Red Sox Power Overtakes Perkins, Twins

Dave Rouleau posted 5/11/2008 from blog.baseballdigestdaily.com [flag]

One night after a come from behind win against one of baseball's best closers, the Twins found themselves on the short end of a (solo) home run derby. [link]

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