Series Thread Red Sox @ Twins 5/4/07 - 5/6/07

[Flaming Mo]

SERIES THREAD 5/4/07 - 5/6/07



BOSTON RED SOX (18-9)
AT
MINNESOTA TWINS (15-13)
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN
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PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS

Game 1: Friday, May 4th 2007, 8:10 pm

Tim Wakefield (2-3, 2.59 ERA) vs Carlos Silva (2-1, 3.10 ERA)

Game 2: Saturday, May 5th 2007, 7:10 pm

Julian Tavarez (1-2, 7.58 ERA) vs Johan Santana (3-2, 3.60 ERA)

Game 3: Sunday, May 6th 2007, 2:10 pm

Curt Schilling (3-1, 3.15 ERA) vs Sidney Ponson (2-3, 6.67 ERA)
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[Flaming Mo]

Sorry guys, messed up the other thread while editing... tough series for the Sox!!!

[Markos]

We win game 1...woot!

what a performance by Wake

[Bleeding Green]

Tim Wakefield really needs to apologize to all the position players for killing their parents.

Jesus, score some runs for the guy.

[Flaming Mo]

WOW, big win with Santana going for the Twins tomorrow!!!

And the Yankees score 11 runs and it's still not enough... geeez, so much for Igawa turning it around!

[sunshinekids99]

Great pitching performance by all the Red Sox last night. Wake was great and so was the pen.

Now lets go beat up on Santana.

[Klomp]

OK heres a thought. Torii Hunter is on a one year contract. David Ortiz has been missed here in Minnesota. Manny Ramirez is not a very good outfielder.

What about a trade around Torii and a top prospect or two for David Ortiz. It moves Crisp to left, Ramirez to DH, and gives Boston a gold glove centerfielder.

It also brings Papi back to Minnesota and gives us a DH we've needed for a while.

[sunshinekids99]

Thanks for the good laugh klomp. Ortiz is not going anywhere.

[Klomp]

Thanks for the good laugh klomp. Ortiz is not going anywhere.

You're welcome. Thought I'd try. What if Liriano was included?

[Bleeding Green]

No. Throw in a reasonably priced Johan Santana. Liriano may never throw a meaningful pitch again.

Torii Hunter sucks so hard relative to how he is perceived.

BTW, what the **** got into Julian Tavarez? 7 K, 2 ER in 6 IP? I'm slightly impressed. Too bad they had to play against Santana on Tavarez' career day.

[Markos]

OK heres a thought. Torii Hunter is on a one year contract. David Ortiz has been missed here in Minnesota. Manny Ramirez is not a very good outfielder.

What about a trade around Torii and a top prospect or two for David Ortiz. It moves Crisp to left, Ramirez to DH, and gives Boston a gold glove centerfielder.

It also brings Papi back to Minnesota and gives us a DH we've needed for a while.

So we get Tori Hunter who may be with us for less then a year before we have to give him huge bucks or lose him, for a David Ortiz?

Face it, the Twins made a dumb move by getting rid of him. The only way youre getting him back is if hes's 36-38 with bad knees and wants to sign a one year low money contract

[Chach]

It really wasn't as much a "dumb" move as it was a bad move. Ortiz really wasn't all that good when he was a Twinkie, he had a lot of holes in his swing. There is a reason why he was getting squeezed for playing time when he first got here with Jeremy Giambi, Kevin Millar, and Shea Hillenbrand. mahalo
~Chach~