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QUOTE (WinorDie88 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 08:46 PM) Bobby Jenks will blow it here. And I won't blame him for a second.

3rd inning for Jenks? Ha...really need to DL Thornton.

QUOTE (Hollywood_AU @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 08:45 PM) So...how's it gonna happen here? Walk-off HR or a walk and two singles? Any other ideas for the heartbreaking loss coming right here? We haven't seen a walk-off sac fly yet on a shallow fly ball to LF yet.

Kotsay with bad luck on that line drive to left field.

Wow, please retire Hawk.

AJP with much better focus at the plate lately.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 08:37 PM) Did he use that phrase about pre-surgery Liriano? Might have, but we never saw the good pre-surgery Liriano. We saw him in 2005 when he was first called up, but never faced him when he was starting during his lights out season.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 08:35 PM) Hawk has declared Sale a great pitcher. "Nintendo stuff" Last person he said that about has been a massive bust in the minors (Andrew Miller). He hasn't used that phrase much, nor has he used "he was all-state in two states".

Great effort from Jenks today!

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 08:32 PM) Yes with man on in eighth and none out, why not bunt him over? Then you have 2 chances for clutch hit. And you only have the AL leader in stolen bases on first base.

Where's the option of The Pope? He's brutal, but we never lost when he was in the booth.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 09:29 PM) It's funny how fundamentally different some fans are. I blame the players; many blame the manager. No cllutch hit equals misery today. Greg, so you agree with the continued use of bunting as well as numerous outs on the bases?

"Ozzieball" is not working, plain and simple. This series has been a clinic for giving up way too many outs, and having to then rely on 2 out hits to score runs.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 09:25 PM) Ozzie ball makes me want to punch out windows. It's insane, it really is. Konerko got himself out there looking for an offspeed pitch he wouldn't hit anyways.

Ozzieball is crippling this offense right now. Hawk keeps saying how Omar is one of the best ever at hitting the ball in the hole when a runner is being held on...give him 3 chances to do so!

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 09:00 PM) I love it. Who the f*** would have pitched? Who did you trust in the pen THEN (i.e. not Sale). Who? Linebrink? He was going for the win and it failed, I'd take Thornton with 15 pitches going into the inning over anyone else in the 'pen that night. Thornton threw 18 pitches and it didn't even sniff his longest outing of the season. Please find some other random occurrence to b**** about with Ozzie. 3 separate innings, with the top of the innings taking probably 20 minutes each = time for a new reliever. Something clearly was not right with Thornton in that last inning, as his first fastball was only 92 mph. It was a bad decision at the time, and now with Thornton being unavailable, it's an even worse decision.

Very nice by Danks!

Danks having to throw a ton of pitches...not the day for him to have no control.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 05:47 PM) I knew I wasn't seeing things when it appeared he was a little lame after throwing a pitch last week. Hopefully nothing too bothersome. If its been an ongoing issue, it really makes you wonder why they extended him in Minneapolis. Get him an MRI, and then place him on the DL. Hopefully Threets is ready to return. That decision to pitch him 3 separate innings on Tuesday is absolutely ridiculous.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 06:12 AM) So are we 4.5 back now? 4

Mercy...that was 7 hours of our lives we'll never get back, but at least it doesn't seem like a total waste of time.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 06:10 AM) Is he up every two hours? During the day, but he sleeps 4 hours at a time at night.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 06:08 AM) If they blow this I say we all sign off and go to the bar. I'll bring my 2 week old...start him young!

Nice play...Frank would have thrown that into RF. What a gutsy, great play by Kotsay.

I have a feeling if we blow the lead this inning, it will be via the long ball.