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Danks is falling off the mound, circa last season.

Danks looks terrible today.

Can't be walking the inexperienced #9 hitter after being up 0-2.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 16, 2008 -> 08:42 PM) Maybe they deserve the division more than the Sox... It sucks we face Felix next week after they've missed him twice.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 16, 2008 -> 08:43 PM) Is DLS hurt for Oakland? I believe De Los Steroids tore his elbow

QUOTE (griffey17 @ Aug 16, 2008 -> 09:41 PM) its now 4-0 Twins 5-0

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 16, 2008 -> 09:37 PM) Has Swisher done anything against his former team mates? He's had some decent games at the Cell against the A's.

Murderer's Row time with Uribe and Toby.

Huge strike out for Danks in terms of momentum. And we might as well not look at Twins scores this wknd...that's about as obvious of a sweep as you'll see.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 16, 2008 -> 08:07 PM) Alan Embree is the worst lineup reader ever. I'm sure Devin Hester would be worse.

Was Griffey's grounder routine?

Someone please explain why we move Swisher up to the 2 spot against LHP when he hits below .200 against them? I don't get it...it's like we want CQ to hit solo homers.

QUOTE (tommy @ Aug 16, 2008 -> 09:04 PM) When is Griffey going to launch one? It sure won't be against a lefty pitcher

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 16, 2008 -> 08:02 PM) Must be a lot of leftover agitation from last night's game. Why, what's up?

What a shocker, no Brian Anderson OC, Swisher, CQ, Dye, Griffey, PK, Ramirez, Uribe, Hall

I was getting a kick out of watching the race walk last night.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 16, 2008 -> 07:03 PM) You have to remember that two of Thornton's runs came at the beginning of his fourth consecutive inning against Detroit, and I really don't hold him accountable for what happens after he's left out there that long. Does anyone else feel like Wasserman gave up a ton of cheap hits? Lots of cheap hits because Wassermann doesn't strike anyone out. In order to beat a ROOGY in the majors, you need to have a good slider. So far this season, Wassermann's been throwing almost primarily inside fastballs.

I'd like to see this lineup: Beckham Ramirez CQ Dye Konerko Griffey Jr. Anderson Swisher Hall

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 16, 2008 -> 05:17 AM) The U.S.A. baseball team comes from behind to beat Canada 5-4 in what was basically a must win game for both sides. Also, the United States is now 7 medals ahead of China but 11 behind in golds. It is pretty clear the Chinese will take the all important gold count while America will take the overall count. Also, it's good to see the track and field stuff getting going, always fun to watch that. Bolt's sub 10 second 100M was ridiculous.

Ozzie really has to stop playing Swisher against LHP. Sub .200 batting average and near .700 OPS.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Aug 16, 2008 -> 05:05 AM) I'd like to see us actually learn how to pitch to friggin Cust who seems to be the only guy on that team that hurts us consistantly (besides Street). AJ was terrible calling the game tonight in critical situations too IMO. s***...now I'm gonna have to go to bed pissed off. I'll have a crappy night's sleep. I won't enjoy the sports page tomorrow morning. And on top of that I'll get f***ed out of tomorrow's game because I think it's FOX. Good thing I don't have a dog or I'd probably kick it in the ass about right now. At least we don't have to listen to Hawk tomorrow.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Aug 16, 2008 -> 05:02 AM) This was very reminiscent of the Twins series at the dome...getting beat by the 2 guys in the lineup who can beat you. I understand that Oz is reluctant to give free bases; we've seen numerous examples since he came on board. But ya know, it's never too late to change your strategy and pitch around/IBB the guy in the lineup who can hurt you. Like I said in the game thread, Ozzie needs to treat Cust like he would Matt Stairs.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Aug 16, 2008 -> 04:58 AM) He gave up one dinger (2 runs)...what the hell else do you want. Dotel pitches one friggin inning and gives up just as many runs. Damn... Personally I'd rather have stretched Thornton another inning. But in hindsight...if this team scores more than 3 runs...in one goddamn inning Floyd wouldn't have been yanked. Every damn game this team scores run(S) in the first inning...it's sure as s*** they won't do crap for the next 6 or 7. I'd like to see him go at least 6 innings against a bad hitting team. He "deserved" to give up like 5 runs tonight. However, it's a testament to how far he's come this year. Last year, we would have been happier than hell for him to go 5 2/3-1 ER.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 16, 2008 -> 04:57 AM) The game was lost before that, and even before the 9th inning. The Brian Anderson baserunning play, Uribe's error giving them a free run, Octavio Dotel's pitch selection, even Alexei falling down at 1st base. We just gift wrapped this one. Yep, it was the typical Sox loss at Oakland. I know this is nit-picky, but why was CQ playing Suzuki so far off the LF line? I thought Suzuki's foul ball was going to be an easy play for Quentin. With Carrasco's sweeping offspeed pitches, you need to play the line more.

Why couldn't the A's have just called for a squeeze?