RockRaines

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Apr 20, 2005 -> 09:25 AM) we don't get CSN+ here? jesus I thought that CSN+ seemed to have a better picture that CSN does. Maybe I am wrong, but it seemed that way last night.

This is his call: UH OH, WAy BACK, BYE BYE. terrible

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 08:46 PM) However, Shingo's fastball was quick enough that if players were sitting on his slow stuff, he could get it past them. Shingo threw more fastballs past people than almost anyone else on our staff last year......who f***ing cares, IT'S OVER! Let them sit on the frisbee all they want. Do you realize how hard it is to hit that ball anywhere. it drops a foot, its going 65 MPH, its almost impossible to hit out of the park. Bar none, throw strikes.

It seems to me like he is trying to locate his breaking balls so they swing and miss. He should just worry about changing speeds and throwing all the pitches for strikes.

Its not his fastball, it never was fast. He isnt throwing breaking balls for strikes like he did last year. Now all they do is wait for the fastball.

looks like a set up, nobody jumped in to stop it.

I hope everyone doesnt get ahead of themselves, we need to FINISH a season, I have seen us start well many a time.

And he was a s***ty GM at that. He was the MEts GM and there is a reason why he is out of work currently. The guy is sometimes insightful, but basically just talks out of his ass. This is why they always try to keep his answers short and never give him too much leash to work with.

Jenks was a starter right?? Has he ever been a closer before this??

I e-mailed Mike and Mike when I heard that comment.

QUOTE(frahungski @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 11:52 AM) i don't know about the opinions of the rest of you guys, but i think modern nicknames suck ass. it seems like the majority of them are either the first letter of the first name, plus the first 3 letters of the last name; or are just the name with a "y" at the end. a-rod, a-row, s-pod, paulie, booney, etc. many teams don't even have real nicknames. the cardinals and cubs for instance. one name that is very cool is El Duque, but that's about it for cool names that i can think of. what happened to "the Deacon," or "Black Jack," or "Paco Martin," "Batman," "Rock Raines" "One Dog" "Officer Karkovice." maybe it's just me, but nicknames nowadays are weak. rockraines rules

QUOTE(knightni @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 12:05 PM) You can still get HIV/AIDS by using a condom. The virus is smaller than the latex's holes. I think you are thinking about lamb skin condoms. Latex prevents HIV

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Apr 10, 2005 -> 10:31 PM) done that numerous times as well as using the Ipod Update and restoring it a few hundred times. AFter researching ipodlounge forums for what it seems like forever, this eems to be a common problem that no one has a simple answer for. Looks like its a hard drive problem. I still can't get through apple's support site to request a repair. f***.whore.b****. call dell????

Hello rock raines! Your Ron Mexico name, the ultimate disguise, is Nikko Argentina.

This guy is 78 years old. He wont be around that much longer, seems like they just wanted a stop gap in the vatican until one of the younger guys gets some experience under him.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 11:26 AM) After the balk last night this one idiot sitting behind me kept saying "don't you know we beat up umpires here," I swear I wanted to turn around and punch the guy, what an idiot. the guys next to me were trying to start a f*** you chant. Ridiculous

QUOTE(Steff @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 10:41 AM) Yes.. I know. You also have to pay full price the other 6 days. I assume the main draw to Monday is to be cost effective to the families check book (If I didn't have season tickets it would probably be an issue for me so I understand that totally). I just don't think that the bad outweighs the good in terms of those attending on Monday nights. As a matter of fact.. that quickman isn't there makes the place 150% more enjoyable.. Lord.. I loooooove picking on you Q.. I didnt see many of those families tailgating and then not being able to walk into the park becuase they had too many. In fact, I didnt see any kids around me at all. As for it being common sense, for us season ticket holders, yeah it does, but for the casual fan, who hasnt been to many games lately, and wants to bring his kids there, he doesnt know any better. I think restricting the half price to the upper deck sounds good to me. I like getting cheap tickets as much as the next guy, but for the people who spend several thousand dollars a year to have season tickets, going to monday games just isnt worth it.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 10:03 AM) Let me try this again, lol. Do they have any beer purchasing restrictions in place this year like they did last year on half price nights? Not at all.

QUOTE(Steff @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 09:58 AM) I'm sorry.. but this is a very unfair assesment of all those that attend Monday night games.. There are plenty of people that know how to behave. Sure and I am one of them, but its hard to argue that ALOT of the idiots come out when the tickets are cheap.

QUOTE(southsider17 @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 09:47 AM) You can say the same about drinking beer. Cub fans are pretty harmless; stupid, but harmless. And it's not like I sit there and cheer the opposition (outwardly, at least). Plus I'm usually with a group of cub fan friends and I get more s*** from them than strangers. I have to admit, though, that I haven't been to the Urinal in about 4 years (since the kids came along). The crowd mentality has likely changed since then. I'd much rather take my little fellas to a Sox game where the scene is not as frenzied and their are less drunks. Plus there's alot more activities for the kids at the Cell. Dont ever take them on half price night. The stadium was filled with what can be called a WWF crowd. The regular and premium games are great, as I am a season ticket holder I get to see all the crowds on different days. But last night was getting pretty out of hand. If anyone saw the fight on the first base side, they know what IM talking about.

Mauer career versus Takatsu: 3 AB, 3 H, 1 2B, 2 HR 4.333 OPS Rest of Twins career versus Takatsu 24 AB, 5 H, 0 XBH, 3 BB, .505 OPS

Twins fans frequent this board= http://p216.ezboard.com/fdtfcdtfcminnesotatwinsforum not a great site however, they also post at the typical MLB and ESPN boards as well. Not much to work with, mostly trolls from other boards.

I see damaso being able to go at least 2 innings tonight, and Cliff will see some action for sure. I think the bullpen will be just fine.

QUOTE(Wanne @ Apr 18, 2005 -> 10:11 PM) here's hoping this is not the case....but I'm losing confidence in him as well. Shingo = Byung Yun Kim No way, Mauer just owns him, he has from his first at bat. I think he is like 2 for 2 with 2 bombs, I called it before he hit it out. He just owns him. Other than that, shingo looked good.

QUOTE(He_Gawn @ Apr 18, 2005 -> 08:57 PM) 9-4 baby!!!!!!!!!!!1 I want to give you the award of most distracting signature ever. I stared at it for 10 min before I could post, now I forgot what I had to say.