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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Once Thyago Vieira struck out Ruben Rivera in the top of the ninth inning, the Brazilian team spilled out of the dugout, some hoisting their country’s flags high over their head as the mob formed behind the pitcher’s mound. The celebration continued in the locker room, as champagne and beer flowed in victory.
“It doesn’t matter who you’re playing against, it doesn’t matter where you play, it doesn’t matter when you play,” Brazil manager Barry Larkin said. “If you have a plan, a mentality, if you execute, if you do the small things—you can win. You can play with anyone in the world.”
The shoe fits.
In a span of five days, Brazil went from unknown underdog to being the most dominant team of the Panama qualifier. Talk about a Cinderella story.
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1. bunyon Posted: November 20, 2012 at 10:10 AM (#4306615)And I'm disappointed that Brazilian baseball players have two names. That needs to change before the WBC.
is this another variant of "Thiago" or "Tiago", or is it a totally different name?
Barry Larkin's ties to Brazil are that he has done a lot of clinics down there for MLB, and he also has spent some time down there because his daughter (a singer) is a minor celebrity down there who's sung the theme song for some Brazilian soap operas.
Agreed. Ichiro can no longer be the only Mononymic baseball player. Somebody in Brazil needs to go single name.
So awesome it had to be shared.
And they'd better bring cheerleaders, preferably dressed for Carnival.
I didn't realize this until this morning, but Larkin's son Shane is a point guard and leading scorer for the University of Miami basketball team.
No offense to Ms. Larkin and her vocal ability, but CymcoLe sounds like an antidepressant or a heart medication.
The Swedish woman who coached the U.S. Womens National Soccer team recently resigned. The current coach is a Scottish man.
The preferred nomenclature is "Scotsman". Or a "Porridge Wog".
Please tell me this is the same Ruben Rivera that used to embarrass himself daily with the Padres (never met a low and away breaking ball that he could resist pathetically flailing at) and whose baserunning misadventures with the Giants are the stuff of legend on blooper reels as you can see manager Felipe Alou in the dugout swearing in two languages as he wonders WTF Ruben is doing?
#14, I assume so, as Ruben is from Panama, is only 39, and is reportedly still playing in Mexico.
And yes, the same Ruben Rivera who is cousins with Mariano Rivera and was cut by the Yankees after allegedly stealing memorabilia from Derek Jeter's locker.
and the only people who might have been able to ID him even then are Blue Jays fans.
I really like this result - to me this is the reason we HAVE the WBC. Brazil played their hearts out throughout the qualifier, and on effort alone they deserve to be there.
-- MWE
I like to imagine that his taint is kept smooth and hair-free.
I saw somewhere that WBC-related topics were Twitter trending in Brazil last night. It's stuff like that that shows the WBC is doing it's job of growing the game. I highly doubt, for example, that the World Series or All-Star Game trended in Brazil.
goodpitching always gets Ruben Rivera out.I can't iamgine that a 39-year old man with his pockets bulging with other people's #### wouldn't remind one of peak Devon White.
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