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QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 09:30 PM) Huh? You guys make it seem like if he pulled him right there, the injury would have magically gone away. He would have f***ing strained it the next time he pitched.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 09:27 PM) You guys are ridiculous. Putz has sucked ass for more than a week now and quite honestly, I don't want him in there in a tight game now. I think it was smart to try and get him an inning in a low pressure situation. You guys just want to second guess every move OG makes. Its becoming a f***ing joke to be honest. Its to the point where if he sneezes people will question it. So if he pulls Putz, theres no way he gets injured the rest of the season? He'll be perfectly fine next time he throws right? I'm pretty sure thats how injuries work if i remember.

QUOTE (beckham15 @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 09:23 PM) great way to go u dumba** guillen....way to throw him out there in a 11-0 game jesus christ. Yep, lets not let one of the most crucial f***ing guys in our bullpen work out his s*** in a meaningless game. This ozzie ripping over every move is getting f***ing ridiculous.

So we're in all 3 games, blow out in 1 of them. How are they "clearly vastly superior" than us again? Just wonderin

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 09:37 AM) 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. He threw the bat about 40 feet after that 2nd hr hahah. Love the 'los

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 11:40 AM) Sorry, I stopped reading after this. I hope it was fun to write, though. Samzees. Looked like one of those long "blog" posts some emo kid posts on his facebook.

QUOTE (BearingPro @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 12:21 AM) No, I was extremely impressed and if the WS were streaking now, I'd be equally impressed. Alas, they are dispalying major suckage which is a bad thing at this point in the season. Do games in August count for more than the ones in April? I was unaware of the format switch

Sounds good, where is your column so I can follow?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 03:44 PM) And that makes the stat useless? Me personally, I don't think I'm smarter than every GM/Manager in the game. I know that's not the case with some people here, but if its never ever ever been used (because its stupid and coincidental) then I'd go with that "stat" more than some stupid "HE HITS .750 IN DAY GAMES ON THE 3RD FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH" stat. Alexei has horrific April/May's. Should we not play him till June every year?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 11:58 AM) Apparently anyone who puts stock in a stat like that is stupid. What exactly is so stupid about it, anyway? It's been shown that certain players perform differently in day and night games. 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.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 12:03 PM) This is a message forum; I was expressing an opinion. You have confidence that the White Sox will win the next two games, I take it. Is this, perhaps, setting up one of those "real fans" rants? I have seen nothing from this team to indicate they are capable of doing what it takes to beat the Twins head to head, outside of a pure fluke. You mean something like rallying from behind 2x in the same game?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 09:07 AM) Bobby Jenks: Day Games: .329/.402/.479./882 9.18 ERA 1.920 WHIP Night games: .226/.294/.290/.584 2.16 ERA 1.200 WHIP Maybe if we had a manager that paid attention to things like this and statistics in general we could have used him more effectively. Or he's just not stupid enough to put any validity into those stupid stats.

