Brad

Again, letting your biases show. The English player was hit in the chest primarily and only incidentally did his his head hit the English player. It was a terrible call. To you it may be a red herring but it gave them a distinct advantage. I'd wager that most refs in these matches don't know the language of either team and he uses his hand signals to make his point. The English were able to sell their points to him and the Colombians didn't have the same advantage. By the way, I'm still waiting for England to score a goal The only one I saw scored was from Colombia. Anyway, at the end of the day, the result won't change and England will count itself as lucky and the Colombians will rue the opportunity they let slip through their fingers.

I think the point is that they didn't miss him greatly; he's not the James of 2014. It's not like Portugal missing Ronaldo or Uruguay missing Cavani, which appears a possibility; he missed training yesterday. I think the point is that they didn't miss him greatly; he's not the James of 2014. It's not like Portugal missing Ronaldo or Uruguay missing Cavani, which appears a possibility; he missed training yesterday.

Someone who understands. Having a ref who was American and spoke English and English only gave the English an unfair advantage, not to mention he did a terrible job. The only goal in this match was scored by Colombia As for James, he isn’t the player he was several years ago. Why do you think Real Madrid sent him to Germany?

That is an amazing story.

Isn’t that part of what makes sports compelling. It provokes discussion.

It seems to me that you used Grace Kelly to take a swipe at the people here and I just don’t agree with your characterization of this place or that it’s not representative of the jazz listening public. How do you know it’s not. If somebody asks me how it is representative, I couldn’t answer the question any more than you can. We simply don’t know, unless you have polling data to the contrary. As far as she goes, it’s a shtick but if that’s how she wishes to perform, who am I to question her choices. It certainly holds no interest for me. We hope that her act will attract viewers to check out jazz but we don’t really know if that will happen, do we? They may just be interested in her and there may no pass through effect. We are left with a lot of questions.

Received my Mingus box yesterday. Unfortunately, the box but not the CDs or book were damaged but I’m sure it will be corrected.

I thought we were having a friendly little debate but I seem to have struck a chord. It all comes with the territory of being a Yankee fan, probably the same kind of banter that goes on between Cubs and Cardinals fans. This kind of banter is pretty common around here and at the end of the day we all have a good laugh. Trust me, I’ve seen far worse than what’s been written here.

It’s not Yankee bashing, not that I care for them, and we can disagree on how the Yankee announcers reacted to the HR but he didn’t come even close to catching it. I’ve seen similar situations where outfielders had it bounce off the pocket and into the stands and this was not one off those situations but if you and other Yankee fans want to see it through Yankee colored glasses, feel free. That’s what you guys usually do anyway.

David, I know you're a fan, but c'mon on. They were whining or moaning, whatever adjective you choose. As far as his coming close to catching the ball, I saw the replay several times and they showed it from different angles but he never had a chance in catching it. It was a mere accident that it hit off his glove. Try to be objective.

Have you emailed Mosaic about their delivery company?

We (myself included) get too hot and bothered by her act but she looks like she’s enjoying herself and life should be fun. Yup.

Colombia can only blame themselves. It was there for the taking. Going forward, none of the four remaining teams in this bracket were impressive in their matches. Any of the four remaining teams in the other bracket could beat them. I still see Belgium emerging from that group. The other bracket, who knows?

England still is the better team. They should win.

Goooool! It’s finally turned into a match. Anybody’s game now.

I think the Colombians have sucked the English in. They are far worse but England is no angel. At any rate, Colombia doesn’t really have an attack so England should move on.

Unfortunately, this match seems out of control. I’m not sure what the ref can do, short of showing a red. 6 Cards so far.

It’s a joke. Not at all deserved.

Kane was just as guilty. It’s a bs call.

It’s a chippy match and I think the Colombians are trying to throw them off their game. It seems to be working. I’m sure they will look different after the restart. However, Colombia will adapt too.

So, are you lot getting worried?

More like a whine.

A shame.

I watched a good part of the Braves game last night. Very good game. Perhaps a WS preview. Yankee announcers were moaning that Judge got a glove on the ball but replays showed he never had a chance to catch it, even though the ball nicked the glove. Live by the porch, die by the porch.

File this under stupidity.