheim Angels during the 1997, 1998 and 2000 seasons before being traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays organisation and the AAA Durham Bulls. He played the 2003 season with the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League. (MLB, somersetpatriots.com 27/02/04) YANKEE DEBUT His major league debut on the 21 August, 1996 against the New York Yankees and Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter hit a home run off his very first major league pitch. He fought back however to get the win in his first game. (sports-wired.com 27/02/04) 514119[/snapback] ITALY - CANADA 2-9 END 5TH Italy 5 hits 3 err Canada 5 hits 0 err

BASEBALL 16 August 2004 10.30 am ITALY vs. CANADA David Rollandini vs. Jason Dickson end of 1st ITALY vs. CANADA 1-2 Jason Dickson AMATEUR DRAFT He was picked in the sixth round of the 1994 draft by USA Major League Baseball team, the California Angels [now Anaheim Angels]. He spent time at various Angels' minor league teams, including the AAA Vancouver Canadians. He made his major league debut for California in 1996, and played for the Anaheim Angels during the 1997, 1998 and 2000 seasons before being traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays organisation and the AAA Durham Bulls. He played the 2003 season with the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League. (MLB, somersetpatriots.com 27/02/04) YANKEE DEBUT His major league debut on the 21 August, 1996 against the New York Yankees and Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter hit a home run off his very first major league pitch. He fought back however to get the win in his first game. (sports-wired.com 27/02/04)

JAPAN - ITALY 2:3 (1:3) Attendance: 9487 Goals Scored: de ROSSI (ITA) 3', GILARDINO (ITA) 8', ABE (JPN) 20', GILARDINO (ITA) 36', TAKAMATSU (JPN) 91' JPN - Japan [1] SOGAHATA Hitoshi (GK) [2] TANAKA Markus Tulio [3] MONIWA Teruyuki [5] ABE Yuki [6] KONNO Yasuyuki [8] ONO Shinji [9] TAKAMATSU Daiki [10] MATSUI Daisuke (-76') [13] KOMANO Yuichi (-46') [15] TOKUNAGA Yuhei (-18') [16] OKUBO Yoshito Substitutes [4] NASU Daisuke (+18') [7] MORISAKI Koji (+76') [11] TANAKA Tatsuya (+46') [12] KIKUCHI Naoya [14] ISHIKAWA Naohiro [17] HIRAYAMA Sota [18] KUROKAWA Takaya (GK) Coach: YAMAMOTO Masakuni ITA - Italy [18] PELIZZOLI Ivan (GK) [3] MORETTI Emiliano [4] FERRARI Matteo [5] BONERA Daniele [6] de ROSSI Daniele [7] PINZI Giampiero (-89') [8] PALOMBO Angelo (-62') [9] GILARDINO Alberto [10] PIRLO Andrea [11] SCULLI Giuseppe (-54') [13] BARZAGLI Andrea Substitutes [1] AMELIA Marco (GK) [2] CHIELLINI Giorgio [12] GASBARRONI Andrea [14] BOVO Cesare [15] DONADEL Marco (+62') [16] del NERO Simone (+54') [17] MESTO Giandomenico (+89') Coach: GENTILE Claudio

Great win last night!!! I could not watch the game (but I will do that today!) but I am glad of what the fish did!! Now we are 4.5 GB: still a lot to do and to win. Hope we will get 4 out of 6 in the California trip. The Fish are fighting and wc is in the target!! I believe it more than ever!!

I have the feeling Inter doesn't need Cannavaro anymore. Fabio is still great but Moratti made the big mistake to buy him instead of Nesta a couple of years ago. Inter has Cordoba who is similar to Cannavaro while Materazzi should have replaced. Cannavaro did well but last year had a couple of injuries that stopped him for a while. For the defence this summer Inter got Burdisso (the argentinan from Boca Junior) and the veteran Mihajlovic from Lazio, then sold Adani, left Gamarra (paraguay now at the olympics) and still to decide what to do with Fabio. Fabio is a great man and still the captain of the italian national team! He said he wants to stay but i doubt. I don't think Inter will leave him to go to Juventus (still to fresh the 2 bad trade with Milan!!) and so Real could be the only top chance. There are a lot of rumors about a trade C.Zanetti (inter) and Camoranesi (juventus) but I hope that not will happen. I don't like Camoranesi and when helthy Cristiano is one of the top CM of the italian league.

BASEBALL 15 August 2004, evening program HOLLAND - GREECE 11-0 http://www.athens2004.com/en/BaseballMen/r...s?rsc=BBM400904 CANADA - TAIWAN 7-0 http://www.athens2004.com/en/BaseballMen/r...s?rsc=BBM400903 STANDING 1 CAN 1 1 0 7 0 1.000 - 1 CUB 1 1 0 4 1 1.000 - 1 JPN 1 1 0 12 0 1.000 - 1 NED 1 1 0 11 0 1.000 - 5 AUS 1 0 1 1 4 0.000 1 5 GRE 1 0 1 0 11 0.000 1 5 ITA 1 0 1 0 12 0.000 1 5 TPE 1 0 1 0 7 0.000 1 Date Time Game Teams Result Notes SUN 15 AUG 2004 10:30 1 CUB vs AUS 4-1 SUN 15 AUG 2004 11:30 2 ITA vs JPN 0-12 7 Innings (RDR) SUN 15 AUG 2004 18:30 3 CAN vs TPE 7-0 SUN 15 AUG 2004 19:30 4 GRE vs NED 0-11 MON 16 AUG 2004 10:30 5 AUS vs TPE - MON 16 AUG 2004 11:30 6 CAN vs ITA - MON 16 AUG 2004 18:30 7 JPN vs NED - MON 16 AUG 2004 19:30 8 CUB vs GRE - TUE 17 AUG 2004 10:30 9 NED vs CAN - TUE 17 AUG 2004 11:30 10 TPE vs GRE - TUE 17 AUG 2004 18:30 11 ITA vs AUS - TUE 17 AUG 2004 19:30 12 CUB vs JPN - WED 18 AUG 2004 10:30 13 NED vs ITA - WED 18 AUG 2004 11:30 14 JPN vs AUS - WED 18 AUG 2004 18:30 15 GRE vs CAN - WED 18 AUG 2004 19:30 16 TPE vs CUB - FRI 20 AUG 2004 10:30 17 TPE vs ITA - FRI 20 AUG 2004 11:30 18 JPN vs CAN - FRI 20 AUG 2004 18:30 19 AUS vs GRE - FRI 20 AUG 2004 19:30 20 CUB vs NED - SAT 21 AUG 2004 10:30 21 JPN vs TPE - SAT 21 AUG 2004 11:30 22 CAN vs CUB - SAT 21 AUG 2004 18:30 23 NED vs AUS - SAT 21 AUG 2004 19:30 24 ITA vs GRE - SUN 22 AUG 2004 10:30 25 NED vs TPE - SUN 22 AUG 2004 11:30 26 GRE vs JPN - SUN 22 AUG 2004 18:30 27 ITA vs CUB - SUN 22 AUG 2004 19:30 28 AUS vs CAN - and all the batting and pitching stats http://www.athens2004.com/en/BaseballMen/r...tnSubmit=%3E%3E