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QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 05:25 PM) i wish Quentin could finish strong to improve his trade value. Some AL team would have to like him for DH. Maybe Seattle? Only problem if we get rid of him is we run the risk of having an offense the potentially might have no power threats. If Konerko leaves, we could easily see Teahen in RF and Morel at 3B. Knowing Ozzie, he wouldn't even want a power threat acquired to play 1b/DH.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 05:26 PM) Bonderman and Porcello have been hit hard all year.....they need to get it going.......has anyone other than Omar homered since the Cleveland series? Nope

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 05:21 PM) Alright offense, gotta step it up here. Ha...we've seen this act like the last decade. Come September, the long ball is non-existent. We need someone to get hot and hit 4 homers in a 6 game stretch, as no one is picking up the slack right now.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 06:19 PM) Twins fans have to be enjoying this and laughing their asses off. They're not even worried about us anymore. I believe they're too busy masturbating in the bathroom looking at pictures of Brett Favre.

Damon's done a lot of damage ever since that comparison to Kotsay on this board the other day.

This team looks completely dead. All of our pitchers seem to have hit the wall as well, as everyone's velocity has been down. Sale needs to be shut down for season if we are 6 or 7 out after Twins series.

Seems like it's been a while since we got off to a good start in the first inning. Pierre's slumping, as he's something like 4 for his last 27.

In all, thought this was an extremely boring season of Hard Knocks. They didn't focus on individual players enough, so it made it hard to care about anyone in particular. The Jets GM might be the biggest dork working in sports. For all the talk of D. Woodhead leading up to final cuts, they really should have had a meeting or reaction from him after he knew he made the roster.

Watched a lot of Hudson's start tonight. Hitters just don't take good swings against his change-up. He's going to be a very good pitcher in the NL for a while if he can stay healthy.

So there's been a 9 game swing from where we would have been if we won that Sunday game vs the Twins after the ASB to now. Plain and simple, Twins deserve the AL Central with their amazing play since the ASB. The better team will have won.

QUOTE (hometeamfan @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 01:42 AM) Did you SEE Danks expression when the team played like hamburgers behind him?? What more do you want out of a starting pitcher??? To actually pitch over an error? Danks has been far from spectacular since the ASB. Of course, pitching on 3 days rest is a pretty bad idea.

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 01:47 AM) What has Quade done? Haven't had much time to see what the Cubs are doing. Benched Castro for 2 games cause he didn't know how many outs there were in an inning.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 02:32 AM) Ozzie doesn't work that way. He benches players out in the court of public opinion, then he goes back on his benching and plays them anyway. He is like a small dog. Lots of bark, no bite. Mike Quade's shown more balls in 3 weeks than Ozzie has in the last 3 years when it comes to handling players. Duensing mowing down the Royals now. At least we no longer hear from people how the Sox starting pitching staff is far superior than that of the Twins.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 01:26 AM) tied up in minny Get ready to be upset

Twins with 3 runs in a 2 minute span. 5.5 back looking more likely...just a terrible last 26 hours.

And here come the Twins

QUOTE (Pale Sox @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 01:11 AM) I think we're going to hear some interesting post game comments from Ozzie. You find his comments interesting still?

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 02:00 AM) AJ was on the radio today talking about how if they win 90 and lose the division its not so bad. They will be upset that they lost and all, but 90 wins. yeah. So basically we fattened up on a good stretch against the NL, played like crap for months at a time this year. Our first two months of the season, and our record against bad teams and our division are the tombstones on our playoff chances this year. We are running out of time and our team is taking it in the pooper. Yep, heard the same thing and made me sick. It's so time for a change of leadership, starting with the manager and including some of the veterans.

No one answered my question about Teahen's 2nd error. This is a pull baseball special it seems.

Listening to 30 mintues of this game on the radio, DJ and Farmer were blasting the Sox performance tonight. Saying how awful the defense positioning is. They seemed especially frustrated with Rios.

Was Teahen's second error on a play that would have been a double play? As someone mentioned earlier, it's really no shock the Sox went on a good run when he got hurt. I don't know how we managed to overcome the loss of his amazing power, contact ability, and defense. Also, I'm really frustrated by Ozzie playing guys who don't match-up well against the pitcher. Andruw Jones vs Bonderman's slider is a recipe for disaster. If anything, play him tomorrow against Porcello's sinker.

Gotta love our #6 hitter. Heck, move up AJP to give Manny some protection Ozzie!!

Nice to see an Omar bomb.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 11:37 PM) I only saw his one at bat yesterday, and he didn't look great. Are his numbers low in the minors? His numbers were good in the minors.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 12:34 AM) Fine by me. You'd think Morel or Viciedo will be ready for 3rd next year.. Well, Viciedo has to play somewhere on the big league team or KW really screwed up not trading him when his value was huge at the deadline. Count me off the Morel bandwagon...I don't think he's strong enough to hit in the majors.