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I was curious and wanted to find out how our players were doing in this situation because I feel like we have been consistently getting the job done in this situation. The stats back it up. Here are the guys on our team with more than 10 at bats in this situation. What is it that has this team clicking so well? I've been getting that eerie feeling I once had back in 2005. The feeling that we're watching something special happen. Dunn - 8/14 with 3 HR and 17 RBI with an OPS 1.865 De Aza - 9/17 with 1 HR and 20 RBI with an OPS 1.409 AJ - 8/15 with 1 HR and 14 RBI with an OPS 1.326 Alexei - 9/17 with 0 HR and 17 RBI and OPS 1.147 Tank - 5/13 with 1 HR and 8 RBI and OPS 1.145 Beckham - 5/11 with 0 HR and 10 RBI and OPS .930 Konerko - 4/13 with 0 HR and 8 RBI and OPS of .785 (WTF Paulie!?) As a team we are hitting .455 (60/132) and an OPS of 1.129 Heres the rest of the league for comparison our Runner on 3rd, lt 2 out league rankings for the last couple of years: 2011 - 12th in the AL and 22nd in MLB in OPS (.791) 2010 - 6th in AL and 19th in MLB in OPS (.816) 2005 - 1st in AL and 3rd in MLB in OPS (.973)

who thinks ozzie should not even play manny but have him just stand in the on deck circle the whole game like he is gonna bat next

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 01:03 PM) Pierre's definitely slower than 2003, but he's still, at least for now, fast enough to be effective. I have no problem if he's stealing at the right time and sneaking in around the tag; as long as he's still somewhere close to that 75% clip. Today, at least one of his attempts was just plain stupidly timed; stealing 3rd with a guy up batting lefty against a guy with a good fastball and 0 outs? That breaks like every single rule ever written. i bet he was thinking it was such a stupid idea, he would catch them off guard

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 30, 2009 -> 10:45 AM) Selig won't run him out. But, his teammates are now going to be pissed, especially his former Texas ones. In fact, if he faces any former Texas pitching teammate, I'd be he gets drilled. vicente padilla, consider it done

congrats to gary sheffield on hitting number 500!

helluva catch

kenny powers

they have them at my library! along with like, 12 games from the bears 1985 season

why doesn't javy throw inside more?

QUOTE (The Beast @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 10:11 PM) No way. If they do full-blown instant replay, I am going to quit my job as an umpire. I could easily be a barista. The human aspect of the game is what makes this game so unique and wonderful. the 'human aspect' argument is bulls*** the human aspect of the game comes from the players

alright griff!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 02:31 PM) Why is he the only player in our lifetime that played so much? miguel tejada, a-rod, michael young, grady sizemore, bobby abreu all of those guys, to name a few, play every day if they are healthy

who remembers this? http://mlb.mlb.com/media/player/mp_tpl_3_1...b_tp350&v=2

he gone!

odds on ozzie getting ejected today? i say 2:1

washburn over the last two months (11 starts) has an era under 3

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 03:16 PM) Too bad. Crede kills Detroit, I believe. yeah..career OPS of over .950 at comerica

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 22, 2008 -> 07:55 PM) Yeah. You went from above average to normal.

hopefully crede gets back because he LOVES Comerica. career line of .294/.345/.613

my favorite guy ever is this guy over at PNC who sells lemonade. in this old voice that sounds wayyy over used, he yells "lemonADE HEEEEEEEEre" i just searched on youtube for "pnc lemonade" and he came up! man that guy is so cool. pnc was one of the most fun ballparks i have been to.

fields for street and duchscherer!

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 15, 2008 -> 11:02 PM) If it is called a tie, what will decide home field advantage? yankees-red sox game

haha the uribe one is a great way to end it. i just like how he exaggerates all the little idiosyncrasies everybody has. he has done a lot of other teams too, and they are all just as good. i should post a vid of my brother doing big mac, its spot on.

QUOTE (Noberto Martin @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 02:23 PM) He had a GREAT year, but other than that he was your average middle reliever who had a short career. Theres tons of guys who put up one great year out of the pen. 57 saves doesn't exactly make him an all time great, it makes him a reliever that got lucky one year. i was responding to a guy who said that his season proved that the save was the most overrated stat in baseball. by saying that, he is implying that his 57 saves shouldn't impress that many people because his other numbers werent as good. well guess what? his other numbers WERE good. was maris' '61 season less remarkable because he didn't have the career to back it up? if you think so you have to be insane.

QUOTE (Noberto Martin @ Jul 3, 2008 -> 02:15 PM) Thigpen might be the worst player ever to hold a single season record, he was Todd Jones/Jo-Bo esque. K-Rod is better, he deserves it. He's a big example on why you don't judge a player just because of big save numbers. his 1.83 ERA wasn't good enough for you?