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QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 12:58 PM) Good. f*** you, Roger! I concur

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 12:46 PM) How much do you want to bet we'll never hear the phrase "Mark Kotsay? F*** Mark Kotsay, he was here for 2 years and we never won a division with him". We won't hear it because it won't be true after the Sox win the 2010 AL Central crown.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 12:33 PM) Rosenthal saying Hawpe won't clear release waivers until Monday or Tuesday. He'll be a cheap sign at that point, I wonder if the Sox will be interested. (I also wonder if the Sox will be less than 10 games out by that time.) I'm willing to bet you anything the Sox are less than 10 games out come Monday or Tuesday afternoon.

If the Twins make the playoffs and the Sox don't, as much as I hate the Twins, I think I'm gonna have to root for them just so Jim Thome can finally win that ring that Joe Table cost him back in the 90s.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 11:34 AM) or refuses to wrap it up and is dumb enough to buy into the theory that she is taking her pill Wait a second, girls lie about being on the pill??? Oh, s***....

Can we get a Mark Teahen sighting tonight???

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 11:32 AM) Ozzie will do whatever he wants to do. I think against Baker, maybe Teahen had really really good stats (could be wrong) and Kotsay was in the starting line-up despite rather pedestrian ones. Ozzie's greatest strength is also his weakness. He was loyal to JD, even after the trade for Rios, and that's one of the reasons they let him go...JD is either not playing or an everyday player, simple. Basically the same as Thome in Ozzie's mind. They didn't resign him because he wanted to be an everyday player and the Sox said no. He is Carlos Quentin bad in the outfield and couldn't hit a lick at the end of last year. I remember hearing that he was refusing to sign with teams as a DH as well, that he still wanted to be an everyday RF. Andruw Jones is a plus outfielder and can play center and still hits better than JD did for the last 80 games last year. Complain about not signing Thome, but not about "showing JD the door". I think he showed himself the door.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 10:29 AM) The #1a issue for me is the lineups. Ozzie Guillen consistently fields a lineup that gives him a lesser chance to win than he should. Putting AJ in that lineup last night was inexcusable. Do you realize he has 27 TOTAL home runs in his career vs. Left handed pitching? This year he's hitting .211 vs. left. And you put him up against one of the best left handers in the league? He has a .654 career OPS vs. left. Where is the logic? He cannot help you. AJP was 3 for 6 so far this season vs. Liriano QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 10:36 AM) Ozzie doesn't know how to sit players like Kotsay and AJ, yet, remarkably...he knew how to show Dye and Thome the door. You do realize that Jermaine Dye might have been the worst player in the majors last August/Sept. and yet Ozzie started him 45 games the last two months of the year?

Antonio Cromartie for Father of the Year???

