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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 08:01 PM) Really though...that team on paper is good enough......They're a mental block away. Sounds like another team I know.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Oct 6, 2010 -> 11:23 PM) I think we learned from this past year that the on paper the staff may look great, but they are as streaky as they come. and how bad the NL is.

QUOTE (Cali @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 07:39 PM) Maybe now people will stop blowing the Twins so much on the site. They're only "AL Central good"... They were the best team in baseball since the ASB. When teams get hot they also cool off. So their timing could be off plus they are few missing pieces away from a World Series.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 07:13 PM) From 2007-09, there were 12 series played in the first round of the playoffs. Eleven of them started out with a team taking a 2-0 lead. This season, two of the four series have started out with a team taking a 2-0 lead. It's amazing how boring the first round of the playoffs has been. As a baseball fan, I just want to see a competitive series once in awhile. I think a Twins/Rays series would have been better (for the Twins too).

QUOTE (Cali @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 07:34 PM) They are so good and clutch and come up lucky on flukes plays all season long and just straight up FALL APART in the post season...how ridiculous haha That's because teams like the Yankees don't make a lot of mistakes for the Twins to capitalize on.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 07:24 PM) Buster Olney also got a boner when the word "Twins" was mentioned. He ranked their offense over the Yankees' at the start of the year...lol I guess there's some things that get exploited more in the post season. They really don't have an ace and Thome is their long ball threat.

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 07:02 PM) They were 15-20 against the AL East. Don't know why so many people felt this was Minnesota's year. Peter Gammon's did. Twins can't overcome the Yankees. Nothing new in that.

QUOTE (scenario @ Sep 29, 2010 -> 11:23 AM) Here's the Peoria Saguaro's roster. Sox Prospects... Anthony Carter Johnny Lowe Charlie Leesman Henry Mabee Josh Phegley Eduardo Escobar Jared Mitchell Other teams that have prospects on the Sags... Minnesota Cincinnati TampaBay San Diego Thanks for the heads up. I might have to check it out.

QUOTE (stretchstretch @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 06:18 PM) Hoping this isn't deleted, but after not visiting in a while, I'm surprised to see no threads following what's happening with MN, who after winning 94 games and finally getting home field against NYY in their brand new super stadium are on the verge of getting swept in convincing fashion. throughout the last decade, the main issue with MN winning the division is seeing this story unfold again, something many here b*tch about during the course of the year as they make the annual late season charge to the title. That's because you placed it in the wrong forum.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 04:43 PM) That's a helluva target. The Sox have a history of coming up short on big name free agents and Crawford is a big name this off-season. The usual suspects will be involved as suitors, (ANA, NY, PHI, BOS...etc.) and the Sox are gonna need to find something like $120M to offer him. They obviously know this and they are going hard after him. This guy is special and well worth a serious pursuit. The Sox target most high priced free agents every year. The media always likes to throw us a bone.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Oct 5, 2010 -> 02:52 PM) Man there is nothing like bonus play in games. I was at our game 163 in 2008 and it was electrifying. And even though I hate the twins and the tigers, their game 163 was one of the best games that I had ever seen. And we'd be guaranteed at least 2 games like that every year. They also have the chance to be awful as well. It could be possible a "token" playoff team from the NL could enter with only 75 victories. I can't see a "Cinderella" existing very long in the MLB playoffs except maybe for that one game. I could see it making the playoffs even less interesting. It works in the NFL because everything is decided on 1 game. The baseball seasons ends at a time when it has to compete with a lot more things on TV. Outdoor weather is less predictable in some areas of the country. If anything they should shorten the season. How many teams are really making any revenue in Sept?

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 03:05 PM) Yeah, f*** the Twins! I hope the team that built itself through scouting, drafting and developing augmented by sensible trades and intelligent FA signings that features a homegrown core and Jim Thome and hasn't won a WS in 20 years is swept by the team of hired businessmen that just buys its way into success with limitless blind spending and features two of the least likable players (ARod and Tex) on the planet for a city that just won the WS last year and arrogantly thinks it is due all the love and attention of everyone the world over. Wooo! While you're at it, let's hope Mr. Burns can buy his way into the Miss America pageant again!!!! Great point. It seems baseball owners are content with that system, while other sports like the NBA, NFL, and NHL went to a cap to create "parity". Baseball has been broken down to 2 audiences. One who wants to see the Yankees win it all (only the NY market matters) or those who want to see the Yankees lose. You wonder how many Yankee fans are bandwagon fans?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 01:59 PM) Do not question someone who after 881 posts has yet to backup any of their opinions with any facts. Some things don't need any facts, like this post of yours is nothing but taunting and ignorant at best.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 01:49 PM) What does the bolded mean? You think they didn't feel like winning? They were in the chase for home field advantage all the way to the end, so it would make no sense that they weren't trying to win. You're right, I forgot about HFA. They were the first to clinch so I thought they would rest players, ect.

