OMG LOL

Awesome.

Straight brilliance.

"One thing about the Minnesota Twins," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said, "that's what they are right there: great pitching, clutch hitting and great defense. And I think that's the reason those guys have had success for so many years."

Gotta love ya, Ozzie. That's 3 things. And three reasons why you'll be on the outside of the Wild Card race, looking in. Let's hope the WC means nothing to us. This team CAN catch the Tigers, make no mistake. May not, but can. Tigers have a great staff, but they're bound to slip, and it looks like they may be slipping.

I don't see why the Tigers are bound to slip - having the best ERA in baseball after 100 games can't be considered a fluke. I think the Twins are in great position to grab the wildcard, though. I don't think they've had this much talent on their team since 91. And really, who's going to beat Liriano and Santana even once in the playoffs?

Why could they slip?

Oh, maybe the fact that all their starters are having years they have never come close to previously.

Kenny Rogers, All-Star starter? 4.47 ERA only a few games later. A career 4.22 ERA, and do you realize how old he is? He is not adding mph to his fastball, let me put it that way.

Bonderman, career 4.71 ERA. Sure, maybe he is coming into his own this year. But that jump in his GB/FB ratio (1.50 to almost 2) is most likely the reason for his success. How sure can you be that he will continue to work low in the zone, and that he can't pull a Silva and start giving up bunches of hits where outs were once?

Verlander? Sure, awesome stuff. But young, and while that doesn't mean he won't finish the year at this same rate, by no means is he a sure thing to cruise out the rest of the season.

A closer with an ERA over 5? Even for a stat that isn't particularly helpful in looking at relievers, that's high.

While it may seem like I'm harping on their weaknesses (I don't think Verlander will tail off, personally), there are any number of things to point to that speak of the chance that Detroit could very well start to slide. Their staff is on the extremes in age/experience (older and younger), their lineup doesn't exactly strike fear into opponents (same number of hitters with 20+ homers as us!) and their depth is not that of a championship-caliber team.

No matter how scary they look in that picture, I still love the Jasons.

You know, that poster depicting the attack of the ravenous Jasons reminded me of the song about the one horned, one eyed, flying, purple, people eater. Perhaps this beast is a flying BitchSox, Tiger eater? We can only hope.

Jason TyKubLet

my favorite part is that the lady in the middle running away from the Beastly Jasons is wearing a Sox hat. it's a beautiful metaphor.

obvious, but.. The Jasonosaur? ..saurus?

The Smokin' J's? (hehe)

The JBAM-3? (JDAM is a bomb device)

The dreaded... Kubartner?

It must be... King Jhadorah!

Rochesterah, the Three Headed Monster ???????????? !!! Click my name for Wikipedia link.

The Million-Dollar menace? (Reflecting our joy that this beautiful beast consists of three players making the major league minimum salary - a total of about a million)

Or "It's better on the bottom" (reflecting their lineup positions, of course)

Hmm....King Gojayra?

The Beast is a BitchBurner

...for the bitches that refuse to Sit !!
Thome, I'm talkin' 'bout you.
Your friend Konerko understands how to save his ass from burning.

Gotta go with Mark on this one...

"Rochesterah" perfect! I can hear the masses screaming it down the stretch.

i love that pic......would it be okay if i were to make myself a shirt of it?? of course im totally willing to give complete and total credit where it is due.

By pursuing the link hepfully provided by BlueCanoe and proceeding to the one on the complete history of the monster (click my name), I learned some interesting things about the trijacevirate. For example, it has breath weapons (aka "gravity beams"), wing lightening, and assorted other abilities like levitation (witnessed last night on a catch by the Bartman aspect of its being) and the ability to propel small objects by telekensis (I *knew* there was something suspicious about that "grand slam" the Kubel aspect launched against the RedSox). I also learned that the creature is also called "Monster Zero," and that "It has three heads, two tails, and a voice like a bell." Seems fitting.

And the WhiteSox thought Tadahito Iguchi was a good acquisition.

You should name it the Snosoj!

Jasons backward! :)

Oh, sure, beat me by eight minutes.

Whatever the name ends up being, the "King" must remain! King Rochestorah?

Oops!!

I meant to say "Snosaj!"

Now that's Jasons backwards! :)

Jaszilla?

(Sounds like a girl's name, though.)

I vote for King Jhadorah.

Whatever the monster is named, it must come unexpectedly out of AAA. And by unexpectedly, I mean that Twins fans know it's there and dangerous, but it kinda takes everyone by surprise.

I adore The Jasons, whatever they shall be named. Or perhaps we should just call the rest of the team the Argonauts?

i think "jaydra" or "jay-ra" would be fine choices, though neither is quite a revelation in cleverness.

now here's a quandary: it is looking a lot like rain here in chicagoland this morning. do i do my rain dance to spare us the silva start, or my no-rain dance to play ball and keep the momentum going?

The BarKubNer Kraken? I'm thinking it sounds like the name of Quinton McCracken's angry little brother or something. It's fun to say if nothing else.

