Flash Tizzle

I know I was expecting the Twins to lose this game. You would of figured that Gardenhire starting Santana in the final game of the Clev. series instead of us would of somehow backfired. But, of course it didn't. Those kind of moves only blow up when Manuel makes them.

Sox are going to have to play a hell of a game tomorrow. These types of games seem to propel the Twins. Sox win 2/3 or sweep and the season still wont be ours; Royals must be taken care of next week. Not to mention the Yankees, who are playing like their usual selves.

Just as I posted that I see Minn. now leads 13-6.

Well, Kc already won and Minn is still leading 10-6 going into the top of the 9th. If Cleve. atleast dents the bullpen in the manner that the twins did to us in game two, then I'll feel better about this loss. As far as MLB.com goes, they already have the twins figured for the win. PROVE THEM WRONG, DAMMIT.

10-6, Tribe showing some heart. Two more innings to come back.

1) Who will win the series (CHW/MIN) (2 points)? CHW. 2) Will Esteban Loaiza earn his 20th victory (Y/N) (2 points)? Y 3) How many errors will the Sox make (4 points)? 1 4) How many earned runs will Jon Garland allow (4 points)? 2 5) Exactly how many innings will Bartolo Colon pitch (5 points)? 7 2/3 6) How many hits will Carlos Lee have for the series (5 points)? 4 7) What will be the Sox team batting average for the series (.010 either way) (4 points)? .305 8) Who will have more plate apperances, Sandy Alomar or Miguel Olivo (2 points)? Sandy 9) Who will lead the AL Central after the series (2 points)? CHW of course 10) Which team will hit more doubles (CHW/MIN) (2 points)? CHW TIEBREAKER: Total pitches thrown by Sox bullpen 49

7-2.........what happened.

Alright, let the Tribe have their .5 game lead for one day. This Twins luck bulls*** will end this series. God damn Minn. pisses me off.

Baseball Gods have to hand the Twins this loss. They have been lucky as hell in the last month: including the last out, 9th inning rallys against Baltimore and Anaheim. Cleveland, WAKE UP!

Both teams sound horrible tonight. Tribe better hold them down

Cmon Tribe, come through here.

I didnt see the game Santana pitched against us last week, what kind of s*** does he throw?

Similar story with KC/Det. 0-0 Bottom of the 2nd.

Updates?

Im just waiting for this move to explode...............patiently waiting.

:dips*** Its time to end the 10 game unbeaten win streak for this guy, Tribe. I've noticed nobody on Minnesota message boards have questioned the move to have yohan pitch today over our series. Apparently Minn. is more concerned over gaining 1/2 a game over us then a full game.

Since I'm in the company of beatles fans, does anybody else hear a weird chorus at the end of "A Day In the Life." I downloaded it off WinMX (it 5:34 long, incase there are different versions) and around the 5:13 mark it begins. Don't know if its the beginning of another track but what they're saying doesn't seem to make any sense. Wonder if its the classic "paul is dead" when you play it backwards.

Big fan of the Beatles myself. Not as hardcore as you two probably are, only listen to the songs that get radio time. The two favorite albums for me are Beatles 1 and Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. As far as listening to sound clips of music, I've heard that beatle executives (including Ringo Starr and McCartney) are total assholes about sharing their music. Just recently they sued Ipods music program for "unlawful"use of their songs. There's no need to be that uptight; their families could live another 100 years off the royalties the beatles generate.

Could somebody explain why Santana isn't pitching in the upcoming series? Does Gardenhire have that much confidence is his team that he doesn't even give his best pitcher a start in the series. Only other reason Gardenhire has to pitch Santana is to possibly get a 1/2 game advantage on us going into the series. Hopefully this move explodes in his face and Twins crawl into their s*** dome.

Jimenez cant shake his roots in our organization. In the top of the 6th he pulled a classic Sox moment and swung at the first pitch and popped it up. There were runners at 1st and 3rd with one out. Anybody else watching the Cubs game hear the fans do the "Na na na na.......goodbye" routine when the Cincinatti pitcher was being replaced? This game is making me sick. Cincinnati comes back from behind in two games only to give it up the following inning. Now its 9-6 Cubs.

Can't say I have ever listened to or appreciated anything Johnny Cash had done, but I did enjoy John Ritter. I wouldn't go as far as to say he was a comic genius, though he had a real nice-guy quality to him. For me his best role was in Stephen Kings It. What seems to compound this tragedy was that his heart attack was undectable and he has left behind several young children.

We can't depend on Detroit and Cleveland to get the job done the next several nights. I wouldn't think there will be another day where both KC and Minn. lose (to these teams atleast). Get 1 (hopefully 2) in Boston and then we can worry about Minn. It wouldn't be a great situation going into the dome 2 games out and expecting a sweep to stay in the race.

Thats a good point Donkey. If you look at the last three games played with Boston, we have basically shut their offense down. 5 hits yesterday.........2 hits against Colon in his loss.....not sure how many there were in the extra inning game at the cell. Obviously the walks killed us more then anything last night and I'm doubtful you will ever see another walk a thon like that the remaining games. Colon has been sharp his last several starts. I expect him to pitch another great game today; hopefully we'll give him more support off the knuckleballer Wakefield

I just thought of something for tomorrow; who wants to bet that the Cubs sell out both potential playoff games at Wrigley field in less time then the Sox. (Tribune will assure this happens. If there isnt one then the Trib will just buy their own tickets and scalp em as usual.) I can almost sense SOME dips*** using the amount of time it takes to sell out tickets as proof that Cub fans are more loyal to their team than the Sox. That will be followed by comparing attendance figures and bringing up attacks on the umpires.

Bastards. Juggernaut seemed to drive that topic of the UD into Soxtalk and I basically ignored it. Its a shame, but if the Sox get to the playoffs I'll be happy being stuck up in the tank.