<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rex Grossman 8 @ Sep 8 2006, 11:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>How come in a big AL Central showdown, the Twins can get only 21,000 people last night? That's sad.</div>How come the White Sox can't overtake the Twins and Tigers?? This was supposed to be a high-powered offense, w/ a shut-down pitching staff. That's sad. :LMAO: :LMAO: :LMAO: :LMAO:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrianUrlacher54 @ Sep 8 2006, 01:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rex Grossman 8 @ Sep 8 2006, 11:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>How come in a big AL Central showdown, the Twins can get only 21,000 people last night? That's sad.</div>How come the White Sox can't overtake the Twins and Tigers?? This was supposed to be a high-powered offense, w/ a shut-down pitching staff. That's sad. :LMAO: :LMAO: :LMAO: :LMAO:</div>Says a Cubs fan who's team is in 6th place.
Tigers need a win tonight and i'll be set. If we get out of this series with a split I think we're golden for the rest of the year.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rex Grossman 8 @ Sep 8 2006, 11:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>How come in a big AL Central showdown, the Twins can get only 21,000 people last night? That's sad.</div>It's the whole Liriano factor. Twins games pretty much depend on the pitcher. Johan going? Almost full crowd. Liriano going? Full crowd for sure. Anyone else? Around that 20,000 range. Although when Liriano was healthy, we were almost full every single night, but since he's been out.. less fans have came.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brooksie5 @ Sep 8 2006, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rex Grossman 8 @ Sep 8 2006, 11:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>How come in a big AL Central showdown, the Twins can get only 21,000 people last night? That's sad.</div>It's the whole Liriano factor. Twins games pretty much depend on the pitcher. Johan going? Almost full crowd. Liriano going? Full crowd for sure. Anyone else? Around that 20,000 range. Although when Liriano was healthy, we were almost full every single night, but since he's been out.. less fans have came.</div>So, they only show up when Liriano is pitching. You're kidding me?
We had close to 30,000 people there.What a shitty game. I was thoughly disapointed. I thought we could do something so I wen't. What a bad effort. Punto the hard worker trys to bearhand it and look cool but ends up looking like a ass when he drops it. Hunter and Cuddy totaly bloper a ball Cuddy should have easily got. Most of hitters just banged it to DPs. When the 3rd pitch of the game is a HR you know its not going well.Minnesota didn't give the Twins a big crowd they should have gotten but the Twins responded by not desevering the money of a single one of those fans.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MaroonNGold @ Sep 8 2006, 02:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>We had close to 30,000 people there.</div>What do you mean you had close to 30,000 last night? There was only 21,000 maybe less.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rex Grossman 8 @ Sep 8 2006, 02:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MaroonNGold @ Sep 8 2006, 02:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>We had close to 30,000 people there.</div>What do you mean you had close to 30,000 last night? There was only 21,000 maybe less.</div>Attendence is based on tickets sold. Not people who show up. Like they would actually count 21,159 fans showed up.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rex Grossman 8 @ Sep 8 2006, 01:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrianUrlacher54 @ Sep 8 2006, 01:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rex Grossman 8 @ Sep 8 2006, 11:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>How come in a big AL Central showdown, the Twins can get only 21,000 people last night? That's sad.</div>How come the White Sox can't overtake the Twins and Tigers?? This was supposed to be a high-powered offense, w/ a shut-down pitching staff. That's sad. :LMAO: :LMAO: :LMAO: :LMAO:</div>Says a Cubs fan who's team is in 6th place.</div>We know the Cubs suck, okay. You keep beating a dead horse when you bring up the cubs suckiness. You're not going to accomplish anything. I'm speaking as a baseball fan who happens to hate them. You can pick these things up about a team by watching highlights and reading the papers.
<span style="font-family:Convection"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#6600CC">Well, because 21,000 idiots went thinking we had a snowballs chance in hell to beat Verlander, when we send Scott Baker to the mound. </span></span></span>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (FSUViking @ Sep 8 2006, 04:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><span style="font-family:Convection"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#6600CC">Well, because 21,000 idiots went thinking we had a snowballs chance in hell to beat Verlander, when we send Scott Baker to the mound. </span></span></span></div>Well they are right. Silva is a little pussy bitch, Radke is hurt (was our best pitcher besides Johan and when Liriano was injured), and he's been on fire since like June, Boof is pretty horrible, Garza needs more expirience, Johan is god, and Liriano is hurt.The pitching staff almost has a L on it every night other than when Johan is starting. We need Liriano to get back asap (next week he may make his debut, he's making a rehab start on Saturday I believe), and Radke to get healthy again.Joe Mauer needs to start playing. I know he has to get at least 2 hits per night to raise his batting average up, but it has gone down every game and he's struggling to get 1 hit a night.We're struggling right now, we really need a confidence booster (aka Liriano to come back and own).
