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QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 01:07 AM) I can't believe anyone thought that trade wouldn't be a difference maker. I think it was the same people who didn't think Soriano would be an upgrade over Pods. QUOTE(3E8 @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 01:07 AM) Looks like someone took an icepick to his face. Is that the plot of Basic Instinct 2?

QUOTE(iguchi=dank @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 01:06 AM) as i said. we need the twins to beat themeselves. and so far there pretty much doing it. If it was us we would be complaining we should have like 4 runs by now. I'd feel a lot better knowing you have a 99 pct chance of winning on Sunday.

The magic act continues for another inning. Time for our 3-4-5 to get rolling again.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 01:02 AM) I don't think he likes Freddy one bit. I don't think Freddy has many friends in the organization right now. Lucky for him, one of his few friends is the manager. 3 hits for the Twins with 2 strikes tonight. It would be quite hillarious to compare the stuff Garcia has tonight to his debut for the Sox in Minnesota two years ago. Thanks MLB!

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 01:01 AM) Hey, Hawk finally says Pods plays too deep. Hawk seems very pissed off tonight.

QUOTE(shawnhillegas @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 01:01 AM) well at least we arent Red Sox fans That division was over the day of the trade deadline.

QUOTE(Friend of Nordhagen @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 12:58 AM) Ridiculously crappy at-bat. Just silly. HOWEVER, Boof looked hittable. Repeat: Boof looked hittable. The problem against the Twins is that Gardenhire won't leave his starters out there to die. He'll get Rincon/Nathan in this game as soon as he can.

Serious question here: can Garcia face the Twins middle of the order tonight and not give up a run at least once?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 12:57 AM) Well, this is discouraging. This Twins team is playing so much more efficiently than the Sox over the past 2 months. It makes sense, as they've made up at least 10 games in the standings.

Terrible swing by Iguchi. He looked like he was swinging with an 0-2 count.

Good eye by Pods. When's the last time Iguchi drove one to the opposite field? Now is as good of a time as ever.

Once again...I'd like to thank the Phillies for making the Yankees offense awesome.

QUOTE(Friend of Nordhagen @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 12:53 AM) Brian was on a nice little streak until Ozzie iced him on Wednesday. Or he's just very inconsistent from one game to the next. If Pods K's looking here....I'm not going to be happy.

Goodness....these guys look awful.

Since when did our offense become such easy outs? All you have to do is get two strikes, and we take miserable swings at the offspeed pitch (if we swing at all). QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 12:50 AM) DJ is talking about the second time around the order. Haven't the Sox seen Bonser before? No....good job Uribe!

QUOTE(MinnesotaSoxFan @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 12:47 AM) I blame the weed. If he was smoking up over the offseason, I HIGHLY doubt that was his first time using drugs. If there's a drug that could be causing this, it's the juice.

I'll take the hanger hit right at Pods.

Milkman's in this thread now....time to be nice and stop being critical.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 12:45 AM) Garcia is hard to watch. Be careful, if he somehow finds a way to only give up 4 runs or so tonight, people will bash you for saying he sucks, etc.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 12:42 AM) Jason Tyner 4 MVP He's playing the game the right way during his super stretch. I wish our slap/speed hitter had half of Tyner's baseball IQ. QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 12:43 AM) Gotta get Castillo here, 2 out runs are back breakers. I hope our outfield is playing shallow.

The hitters can wait so long for the fastball, it makes it that much easier to lay off his offspeed pitches. Garcia's K rates are declining faster than Pods approval rating.

I honestly think our hitters would destroy Garcia if they got to face him. So, who will be the first poster in this thread to come in and say we're being too negative tonight?

Freddy's going to get a fan killed.

He'll be on second in no time now. I can't wait for Bartlett and Tyner to own us this weekend. The disturbing this is how comfortable the Twins hitters look. Even on inside pitches, they're barely flinching.

Kubel's auditioning for the Sox with that 3-2 swing at a changeup. QUOTE(shawnhillegas @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 12:36 AM) fill me in Go back a few pages in this thread.