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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 04:08 AM) 2000 4-2 (clinched division on their turf, Jeff Abbott game?) 2001 1-2 2002 1-5 2003 0-3 (swept down the stretch) 2004 0-3 2005 4-2 2006 3-3 2007 2-1 2008 1-6 16-27 Plus we always have that weird 10 or 11 am start because of a Minnesota afternoon football game. I think McCarthy faced the Twins in 2005 in that situation. My first Sox game was the game the Sox clinched on September 23, 2000 I believe. My next Sox game I went to see was one of those early games 5 years later in 2005 when Orlando Hernandez faced Johan Santana. McCarthy pitched a couple innings in the game. Dye missed a go ahead home run by a few feet foul in the 9th.

That's just down right creepy digging up old caskets to resell the plots. Last summer I helped mow a cemetary for a month and it first it was kinda strange realizing there are 6700 dead bodies in this area. Some of them died 100 years before I was born.

The Twins fans boo more than any team when an opposing pitcher looks to pick off, or picks off. It's unreal.

Let's get the last out here.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 07:39 PM) If Milsap really didnt' want to stay in Utah he'd have gone the Gordon route and signed the qualifying offer this year rather than signing the offer sheet from Portland. Millsap probably wants to be a starter more and if Utah decides to match the offer he is going to be a starter because Boozer will be gone.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 07:18 PM) I think they'll match it and they'll be damn determined to move Boozer. They have too many suitors for him to not find something that works. Even with the poison pill setup of the deal Portland offered. Yeah it's a poison pill by Portland. They want to be part of the deal because they want a point guard. I really hope the Jazz trade Boozer because they can get a solid player and a first round pick with him. That would let them get Millsap back if they want. It seems like too much money for him though. A Jazz message board I look at every now and then say Millsap doesn't want to stay in Utah.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 05:27 PM) We've heard like 9 different reasons why that deal didn't go down. Frankly, there were ways that the deal was written that would have been bad ones for the Bulls (The Bulls giving up their 1st round pick next year in addition to the players, for example). It could easily be that they didn't want to get rid of Hinrich and at the same time not get another guard back. It could also still go down, depending on how the Jazz react to Portland's Milsap offer sheet. I would guess that Jazz will not match Portland's offer to Millsap. I think it the contract is 4 years $32-$36 million. While Millsap is a very good player, and an energizer to the team, it just seems like a lot of money to keep him.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 04:58 PM) We're in the minority. I don't give a s*** about college sports. Nobody understands it, I've stopped bothering to explain. I'm more of a pro guy than college guy myself. I watched girls softball today because I'm a coach for them. First year coaches and we won the championship! haha

I used to bite them but now I don't. I clip them every week and a half or so. Except my left hand middle finger, I clip that a couple times a week. I don't know why but it really bothers me. It might be a mental thing, but it also grows really wide and flat without a natural curve for some reason. EDIT: I'm going to clip it right now.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 10, 2009 -> 09:57 PM) Do they make their own breaks or are they lucky? Maybe a combination.... I think of the Twins as Martina Hingis and the White Sox of this decade as the Williams sisters, lol....well, maybe Pods, Garland and Slayer are cuter. At any rate, the Twins don't make very many mistakes or beat themselves, but they can also get overwhelmed or dominated by a powerful team like the White Sox are/were/can be, especially at USCF. The Twins actually got some really good defense tonight (this team is nothing like the 2001-2004 models) out of Harris, Cuddyer, etc. Unexpected places on the diamond. D. Young, Harris, Cuddyer and Morneau aren't very good defenders....the Twins used to put 9 players out there who were GG quality. A bunt scoring the insurance run, Jenks giving up the run in a tie game or one we're trailing, not holding runners on base, the umpiring, not getting in runners from 3rd base and less than two outs...walking Nick Punto, pitching to Joe Mauer, it's like the Perfect Storm. I've always been on the luck bandwagon for the Twins, but they have been doing this basically the whole decade. At same time you'd think they're luck would run out if it is luck. Either way we'll find out shortly when they open their new outside, grass infield, less noise filled stadium.

"And the Twins dominance continues on the Sox." Shut up Dick Bremer, that makes no sense at all.

I sort of think so, but then again I get to watch a decent amount of Twins games and a lot of times they do the same thing against other teams, but the Twins also get a lot of breaks in their field.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 07:55 PM) The latest by Nike: "We confiscated the tapes because it's against the rules of our camp to film and besides, Crawford was wearing Adidas shoes." Does that mean Adidas are better shoes and I can dunk on LeBron if I wear Adidas? haha

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 08:35 PM) Random question on a different subject. Does anyone out there look at all the money Dallas has spent this offseason and think "There's a legit title contender"? Nope, the Lakers are better. I think the Spurs are poised to do better with their recent signings. If the Nuggets can play the way they did at the end of the year I say they're better than the Mavericks. And that's just the West. I don't even need to mention the Cavs, Celtics, Magic, etc.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 05:39 PM) Wow, Tyrus Thomas' facebook status as of 28 minutes ago: Getting yelled at and benched by Jerry Sloan......not so sweet.

He did say WOULD be sweet and not WILL be sweet, so that leaves a level of uncertainty, but maybe he does know.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 09:38 PM) McNair was asleep during the shooting. Even worse, "Before shooting herself, the 20-year-old sat next to his body and "tried to stage it so she would fall in his lap" http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/07/08/police-...killed-herse%2F What a nut case.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 10:25 PM) I don't like it. I wouldn't say I'm offended or anything, but I'm sure there are people out there that don't want their kids running around the house yelling "hell yes!". And it just sounds stupid if he uses it over and over. If it happens out of just pure emotion, fine. But the "hell yes" and the "double yes" just sound forced at this point. Knock it off, Hawk. I thought the same thing about the kids when I first heard it. While it hasn't really grown on me, I used to it now because I hear it often.

QUOTE (JFields27 @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 06:50 PM) Bulls sign Jannero Pargo http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/news/story?id=4314888 Ben Who? Interesting, he signed overseas in the off season.

LeBron James, Carmello Anthony, and Dwayne Wade have all scored more points in a given season than Darko has scored in his entire career. It's a pointless stat, but I found it interesting. I hope Darko can become a good NBA player.

Anyone that doesn't want Fox, send her over my way.

The Marlins are supposed to win the Wild Card, then the World Series this year.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 6, 2009 -> 08:43 PM) Perfect thread for this: lol you beat me to it, I just saw this yesterday.

The average, homers, and RBI's are what stand out. He has half as many doubles, walks, and strikeouts as both combined. Very interesting comparison.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 6, 2009 -> 05:07 PM) I imagine he was thrown backwards from immediate impact. And probably slumped over a bit on the couch. He’s not like, legs on the coffee table type sitting, he’s just positioned on a couch. God, this is morbid. Yes indeed it's morbid, I hate thinking about it, yet can't stop thinking about it. It's so terrible that it had to end that way. It's probably going to get worse for his image as the story with the woman progresses.