Thanks for the explanation on the tiebreaker, octothorp. Seems strange that earned runs are a category, let alone the prime category (I would have thought run differential). Could this not lead to some fishy stuff, though? Say the US is up huge tomorrow but realize they can't give up any earned runs...South Africa has a guy on 3rd with no one out. Clemens delivers to Varitek and...oops, silly Varitek, he let that one get by! Passed ball and an unearned run, wasting only a ball to the current hitter. This isn't the best example, but would be the ideal if you could actually pull it off subtly.
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Originally Posted by octothorp
Hopefully Mexico will lose tonight and tomorrow's game will simply determine whether Canada finishes first or second in the pool.
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I wholeheartedly agree, for both your sake and the Americans. Holy god that would be awful, to see them eliminated.
Also, congrats are in order to you guys for today's game. After JV hit that granny, I thought the US would storm back and take it, but that Adam Stern can play some center. Unlucky on the ball bouncing out of his glove towards the end, but luckily for the Canadians, nothing came of it.