Ozzie Wants To Clinch In Minnesota

Ozzie Guillen could cross off an item from his things-I-really-want-to-do list as soon as Thursday night.

Celebrate a division title on Minnesota's home field, the Metrodome.
"That's our goal," Guillen, the Chicago White Sox manager, said during a weekend series against Kansas City. "I hope that happens. I've seen Minnesota clinch in my ballpark once. I hope we can clinch in theirs."

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hijack

you got plans for game 2 of the alds in tampa, wu? was wondering if you had any inside track on some tickets and/or wanted to meet up and go to the game.

the difference between a twins homer and a communist is that the communist knows what he's doing.

by larry on Sep 22, 2008 6:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I might. Let me see what I can do.

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by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT

by winningugly on Sep 22, 2008 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

aww how sensitive of you 2.

WU you will have to bring the small bottle of vasoline…. The airlines frown against any personal product that weighs over 12 ounces.

"term: pussy, user: larry, count: 11

term: pussy, user: all, count: 83" - wiz

by Where Triples Go to Die on Sep 23, 2008 1:05 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Yeah, larry's swell when he wants to go to a playoff game.

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by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT

by winningugly on Sep 23, 2008 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i think those fuckers sniffed me out.

Dear Rays Fan,

Recently, you registered on raysbaseball.com for the chance to purchase tickets for 2008 postseason games to be played at Tropicana Field. Unfortunately, your entry was not selected for the chance to purchase tickets to Home Game 1 and Home Game 2 of the ALDS. You are still eligible for any potential Home Game 3 ALDS sale.

By entering the Rays Postseason Ticket Opportunity, you’ve also registered for the chance to purchase tickets to potential 2008 League Championship Series and World Series games to be played at Tropicana Field, should tickets be made available. Drawing dates for future series have not yet been determined, but you will receive an email if you’ve won the opportunity to purchase tickets to those games.

If inventory remains for any of the Division Series games that may be played at Tropicana Field, they will be made available to the general public on raysbaseball.com on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 9 a.m. ET.

Thank you for participating in the 2008 Postseason Ticket Opportunity.

the difference between a twins homer and a communist is that the communist knows what he's doing.

by larry on Sep 23, 2008 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i.e. "Go Pound Sand, White Sox Fan. You Probably Don't Agree With Our MVP Choice, Anyway."

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by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT

by winningugly on Sep 23, 2008 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

and these guys sensed a disloyalty

Dear White Sox Fan,

Recently you registered on whitesox.com for a chance to purchase 2008 postseason tickets for ALDS home games played at U.S. Cellular Field. Unfortunately, your entry was not selected for this ticket purchase opportunity.

Thank you for participating in the 2008 ALDS Postseason Tickets Opportunity.

the difference between a twins homer and a communist is that the communist knows what he's doing.

by larry on Sep 23, 2008 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Swish.

WTF happened to your connects? IIRC, last year you bloviated that you could get tickets whenever, wherever, you wanted, and that cost was no object. What happened?

I mean, if you have been shut out, what chance do I have?

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by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT

by winningugly on Sep 23, 2008 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i'm sure it won't be a problem to get tickets.

the difference between a twins homer and a communist is that the communist knows what he's doing.

by larry on Sep 23, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Firmly planted in cheek was the tongue.

I’m already going to one game with my wife and her ad agency. Don’t think it’s Friday.

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by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT

by winningugly on Sep 23, 2008 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This guy,

ticketmanjimmy,

will have great seats for the games in Tampa on EBAY when they are released, and probably they’ll go reasonably. Keep your eye on his auctions or let me know if you want me to contact him, I’ve dealt w/ him before.

Everyone get down on their knees tonight.........

and say a little (or maybe a medium sized) prayer for the Sox bullpen. Call in some chits.

by ballyb on Sep 23, 2008 7:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks, bally. I'm going to use my Disney Sports contacts first

and if I come up a crapper I’ll be there, hat in hand.

