Oh, Twins fans, I'm really depressed right now. Nick Blackburn pitched the goddamn game of his life. But, he was pitching to the White Sox, so he gave up a home run.Just one.
Yes, a solo home run by Jim Thome in the 7th proved to be the decisive run as our wonderful Minnesota Twins lost, 1-0, at the Cell on Tuesday.
I don't think it could be more depressing.
This is how the 2008 Twins season ended, unceremoniously, with a shutout against the White Sox.
Sorry, Southsiders, but the White Sox are awful. I would rather have anyone from the AL Central win EXCEPT for the Sox. I hate them all: I hate to hate Ken Jr, because he's so awesome. But I DO. Because he's a White Sock. I hate Jim Thome. I hate Bobby Jenks, and I hate Nick Swisher, and I really, really hate A.J. Pierzynski.
I say honestly and without bias that I would rather see anyone in the Central; nay, in the entire American League make it to the playoffs over the White Sox.
Alright, BLB fans, pick your teams. I'm hitching my wagon to the Cubs. I love the Cubbies. My dream is a Cubs-Rays World Series.
The one, very small bright spot in all of this: Joe Mauer won the AL Batting Title. Commence depression and heavy drinking ... only 5 months until Spring Training!
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Amen to all of that, except that I still can't find it in me to hate Jim Thome, for all it was his solo shot that won it for the Bitches. But believe me, the laser-hot hatred I hold for nearly everyone else on that team more than makes up for it. I can't even talk about goddamn AJ without dissolving into a spittle-flecked rage.
And what about the sheer ball-sucking obnoxiousness of all the fans dressed in black? Seriously? Are we invoking the Black Sox now? Not that I would put game-fixing beyond the scope of the ass-clowns on that team. It's all about as classy as you can expect. Wait till next year, bitches. You just wait.
Now I need Tampa Bay to kick Chicago hard in the nuts, three times in a row, and send them whining and bitching back home to their mommies. The Rays are my team to root for now. I still miss Bartlett! Go Rays!
I would lo-o-o-o-ve it if the Rays bitchsmacked the ChiSox. I love it that the Rays are even in the playoffs, seriously.
Blackburn is so not my boyfriend anymore.
I'm drinking right now. Nothing else really seems that important.
The White Sox can suck it.
I had my Cuddyer jersey on tonight and was hoping that when he ran over AJ, somehow Pierzynski's head would fly off.
Tragedy, yes. But I would still laugh. I'm a jerk.
Funny stuff. The boy likes to do an impression of A.J. when he gets booed at the 'Dome: "Why are they booing MEEEEE? I was the one who got traded! And you got three really good players in return! Why are you booing me???"
Fair point, but doesn't detract from the fact that A.J. is an asshole and he probably knows it. I remember reading some poll of MLB players that said that, like, 70% of them voted A.J. the dirtiest player in pro baseball. Yowzahs.
AJ is a douchebag, to be sure. I need another drink.
Red Sox all the way. One more out in an at-bat for Mauer and Pedroia may have won the batting title.
If there's over 30,000 at the Trop, the Rays have only lost 1 game all season.
Sorry, Ian, but the word all day on ESPN, etc, was that Mauer would need to go worse than 0-7 tonight to lose the batting title. He went 0-3, ending the season at .328 to Pedroia's .326.
Maglio Ordonez scoffs at those puny batting averages.
Ideal scenario...
First game, first inning, every White Sox player gets injured and can't play.
Blackburn couldn't have pitched any better. What can you do about one Jim Thome home run? That's just what he does.
It was a fun season, all the better because it was so unexpected.
My only regret is that Cuddy didn't break A.J.'s stupid face during that collision at the plate last night.
Magglio says he doesn't need antibiotics. Magglio says he just shakes his hair and is instantly healed.
still hate Thome?
your vulgarity belies your intellect.
Lauren no longer writes for us, but I'm sure she's be offended by that remark. Maybe not! I've always liked Thome. I even still loved Ken Griffey Jr. when the Sox had him for a few months. Sometimes baseball love is blind. :)
Coming from a person whose fan base punches people in the neck when they're pissed?
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