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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 02:56 PM) Other than the fact that Minnesota took 2 out of 3 vs. the Sox their first 2 trips in this year in April and August, probably nothing. BTW, since Manny Ramirez became a White Sox, I am tied with him in RBI. The Sox need to sweep. 2 out of 3 isn't good enough. True. Even with a sweep it would take a lot to pass them. But if they win one game and are up five? It would take a monumental choke by Minnesota.

QUOTE (since56 @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 12:08 PM) Jerry Dybzinski is still practicing his base runnig. One of the single biggest blunders in White Sox history. If we win that game 1-0 behind Britt Burns' incredible performance, LaMarr Hoyt wins the deciding game and we probably win a WS way before 2005.

What a great commercial.

Do you guys like or hate The Avett Brothers and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals? Tell me.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 10, 2010 -> 09:52 PM) Dude, he won a WS ring in '05 If you guys don't think Garland has remained a good option since he left the Sox I can't help you. He's done fine. Meanwhile we keep losing arms. I happen to admire Hudson, Gio and Clayton Richard and Garland. Our pitching which always is supposed to revolutionize baseball continues to be average.

QUOTE (Cali @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 07:03 AM) They beat up on their division. Plain and simple, they also play lights out at home. They're a very average road team. They are built for the AL Central which is why they rarely make it out of the first round. They play the Yankees like the Sox play the Twins, scared. I would agree 100 percent. You described the Twins. Thome may help them not fear NY.

2005 was no fluke. We had good baseball players and pitchers who really stepped up when it mattered most. And a manager that defied logic and let the starters finish what they started instead of bringing in relievers cause every team does that.

QUOTE (Gregory Pratt @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 05:34 AM) I'm sure the Sox more than break even every year after seeing those leaked financial documents for other teams. Me too. They must sell a s***load of merchandise. We have great hats and uniforms.

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 05:52 AM) just checked to see how horrible CQ's defense at right field is He is dead last of all qualified MLB player in terms of UZR and UZR/150, with a UZR/150 of -28.8 Konerko is also in the bottom 10 in UZR/150 with -12.0 In case you were wondering, of the unqualified players, our golden boy Teahan at 3B has a UZR/150 of -24.2, and Kotsay at RF would a whopping -81.0 UZR/150 I'd say we need to fire our fielding coach My eyes tell me Konerko is a damn good first baseman, stats be damned.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 05:15 AM) What planet are you from? You don't think 8-10 is eons better than a horrific 5-13??? 8-10 is bad, but not abysmal. The Twins have a chance to go 13-5 vs. the Sox.

Still at the break we were in the race. We could have added a suitable bat. We didn't. Thome didn't lead the Twins to any advantage at the break over us. We were in the race. Sox f***ed up by not adding a bat. Paulie, Oz, KW said they didn't need one.

There's no excuse for our pitchers to let Jimmy beat us ... again. Don't we know how to get the big lug out?? He made enough outs in Chicago (to go with so many big hits) but he did make a lot of outs! Cmon Sox 8-10 vs. Minnie would make a statement heading into next season. 5-13 against them will be AWFUL!!!

