U.S. Beats Cuba For Olympic Baseball Gold

S Y D N E Y, Australia, Sept. 27 -- No dust-ups, no disputes, no dramatichomers. The Americans didn’t need any of them to get their firstbaseball gold medal.

A ragtag bunch of minor leaguers led by Hall of Fame manager TomLasorda beat mighty Cuba 4-0 today in a game that — stunningly— was no contest.

International baseball’s dynasty went down with only three hitsoff Ben Sheets, Milwaukee’s first-round draft pick last year, thenstood and watched as someone else celebrated after the title game.