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De Aza real good game . 2 hits, sac bunt, stole 3rd to set up the sac fly by Flowers, nice running catch coming in on a ball in the early innings. Alexei with the tag up on a fly to center then scoring on the infield hit too. Viciedo 1st to 3rd on a De Aza single and a stolen base. Ozzie ball by the kids !

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 07:32 PM) ESPNStatsInfo ESPN Stats & Info Mark Buehrle earns his 27th career win vs the Twins-the most wins for any active pitcher against a single team. I waited for you to start the winners thread but waited as long as I could.

Nice interview with Flowers post game said Mark never shakes him off.

I had to laugh right after I posted this Chuck Garfien called them the young guns too.

How sweet it is !

O-va !

1 more Serg.

Amazing base running there by Alexei .

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 06:58 PM) It's definitely possible. Ozzie loves his slappy, crappy guys I say nay. He won't be back.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 06:54 PM) they will I think that is fathom's point That's why I asked. Between his salary and Q, Rios, De Aza, Viciedo , Lillibridge and Milledge even finishing the season strong won't get him brought back.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 06:47 PM) There's nothing wrong with Pierre having a bad end to the season. You think he'd be brought back if he finished strong ?

Flower power !

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 06:30 PM) Why can't we f***ing hit the ball at home? The Twins have a s***ty team and this game is in serious doubt with us allegedly in the 'race' and Detroit losing! I won't stress myself at all as long as we have a lead.

Guillen must be nuts. He keeps Dunn hitting 4th for ever so then when he finally benches Dunn he bats Rios 4th. I swear if I didnt know better I'd say he's got money riding on the other team.

MB looking good !

Luke: I won't fail you. I'm not afraid. Yoda: You will be. You... will... be.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 06:06 PM) Add a British accent to what I said and see if that makes it come to you... Star Wars ?

Sherzer gone after another hit.

Another Royal HR by Escobar.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 05:10 PM) Salvador Perez strikes back. 6-3 Royals. I await people telling me how Scherzer scares anyone come playoffs. 21 year old catcher looking good.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 04:41 PM) Betemit flashing the stellar D we saw in Chicago - runners at 2nd and 3rd, no out. bases now juiced. 5-0 Royals That's what I like to see !

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 02:51 PM) I know I'm not the most popular poster on this site so I'd like to make a peace offering tonight. I'll be by the Churros stand tonight (section 154-55?) for the bottom of the 2nd and the first person that says "hey, Marty", I'll buy them a beer. I'll be in a gray shirt, green Sox hat. You're all right by me . You have your opinions like everyone else. So you don't like Williams . I don't like Viciedo left down so long when everyone was sucking. Who's too blame ? Who knows but it's an indictment of the whole organization.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 01:49 PM) You're right, it doesn't, only somebody who doesn't think at all would even think of incorporating walks into BA. But I was more or less alluding to the fact that he was playing better when the majority of the fanbase wanted him up in the Majors and that the extra month he stayed down in the minors did nothing for him. His OPS before the break was .909. His OPS after was .693. Plus he only started getting much more walks when his thumb was hurt and he didn't want to swing the bat which his why all his stats fell off a cliff except walks.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 01:26 PM) So Dayan Viciedo spent almost a full year in the minors, learned how to take pitches and now (in the tiniest sample size ever used to anoint a professional athlete) is in the bigs a more well-rounded hitter. Someone want to tell me exactly why we should've been so desperate to call him up when the minors were obviously good for his game? Isn't that obvious after how he hit last year , his hitting this year at Charlotte before the thumb injury and how bad Dunn and Rios have been ?

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 29, 2011 -> 12:43 PM) Are you referring to what Rodgers said? http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,7643230.story 2. Did the White Sox wait too long to play the Dayan Viciedo card? Probably, but Viciedo may have benefitted from their reluctance to throw him into the fire in June or July. His 2011 debut was impressive for more than just the single and long home run he hit in his first two at-bats. He walked in his third plate appearance -- matching the total of walks he had in his first 97 plate appearances last season. Viciedo has historically been one of those hitters scouts say will “swing at the rosin bag,’’ but appears to have greatly improved his patience at the plate after working with a combination of Greg Walker, Chris Chambliss, Jeff Manto and Tim Laker the last four years. He had only 13 walks to go with 103 strikeouts between Triple-A Charlotte and Chicago last season but in his second season at Charlotte offset 83 strikeouts with 45 walks, helping him improve his on-base percentage from .321 to .364. No forgot the link sorry http://www.chicagonow.com/white-sox-observ...what-they-want/