2000년 시드니 올림픽때 울나라 선수들이 동메달을 땄지요.....
올해는 대삽질로 일찌감치 물건너갔지만
그래도 이때는 참 열심히들 했던것 같습니다....
군대문제도 자동 해결되고...ㅡ.ㅡ
근데 미국이랑 경기에서 마지막에 홈런 때린 넘이
다시보니 멘케비치였군여...아무생각 없었는데..ㅋㅋ
對 일본 전에서 마쓰자카 상대로 홈런 치고 해서 이겼다는 기사입니다.
그때 공부고 뭐고 다 작파하고 가슴졸여가며 봤던 생각이 나서
ESPN의 당시 기사를 올려봅니다..
한국판 '마크 맥과이어' 이승엽을 소개한게 재밌네여...
글고 저 밑에 구대성선수 소개하면서 Hanwha 를 Kanwha 라고 쓴거는
원문입니다.
얘네들은 무슨 울나라 하고 일본하고를 헷갈려서
구대성선수 소속팀을 일본 대기업쯤으로 생각했는지...ㅡㅡ+
이때 미국팀 로스터가,
당시 더블A에있던 로이오스왈트...
C.C 사바티아, 벤 쉬츠, 브래드 윌커슨, 라이언 프랭클린, 션 버로우즈, 등등이네요.
울나라는...
이병규, 박진만, 김동주, 구대성 등등
옛생각 많이 나네요~
Lee's two-run double brings home victory
Associated Press
SYDNEY, Australia -- South Korea's version of Mark McGwire led his country to the baseball bronze medal.
Lee Seung-yuop doubled home a pair of runs with two outs in the eighth inning Wednesday, sending the Koreans to a 3-1 victory over Japan and their first medal in Olympic baseball.
Lee, a 6-foot, 187-pound first baseman, set South Korea's single-season home run record last year by hitting 54. His double off tough-luck pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka became the biggest hit in his country's meager Olympic history.
South Korea failed to qualify for the tournament in Barcelona and finished last in the eight-team field in Atlanta. The Koreans shut down their major leagues so they could field a better team in Sydney.
It worked. They not only won their first medal, they also beat rival Japan twice -- once in the preliminaries, then again with the bronze on the line.
Japan went home without a medal for the first time. It won the bronze in Barcelona -- the first official medal baseball tournament -- and lost to Cuba in the gold-medal game in Atlanta.
The Japanese sent four pitchers and four position players from their major leagues to the Olympics, but lost two extra-inning games in the preliminaries and were shut out by Cuba in the semifinals.
The Koreans had to play the consolation game a few hours after losing to the United States 3-2 in the semifinals. That game ended after midnight local time on Doug Mientkiewicz's ninth-inning homer.
Twelve hours later, the Koreans were back on the field, locked in a game dominated by the starters.
Matsuzaka, the Rookie of the Year in Japan last season, struck out 10 through seven scoreless innings before an error led to his undoing in the eighth.
A single, a throwing error by second baseman Jun Heima and a steal left runners at second and third with two outs. Lee took Matsuzaka to a full count before lining a double to the gap in left-center. Kim Dong-joo followed with another double for a 3-0 lead.
It was sadly familiar for Matsuzaka, who pitched well against both the United States and South Korea in the preliminaries without getting a decision. He was on the bench in both games when his bullpen gave up the winning runs.
Koo Dae-sung, a hard-throwing left-hander for the Kanwha Eagles who has attracted the interest of several major league teams, gave up one run on five hits and struck out 11 in a complete game. He gave up Yukio Tanaka's one-out run-scoring single in the ninth.
The Koreans mobbed Koo on the mound in celebration after he induced a forceout to end the game.