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Author: Aurel Radulescu
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Founded in 1898, the Italian Football League, also known as Italy soccer, is the highest football league in the country. Serie A, which began in 1929, is the top division of Italy Soccer and is primarily sponsored by Italian mobile phone company TIM. Prior to the inception of Serie A, Italy soccer was structured into regional groups. The championship title is commonly referred to as Scudetto, which means ‘small shield’ because the champions’ uniforms will feature a small coat of arms during the following season. After more than 100 years of play, Italy soccer is at the height of it’s popularity in both the eyes of the fans and in the media. As we know it today, Serie A is the most elite of all divisions in the Italian Football League. Other divisions include Serie B, Serie C1, Serie C2, Serie D and Eccellenza.
With an Italy soccer league consisting of 18, 18 or 20 teams, Serie A requires that each club play all other teams on two occasions, once at their home stadium and once at the home of their opponents. The first half of a traditional Italy soccer season consists of each team competing once against all of the other clubs. The second half of the season will consist of the same competitions in the same order, with the only difference being the location of the games.
When it comes to scoring, an Italy soccer team receives three points for a win, one point for a tie and no points for a loss. When it comes to tallying the points to see which club will be crowned as champion, teams are ranked according to their total points accumulated during the season. If two teams are found to have equal points at the conclusion of a season, those two teams will meet up in a one match playoff. The top four teams in the Serie A of Italy soccer will qualify for the UEFA Champions League.
Like the area itself, Italy soccer is rich in history and in tradition. With so many years of successful play, the competitors have set a number of records. As of September 2006, three players hold the record for most appearances. These include Paolo Maldini, Gianluca Pagliuca and Dino Zoff. The current records held for the oldest player appearance include Marco Ballotta and Dino Zoff. During the 2005-06 season, A.S. Roma set the record for most consecutive wins with a total of 11 straight victories.
For additional information on Serie A and/or Italy soccer, fans may visit their official website at http://www.lega-calcio.it. Current standings, news, updates, photos, historical profiles and league news is available online and is offered primarily in the Italian language. A professional design with colorful appeal make this a very popular website among Italy soccer fans. Soccer, itself, remains a popular sport throughout the world and is celebrated in many different countries. With legions of fans worldwide, it appears that soccer players will be kicking high for many years to come.
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Author: Brian Kevin Williams
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In the beginning of the year, when A-Rod was hearing it from the boobirds of Yankee Stadium, I was sticking up for the guy. I told friends, family, people on the internet, and fellow fans to give the guy a break and that he would be getting back on track relatively soon. A-Rod would get back to his old ways of playing great offensively, and playing a damn good third base for the Yankees. Rodriguez has been hearing it all year for his actions and inactions, whether it’s A-Rod’s tanning in Central Park, or his strikeouts late in games. Either way, this guy was the MVP of the league last year, and he would turn things around eventually, right? Well, wrong. Although Alex’s average has been increasing as of late, and his power stroke seems to be back, it has reached a point where Alex Rodriguez has become a liability in the field for the Yankees.
Just today, A-Rod made his 20th error of the season, which is the most among all Major League third basemen. On Thursday against the White Sox, with two on and nobody out, Alex fielded an easy grounder for what looked to be an easy double play, but he threw the ball in rightfield, which cost the Yankees two runs, and ultimately a loss. In the Friday game against the Angels, with the Yankees down 3-1 and runners on 1st and 2nd, a ball was hit right at Alex which took a nasty hop, but was definitely catchable. A run scored, and one more would follow, putting the Yankees in a 5-1 hole that they would never climb out of. And then once again today, Alex misplayed a shot by Orlando Cabrera, which was ruled an error, and resulted in an Anaheim run.
With everything considered for this year, and his abysmal play at third base, I think it’s time that A-Rod received some time at designated hitter. Jason Giambi is less of a liability to the team playing first base, than Alex Rodriguez is playing third base for us. We should give Craig Wilson a shot at third base, put Giambi at first, and put A-Rod at DH, just to see how things would work out for us. I truly believe A-Rod is one of the best if not the best player in all of baseball, and is more than capable of winning a gold glove at third base, but how many errors does he have to make playing that position before Torre realizes that he’s hurting the team by playing him?
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