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QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 02:47 AM) their fans are convinced we are going to win the division it's funny the similarities between us just shows you that both of these teams are massively flawed and not great, the division is a crapshoot at this point Just out of curiosity, why do their fans feel that way?

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 02:45 AM) Kinda like how they destroyed the worst team in baseball up in Seatle. The Twins are unstopable. Yeah, or maybe it's because they're playing at home now. I just saw they're going to miss Felix Hernandez again this wknd. Go back and read all the posts from the Mariners/Twins series, and how everyone was making comments about how their luck is gone due to not being at the s***hole. Well, they're back at the s***hole with some very favorable pitching match-ups.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 02:44 AM) This forum always gives me a chuckle after a loss. We will get a big win, and there will be 4-5 posts saying good job. For a loss, there's 4000 posts calling for half the team to be DFA'd, traded, rebuilt. Good laughs. What a new and original thought.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 02:43 AM) It's painfully obvious we need to add pitchers. Anyone who denies it is just ignoring a gaping, growing hole. The bullpen is entirely hit or miss, and we're going to have a black hole in the 5th starter spot. If KW doesn't add some depth, we go nowhere. You know what's amazing about our bullpen....outside of Jenks, not a single one of them has a good offspeed pitch.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 02:43 AM) if we can just keep pace with the twins, who have also not played all that great..., once they start playing Oakland, LAA, and Tampa on the road.. i like our chances We have some very tough road games left as well (at Boston, NYY, Minnesota)

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 03:40 AM) Okay...I am just saying, compared to Wasserman or Carrasco or someone of their ilk, he has a much better raw arsenal...it's just not polished, and he is definitely a work in progress. However, I wouldn't put him in the Jon Adkins category just yet, either. Russell seems like he could learn a splitter with his motion.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 03:40 AM) Throw to the left side of the plate. That's the only strike this god awful ump is calling. Maybe Matt Thornton can learn an offspeed pitch one of these years. He has a great fastball...but it's about time he developed another pitch.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 03:39 AM) We seem to be settling for playing .500 for the most part. That will not get us into the playoffs. Twins are in great position to win 7 or 8 of their next 9 games.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 02:39 AM) i'm blaming josh beckett for being real good. Yeah, he was pretty filthy tonight. I can never hate him.

Way to get in position Gr. Soreness for that throw.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 03:35 AM) Oh no, most stop believing as soon as we are down 1 run. The season is over. Give it up

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 03:35 AM) There won't be a pennant race with 15 games to go (see 2003) if we completely burn out and overexpose Thornton, Dotel and Jenks. Linebrink probably won't be coming back...and Ozzie needs to find a fourth reliever that he can count on somehow. There's no better way than now. He could be forced to use someone like Russell in Minnesota with a week to go and down by two games in the standings, it's better to establish exactly what he has right now. Russell has the third best "stuff" of anyone in the bullpen, arguably. He should/could be someone you project as that missing piece, because we're not going to get much better from someone we can sneak through waivers, unless KW is willing to take on another big contract (Dotel, Linebrink, Jenks after this season, Thornton and MacDougal) in the pen. Russell's stuff is nothing special. 94 mph fastball, extremely flat slider. I'm not blaming Ozzie for this....KW's inability to find another righty reliever is killing us.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 03:33 AM) Logic went out the window, when Ozzie decided to trot General Soreness out in CF, with a young kid with a no hitter, in the 7th inning in a 1-0 game. None of these scream 38 year old corner OF in CF. General Soreness is a great name for Griffey

Gosh, this umpire f***ing sucks.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 03:30 AM) Our relief pitching is coming through again At least we won yesterday. I'll be fine being out .5 game after the Red Sox series.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 03:28 AM) I think Russell didn't hear me. First batter he faces in the top of the 9th sees 4 straight balls and heads to first. That's clutch relief pitching right there There's just no excuse to have a pitcher with a 5.52 ERA coming into a 1 run game in the 8th inning with 50 games left in a pennant race.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 03:29 AM) LOL. Griffey out in CF late in a game is dumb. Griffey on this team is dumb. Honestly, there's no point to him playing.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 03:28 AM) The risk of keeping Griffey out in CF in a 2-1 game better result in him hitting a jack. Ha, perfect! What a freaking joke.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 02:26 AM) Could be an interesting bottom of the 9th Adam Russell might have something to say about that.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 02:26 AM) Honestly, did anyone think "the momentum is going to swing the other way now" after the Crisp catch? Check out my post right after it happened.

Get the first 2 guys out here, and throw a fastball at Drew's ass. You can't let them hit your superstar in all 4 games of the series.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 02:24 AM) The Joe Mays attack model. Our lack of offensive execution in games where we dont deposit the ball over the fence is a joke. If we dont hit home runs, we cant win. I can't remember the last time Dye had a hit with RISP.

Thank you, I'll take it! Let one fly Jermaine!

Ozzie...please, please break up this 1/2 at the top of the order.

To quote my buddy jphat, this is just one of those games.