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1	Chicago Cubs	97	64	.602	C1
2	Philadelphia	92	70	.568	E1
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4	Milwaukee	90	72	.556	C2
5	New York Mets	89	73	.549	E2
6	Houston	86	75	.534	C3
7	St. Louis	86	76	.531	C4
8	Florida	84	77	.522	E3
9	Arizona	82	80	.506	W2
10T	Colorado	74	88	.457	W3
10T	Cincinnati	74	88	.457	C5
12T	Atlanta	72	90	.444	E4
12T	San Francisco	72	90	.444	W4
14	Pittsburgh	67	95	.414	C6
15	San Diego	63	99	.389	W5
16	Washington	59	102	.366	E5

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Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	100	62	.617	W1
2	Tampa Bay	97	65	.599	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	89	74	.546	C1
4	Boston	95	67	.586	E2
5	New York Yankees	89	73	.549	E3
6	Minnesota	88	75	.540	C2
7	Toronto	86	76	.531	E4
8	Cleveland	81	81	.500	C3
9	Texas	79	83	.488	W2
10	Oakland	75	86	.466	W3
11	Kansas City	75	87	.463	C4
12	Detroit	74	88	.457	C5
13	Baltimore	68	93	.422	E5
14	Seattle	61	101	.377	W4

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Euro 2008 - Russia vs Netherlands

2008-06-21 08:58

by Bob Timmermann

Today in Basel at 11:45 am PT, the third quarterfinal in Euro 2008 will take place. The tournament's best team so far, the Netherlands or as we call back in The Hague, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, will take on Russia.

The Dutch rolled through the tournament, beating Italy 3-0, France 4-1, and finally shutting out Romania 2-0 playing mostly reserves. The Russians survived an opening 4-1 loss to Spain to move on with a 1-0 win over Greece and a 2-0 win over Sweden.

Dutch coach Marco van Basten should have his full squad available. Defender Khalid Boularhouz had left training camp to be with his wife as their prematurely born daughter passed away Wednesday.

The Russians are coached by a former Dutch national coach, Guus Hiddink.

The Russians (then Soviets) and the Dutch met in the 1988 Euro final and in that match van Basten scored one of the most spectacular goals in soccer history. Or at least one of the most spectacular on that big of a stage. Sorry for the grainy video, but if you want to watch a longer video, you can find them.

The Dutch and Russians have met eight times and the Dutch lead the alltime series 4-2-2, including a 2-0 win in the Euro 1988 final.

Comments

2008-06-21 09:46:50

1. Greg Brock

There are two things in this world I can't stand.

People who are intolerant of other people's cultures...And the Dutch!

2008-06-21 11:14:30

2. Johan

If you can't get behind a team that has guy named Ruud Van Nistelrooy on it, you've got issues.

2008-06-21 11:20:56

3. Bob Timmermann

Wikipedia, the world's foremost authority, states that van Nistlerooy has decided to no longer use the van Nistlerooij spelling.

Learn all about the digraph "ij"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJ_%28digraph%29

2008-06-21 11:45:43

4. Bob Timmermann

Hey, this is on ABC. Go figure.

2008-06-21 12:02:55

5. Ken Arneson

I might root for Russia just because I can't stand the font on the Dutch uniforms.

2008-06-21 12:05:00

6. Bob Timmermann

I dislike the Italians' font more. It's all lower case. It's like their a bunch of blue e.e. cummings poems running around the field.

2008-06-21 12:10:07

7. Ken Arneson

I don't mind the Dutch letters, it's the numbers I can't stand.

2008-06-21 12:10:22

8. underdog

Surprisingly even so far, or even leaning in the Russians favor to start. This one could be a lot closer than I expected.

2008-06-21 12:14:34

9. Bob Timmermann

Ken is not a big fan of "Using Electrical Tape to Make Lame Looking Numbers" font.

2008-06-21 12:19:12

10. Ken Arneson

The Dutch are starting to break down the Russian defense and get some good chances. But the Russians are counterattacking well, too. It won't stay 0-0 much longer.

2008-06-21 12:21:20

11. underdog

From the Yahoo UK Euro liveblogger: "My word this boy has a foot like a traction engine. There, I said it. Never again."

2008-06-21 12:22:00

12. thinkblue88

This games is being watched on three TV's in my house. Why? I don't know.

2008-06-21 12:22:47

13. Bob Timmermann

11
Like one of these?
http://tinyurl.com/4l76eo

2008-06-21 12:29:55

14. underdog

Since we're talking uniforms, give me Greece's clean white with blue trim and Greek-ish font. τέλειος!

2008-06-21 12:31:44

15. underdog

He was talking about Kolodin, btw.

And 13 I have a feeling that's not what he was picturing.