That's neat he cleared up his drug use. Did he write a book or anything? He was a favorite of mine.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 10:06 PM) Just think, last year at this time a lot of posters wanted the Sox to pay money to have Paulie play elsewhere. Of course. A lot of posters just recently only want Paulie back if it's under good financial terms. As I recall most were not in favor of 3 years. Off topic, Paulie would be a great hitting coach for big men/sluggers. He hits home runs a lot, but also knows how to spray singles and doubles when needed. What a stud.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 10:12 PM) Trolling is an art. QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 12:20 AM) The ignore function is a spectacular thing QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 01:43 AM) You could count last year on one hand how many times Thome managed to hit to the left side and beat the shift when with the Sox. It would take 2 hands just to count the amount of times against the Sox alone. I for one would like to offer a bif f**k you to Mr. Thome for playing out his ass now instead of the last 2 years when we needed him. Mr. clutch hit he sure wasn't. 1. Yeah I'm a troll at 11,000 posts and have been here like 9 years or something. I'm a troll. I've been here a long long time. 2. I don't ignore any poster. I like all points of view in life. 3. Thome was great with the Sox but the game threads brutalized him when he kept hitting into the shift. I remember he'd go to left once in a while and even homer to left center and we'd want more of it. I'll never rip him, loved him and he's certainly getting even with us now. He's beating us like he did in the old days when he killed the Sox as a member of the Tribe for years.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 10:41 PM) I had checked in and saw we were down 6-0 after one-half inning and hubng around till it was at 6-6. I had a good feeling about the outcome. We should have an interesting series versus Minny. We are still in this thing folks All Minnesota has to do is win one game in the 3 game series and it would take an epic collapse of biblical proportions. The Twins have shown no signs of shakiness or bizareness like we have since the break. It would make absolutely no sense for them to blow the lead. That said I'm in it til the end obviously like every year. Prediction wise: I'd say Minnie will win 2 of the 3 if not all 3. I can dream that we win all 3 and cut it to three. Realistically it'll be 7 when they leave town, but it could be nine IMO.

Minnie won again. They could be 7 up for the big series. What a joke. What fans will go to that? Even if we won all 3 it wouldn't mean jack. I guess for pride's sake, trying to keep them from being 10 up on us.

Konerko's stroke is so sweet. You can see why he didn't need steroids to hit homers. Has a decent body and just a great home run stroke. What I've loved about him is he also strokes singles and doubles when the team needs them.

Linebrink gets a DP. Teahen gets a hit. Wow. Surprise Sunday.

Konerko should give half his September salary for Manny for helping him build up his numbers.

Somebody like Zelig makes a great counterargument and the Thome lovers go away. I see nobody's responding to Zelig, so I bring it up. The Thome argument is not cut and dried. And killing a thread about Thome? Gee, sorry, like the subject isn't in every thread. What is a good thread? Somebody makes a point and everybody agrees I guess and feels better. Thome great; Kotsay sucks; let's get on with the day. Thome is one of my favorite Sox ever. He is class and like somebody said earlier he's deep down loving what he's doing to a team that didn't want him. Of course he is and gets the last laugh this year.

I don't think anybody has quit. This team has played like this against Central Division teams all year. Paulie is a god.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 03:36 PM) I like Quentin. He needs to harness his energy in the right direction and that is hard hit balls going over the fence 35 to 45 times a year, He should stay with the Sox I like him, too, but he's been a big reason for our offensive woes.

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 03:37 PM) Let me guess, the Thome for Rowand deal was a bad trade? Although you are right about how many people wanted Thome gone last year, it doesn't mean they're complete idiots. I'm tired of trying to play NL baseball in the AL. Yeah the "rotating DH" is a great idea if you know, you actually have the talent to pull it off. This is on Ozzie and only Ozzie. It's what he wanted. The White Sox left a lot of runs on the table by not resigning Thome and it hurt them the first two months of the season. Leonard Zelig is da man. He said it best IMO. As far as the above post, I don't argue with it as much as say to all of you Thome people, who cares? Our team was in the race and still had a shot at the all star break. Instead of building on we had, for whatever reason, we couldn't get Dunn or anybody and we faded away. This should be a reminder every year to not be fooled that teams don't need upgrading at the trade deadline. As a Sox fan and competitor I choose to not praise Thome every single day and lament his loss. I wanted to beat his ass, instead the Sox whimpered away, losing losing losing to Central Division teams all the time and failing to upgrade. Yes in hindsight we needed Thome I guess, but Leonard's points cannot be denied!!!!

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 06:33 PM) The good news today is Paul Konerko. 35 homers and 101 RBI's. Now we will see the inevitable posts on how he is at the end of his career and we should trade him. He needs to stay that's my opinion He has to stay or the Cell will be very empty next season.