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I would make Beckham bunt here.

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 11:26 PM) Is it beneath these hitters to hit the ball to the opposite field? If Thome was still here, this game would have been ova Unfortunately he's been on the Twins for 2 years now

We're going to win this f***ing game

Where was that, Laz?

We've hit the ball so much harder than them tonight and played a much better game...this is just retarded

We hit three balls on the screws that inning. That was just bulls***

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 11:15 PM) This is a situation where Lillibridge needs to steal 2nd on the first pitch. Great minds

Ok, now steal 2nd Brent, like every other team does to us

Squeeze

My man!

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 11:05 PM) It's Matt Thornton, a fielder must kick the ball or he doesn't get credit for the appearance. He didn't boot that

QUOTE (Real @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 10:59 PM) 7 runs on 16 hits. lol. You wouldn't have it any other way. lol.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 03:44 PM) They locked me in for 2 years with their moving contract. Ahh...that explains it...are you allowed to change your programming package with that contract without it restarting (reminiscent of cell phone companies)?

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 01:57 PM) Not sure how that might be. Oh I give up with you people.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 02:39 PM) Yes, a blessing in disguise, losing a guy who's hitting .410 in the month of August with a 1.07 OPS. Halleluiah Well, my guess is AJ was due to cool off. I severely doubt he was going to continue this hot-hitting for much longer, although this is obviously just speculation. In the meanwhile, we avoid his regression to the mean, and maybe get a little infusion of power from Tyler, and he proves whether or not he can play everyday at this level. Again, the phrase is blessing "in disguise." It wouldn't mean much if it appeared as though it was a good thing at the time it happened.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 01:32 PM) Ouch. Any word on Castro? He is guarding Jabba the Hut. Ramon Castro

Reading The Lost Dogs, about what became of Michael Vick's dogs.... Very good book if you are a dog person.

I have a feeling this might be a blessing in disguise.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 12:00 PM) Yes, you can cancel them after 3 months. Make sure you read your bill, it got very confusing to me for those 3 months what I was actually getting billed for (they were billing me for Sunday Ticket but not for the channel package, it was bizarre). That's because they had a deal where if you bought Sunday Ticket, you got the Premium Package for 5 months for free. Now they are giving away the Sunday Ticket package for free if you either are a new customer or if you are moving.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 11:23 PM) Nope. Grew up north of Chicago, went to IU for college (graduated this past May), and just moved to Minneapolis for law school. I've been here a few times though, so I know a good place or two. Mostly of the brewpup variety though, I haven't had a chance to be too adventurous yet. What law school, farmteam?

QUOTE (T R U @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 10:14 PM) Im all for him trying to put us over the top, but some of these boom or bust moves are really going to handcuff us within the next few seasons when our window will be closing and its going to be time to rebuild/retool And these moves drove the Dunn/PK signings. So it could really hurt us...but it could pay off as well. I still haven't written off Dunn/Rios/Peavy as being reasonable producers over the next few years.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 08:39 PM) But you hate prospects, remember? Oh, the best pitching prospect in baseball goes by the name of Matt Moore. I don't hate prospects whatsoever. In fact, I get as excited about some of them as you do. Teheran is one of those prospects.

QUOTE (T R U @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 10:51 PM) Ide rather have a GM who is going to make smart decisions for not only now but the future as well.. KW seems like hes more interested in reclamation projects and pulling a rabbit out of his ass (Peavy, Rios) Does anyone think ANYONE else would have traded for Peavy, while injured, outside of us? Rios was struggling pretty bad in Toronto, was there any indication that if we didn't claim him someone else would have? And I get why he made those transactions, but man they arent really working out how we needed them to and they are only going to really hurt going forward with that money on the books.. Good questions. Something else to think about...would anyone else have traded for Matt Thornton? Gavin Floyd? Carlos Quentin, Sergio Santos, etc? Sometimes he hits and sometimes he misses... I think he gets a little confident at times, and then he gets burned and walks away with his tail between his legs... I think the positive by far outweighs the negative.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 09:13 PM) Which is why I said that it's hard to find information on the ast. GMs. Still, look at where some of the best GMs have come form, they are smart guys who have business backgrounds that can learn the baseball stuff. Look at Daniels down in Texas, bright guy who had little to no baseball experience. Hahn has more experience and would probably have a smoother transition. Yeah, but these types are usually overseen by some pretty intelligent baseball people. Who would serve that role for Hahn?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 09:01 PM) What had KW ever done before he was hired? I don't like Paxson at all. He still gets a free ride because of the 3 in '93. But some guys you have to give a chance to prove themselves. You of all people should know better. He was Director of Player Development for what was widely hailed as one of the top 3 systems in all of baseball. If you would have held the beliefs then that you do now, you would have been screaming from every mountaintop on Earth that he was the best candidate for the job.