Friend of Nordhagen

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 03:00 PM) Wow, how slow is Beckham? Just a miserable game for him. He fell down or something, right? I mean, there's just no way that he could get doubled up on that, right?

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 02:57 PM) Thome's homer went 480 feet. Couple of things: (1) Big Jim is an awesome streak hitter. (2) Big Jim is not going to finish the year with an OPS over 1000. (3) That means that Big Jim is due for an epic slump. (4) That is good news for the White Sox. That is all.

We're a good team.

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 01:15 PM) i knew jackson sucking today was some way some how, going to be put on ozzie lol everything that goes wrong comes back to ozzie,never fails I liked the way that you jumped to a conclusion there. That was fun. I'm not blaming Ozzie; not a lot of depth in the pen right now.

Yeah, I think it's fair to say that his last outing is f***ing Jackson today. Not a good omen for the others who've pitched into the 120's the last couple of outings.

Maybe the pitching coach could go out there at some point to impart some wisdom.

He's basically throwing batting practice right now. Perhaps that 247 pitch outing caught up with him?

QUOTE (scenario @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 12:16 PM) I've been afraid that EJax is due for an ugly outing. Hasn't fooled anyone yet. One out.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Sep 5, 2010 -> 05:17 PM) I am calling that team the Minnesota Horseshoes because they have one stuck way up their asses...I hate that f***ing team with a passion. My guess is that's all about to end . . . baseball gods and such. Yes, I'm serious.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Sep 4, 2010 -> 09:15 PM) Now if the freaking crappy Rangers could actually compete with the Twinkies we could make up more ground. We've won 5 in a row and have made up .5 games. that SUX I'm thinking of it as taking road games off our schedule, while the Twins are taking home games off their schedule, and we're actually gaining ground. We're doing what we need to do.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Sep 4, 2010 -> 04:22 PM) Thome makes it a 9:0 game, 3 run shot. *yawn* Piling on now . . . high-water mark for the Twins this year? We shall see.

QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ Sep 4, 2010 -> 03:49 PM) No problem. They're opportunistic -- good farm system and excellent field manager, no question. And they've fielded a better lineup than us all year. But I distinctly remember them pissing away the division to us the last weekend of 2008, looking so feeble against Danks in Game 163 (including having one of their "heady" players get thrown out at home by a convalescent 38-year old centerfielder), and -- as recently as this week -- blow a huge lead to the Tigers on Thursday night. So, as great as our perception of them often is, they do suck sometimes. By the way, I also think that they're peaking too soon. (I know; crazy thought) We've got to hang around.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Sep 4, 2010 -> 03:43 PM) I hear you, but I also watch basically every Twins game since I'm in their area. I see how many so called lucky breaks they get, but they also take advantage of them. No problem. They're opportunistic -- good farm system and excellent field manager, no question. And they've fielded a better lineup than us all year. But I distinctly remember them pissing away the division to us the last weekend of 2008, looking so feeble against Danks in Game 163 (including having one of their "heady" players get thrown out at home by a convalescent 38-year old centerfielder), and -- as recently as this week -- blow a huge lead to the Tigers on Thursday night. So, as great as our perception of them often is, they do suck sometimes.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Sep 4, 2010 -> 03:37 PM) lol 5 runs on 2 outs. that's how the Twins do it. Alright, guys, can we just stop with the "That's how the Twins do it" and "Wow, the Twins don't ever make an error (false) or choke in games (false) or play lousy (false)" or "Goddamn, I want to suck the Twins dong!" It's getting like listening to Hawk in here. They're a damn good team, and they play that way -- but that's as far as it should go. Not picking on you, WilliamTell.

In 35 years of watching baseball, I've seen the fake throw to third, then throw to first work twice. They were both today, against the White Sox.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 4, 2010 -> 01:53 PM) Way too many DPs. I don't think I've ever seen a player as fast as Rios hit into so many DP's -- and not on hard-hit balls, either.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Sep 4, 2010 -> 01:31 PM) Update? As good as the White Sox at-bats were in the first 4 innings, they were pretty much that terrible in the 5th. Inning over. Still 2-0.

So I guess the Red Sox scouting report on Alexei is to throw him changeups.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 4, 2010 -> 01:13 PM) sorry about that. Another great at-bat.

That was a clinic on how to get a man to third base. Awesome approach.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 4, 2010 -> 01:09 PM) After Rios gets into the rundown, Omar has to try to steal that run. I am not sure why Rios was running, but Omars play was exactly how you draw it up. No problem with what Omar did; not sure what Rios was doing.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 4, 2010 -> 01:03 PM) I like the Sox approach at the plate though. The have Bucholz to over 60 pitches in three innings Agreed.

I'm becoming pretty confident that other teams have our signs, too.

Words fail.

What a shock: Danks losing his release point, leaving the ball up and running up his pitch-count, all in the early innings.