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Politte has just been a little off lately. His fastball keeps tailing back over the plate. I'm still grateful Sexson's ball didn't go out of the park in that Sunday game.

QUOTE(daa84 @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 02:23 AM) i hate that one handed catch he does. ill say this right now, there may not be an OF out there that has stronger arms than the one out there now. even if rowands arm is only average-slightly above average Is Anderson's arm really that good? I still laugh about the Angels outfield for a few games last year with Vlad, Guillen, and Mondesi. The Braves have a great throwing outfield, as Francouer has an absolute rifle.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 02:21 AM) Good Marte is getting that call low on the outside corner. That's always a good sign. Yep, that's always the key for him. He got away with a massive hanger to Mauer, and then aced him. How many times this AB will Hawk call LeCroy "country-strong"?

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 02:21 AM) I am happy. I'm happy he got the hit. I'm happy we're winning. I'm not happy, however, that this hit will mean another few days of him leading off. That's why it's bittersweet. He had a double already tonight. If Ozzie is going to play him when he's like 5 for his last 40, he's going to play him no matter what.

Anyone else think that was gone off of Morneau's bat?

QUOTE(BlackBetsy @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 02:19 AM) Seriously, da Chort. The bummer here is that people only see the 4 or 5 clutch hits but totally ignore the 73% of the time he fails to get on base. I hate Timo more than anyone, but if he contributes to the team, we should be happy.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 02:19 AM) Watchin him on those high fastballs obviously he's got to work on that quite a bit, with his swings. A very good AB that was though. Like I said, he should have never seen a change-up. Reminded me of Cotts vs Josh Phelps last year.

BTW, enjoy this Jphat. For all the s*** you took last night, savor this moment. And I'm not being sarcastic at all.

Punto is making some sick plays this series. Garcia better not be on the mound. I have a feeling it's Marte, even though he can't get lefties out.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 02:14 AM) All you Timo haters have to be perplexed right now. Do you cheer for the "clutch" two run double or fear how often Timo may be our leadoff man in the future? I cheer. I don't care who the f***ing leadoff hitter is, as long as we win.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 02:12 AM) That was a good hit by Brian, reminded me of one Crede had earlier in the year ball down low 1 hand on the bat. I'm not sure if you watched a lot of the spring training games, but I remembered Anderson getting a lot of bloopers and flares. Does anyone else remember seeing these types of hits frequently?

TIMO!!!!!!!!! I hate you, but way to f***ing go! Why did Gardenhire let Radke face him, when Timo has owned him? I'll take it.

Congrats on the first hit, and thank you Radke for speeding up his bat. IT'S TIMO TIME!

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 02:09 AM) Anderson looks terrible. Make excuses all you want about jitters or inexperience, but the swings he's put up there are disgusting. I'm hoping for the best, but he really does look like a pitcher. He's had some great fastballs to hit.

Good grief, cut your swing down.

Bench his f***ing ass! What a terrible player.

You know what I don't understand: Uribe is swinging the bat well, yet we put him in front of Crede? Not exactly a way to keep a rally going.

Marte will be out to start the 9th. Tough break for Rowand, as he hammered that ball.

QUOTE(SnB @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 02:01 AM) i guess i'm playing the "fathom" of illini fans here (joking) but i just think the lack of experience on this team is going to hurt them this year. I think we'll hover around the 20s Lucky for you, the one thing I know more than baseball is college basketball. Illinois will be good this year, but they're going to be a totally different team than they were last year. The main reason they were so great last year is that they were a phenomenal shooting team. You leave them open, and they'd drain it. There's a gigantic dropoff in the shooting ability from someone like Head to Randle. Michigan St. will be the class of the Big 10, but I fully expect Illinois to get around a 4 seed next year.

We'll get Radke for one more, Rincon, and then Nathan.

What's the chances Garcia starts the 7th?

I just thought of this: This game reminds me even more of recent August collapses against the Twins because it's another game where our power goes silent. How many times the last few years did we just get shut down by the Twins since we couldn't hit homers? Also, how many times would they get big homers from guys like J. Jones? Thankfully, we have a huge lead on them.

QUOTE(chisoxfan79 @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 01:45 AM) Who the hell is Hawk the GM? Oh wait they tried that once and he set the Franchise back 5 years. Hawk loves Griffey Jr. I can almost guarantee you that he's been told to say certain things. Trust me, if we were really close to a trade, they wouldn't be reading an e-mail about Griffey Jr. every other second. In my opinion, we're using Hawk as a pseudo-publicist in order to state why we don't need him.

QUOTE(chisoxfan79 @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 01:40 AM) Well the Twins just won the game. That would be two much for the Sox to get three runs in one game. They need to get Griffey because if they go into the playoffs with this team I see a quick three games and done. We need to get something, because the Indians and Twins have plenty in the tank to catch up with the Sox. The Twins have been getting some great pitching lately, and the Indians hitting (besides 2 Tampa games) has been ungodly lately.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 01:40 AM) He sucks at home and at night, so this isn't a very good combo. So you're saying he'd be a great playoff pitcher?