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by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT

by winningugly on Sep 23, 2008 7:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good Feeling

I have this weird, very unusual feeling that we’re going to do well against the Twins this week. I’m almost expecting 2 out of 3. A sweep will not really surprise me. Obviously, this is bizarre. I’m a Sox fan to the core of my flinty soul. I almost never expect good things. The last time I had this kind of hopeful optimism was after we swept Boston in first round of the 2005 playoffs. That worked out pretty well but, really, isn’t it more likely that was just a tease to dash our hopes more completely later on?

And yet, despite my innate pessimism and the many rational, reasonable concerns about the match-ups, about our line-up and about playing the Twins in the Dome, I am quietly hopeful. Maybe it’s because we’ve already achieved more than I expected this season. Maybe it’s a protective mechanism to defend against an acute attack of the nerves. Maybe I’ve just lost it. The fact remains, I feel good about this series and I’m looking forward to tonight’s game more than any other this year.

by Landfill on Sep 23, 2008 10:08 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

this brings me great comfort knowing this

by The Scoper on Sep 23, 2008 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I feel the same way.

I have an overwhelming sense of peace coming into this series, like, I would assume, someone who decides to commit suicide after years of pain.

Uribe whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you, never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you."

by thecip on Sep 23, 2008 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This was deep

by Crede's Crew on Sep 23, 2008 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

quit bogarting and pass already

I don’t want my beer to taste like fruit or honey. I want pussy to taste that way.

by thatshortkid on Sep 23, 2008 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed. I have a solid track record re: good feelings....a psychic intuition is in my genetic make-up (my dad can call exact at-bats, plays, etc), especially in terms of baseball.

And we are going to be allllllrrrriiiigggght.

I am beyond excited.

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Sep 23, 2008 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

tampa area sports writers still getting the hang of this whole "baseball" thing.

The Rays improved dramatically on defense this season, and the biggest single reason was shortstop Jason Bartlett.

Consequently, Bartlett has been voted the team’s most valuable player by the Tampa Bay chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

http://blogs.theledger.com/default.asp?item=2264394

the difference between a twins homer and a communist is that the communist knows what he's doing.

by larry on Sep 23, 2008 10:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Well, they did get one thing right...

improved defense is one of the biggest reasons the Rays did so well this year. They were HORRIBLE last year on defense.

by The Jerry Royster Experience on Sep 23, 2008 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's amazing

he might be the least valuable regular they have.

I'm like a laser, six-string razor. I've got a mouth like an alligator

by Nordhagen on Sep 23, 2008 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That. Is. Hysterical.

Really. If Darin Erstad was on the team, he FER SURE would’ve been the MVP.

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by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT

by winningugly on Sep 23, 2008 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Two teams enter, one team leaves.

White Sox, that’s baseball.

by vince_ on Sep 23, 2008 10:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

btw

thecip i request a Punto-as-Tina-Turner thunderdome photoshop kthxbai.

White Sox, that’s baseball.

by vince_ on Sep 23, 2008 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Excellent, but . . .

the photoshoping will require a certain subtlety. Obviously, the Sox are in the Mad Max, hero walking into the hostile arena role. Hell, if Q were healthy (sob) he could fill out the Gibson heart-throb role quite nicely. Failing that, we’ll need the right face for Max. Paulie as the grizzled veteran who’s been around? Thome as the square-jawed hero (probably too clean cut for Max). Swisher would be good except that, you know, he kind of sucks. JD could do the strong, silent leading man thing. Best of all might be AJ. Is there anyone in the universe who would get a more hostile reaction than AJ in that place? And who would be more likely than to pull an underhanded stunt like using a dog-whistle to distract the opposition?

As for the Master-Blaster opposition, I’m seeing Punto riding on the shoulder of Morneau. You could use Gardenhire as the brains-behind-the-brawn guy but I just like the idea of tiny Punto riding around on a big dumb slugger.

Tina Turner technically wasn’t a combatant in the Dome. Instead, she was the supposedly fair but actually corrupt overseer of proceedings. I’m seeing Selig in a chain-mail mini-skirt (or course, that’s between me and my therapist but you get the idea).

by Landfill on Sep 23, 2008 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs