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QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 08:20 PM) In the last seven years, the Sox have more to celebrate than the Twins. Consider their side of this thing. No one wants to be the Bills. Cept they're not even getting there. Also i dont see the Royals on an upward trajectory, myself. I don't agree with that 100%. I would rather be a Braves' fan and have a run of sustained excellence than be a Marlins' fan, see 2 World Series win and two teams torn apart due to baseball economics.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 08:13 PM) Caulfield why would you care about that? No disrespect but who gives a f*** about season tix sales. If we do not make the playoffs, it will be a major disappointment that will take us all a while to get over. The injuries will be the excuse that will ultimately pacify us all. CQ might have made a difference. Losing 3 of 4 in NY was not good but hardly unexpected. Losing 2 of 3 or all 3 to KC would really suck but who cares if it affects tix sales. Let Jerry worry bout that. Because I don't want to spend the rest of my life seeing the Twins win the AL Central with inferior talent but better fundamentals. The Twins and Royals are just going to get better and better, and the Tigers and Indians won't be any worse next year either. If they win, that would be five titles in seven years...the White Sox would have just two in nine years. There's simply no excuse for that with the type of budget the White Sox have.

Unbelievable. Adam Everett pulls back on the bunt attempt and hits a double over Zobrist. No way. Well, it's not like the Rays would rather face the Twins than the Sox. They have many things to play for here. The Rays own the Sox, especially on turf. The Rays were 77-1 when leading after 8 coming into that game. Like the 2006 Twins. Now 77-2. Amazing. Funny, too. Because the other blown game was the one against the White Sox on the controversial AJ baserunning play.

Well, fading out of the playoffs after leading the entire season will do wonders for our season ticket sales. I guess there's not much difference with getting swept, except a few fans will buy season tickets for 2009 in order to get playoff tickets. A few. Those extra ticket sales (projected) would give KW a little more room to maneuver in the off-season.

Why can't the White Sox ever put away the Twins??? The only thing that is a small consolation is that this White Sox team is nothing like 2005 or even 2003. You really feel they have no chance to do anything opening on the road in Tampa Bay. The Twins match up much better against them.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 07:59 PM) Leadoff man on for Twins in the 9th. I really don't like that they're not pitching Howell. Now there is one Royals castoff who really has reinvented himself and made a good second career as a reliever. You might see him against Mauer/Morneau...depends what happens with Casilla. OOOPS! Now the Rays are really in trouble...because the Twins haven't used any of their better relievers. Well, assuming the real Joe Nathan shows up.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 07:54 PM) If they had Griffey wrapped up earlier, i wish they really woulda done something with an outfielder (BA?) going somewhere for at least a decent reliever. I think the odds of getting a decent reliever for Anderson were so-so at best. I'm actually warming to the idea of holding onto him...unfortunately, he doesn't seem to have a position with the Sox. However, his fundamentals (baserunning, shortening his swing, bunting, throwing to the right base and/or cut-off man, advancing runners) just don't seem to be there. Like Borchard and Fields, he's an athlete trying to play baseball, rather than a baseball player who's athletic (Alexei Ramirez would be an example of that).

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 07:50 PM) See Ramirez had a good ERA coming in here (no idea how smal that sample size was) but as a Royals reliever you gotta think those guys are coming into sooo many already-decided contests. I would trade all of our relievers (except for Jenks/Thornton) that are now on our roster for Soria...and I am sure that Dayton Moore would still laugh at KW. Span/Casilla/Mauer/Morneau for the Twins in the Top of the 9th. It never seems to be easy!

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 07:47 PM) how many KC castoffs have been through our pitching staff? a few duds that come to mind are Sisco, Macdougal, Ramirez... Scott Sullivan Is Ramirez really worse than Boone Logan and Wasserman? That's hard to believe.

