Hit by a Pitch

Here are a few quick notes about how a few Lithuanians and Latvians (sometimes referred to as “My People” [upper case, which differentiates them from "my people," which refers to White Sox fans]) are doing in the Olympics (behind the cut so as not to spoil anything for people who are even more behind the times than I am):

Men’s hoops: Lithuania upsets Argentina. Linas Kleiza is awesome (told ya!).

• Official Olympics Results page
• Denver Post article
• Article from Lithuanian Olympics site (in Lithuanian)

Men’s beach volleyball: Latvians upset world champs Dalhausser and Rogers.

• Official Olympics Results page
• NBC Olympics article
• Plavins and Samoilovs: Olympic Studs of the Day

Women’s road cycling: Edita Pucinskaite finished 9th, Jolanta Polikeviciute finished 11th, and Modesta Vzesniauskaite finished 27th.

• Official Olympics Results page