<span style="font-family:Convection"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#6600CC">Boof is not horrible at all. He's way better than he was his first call-up. And Garz did very well tonight and in his last 3 starts. he's using the breaking ball and curve more often. Radke is done. Not just for this year, but done, period.Mauer was 4-4 tonight I believe. Maybe 3-3. I know he reached every time he had a plate apperance, although there may have been a walk mixed in there.</span></span></span>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (FSUViking @ Sep 8 2006, 10:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><span style="font-family:Convection"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#6600CC">Boof is not horrible at all. He's way better than he was his first call-up. And Garz did very well tonight and in his last 3 starts. he's using the breaking ball and curve more often. Radke is done. Not just for this year, but done, period.Mauer was 4-4 tonight I believe. Maybe 3-3. I know he reached every time he had a plate apperance, although there may have been a walk mixed in there.</span></span></span></div>I didn't see the game tonight. I fucking got pulled over by a damn cop because I just registered my truck yesterday, and my plates expired yesterday. Could've got arrested, but i'm sweet and didn't (or lucky). And I was driving around all night so that didn't help me to see the game.But by the stats, Garza didn't look good. And Mauer was 3-4, which is good. Radke has already said he's retiring at seasons end, I just wish he could at least finish the year off on a good note, not injured. I suppose Boof is getting better, but I still don't feel safe with him in the playoffs, and I doubt he can win a big game for us (i.e. in that final series vs. the White Sox he should pitch in the first or second game, and I don't think he could win it for us). We'll see though. I hope he can come through and play as well as he did vs. Tampa the other day. We have too much young pitching. We need to trade someone like Swarzak or Perkins and get some young hitting.
[quote name='BrianUrlacher54' post='68272' date='Sep 8 2006, 04:31 PM'][quote name='Rex Grossman 8' post='68251' date='Sep 8 2006, 01:40 PM'][quote name='BrianUrlacher54' post='68250' date='Sep 8 2006, 01:15 PM'][quote name='Rex Grossman 8' post='68247' date='Sep 8 2006, 11:49 AM']How come in a big AL Central showdown, the Twins can get only 21,000 people last night? That's sad.[/quote]How come the White Sox can't overtake the Twins and Tigers?? This was supposed to be a high-powered offense, w/ a shut-down pitching staff. That's sad. :LMAO: :LMAO: :LMAO: :LMAO:[/quote]Says a Cubs fan who's team is in 6th place.[/quote]We know the Cubs suck, okay. You keep beating a dead horse when you bring up the cubs suckiness. You're not going to accomplish anything. I'm speaking as a baseball fan who happens to hate them. You can pick these things up about a team by watching highlights and reading the papers.[/quote]Well, you shouldn't be talking crap about the Sox then. Why don't your Cubs win a WS, then talk. Oh wait, they haven't. :LMAO:
Last night was good. Mauer did well and Nevin showed some nice signs. Garza pitched pretty well as well. He's geting better and better.We've gotta get this one tonight. I never thought I'd say this but I have faith in Boof to not blow it for us. We've got to score some too though.
<span style="font-family:Convection"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#6600CC">Garza did pitch well. Too many walks though. To be honest, a lot of those pitches during those walks were the kind that somebody like Santana would get called a strike. Close ones that a veteran would get in his favor.And, Cuddyer and Rondell both made dumb plays in the outfield that really put Garza in shitty situations. All-in-all I thought he did very well. We'll find out about Bonser in a few hours. </span></span></span>
Bonser, Garza, and Baker should all feel worried. One is getting sent to AAA as soon as Liriano is back (unless we want to keep the one that gets kicked out of the roto for a spot starter or whatever since rosters expanded). I'd say Bonser has the best shot at staying, and if he pitches well tonight, he definitely has a spot in the rotation locked.
Liriano in his rehab tonight (still may be going on): 2 innins, 0 hits, 0 walks, 0 runs, 4 strikeouts.
<span style="font-family:Convection"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#6600CC">Brooksie....there's really no mystery on who's going back down. I mean, really......Ray Charles could tell you it's Scott Baker. Bonser was nothing short of awesome tonight. He's finally solidifed himself in this rotation.</span></span></span>
