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This is almost beyond ridiculous...what else can go wrong?

Tying run at the plate, no outs and the heart of their line-up coming...

Great. This is getting to be scary...very.

What is Juan Pierre hitting with RISP these days? The first two months, he was worse than Kotsay even. I would think he might be one of our best from June 9th onwards.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 09:30 PM) Peavy jerseys, even though you see just as many Pods jerseys at the park still as anyone else. Forgot about him. Hope nobody bought a Daniel Hudson jersey. I guess if I were the type to buy a jersey at my age, it would be either Viciedo or Alexei Ramirez. Of course, I bought a Sammy Sosa road jersey after his rookie year, that didn't work out so well.

When we win this game, we'll be exactly 19-19 since the All-Star break. The Twins will have played 14 games over .500 during the same time span, for the 7 game swing.

I don't think very many would spend that kind of money on a Ramirez jersey unless he was guaranteed of coming back next season. They didn't sell that many Griffey, Jr., or Alomar jerseys when those guys were here well past their primes. I don't think Andruw Jones jerseys or Vizquel's have been hot sellers, either. Who is the #4 jersey after Buehrle/Konerko/Beckham these days? Danks? Quentin? Rios?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 08:18 PM) You're right, you and greg and others NEVER speak in absolutes. Bunting with a runner on first, no outs just is not working at all. I cannot believe there is anyone still trying to argue otherwise. It will work eventually!!! Hey, if you leave Kotsay and Jones in the line-up, they have to get hot again, don't they? Heck, I'm almost convinced that Brian Anderson would be getting AB's at DH and KW would still be trying to convince someone that he could put up Torii Hunter-esque numbers with consistent playing time.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 08:14 PM) When will it be time to move Gordo up in the lineup? Next year Ozzie?? What time is it in Eastern Europe again? What city are you in, I can't remember off the top of my head. Orioles' announcers are absolutely astounded that there was a warning issued or that Rios actually had the temerity to think that Guthrie was throwing at him. :-)

Great, maybe we can get Ozzie suspended for at least one game if our pitcher hits someone accidentally. Unfortunately, that would mean Joey Cora would have to manage, sort of.

Thank God. Please, please, please BULLPEN HOLD THIS DAMN GAME!!! 697 OPS now, amazing he's recovered to get to this point after being in the bottom 3 of MLB for 3 months.

Julio Borbon=Juan Pierre C'mon, White Sox. Let's earn a victory in the late innings for once.

How can Nick Markakis have only 43 RBI's this year?

C'mon Ancient Darren Oliver, one more out against Hudson and they'll have escaped with 'mo on their side.

Well, at least Guthrie's not doing this 5-6 times per season against us pitching for the Indians. That's about the only positive I can draw from this game. And nobody's gotten hurt.

Hmmm...looks like we're going to have to either win this game or really hope promoting the Yankees and Manny Ramirez can draw the crowds and not our being 5.5-6.5 GB in the standings.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 07:37 PM) You're right, because it would be great to get this beat up bullpen even more innings to cover. Baltimore fans could argue Floyd threw at Jones after the HR. Great job, Gordon. UGH. Since July 15th, it seems we try to minimize every scoring opportunity. With how this season's heading, I think this is one situation where some juices flowing and a brawl like the 2000 one with the Tigers might be enough to wake this team up and get them headed into the right direction with the Yankees looming on the horizon. It's a big risk, you don't want to get anyone injured, but SOMETHING is needed to bring this team back to life. Whether it's Manny Ramirez, a brawl, ANYTHING!

Yay, we didn't hit into a double play. Nice execution by Juan Pierre there...he's turned into someone I don't cringe completely with when he's batting now with RISP.

Floyd's got to nail someone and get tossed from the game. We haven't protected our hitters all season, and Beckham's too valuable to this franchise. We've already seen how a hand injury affected Quentin for a full season.

Can we please score this run and tie it up? Thanks. Also, Michael Young, you absolutely suck at defense. No news there.

Floyd really aiming the ball instead of just letting it go. Getting away with it, for the most part...but a little offense against Guthrie would be nice. We've consistently struggled against that guy this year.

I thought Carlos was supposed to only hit like crap on the road. What happened to Quentin and Rios?

At least the Rangers are rallying. Missed another run on the ground rule double, 3-2 Rangers now. The last week is starting to feel like the end of 2008 all over again...except we're a bit further back.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 06:35 PM) They need to hire the Blue Jays hitting coach. Strange results with that team. Leading the majors largely behind Bautista, who was averaging about 15 homers per season coming into 2010. But you've had players like Wells, Rios and now Hill and Lind totally go into the tank over the last few seasons. Not consistent results...but amazing individual seasons. We don't need Luke Scott, either!!!! Kotsay will carry us through.

I think we've reached the "everything that can go wrong, will go wrong" stage that we were mired in the first two months of 2010.