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Terrible AB by Cintron. We really need someone who bats righty with some pop off of the bench.

QUOTE(CWSOX45 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:40 PM) Didn't this guy used to suck in KC? And for about 5 other teams.

Reyes is in, not Nathan.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:39 PM) No, after seeing the replay, after it was past Castillio, Joe coasted into 1st.... That's pathetic, considering that if there's a play at home on PK, he should have been busting his ass into 2nd base.

Good thing he missed that, as PK might have been a dead duck at home.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:37 PM) Something like that probably...but you're still covering up their recent weakness by lumping it in with their hottest stretch of the year. Really, they had one bad weekend against Toronto. Outside of that weekend, it seems like they're winning every series.

That 2-0 pitch hasn't been a strike all game.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:35 PM) The Twins have been playing like "crap" against everyone except us. This was their longest homestand of the season, and they need a win today to salvage a .500 record on the homestand. Haven't they won at a pace over .667 over their last 65 games?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:33 PM) I know Thome had to hold up to make sure the ball wasn't caught, but it's still funny that we didn't score from first on a double where the outfielder fell and couldn't find the ball for a minute. With one out, I can understand. If there was 2 outs, and he didn't score.....then I would have broken my computer.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:31 PM) We've seemed lifeless for a while. It just seems like the rest of our competition has been crap for most of the time, too. Except the Twins

Lets get 2 runs in, and give Nathan a scare in the 9th!

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:28 PM) Seems like our funk has lasted since right before the ASB. We really haven't played well for a long, long time. We're just not playing good baseball. Our starting pitching underachieves at least 3 times a week, our offense has become to stationary, and our base running/defense has been bad. I'm not sure how we're still in the WC lead.....as I don't believe we're playing like a playoff baseball team.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:26 PM) Oh...well, that's even more pathetic. There's been a lot of pathetic things said in the last 50 days or so.

Anyone have the stats on what the opponents batting average was against our starters last year, compared to this year?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:23 PM) Wow, what a shot by Hawk. What did he say?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:17 PM) I think I may boo Vazquez or Garcia the next time I'm at a game one of them starts. They really deserve it. Any team with Javier Vazquez should never have a "Grinders" commercial play. As we've talked about before, if we keep mailing in games against Santana, it's going to be difficult for us to make the playoffs. At this point and time, this Twins team is superior to us. Let's hope some other teams can defeat them in the next 35 games or so.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 07:49 PM) There was nothing said about Mulder in that article. Do you have a link for the piece that you're referring to? Sorry, I just figured it was the same article from the Tribune in which Ozzie made fun of Mulder.

Man, we're so going to get the "Javy pitched well today" comment, aren't we?

Does anyone know how many series the Twins have won in their last 20 series or so?

BTW....4 2/3-4 runs for Cy Hernandez today.

QUOTE(soxyess @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:08 PM) we have to take two of three next weekend against these guys We have Vazquez going one night, and Santana going the next game. We're in a massive hole to start the series already.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:07 PM) Santana has been hittable today, but our offense just sucks right now. And our D this game has sucked as well. Not to mention that Javy has made some bad pitches at the wrong time........Piss poor performanc today all around i would say Our offense is really slumping these days. I don't want to think how bad it would have been over the past few weeks if it wasn't for some big time errors by the opposition. There's still some time before the waiver wire deadline KW!

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 08:05 PM) What the hell has Cotts shown you to make you want him in the rotation. His decent fastball, or his decent fastball? I personally think we should try and trade Cotts this offseason, and get a lot of value back for him.

Shaping up to the be the typical 6 ERA game or so for a starting pitcher. Nothing new.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 07:54 PM) You laugh, but he would. It was a joke....he bombed with the Yankees in the postseason.