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Commented on "At Least the Twins Had a Closer" from soxmachine.com:

The stats about the Twins’ winning record when leading in the 9^th inning are incredible. As much as I hate the Twins (my second least favorite team in MLB after the Chicago Cubs), I can’t help but be impressed. Holding onto a lead was definitely not a strong suit for the White Sox this season. Also, I agree that Mark Kotsay and Mark Teahen were not the best assets for the team. Kenny Williams should have put more effort into the Sox bullpen and less on those “warm feelings” he had towards the players. If the Sox had a stable bullpen that could hold a lead, this 2010 season could have gone in a much more positive direction for us. Hopefully Kenny will look at what the Twins did during the regular season (because we all know we can’t really look to their post-season performance for advice) and use some of that strategy during the off-season.

I also loved the fact that you mentioned that the Twins have lost 12 straight playoff games. I love being able to use the line “Well, the Sox and Twins won the same amount of playoff games this season.” I’ve learned that it really makes Twins fans angry, which can be very fun at times.

Commented on "Let's all freak out about Brent Lillibridge staying up late to buy Halo" from Chicago White Sox Examiner

This post really entertained me. It truly captures how ridiculous it was that people made such a huge fuss over Lillibridge getting Halo at midnight, while at the same time, shows that Lillibridge himself was kind of an idiot for doing it. He played in 64 games for the White Sox in 2010. That’s less than 40% of a season, and a lot of those were pinch hitting appearances with one or two at bats. He’s not the most crucial player the White Sox nation should be focusing on.

At the same time, I do agree with some of the angered fans. Maybe his head should have been more in MLB mode than in video game mode. But I mean, he’s a young kid and a real person. He’s not just a baseball-playing robot. Let him have his fun, as long as it doesn’t negatively affect his game. He’s a finely-tuned professional athlete. I’m sure he knows what his body needs.

One last note, the first thing I thought about when I first read about this Lillibridge story was the first American League Championship Series in 2005 against the Angels. Before I even clicked your link I thought about how they won their American League Division Series and flew into Chicago overnight and beat us while running on barely any sleep. Crazy things happen in crunch time. Who knows? Maybe Lillibridge could have pulled a Geoff Blum in game 3 of the World Series in 2005 and surprised everyone with a game-winning homerun.