I love that this is a lose lose situation for us. We retaliate, we're goons and should be focused on baseball. We don't, we have no balls. I don't get it, nobody will say s*** about how dirty of a play Young had, yet if we do something we'll take s*** for it. We need to either go in spikes up at 2nd or give Young a little high cheese in his first AB.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 11:11 AM) Is anyone else really getting tired of Hawk as of late? He can't judge the distance of a fly ball at all anymore. Every semi-deep fly ball, he's yelling "stretch, stretch" and then "dagummit". Last night, he was talking so highly of Mauer you'd have thought he was his son. Every time there's a chance that a double play may get broken up and it doesn't he's grouching "dagummit". How did he react to Thome's HR last night? I think he sounds like a frustrated fan of the team. I'll take that vs some indifferent retard with a high pitched squeal.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 01:58 PM) 0, which is awesome. I don't understand how this is relevant, but two. Carlos Gomez is currently playing for the Milwaukee Brewers, and Phillip Humber is playing for the Kansas City Royals. Kevin Mulvey could be pitching for the DBacks too, and is still only 25 (though he doesn't look like he's very good). The Twins obviously dropped the ball on getting a solid return for Santana, but they've made incredible personnel decisions otherwise, and JJ Hardy is still on the Twins, whom they acquired for Carlos Gomez. Teams are prone to making mistakes, even when trading great players. They've apparently gotten over dealing him, and they're doing just fine, considering the Twins have won more divisions without Santana than the Mets have with him. He was the #58 prospect according to BA heading into the season. He was blocked at the MLB level by Joe Mauer, and he put up a line of .241/.280/.345/.625 at AAA Rochester with very little power. His stock was very down. They have been in a position to compete in the playoffs 5 times in the past 8 years, and they have been in competition for the divisional title in 8 of the past 10 years, including this year, which is more than can be said for the Sox. The Sox capitalized in 1 of their 5 playoff appearances in the last 50 years. The Twins have capitalized in 2 of their 10 playoff appearances in the last 50 years. It's relevant because we praise them as being the greatest team in the history of baseball yet its really just been because of good player development and not some genius gm. The heart of our team has been built on fleecing other teams in trades and signing cubans. Why doesn't that get any credit? Not to mention the fact that up until the last year or 2, our drafting and minor leagues were in shambles and have received much more attention and are on the right track. What exactly does a "position to compete" in the playoffs mean? They win 1 game in the ALDS? They made it to the ALCS once in that time period, I'd put that at "position to compete once in 8 years", tying them with us. I'm just sick of everyone (including the f***ing organization) vastly exaggerating what they've "accomplished' just because we can't seem to beat them.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 11:25 PM) Then you believe Kenny Williams is a better GM than Ryan/Smith, yes? And Ditka's a much better football coach than Marv Levy or Marty Schottenheimer..etc. How many rings do they have with them? How many players from the Santana trade are in the bigs? Did they just trade a top catching prospect for Matt Capps? Again, they're not some mythical beast of a team that pulls miracles every year. They're an average team that hasn't been able to compete anywhere outside of the typically s***ty AL central for over a decade. Winning the division is not success to me. Competing in the playoffs is, and they can't.

God we are starting to sound like Bears fans. There's always something clearly better out there. No manager will ever be good enough. They should just run the team based on fan voting before every game, I think we'd be set then.

QUOTE (Cali @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 06:28 PM) My overly harsh projection of the Sox for the rest of the season is 25-19, finishing at 90-72 My overly positive projection of the Twins for the rest of the season is 27-17, finishing at 95-67 I hope as well they give us 3 extra wins for free too

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 04:36 PM) You can't get playoff wins by sitting at home and watching. And you can't by being the mythical power that is the Twins either. I could not give 2 s***s how many division titles they have. I will take 2005 and 9 Octobers off 100% of the time over 9 central titles and jack s*** else.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 08:01 AM) It's hard to determine what's worse. The hate and loathing for all things White Sox or the undying love and admiration for the entire Minnesota Twins organization. I can't stand the love for the twins. They haven't done jack s*** in almost 2 decades. I don't care about division titles, I want playoff wins and in the last decade 12>5 last I checked.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 07:47 AM) Anyone that uses clubhouse chemistry as the reason that we shouldn't pick up a potential big bat next year needs to be kicked in the sack. See: the Ronge, anyone in the front office

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 10:53 AM) Jenksy...we just agreed on something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah I know, I didn't catch who I was replying to at first. Feels dirty

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 02:53 PM) This can't be true, as Chris Rongey said it would be easy to acquire a bat during the season. No no no, that would disrupt the precious chemistry we have. THATS why we won't get one

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 08:11 PM) What about Putz? If he's not hurt, he'll probably be closing if we somehow have a lead in the ninth. f*** that. I don't want to see him there again, s*** I don't want to see him in the 8th. I only want to see Sale, Thornton and Serg.

The real good news is we have no excuses this Twins series. Our 2 best pitchers and a solid Buehrle are goin. No lost Garcia s***box game. Its up to the offense, Serg, Thorndog and Sale.