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Haha, R. Manuel of Boston gave up a homer to the first batter he faced tonight. Worst pitcher I've ever seen in the majors.

QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 01:04 AM) Sometimes I think that Carlos Quentin sucks. Sometimes I think that Carlos Quentin is pretty good. He's a weird dude, and a weird baseball player. It's the road...of course he sucks. I do think Boston should trade for him, as he'd be a great player at Fenway.

QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 01:01 AM) Here's the point. On their current pace of losing about once a week, they're going to win around 100 games. Anyone think the Twins are a 100-win team? No. What goes up . . . will at least level off. We just need to keep winning. Why aren't they a 100 win team? They're good in every aspect, and have nearly all of their players performing well. People really underestimate how awful their schedule is the rest of the way.

Well, 4.5 games back...hell of a run to keep it this close.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 01:54 AM) That's a hit. Crede, Uribe, Vizquel all make that play routinely. KW really needs to be looking to trade Teahen this offseason. He's an awful fit in the AL, as he'd be much better off playing in the NL.

Ugh...2-0 Twins

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 12:45 AM) you guys make it sound like they won't lose again I'm sure they'll lose again...but it would be nice if they lose more than once a week. Their starting pitching is doing an amazing job of keeping them in every game and allowing their offense a chance to win the game. Can't believe they're all the way up to 24 games over .500

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 01:37 AM) while it would be best to be 3 or less down in the loss column, that series and the one to close out the season (us vs. indians, them vs. toronto) will be huge even if we are 4 out. Blue Jays are very good. Blue Jays are going to be shutting down Cecil, and they've already shut down Morrow.

Harrell's offspeed pitch isn't good enough for Little League. He needs to just throw 100% sinkers.

Twins winning....made me vomit hearing KC announcers go on about how much Thome has meant to the Twins

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 01:34 AM) How many bad jumps has Juan Pierre gotten this year? Jeez. Pierre would have 25 CS if not for his ability to slide

That's just terrible baseball. Stop it!

Maybe we'll get to see Infante and Morel and Flowers tonight!

Pena will get Garcia's next start it seems. Makes sense with Ozzie holding off on using him in the 3rd.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 12:21 AM) 1) Teahen just had a horrible reaction to a ball that Vizquel would have stopped. Scores on Damon's homer. One run. 2) Kotsay's error opened the floodgates. 4 runs Simply put, we didn't have a good enough lineup or starting pitcher to beat a good starter in Verlander tonight. Hopefully PK comes back soon, we really need some power in the lineup for those games when we can't string together 12 hits.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Sep 7, 2010 -> 11:44 PM) Manny, a free swinger? Greg, come on, do you actually watch the games? I'm not sure if Manny walked during the 2005 ALDS. Wait, now I know why greg hates Manny, and loves Jenks. Jenks retired Manny in game 2 of the ALDS.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 12:08 AM) Ugh I tried to read this thread but I guess I'm done with it, too many cringe-worthy posts in rapid succession from know-it-alls, and more asinine Thome talk. This is like the Brian Anderson debates all over again. Ha, I could only have imagined what would have happened if Anderson went to a team and hurt the Sox.

QUOTE (Mr. Showtime @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 12:18 AM) Is Orlando Hernandez available? 2005 Powers Activate! Don't get Greg excited! BTW, Garcia with nearly a 6 ERA since the ASB. It's funny how people still try to argue how great the Sox staff is compared to the Twins.

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 01:11 AM) he can follow guillen to the marlins That would be AMAZING...can we trade Ozzie for Logan Morrison?

QUOTE (dmbjeff @ Sep 8, 2010 -> 01:12 AM) miggy is the best hitter in the american league. i easily pitch around him to get to a hot journeyman any day of the week. i blast ozzie all the time, but not on that move there. Agreed completely, if Kotsay wasn't a mediocre defensive player, that inning never happens. Of course, pitching Harrell in a meaningful game is a recipe for disaster. 5th starter is now a huge concern going forward.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 7, 2010 -> 11:53 PM) i don't think so. he's not hitting it as consistently hard as the 1st half of this season, but I think it's because pitchers are adjusting to him. He seems real susceptible to the outside breaking pitch with 2 strikes. League has also caught on that he'll take the first pitch almost every AB. That gets him behind in the count, and gives him one pitch to get a good swing at before the wipeout offspeed pitch in the dirt.

Time to shut down Garcia until he can actually pitch more than a few innings. And as Brian said earlier, let's hope he actually does sign elsewhere. No way you can keep counting on him.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 7, 2010 -> 09:52 PM) and strangely enough without a true DH they managed to go 25-5 with streaks of 11 and 9 sandwiched in there. Baseball is a funny game, and this team is as streaky as it gets. And strangely enough, 9 of those games took place without a DH in the lineup. I do agree though, this team is incredibly streaky.

This wouldn't be surprising. His swing looked very weak the last couple of days, as he was pushing the bat through the zone. Would hate for it to be true though.

Why was Beckham scratched?