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QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 17, 2010 -> 04:14 PM) they played about .500 ball in August, they're just under .500 in September. Free fall? Hardly. The Twins are just a better team, it pains me to say it, but they're playing exceptional baseball right now. I'm not sure I'd say they're head and shoulders a better team. Difference being...their players EXECUTED and came through at the plate and their pitching has been solid. We couldn't get a clutch hit if our lives depended on it! If each Sox player (or a majority) played like they're capable of (and didn't crap down their pant legs the first two months of the season) we wouldn't be 9 back. Handle the lower level teams like a good team should. Quit letting your A-holes pucker up every time you hear the word Twins. It just seems this team goes through the motions for the most part, which is the most frustrating thing. They play to NOT FAIL instead of having any type os swagger to them (except right before the ALB). As many said...that all-star break really came at a crappy time...but then again we really didn't carry over any momentum whatsoever and seemed destined to fail when the Twins got hot. Really makes you wonder about the mental fortitude of this team...or the person running it anyway (and I'm a huge Ozzie fan). Case in point...calling a bunt in last nights game was completely chicken-s*** in my mind. Really didn't show any confidence in the team. Things like that have a greater affect than most think IMO.

I really want Quentin gone next year....

I'm really glad I didn't see Paulie get hit early in the game...I woulda been irate!!!

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Sep 16, 2010 -> 08:09 PM) Jesus, this isn't even s*** compared to some of the crap he's pulled. Yeah...but at this point in the season being 8 back with nothing to lose...the whole concept of bunting in that situation is friggin ridiculous.

why do all you guys keep putting yourself through all this torture for f*** sakes?!? Go curl up with yer honey...go down the the local bar and shoot some pool or play darts. Hell...if it makes you feel better...go kick the s*** outta the neighbors yippy-ass poodle. You gluttons for punishment!

We really wouldn't even be having this convo if just HALF of this team had their head outta their ass the first few months of the season...

Simply makes me want to puke....

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 10, 2010 -> 08:01 PM) Definitely then why the F is he playing?!? geez-us

f*** me

Beckham is clueless at the plate anymore...

you guys can get yer heads outta yer ass at any time now!...

why the F does he keep pitching to him with an open base?!?

Seriously...they can't find anybody better than Huff to sit in with Stoney?!?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 10, 2010 -> 07:04 PM) What did Buehrle do to get a balk called? dunno...but the home plate umpire called it.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 10, 2010 -> 06:58 PM) bets on a twins comeback? shut yer face!!!

he couldn't help but grin going around the bases. nice job young man.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 10, 2010 -> 06:50 PM) Basically, he has no flexibility in his swing. He can't pull the ball with authority against LHP because he's swinging against the weight of his entire body. Therein lies the problem...when Q isn't hitting for crap he's trying to pull EVERYTHING. God forbid he takes the ball the other way...or Greg Walkers beats it into his head.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 09:00 PM) Wouldn't that be something? Thome and Konerko both go North and end up beating our brains in. Ugh. that would pretty much send me over the edge...

I thought they rushed him back a tad too early myself. Like fathom said...his swing has looked pretty feeble the past few days. Why play him if he can't swing the bat. I have no problem with Omar manning 2B for as long as he needs to. Personally against Beckett, Ozzie should have gone Omar at 2B and Teahen at 3B anyway...

QUOTE (elgonzo4sox @ Sep 5, 2010 -> 08:42 PM) Aside from the 3 at the Cell: 6 versus KC (split home/road) 6 versus Cleveland (split home/road) 3 at Detroit 3 at home versus Oakland 4 at home versus Toronto at the end of the season So I don't see much help. But if the Sox stay hot and the Twins luck runs out a little, the Sox could pick up a game or a few. God that woman in your sig is HOT!!!!!! GOOD LORD!

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Sep 5, 2010 -> 08:18 PM) That's the funny part. You are expecting everyone to agree with you fully and if someone explains to you WHY you are simply incorrect, you take offense. Sorry, but you saying a win is automatically a well-managed game is simply 100% incorrect. Is that tame enough for you? What's that old saying about opinions are like what?!?...everybody got one?!? Nobody said it was a well managed game...you're just saying in general he's ignorant and basically a terrible manager. Hey...I'm not knocking your OPINION...but don't expect everybody to be on board with exactly how you think. Ain't gonna happen. Like we've stated before...Ozzie does some dumb s*** sometimes...but I still trust that he knows best and has the pulse of this team. What choice do you have (besides complain after a sweep of Boston)?

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Sep 5, 2010 -> 08:03 PM) True. But I'm not gonna agree with someone that's uneducated about something. What is "a hater?" Do I hate Ozzie? Maybe, but if I do it's for perfectly logical reasons. And you're wrong about finding any reason. My last post is a perfect example. I give credit where credit is due, but I'm not gonna give him more credit than he deserves (as greg does), and I'm not gonna say he knows what he;s doing as an in-game manager because he just DOESN'T, plain and simple. And again, a vast majority seem to agree with me. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see some of the more easy decisions he has that he f***s up. Good luck finding that "Perfect" manager out there who never makes any bad decisions... Hell...I've seen Bobby Cox make plenty of, what I deemed, "dumb-ass" decisions this year...

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Sep 5, 2010 -> 07:52 PM) How can I say he is an unfit manager??? Are you FOR REAL????? Feel free to actually watch a baseball game one of these days, bro. Do I really need to lay down every single example of idiotic managing that defies COMMON SENSE Ozzie makes on a regular basis to you??? Just because the team wins doesn't mean Ozzie made the right moves. That's 100% irrational. Look at this series. And this one was pretty lukewarm in comparison to many others. Disagreeing is one thing. Lacking any semblance of common sense is quite the other. For you to say Ozzie should be given credit for any win regardless of how he managed or how the Sox played... need I say more? Sorry, sir... but you just are very uneducated. Can I say that? I'm simply not answering any more of your post because the answers are in front of your face. I'm seriously going to get permanently banned if I have to continue this asinine discussion with you. Haters will be haters...plain and simple. You sir are simply a hater that wants to find any reason fathomable (no pun intended) to hate Ozzie. You go right ahead. But from Anger Management 101...you can't change how or what people think...yet you want to argue until people agree with you. I'm sure lot's of haters will...but you're not going to change the minds of the people who actually believe in Ozzie as the manager of this team. Deal with it.

Ozzie does some dumb s***...absolutely. I think every manager does things that come back and bite him in the ass. But to be honest...no matter how many dumbass things he does he's still our manager and pretty much the face of this franchise whether you like it or not. Let's not count out the other intangibles he has like how players react to him...or shows confidence in them. Hey...today...I thought it was ridiculous that Omar wasn't playing 2B and Teahen wasn't playing 3rd (not to mention leaving Manny out of the lineup...but given Kotsay's numbers against Beckett)...but bottom line is he knows this team and has the pulse better than anybody on this board. Was it dumb to leave Mark out there to face Martinez...f*** yes...but we lived to tell about. I hope Ozzie's manager for another 10 years...no matter how bats*** crazy he drives everybody.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Sep 5, 2010 -> 05:13 PM) Fixed. Agreed. And what a CHICKEN s*** way to end a game in Minny. That's friggin weak!