ot: The quality of the NBC streaming has been great.

Which has sucked, because I find myself watching stuff deep into the early hours. Like, say, softball. I didn't MEAN to watch the whole thing, but you know what they say, "In for a penny, in for a pound."

Did you catch the game? How could you walk away (or go to sleep)?

Cat Osterman was busy no-hitting the Aussies, striking out 13 of 21 batters. On the offensive side, the rest of the team used smart, aggressive base running and a little Bustos-boost to notch three runs and seal the win.

This is a fun, exciting and talented team. (And it's pretty hysterical to hear the fans ooooooooh and ahhhhhh every time a ball gets launched in to the air.)

I can only encourage you to catch it while you can (pun intended) because this may be the last time you see softball in the Olympics. Gone for London, it might be reconsidered for 2016. At msnbc.com Mike Celizic scoffs at the idea that the sport should be eliminated because some argue the US is too dominant.

It’s a bankrupt argument. No one should have to apologize for excellence. You don’t criticize Michelangelo by saying his David would have looked better with a mole on his cheek. You don’t dismiss Mozart because he never asked a violinist to finger a bad note. I don’t hear people telling Michael Phelps that the swimming competition would be more interesting if he’d let somebody else win.

So why should the U.S. Softball Team have to apologize for always winning?

On that note, I'll go brush my teeth and start to...wait. Look at that -- the US is playing a good Canadian team at midnightEST..... Oh, oh.