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Danks throwing BP vs. the Twinks.

Good, Lexi's in no slump. Can you believe how bad we are this second half vs. teams in our own division? It is amazing.

Is Lexi in another slump? Seems like it to me. When you can't score runners from second on singles, you have to get key hits or you ultimately lose close games. Bad at bat, Lexi and advantage Twinks.

Glad to see Cox holding runners. He'd have been dead. You can't make guys faster than they are. Please realize that next year as well, Cox.

Paulie really has found the gaps this year. Those who think he is finished and can't match these stats next year are WRONG. Just replay that at bat over and over and you'll realize he ain't done.

Goood eye, Beckham.

That was a can of corn, Hawk said. Yup

Might as well hit another HR, Alex.

Nice walk by CQ. Getz rarely gets a hit when I'm watching.

Do the Twins still have a tiny payroll. It used to be they fielded contenders all the time with small payrolls.

Every night it's something else. Now tonight we're not gonna get a quality start from Danks? Crazy game is baseball.

Delmon was trying to hit that to right field, you know move the runner. Unlike us.

The Twins have some good baseball players.

Somebody mentioned this weeks ago, but Rios looks like Michael Jordan up there when he played for the Sox. That home run looked majestic.

Hitting is contagious. At least that's what they say. Nice blast.

Rios with the dinger. Maybe it's a start. Hawk thinks so.

I trust that KW is not dumb enough to even for a minute considering acquiring Bradley. But then again, he's the same guy who landed Linebrink and Pena so I guess never say never.

I love Richie Allen's posts. They say what I always want to say but are not as mean spirited.

Oz obviously is pissed he has to pencil in Rios' name in the lineup two of every three nights. He could be quietly rebelling. Not to pile on Rios, but if you are Oz and your job is to make the postseason, you can't be too happy with Alex right now. The guy has hit worse than most pitchers. Just saying Oz has the right to be pissed at Rios.

Could you say the same for CQ? Oh, he has the injury excuse, I forgot. If Jimmy was having an MVP year we wouldn't have shipped hiim. Couldn't Jimmy have had MVP numbers? You can't just blame Dye. There's plenty of double play blame to go around. Plus the bullpen has been absolutely horrrendous. We can't win a series from anybody right now and it's not just JD's fault. He's probably the No. 1 guy to blame but what if we picked up Rios and he went crazy at the plate? What if Gordon continued his sizz and just kept blasting the s*** out of the ball? What if Lexi just went nuts and kept getting big hit after big hit? Dye is a big time goat, but so is the defense, the bullpen, the baserunning, etc.

That was an awesome rant. I laughed at the "I hate this team." Was your last sentence supposed to be in green? If not you are the classic "Wait til next year" kind of guy. Sometimes next year is a lot worse, just ask the Royals. Not saying it will be, but KW is gonna have his work cut out, especially with the Rios/Peavy contracts possibly hindering some other moves.

That was a darn good article, though it didn't address the bullpen much. Sounds like Peavy will be a welcome addition in terms of the passion he shows. Interesting the guy called him a No. 2 pitcher, however, not No. 1 in the Cell. On paper we'll be considered contenders again. But this time, some guys have to really come through. Some guys have to emerge in the bullpen. If we get rid of Bobby, that means we need even more set up guys with Matt the closer. Our offense is so bad, I don't think we can magically assume it's going to be better just because we will be 0-0 in April and starting over. A good start will be reassigning Walker, not cause it will matter, but we need to make some changes. I hope they don't boot him from the whole organization. I hope he gets to keep a job. s***, make him the third base coach and get rid of that hack waving runners home only to get gunned down.

Rude, I'm past hating Rios. I'm just concerned that he really truly isn't very good at the plate. I don't like the idea of him in our lineup next year. Hope it just was an off year, but watching him bat (like watching Jermaine) is excruciatingly painful. Aren't you also pained to see Alex bat? I hope it indeed is just a one-year thing. Yes he appears to be a good defensive player and if we can add some offense in other areas, it'll be nice to have a glove in center.

It's true that Quentin looks like a spastic up there. If that's how he plans on battng in the future God help him and us fans. If Dye gets two strikes on him ... he's gone. He'll wave at anything in the dirt. I don't know if Walk could help them, but I hope he at least addressed both matters in conversation with them. Both are indeed lost.

I don't know why I assumed a white person would yell the N word at Bradley. I would think Bradley would see if there were any black fans in the area of the taunts and would point that out if there was a chance it was a black person yelling the crap. Seriously though ... if this racist stuff is true, that means people in 2009 are yelling the N word at a person in a public place?? With no repercussions? I would be very uncomfortable if some ass in my section was yelling the N word at African American players on my team or the other team. I'd want an usher.