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The Red Sox to field the 2003 WS Marlins?

OK, so that might be exagerating a bit, but this recent news caught me a little by surprise. The Red Sox appear to be finalizing a feal with World Series hero Alex Gonzalez to fill in their hole at short-stop.

This according to The Boston Herald. If the Sox add Gonzalez to the mix it will make for three Florida Marlins from the 2003 roster on their team including 2003 1st Half Season MVP (In my opinion) Mike Lowell, WS Game 4 hero Gonzalez, and WS MVP/Yankee killer Joshua Patrick Beckett.

Why get creative when you can pick winners I guess.

Alex Gonzalez will probably benefit from the wall in left given his pull stroke, though his HR numbers might not since he doesn't hit the ball very high. His defense will likely fall off a bit now that he doesn't have Luis Castillo at second base, but he should look great turning that 5-4-3 with Mikey at the hot corner.

The Red Sox also jettisoned former Marlin Guillermo Mota to the Indians in a trade for Coco Crisp, but will likely retain Matt Clement and Rudy Seanez, giving them a total of 5 former Marlins on the roster, with 3 from the 2003 Season.

I'm going to hate watching these guys play for other teams.

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The Yankees too
The Yankees have Carl Pavano from the 03 team. Plus they have Sheffield and Alois from the 97 team.

by mike42 on Jan 25, 2006 10:09 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

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