Well....if the Twins can take 2 out of 4 on the road at TB, and come back from down 3, they deserve the playoffs more than we do.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 07:08 PM) Maybe we could even doop the Twins into picking him up. Ramirez is absolute garbage. They've already done us a huge favor by picking up Guardado. Runners on 1st and 2nd, no outs, Twins threatening to get right back into it again. Price looks like he will facing Mauer and Morneau in a pressure situation.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/aggreg...ng&type=reg White Sox threatening to be 11th in AL ERA after the All-Star break. Sitting at 4.75 ERA right now and climbing. We're just an accidental/anomalous post-season team right now.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 06:54 PM) would love to see price come in and blow mauer and morneau away at some point in this game Price is warming up now. Gomez/Span/Casilla will be hitting top of 7th, anyone reaches, then Mauer/Morneau.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 06:45 PM) I just keep thinking we have to win at least one more game in order to lose the rest and still have a chance to make it. 1-11 to end the season? OUCH. I've switched over to Twins/Rays. Twins in good position to get back to down only 1 run. Runners on 2nd and 3rd with only one out. Make that two out, Longoria makes a spectacular play....maybe Ramirez is finally wearing down now at the end of a very long season? If we get swept by Bannister, Davies and Duckworth, we really don't deserve to have a sniff of the playoffs.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 06:42 PM) jeeez,the Twins might get swept in Tampa Bay and we might not pick up any games the way the offense is going Well, we would get out magic number down to 4 before we play the Twins at least. It's always darkest before the dawn, lol!!! Let's hope. The funny thing is both Sox and Twins fans are scared to death of being embarassed out of the playoffs...although Twins fans have more experience in this area. For most Sox fans, they just have the vague memories of 2000 and Seattle and Carlos Guillen's walk-off bunt.

Get Vazquez out of this game. NOW! We might as well try Adam Russell again, why not? Although I am sure it will be someone like Carrasco or Ramirez.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 06:33 PM) If they can get a high obp guy in here somewhere else i'm all for this. Hell if you need 2b for the incoming guy, try Alexei in CF. Cabrera's not worth the money for a 3 year deal....his speed and range have declined too much. For one more season, okay. The most logical move is for Ramirez to go to SS, where he's a "plus" player offensively and defensively. In CF, he's average offensively and probably defensively as well. This game reminds me of 2006 when Vazquez was on a tightrope the entire game against the Yankees but somehow we won the game at home.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 06:33 PM) nuts - looks like javy's struggling. he's been so nails lately, no way he walks a chump like molina. Three game rest usually is tougher on pitchers than Vazquez than Buerhle. Although I think it might help Floyd's curveball.

6-4 TB, Carlos Pena homer. Think of how many MLB teams passed a number of times on that guy, and they could have had him for nothing or next to nothing. Evan Longoria, I think, just clinched ROY, if he hadn't already. 2 homers, 24 on the season now.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 06:27 PM) Wise is like a year younger than PK. The only reason I mention Wise is because he at least has a little speed and athleticism. That's one thing we miss with Chris B. Young. I know he's Mr. Cameron Jr. and strikes out a ton and has an average OPS and not so great OBP.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 06:22 PM) This offense is killing me right now. I want some youth injected into 09. Frighteningly, Hudson means "youth" to us. Swisher, Quentin and Ramirez are all younger players. Maybe giving Anderson/Wise a chance....and Fields...could conceiveably occur. Of course, nobody likes that version of "youth movement," we only want MVP's and ROY candidates. Think the Yankees will give us Cabrera and Cano???

QUOTE (Wanne @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 05:58 PM) No...not really. Only if my team is on with them. Nothin' but a bunch of douche nozzles who live and breath everything East and sensationalize the crap out of everything to the point of nauseum. I can't even have my volume on watching monday night football because I think Tony Kornheiser is the most worthless POS they've ever employed. I'd have to go with Limbaugh on that count. That was a really silly stretch on their part to think that move would work. Limbaugh would have been better for baseball...almost like having Ebert doing mnf.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 05:55 PM) I honestly don't see how this pussbag has won 17 games. You watch him and think a decent college team could beat him. The same way Greg Maddux won so many games in his 30's, although Maddux never threw 94-96 in his prime like Mr. New York Times Crossword Intellectual.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 05:50 PM) I remember leaving work to go watch the clincher at Outback Steakhouse. Crede botched a routine grounder, and you're right, Polanco's liner sure looked like a double. I was watching it on DirecTV from Colombia, South America, lol. I remember ordering the Freddy Garcia "clinching" shirt with black piping and grey that very instant. I almost ordered a Jose Contreras jersey!!! It looks like the 162 day season and being on the road so much has finally caught up with those inexperienced, 25 year-old Twins' pitchers.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 05:47 PM) the quote i heard on the radio was prefaced w/ "if the playoffs started tomorrow..." but i agree he has to be worked into that role as soon as he can pitch again and should stay there thru as far as we can take this thing. live arm. Oh, how far the mighty (Boone Logan) have fallen. Does that mean they're planning to keep Horacio Ramirez AND Richard?