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The British turn to Sir Alexander Cochrane in the key Battle of New Orleans vs America

On Jan 8th, 1815 he fights one of the biggest battles of the war for the Red Coats.

I like the kid but I have the distinct feeling that tomorrow’s game will not end well.

We had a major spam attack last night, and the tech guys tightened up the autoban feature….

So if you’re suddenly unable to post, contact me and I’ll forward it onto the proper channels

I say 2 mil.

(not serious. even if the sox would take him I doubt hendry would take the risk of him flourishing with the sox, but who knows…)

4. At the time, it looked like a great moment in franchise history

Sep. 25, 2008: Twins 7, White Sox 6 (10). For all the national media’s talk about the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, it’s worth noting that the Twins and White Sox have enjoyed a nice little back-and-forth in the new millennium. Both teams frequently find themselves in the thick of the pennant race while far exceeding expectations. White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen famously referred to the Twins as “piranhas” for their relentlessness.

2008 was one of the years that both teams surprised the game’s punditry by battling for first place late into the season. With six games left to play, the Sox came to town for a three-game series. Minnesota seemingly needed a sweep, as the Sox led them by 2.5 games. Though Minnesota’s odds seemed long, the piranhas lived up to their nickname, winning the first two games, and devouring most of Chicago’s once comfortable lead in the process. Whoever won this game would enter the final series of the year in first place.

At first, it looked like an easy Chicago win, as they jumped out to a 6-1 lead. Ah, but one should place a lead so meaty before a school of piranhas. They won’t consume it in one swallow, but they’ll devour it bite by bite until nothing remains. That’s exactly what happened here.

Minnesota scored twice in the fourth, once in the sixth, and twice in the eighth, and the game headed into overtime tied at 6-6. After the piranhas ate away the Sox’s lead, they proceeded to finish off the visitors, scoring the winning run in the 10th and securing first place.

The division was Minnesota’s to lose—which is precisely what they did. Sure, the Twins may be piranhas, but the South Siders weren’t a bunch of guppies.

As we learned in Saturday’s game thread, NOTHING the Sox do will overcome the Twins because they are more “determined” to win.

Aside from that stuff, how do people feel about from a purely baseball perspective?

At the right top of the home page it says:

“New Blog: Swish Appeal For Fans fo the WNBA”

but Im awfully excited about the rotation next year. How do you guys feel about that from a baseball prospective?

In ’83 at this point, the Sox were 91-61, after sweeping a doubleheader at home against the Twins to go 17.5 games in first place.

Seriously … this is getting like Twilight Zone weird.

Or did they just revoke his Old Country Buffet discount privileges?

most exciting part was seeing maier and bettencourt collide 20 feet away from me.
the majority of the crowd seemed to belong in the movie idiocracy while the remainder would have been at home in the cartoon the far side.
going tonight to see hudson face the piranhas. i’m afraid i may have to nickname him “chum”.

Podsednik cf

Beckham 3b

Pierzynski c

Konerko dh

Kotsay 1b

Dye rf

Quentin lf

Getz 2b

Ramirez ss

Hudson p

i get to see pods patrolling center in person!