You did mean you were waiting for the Twins to break this open right Francis?

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You never miss your wealth, till your well went dry
Seem like only yesterday, you were here smiling
Now you gone away, but I know you in a better place
No traces of you, what can I do?
Alone and confused

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You never miss your wealth, till your well went dry
Seem like only yesterday, you were here smiling
Now you gone away, but I know you in a better place
No traces of you, what can I do?
Alone and confused

Do you have any hot stock tips for us, Frankie C, since you are on this tear of prognosticatory brilliance?

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Fire Phil Emery

Lightbulb Depot LLC

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You never miss your wealth, till your well went dry
Seem like only yesterday, you were here smiling
Now you gone away, but I know you in a better place
No traces of you, what can I do?
Alone and confused

Sox just cannot hang with the Twins. Five games out after tonight is going to be insurmountable. Sox are running on fumes in the pitching department. God this stinks.

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RFDC thinks I'm retarded.

So it wasnt the metrodome then, Hawk?

Is AJ the worst everyday starter in MLB?

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Fire Phil Emery

It's either him or Darwin Barney.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Not an everyday starter. Thanks for playing though.

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Fire Phil Emery

Mark Kotsay?

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Then maybe it's whoever is the everyday second baseman over there. Or possibly Xavier Nady.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Whomever they play =/= everyday starter, now does it?

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Fire Phil Emery

Are you suggesting the Cubs don't have any everyday players?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

No, I'm saying that a platoon/split system automatically excludes someone from being the everyday player.

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Fire Phil Emery

I never realized the importance of EVERY FUCKING 1-1 COUNT until tonight. Thanks, Hawkaroo!

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Fire Phil Emery

Okay, in that case A.J. splits time with Castro so he isn't an everyday player. But that isn't really your point. You just wanted to take a crack at the White Sox. And it's really not necessary. Their play vs. Minnesota is speaking for itself.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Well, I was one of the ones saying the Sox needed a lefty bat, but it sure looks like their pitching is what's let them down recently. If your starters give up 5 runs a game, not much you can do.

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No, literally, AJ might be the worst everyday player in MLB. Starer with a .270 OBP and shitty defensively. That might be worst in MLB for someone who plays everyday.

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Fire Phil Emery

Or that every 2-1 count puts you in the catbird's seat.

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With tonights result the Twins are now 20 games over .500 at 70-50. The Sux are now 65-55...just 10 games over .500. The Twins are on pace to win 94 games. The Sox are on pace to win 88 games. If the Twins do win 94 games, the Sux need to go 29-13 in their remaining games, just to TIE the Twins. They still have 4 games remaining with the Twins, 4 against the Red Sox and 3 against the Yankees in their remaining 42. To win 29 of 42, the Sux would have to win 69% of their remaining games (.690). They have played at a .546 clip so far this season. Having lost the last 2 games, when their 2 best starters pitched (Danks & Floyd)there is just one reasonable conclusion to come to.... its over.

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Go Cubs!!!!

That's hubris

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Fire Phil Emery

Well if you had Minnesota -1.5 tonight, you got backdoored there.

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Well, the 1-1 pitch is generally the key pitch in an at-bat. There's a world of difference between 1-2 and 2-1. Also, I'm pretty sure Hawk uses "catbird seat" with regard to a 2-0 count, usually with men on.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I don't think the Sox are catching the Twins, but Minnesota isn't going to win 94 games either.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

He'll say that at 2-1 or 3-1 also.

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Stupid cheap-ass Twins can't afford Mark Prior.

What a bunch of small-town chumps taking that Mauer guy. Losers.

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You know me like that.

If you extrapolate their winning percentage (.583) over 162 games it comes out to 94.4 . That said, I think it's reasonable to believe they may fall a game or two below that total. So lets say they win just 92...the Sox would have to go 27-15 the rest of the way, to get to that total. With the remaining games VS the Twins (4) Red Sox (4) and Yankees (3) mixed in, that is one hell of a task. For the Sox to win just 27 of the 42 remaining games, they need to win at a .642 clip. Thats WAY over their season win %. Once the division has been clinched, the Twins will likely use bench players and starters from their September call-ups in a few games, so yeah...I wouldn't bet the over on the 94 win total myself. But I would bet the under on the Sox winning even 90.

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Go Cubs!!!!

I'm not living in fantasyland believing the Sox can actually win this thing, Steve. But even though the Sox appear to have the tougher schedule, a whole lot of it is at home. And the Twins play most of their remaining games away where they're just two games over.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

F

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"It's not exactly a rocket surgery." D.J.

I'm really glad I didn't waste the 70 bucks for standing room that StubHub has been at. Nothing like a 2 hour drive back to the lake with a really angry wife. (She probably would have destroyed my Twins hat too)