LittleHurt05

Well Orton has been in the system for a year already, so of course he is more comfortable with him, and he has to talk well about his incumbent QB who is most likely to start Week 1. Just because Josh McDaniels says something nice about Orton, it in no way means that he doesn't suck.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 11:01 PM) The ESPN ball sucking of Tim Tebow in denver is really annoying. They are acting like he is about to vault everyone and be the number one qb this year, I really dont see that happening The other two QBs on Denver's roster are Orton and Brady Quinn, so if he does become their #1 QB, its really not that big of an accomplishment.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 08:37 AM) So as of August 10th, the Sox could have claimed Manny because they were in 2nd place at the time they claimed him and Minny could NOT block the deal correct? Obviously this is all a hypothetical, I am just trying to get a better understanding ot the waiver rules like everyone else. I don't think it would have mattered, because I believe that guys on the DL can't be put on waivers, and Manny was still on the DL as of August 10th.

QUOTE (since56 @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 07:15 AM) What's with all the negativity? The Twins are not all that. Their ballpark is not working out so great for them. Wait untill the weather cools down and and the ball really goes no where in Minnesota. Their pitching is inconsistent ( except Pavano ) and only so so . They fear us as much or more than we fear them. They are a good team but not unbeatable. Didn't you see what happened on Tuesday night?? The Twins clinched the division because they have Jim Thome and the Sox don't. The 48 games left in the season don't matter, neither does the fact that the Sox have 4 other starters better than Freddy Garcia.

QUOTE (SEALgep @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 10:09 PM) Not to make a thread on every player put on waivers, but this seems plausible considering he can play multiple positions. .261/.335/.458 batting line, 18 home runs and 60 RBI in 391 at-bats His numbers are a bit deceiving cause he started the season super hot. 13 of his homers came in April & May, and only 5 since then (although 2 in August already)

Alexei

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 04:29 PM) Dude wearing lady skin in "Silence of the Lambs" with his dick tucked between his legs. I'd f*** me

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 02:36 PM) Really, he can't be less effective than Kotsay. The problem with JD is that he had no interest in being a low paid part time player. I don't know, did you see JD play last August/September??? I think he can easily be less effective than Kotsay

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 03:21 PM) Oh no, not f***ing Jason Repko. Every time I have looked at a Twins box score the last two weeks, f***ing Jason Repko has been raking. .608 slugging % this season (granted in only 51 ABs)

Pierre LF Ramirez SS Rios CF Konerko 1B Quentin DH Pierzynski C Viciedo 3B Jones RF Beckham 2B Danks

Was supposed to go tonight, but have had a nasty cold that last day or two. Win it for my health today D1 and I'll be there tomorrow night to celebrate the series win.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 10:05 AM) I don't know if I would qualify Swisher beating us as "gut wrenching," that's more of the "irritating/annoying/p$$$ing off" category to me. Orlando Cabrera was vilified by many, yet his winning the ALCD with the Twins last year hardly registered as a blip on the radar, and that was largely or likely because we were sort of dead in the water coming down the stretch and there weren't really any huge "make or break" games with the Twins in August/September like in years past. I guess I don't get exactly what you are asking, but whatever. Cabrera was vilified, but Swisher was much different I think. His personality alone made people upset about the whole situation and people won't forget him. Also, some high prospects were traded for him, so the expectations were higher for him in a Sox uniform as well. Cabrera was disliked but he was very easily forgotten.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 10:22 AM) Its also useless without a runs created stat to directly correlate the efficiencies of both styles. Exactly. How many times has Rios been able to knock Pierre in with a single because Pierre stole 2nd? I'm not saying the White Sox don't need to do a better job on the basepaths, but that agressiveness has directly led to runs scored, so that needs to be taken into account to. Look at Tampa, bottom 5 battting average, but 3rd in runs scored.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 10:02 AM) We have the most outs given up in MLB... Tm CS PO PCS OOB CHW 56 16 3 39 114 LAD 38 17 8 43 106 TEX 36 21 8 41 106 KCR 36 16 8 45 105 LAA 40 15 5 45 105 TBR 36 24 6 38 104 CIN 31 17 6 48 102 SEA 28 19 7 45 99 SDP 36 20 8 34 98 STL 31 9 2 48 90 ARI 30 12 8 39 89 NYM 29 14 4 42 89 PIT 26 16 6 41 89 WSN 32 19 6 32 89 OAK 25 14 4 43 86 LgAvg 27 14 5 38 84 BAL 26 17 11 29 83 MIN 20 17 5 39 81 CLE 20 15 6 37 78 COL 30 10 3 35 78 SFG 26 5 3 43 77 CHC 21 12 3 38 74 DET 20 13 4 36 73 NYY 19 13 5 35 72 FLA 18 14 4 31 67 MIL 19 8 3 37 67 ATL 23 13 5 22 63 HOU 25 10 3 24 62 TOR 13 9 5 31 58 PHI 14 6 2 35 57 BOS 13 2 0 31 46 The top two scoring teams in the league are Boston (least outs given up) & the Yankees (8th least) But then the Rays, 3rd in scoring, have given up the 6th most outs. The 5th & 6th highest scoring teams are the Reds (7th most outs given) & Rangers (3rd most).

