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QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 11:52 AM) Score please? The Twins were happy to oblige. 3-0.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 11:47 AM) Maybe playing your regular lineup day in and day out might get you a rythm at the plate. But at least we will be fresh for whatever. Gotta be in good shape to flip on the TV for the ALDS.

QUOTE(GoSox05 @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 11:47 AM) Dont worry the Sox are about to be saved. Guess who just got DFA. Thats right, Crazy Carl. There's Fathom's right handed hitting outfielder.

Well, thank Goodness we sacrificed Anderson's defense for Mack's offense.

6 straight foul balls to start an at bat.

I got money says Konerko winds up out at home on the contact play.

Well there's a non-home-run hit by Konerko. And you can cancel the Postgame show.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 11:28 AM) Here comes either a K, homer, ground out to 3rd base, or pop up on the right side. You're really going out on a limb with that prediction.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 11:25 AM) I don't know, but there's no doubt in my mind that KW should be on the phone with them this offseason. St. Louis, while in dire need of pitching, really doesn't have anything that great in their minor leagues IIRC. Certainly nothing worth Buehrle.

QUOTE(GoSox05 @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 11:22 AM) i think the way were playing right now, we maybe be one of the five worst teams in baseball. Ok, now that one is just not fair...yeah, we suck, but we've been sucking against decent teams. Boston, NYY, Detroit, Texas, Minnesota. Cubs, Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh, K.C., those teams in the NL Central we blew apart, the Nats, etc.

QUOTE(AbeFroman @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 11:20 AM) woah... we are off to a really negative thread already At the rate this is going, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

11 pitch first inning for Carlos Silva.

Here's the good news...when Silva shuts us out today, it may give the Twins reason to keep Silva in the majors for a little bit longer instead of calling up Matt Garza to give the Twins a 3 headed monster of young pitching for this season.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 11:17 AM) I would prefer that Detroit sweep the Twins. I'm hoping for a gigantic Brawl and multiple 10 game suspensions.

Podsednik sees a whopping 2 pitches...

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 11:15 AM) As was AJP. Meanwhile, Schilling has 13 wins, and Verlander's ERA is around 2.70 now. Josh Beckett has 13 wins also.

QUOTE(Wedge @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 11:13 AM) MBINAA? MBHNM.

Podsednik would have caught that! Oh, wait...

ARGH

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 11:07 AM) Seriously. Someone needs to sit Ozzie down and tell him to stop marching out these retarded lineups. I don't mind at all that Ozzie's giving people extra rest, but I'm just being driven nuts by the fact that the only thing on which we base which backups to play and which regulars to rest is whether there's a righty or a lefty on the mound. We pay no attention at all to who's actually hitting well, or who's hitting well against lefties and righties, we pay no attention to defense, we pay no attention to the history of each batter against a particular pitcher, it's all, 100% on lefty-righty matchups. As someone said a while ago, Iguchi is terrible this year against lefties and great against righties, and Cintron is better against lefties and worse against Righties, so we play Cintron against the righty and Iguchi last night against the lefty. Brian Anderson hits 40 points better against righties, so whenever there's a righty in there, Mack gets the start in CF, and Anderson sits around and rests those tired 24 year old legs.

QUOTE(brijames @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 11:06 AM) It will take at least 8 runs to win today with Mack out there. Fixed that for you.

And he's also out of the game after throwing 102 pitches. Walked 5. Ohman in to finish the 6th.

QUOTE(rudylaw @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 11:02 AM) By the way Prior has a NO HITTER going. There I said it. JINX And Prior was just taken out in the middle of the 6th inning. Without having given up a hit yet. Will Ohman is in.

QUOTE(rudylaw @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 11:00 AM) Does Minnesota and Detroit rest there starters vs us? Um....not so much. PS Are we losing yet? Interesting that you ask that, given that Joe Mauer is sitting today. And Detroit is up 3-0 on Cleveland in the 7th (Verlander against Captain Cheeseburger) so in a sense, we're already losing more ground.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 10:43 AM) Why would they bomb UN targets on purpose? Could it be that the Hezzies are running around under the UN moniker? Hmmm. If you really wanted to, I'm sure we could come up with a dozen reasons why Israel might have an urge to hit a UN station on purpose. Convince the U.N. that the zone isn't safe and their people should pull out (a-la Iraq) so that Israel has more of a free hand, delay/hurt negotiations by hardening the opinions of both sides, cut off foreign aid supply conduits to those still trapped in the south, etc. QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 10:57 AM) Annan is terrible. When is his term up? Does he even have a set term? I knew this stuff at one point but have forgotten and am too lazy at the moment to look for it. There will be a new U.N. chief early next year. It's almost certain, IMO, to be someone the U.S. likes even less than Annan. Bolton has already said he's not going to do any sort of campaigning, because having him support any candidate would be the kiss of death for that candidate.