200 million!?

It's hard to imagine in this country that a nation would stop for one day at one time for a sporting event. But that isn't so hard to think about if your from the other side of the world and you don't see to many of your athletes go to the American pro game. Twice this year has the western world stopped for the clash of two of their countrymen. One happened back in April when Dice-k faced off with Ichiro and Japan stopped at least to see these two titans clash. This time between the stars Dice-K came out as the personal winner but the show was stolen by young gun Felix Hernandez who threw a complete game one hitter and got the win 3-0. This was supposed to be it, it was suppose to be the biggest thing from the western hemisphere this year that is until Yi vs. Yao. 200 million woke up at 8:30 am(Beijing time) to watch this game. 200 million wow I can't even imagine that many people just stopping their lives just to see a basketball game. Not even that many people stop to watch the Superbowl. In the first meeting of many to come between the two came down to Yao winning but their stat line read Yao, the five-time All-Star, had 28 points, 10 rebounds and three assists. Yi, the 20-year-old rookie, had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Pretty good game from the rook but not as good as the seasoned vet. Yao said in a press conference before the game he thinks in the end Yi will be the better pro then he is.