The Twins prove this every year at every position it seems

 

This really made no sense.

4 guys under .200 after the end of today. Can't win if you don't score in more than one inning most games. Danks continues to keep us in games, but we have no chance of making up ground until the offense starts resembling even that of a minor league team.

 

 

We need at least one new bat

Maybe Greg Walker needs to be more of an ---hole.

Ozzie might have to bat Quentin 8th or 9th and move Alexei up to the 7th spot at this point.

 

 

Doesn't matter where they hit if they can't hit

only scored in 2 of the 18 innings vs the Twins.

 

 

It doesnt even bother me anymore.

 

It shouldn't. This offense is simply not going to take off until CQ, Beckham get going. There's really nothing that can be done. Ozzie can move guys all over the place. Guys need to hit.

Maybe Greg Walker needs to be more of an ---hole.

If one were to fire a hitting coach on a hypothetical team, what would be the circumstance where you'd have to do so?

Such a big game psychologically.

 

They almost lured us back into caring about this season, only to cut out our hearts again.

 

Speak for yourself. I haven't stopped caring.

It's amazing how much Carlos Quentin sucks.

 

I think Soxtalk needs a new banner. Reasons for this as follows:

 

1. Carlos Quentin sucks

2. Mark Buehrle has stunk since his perfect game.

3. Alexei Ramirez sucks, and that image is reversed giving him a left-handed hitter's helmet.

 

I propose:

 

Danks, Rios, Thornton

We need at least one new bat

 

Our guys need to sleep correctly. We just can't have guys like Konerko and Jones being scratched...line-up isn't good enough.

 

Isn't it just our luck this year? Freakin' Kotsay or Vizquel can't ever wake up with a neck strain? Konerko and Jones...two of the three guys that we can't lose....AND Alex missed time due to the birth of his child. Really the only three regulars that have missed any games due to injury this year.

Well I definitely wouldnt fire the hitting coach when the player he worked with (Rios) is hitting over 300 and has looked dynamite.

 

Maybe the problem is the other hitters arent working with Walker?

This really made no sense.

 

Jason Tyner.

Matt Le Croy.

Denny Hocking.

Mike Redmond.

Henry Blanco.

Punto.

Bartlett.

Lew Ford.

Rauch.

Guerrier.

Neshek.

 

By the way, TMK is a great hitter just hitting in really bad luck.

 

 

Alex Rios is just a joy to watch out there. Still laugh when I see the threads last year calling him a waste/KW's worst move ever, etc..

Speak for yourself. I haven't stopped caring.

 

The frusrating thing is that the two players who I most want to excel are Beckham and Quentin for the sake of the future of this organization. If they were playing well and the team was still tanking, it would be a lot more enjoyable than losing with them looking like Little Leaguers.

Hitters 5-7 were 0-11 and the White Sox had 7 baserunners....all you need to know. If the offensive philisophy is not addressed this team will continue to be an absolute drag to watch.

 

Other teams do not seem to roll over and die like the Sox do during games where 8-10-12 men are retired in a row?

It's amazing how much Carlos Quentin sucks.

 

Like I said earlier. Everyone is talking about Beckham (on this site with the threads and in the media) but Quentin has looked much worse than he has.

Our guys need to sleep correctly. We just can't have guys like Konerko and Jones being scratched...line-up isn't good enough.

 

Isn't it just our luck this year? Freakin' Kotsay or Vizquel can't ever wake up with a neck strain? Konerko and Jones...two of the three guys that we can't lose....AND Alex missed time due to the birth of his child. Really the only three regulars that have missed any games due to injury this year.

 

Haha, I said a few weeks ago that watch it be one of our few good players be the person that gets put on the DL first. No way it would be Kotsay or Vizquel.

Jason Tyner.

Matt Le Croy.

Denny Hocking.

Mike Redmond.

Henry Blanco.

Punto.

Bartlett.

Lew Ford.

Rauch.

Guerrier.

Neshek.

 

By the way, TMK is a great hitter just hitting in really bad luck.

 

Thunder said the closer position was overrated. Not every position on the field.

If the Twins get a 3B by the deadline (maybe another arm in the bullpen though Rauch is shutting me up about the closer role) than the Twins should be in real good shape to take the division. Nick Punto is not going to cut it come playoff time.

Alex Rios is just a joy to watch out there. Still laugh when I see the threads last year calling him a waste/KW's worst move ever, etc..

 

No joke. I kept saying that all you had to do was look at the rest of his career to know that last year was the fluke.

Speak for yourself. I haven't stopped caring.

 

Fine, whatever. We can go back to sniping at each other if that makes you feel better.

 

I won't stop following. But believing we have much of a chance, it's getting later and later.

 

Do you want to make a bet on whether we make the playoffs or not?

If the Twins get a 3B by the deadline (maybe another arm in the bullpen though Rauch is shutting me up about the closer role) than the Twins should be in real good shape to take the division. Nick Punto is not going to cut it come playoff time.

 

Rauch doesn't impress me one bit. I don't expect him to keep this up.

If the Twins get a 3B by the deadline (maybe another arm in the bullpen though Rauch is shutting me up about the closer role) than the Twins should be in real good shape to take the division. Nick Punto is not going to cut it come playoff time.

 

They aren't already? Of course, if the Tigers 1-2-3-4 in the batting order continues to resemble the American Dreams from Baseball Stars on Nintendo, then they might have a battle.

Rauch doesn't impress me one bit. I don't expect him to keep this up.

Seriously. Who can't retire Sox hitters easily?

The sox need winning streaks or series wins. This taking splits or losing 2/3 etc.. is not going to cut it. If anyone thinks that is good for us, you are seriously delusional.

Seriously. Who can't retire Sox hitters easily?

 

I'm talking about his season overall. He's got one good pitch. And it's hardly a dominant one.