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Article: TWINS INSIDER; To trade or not to trade; The Twins picked up Carlos Gomez. The Red Sox kept Jacoby Ellsbury. And both teams are happy about it.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- May 9, 2008
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Byline: LA VELLE E. NEAL III; STAFF WRITER
Boston General Manager Theo Epstein, sequestered in his suite during the winter meetings in Nashville last December, had grown bored. So Epstein, assistant GM Jed Hoyer and other members of the Red Sox organization took a stroll through the expansive Gaylord Opryland Hotel.
It was during the height of Johan Santana trade coverage, and the Red Sox were interested in adding Santana to create a potentially devastating 1-2-3 combo of righthanders Josh Beckett and Daisuke Matsuzaka sandwiched around the two-time Cy Young Award winner.
They eventually ran into a weary reporter, who asked about the latest ...