Balta1701

Slowey's no hitting the A's?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:42 PM) Look at the lineup we had today? Outside of Konerko and Rios, there is no f***ing power. It's absolutely insane to play home games at the Cell with this bulls*** lineup. Carlos has no power?

So, 3 back of the Twins coming into a 3 game series in Minny. Basically, we play like we usually do in Minny and that's the division.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:34 PM) Mexican food is excellent drunk food, I would concur. Leftover Chinese or Thai food also always hit the spot. The Taco Bell next to Sports in Bloomington...sigh...

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:34 PM) That or some Keebler cookies. Those elves man, they just came out of the trees, they came out of the trees man...

Beckham has gotten 2 very hittable, up fastballs the last 2 pitches and he's flown open on them.

"a bottle of Buehrlot wine"...

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:29 PM) Chris Carter looks like the bad version of Pedro Cerrano at the plate. He ran out of the basepaths to tend to an injured bird?

Quentin has the complete first season of "Smallville".

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WHY DOES LILLIBRIDGE'S BASKET HAVE MEAN GIRLS IN IT?!!?

Ball to Jackson was just a little bit too high, but it stayed in the park.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:16 PM) He hangs nearly 40-50% of all offspeed pitches these days. In that Twins game yeah, but he's been a lot better today so far.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:08 PM) Chris Carter, who the Sox traded for Quentin, is 0 for his first 17 in the MLB. You're saying he's the next Gordon Beckham?

Ok, the pitch to Avila wasn't very good.

That wasn't really a bad pitch by Garcia.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:00 PM) I agreed with balta before that stiff was a poor choice of words. It's more like he does a good job of getting into position to make plays, but he just doesn't execute well. Which might be a symptom of not having a ton of either MLB experience or experience at that position.

QUOTE (IamtheHBOMB @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 02:58 PM) That play wasn't totally Gordon's fault. He was screened by Alexei as he was trying to make a play for the ball. He is far from a stiff. Bah, Alexei didn't make Gordon not go down with the glove. There was no way he was going to get the out on that but he tried to anyway.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 02:57 PM) What is this your first time seeing Beckham? Beckham is a fine 2B who tries to get fancy sometimes and messes up. Nothing "stiff" about his defense. You might be able to get away with comparing him to Alexei at SS from last year. Not as many silly throws but sometimes overly aggressive to the point of silliness.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 02:56 PM) The next time Beckham makes a tough play will be a first. I agree though, maybe stiff was a bad choice of words. Didn't he make a really good catch last night covering a lot of ground moving towards the RF line?

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 02:51 PM) They should keep him and pay his value. What good is it to trade good players, especially a starter, other than having a good farm system every year? They haven't had a good farm system every year. They might be starting to get closer.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 02:54 PM) How's it possible for a young, athletic player to look like such a stiff at 2nd base? A stiff? It was a bonehead play, but that's not a word I'd use to describe him. A Stiff is Teahen at 3b or Quentin in RF.

Beckham gave up a run there by trying to barehand it.

AUGH! What a mess.

The Sox went into this season with 6-7 legitimate MLB hitters available. The Twins went in with 10-11. That helped.