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if we can just keep pace with the twins, who have also not played all that great..., once they start playing Oakland, LAA, and Tampa on the road.. i like our chances

Wanna know how Thornton's ERA stays low? Because he gives up a s***load of inherited runs, unreal.

thornton with the bases loaded again? surely you jest!

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 08:31 PM) There's just no excuse to have a pitcher with a 5.52 ERA coming into a 1 run game in the 8th inning with 50 games left in a pennant race. if he can't throw strikes, why the f*** is he on the team. that's my question. that ERA is laughable, i'm sure his whip is hilarious... yep, 1.64 lol

trying to pickoff lowell? nice.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 08:14 PM) Gold Glove play right there for Quentin!! was it a full-extension? no WCIU down here

Vulture coming in for his 5th win

twins put up a 4th 4-0

so f***ing sick of the blackhole-dome, can ANY team win there

Farmer & Stone keep talking about how Beckett can't see Varitek's fingers how is that possible, the guy has 3 inches of white tape on them, is he blind?

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 07:55 PM) I've been in the gamethread the last 4 innings. Keep it up. Keep what up?

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 07:52 PM) Keep it up. Nice selective monitoring.

this game is over split is decent i guess, adios 1st place.

after the no-no flies out the window, he starts falling apart? ok...

i hope AJ calls something other than 1st pitch fastballs the rest of the way, because with Danks pitching this gem, they will definitely start swinging at the 1st pitch, mark my words.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 07:17 PM) Danks is blistering tonight. If he gives up a hit, it will be a fluke, kid is dealing. would like to see his P/B come down a little bit but his P/IP is still really nice

Griffey is 1-6 against Beckett, with a HR

Cabrera Pierzynski TCQ Dye Thome Alexei Griffey Swisher Uribe

From ESPN boards: Nice, this shows Quentin IS more efficient at driving in runs

Alexei's "clutch" stats are pretty impressive Close and Late: .339 .339 .536 .875 RISP: 413 .420 .556 .976 RISP,2out: .353 .389 .559 .948

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 04:15 PM) When reading the debate about who deserves to be AL MVP, I was surprised to see that many people favored Josh Hamilton because of his RBI total. Carlos is beating him in basically every category but RBI's which probably has more to do with our terrible OBP by the top of the order. For comparison's sake their numbers in their slots in the order: Cabrera .286 .337 .715 Pierzynski: .281 .306 .705 Is there any contending team that is worse at getting on base and setting the table? Total Bases (2008): Kinsler: 249 TB Young: 198 TB ------ Cabrera: 167 TB Pierzynski: 163 TB lol, what a joke. how many RBI's would Quentin have if he had multiple runners on base for him as many times as Hamilton has? his RBI totals could very easily match or trump Hamilton's

jim thome leads the AL in OPS on the road interesting.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 11:52 AM) Are you suggesting that Tampa Bay has the AL East locked up? they have a lottttttttttt of roadgames left i believe, that division isn't locked up... in my opinion

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 11:53 AM) So unbelievable that we're seeing this thread for a guy who originally was slated to not make the team. In a sense was behind Owens, Anderson and Alexei for outfield time. this season is going to be a positive when it's all said and done, for me. even if we miss the playoffs/world series with being able to see young stars on our team play amazing baseball (Gavin, Danks, Quentin, Alexei), hopefully it's a sign of things to come

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 11:49 AM) Thanks for pointing out the chat, I just got a question in. mine didnt go through ;( it was in regards to game-tying/go-ahead RBI's (i.e. Clutch). Isn't quentin leading the league in those categories?