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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 12:25 PM) JJ Putz hadn't thrown in 3 straight games since 2007, if I read things right this morning. Told you Freddy would kill this bullpen in the 2nd half.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 12:20 PM) Why they scheduled Frank Thomas day when the Yankees were in town instead of the Royals I'll never know. A bone-headed decision to say the least.

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 11:00 AM) Yeah I don't buy the "lack of a real DH" argument either. I think we're in the "dog days," and people are tired. Tired?! How the hell are we tired? We have a rotating DH situation that gives guys more rest than we've seen in recent years?

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 12:31 AM) No no no, that would disrupt the precious chemistry we have. THATS why we won't get one QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 10:53 AM) Jenksy...we just agreed on something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Could you imagine if Kotsay WASN'T in the clubhouse keeping everyone loose? We'd probably be 20 games below .500.

^^^8/29 has been sold out for weeks.

Ramirez

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Beckham

Watched Greenberg over the weekend. I had mixed feelings on this one. It was hard to watch a film where the main character was such a dick but the movie overall was pretty solid.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 08:32 AM) Toilet at home stopped working, wife is sick, and fell off bike on way to work today. Not an auspicious start to the week. At least the Sox can't lose today.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 09:36 PM) Players win games; managers do not. Your never ending free pass towards Ozzie is getting a little old. If you think his decisions make no difference than why even have a manager? We could save the money we pay him and use it for some better free agent signings. Just have Southpaw pick out the daily lineup by drawing names out of a hat. For bringing in relievers he can throw darts or guess which cap on the scoreboard has the baseball underneath it.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 08:55 PM) Assuming Hawk's family is ok, I really hope that the "illness" was a pulled muscle caused by not stretching

Everyone in the organization, including the announcers, slob all over the Twins every year. How about getting the attitude where you want to rip off their heads and s*** down their throats instead of conceding to them before we even play them. All of the Metrodome excuses made me want to kill someone.

QUOTE (sircaffey @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 06:09 PM) Speaking of LHH who rake...Thome has a .959 OPS. For what he's given MIN and not given us, probably cost us the division. No question. You cannot replace a player of that caliber with DFA-caliber fodder and expect to run away with the division.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:56 PM) Not necessarily. I do think they need to get Morneau back, but if Liriano, Pavano and Duensing continue to pitch as well as they have since the ASB, there's a 50/50 chance they could knock off one of the AL East teams. Their bullpen has been sturdy, kind of the "bend but don't break" defense. Yeah if I were a fan of the Twins I would be quite confident with this particular roster going into the post season.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 05:44 PM) The worst part for me is watching the Twins get inevitably swept in the first round. They have absolutely no f***ing chance against any playoff team meanwhile if the sox could put their s*** together, our team would be scary in the playoffs. This is a different Twins team. They have the pitching and hitting to go up against anyone.

Absolutely love the new Matthew Dear album.

Avoiding players that rake in the 2nd half of the year as we continually fizzle in August and September. Not even a rumor regarding Laroche this year at the deadline and all he's done since the break is put up these numbers, something he does every year in the 2nd half: .315/.358/.559/.917 with 6 HR and 19 RBI

What really depresses me is that in my heart I still feel the Twins win the division even if we sweep them this week.

Just amazing that Ozzie continues to play for one run when they're playing a softball game in this bandbox.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 04:39 PM) Most disappointing home stand in a very long time. Keep your head up boys, got 3 huge games coming up. Gonna have to beat the Twins anyways if we want to make the postseason. Really no reason to be worried. Kotsay is still in the clubhouse keeping everyone loose.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:17 PM) And the bunt pays off! Great call Ozzie!!!! Ingenious really.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:15 PM) Haha, you suck Ozzie! It's the 6th f***ing inning, and you're playing for one run? Perfect example of why he is a horrible manager.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:13 PM) It's not great, but I can live with 5/5 by Freddy when the defense gave up a chunk of it. The guy struggles to make it through 5 innings these days. He will singlehandedly kill our pen.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:12 PM) Ugh, I hate Ozzieball! I must be dreaming. Is this 1951 before the DH was invented?