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Twins get Nathan and a prospect.

wow

 

I mean, WOW

 

I'm glad to see AJ out of our division.

 

He's has kicked our butt for three years.

 

and he certainly seemed to know how to pitch our hitters and get under our skin.

 

I know Mauer is supposed to be the next A) Johnny Bench; B) Carlton Fisk and C) Thurman Munson, but I'm glad the Twins did this.

Agreed, glad to see him go to the NL, he just always seemed to kill us.

Damn...Boof Bosner is a damn good prospect. Nathan is good too, but I'm a huge Boffner fan. I think the Giants do good cause AJ is damn good and the Twins got one stud arm.

 

Nathan could make way from them losing at least one reliever.

meanwhile, are the Sox doing ANYTHING?

im glad to see AJ gone. For one, he always seemed to play well against us. And two, i have never liked the guy. Twins didnt get much back either. I saw Bonser pitch once in AA this year, he looked good but his stuff didnt blow me away.

Well jeez, between Mientciewicz (sp?) and Pierzinsky (sp?), they must had to pay quite a bit extra for names on the jerseys...

Well jeez, between Mientciewicz (sp?) and Pierzinsky (sp?), they must had to pay quite a bit extra for names on the jerseys...

Hooray for us!!!

 

I know Mauer is supposed to be the next A) Johnny Bench; B) Carlton Fisk and C) Thurman Munson, but I'm glad the Twins did this.

I know this is off topic, but WHY does the capital letter B turn into that sunglasses smiley??

 

What the HELL does B have to do with sunglasses and/or the "coolness" associated with sunglasses???

 

Every time somebody wants to do an A/B/C comparison on something, it looks like this:

 

A) it sucks

 

B) it sucks, and

 

C) it sucks

 

Whussupwitdat???

B)

Wow, Bonser is top notch but AJ flat out dominates us as far as calling a game behind the plate goes. Glad to see him out of our division AND LEAGUE!!

A) Amen to AJ leavin TwinkieLand.

 

B) Amen to AJ headin to the NL

 

C) A-freakin-men to not seeing AJ at all this season.

 

And I thought the B thing was only happening to me

A) Amen to AJ leavin TwinkieLand.

 

B) Amen to AJ headin to the NL

 

C) A-freakin-men to not seeing AJ at all this season.

 

And I thought the B thing was only happening to me

I hope we see him..... In October.

Well I guess this confirms that Joe Mauer will be up with da big leagues next year. Hopefully da Sox can giv him a rookie poundin that he'll neva forget. . This moves clears payroll and now da Twinkies will prob be able to resign one of Guardado or Stewart, my guess it's Stewart.

Well I guess this confirms that Joe Mauer will be up with da big leagues next year. Hopefully da Sox can giv him a rookie poundin that he'll neva forget.  . This moves clears payroll and now da Twinkies will prob be able to resign one of Guardado or Stewart, my guess it's Stewart.

No it doesn't. Ever heard of Matt LeCroy? Hit something like .300 15 50 or so this year? Not sure what the exact numbers are, but he had some damn good numbers in limited games. He's not a great defensive catcher by any means, and does not have a good arm behind the plate. He gets the job done though. And he's got 30-40 homer potential and could be a damn good hitter.

 

Sign a backup for him that can actually play some defense and throw a few guys out(ala Mark Johnson), and you have yourself a decent catching duo.

 

If that is the case, and I don't see why it WOULDN'T be(because Mauer was only like in high A ball or AA ball this year....way too early to bring him up IMO), the Sox should use that to their advantage. Just get all kinds of fast people that can get on base on a regular basis(sign Luis Castillo, however much it costs us, use Harris in CF, make the Konerko/Lee and Valentin trade for Perez and Izturis, have Olivo become more active on the bases), have two at the top and two at the bottom of the lineup, and have them, when they get on base against the Twins, run, run, and run somemore. With LeCroy's weak arm, we expose this, and manufacture all kinds of runs. If we are safe 75% or more at 2nd, we win. We get into their pitcher's head, he starts losing focus on the hitter, makes one mistake....2-run homer.

 

If they go with Mauer(which again, could be and probably would be very dumb), this may not occur as easily. I believe Mauer has a little better arm then LeCroy.

 

In essence, I'm saying that the Sox should get faster and should steal the s*** out of the bases this year.

No it doesn't.  Ever heard of Matt LeCroy?  Hit something like .300 15 50 or so this year?  Not sure what the exact numbers are, but he had some damn good numbers in limited games.  He's not a great defensive catcher by any means, and does not have a good arm behind the plate.  He gets the job done though.  And he's got 30-40 homer potential and could be a damn good hitter. 

 

Sign a backup for him that can actually play some defense and throw a few guys out(ala Mark Johnson), and you have yourself a decent catching duo. 

 

If that is the case, and I don't see why it WOULDN'T be(because Mauer was only like in high A ball or AA ball this year....way too early to bring him up IMO), the Sox should use that to their advantage.  Just get all kinds of fast people that can get on base on a regular basis(sign Luis Castillo, however much it costs us, use Harris in CF, make the Konerko/Lee and Valentin trade for Perez and Izturis, have Olivo become more active on the bases), have two at the top and two at the bottom of the lineup, and have them, when they get on base against the Twins, run, run, and run somemore.  With LeCroy's weak arm, we expose this, and manufacture all kinds of runs.  If we are safe 75% or more at 2nd, we win.  We get into their pitcher's head, he starts losing focus on the hitter, makes one mistake....2-run homer. 

 

If they go with Mauer(which again, could be and probably would be very dumb), this may not occur as easily.  I believe Mauer has a little better arm then LeCroy.

 

In essence, I'm saying that the Sox should get faster and should steal the s*** out of the bases this year.

LeCroy will probably be the DH again next year, he's a liability at Catcher think Mike Piazza behind da plate but he's not that bad. LeCroy may start the season at Catcher, but I think definitely by the end of 2004 Mauer will be the catcher.

Mauer has an absolute cannon.

I know this is off topic, but WHY does the capital letter B turn into that sunglasses smiley??

 

What the HELL does B have to do with sunglasses and/or the "coolness" associated with sunglasses???

 

Every time somebody wants to do an A/B/C comparison on something, it looks like this:

 

A) it sucks

 

B) it sucks, and

 

C) it sucks

 

Whussupwitdat???

What does a semi-colon have to do with a wink? It kinda sorta resembles it. Just like the B with a ) kinda resembles someone wearing shades. Therefore B plus ) = B)

I don't get it.

 

B)