“…Perdagangan bebas dan hubungan seksual bebas akan lebih berguna ketimbang cara lain dalam mengembangkan peradaban…” James Wilson, seorang pendukung setia perdagangan bebas di Inggris, mengatakan kutipan di atas pada 1843. Begitu kuatnya kepercayaan Wilson akan argumen Adam Smith tentang perdagangan bebas, ia pun menerbitkan majalan The Economist yang didedikasikan untuk perdagangan dan pasar bebas. Dari Inggris, [...]

CONCACAF has ruled that the U.S. men's national team will be allowed seven extra roster slots for the Gold Cup because of the U.S. team's participation in the Confederations Cup. The ruling means the United States now has 30 roster spots.So what seven players will be added? Those names haven't been revealed yet. We will post them as soon as they are made available.Here is the initial 23-man USA roster: GOALKEEPERS- Jon Busch (Chicago Fire), Troy Perkins (Valarenga), Luis Robles (FC Kaiserslaute

The New York Yankees won over the Seattle Mariners by a score of 8-5 . Starting for the Yankees was Joba Chamberlain and he got a no decision. Brian Bruney got the win even though he didn’t deserve it. I don’t even know where to start with this game. The Yankees won but didn’t look too good doing it. I guess I’ll start with the starting pitcher Joba Chamberlain. Joba gives us Yankee fans a lot of stress even though he’s in every game and doesn’t give up many runs. Tonight he didn’t have his

NEW YORK – Any team playing in both the Confederations Cup and Gold Cup in the same year will be allowed to increase its roster from 23 to 30 players, CONCACAF announced Tuesday. The decision will enable the United States to add seven players to its already announced squad for the tournament that starts Friday. “In light of the consecutive competitions, the Confederations Cup and the Gold Cup, with the objective of providing the best performance possible for the public, and in recognition that

Seattle Post Intelligencer Bats come alive to weather Cards' Pujols MLB.com ST. LOUIS — The Giants survived a pair of Albert Pujols home runs by staging another robust offensive performance of their own on Tuesday night to defeat the St. Excerpt from: Bats come alive to weather Cards' Pujols – MLB.com

Remember when watching the Major League Baseball All-Star Game meant getting to see a few of your favorite Orioles play alongside the biggest names in the game? You know, when the big question was “Who will join Cal at the Midsummer Classic?” not “The Orioles still get a representative, right?” When a team has one of the worst records in baseball, which unfortunately has been the status quo for the Orioles, it usually gets only one All-Star. Baltimore has sent just one player to the All-Star G

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Cabrera hits key double, Yanks win 6th straight NEW YORK ? Melky Cabrera hit a go-ahead double in the eighth inning and Mariano Rivera tossed out the first ball ? and threw the final pitch ? as the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 8-5 Tuesday night for their sixth straight win. Alex Rodriguez hit his [...]

It’s been over 48 hours since the US’ 3-2 loss to Brazil in the FIFA Confederations Cup championship game. So I figured a good way to have someone else do the writing for me for a lazy post I should interview a good friend of this blog, Seattle Times writer, soccer aficionado, and fellow Seattle-area resident Josh (from The Beautiful Game) on several topics discussing the US Men’s National Team. Questions from me are in bold, and his answers are directly below….after the jump!1.) We’ll start wit

The Rangers' bats finally awoke some and Texas closes back to 1 1/2 games behind the Angels setting up a big final game of the series tonight. Discuss: • Lineup. Give Ron Washington credit on this one. He put Marlon Byrd at third in the order and look what he did, especially in the fourth. Maybe that's where he should stay until Josh Hamilton returns. • Marlon Byrd. He was upset with himself last night for not producing when needed and came back with a great game. Two homers -- his sec