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Wow, amazing defensive play by Morel!

Wow, very impressive by Morel!! Me thinks he's going to be the 3b for Sox next season.

Some very interesting stuff in this. Gotta love Quentin being the worst fielder in baseball based on two different metrics. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AnMA...fangraphs091710

Mark Teahen is playing himself out of baseball when his contract is up. Never seen a hitter look so clueless against offspeed pitches.

Cool to see with Manny. He sure made the Cell look tiny.

Impressive, three strike outs looking to all three batters faced.

QUOTE (Cali @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 10:33 PM) Is it wrong that I honestly hope Ozzie goes off on some homophobic, racist, antisemitic rant to end all rants, so JR's hand is basically forced to fire him? Cause I'm pretty sure that's the only way he's gonna go.... Been hoping for this for a while.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 04:50 AM) f*** the Twins and their bulls*** brand of baseball. Little dinky hits, balls that hit bases, bulls*** calls by umps that save their asses, balls that hit off rafters in domes, taking cheap shots at opposing players, etc. I hope the Yankees kick their asses and sweep them in the first round of the playoffs. And screw Ozzie for never seeing to it that his team even the score against Young. And after what happened to Paulie tonight and later Pierre getting hit despite the warning, Young and Mauer should have had to spend the night in the hospital. I agree, it's pathetic that Ozzie never retaliated against Delmon Young. And as for the Twins and their bs brand of baseball? The quality of their hitters is so much better than ours, it's not even close. I didn't see that many dinky hits by them this season (that would be KC and M. Aviles).

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 04:51 AM) The NL playoffs should be very exciting. I wouldn't want to f*** with the Phillies right now. And we both love the Reds. As much as I admire the Padres effort this season, I'm happy I won't have to watch games from that boring stadium if they don't make it. Between the Twins and the Padres, I think I'd rather watch women's softball on ESPN.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 03:47 AM) I'm following the NL West from this point on. Hell of a face going on there. I'm praying either the Giants or Rockies (or both) get in. I think I'd rather see the Giants, even though I know your significant other is on the Rockies. And heck, if there's a former Sox player to root for, screw Jim Thome. I'll root for Juan Uribe over Thome any day. I don't want to see the NL East teams make the NLCS.

QUOTE (Butter Parque @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 03:42 AM) I only see one playoff season in there. Perhaps I am a lunatic for wanting to get to to the postseason. To many people here settle for mediocrity. This whole, "at least we're not the Royals" sentiment is depressing. We won't be saying that in 3 years about KC.

QUOTE (Real @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 03:42 AM) What pisses me off more than anything is that nobody will be held accountable. Actually one guy will be, Konerko. He won't be resigned for next year. That'll be the Sox gift to him. Allowing him to get a chance to win next year, that sure as f*** isn't a possibility playing with this clown crew. If the Sox don't bring back Konerko, they run a big risk of losing even more of their fan base. Konerko is far and away the fan favorite it seems, as well he should be. It's too bad it's not the other fan favorite, Mr. Buehrle, who isn't the one we're looking to deal.

Does Bobby Jenks get a World Series ring if the Twins win it all? Hard to argue that he wasn't a catalyst for their amazing 2nd half run.

Nice series...this team just pisses their pants vs the Twins far too often. Ozzie better start playing the youngsters. However, I'm sure Omar will be playing every day.

Putz has cost himself an insane amount of money over the last month.

Hawk sounds absolutely disgusted with Quentin. Hey Carlos, great job dropping that back shoulder. The Red Sox or Nationals will fix you next year, don't worry.

Why can't Rios hit the ball hard anymore? His offensive numbers are going to end up looking pretty average this season outside of stolen bases.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 03:46 AM) Notice something else? When Ozzie brought in Teahen, Gardenhire didn't goto Fuentes even though that woulda been two lefites. LMAO...Gardenhire had so little concern for Teahen he just let his righty strike him out. Ozzie = Goofball Gardenhire schooled Ozzie there. Got the match-ups he wanted, as he avoided Fuentes vs Viciedo. I really hope we never have to see a 2/3 of Vizquel and Rios ever again.

Can Mark Teahen hit an offspeed pitch? It seems like every extra base hit he's had was on a fastball. He has such a huge hole in his swing on the slow, low pitch around his ankles.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 03:28 AM) Yet he still has hit 25 HRs and has 84 RBIs. Crazy. Those numbers looked a lot better a month ago when he was around 23 homers and 80 RBI. If he ends up with 27 homers, 92 RBI, and a .230 batting average...that's a very disappointing season for him. Also, just let Morel play Ozzie. Teahen obviously is awful...just a brutal, brutal acquisition by KW.

Oh Quentin...such a flop. One of the most disappointing back-to-back seasons for any Sox player I can ever remember. From MVP caliber to DFA caliber in 2 seasons.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 03:07 AM) Are they playing a different game in their minds...against a low scoring team? Mind boggling. Seriously, if anyone still has doubts about Ozzie being out of touch, that should be the final straw.

Morel with a really nice approach on that double. And you just have to laugh at Pierre trying to bunt the runner over when trailing by 2.

Really strong ABs by Manny and Quentin there. Both seemingly cannot wait for this season to be over.

QUOTE (Real @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 02:45 AM) DJ comparing the twins lineup to the yankees Since the ASB, it's been better