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Why in the world would you pitch Danks on 2 days rest?

This has to be one of the worst stat lines for a MLB hitter who gets at least 100 AB http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8214

Jhonny homers, 2-1 Twins.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 12:17 AM) Whomever plays the sox should just call up guys with 8 and 9 ERAs during the playoffs just to face our team. Our offense needs to get its head out of its ass consistently for the playoffs. Alexei's really gotten away from hitting line drives. I wonder what his GO/FO ratio was up until the last month or so compared to now?

Damn, Coke is warming up for the Yanks. He looked fantastic on Monday.

Cliff Lee really looks bad tonight. 2-0 now for the Twins, and he's really struggling to retire hitters.

We can't get a hit with RISP tonight. I believe we're 0-8 already.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 12:57 AM) They said on the radio that Buerhle was pitching Friday. I didn't think that sounded right. I figured Danks was Sat. One of us is right. No, it's Vazquez/Danks/Buehrle/Floyd/off day/Vazquez/Danks/Buehrle/TBD

Did anyone already post that CQ is expected back next week?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 12:55 AM) Danks isn't starting until Sunday. You sure of that? It's his turn to go on Friday.

Got the run home!

Let Wise swing away...this won't be a 1-0 game after 9 innings.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 12:52 AM) Well...this is getting interesting. With CLE trailing the Twins, will Guillen insert Danks into the middle of this game and go for the win? Will the Twins' score affect Ozzie's decision-making process? Or will we get our usual middle relief suspects? The longer we stay tied or if we can get the lead, the possibility of sneaking out of this game with a victory must be tantalizing. You absolutely save Danks for Friday.

Alexei looks like he injured something, possibly his right calf, on that nice play.

I hope our righties have figured out every pitch they see will be on the outer half.

6 of the 9 Twins batters have reached against Cliff Lee tonight.

So Joe Crede was supposed to call the Sox organization with the doctor's 2nd opinion on his back, and according to Cowley, Crede never bothered to call them.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 17, 2008 -> 04:19 PM) I don't know what effect his knee injury had on swinging and missing, something he did with even more regularity this year. He has no balance at the plate, and if he has a balky knee, that could contribute to the lack of strength in his swing. It's a really tough call for the organization, as I don't think anyone knows what type of player he'll be.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Sep 17, 2008 -> 03:30 AM) I'm not gonna lie, I threw a fist pump in there. 3 up in the loss column. So huge. I love baseball. Hell, my wife was pumped when that ball went over the fence. I think she was just happy we could watch Prison Break and House.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 17, 2008 -> 04:22 AM) Martinez is 1/10 career off of Nathan with a homer. Make that 2 homers.

VMart!

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Sep 17, 2008 -> 02:52 AM) Can't let up. THese two can hit a bomb as well. Even regular relievers look amazing compared to the junk that was pitching earlier for the Indians.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Sep 17, 2008 -> 03:38 AM) Wow Mauer hit that ball so hard.

GRADY!

I was the one that made the stupid post. It's going to have to be one large mea culpa. I've actually told some mods I would give up my game thread posting rights, and just post in the other threads.