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wintwins:

Chicago White Sox’s Paul Konerko, left, falls on the ground after he was hit by a pitch as Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer, right, watches during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh
Oopsies!

It was a spinner of a breaking pitch that sailed up and in, striking the White Sox captain across the nose. After regaining his feet, the bloodied Paul Konerko pushed White Sox trainer Herm Schneider away, insisting he remain in the game. He jogged to first with a cut lip and two bleeding nostrils full of gauze.
Mark Buehrle drilled Michael Cuddyer in the shoulder to open the second inning. Twins TV analyst Bert Blyleven praised the no-nonsense retaliation, even calling it “classy.” Cuddyer dropped his bat and jogged to first. Old school baseball, “an eye for an eye,” Blyleven said. The sequence of events brought a lump to my throat and a dust mote must have floated into my eye, because I teared up. When Konerko came to the plate for his next at-bat, he crushed a belt-high fastball for a home run.
Yes, I know: The Twins won the game to complete a three-game sweep, hammering the final nail in the 2010 White Sox coffin. I’m okay with that. The Twins are certainly the better team this year, and they deserve a postseason berth. But there’s a lot to like about the 2010 Sox. Paul Konerko and Mark Buehrle, for example.
September baseball.

Anybody think there is someone on the Dodgers who could take an inside pitch to the face, stop the trainer from (literally) pulling him out of the game, and then hit a home run in his next at bat? Maybe Padilla? Barajas? who gets your vote?

wintwins:

Chicago White Sox’s Paul Konerko, left, falls on the ground after he was hit by a pitch as Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer, right, watches during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

Oopsies!

It was a spinner of a breaking pitch that sailed up and in, striking the White Sox captain across the nose. After regaining his feet, the bloodied Paul Konerko pushed White Sox trainer Herm Schneider away, insisting he remain in the game. He jogged to first with a cut lip and two bleeding nostrils full of gauze.

Mark Buehrle drilled Michael Cuddyer in the shoulder to open the second inning. Twins TV analyst Bert Blyleven praised the no-nonsense retaliation, even calling it “classy.” Cuddyer dropped his bat and jogged to first. Old school baseball, “an eye for an eye,” Blyleven said. The sequence of events brought a lump to my throat and a dust mote must have floated into my eye, because I teared up. When Konerko came to the plate for his next at-bat, he crushed a belt-high fastball for a home run.

Yes, I know: The Twins won the game to complete a three-game sweep, hammering the final nail in the 2010 White Sox coffin. I’m okay with that. The Twins are certainly the better team this year, and they deserve a postseason berth. But there’s a lot to like about the 2010 Sox. Paul Konerko and Mark Buehrle, for example.

September baseball.

Anybody think there is someone on the Dodgers who could take an inside pitch to the face, stop the trainer from (literally) pulling him out of the game, and then hit a home run in his next at bat? Maybe Padilla? Barajas? who gets your vote?