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US softball survives scare, beats Japan (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Tue, 08/19/2008 - 23:39

One more for gold. One more before goodbye. Pushed to extra innings, the U.S. Olympic softball team scored four runs in the ninth inning and beat Japan 4-1 on Wednesday to move within one win of its fourth straight gold medal -- in the sport's farewell for now.

Crystl Bustos hit a three-run homer -- almost out of Fengtai Field -- in the ninth inning as the Americans extended their Olympic winning...


 

Selig insists tie was not an option

SI.com  Wed, 07/16/2008 - 01:57

NEW YORK -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig admitted he worried about Tuesday night's long-running All-Star Game dragging even deeper into extra innings, and the All-Star managers running out of pitchers.

But Selig didn't worry that there might be a second tied All-Star game under his watch. That's because he decreed that there would be no ties.