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    Riverbrian

    By Riverbrian

    The Twins vs. the White Sox

    It's not just an important game for the Twins. It's important for the White Sox as well.

    We can all talk about playoff contention for the Twins because it's so obvious just being 1 game back. However... it's not like the White Sox are out of it. The Twins would be silly to focus all that attention on the Rangers and it would be silly to focus on any of the other teams in striking distance. Too many to keep track and too many possibilities. All the Twins can do is focus on themselves.

    Win games and keep winning games.

    Here are some things to Think About:

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    1. September -- Well... that's it... August is over and things start changing now. Football has started, the kids are back in school, and they are placing ice houses on Lake of the Woods. As a sure sign of the changing seasons... I was struck in the head yesterday by a falling leaf. When you consider the height of the tree, the laws of gravity and the thickness of my skull... my doctor says I was lucky to survive it. The word September is derived from the Latin word "Septem" which means seven. There was a time when we used a 10 month calendar and during that time September was the 7th month but with only 10 months they found that people were aging too quickly so a couple of months were added on and this has resulted in longer life spans. The "ber" in September, October, November and December is also Latin and it means "Brr... I'm freezing my nuts off." "Uary" in JanUARY and FebrUARY means "Move to Florida and Arizona." This September... means something. The Twins are firmly in the playoff race.

    2. Room to Breathe -- Breathing room is gonna be hard to come by. Currently the Rangers have the last playoff spot but the Twins are just 1 game behind. The Rays and Angels are 2.5 games behind the Twins. If you look at it closely... every team is just one big winning streak from getting into serious contention. If you think about the phrase "Room to Breathe"... I think every house should have a room to breathe... actually, all rooms need to be rooms to breathe. If you have a room that isn't equipped this way, I'd never enter... If you need to retrieve something from it, ask your neighbor to get it... the neighbor that mows his lawn at 6AM.

    3. The White Sox -- There was considerable optimism on the South Side this year because of the additions of Samardzjia, LaRoche, Melky and Robertson. That optimism has waned and turned into a long look at the pocketbook and asking questions like... why did we spend all that money on Adam LaRoche? We all do the same thing when we spend 100 dollars to get into a water park just to wait in line all day. I guess it just seemed like a good idea at the time.

    4. Lefties -- The White Sox in a stunning lack of creativity will start nothing but left-handers against the Twins. Sale tonight... Rodon tomorrow night... Danks on Thursday. Scientists are not sure why people become left-handed. There is no specific left-handed gene... it just kind of happens to people. Much like there is no cock-eyed gene... it just kind of happens to people. Also... like there is no gene that will keep you from getting hit by a safe falling from the 20th floor above... it just kind of happens.

    5. More Left Hand -- Around 10 years ago... I invented a left-handed hammer and I was sure that I was going to get rich. Turns out there were no left-handed nails and the venture failed miserably.

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    Game-time forecast: 86 deg F, mostly cloudy, 1% chance of precipitation, winds from the SSW at 6mph.

    Lineups:

    WHITE SOX

    1. Adam Eaton CF

    2. Tyler Saladino 3B

    3. Jose Abreu DH

    4. Melky Cabrera LF

    5. Avisail Garcia RF

    6. Adam LaRoche 1B

    7. Alexei Ramirez SS

    8. Carlos Sanchez 2B

    9. Tyler Flowers C

    Sale P

    TWINS

    1. Brian Dozier 2B

    2. Joe Mauer 1B

    3. Trevor Plouffe 3B

    4. Miguel Sano DH

    5. Torii Hunter RF

    6. Eddie Rosario LF

    7. Eduardo Escobar SS

    8. Kurt Suzuki C

    9. Byron Buxton CF

    Duffey P

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    amjgt

    amjgt 3,009

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    Harrelson served as a Chicago White Sox announcer from 1982 to 1985 and briefly left broadcasting during the 1986 season to become the White Sox's General Manager. During his one season as GM, Harrelson fired field manager Tony La Russa (who was soon hired by the Oakland Athletics) and assistant general manager Dave Dombrowski (who became baseball's youngest general manager with the Montreal Expos just two years later). Harrelson also traded rookie Bobby Bonilla, later a six-time All-Star, to the Pittsburgh Pirates for pitcher José DeLeón.

     

    Love it

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    D. Hocking

    D. Hocking 4,790

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    Back in the day, when they discovered that a person was left handed, they would chop their left hand off and make them a regular person. Cruel, but true story.

     

    There is a regular poster here who used to think largely out of the left side of his brain -- some doctors wanted to remedy that with some ill-advised brain surgery.  

     

    He somehow survived -- but you can tell from his posts that something is not quite right with his mind (ok - not right at all).  I will give the person some privacy and not say who he is, but he might be a moderator.  

     

    Also a cruel, but true story,

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    SwainZag

    SwainZag 5,031

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    Love it

     

    I'd love to hear the discussion that led to him becoming the GM.  

     

    "Let's get Hawk in here!"

     

    "The TV guy?"

     

    "Yeah, he makes good points on the show!"

     

    "But...he has no experience, what makes you think this is a good idea at all?  We have that kid Dombrowski we have been grooming for almost a decade now."
     

    "WHO?  Give me HAWK!"

     

    Or...that's how I like to imagine it going.

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    Craig Arko

    Craig Arko 13,264

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    There is a regular poster here who used to think largely out of the left side of his brain -- some doctors wanted to remedy that with some ill-advised brain surgery.  

     

    He somehow survived -- but you can tell from his posts that something is not quite right with his mind (ok - not right at all).  I will give the person some privacy and not say who he is, but he might be a moderator.  

     

    Also a cruel, but true story,

    And starred in a Monty Python film, if I recall.

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    Riverbrian

    Riverbrian 32,096

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    From a purely mathematical standpoint, the Sox may be in it if they win all their games.

     

    I look at it this way. With 32-33 games to go for most teams, some team in the AL is going to get hot and go 23-10. We just don't know which one, but it happens every year. It could be some first place team that proceeds to run away with the regular season title, or some last place team that gets hot and salvages a near-.500 record.

     

    If it happens to be the White Sox, it will put their season record at 84-78. I don't think that's going to be enough wins. So for my purposes, the Sox are out of it. It would take more than just a hot final month, but a miracle.

     

    Yeah... But what if they go 24-9?

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    Riverbrian

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    Back in the day, when they discovered that a person was left handed, they would chop their left hand off and make them a regular person. Cruel, but true story.

     

    Makes perfect sense to me

     

    http://www.handresearch.com/news/2012/left-handed-us-presidents.jpg

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    Riverbrian

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    There is a regular poster here who used to think largely out of the left side of his brain -- some doctors wanted to remedy that with some ill-advised brain surgery.  

     

    He somehow survived -- but you can tell from his posts that something is not quite right with his mind (ok - not right at all).  I will give the person some privacy and not say who he is, but he might be a moderator.  

     

    Also a cruel, but true story,

     

    Shh

     

    ChiTown wanted to keep that under wraps. 

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