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BUMP... 3 hours ago, Mauer wasn't even sure he would be able to play due to his back spasms. Hmmm.

Weird that the Indians/Tigers game is starting one hour after ours... NFL/Sundays.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/features/cyyoung Price with the lead over Sale, Rodney probably won't actually factor in 2nd, taking the Rolaids Reliever of the Year award instead. RA Dickey BARELY over Gio right now in the NL, but you'd have to think with the Nationals a lock for the playoffs and the Mets not so much, Gio might take it.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Sep 15, 2012 -> 08:43 PM) It would be hilarious if we came full-circle and ended up with Hector again... TRAUTMAN: When are you gonna come full circle? RAMBO: What are you talking about? TRAUTMAN You said that your war is over. Well, maybe the one out there is, but not the one inside you. I think I know the reason that you're here John, but it doesn't work that way. You may try, but you can't get away from what you really are. RAMBO: And what do you think I am? TRAUTMAN: A full-blooded combat soldier. RAMBO: Not anymore. I don't want it. TRAUTMAN: That's too bad, 'cause you're stuck with it. Let me tell you a story, John. There was a sculptor NAMED DON COOPER, and he found this stone: a special stone. He dragged it home and he worked on it for months, until he finally finished. When he was ready, he showed it to everyone on the coaching staff and they said he had created a great statue, and the sculptor said he hadn't created anything. The statue was always there. He just cleared away the small pieces. We didn't make Hector Santiago into this CLOSING machine. We just chipped away the rough edges. You're always going to be tearing away at yourself until you come to terms with what you are. Until you come full circle. RAMBO: I guess I'm not ready yet. TRAUTMAN: Well . . . I gotta move. Promise me you'll look me up when you get stateside. RAMBO: Colonel, I'm sorry, but it's gotta end for me sometime. TRAUTMAN: I understand . . .

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Sep 16, 2012 -> 03:26 AM) No way that happens, however. I just wish we didn't use him to finish games that were well out of reach early on. From a fiscal standpoint there is no way you can justify 10% of your salary on Brett Myers in 2013. Period. Plus there's no convincing me he's any better than Crain could be in the role anyhow. I'd be shocked if he reaches the number this year, which, by the way, what are the current numbers? He needs another 5 finishes or so? According to Fathom, it was 6.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 15, 2012 -> 11:27 PM) Did you ever deal with the crazy 88s in your travels? NOPE! I have been to an Oklahoma City 89ers game, lol. And I watch "The Sons of Anarchy" series, does that count?

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 15, 2012 -> 08:19 PM) Your Chinese must be pretty good by now... Following Sox games in China is a b****. In fact, going to any American website ends up being a b****. MLB Gameday Audio and this year (with our school's internet upgrade) more recently I've been able to watch 90% of the plays through MLB.TV, although it jumps and freezes and restarts. I use freegate and DynaPass, usually that gets me around any problems. A lot of people pay $10-15 per month for a more reliable VPN/proxy service, but usually those work for me. The only times there are problems are when there are events like the Olympics (where there is often negative Chinese coverage in the press)...anniversaries of events like Tiananmen Square in 1989, etc. They made the compromise agreement to host google through Hong Kong to save face, because they couldn't afford to not have that search engine. Most Chinese people use baidu.com and bing.com. In fact, almost any recent movie or book is available for free within a year (popular ones), just go to baidu or bing, enter the name of the book or ISBN and PDF. Funshion.com (the best, to me), tudou.com, youku.com, sohu.com and ppt stream are the best for downloading movies and tv shows. The big budget action movies that debut in the US and internationally at roughly the same time are almost always online within the weekend or no more than a week or two. And my Chinese still sucks after 2+ years living here!!! It's a pain in the butt, the pronunciation and tones, I actually spoke Thai more fluently and it has 5 tones compared to 4 for Chinese. They say Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Arabic are the hardest languages for a Westerner to learn, and it's definitely true. Spanish, Italian and Portuguese are easy in comparison. Also, keep in mind, there's about 20,000 Chinese characters commonly used in everyday conversation and texting. Hit the tone not exactly right or precisely enough and you're forming an entirely new word that might even be offensive, somehow. Compare that to the English alphabet.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 15, 2012 -> 08:18 PM) Well Detroit has woken up from its slumber. If we're gonna win it, we're gonna have to earn it. I'm still glad we got rained out the other night. Sox at that point were in the tank. Now they appear to be competing again. The ? is can we earn the title and beat a higher payroll team in the Tigers or not? The bigger questions are going to be beating the Tigers Monday, KC, the A's and the Rays. The Tigers only have one "good" team left, we have two.

