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QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:31 PM) We've seemed lifeless for a while. It just seems like the rest of our competition has been crap for most of the time, too. Except the Twins

Lets get 2 runs in, and give Nathan a scare in the 9th!

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:28 PM) Seems like our funk has lasted since right before the ASB. We really haven't played well for a long, long time. We're just not playing good baseball. Our starting pitching underachieves at least 3 times a week, our offense has become to stationary, and our base running/defense has been bad. I'm not sure how we're still in the WC lead.....as I don't believe we're playing like a playoff baseball team.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:26 PM) Oh...well, that's even more pathetic. There's been a lot of pathetic things said in the last 50 days or so.

Anyone have the stats on what the opponents batting average was against our starters last year, compared to this year?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:23 PM) Wow, what a shot by Hawk. What did he say?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:17 PM) I think I may boo Vazquez or Garcia the next time I'm at a game one of them starts. They really deserve it. Any team with Javier Vazquez should never have a "Grinders" commercial play. As we've talked about before, if we keep mailing in games against Santana, it's going to be difficult for us to make the playoffs. At this point and time, this Twins team is superior to us. Let's hope some other teams can defeat them in the next 35 games or so.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 07:49 PM) There was nothing said about Mulder in that article. Do you have a link for the piece that you're referring to? Sorry, I just figured it was the same article from the Tribune in which Ozzie made fun of Mulder.

Man, we're so going to get the "Javy pitched well today" comment, aren't we?

Does anyone know how many series the Twins have won in their last 20 series or so?

BTW....4 2/3-4 runs for Cy Hernandez today.

QUOTE(soxyess @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:08 PM) we have to take two of three next weekend against these guys We have Vazquez going one night, and Santana going the next game. We're in a massive hole to start the series already.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:07 PM) Santana has been hittable today, but our offense just sucks right now. And our D this game has sucked as well. Not to mention that Javy has made some bad pitches at the wrong time........Piss poor performanc today all around i would say Our offense is really slumping these days. I don't want to think how bad it would have been over the past few weeks if it wasn't for some big time errors by the opposition. There's still some time before the waiver wire deadline KW!

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:05 PM) What the hell has Cotts shown you to make you want him in the rotation. His decent fastball, or his decent fastball? I personally think we should try and trade Cotts this offseason, and get a lot of value back for him.

Shaping up to the be the typical 6 ERA game or so for a starting pitcher. Nothing new.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 07:54 PM) You laugh, but he would. It was a joke....he bombed with the Yankees in the postseason.

QUOTE(Colorado Sox Fan @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 07:53 PM) This off season can't come fast enough, when, I hope we dump Garcia and Vasquez. This off season can't come fast enough, when, I hope we dump Garcia and Vasquez. I won't complain if this offseason comes later rather than sooner.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 07:53 PM) Javy getting hit hard is just the MO for him, but Ozzie seems totally dedicated to this Frankenstein experiment we have...Come on folks...Can ANY OF YOU imagine this clown pitching in ANY OF THOSE games against Houston in the WS last year? LMAO... I have a feeling that Vazquez would suddenly show more testicular fortitude if he ever pitched in the posteason.

QUOTE(CWSOX45 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 07:49 PM) Fantastic. Only a 1 game lead on the Twins after tonight. Damn we better kick the s*** outta the kittens or we could be in trouble. With how crappy we've played in the last week, I'm THRILLED we still have the lead in the WC right now.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 07:48 PM) I would have to agree. It does not mean he is throwing "Meatballs" up to the plate. He's hanging his changeup more than I've ever seen him. Against someone like him, you need to capitalize on those bad pitches, and not foul them off. A great example is how we smashed every bad pitch Halladay threw against us a few weeks ago. Ah....here comes the 3rd time through the order.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 07:47 PM) McCarthy has been mis-managed and we traded some decent talent for this waste of space pitcher. This trade wouldn't be nearly as bad if Chris Young was only a decent talent.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 07:46 PM) Santana does seem to be throwing ALOT of "meatballs" today..... This is by far the worst he's looked against us in the last 10 starts or so.

We've seen Thome foul off way too many meatballs lately.

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 07:41 PM) We need about half the people here to take a vacation right about now. Can we take Ozzie, Cora, Garcia, Vaz, and Pods with us?

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 07:42 PM) There's something to be said for that. There's a lot of 'cutesy' type pitches being thrown this year by our staff instead of just not screwing around and getting the job done. That's one thing about last year's team... they didn't mess around, they were aggressive and they went after the hitters. I love AJP's personality, and he's changed the attitude on this team more than anyone else. However, him and our other catchers have not done a good job this season.