Okay, now let's see if the men step up to the plate

[KamaAina]

or the penalty spot the way UConn men's hoops did after the women started winning titles. That snapped them out of a horrendous streak of annually choking in the second round.

Beating Germany in Cologne was a nice start. And Jurgen has three whole years to put it all together.

[El Supremo]

1. Are you talking about the Gnats getting swept by both the...

Fish and Natsies and needing to do better?

[KamaAina]

2. Of course.

I still don't quite understand why Bruce Bochy changed his name to Jurgen, though.

[madinmaryland]

4. An interesting statistic for you, El...

Pirates/Orioles = 17 games over 500.
Rangers/Rockies = 13 games under 500.

[El Supremo]

5. Mighty poor smack attempt.

The Rox are 12 under but the Rangers are only 1 under. I think "we may have a contender here."

[VWolf]

3. It's more than just beating Germany

Although, it was nice to beat them on their soil for the 3rd time (I'm including WW1&2).

They also beat the Netherlands in Amsterdam a few days earlier, and they've owned Mexico for several years (dos a cero, anyone?)

They've made it out of their respective groups in the last 2 world cups, which was unimaginable only a few years ago. (In '94 they advanced as a 3rd place team in their group, and they were hosts, so I don't consider that as much of a surprise.)

And now JK seems to have the midas touch as coach. The future does indeed look bright.

BTW, the Gold Cup begins tomorrow night. Get pumped!