{"id":3473,"date":"2009-07-19T17:30:32","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T00:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3473"},"modified":"2009-07-20T12:15:05","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T19:15:05","slug":"isf-worlds-japan-v-usa-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3473","title":{"rendered":"ISF Worlds &#8211; Japan vs USA Tonight !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/usd-casinos.com\/American-Flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><strong>USA scores shutout win over Japan!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Koert, Palazzo and Magnusson lead the way.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.2009worldsmensfastpitch.com\/images\/USA\/USAPaul_Koert.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.2009worldsmensfastpitch.com\/images\/USA\/USAMatt_Palazzo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.2009worldsmensfastpitch.com\/images\/USA\/USAKyle_Magnusson.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alsfastball.com\/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&#038;cntnt01articleid=4075&#038;cntnt01origid=16&#038;cntnt01dateformat=%25A%2C%20%25B%20%25e%2C%20%25G&#038;cntnt01returnid=16\">here<\/a> for Al Doran&#8217;s inning by inning recap.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/flag.japan.200.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>   vs.   <img src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/flag.usa.200.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another big match-up this evening, following the one with Canada (3-0) vs. Australia (2-1) is the nightcap between Team USA (1-1)  and Japan (2-0).   The two teams have been mentioned as among those projected to be in the hunt for two of the four playoff spots.   <\/p>\n<p>The top two spots earn &#8220;double life&#8221; status in the playoff round, meaning they could lose a game and still remain alive.  (Reigning world champions, the New Zealand Black Sox already beat the USA, and is favored in Pool A)<\/p>\n<p>Game time, 6:30 p.m. Saskatoon time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/free.timeanddate.com\/clock\/i1mvh22w\/n1227\/fn5\/tcddd\/bas5\/bat6\/baceee\/pa2\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"103\" height=\"34\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Digital clock shows local Saskatoon time. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Al Doran, of Al&#8217;s Fastball<\/strong>, who is on the scene in Saskatoon, had this to say about the game between Japan and the USA:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;At 6:30 pm, the two top challengers to New Zealand in Pool A play, Japan and the U.S.A.  Although the Japanese are undefeated and yet to play the Black Sox this may be a matchup for second place in the pool as both these team are legitimate medal contenders.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA scores shutout win over Japan! Koert, Palazzo and Magnusson lead the way. Click here for Al Doran&#8217;s inning by inning recap. vs. Another big match-up this evening, following the one with Canada (3-0) vs. Australia (2-1) is the nightcap between Team USA (1-1) and Japan (2-0). The two teams have been mentioned as among [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3473"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}