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QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 09:44 PM) It's all part of the Venezuelan brotherhood they share. You wouldn't understand.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 09:41 PM) Ozzie was desperately trying to save the bullpen. Staffing game 2. Someone is going to have to explain to me how Jackson can't go at all tonight after a 7 pitch outing? No, I know that -- but there's really no damn difference between running Santos out there with 2 out in the 7th or to start the 8th -- so might as well get Garcia OUT OF THERE!

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 09:39 PM) they really gonna go ahead and start game 2 at 10:10pm CDT? Yeah, but they'll only let it go for about 7 pitches.

First one to tell me why Garcia was allowed to let the tying run come to the plate . . . gets a big 'ol prize!

QUOTE (WinorDie88 @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 07:16 PM) Nice Pierre finally playing like he should have at the start of this season OBP now over .350.

I like our execution so far. Top-notch. And Juan picks up Gordo. Nice.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 07:09 PM) Do we know who is starting the second game yet? Steve Stone. It's why Big Frank is in the booth.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 09:14 PM) This doesn't suprise me a damn bit and i hate it. We're just not built to beat the Twins. I think it has something to do with the Twins having a better team than us. Maybe that wasn't true in other years, but that's certainly the case this year, and -- c'mon guys -- it's not really close. They were better than us last year, and made good offseason acquisitions (Hardy, Hudson and, yes, Thome), so it's not really all that surprising, I guess. It's frustrating, but it's not like this is about much more than that. They ARE BETTER THIS YEAR. (Go around the diamond, even without Morneau, and ask if you'd rather have their guy or our guy). The only quibble I have is with our pitching in these series against them but, hey, the Twins have a good lineup.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 07:30 PM) The August/September offensive swoon is in full effect. Well, I think it's actually the true nature of the White Sox offense that is in full effect. C'mon, look at our s***ty lineup.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 09:08 PM) They swung the bats pretty good the first three games of that series as well, but there's no denying that the Jenks game can be pointed to as the turning point of the season if the Twins win the division. Disagree. The turning point of the season was among the following: (a) the Twins assembling a better lineup than the White Sox in those months traditionally known as "the off-seasoh"; (B) Jake Peavy getting hurt, which meant that a trade of Daniel Hudson was for pitching and not another hitter; and © the White Sox not adding another player to close the gap with the Twins lineup supremacy. At this point, the question -- and the only question -- is the same as it was in March: will the Twins pitching be good enough? Because Minnesota's starting lineup -- WITHOUT Morneau -- is superior to anything the White Sox have rolled out all year. It was that way on April 1st and it hasn't changed at all.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 11:17 AM) That series vs the Twinkies after the ASB was also a doozy... While I don't want to exagerate, losing 3 of 4 was bad, don't give a crap if they got a new manager, you simply don't lose to the worst team in MLB if you want to go deep in the playoffs IMO. Twins fans are chomping at the bit, saying stuff like "this guys aren't so good, if we get anything from our starters, we should win the series"...nice. Well, I do think this is one of those years when you can line up the names that each team has in the starting lineup -- and the Twins ARE better, position by position (especially with Morneau, of ocurse). But I guess my point is that it doesn't mean s***, basically, and especially if your pitching is worse. All those years the Twins gave us fits -- and we had Lee and Ordonez and Thomas -- illustrate that point. The key is whether we play smart or stupid. Translation: stop running into outs.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 07:36 AM) What worries me about the offensive woes is that Quentin has basically been worthless away from the Cell. His home splits are: .271/.387/.590 which is outstanding. On the road, he has hit .188/.267/.376, which basically makes him worse than Mark Kotsay. The Sox still have 22 games on the road, so he is gonna have to figure that out, if they are gonna start winning away from the South Side. Not to mention, they won't have home field if they make the playoffs, which could almost neutralize CQ if he keeps those numbers up. On the road, we seem to get a lot more of "twitchy Carlos" -- the guy who starts swinging during his walk from the on-deck circle.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 9, 2010 -> 09:17 PM) I said it the way I wanted to, no need to adjust Oh, dear.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 9, 2010 -> 09:40 PM) Tied for first* And, of course, if we let the Twins get ahead of us by a game or two, they can't block Manny.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 9, 2010 -> 09:12 PM) All I can say about this clusterf*** of a series is at least the pitching wasnt bad. But the offense was april-may bad. All set now.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 09:21 PM) Twins tie it. Urgency. The Twins get that. Loafing your way into Baltimore. The White Sox get that.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 09:05 PM) When you score 1 run against a pitcher with an ERA over 6 you don't really deserve to win. Think maybe they took their lead from Ozzie, who played Viciedo against a pitcher who wouldn't be "so hard" for him? Took him lightly. That seemed pretty clear watching these guys go up there with no approach.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 08:45 PM) Can Garcia pitch every game so we can have Castro become the starter? The quality of AJP's at bats are sickening. I absolutely do not want him back next season. He really does look like he wants to sit down as soon as possible. Someone pointed out his high average with RISP. Seriously, it's like only then will he concentrate on what he's doing up there.

Carlos Quentin, Headcase.

Buck Douchewalter and his stupid mind games . . .

Another benefit of Jenks's spectacular outing yesterday is that we have to go with Pena here and not Santos. Thanks again, Bobby, for sucking terribly. Thanks, 'ol buddy.

I remember back when Tony Pena was a very effective reliever for Arizona, in high-leverage situations. I'd like to see that guy, well, now.

Good work so far. Competent.

QUOTE (rafacosta @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 08:14 PM) ozzie...what a stupid move. markakis seems to always kill us. Well, he's a type we're not that familiar with -- an outfielder that comes up through the minor leagues and is good in the majors.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 08:14 PM) Well that was a baptism by fire, resulted in a totally forgettable debut. We hope it's forgettable.