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Alexei's likely cost himself the Gold Glove with all these errors. He's on his way to have more than 20 this season. He's been great, but unfortunately, that's the first number they'll look at (besides batting average).

QUOTE (stretchstretch @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 05:36 PM) and this is where Ozzie shows how bad he is, a game still within reach, electing to put it out of reach for the sake of what?? seeing if you can "teach" a bad pitcher to get good in game situations and your team on the cusp of going down 5 games with less than a month left??? wtf That sounds like something Rongey would say

What happened on the Nix play?

QUOTE (Real @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 06:32 PM) Five games out , here it comes Last night's Twins win was completely demoralizing. Sox had a great win, and then Twins find a way to win a game they had no business winning. We have to pray that the White Sox can actually compete at Fenway against a beat up team.

I'll gladly take the DP there. If you can't score 3 runs off of Carrasco and company, you don't deserve to win the game.

QUOTE (stretchstretch @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 06:29 PM) wow, bunting with a guy on second and no outs to extend a 1 run lead against an offensively challenged team, what a great idea!! we should really take notes from teams like CLE Indians are Ozzieballing us to death today.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 06:27 PM) Hmm, good start, Pena... He's just a bad pitcher. I look forward to the day he's off the roster.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 06:27 PM) Peavy, Danks, Floyd, Buehrle, Jackson...Sale as the #6 option. There's no room anywhere but the bullpen. I just see no way all 5 of those guys are back, with Danks being the likely trade bait. Way too much money tied up in a starting 5 where you need money to fill some holes.

I really hope Sox don't intend on bringing back Garcia next season. He was a pleasant surprise, but it's just too hard to count on him to stay healthy/strong an entire year.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 03:28 AM) It is dumb. Konerko's range has been pretty bad this year and even though he is pretty good at scooping bad throws, a lot of 1B are. Without his bat, Konerko wouldn't be a very valuable 1B. Thank you!! If you want a good 1B that can't hit, you can get Kotchman for 1/10th of the contract Konerko will get.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 03:12 AM) And a positive for Iowa State. What's with Hoiberg bringing in terrible human beings like Allen and White?

Another game that the Twins had absolutely no business winning. All of their runs came with 2 outs.

Twins win, Capps somehow blowing 94 mph straight fastballs past Tigers hitters.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 02:48 AM) MSU lost Raymar Morgan and Chris Allen. That is a lot. Losing Allen is definitely a positive for MSU.

Hopefully this means Ozzie can use Castro off the bench more for PH reasons.

Twins winning 4-3 now after 7

Tigers are handing this game to the Twins. With 2 outs and a runner on, two straight HBP and then a 4 pitch walk.

Chapman pitched tonight....looked amazing

Kyyle, did you ever suggest naming your kid Vince?

Tigers catch a break, as game should be tied. Valencia seems to be getting a ton of big hits for the Twins lately.

If the Sox don't make the postseason, I will be cheering for a Rangers/Reds World Series.

QUOTE (KipWellsFan @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 01:53 AM) Seriously, Arizona's gotta be like WTF Edwin! Not that he hasn't been great, because he has...but I highly doubt Arizona is upset about that trade. It's crazy how both guys in the trade are two of the best in baseball over the last month. It's like Volquez/Hamilton circa '08.

Congrats to my fellow recent parents (if it's your first). After 3 weeks of being a dad, I will say that women have it a lot harder than the men do. For any guy on here hesitant to have kids, I would say do it! It's an amazing experience and gets better every day....that is until they tell me they're Cubs fans.

My favorite moment over the weekend with regards to Girardi and the Cubs was the Score having "breaking news" from the Cell that Girardi said the Cubs job is a great job. They cut to an audio clip, and Girardi goes "every managerial job in the majors is a great job". Hmmm....that's worthy of breaking news?

Effective or not, I give Jenks huge props for taking the ball so much this last two weeks.