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Twins finish 0-14 with RISP. I think they set some kind of team record in futility. Pretty fortunate, but we'll take it. Huge victory to change the negative momentum. Reed now 16/19...almost back to that magic 85% conversion rate. Gavin's last 4 starts at USCF against the Twins, 0-4 and ERA near 13.

Twins finish 0-14 with RISP. Pretty fortunate, but we'll take it. Huge victory to change the negative momentum. Reed now 16/19...almost back to that magic 85% conversion rate. Last 4 starts at USCF against the Twins, 0-4 and ERA near 13.

Reed's season ERA at USCF is over 6. That's not good.

Would prefer to see Myers here. But oh well, Crain needs to pitch, too. Just to prove he can stay healthy, if nothing else. That's why that gift run when Alexei and Gordon weren't paying attention hurts...it would be nice to win a game without a nail-biter.

QUOTE (southsidepride15 @ Jul 23, 2012 -> 08:24 PM) He is horrible, we've been over this. Not to mention, if anyone has forgotten....its Brent f***ing Morel. Couldn't agree more. Excellent chemistry and huge talent up the middle. One of the best combos in baseball IMO. But in the AL, you can't have a 650 OPS when there are guys like CANO and most 2B are in the 725-800 OPS range. That's just giving away too much offense.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 23, 2012 -> 08:21 PM) Thornton is back. To get out of that innning should be the cure for him When he holds a 1-2-3 run lead or tie game 3 times in a row, then maybe he will be back. He needs to do it against teams like the Red Sox, Tigers, Rangers and Angels, not the Twins without Morneau.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 23, 2012 -> 08:12 PM) If the Sox can make a deal with Becks, Nate Jones and whomever, I'm all for it. If I were to make a move, it would be to upgrade 2B. Not sure who is out there. Aaron Hill would be nice. Or Jason Kubel. Red Sox sure cooled off quickly.

Thornton's okay with a 4-5 run lead USUALLY. One run lead or tied, not so much.

5 double plays tonight, very un-Twinslike. We've been pretty lucky that the game wasn't close to tied with all the walks and DP balls going our way.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 23, 2012 -> 08:16 PM) Beckham is still a good player and we should keep him. Defensively he is one of the best. The bat will come. Trust me There's no way he can be successful with his current approach. His hitch is just as bad as 2010 and 2011. Thornton hung a breaking ball...lucky Mauer didn't rip it into the seats.

I really really really hate Matt Thornton these days.

Thornton leads the AL in losses for a reliever with 6. Isn't he something like 0/7 in save opportunities?

Beckham 3 for his last 28. YAY! Great, Thornton coming in. Beckham even managed to hit a young woman in the mouth with a foul ball. He can't even manage to put the ball in play.

37,788 first sellout of the season i think

What the HELL was Beckham doing on that play? Why would you ever have your back totally turned to the outfield on that play? It's one thing to suck offensively, but you can't let the Twins back into the game with your brain-deadedness.

White Sox enter tonight with 4 of the top 40 in MLB OPS. 19. Paulie 27. Rios 38. Dunn 40. AJ YOUK around .280 with 5 HR's and 19 RBI's

Beckham still leading both Weeks brothers, Ackley and Andino in OPS. Dustin's been a huge disappointment for the M's rebuilding effort. Great swing, Alex. Just wish we could have scored consistently this last week and held onto that Thursday Red Sox game. Oh, well. Double bonus is we wiped out some of the trade value of Liriano to other teams.

So much for questioning Dunn in the line-up tonight. Two very well hit balls tonight against a lefty. Slider that was up and elevated in the zone. 414 feet.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 23, 2012 -> 07:56 PM) I wonder what we could get for Humber and Nathan Jones....would that get us Volquez? I think we have to keep Floyd around at the point and hope to get him straightened out. Why would they want to do that? Way too much respect to Mauer there. Willingham the White Sox MVP tonight.

It's suicide to let Liriano get into a rhythm. Have to knock him out early.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 23, 2012 -> 07:50 PM) Who is our long man with Axe sent down? Santiago, seemingly. But not tonight, he pitched 3+ yesterday.

It's pretty bad when DJ and Farmer have to motivate Gavin and make him believe he has a great curveball... Ugh. DJ told him he has the best curveball he's seen (when it's one) after Daryll Kile.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 23, 2012 -> 07:39 PM) Great to see PK give this team a lift! It's not lasting for long.

We score runs and give them right back. Jesus.

Why the HELL was Beckham covering there with Butera batting? Butera's a slap hitter who very rarely pulls the ball. The odds of him pulling it on the ground are about 10%. Alexei should have had that cover and the inning's over.