David HK

Whew, busy day today, can only catch up once in a while- but from the Gameday-- jeepers, is there any CO batter who hasn't rocked the ball off of Phil so far? Seems like everything is "sharp line drive," even the outs.

Kinda like Hawk if the other team does something good?

Heh.... Little Falls...

Wow.... Chicken for breakfast! Brandon, I owe you another one. I don't take back all the snarky things I said about you, especially the Wallendas thing-- I like to think they inspired you to a good performance.

Yipe! Had an enormous night, just waking from my Guinness haze-- Am I still dreaming? It's a 1-0 duel in the 9th?

Well, I'm trying to rationalize by thinking that maybe they're playing the service time game with Mr. B. But by God, if you're thinking about getting those young arms in the rotation for future pennant contention, that time is even earlier than today. Berrios has nothing to prove by mowing down AAA cats. If he has to take his lumps and learn how to adjust, how about doing it in a whole year like this one? Don't even try to pretend we have a chance in even this watered-down Central with the pedestrians we have on the current staff. I know the injuries have hit the AA studs hard the past couple of years, and delayed their Mlb debuts, but Geez Louise, get them the hell up here soon, and let them get to learning. Our young hitters are now taking those lumps and learning those lessons, and the pitchers are going to be a year or 2 behind even at this point. We are not going to the Series this year. Wilk and Haley and Pressly and Belisle and Breslow and Kintzler, et.al., are not going to carry us there. If we have to wait til the service time clock is done ticking, so be it. But I can't stand this placeholder crap, as a fan, for yet another year. Get those guys up here ASAP, the ones we could or should be counting on, and let them take their medicine and learn their lessons. And--- while I'm ranting-- clean out that dugout. Molly (IMHO) is not going to take this team to the promised land, either.

Alright! Excellent! We're on our way! What a coup! Now we can keep our delusions about contending this year with a bunch of placeholders on the pitching staff, and don't have to give any of those young arms a chance. Whew!

Argh. I hate to like this, but I think it's true. Let's see the lineup tomorrow. I'll bet he has Suzuki in the 5-hole, too.

Chicken-ery! From the Mlb site:SOUND SMART WITH YOUR FRIENDS Buxton recorded his fifth career three-hit game, and four of those have come against the White Sox. Haw haw haw...!

Death, taxes, and beatin' the hell out of the white sox. Should be regular things. At least one of those things are enjoyable...

Wow, just checked in to find Mr. Adrianza making an impact. If this keeps up, I can't wait to watch the replay on the Sox broadcast later. Is Hawk still doing games? I'm sure the silence would be deafening... You can put that on the board. Yes.

This team, right?

Ahhh, Chicago memories... Sept. 1, 1997. Living in Chi, about 4 blocks from Wrigley. My late pal Moose (the guy who got me started playing rugby) and lovely wife came down from St Paul for the series, the first year of interleague play. A great, great, time-- 2nd photo- Sammy Sosa at bat, Terry Steinbach behind the plate. Sammy hit a tater that day, but Mighty Pat Meares had a 3 run bomb, and the Twinkies took 'em, 7-6. Oh, wait, we're playing that other team....

Brandon... Sheesh....... Just a whole universe of suck.

It's been a mini-Greek tragedy, watching how concussions have robbed a couple of key Twins of many productive years. Joe (and Justin) were such formidable keystones for a good while, and barring those freak injuries, should have been for several more years. But I have to concur with the above posts-- my gosh, how long have these defenses been adjusting to the oppo-outfield and roll-over infield patterns, and why in the heck hasn't the one hitter with the best batting eye I've ever seen been able to adjust to that, even minimally? But here's the kicker in the whole mix-- Molly's lineups-by-reputation. A guy who's having the worst month of his entire career, entrenched in the cleanup spot. (And Castro a couple slots behind.) Now, that is one of the biggest of Molly's many head-scratching moves. Cripe, let him work out his stuff in the 7 spot. Get Vargas backing up Sano, or throw Grossman in there sometimes. Instead, our Mgr has maybe the two most intensely-slumping hitters in the 4 and 6 holes. Fer cryin'......

I think they opened for Strawberry Alarm Clock at the Met back in the summer of '68...

All I know is, having Kintzler as Kloser is running up my laundry bills, having to change trousers 2-3 times whenever the 9th inning rolls around with a lead...

Nail. Head.

They need to get those young hitters going, then add a couple of those young BP fireballers. Vargas needs to be in the lineup, and Park/Palka need to get up here, too. Shaggy and Burdi, or whoever shines down on the farm back there in the pen as well. Show some solid offensive support, and a back end BP to attract a FA stud pitcher to come to Minny. Next year's market already looks a lot better than last years by a longshot. "Pitcher's" park, with fleet-footed outfielders, and young guys who can rock the baseball-- now that's a recipe for getting a quality #1 or 2 to come to the Twinks. Oh, and maybe a new Mgr who puts less-than-out-of-a-hat lineups together..... but that's just MHO.