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Watched first 30 minutes so far, and really liked it.

doc, I totally agree. I was extremely impressed by the quality of their ABs this weekend.

Twins with 4 series now against really mediocre teams. If they're going to make a run, it will be the next two weeks.

Quentin will get injured doing anything and everything on the field. He steals a base, and he bruises his hand.

After the game, Jenks said his sinker, cutter, and slider weren't working. How about your 4 seamer and curve...you know, the two pitches that got you into the majors?

Halladay looks awful so far against the Cubs. It's been a pretty awful baseball weekend. This Phillies team is clearly not as good as the Braves.

Balta, most of those 89-91 mph pitches were sinkers that didn't even reach the glove.

It happens to the best, these blown saves. Broxton just blew a 4 run lead as well. Hopefully Jenks gets some adrenaline by pitching in his home state the next few days. One more blow-up though, and you have to replace him.

Sox just have to go out and win tomorrow. You lose a few more in a row, an then you'll see panic by everyone.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 10:43 PM) You just switch Putz for Jenks. Great, cause we know how well Jenks does when he doesn't have the late inning adrenaline.

It's just annoying that he got hitters out on Thursday night by throwing almost all offspeed pitches. Today, Castro only called for 2 of them. He did hang the one to Kubel, but would have been nice to see a change-up thrown to someone.

QUOTE (IamtheHBOMB @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 10:41 PM) So, if Jenks is Wild Thing - who is Jack Parkman? Well, Brian Roberts does own him.

If you trade Jenks, then you expose our bullpen even more. Let's face it, this team has very little depth at basically every position. If Jenks is going to suck the rest of this year, we're screwed.

I might have to wait a few days to watch this, as I'm too disappointed right now.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 10:36 PM) This thread does suck. I'd rather focus on our closer, who should be starring in Season 9 or whatever it is, of the Biggest Loser. This is like Major League 2. We need Jenks to get back into his bad habits and discover his gonads. That 93 mph sinker bulls*** is weak. You're not Jon Garland!

QUOTE (IamtheHBOMB @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 10:36 PM) This was not a TEAM loss. The team actually played well - battled back and put us in the position to win. The loss is on two people -- Jenks and Santos. That's it. Juan Pierre as well

What is worrisome about this series is that if Mauer Hardy, Young, and Kubel all are swinging the bats well, the Twins offense is going to take off. They'll eventually trade for a starting pitcher.

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 10:33 PM) I would circle this date as the turning point of the fall. I didn't trust this team when they went 26-5, why should I start now. Oh, it could completely be the turning point. I think the turning point was more likely the Peavy injury, to be honest. The ripple effect that' going to have not only on the starting rotation, but on our ability to improve our offense, is what will keep us behind the Twins.

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 10:32 PM) Good teams would of buried Blackburn when they had to chance and not leaving too many runners in scoring position. This team has no killer instincts at all. We were up 3 going into bottom of the 9th. This game falls on Jenks/Santos, no one else.

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 10:30 PM) Again, it's not 1 game, it's 3 straight games....against the Twins, after the all-star break.....not a good trend to be setting. Something the first half of this season is to not trust anything with this team, good or bad. It's 3 losses...sure it sucks, but I GUARANTEE you that if the division comes down to 2 games in the end, there will be plenty of other chances we blew.

QUOTE (IamtheHBOMB @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 10:29 PM) You know someone is overreacting when fathom is basically like, "STFU". Thanks...I think

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 10:27 PM) A Rios ripping thread is soooo out of line. Like it would of mattered without his throw. He did us a favor...a quick death.

QUOTE (Soxguy @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 10:27 PM) It was one game. Plenty of games left vs twins and detroit. Yes it sucks, no need to panic though. THANK YOU! This isn't like the debacle in 2008 when Floyd/Jenks blew a big lead and then we lost in extras.

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Jul 18, 2010 -> 10:26 PM) 3 horrible losses in a row to a division rival in a playoff hunt. It's going to go worse. Then you know what? This team wasn't going to contend for the AL Central regardless of what happened. This was a bad loss, but it does nothing to drastically alter what happens the rest of the season. If it does, then this team is a bunch of mental pansies.

Rios'