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Fans are going to boo the Sox like crazy if Beckham cannot drive runs in. Ozzie, please give Morel or Viciedo a chance at third.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 16, 2010 -> 01:32 AM) What do you think about Matt Kemp? Word is they're seriously thinking about dealing him. I cannot see the Sox ever bringing him into their organization after the fights he got in with their minor league affiliates. Also, unless we traded Danks, I'm sure Dodgers could get a much better package for him. I will say that the more I watch Quentin, the more I think he's finished with this organization. Hopefully some team views his '08 stats and thinks they can fix him.

Haha, watching Quentin face a LHP is just comical. How can Ozzie and Walker even justify putting this guy on the field against a lefty?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 16, 2010 -> 12:21 AM) who hits 3rd in '11? Probably someone awful like Carlos Beltran

Seeing how Pierre has really struggled down the stretch, Ozzie needs to sit him a little more often next season. Juan's not 25 years old still.

Another reason to hate Nick Swisher...he's engaged to the delightfully hot Joanna Garcia.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 04:08 AM) I hope the Twins beat the Reds. Keep it in the Midwest and have the Twins f***ing win it and maybe next year other teams will get fired up to play those dull pieces of s*** for a change. Why the hell would anyone root for our rival to win it all? Also, I'd rather not watch the WS games in that pathetic, boring park

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 04:00 AM) Reds/Rays would be the perfect World Series. Reds/Rangers would be better. I don't like the Rays this year, for some reason.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 03:58 AM) I think White Sox fans know better. With the exception of one "lucky" post-season game (because of the coin flip, a rule later changed), that's the ONLY possible reason to have hope...but yet here we are with another late-season, second half home game against Minnesota "choking" it away with the bases loaded and the relievers blowing up in innings 7-9. The real concern is that the Twins are showing no signs of slowing down in the coming years. With their increased revenue, strong farm system, and Mauer already signed long-term, the only chance for them to fall down in the AL Central is if Morneau never returns and guys like Duensing, Slowey, and Gibson can't produce.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 03:57 AM) Well, congrats to the Minnesota Twins, your 2010 AL Central champs. They deserved it. Let's go Reds!

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 03:55 AM) s***, forgot about Morel. After this series ends, Ozzie better not think of playing the 43 year old "phenom" over Morel. Maybe Manny will just fake another injury again, and then Viciedo can DH.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 03:51 AM) lol. Like who? I'd rather they run some random fans out there then some of our pathetic minor leaguers. Viciedo should be playing the rest of the way, same with Morel. Sale and Santos might as well get shut down the rest of the season.

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 03:51 AM) Second best? Don't forget about Detroit and we couldn't beat Cleveland or KC. The Sox could headed for the dark ages unless they spend their way out of this. And the likelihood of that with Reinsdorf and his cohorts are non existent. Reinsdorf is not a sportsman. He's a businessman who runs a sports organization. Championships don't mean anything to him. It's about making money for the real owners, period. KC is in a good position to pass us up if they can find some pitching. They have 3 of the top 5 prospects in the minor leagues. Cleveland isn't close to taking another step though, as their pitching is really bad. Tigers will almost definitely be in the 2nd slot in the AL Central next year with some huge FA additions and a team based around Cabrera, Jackson, Verlander, and Scherzer.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 02:49 AM) Take away May, and he's been pretty ordinary. And he makes too much to be just ordinary. yep...for as hard and unlucky as he hit the ball the first few months, he's been the exact opposite since the ASB. Balta was so freaking right about trading him when his value was high. His contract is going to be such an albatross.

Thornton allow like 6 runs in his last 1/3 of an inning vs Twins?

What's Rios' WARP since the ASB? I would say he's been our worst every day player, but stats probably won't say the same.

Wow Rios...most overrated defensive player I've ever seen on the Sox. Rowand was better than he was.

QUOTE (chiguy79 @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 02:44 AM) I bet they win ~87 games, 6+ .500 is not what I am looking for, especially in our division when we should be cleaning up against KC/CLE and Detroit has been a minor league team the 2nd half...and we got smoked by Baltimore. The Twins have been good and deserve the division but if we didn't hand the twins numerous head-to-head games this year we would be right there. Statistically, did we have the easiest interleague schedule in all of baseball? 12 games vs Cubs, Pirates, and Nats have to get us in the running.

Something about seeing Cooper's smug face as our pitchers are getting blasted really raised my blood pressure there.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 03:42 AM) After this series, really no need to play Manny any more. Next. He'll keep playing to justify the 175k he makes per game.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 02:39 AM) Faded down the stretch? lol Fathom love you but you're talking out of your ass right now. Jackson had one bad start (the most recent one) and the one before that was "OK" (7.1 IP, 4 ER, 6K 1BB). If he has another bad start yeah I guess maybe you could say that but he's only had one. One. He's been hit extremely hard in his last two starts. Might have been in the game thread the other day, but Jackson's next start is pretty important to see if Cooper can fix some of the issues he's having (including possibility that he's tipping his pitches, which I don't believe).

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 03:34 AM) He's left 6 people on base. What a joke for 4 million. I bet he ends with no RBI for the rest of the year. I feel like Manny has hit one ball hard all year, and that was against Valverde.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 03:36 AM) Well some of you got your wish when Danks drilled Young. Too bad it cost them the game. And in true Sox fashion, it wasn't intentional and surely didn't hurt at all.

AJ, feel free to call for an offspeed pitch when the Twins are expecting a fastball. Young needs to get hit in the f***ing back here, and not this intentional walk crap.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 03:32 AM) His bat speed is that of a declining 38-year old. Makes me appreciate Thome more than I do (which isn't as much as most on here), as it probably proves that Thome was powerful the natural way instead of enhanced.