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Humber's a bad match-up against all of the left handed hitters in the Cleveland offense. Kinda disappointed we didn't shuffle rotation to have him face Texas lineup instead.

That's just a brutal lineup. I don't care if Quentin is struggling, you still need him in the lineup.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 05:05 PM) I agree. What the Sox do well is find low risk talent. It's too bad that our payroll level has increased substantially over the last 5-6 years and we are seeing less and less production from the expensive guys. I agree with Shack in that if you can trade unproven prospects for proven big league players, that's a good business strategy. The issue has been that KW and company have completely whiffed on these proven guys for quite a while now (Javy, Swisher, Pena, etc).

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 05:43 PM) Apparently Georgetown got into a brawl with a Chinese team on their tour through China. Thompson had to pull his kids off the floor, they had chairs and bottles thrown at them. Good article on deadspin about it

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 05:48 PM) So does that mean Dunn plays again? Great. He had the best at bats on the team last night

The problem is that it's blatantly obvious that Jerry Reinsdorf despises drafting high schoolers. You can tell by what Hawk and Stone say during broadcasts, as well as how we've drafted. I just hate our philosophy of not going over slot/paying for latino players (not including Cubans). These actions seem to have caught up with our organization, and the result is a 127 million dollar team that isn't as talented as that money would lead you to believe.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 03:59 AM) Seems a bit too soon to think about promoting Kuhn. Before the rosters expand? Or as a replacement for Beckham? What they need to do is find a way to get Omar off the roster.

Much better at bats in the 9th inning, but couldn't get the big hit tonight. Really wouldn't mind seeing Kuhn up here giving us another lefty bat that can face these tough righties.

Wow Stewart!

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 02:30 AM) Hawk cherry picking stats again. It's so setting up that if Ozzie returns next year, so will Pierre.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 03:28 AM) Flowers should be pinch hitting for the pitcher here. Everyone swinging at the same pitch that hasn't been called a strike all night. Hopefully we don't see Lucy too much.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 03:19 AM) Twins lead 6-4 Fun getting to root for them for once

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 03:13 AM) And why his average is what it is. He rarely tries to actually drive the ball except to right field. If he ever opened it up a bit, he'd probably be hitting .208 I would much rather he hit .208 if it meant 10-15 homers.

Another defensive swing by Morel in a hitter's count. That's why you have two homers on the season.

Nishioka makes our hitters look studly...what a bust so far for the Twins.

Dunn with two rockets tonight, great to see

QUOTE (TheCut87 @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 02:58 AM) I wish Detroit or cleveland would put us out of our misery already I'm tired of this team hanging around giving false hope to everyone especially when we play like this Have you seen the starting pitching we'll face the next 10 days? If we're still within 5 games after next Sunday, it will be a moral victory.

Just a matter of time. Not impressed at all with Lucy's pitch selection with Buehrle on the mound, as way too many cutters to lefty hitters.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Aug 17, 2011 -> 08:36 AM) Well good job making Daniel Bryan look like an idiot. What happened?

Stupid baseball continues

Seems like we're in real danger of this game getting out of reach. Need to keep it to one run and pray for the solo homer.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 01:48 AM) that was pitiful Better get a run next inning, cause the 7-8-9 is overmatched by Carmona. Dunn might be our best prayer for a solo homer.

Quentin making no adjustments up at the plate. Our hitters couldn't have a worse game plan tonight.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 01:46 AM) A competent offense puts up a 4 spot at least on Caromona. Chasing way too many low sinkers. Making it way too easy for him tonight. I'm stunned at how flat the team is tonight.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 01:44 AM) He wouldn't have caught it, but it took him forever to get to the ball, allowing Santana to score without drawing a throw. Oh yeah, I was referring to having a play at the plate.