Andy, do NOT do your rain dance. We don't want any pathetic whining from the BitchSox or their TV announcers (you know, like the whining they did last night about the umpiring and their "lack of breaks" of late); we want to sweep their pitiful carcasses out of second place right here, right now.

I hope that didn't sound too arrogant. Please pardon my lip. Oh, and my tongue, sticking out in the general direction of the home dugout at US Smellular Field.

looking at 'jason's' spelled backwards seems cool, but when i say it, it sounds like snausage.

"Or perhaps we should just call the rest of the team the Argonauts?"

I've been wondering when we would get a Jason(s) and the Argonauts recap...

Whatever they're named (Jasonosaurus Wrecks?) I vote we send them each a t-shirt that reads:

"Jason's do it better on the bottom."

Dear Annun,

If Batgirl hadn't been so sleepy, you would have gotten one last night.

Sincerely,
Batgirl

Pray for no rain - the Sox aren't likely to play any worse than they are right now.

Since the Twins started all this winning, the Tigers are 30-11. Doesn't look like they're slipping to me. I don't think they're going to enjoy playing in the Dome this weekend, however...

Is that pronounced "Snausage" ?

How about King Barbelner - The Three-Headed Jason?

It's the Kubartyner, of course!

I just got back from a trip to upstate New York, where I spent my birthday wandering around the Hall of Fame. A wonderful experience indeed. The only problem with spending a few days in the Catskills is that the only baseball news available was the unending debate over A-Rod and should he be traded?? Oh, I heard the Twins scores, but no details!! Thanks for getting me caught up!

The heads seem reversed, but I'm almost positive that's a kubebartandtynersaurus, more commonly known as a "Three-Headed Jason."

You can't tell in monochrome, but those appendages are red wings—hence this ancient verse:

Kubebartandtynersaurus
(you will know it by the red wing)
oh my goodness, turn and run
(or else become a dead thing)

To go with the Rochester suggestions, how about Red Wing? "The dreaded fire-breathing Red Wing spread fire and destruction unseen in Chicago since Mrs. O'Leary's cow went to town..."

I'll be enjoying the day game.

I don't know whats more irritating, playing the bitch sox, Jim Thome's bat, or the Sox announcers (for anyone watching the Comcast broadcast on MLB.tv) They have the most annoying calls (Ks, HRs, etc...). I'm only glad that they have sounded so depressed over the last couple days!

The Great Jason-Beast of the North!

AH - I got nuttin' =(

But I see we have to root for Captain Cheeseberger and root against the Devil - does this constitute as a wash??

'eh - as long as we win I'm all right =)

Much Love
Wonder Woman

PS - come see one of the Jason's (Tyner) - tomorrow at Unplugged at the Minnetonka Chammps =)

Tweaking the King Jhadorah thing a bit, how about King Jasorah?

a little of topic....but i feel that there is a severe case of age-ism going on in baltimore.

i just bought tickets for the series there, and saw that there were promotions on two of the days

yay! i might get a little something extra!!

but wait! for the first, you must be 14 or under. and for the second, you must be 21 or over. what about those of us in the 15-20 crowd???? i fell a little left out :(
but, i guess im only missing out on oriole themed items. and maybe i can try to pass for over 21, its not like it's be the first time. (no, the other times were not for alchol..it was just to see if i could get away with it)

7-3 in the bottom of the seventh. dare i hope that a total sweepage of the bitch sox is at hand????

SWEEP!!!!!!!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

For at least the next few hours, the Twins are tied for the wild-card lead!

Actually, the Yankees now lead the wild card, by a few percentage points. Going into today, they were ahead of the Twins but behind the Sox.

So here are the wild-card standings, with the Sox and Twins done but with the Yanks still to play Texas. Root for the Rangers:

New York 58-40 .592
Chicago 59-41 .590
Minnesota 59-41 .590

Clay Jr. is absolutely correct. Detroit is slipping. We can and will catch the dirty Tigers. See y'all in the WS>

This is from twinsbaseball.com, Punto talking about diving into the stands in game 2.

"The Minnesota bench didn't get much of a chance to heckle Punto about missing the play, with such a tight game going on, but Punto said he certainly heard some musings from the crowd and got a little gift as well.

'One little kid about 7 years old told me I stunk,' Punto said with a laugh. 'And a guy spilled a beer on me, too.'
Nothing like a few rewards for a heads-up play."

PS sorry I did not put this in the other form but for some reason the bottom of the page would not down load, for me.

What is Mothara? ... I don't know.

I think it is just too weird that there are three Jasons, and nine J's on the whole team. Funny.

I like "Kubartyner" the best probably. I am too uncreative to think of one myself.

Seventh inning:

Rangers: 4, Yanked: 2.

//'One little kid about 7 years old told me I stunk,' Punto said with a laugh. 'And a guy spilled a beer on me, too.'
Nothing like a few rewards for a heads-up play."//

And guess what? Junior and the drunk got to be like their team as well. Sat down and shutted up!

How about a slight variation on what Roscoe said and make it King Rochestra?

I enjoyed the Million Dollar Menace personally...but the rest seem just as awesome! BG-is this a contest?