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QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Aug 16, 2005 -> 01:03 AM) Prolly injured or Ozzie is just messing with the lineup for no reason. Nope, Ozzie took gooch out to get Blum in. Why sit one of our best hitters against a guy he kills. f***ing Dumb. But the dumbass Uribe and captain hitless Crede play day in and day out.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 11:07 PM) You know what, me might not be lying. Maybe he didn't know where the ball was. And that's perfectly fine, i have no problems with that. If that's the case, though, START RUNNING TO FIRST, you can never go wrong running to first at any time in any at bat. He was safe, sure, but i don't care. If you are going to make the play that close due to stupid base running...2 different times...then you should get flamed for it. That play was circa 2004 Carlos Lee in August here at the Cell. The first one was a pitch that Carlos studied, he sat happy with his work, until it plunked against the big blue wall. Then Carlos with fear in his eyes ran like hell and got thrown out at 2nd. Very Very similiar plays. Although Carlos did it twice in the month.

Here is the bulls*** quote of the night from Pauly Konerko "I didn't know where the ball was," Konerko said. "I was jammed so bad. After I saw the play go to third, I tried for second. I was safe. I'm out 99 out of 100 times, so I know when I'm safe." You didnt know where the ball was. How the f*** is that possible. You sat statuesque watching the ball go up. You posed like you were on the box of wheaties and then you come up with the comment, I didnt know where the ball was. :fyou

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 10:00 PM) 2 Herniated Discs. I'd like to see you with 2 herniated discs and plow over my nephew and you could tell me if it won't give you a one way ticket to the hospital. My brother is a Chicago Cop in Area 2, he has 3 degenerated discs in his lower back. He gets epidural shots a few times a year to numb it up because his back hurts. If he can handle the eventual wrestling match that happens when he tells someone that they are under arrest where he is fighting with people that are much much bigger than Mauer. I think Crede can handle a single tackle.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 08:24 PM) Colours that end in the word urple? But yes Timo sucks, Uribe might get something going in the 2 spot possibly. Uribe for the year is hitting .167 in the number 2 spot with a .167 OBP.

QUOTE(marsh @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 10:07 PM) I honestly don't think he gave him the plate. When he slid around mauer, not straight to the plate, he wasn't even near enough to tag the plate. If he runs straight to the plate there is a collision. Just a review on TIVO. The plate was not open. Crede went out of his way to avoid Mauer and slid around the plate about 2 1/2 feet away. His outreached hand wouldnt of touched the plate he was so far. Maybe his back was hurting him. But the only way he gets to home is if he plows Mauer. But whatever the acrobatic Crede and his side step slide didnt tweak his back at all.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 10:00 PM) Ozzie really oughta take a chair, put it in left, and lead it off. Chair>Timo Leading off and Playing left field

I still say the play that showed how this team played tonight happened earlier. Crede has a close play at the plate, he should of plowed over the catcher. That would of energized our team more than anything. Not only does it show the twins we can play hard, but it shows that we are the new badass on the block. But crede slows down as he gets to the plate, then tries some around move and is tagged out by 3 feet. If he plowed over Mauer its a closer play and gives us a chance to score. That to me, was a big tell in this game.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 09:44 PM) Timo. Is. Trash. PK made a huge baserunning mistake. Conteras wasn't good. Just ugly Trash will leadoff and play left tomorrow night.

We are now batting .234 as a team in August. In our offensive cripling may we batted .254. We will have to hit the s*** out of the ball to make that mark. JPHat your girlfriend Timo is hitting a fabulous .167 Cruddy is hitting .118. Thats worse than his terrible may. Jermaine Dye is hitting .214 AJ, Kong, Everett and Arow are the only ones hitting at all in August. The rest of the lineup is worse than starting a pitcher right now.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 09:22 PM) Oh well. I think he's good enough off the bench. I think he stole something from you guys sometime. He stole about 1 million dollars from the sox for impersonation of a baseball player.

QUOTE(Ozzie Montana @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 09:16 PM) Is Iguchi hurt? WTF does Ozzie bench him. And why does Ozzie put Timo in there. I wanted to see Anderson get his feet wet and experience the major leagues. Timo should not be starting. He was 7/41 his last at bats before today and today he was 0 for 4 with two left on. He sucks at starting, Ozzie! Geez, 9 hits and ONLY 2 runs. I hope we get Griffey. Numbers 4 through 7 were 1-14 with 8 LOB. AND Pierznski has no chance at throwing out the runners cause Count is soooo slow to the plate. This is what happens to this team over the last few years when we tick past August 1st. Corpseball The team starts kicking the ball around alot. Everyone starts trying to park every single pitch into the stands. Lots and Lots of warning track shots, or high high pop ups. You will never see so many pop ups. When men get on in scoring position with less than 2 outs. They will K swinging for the fences or GIDP or pop up to the catcher or 1st baseman. Pitches will give up big innings. Guys will admire what they think is a homer and then after realizing it was in the park, they run like madmen to get to second because they realized they f***ed up. Carlos Lee did this like 3 times last August, and Pauly does it for the first time tonight.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 09:12 PM) And why wasn't Iguchi in the lineup? I'll say this: If the Sox don't make the playoffs, I'll ban myself from this site. My season-ending rant on Ozzie would not be pretty. They will make the playoffs. But if they choked this away this late in the season, there will be about 12K in the stands next year because this would be one of the biggest choke jobs in the history of baseball.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 09:01 PM) LOL. Exactly. I suppose those 277 ABs with RISP where he hit RISP .332 .359 .466 .825 in 277 ABs over the last three years were imaginary. Just some mistake. All bloopers. Not important. Not nearly as important as being a leadoff hitter. Hitting with nobody on. I'd much rather him have that line with nobody on. Yah.... I know you guys hate Timo, but cmon, you're looking a little foolish at this point. Now I know why we lost this game, f***ing Ozzie has been on here all night long defending his girlfriend instead of managing the team. Baines must of picked the lineup too.