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 11:03 PM) Capgeek says the Hawks re-signed Nick Boynton. 500K, 1 yr deal. Jordan Hendry re-signed as well, appears to be 1-year, 600k

None of the above? It turns out now is the era of free agency and what not and players very rarely stay with the same team their entire career. Its bound happen that they end up on another team and have a big moment or two. Secondly, if the Sox are gonna lose, I would rather it be Thome, Buerhle, or Konerko, guys I like, making the big play, instead of getting beat by a d-bag like Pettite, A-Rod, Youkilis, etc. That being said, how is Nick Swisher not on this list? Losing in the ALCS on a walk-off homer by Dirty 30 would piss me off way more than losing to a guy I enjoyed watching play for many years.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 08:36 AM) Worth noting that the Sox are now 4-5 since this rant got out? because the rant is the reason the Sox forgot how to hit in Baltimore and it's also the reason that Freddy was throwing batting practice to the Twins last night.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 02:52 AM) How come we never acquire any ex Twins to reverse the jinx we have against them? They get Crede last year who homered against us and now they have Thome? f***. A.J. Pierzynski???

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 11:59 PM) The title of this thread scares me. Cause tonight was a disaster of a start to a series. It couldn't have been worse. Not only did the Sox lose but the Sox got embarrassed pretty much. If we scored 10 runs tonight, you know Sox version of Murphy's Law would have us scoring one tomorrow. Will the Twins' bats be silent after such a massacre? We can hope. It's like they say, in baseball momentum only goes up to the next day's starting pitcher. The Sox are throwing one of their top two pitchers out there, while the Twins are bringing up a guy from the minors who struggled his last two seasons in the big leagues. Tonight's the type of game the Sox need to win with the pitching matchup in their favor. The Twins are hitting the ball well now, but the junk that the Sox pitchers were throwing had a lot to do with their HR outburst last night. Danks should be able to quiet their bats.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 01:00 AM) Having Edwin Jackson makes this quite tolerable. He's acting exactly like a 5th starter should now; keeps ya in the game most nights, but gets shelled sometimes. I think 1st half Freddy was the anomaly, and I suppose this is ok. Look at what Baker did tonight. That guy was their ACE coming into the season. If we can just split with these Twinkies the rest of the year, we should be able to out-horse them. This. Freddy was brought on to be the 5th starter, and he is back in that role with EJax on board. Comparing to some of the 5th starters the Sox have had in recent history, Freddy has been great. Ouf of 21 starts, 4 times he was rocked and gave the Sox no chance to win. In all the other starts though, he kept it close and the Sox are 14-7 when he pitches. I'll take that.

Beckham

Konerko

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 09:29 AM) Should Bill Mueller have bunted? Would Bill Mueller have gotten the bunt down? He had 0 sacrifices in 460 AB's that season.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 08:13 AM) True, but with the way the Orioles were hitting he could have been better as well. He gave up a solo homer and his defense cost him a second run. I guess he should have shut them out, but I thought he did pretty damn well.