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I refuse to watch ESPN for 24 hours now with the highlights, as well as the Favre stuff. Will someone please alert me if ESPN shows naked footage of a sex tape with Minka Kelly in it? Thanks!

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 04:02 AM) You think the Hahn era will start now? Yes...as in starting around November. No inside information or anything like that. Just a hunch.

QUOTE (IamtheHBOMB @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 04:01 AM) The one good thing to come out of this is that KW will be able to tell Ozzie to shut the f*** up from now on when he gives his ridiculous input on roster moves That's if KW returns next season...still think he'll go the Paxson route.

QUOTE (daggins @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 04:00 AM) You're right, it won't be popular, because it's stupid. Change has to come from the top, and Sox fans won't stop being cynical until they are conditioned to expect victory instead of defeat. Its the Sox that don't deserve a WS, not the fans, because there have been some very poor decisions made over the last couple of offseasons that could have easily remedied the problems plaguing the team. This is so true! How's the return on the investment in the trades for Swisher and Javy coming along KW?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 03:49 AM) Honestly, if you were a player in the clubhouse, could you even respect your manager after the last week? Sure, if you were latino and felt slighted you didn't have an interpreter.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 03:57 AM) Actually, if Thornton would have had his good fastball, there is no way Thome even sniffs it. Apparently he just did not have it when he went back out there for the 10th. Agreed completely!!!!!!!!

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 03:54 AM) The negativity of this fan base has to end if we are to ever win another World Series....not just in this season, but anytime in the foreseeable future. You obviously didn't see all the choke avatars on this site during September of 2005...and keep saying every team has bad losses like this if it makes you feel better. 6 horrible blown saves since the ASB, as well as a few losses when tied in the opponents last AB. That's more than some teams have all year.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 03:53 AM) the pitch to thome was also 92. Ugh, that pisses me off. Hell, I thought it was a slider at first.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 03:51 AM) Yeah, I saw that. I also saw most people very excited that we were running Matt out there again for the 10th. I can only imagine the reaction had we gone with someone else there and that guy would have blown it. We didn't get it done. No one can save a damn game for us right now. It's really inexplicable and I don't know what else to say about it. Yep, the only real move I'm mad Ozzie made was not PH for Kotsay with bases loaded. I thought he managed very well besides that. The Twins are playing now like we did a few months ago. They're just a sensational team, end of story.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 03:50 AM) Once again you people are underrating the importance of a DH who can play the field. Bolt, you know the DH position won't make or break the Sox.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 04:47 AM) Thornton was at 15 pitches there. It was perfectly ok to go with him there. Certainly we would have probably turned to Putz had he not imploded against Detroit, but Matt should have been able to get it done there. He just didn't. Those top of 9th and 10th were extremely long innings though. I remarked in the game thread that the first pitch to start the 10th was only 92 mph to Young.

QUOTE (stretchstretch @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 04:47 AM) the shame of it is, in the playoffs NY will put Cano about 50 ft into right field and Thome will ground out to him about 5 times and go hitless in three games I really hope the Twins do well in the posteason so I don't have to read a lot of these comments on here about how Twins shouldn't be taken seriously cause they suck in postseason. I don't really care how they do in the postseason, because if they make the postseason, then they beat us in the standings and that's all that matters to me.

QUOTE (C_LEE45 @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 03:44 AM) coop might want to work on thornton a new pitch......or maybe throw an off speed pitch once in awhile. or tell the manager not to let him pitch more than an inning? Thornton is the least of our worries.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 03:40 AM) All I can say is I wish Ozzie had someone to turn to that could get a damn out in a save situation. Nothing can be done about Thome now. But Ozzie needs to find someone who can get an out in a save situation, and fast. Agreed, that's 5 games we've lost in the last month that were blown in the last inning. That's more than many teams have all season.

It's funny, I see everyone saying how heartbreaking this game was. Sure, it sucked and the ending was quite ironic. Maybe it's because fatherhood has altered my priorities, but this one really doesn't upset me that much. I don't think we'd outlast the Twins the rest of the way even if we won tonight. Sure, a win would have been great. However, at the end of the season, the better team usually wins the division.

It's too bad Jenks couldn't keep himself in better shape so he could get through a season healthy. His worthlessness in the 2nd half has had a negative chain reaction on the entire team. I used to think it was Peavy's injury that would be the downfall of the 2010 Sox, but I would say Jenks not answering the bell after the ASB is what did us in.

I sincerely would like to thank Delmon, Thome, and Thornton for making that quick. 3 pitches, and game was over. At least none of us got our hopes up in the bottom of the inning. Will we ever retire a Twins hitter in a save situation?

Can someone answer me if that was a slider to him? I really enjoyed the first pitch 92 mph fastball on inner half to Delmon to start the inning.

Could you imagine how far that would have gone if Thome was more of an asshole?

I want to see a re-vote!

Was that an offspeed pitch?

Enjoy the new ballpark in Florida Ozzie.

wow, and that about caps off this season.

And here we go...only 92 mph on that fastball.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 03:15 AM) Terrible at bat right there. My brother brought up an interesting theory. Beckham seems to always have bad ABs if he swings and misses the first pitch.