Red Sox @ Twins
by RandBall's Stu on Mar 5, 2010 1:00 PM EST
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Game Time: 12:05 Central
Before we get to the lineups (which are also courtesy of LaVelle), let's quote directly from his latest blog entry. I've bolded the part that should cause you to speculate wildly:
What we are hearing is that no deal is close - there's still a ways to go before we can even write that there's light at the end of the tunnel.
But...
Ron Shapiro, Mauer's agent, remains in Fort Myers this weekend and the sides remain in discussions about a contract extension for the defending AL MVP. Also heard that Twins GM Bill Smith cancelled an appearance in front of a group of fans who have traveled here from Mankato to attend, `a meeting' this afternoon.
Hey, it's something, right?
Onto the lineups:
Twins
Denard Span, CF
Orlando Hudson, 2B
Joe Mauer, C
Justin Morneau, 1B
Michael Cuddyer, RF
Jim Thome, DH
Delmon Young, LF
J.J. Hardy, SS
Danny Valencia, 3B
Pitchers: Carl Pavano starting, with Matt Guerrier, Jon Rauch, Clay Condrey, and Rob Delaney slated to get work.
Sawx:
Mike Cameron, CF
Bill Hall, RF
J.D. Drew, DH
Jed Lowrie, 2B
Lars Anderson, 1B
Ryan Kalish, LF
Yamarco Navarro, 3B
Jose Iglesias, SS
Starting pitcher: Jon Lester
Mauer, Morneau, Thome and Valencia? Nice.
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Valencia
I doubt he’ll break camp with the team. Not enough roster spots for him at this point, barring an injury to Punto or Harris.
Wow. I'm way late on this, but if you want to see the last 3.5
But it’s http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2010_03_05_bosmlb_minmlb_1
MLB.com isn’t showing the links to the gamedays but you can find them here: http://liam-moran.com/links.html
Not close?
That strikes me as double-plus ungood if true. If they aren’t close after however long they have been talking, that doesn’t bode well.
Man
Even wild speculation is no longer satisfying to me. I can’t even be bothered to parse through the words for hidden meanings, anymore. I think my despair is getting serious here…thank goodness I have baseball to distract myself with now!!
Yeah it's kind of to the point where if it's not done, I don't really want to hear about it.
Frustrating.
RonGarde: Target Field is going to be exactly like Progressive Field, except you'll have a chance to die of frostbite in the middle of July
Are you listening on the radio?
RonGarde: Target Field is going to be exactly like Progressive Field, except you'll have a chance to die of frostbite in the middle of July
come on grand slam!
RonGarde: Target Field is going to be exactly like Progressive Field, except you'll have a chance to die of frostbite in the middle of July
Yay! Morneau with 2RBIs!
I think this lineup is going to work out juuuust fine for us!
Isn't this the time of year where pitchers are supposed to be way ahead of hitters?
B/c Lester seems like he has a looong way to go…
I always thought the opposite
At this point, pitchers only go 2-3 innings max. I guess I never thought about how rusty postion players get over the weekend.
Twins 3rd against Wakefield
Mauer-Out
Morneau-Out
Cuddyer-Single
Thome-Out
… I’m guessing we likely the subs will start coming in pretty soon
Boooo!
KSOO in Sioux Falls is not carrying the game. I turned on the radio hoping for baseball and was greeted by Dave Ramsey, which would be okay if I wasn’t all psyched up for baseball.
"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
Enter the subs
Hughes, Ramos, Parmelee, Portes, Casilla
in for
Hudson, Mauer, Morneau, Young, Hardy
… that’s ballgame. Pretty much a scouting scrimmage from here on out.
In the interest of total wild speculation, from KFAN...
“My source … a family member with the Twins … a deal will be signed by Sunday. It will be an eight year deal with an average of 22 million dollars a year. It will end up being 165-175 million dollars for eight years. It will also include the 9th and 10th year options. … The numbers are set, but the length is the hold up, and it has been solved.”
If you want to listen to the podcast, the link is here: http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/MINNEAPOLIS-MN/KFAN-AM/COMMON_03-05-10_HR1.mp3 The first bit is all crap about Farve, but the Mauer stuff is in the last quarter.
This is, of course, not in any way certain. But we’ve been so starved for rumors…
http://www.realityfish.com
Common's actually broken a couple thirteen, fourteen stories this year.
I’ll be so very entertained if this ends up coming to fruition, if only to hear people go on and on about how much they hate the Progrum. That and the whole we-signed-Mauer thing.
You were a daydreamer, a sass-mouth, and, not infrequently, a bit of a gigglepuss. Somehow I doubt twenty years of amphetamines and failure have done anything to improve that.
by Kevin Loves McHale's Navy on Mar 5, 2010 7:22 PM EST up reply actions
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