2008-06-21 12:37:08

16. Bob Timmermann

We never got to see the full checkerboards of Croatia.

I'm going off to cry for a bit.

2008-06-21 12:38:16

17. Ken Arneson

10 Of course, two days ago I emailed some friends and said that Turkey had used up all their miracles when they beat the Czechs. So take my predictions for what it's worth.

2008-06-21 12:41:07

18. schoffle

That was quite a good 1st half, to my surprise Russia held their own. The ABC commentators are making me wish that there was a way to get a "stadium only" type feed, just crowd noise.

Bob according to Borders your book recomendation is no longer published, I guess I could check amazon for a used version but that doesn't seem appropriate for a gift, thanks anyway.

2008-06-21 12:43:36

19. Bob Timmermann

18
Check alibris.com or Powells and see if they have one that is unused.

2008-06-21 12:49:29

20. underdog

I wonder if a modern-day young ballplayer would have interest in "Ball Four" which I finally just read. It's very much of its era but still an important book. Maybe it would depress him too much though. (But it's also quite funny.) Or "The Glory of Their Times"? (Uh, even more dated, but classic.)

Okay, let's go Orange, let's get it going in the 2nd half!

2008-06-21 12:58:41

21. Ken Arneson

Wow. Shock across the Netherlands after that one.

2008-06-21 12:59:10

22. schoffle

alibris - new only from $245, I am not that close to the kid.

Wow Russia

2008-06-21 13:02:10

23. Bob Timmermann

The Dutch must have touched the coat.

2008-06-21 13:03:11

24. Bob Timmermann

22
How about a subscription to Maxim then?

2008-06-21 13:07:30

25. schoffle

Ok so for the linguist's out there is the Dutch name Vaart pronounced in a funny way?

2008-06-21 13:10:08

26. schoffle

lol

I think I will go with everyones favorite family gift .... cold hard cash

2008-06-21 13:15:35

27. Ken Arneson

25 According to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_phonology#Consonants

that would depend on which Dutch dialect you speak.

2008-06-21 13:16:42

28. underdog

Russia will be regretting that yellow card if they hold on here and make the next round.

2008-06-21 13:28:49

29. Ken Arneson

Dang, I guess I'll have watch 30 more minutes of electrical tape.

2008-06-21 13:30:25

30. underdog

There we go!

Damn, I kind of hope this doesn't go to extra time, though, because I'd have to miss that.

2008-06-21 13:30:46

31. schoffle

Game on

2008-06-21 13:35:29

32. schoffle

That is too funny the ref begs the linesman to give him a reason to take back the 2nd yellow from the russian.

Free football today

2008-06-21 13:36:52

33. schoffle

Anyone else notice that the Dutch fans (in their orange shirts) look just like empty seats?

2008-06-21 13:39:30

34. underdog

Come on, hurry up and end!

2008-06-21 13:45:43

35. schoffle

no more golden goal it is 2 15 min halfs again

2008-06-21 13:49:12

36. Ken Arneson

This extra time period is quite entertaining.

2008-06-21 13:56:13

37. schoffle

It was, not sure how long they will go in the 2nd before they both shut it down and wait for PKs

2008-06-21 14:01:56

38. Travis08

Almost a hilarious own goal.

2008-06-21 14:03:22

39. Bob Timmermann

Woe betide the team that wins its group.

2008-06-21 14:04:07

40. Ken Arneson

Heckuva goal! Probably the most amazing thing is that the ball went to the left of the post, and the player went to the right, without colliding with it.

2008-06-21 14:07:15

41. Bob Timmermann

Through the five hole!

2008-06-21 14:08:21

42. schoffle

Wow and wow

2008-06-21 14:09:01

43. Bob Timmermann

OK, now on to the bigger problem. Why doesn't my MacBook recognize that my external HD is plugged into the Firewire port?

2008-06-21 14:09:34

44. Ken Arneson

Wowzers.

2008-06-21 14:14:04

45. Ken Arneson

This a very likeable Russian squad. Even when they were running circles around Sweden, I had to admire their style.

2008-06-21 20:24:37

46. underdog

I've really come to like this Russian team, too. Maybe I shouldn't be such a self-loating 1/4 Russian and embrace my family. Идет Россия!

2008-06-21 20:36:18

47. underdog

Btw, if you missed the game (or any of them, it appears), all the highlights are nicely put together here:

http://www.footytube.com/category/videos/euro-2008/

2008-06-21 20:41:36

48. underdog

On further review, that red card that was pulled after they realized the ball was out near the end of regulation, while it seemed like the right call to overturn himself there, it wasn't. That ball was still in play. Should've been in, and a red card on the key Russian player. Don't know if that would've changed everything but it might very well.