Another crappy pitcher spotted a fastball on the outside corner, while hitter after hitter tried to park pitch after pitch into the stands. To beat this club, just spot a fastball on the outside corner and let the mopes do all the work for you. Radke will 3 hit us tomorrow night and Santana will 4 hit us on Wednesday with this lineup.

We lose because we cant score more than 2 runs off of Kyle Lohse. We are ready for the playoffs now. Lets go.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 08:57 PM) Not when you are a pinch hitter. Nobody here is trying to argue that Timo is a good leadoff hitter or table setter. He's not. He's horrible at that. His splits say as much. But when he needs to knock in the big run, he usually does it. Thats the bottome line. You are sitting there trying to argue that he's not a good leadoff hitter. I KNOW. That's not what I'm arguing. You probably are one of the guys who didnt mind Valentins 214BA or his countless errors or Ks because of the occasional homer in the late innings. LOL

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 08:50 PM) Wow. For someone who spouts off numbers left and right, I didn't figure you'd be so ignorant. RISP .397 .419 .500 .919 RISP 2 out .412 .444 .500 .944 Men on , 2 out .296 .333 .352 .685 in 54 Abs Including numerous game winning or game saving plays. Three year splits Runners on .314 .338 .428 .766 in 428 ABs RISP .332 .359 .466 .825 in 277 ABs RISP with 2 out .323 .359 .468 .827 in 124 ABS. Anything else you'd like to say. Three year splits. You have got to be f***ing kidding me. How about this years splits. Does that sexy .215BA show you something. But if those sexy stats dont make your mouth water. How about that lovely .167BA after the allstar break. And he has a .234OBP. That sounds like he is worth a million dollars.

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 08:49 PM) Easier said than done. It's not like Juan Rincon is some kind of slouch. His fastball moves. Well I just did a frame by frame on his fastball and it doesnt move that much from my angle. The two 94 mph fastballs that he threw Carl were down and in. Aka the sweet spot for a lefty. His head came off the ball as he swung hard at the pitch. He wanted to be a hero.

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 08:44 PM) You don't know if they are swinging for the fences or not. When a guy is throwing 96 mph fastballs, you're gonna take hard swings. Actually I have Tivo, and when they finish up off balance on every swing. Its a bit different that the swings they had earlier in the game when they werent trying to make sportscenter. And the third pitch was at 96. The other two straight 94 mph fastballs down the cock probably should of be hit.

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 08:42 PM) If they take these pitches from Rincon, they are strikes anyway. Except Kong's 3rd strike. Its nice when Rooney makes the call. He had a home run cut on that fastball. Make focking contact. There is no reason he should strike out the side. And if I remember Konerko was a supposed super fastball hitter. At least he used to be, remember when he used to be able to hit Matt Anderson fastballs over the fence at 100mph. Now he cant catch up with 94mph fastballs down the cock. Cruddy has an error. This is focking last year. I am glad we dump our load everytime its August and we play the twins.

But if you really want to talk about last year. This game smells of last years Twins series in August when we died as a club. We had the Carlos Lee like admiration of a possible homer and then the rush to get thrown out at second. We have the men on late in the game, and our hitters are trying to hit the game tying homer instead of making contact. I remember Pauly and Carlos Lee King in this same situation last year. Trying to park a pitch. GAME OVER

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 08:38 PM) He had the game wiinning HR earlier in the year against the TWins, though that was a start, he beat the Angels against awesome closer Krod, he tied up the game in a huge game against the A's and awesome closer Huston street. Had a huge 9th inning HR against FLA to win last year, Huge bases clearing double against LAA last year. A bunch of others. Last year Billy Koch was our closer. Last year Thriller was in our relief crew. Last year we didnt have a 5th starter. Dont use stats from last year to bolster what happens this year. If someone hit 400 last year and is hitting 100 this year. They suck this year.

Carl doesnt shorten his swing up one bit and Ks because he is behind the fastball. Way to adjust on 3 pitches in the same place.

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 08:30 PM) My line up tomorrow. Iguchi 2B Uribe SS Everett LF Konerko 1B Dye DH Rowand CF AJ C Anderson RF Crede 3B Mix and match Anderson, Dye, and Everett for OF or DH. Timo has a .294BA against Radke lifetime. Ozzie will use him for this game. If he starts him against someone that he is 0-7 against, he will most definately start him against Radke. Carl has a .179BA against Radke. Dye is batting .148 against Radke. Uribe is 143BA against Radke. Nope Ozzie will start Anderson on Wednesday against Santana. No matter what he does, Timo will bat leadoff again on Friday.