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 09:21 AM) I'd like to see Quentin hit a grand slam and talk s*** rounding the bases like he did here. Those were the good 'ole days. The second one here is my favorite. You don't see him talking s***, but seeing how pumped he is and the history with CJ Wilson, you know the s*** talking was going on.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 09:09 AM) I don't know if Ozzie's lost the clubhouse, but he's definitely lost something. His Venezuelan heritage?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 08:17 AM) What Jenks did after the ASB was puncture that idea that our bullpen was unbeatable and arguably the best in the AL...to the point where it's so unsettled now that two VERY inexperienced rookies in Sale and Santos might be the two best options, along with Thornton (when he's not overused). First off, I think you are discounting Putz way too quickly. He had one bad week after being one of the best relievers in baseball, got a few days off and he can still be very effective. VERY inexperienced isn't always a bad thing in the bullpen either. Santos has been in some clutch situations already and Sale obviously has the talent to get hitters out, why else do you draft him in the first round straight out of college? Francisco Rodriguez was VERY inexperienced in 2002. As was Bobby Jenks in 2005, as was Adam Wainwright in 2006.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 07:50 AM) AJ? You think anyone would want him? The question is would AJ want to go anywhere?? His 10-5 clause kicked in this year. Other than Tampa, which would bring him close to him, I could see him saying no to any other trades.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 05:35 AM) In my opinion, we're almost as good as those Twins' teams from 2002-2004. The problems are fourfold, 1) the Twins have surpassed us in terms of major league talent, minor league talent and perhaps even in payroll for next year, 2) we have no Joe Nathan, 3) as good as Danks and Floyd can be, they aren't "aces" in the category of Johan Santana that you can count on for big-game performances (one exception, Game 163) and 4) Jake Peavy, if he's not healthy, there's really no way to come up with anything resembling a solid backup or fallback plan. There's a lot in your post, but thought I could comment on these 4 problems. 1) the Twins have surpassed us in terms of major league talent, minor league talent and perhaps even in payroll for next year, I agree 100%. Everyone acts like the Sox just don't think they can beat the Twins, and this mental block makes them lose all the time. I don't think its that. How about the fact that the Twins are just a better team/organization and are more talented? The same reason the Twins can't beat the Yankees, they are just a better team. 2) we have no Joe Nathan That hasn't stopped them this year. Matt Capps has looked pretty awful, and Jon Rauch is just another bullpen guy. Look at how good the lockdown closers not named Rivera were in last years playoffs. Jenks has struggled, but the rest of our top relievers have been solid, although they chose to have a bad week at the worst possible time. 3) as good as Danks and Floyd can be, they aren't "aces" in the category of Johan Santana that you can count on for big-game performances (one exception, Game 163) Our team is based on pitching, and the fact is our starting pitching has been awful vs. the Twins. Gavin has s*** the bed twice. Danks has one shutdown game, but gave up a 4-run & a 6-run inning in the last two starts @ MIN (granted, Sox won one of those games, but thats not the point). If you can't depend on those two to pitch well, then the Sox are going nowhere. In 3 of these past 4 losses to MIN, the Sox have scored 6 runs. You have to win those games. 4) Jake Peavy, if he's not healthy, there's really no way to come up with anything resembling a solid backup or fallback plan. When you take a chance on a pitcher who makes $17-18 million and you aren't the Yankees, you really need him to perform/stay healthy or he will put you in a big hole. I still like the move, Peavy's previous injury was a baserunning fluke, but not having that ace every 5 days is hurting them, and if he isn't 100% next year, he will burn a huge hole in that payroll.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 06:19 PM) If he hadn't given away so many outs, we would have scored more runs, giving the bullpen a larger cushion. Totally. The 13 times that Juan Pierre sacrifice bunted, if he had let him swing away, I'm sure he would have hit a homer and more runs would have scored. Same thing with AJ's 6 sac bunts and his .247 average. 25% of the time Pierre has been caught stealing, but how many times has he been able to score on a single from 2nd because he stole a base. But I guess if they didn't risk that, Rios or Paulie would have knocked him in with a double anyway, so whats the point. When runners get caught trying to advance a base, thats all Ozzie's fault too.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 06:08 PM) Giving away outs. If he would stop, the bullpen (which has kept us as close as we are almost all season) wouldn't be in that position so often, so yes, he's helping us lose games. What does giving away outs have to do with the bullpen blowing games?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 05:38 PM) It also was annoying for me in standing up for Jenks and getting brutalized. I still say it's all bad karma coming back to bite all of us. All of you that wanted Putz got it shoved in your face; the 2 of us who wanted Bobby got it shoved in our face; and those who love Thornton got owned last night. Twins get last laugh; we get to watch the Bears. And they get to watch the Vikings, who with #4 back, are gonna be greatly favored to do better than the Bears.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 03:57 PM) Guess you never heard of San Diego. This. My business will keep me here, but I've always told the wife theres only one place I'd move to from Chicago, and San Diego is that place without a question.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 03:52 PM) I know lots of overweight vegetarians. the Brewers first baseman is one

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 02:38 PM) Find me any manager, in the history of baseball, who used Day/Night splits to judge playing time. Find me a concrete example and I will bow down. I'm not saying that Ozzie should never pitch Bobby during day games. Carlos Quentin has basically been a worthless hitter on the road this season (.187/.271/.379). You can't just only play him at home and bench him for entire road trips either. However, it doesn't mean those stats can't be taken into consideration, and it doesn't mean that Bobby's day/night splits just happened by blind luck.

Cowley's tweets get him mentioned on Deadspin

I found this article interesting about how Wrigley Field may be a big reason for the Cubs' futility Intersting stat:

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 11:54 AM) 3.) This is no shot at you in particular, but I can't stand the line "I'm too old/mature/experienced in life" about not getting too involved emotionally. I agree with this. There are men out there in their 70s that live and die with every Sox pitch or with every interception that Cutler throws. It doesn't mean that they haven't matured or anything like that. Every person can decide how emotionally involved they want to be with a sports team, it has nothing to do with age/experience/maturity.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 01:17 PM) "I find I'm so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it's the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope." That was my first thought too. What a f***ing movie. Anytime its on TV, I'll stop what I'm doing and watch it to the end.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 12:54 AM) I said NFL. College football fans are the absolute worst. This is true on so many levels