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Sep 15, 2012 -> 06:56 PM) So UnAmerican like.... I also have a birth certificate from Indonesia. Joking. 1992-1996 Georgia (Statesboro/Augusta) 1996-2005 Kansas City 2005-06 Colombia 2006-07 Kansas City with Greg775 2007 China 2008 Philippines/Thailand 2009 Thailand 2010 China 2011 South Korea/China 2012 China

BUMP

How it happened: Francisco Liriano dominated the Twins before losing his bid for a no-hitter in the seventh inning on Trevor Plouffe's two-run homer. He struck out nine in his seven innings pitched. The White Sox staked Liriano to some early runs, with Paul Konerko driving in the first three with an RBI groundout in the first inning and a two-run homer in the third. Konerko’s 23rd home run came with Adam Dunn on base. Dunn, playing his first game in over a week, singled and walked in his first two at-bats. Gordon Beckham singled home Dayan Viciedo with the Sox’s fourth run in the fourth inning off Twins starter Samuel Deduno, who left the game in the fifth. Liriano, who had been removed from the rotation due to ineffectiveness a week ago, threw a no-hitter against the White Sox as a member of the Twins on May 3, 2011 at U.S Cellular Field. The Twins made it interesting in the ninth, scoring once off Addison Reed, but Matt Thornton came on to record the save. What it means: Dunn’s return to the lineup gave the Sox a needed offensive boost as he finished with two hits and a walk. Liriano threw himself back into the rotation mix, which seems to change on a daily basis. A six-man mix of starters will be the job of Robin Ventura and pitching coach Don Cooper to figure out for the last 18 games of the season. The Sox increased their AL Central lead to 1.5 games over the Detroit Tigers, who began play against the Cleveland Indians after the Sox game was complete. The win was the 78th for the Sox, who won 79 games total in 2011. Outside the box: Trainer Herm Schneider advised Ventura to use Dunn at first base in order to keep his sore right oblique loose during his first game in over a week. Up next: The Sox will send Jake Peavy, aka JVPINAA (10-11, 3.27 ERA) against the Twins’ Scott Diamond (11-7, 3.46) in the finale of this three-game series Sunday. espn.com/mlb (Bruce Levine)

Thankfully I went out drinking last night and missed the last inning of the White Sox game and most of the Indians/Tigers due to falling asleep at 330-400 a.m. Spared me some tense moments. Much better to wake up and see the victory/loss rather than suffer another Addison Reed blown-up inning.

Wish Ventura would leave Crain out there for the 9th as well. Sigh.

Do we really want Danks in CF over Wise?

White Sox 5.24 bullpen ERA since the middle of August. Worst in the AL.

Shades of Willie Mays vs. Vic Wertz in the 1954 World Series. Minus the whirling throw back to the infield.

CRAP. 3 run lead here feels huge. C'mon AJ.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Sep 15, 2012 -> 01:54 PM) Son of a b****. No way he should have been in the game for that to happen You're joking, right? 1 or 2 inches lower and it's 2nd and 3rd, 2 outs.

CRAP. Now it gets interesting again.

7 outs. KW RULES.

8 outs to go.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 15, 2012 -> 01:44 PM) MODS: Request to delete this post. My quote was made up by the poster. Request denied. EXILE or DEATH.

9 in a row for Duensing. Bench DeAza. Golden Sombrero.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Sep 15, 2012 -> 01:39 PM) Let's keep in mind that this is a minor league caliber Twins team we're facing today. Willingham, Morneau, Plouffe and Revere are all good hitters. But yeah, without Mauer and Span, a different look.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 15, 2012 -> 01:38 PM) 2008 - 3.84 ERA, 206 IP 2009 - 4.06 ERA, 193 IP 2010 - 4.08 ERA, 187 IP 2011 - 4.37 ERA, 193 IP That's really a very good run, and Liriano has showed no ability to do something like that. If you had to pick one at the same price (we know Gavin's price), it's easily Gavin. If they were both cheap, MAYBE you take a chance on Liriano instead. Also consider our "need" for a righty. However, I don't mind bringing back both. We'll probably take a look at trying to bring Peavy back at Gavin's price, but who knows if that will work or if we'll want to do it. Peavy will be in the $11.5-14 million range, maybe more. And Floyd's 2 DL stints mitigate some of his appeal. Durability was his calling card, eating innings, before this season. 84 pitches. 9 outs left.