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QUOTE (beckham15 @ Apr 11, 2010 -> 07:02 PM) to me i think the coach was trying to make it seem like hardy pulled up or something the way he was positioned It really shouldn't even matter. At the time Teahen gets the ball and everyone sees Hardy rounding 3rd, the entire team needs to be screaming 4.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 11, 2010 -> 04:03 PM) How did Bonderman look the other day? Back to his old stuff, or still struggling? I know his numbers were good in the start. I actually didn't watch that one, but from what I heard, it seemed more like he feasted on a bad offense. Had some control issues. I wouldn't count on him being very reliable this season.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Apr 11, 2010 -> 03:55 PM) We'll see. They are going to score a s***ton of runs. Umm, no. They are not. I live in Michigan, unfortunately. I get to watch them a ton. And I get to talk to their fans every freakin' day. They have 3 starting pitchers and half a lineup.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Apr 11, 2010 -> 03:43 PM) Rock, I still feel the exact same way. We have 4 HUGE holes in our lineup. HUGE. And the Twins and Tigers are going to win a ton of games, so just being mediocre ain't gonna cut it. The Tigers are not very good.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 11, 2010 -> 03:39 PM) OK, so just say, "Yeah, I think Thome is a goner if he gives him the curve." I mean, why make a pointless guarantee after the at-bat is already over? Are you seriously complaining about his choice of words? I'd have probably said the same thing.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 11, 2010 -> 03:37 PM) He's also a guy who has had trouble getting up to the high fastball for years. If he gets it up over his hands instead, there isn't a question either. Exactly. There's ways to get Thome out, we obviously know that very well. High fastball or breaking ball in the dirt and he's flailing. Fastballs middle-in and on the outer half, on the other hand, he normally hits hard. And he did.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 11, 2010 -> 03:34 PM) 'I'd be willing to guarantee Jenks K's Thome if he throws the curve." Um, OK? The at bat was over. Why make a pointless guarantee? That's like me guaranteeing Jenks would've given up a hit to the next batter if Hardy doesn't get thrown out at home. Ya, but you have nothing to back that point. There's a difference between guaranteeing something because we've seen it many times and guaranteeing something because you have a hunch. We've seen Thome quite a bit, and I'm with Tru on this one. He's probably a goner if you throw him a breaking ball.

QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ Apr 11, 2010 -> 03:29 PM) Couldn't tell if he sent him, but I did see one interesting thing on the replay. Just after Hardy rounded third, and Teahen turned to look at home plate, the third base coach JUMPED INTO FAIR TERRITORY, right at third base. It honestly looked like he was trying to trick Teahen into thinking that he was the runner. I noticed that too, totally caught me off guard. I was confused as hell.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 03:45 PM) If he's not able to run he doesn't belong in the major leagues. If you can hit .300, you belong in the bigs. The thing is, he'd be much better as a #9 hitter than a #1 hitter.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 03:30 PM) Pierre had 380 at bats last year and 375 the year before. I hope Oz has a similar bat load planned for Juan. Podsednik had 376 at bats combined in 2007 and 2008.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 03:24 PM) I think Pierre playing every day is an out machine. Pods while a bad defender was a hit machine. You've seemingly lost your mind. Pierre has a .300 career average. Pods has a .277 career average.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 03:22 PM) Telling it like it is? So at no point this season were we expected to lose 4 of 5? Not sure what you're getting at. Every team goes through tough stretches. Thats the nature of a 162 game season. However, the people saying that they are done with the team after 5 games...well, I'm not sad to see them go.

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 03:18 PM) I really want to keep note of this gamethread because in a couple weeks its really possible everyone in here will have changed their tune completely. Some people are telling it like it currently is. Others have completely lost it.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:59 PM) I'm just very down because these are teams in our division, it's early April and we should not be 1-4 at home. And it is alarming that Minnesota has this kind of record on the road. Also, so many guys on our team in my mind are washed up offensively that I don't see much room for optimism offensively. It doesn't matter that they are in our division. If you hit like we have, you won't beat any teams in any division.

QUOTE (TheHolyBovine @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:47 PM) Considering the division we play in, our "accomplishments" are unimpressive. Context is everything, or aren't you bright enough to understand that? Either way, why don't you go f*** yourself? Bye bye.

QUOTE (nathanbusch @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:44 PM) More like 4. Ya, I was looking at the wrong teams stats. 2 from PK, 1 from Rios, and 1 from CQ.

QUOTE (TheHolyBovine @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:42 PM) Yeah, flukes are nice. Agreed. 90 wins the following season was brutal. And a division championship 2 years after that. Horrible. Are you even a fan of this f***ing team?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:41 PM) Was that our first deep fly of the year? We've hit like 7 home runs.

If that ball is a 1/2 inch lower in the strike zone, we win.

QUOTE (TheHolyBovine @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:39 PM) You're right; I shouldn't pick on his free agent philosophy. Dude I know. I was so pissed in 2005 when he used all that money to sign key players of our World Series team. What an asshole.

Welcome to the 2010 season, Mark Kotsay.

QUOTE (TheHolyBovine @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:35 PM) We all know what KW's backup plan is: trade the entire farm system for a mediocre middle-reliever or Michael Bourne-esque OFer. Yeah, because he makes trades like that all the time.

QUOTE (T R U @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:34 PM) Im sure KW realizes its been 5 games, and is fine right now.. Now, in a month or so things may be different there.. I think he knows very well, and has for a while now, that this team needs a bat. But I think he's going to let them fail for a while to make it a point to Ozzie that the team he wants also is a team that sucks.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:32 PM) Ya but 13 innings. Good 2 innings from Linebrink today. I coulda swore we played 11 innings.

QUOTE (The Gooch @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:32 PM) Carlos Quentin is the Esteban Loaiza of our offense Not even remotely in the same galaxy.