well thome thrown out at second but im pretty confident we are going to put up some runs on this guy.

jimmy jimmy jimmy

Wish Jim would have stayed at First with Paulie and Jr. swinging hot bats... oh well.

OK. It finnaly clicked and moved to Thome's at bat. So now it's 3-2 O's

What happened?

 

AJ on first, hard ground ball down third base line hit by Dye. Amazing play by Mora, throws out Dye at first. But AJ was running full speed the whole time and made it from 1st to 3rd on the ground ball out

 

AJ is one of the smartest players I've ever seen.

the Sox are so easy to steal on

No more runs please.

What does that have to do with the law of averages? Its pure statistical fact that the twins are above the mean with RISP.

But my point is that teams just dont hit .300 with RISP over the course of the year. I could make the argument that the Twins are a statistical anomaly, kind of like having the worst team ERA and still have a team record over .500. Sure it happens, but history is against it hapening.

 

Also, this game is going to come down to who's pen sucks the most. which scares me.

the Sox are so easy to steal on

 

AJ Pierzynski could steal on AJ Pierzynski

 

 

 

Danks at 63 pitches through. Bullpen might need to do a bit of work tonight

2 on, 0 out, stay patient Swish (eventually) but for now Lexi!

lets see what swish can do

 

it's usually 'all or nothing' with him and runners in scoring position

Its a shame Lexi couldnt have gotten Konerko to third there

Please slow this game down so the rain comes.

Maybe Juan can get it done

lets see what swish can do

 

it's usually 'all or nothing' with him and runners in scoring position

 

I love it when you analyze.

Please slow this game down so the rain comes.

 

 

???

We have really been leaving alot of guys on base lately.

Argh, Juan has left 2 on twice now

Its a shame Lexi couldnt have gotten Konerko to third there

 

with a hitter like swish up next, moving runners over isn't really a priority IMO. He's not much of a hitter, he might draw a walk but the sacrifice is pointless then. He usually drives in runs with homeruns and he doesn't really have contact base hit or sac fly skills which are key to bringing in that runner on 3rd with less than 2 outs. He's basically a 'walk' or 'homerun' type.

twice uribe has had risp and done zip

I know you dont want to sac bunt with a guy like Ramirez, but there really is never an excuse for not scoring (let alone not even getting the runner to third) when you get a guy on second with no outs

All I am going to say is that this better be Q's last day off this season.

with a hitter like swish up next, moving runners over isn't really a priority IMO. He's not much of a hitter, he might draw a walk but the sacrifice is pointless then. He usually drives in runs with homeruns and he doesn't really have contact base hit or sac fly skills which are key to bringing in that runner on 3rd with less than 2 outs. He's basically a 'walk' or 'homerun' type.

 

 

Wouldnt a HR guy by definition be able to get the ball up in the air with some decent pop? That translates into a guy who can give you a SF to me