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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 5, 2012 -> 01:39 PM) I'd love to hear what a guy who missed 3 prime seasons in military service but still with a lifetime .344 avg. .482 OBP and 1.116 OPS had to say about hitting. If it was a Red Sox broadcast, lol. I'd rather hear what Shoeless Joe Jackson, Aparicio, Fox or Luke Appling had to say had to say. Maybe Hawk can get a Harold Baines quote to use occasionally? Or Big Hurt/Ventura.

Guess they're still going with Sale/Chen instead of pitching both Axelrod and Santiago this weekend. The problem then is that means they plan to use Quintana against the Tigers. Have there been any rumors about starting Axelrod instead? They could pitch Axelrod Sunday, Santiago Monday, then Peavy, Liriano and Sale again.

Ah, there's another Harrelson/AJ connection. His wife and Hawk's daughter roomed together. Dammit Peavy. Have to get through this inning with no worse than a 4-2 lead.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 5, 2012 -> 01:33 PM) More and more firewalls are becoming app aware and these little tunneling tricks don't work all the time. I normally use DynaPass or Freegate. That did the trick. But that torpedo program was blocked from working.

Made it through nearly 1 1/2 hours of a game before the first Ted Williams quote.

Still, you put up a 4-0 lead for Peavy, he SHOULD win that game 85-90% of the time, right? So it could be 1/10, as long as that hit's a Grand Salami, you once again would be expected to win most of the time at home giving your team that kind of early lead...

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Sep 5, 2012 -> 01:21 PM) Omg, I get so mad when we get tossed out stealing You just got on that base by sheer luck, and you can't even wait 2 seconds to be called out? It's okay because we can start off fresh with Wise leading off again next inning. Not the end of the world.

“What makes me feel the best is no matter what happens this month I know that everybody in uniform has given us his very best,’’ Williams said before the Sox’ 18-9 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday. “Given it their all in preparation, the study of their opponent in the video room and scouting reports. They talk about ideas, they come out early en masse to work on little fundamental things you take for granted in this game or are considered old school. ‘‘So at the end of the day if we don’t achieve the goal we don’t set out to achieve I can’t think of a better group I’d love to go down with than these guys. And I mean that as much as anything I’ve said all year long. We don’t want to do that — we want to be the last club standing, but in the event that we’re not I will walk in and thank everyone in uniform for their efforts.’’ http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/wh...sided-loss.html

Dammit, should be 1st and 2nd and a DP away from getting out of the inning. Letting the Twins right back into this game.

What does it say in that Sun Times article by Van Schouwen exactly? Can't get their website to open here in China.

A little luck there for Jakemeister. We'll take it. Paulie not hitting but guiding balls around the diamond these days. Except for the good swing he took on a Verlander fastball.

Great play by Plouffe there. Could have set up for another huge inning. Still have a chance here to bust this game completely open. If only Konerko would stop feeling sorry for himself. Assuming he gets up to the plate...forgot Dunn. Well, that sucked.

Have we ever heard of Ventura calling out KW for giving him a crappy and/or completely inexperienced bullpen this year? That would be MORE fun.

YES. Okay Peavy, you better not f-ing give up 2-3 runs back next inning or we will kill you. Paulie, what the heck is wrong with you, by the way?

We suck at bunting. That's ONE problem. At least 75% of our position players. And DeAza was out the first two games of that series, one of our better bunters.

Okay, SMART baseball here, ala KW's instructions. Intellect.

Are/were Morel, Beckham and Viciedo hurting/helping the Sox? Clearly, Morel was....and they addressed that with YOUK. Beckham and Viciedo are different situations, but somewhat similar salaries. It's a year by year situation with Beckham definitely. Dayan will get at least 2013 and probably 2014 to establish himself, unless he just completely bombs next year, which is pretty hard to imagine happening. Meanwhile, Konerko/Rios/Dunn could all be leaving after '13 and '14, so we need SOMEONE with a potent bat to emerge as that 3-4-5 hitter of the future.

Hopefully, next time, he gives Omogrosso more of a shot over Humber. He's looked a lot better than most anyone expected in his appearances at the major league level this season.

If LaRussa were managing this team, we'd be 16-20 games over .500 right now, without a doubt. With Ozzie, +/- 2-3 games of .500, without a doubt.

COO COO COO Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane

HESHER rules. Underrated classic, but not so easy to watch. And 50/50. Bachelorette is REALLY REALLY good. In some ways, much more witty and pushing the envelope further than Bridesmaids.

Ervin Santana, C.J. Wilson and Zack Greinke are expected to start, all on regular rest, against the Tigers this weekend. (Weaver would have been starting this Friday's game, if he kept on the regular schedule from his Sunday start).

Let's revisit Friday. Youk hit a liner with the bases loaded, Dunn struck out and Paulie is/was in a huge slump. And then Thornton in the 7th inning, that scenario was 100% predictable, WELL BEFORE IT HAPPENED. So leaving Peavy out there too long when he was gassed and has been overused all season long, and going to Thornton there...or Jones against RHBers when he has a below .200 average against LHB but something like .330 against RHB? How much of that is intellect or will? Bad luck? Expecting the worst to happen in a place where you've lost 18/21? If anything, KW should have been able to observe from the past decade similarly disastrous results in OAK/LAA/SEATTLE, then more recently against the Orioles, Royals....and all along against the Twins and now Tigers. That's 90% on the GM for the players he brings in, not the field manager. Clearly, Ventura has been struggling with his bullpen decisions, as well as when to pull his starter, but that was expected...or should have been expected with a totally inexperienced manager. Otherwise, they should have hired LaRussa or Gaston or some other retread.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 11:21 PM) No disrespect to anyone, but unless you're at the game, you shouldn't complain about attendance. Don't care if you live 10 miles away or 10000. Just leave it alone if you're not there. They did announce that the tickets for this 10 game homestand would all be discounted or cheaper. Not sure if it's because dynamic pricing doesn't work at all against the Twins or because they had no choice but to suffer embarassing crowds for Monday-Thursday games against the Tigers.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 11:19 PM) And all 16,000 wish they were someplace else. Sox didn't deserve a crowd after the last 6 in Detroit. And tonight? They could be 2 up? You can't blow opportunities like tonight. They'd be right back to 2 up but couldn't beat the s***ty Twins again. Unacceptable. I'd expect the crowd tomorrow will be 5,000 to 10,000. It's like the Sox got that early lead for once and just stopped playing. Was it 3-0 or 4-0 after two innings? What a joke. It was 3-0 heading into the top of the 2nd. 1-2-3 first inning for Quintana.