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I know jinxes do not exist, but I hope you knocked on wood after writing that. If not please do so now.

That is wild and cool somebody ranked Willie No. 2 on their all time list. I would never even have thought of Willie but if he's your second fave player ever so be it. I am glad he got that hit and scored that run! Is he a starter this year? Is he a valuable big leaguer? I do hope Swish and OC do not make the list. My gawd, they are newcomers and not worthy of any fan favorite lists yet.

I don't know about OC's "winning attitude." The Sox beat writers have not written much about that.

We got to match Twins win for win. Cmon Sox, beat a good team in the Rays.

Hate to say it but they may be a team of destiny. They are fricking amazing.

Hope that was a joke which I suspect it was. I mean I love the Sox and agree we're bashing the ball, but we have to prove it against the great teams. We did split with Boston which was good I guess. Our recent play has been great but we've taken care of some s***ty opponents. We need to beat the Rays, Yankees, Bosox, Twinks down the stretch.

Yeah there's nothing more we can do. It's the Twins that are bugging me. I want to see them lose eight of nine. Kudos to the Sox for not having a sub par stretch the past week or we'd be five, six games out. If only they had had a s***ty homestand we'd be five, six up.

Zach deserves credit for battling back. I think he's on pretty heavy medication. Hope he continues to do well. Seems like a nice kid.

The Twins piss me off. Don't they know this division is ours this year? Why won't they go away? Those bastards.

I remember when Bo played for KC he threw the ball from the warning track in lf all the way to the plate on a fly gunning out a runner from third on a sac fly. Amazing.

We are on a roll right now. The crazy thing, however, is there's been no separation from Minnie of late. I love the way we're playing and we are a terrific team, but our inability to shake the pests the Twins concerns me.

If it comes down to those 3 games at Minn, I don't think I could bear it. It will be crazy pressure. Man ... nailbiting time. Sports are so crazy. We got older players who you'd think would overcome the young Twins. But s*** anything can and does happen in the Twinkdome.

It'd be nice to sweep em and have the same record as Minnie in recent games vs. Sea and Oak. I fully expect Minnie to beat Oakland and take 2 of 3.

We have some guys having pretty damn good seasons like Quentin, AJP, Dye, Thome, Lexi with guys like Swish, Konerko and even Crede capable of going nuts in the playoffs/WS. Our pitching, however, remains iffy and could go either way. Should be interesting, but we're right there. It'd be very disappointing to not get in after being right there for so long.

I'd have to go with KC cause of the ownership.

Hochevar and Gordon have a shot, but they aren't looking like superstars just yet. This is Gordon's second full season.

We got some tough games coming up. It'd be a shame to not outlast the Twins in this division. What's our payroll compared to theirs anyway?

That's probably true Tex. Should be interesting to see when Crede returns and how much he plays right away.

Really? You was wrong.

Great win. Richard ... wow. Oz and KW are on a roll right now. I hope the team continues to stay hot. I mean with Minnesota playing so well, we've got to keep winning. Richard stunk during his first stint, got a second chance to redeem himself and showed something. I couldn't understand the decision to give him another start. Once again I was wrong. KW is on a roll. Keep it up KW and Oz!

A healthy Crede is so much better than Uribe. But Oz seems kind of perturbed so I wouldn't assume Joe will immediately take over. I guess if Joe is 100 percent healthy they might plug him back in right away.

Mark pitched pretty bad last night and we still won. Keep the faith.

I would agree with you. I'm just hoping Oz/KW know something we don't know and Clayton will come through. I can't figure out why they wouldn't let Broadway start again compared to Richard. You'd think Richard would fight like hell tonight to get us a win. It's a big game. If Clayton fails again I don't know what to say.

I don't know about the Royals. I'm still not convinced. They have some pitching in the minors I guess and Greinke is damn good. Aside from Soria do they have any stars in the making? Butler and Gordon ... jury still out. Like somebody said they've been saying a long time KC will be improved. The bottom line is the owner is a joke and allegedly Moore is an up coming GM with some ability. We shall see. I wouldn't bet on them excelling like the Rays next year.

At this point and judging from Oz's comments I can't see him taking over for Juan immediately. If Joe is smart he'll shut up and wait for the chance to play and not be a distraction. I doubt the Sox will move Joe right into the lineup but I could be wrong. On a side note, isn't it funny how the acquisition of Griffey hasn't cut Paulie's time much at all?