QUOTE (soxfan-kwman @ Oct 6, 2010 -> 10:25 PM) We simply can't get FA quality players. We lost out on Tori Hunter, Miguel Cabrera, Chone Figgins, Matsuai, even an aging Vladimir Guerrero. The only way we can get quality players is the way we aqcuired Thome, Rios, Peavy, or Carlos Quentin (not so quality Griffey Junior, Manny). Albert Belle was the last stud we go in free agency. Hell, we couldn't even get an older Johny Damon. Free Agents just don't come here. They lose only because other teams outbid them. I think this is where often they are a wiser organization.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 11:39 AM) and an apparent inability to get it done against a very good Twins team. That's as simple as it gets. The Twins are very good this year. They won 94 games and might have won more if they wanted too.

QUOTE (striker @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 12:12 PM) "Are Bad" and "Do Bad" are two different things. They did bad but I don't think they are bad. They didn't live up to expectations. That was suppose to compensate for a slightly weaker offense. It doesn't appear that the offense was that weak after all.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Oct 5, 2010 -> 02:38 PM) I think the Sox go into games against the Twins with a defeatist attitude too often. I don't know how you change that. Apparently the Sox don't either. I don't know if that mystery will be solved. It's happened under 2 managers, lots of roster changes. They idea is to win more games than the other teams in the division. You can't win a division by consistently losing to teams below 3rd place in any division.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 5, 2010 -> 08:27 PM) They do when they have to work with him. They avoid it when they can because they don't want to grossly overpay nor do they want to deal with players who almost certainly end up testing free agency. I like that they avoid working with Boras. The aren't the only team in the league that practices this.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 5, 2010 -> 05:16 PM) This was clearly a case of a GM who's biggest strength is his biggest weakness in that he's always, and I mean always, playing for the right now while blatantly ignoring the future. No matter how many times this formula fails. Hopefully that is starting to wear out on Reinsdorf. I want a GM who also will build a good farm system. Rumor has it the Sox have one of the worst in baseball. If Hahn is good at building a farm system, they should keep him.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 6, 2010 -> 10:27 PM) Giant wooden slats are the most uncomfortable seating surface they could have built IMO. Its very strange. I've been to that stadium and although its better than the dome, I still think they really made some bad design choices. I dont get the whole idea of keeping the outfield fans so far from the field, I like stadiums where the first row is closer to the playing surface. And down goes the twins. An idea like that must have come from coaching legend Bud Grant.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 5, 2010 -> 09:35 PM) Trading from an area of strength like starting pitching is going to open up a weakness. If we trade one of our starters, who fills in? Pitching is very expensive when you get it from the outside. Jackson is $8M next season. I wonder how good he will be when the AL gets another look at him.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 6, 2010 -> 04:53 PM) Some of you guys are seriously overrating CQ. He's injury prone and has exactly 1 tool. That 1 tool=gettng injured.

QUOTE (striker @ Oct 5, 2010 -> 09:43 PM) My problem with the staff as is is we need offense and if we make the playoffs not all five starters (assuming Peavy is healthy) would start in the playoffs, but that bat we could have acquired would. If Peavy is healthy then someone gets dealt. If Sale can start then maybe two get dealt. Right now we have these guys that could start: Peavy Buehrle Floyd Danks Jackson Sale Garcia? Pena? Only 4 of them have to be really good. The 5th can be ok or good. But we really need OBP and run production in the middle of our lineup. This was suppose to be the strength of the team. They failed. If you need more offense, that means the staff is bad and in 2010 they were. Didn't the "ace" start 0-3?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 10:37 AM) Yeah, where is this written? Just because the Twins are the team that humiliate us on a regular basis, we don't have to emulate them. We just have to emulate a team that wins. It's almost a straw man argument. We get it thrown in our faces that the Twins can't win anything in the postseason, but we're really just upset that we can't beat them in the regular season. The postseason has nothing to do with the argument. They prevent us from winning in the regular season, and that's the main point. It's not the Twins that prevent them from winning, it's not beating those they should. Some teams have hang ups with other teams. The best way to avoid it is win the games they are suppose to to make it not the only factor. In baseball you get enough chances that winning is division is not totally relied on winning every season series against division foes.