CCB 455 Posted July 26, 2019 #121 Share Posted July 26, 2019 21 minutes ago, Dunadan said: 15 athletes who wouldn't be big medal favorites will not be in Tokyo. At the Dutch NOC they must be partying hard tonight Oh yes, they will!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted July 26, 2019 #122 Share Posted July 26, 2019 1 hour ago, heywoodu said: Oh well, so no softball. Not like I was gonna watch that anyway Think again. Softball will start before the Opening ceremony. heywoodu 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,227 Posted July 26, 2019 #123 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Wasn't it really necessary to have such a complicated baseball format that pushed softball to start before the games? They both could have been a six team round robin... At least softball can have some time in the sun with no competition outside of football. mrv86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,169 Posted July 27, 2019 #124 Share Posted July 27, 2019 5 hours ago, heywoodu said: Oh well, so no softball. Not like I was gonna watch that anyway What else are you gonna watch on days -2 and -1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,199 Posted July 27, 2019 #125 Share Posted July 27, 2019 hace 1 hora, NearPup dijo: What else are you gonna watch on days -2 and -1? Women's football? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,914 Posted July 27, 2019 Author #126 Share Posted July 27, 2019 10 hours ago, dcro said: Think again. Softball will start before the Opening ceremony. in Fukushima... 10 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said: Wasn't it really necessary to have such a complicated baseball format that pushed softball to start before the games? They both could have been a six team round robin... At least softball can have some time in the sun with no competition outside of football. and, given the start times of the softball and football matches, they're also not at the same time (softball matches are at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. local time; football doesn't start before 4.30 p.m. local time)... 5 hours ago, LDOG said: Women's football? on day -2 (all 6 games)...on day -1 it's men's football (all 8 games)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,914 Posted July 27, 2019 Author #127 Share Posted July 27, 2019 (edited) by the way, today's decisive match between ITA and GBR has been rescheduled for 3 p.m. CET as the last match of the tournament (and not at noon CET, as previously determined by the organizers...sometimes it helps having the world federation's president being from 1 of the 2 Countries involved in the key matchup )... p.s. I discovered that the entire tv/streaming production is made by an Italian service (after explicit request by the WBSC president, Riccardo Fraccari)...if it was for the Dutch TV, no pictures from this tournament would have been available (so, why they always award this kind of tournaments to the Dutch federation?)... Edited July 27, 2019 by phelps Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCB 455 Posted July 27, 2019 #128 Share Posted July 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, phelps said: by the way, today's decisive match between ITA and GBR has been rescheduled for 3 p.m. CET as the last match of the tournament (and not at noon CET, as previously determined by the organizers...sometimes it helps having the world federation's president being from 1 of the 2 Countries involved in the key matchup )... p.s. I discovered that the entire tv/streaming production is made by an Italian service (after explicit request by the WBSC president, Riccardo Fraccari)...if it was for the Dutch TV, no pictures from this tournament would have been available (so, why they always award this kind of tournaments to the Dutch federation?)... How do you mean "always award this kind of tournaments to the Dutch federation"? Last softball Olympic qualifier in 2007 was in Italy, and the baseball qualifier is in Italy as well ... dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCB 455 Posted July 27, 2019 #129 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Hopefully Italy will win the quota, they are way better then GB for years, so it would feel unjustified when GB grabs the spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted July 27, 2019 #130 Share Posted July 27, 2019 9 minutes ago, phelps said: by the way, today's decisive match between ITA and GBR has been rescheduled for 3 p.m. CET as the last match of the tournament (and not at noon CET, as previously determined by the organizers...sometimes it helps having the world federation's president being from 1 of the 2 Countries involved in the key matchup )... I don't think the president has anything to do with it. It only makes sense to finish the tournament with a decisive match. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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