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Way to pull off the ball Thome. You're just so clutch!

Sure Hawk, Ozzie loves to play young guys.

This would really be the time for Thome to just bunt the ball.

Hawk really needs to be quiet about the home plate umpire and his strike zone. Blackburn had it a lot worse than Buehrle has tonight.

Well f*** Comcast finally shows a good replay, and Gomez was clearly out at 2nd base.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 03:06 AM) I still can't believe this joke of a team has been in 1st all year. It seriously blows my mind. "We're a better team than Minnesota?" My ass. The AL Central is brutal. Easily the 5th best division in baseball.

Another fantastic at bat by Dye. Everyone is so f***ing predictable.

Bonser is hanging about 75 pct of his offspeed pitches.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 02:59 AM) The question is, what line-up will Ozzie use tomorrow? Can you stay with Wise,junking the experiment with the new line-up after one game? Do you try Swisher? Slowey is a command and control pitcher. Swisher will play. He's had some good hits vs Slowey this year.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 02:59 AM) Fathom, I actually was in the car when it happened (saw the replay later) stone was saying the umpire just flat out missed the call. It was very close, as Gomez's left hand was underneath Cabrera.

Wow Juan...pathetic. I won't be sad to see him gone.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 02:54 AM) It was pretty obvious that Blackburn was throwing BP fastballs last inning. Griffey had homered, two out of three lefties coming up, and Blackburn's pitch count was up. You can credit him for picking Breslow (over Mijares, Reyes, Guardado), but it wasn't a great move. We'll see Bonser in the 7th, and very possibly Nathan for 2 tonight.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 01:53 AM) Or what a huge run scored when the umpire called some one safe at second who then subsequently scored... Yes, but it was a very close play, don't let Hawk fool you.

Hell of a job managing Gardy.

Wow DJ, f***ING AWESOME! All he says is "swinging for the fences".

Yay...playing right into Gardenhire's plans.

We're going to see Breslow likely. Griffey shouldn't be facing him, but it's not even worth arguing about.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 01:44 AM) Wait till the postgame. When our hitters make Blackburn out to be Johan. HIS PITCHES MOVED. HE DIDNT GROOVE FASTBALLS. HIS 88 MPH fastball was tricky. THE GHOST OF DA DOME. BOO. You will get your wish this offseason, I honestly believe it.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 01:44 AM) Do NOT throw a first pitch strike to Young. Too late

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 01:34 AM) Ozzie you need to call hit and runs and do bulls*** that we wouldnt normally do. Its time for desperation, we cant just go station to station and try and out slug the twins in this park. My internet went out, but I was going to say the same thing. Everyone watching could see that Dye was going to hit into the double play. Giving Jermaine a reason to focus on hitting it to the left side would have been a great idea. Of course, Ozzie sat on his hands when Wise got on and OC was up in the 1st inning.

Is it bad I'm rooting for Dye to make an out without hitting into a double play?

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 01:29 AM) Its basically a taller, less talented version of Timo/Willie Harris. Wise has a lot more talent than Timo.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 01:29 AM) I think its rally Griffey, I dont know why but seeing that last swing of his just seems like some how the old Griffey woke up and decided hes just going to carry our ass into the playoffs. How about the Rally Dye, and try to spark someone?

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 02:27 AM) Um, what did I miss when I see 70 bazillion posts a day about AJP sucking balls in the #2 position? Are you talking about OC leading off and Wise batting 2nd? Yes, sorry I wasn't clear.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 02:26 AM) Great inning Mark! Yep...let's get some runners on and finally hit a blast.