June 30, 200421 yr AL Central: White Sox Why? Because the Twins' luck is finally up. In 2002 the Twins outscored their opponents by 56 runs, the White Sox outscored theirs by 58 runs -- and somehow the Twins finished 13½ games ahead of the White Sox. In 2003 the Twins outscored their opponents by 43 runs, the White Sox outscored theirs by 76 runs -- and the Twins finished four games ahead of the White Sox. Not this year, though. The White Sox have outscored their opponents by 71 runs, the Twins have been outscored by 18 runs -- and they're tied in the standings. That's two seasons and three months of strange, and what I'm telling you is that it's just not going to persist. The White Sox were significantly better than the Twins before they got Freddy Garcia, and within two months the Sox will have a six-game lead. At least. Let's hope he's right!
June 30, 200421 yr sounds good to me the twins big edge has been the pen. last year LaTroy and Eddie this year nathan now that we have finally pulled the plug on Koch, we should start to gain more altitude
June 30, 200421 yr A lot of what "should" happen in there...how long have we been saying this stuff? It just comes down to them doing it, plain and simple. Go play like you should.
June 30, 200421 yr we "should" have been winning the division every year since the '00 season...we are in the weakest division in baseball by far...we have ,i believe , the highest payroll within the division and are the only major market team we have been a huge failure the past three years..lets hope we finally got it right
June 30, 200421 yr Jerry Manuel's gone. That's a great start. That alone pulled is within a tie of Minny.
June 30, 200421 yr Why? Because the Twins' luck is finally up. In 2002 the Twins outscored their opponents by 56 runs, the White Sox outscored theirs by 58 runs -- and somehow the Twins finished 13½ games ahead of the White Sox. In 2003 the Twins outscored their opponents by 43 runs, the White Sox outscored theirs by 76 runs -- and the Twins finished four games ahead of the White Sox I love short-sighted S-metricians. Lessee..... 2002-2003 Twins were: -Faster/Hustlier -Smarter -Much better defensively -Much better fundamentally prepared (read: more efficient with their OPS) -More clutch (in "close games" and not in pad-a-stat blow-outs) -Beat the Sox head-to-head, each win counting as 2 -Had a better on-field manager and an even better motivator/teacher. -Also got a few more lucky bounces Now you understand, Rob?
June 30, 200421 yr I love short-sighted S-metricians. Lessee..... 2002-2003 Twins were: -Faster/Hustlier -Smarter -Much better defensively -Much better fundamentally prepared (read: more efficient with their OPS) -More clutch (in "close games" and not in pad-a-stat blow-outs) -Beat the Sox head-to-head, each win counting as 2 -Had a better on-field manager and an even better motivator/teacher. -Also got a few more lucky bounces Now you understand, Rob? The first 7 things listed are huge contributing factors to the 8th one.
June 30, 200421 yr WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THEM IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND THE TWO WEEKS AFTER THE BREAK. THATS WHERE THEY'VE BEEN IFFY THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
June 30, 200421 yr I love short-sighted S-metricians. Lessee..... 2002-2003 Twins were: -Faster/Hustlier -Smarter -Much better defensively -Much better fundamentally prepared (read: more efficient with their OPS) -More clutch (in "close games" and not in pad-a-stat blow-outs) -Beat the Sox head-to-head, each win counting as 2 -Had a better on-field manager and an even better motivator/teacher. -Also got a few more lucky bounces Now you understand, Rob? Exactly. The ability to close is what separates the good teams from the rest.
July 1, 200421 yr Gammons predicted the White Sox will win the World Series on Sportcenter this evening.
July 1, 200421 yr Gammons predicted the White Sox will win the World Series on Sportcenter this evening. LMAO. What? The world series? When did this happen?
July 1, 200421 yr Gammons predicted the White Sox will win the World Series on Sportcenter this evening. We very well could be the best team in the AL right now. We have a top 2 offense in the league(IMO, only the Yankees could have a better one then us), and a top 2 rotation in the league(IMO, only the A's have a better one). Our bullpen is not as deep as it should be, but Politte-Marte-Shingo is about as solid as you are going to see in the AL(Politte has been better as of late, do not let his high 4 ERA scare you). Right now, I'm starting to think we may have all we need to win. We could definately use another top of the rotation starter, but our rotation is solid regardless. And that contact hitter I thought we needed could be Aaron Rowand...he seems to be putting good swings on balls right now. I'd love to have Jason Kendall...I just don't think that's possible.
July 1, 200421 yr I'd love to have Jason Kendall...I just don't think that's possible. I'd love to have a billion dollars...I just don't think thats possible.
July 1, 200421 yr Gammons predicted the White Sox will win the World Series on Sportcenter this evening. That jinxing scumbag :fyou Then again, with Randy Johnson and another RH reliever, ANYTHING is possible. Especially if Kevin Brown is not healthy and Pedro can't throw over 90-92 mph. Of course "anything" also includes "getting swept out of ALDS", but I better not think such ugly thoughts.
July 1, 200421 yr Gammons predicted the White Sox will win the World Series on Sportcenter this evening. I heard that. He just kind of threw it in at the very end of the segment. I was like WTF!?!? Wow, I don't know if there's a Gammons curse, but let's do this on the field. We're getting some mad props now.
July 1, 200421 yr I hate to burst anybody's bubble, but if we don't come up with a lefty RBI producer, those playoff quality RHP are going to beat us in the playoffs. It's only been happening on a consistant basis, through the regular seasons, since the 2000 playoffs.
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