Spain Wins World Cup, 1-0

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   Lodus on July 11, 2010 at 5:15 pm

   So pleased that Paul the psychic octopus was vindicated!

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     Real History Lisa on July 12, 2010 at 12:52 am

     There was a parrot who had also correctly predicted the same number of matches. Something truly bizarre re that.

     But no less bizarre is the fact that I just found out my photograph is in the Stanford yearbook, despite the fact that I never went to Stanford! How wild is that? It’s my senior year college picture, to be sure. But not for that college, or even that year. I had graduated a year ahead of my high school class. Very bizarre…!

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   Lodus on July 11, 2010 at 5:18 pm

   Also, what is with the freaky Stepford women in the red hats standing behind the trophy officials?

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   Ed J on July 11, 2010 at 5:36 pm

   As iconic a voice and spare style as were ever heard in any field. From the NYT:

   Bob Sheppard, whose elegant intonation as the public-address announcer at Yankee Stadium for more than half a century personified the image of Yankee grandeur, died Sunday at his home in Baldwin, on Long Island. He was 99.

   His death was confirmed by his son, Paul.

   From the last days of DiMaggio through the primes of Mantle, Berra, Jackson and Jeter, Sheppard’s precise, resonant, even Olympian elocution — he was sometimes called the Voice of God — greeted Yankee fans with the words, “Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Yankee Stadium.”

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     BooMan on July 11, 2010 at 6:08 pm

     that’s like having a death in the family.  His service over the years was outstanding.  

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     supersoling on July 11, 2010 at 8:15 pm

     Went to a Monday night game at Giants Stadium with my son back in the late 90’s, Danny Kannell years. Cowboys-Giants. Terrible game for a Giants fan. One cool memory of that night however, was the way Bob Sheppard pronounced Phillippi Spark’s (a Giants cornerback) name after he made a tackle on a Dallas player. It was something like….’so and so was spilled by Spaahhhhhks’. :o) My kid was giggling his tail off :o)

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   rikyrah on July 11, 2010 at 5:58 pm

   go Spain

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   on July 11, 2010 at 8:12 pm

   The SF Giants won again today, and Buster Posey stayed hot!!!

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   eagleye on July 11, 2010 at 11:06 pm

   Spain has a great passing team.  They controlled the ball 65% of the time today.

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   on July 12, 2010 at 12:19 am

   He brought it down the right side what, like 63,483 times, and each one was scripted the same.

   1. Robben breaks down the sideline
   2. He gets level with the top of the box
   3. He is double or triple-teamed
   4. After trying to nutmeg the opponents, he loses the ball.

   Did they have a backup plan to this single offensive play?  OK, he took it down the middle twice, and did pretty well although did not put it in.

   Why did he never innovate on the wing?