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QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 01:57 PM) Wow, that was pathetic by Jones. More BRUTAL managing by Ozzie! Seriously, where the heck is Thornton. More pathetic by Putz than Jones. You're just getting back as fast as you can on shots like that , got to take your eye off the ball and then try to pick it up later. Oh damn now that was pathetic.

OH wtf

I think that's 3 appearances in a row Putz has allowed a lead off hit.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 11:16 AM) Luck is just another word for randomness. And in statistics, there is a lot of randomness, as is there in baseball. Tom Tango posted something about luck the other day. If all teams had equal talent and played a 162 game season, not all of them would be .500. You'd have 10 that are above .500. 10 around .500. 10 under .500. If they played a million times, all of them would be exactly .500, of course. Basically, baseball is 60% skill, 40% luck/randomness. Ok you lost me on that last statement. These are very highly skilled athletes. Is it 40% luck when a fast man can steal a base ? Is it 40% luck when that same fast man who has spent many hours practicing can run down a shot in the gap ? Is it 40% luck that a player hits .300 for his whole career ? To attribute 40% luck to the best baseball players in the world seems to trivialize the time spend honing their craft. The cream rises to the top in any specialized skill and it's not through luck . It's through constant repetition, God given talent and dedication.

Winner !!

2 outs on cute play by Beckham for force at 2nd.

Putz in to close it out. Lead off hit by Rayburn. Twins already won.

SEXI !! 8-4.

Inge homers. 7-4.

Jones replaces Teahen in right. Thornton in.

PK walked Teahen 1st pitch hitting grounds out to 1st.

Neither Vizquel or Rios can get Pierre home. It's up to PK to get a 2 out knock.

Boesch loses Pierre shot in the light. Pierre ends up and 3rd. Scored a triple.

Beckham just misses another oppo HR . Off the top of the wall for a triple .

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 08:15 PM) Leaving Santos in the game is absolutely inexcusable. Santos K's Damon for 2nd out on a very nice change up and now Peralta grounds into a force out. Leaving Santos in paid off.

Tying run at the plate with 1 out for Tigers after Santos walks Jackson. 1 hr. 23 minute rain delay . Very odd Santos would still be pitching.

It's back and Santos is still out there.

Woo hoo Teahen belts one way out !

Miggy 0-17 lifetime against MB.

Beckham at .250 now.

Wooo hoo !

Nice inning Mark.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 01:03 PM) Thanks chw, and thanks to anyone else who read it. I'm sure I'll end up writing plenty about the Sox on here, seeing as they're the team I follow the closest. Good job Matt. I am pretty old school on stats because well I'm old and advanced metrics are useful. I guess I'll really have to bone up on them but they will never role off my tongue the way ERA, RBI an batting average do. I think the thing that bothers me most about sabermetrics is the constant use the the word "luck" in batting and pitching advanced stats. I know with pitching you can also do line drive rates. Maybe in Gavin's case hitters were just hitting the ball harder leading to worse numbers because of location or hangers or whatever. I guess you can tell me if that is true or not. Or maybe you already told me but because those stats are pretty unfamiliar to me I just didn't catch it. Is it really too simplistic to think when a pitcher makes quality pitches he's more likely to pitch better and have better "luck" ?

I think he will DH and play the field. There's really no excuse not to have him in there against RH's. Against righties we'll see both Teahen and Kotsay in there more often than not.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Aug 9, 2010 -> 06:04 PM) What happened w/ Viciedo? Flipped channels and missed some (all the?) offense 3 pitches one K . Jones foul popout. Lillibridge bunt pop out.