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  1. LaBombo
    Glad the Twins aren't playing the Sox under a full moon this series so Pedroia can't fully transform... http://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/usp-mlb_-boston-red-sox-at-tampa-bay-rays_006.jpg?w=1024&h=768 http://images.idividi.com.mk/images/vrkolak.jpg Was any player more disappointed when the Commissioner canceled plans for a 2017 MLB game in London?
  2. LaBombo
    Breslow can be used on consecutive days, but not on consecutive batters, unless the opposition is considerate enough to not stagger lefties in the batting order. That's assuming Molitor wants to avoid Breslow-vs.-any-righty matchups, which essentially turn opposing RH batters into Vladimir Guerrero in his prime. I'm not sure being effective against a single batter on back-to-back days is a significant advantage over potentially being good against four LH/RH batters on non-consecutive days as Melotakis could be. If the New Kids in the front office have determined that Melotakis has no future in professional baseball, then it's time to move on. But if there's even a small chance that he can be effective with his post-surgery velocity loss, then I'm in the camp that would like to see him get that chance, even at the expense of Craig Breslow pitching effectively against three lefty batters per week until the waiver trade deadline or the end of the season.
  3. LaBombo
    Hiring?
  4. LaBombo
    http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2008/gallery/paul_newman2/paul_newman09.jpg
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    http://makingniceinthemidwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/The-Parent-Trap-3.jpg Some people just don't like romantic comedies, maybe?
  6. LaBombo
    Good call. Reardon and Gladden have always been the first names mentioned when analyzing the upgrades over the '86 squad, but Juany was a huge addition to a bullpen that had often struggled even when it wasn't Ron Davis making a ritual burnt offering of potential wins. 112 innings with an ERA+ of 117, with 6 spot starts, 4 saves and an 8-1 record tossed in for good measure. And all accomplished at the svelte weight of just 186 pounds on his lanky 5'-11" frame, according to BRef (Ok, so he broke into the majors at age 23 and if he weighed 186 or less after that season I'll eat an autographed Berenguer jersey, but still, the guy could pitch). And a snappy dresser to boot.
  7. LaBombo
    Despite making fun of his name and the Twins bullpen wheel of fortune in general, I like the signing. I think he may now finally be fully recovered from the trauma of the month he spent on my fantasy team in 2014.
  8. LaBombo
    The important thing is that you found out before he's sent back down. Dillon Gee is gonna come up and then disappear in the span of a week, and then this conversation will happen: Fan 1: "The last long reliever, that guy from the Mets or something, who they already DFA'd... not a very exciting pickup, was he?" Fan 2: "Gee." Fan 1: " Exactly".
  9. LaBombo
    "What are you saying? That the-phone-is-a-fake-Twins-fan?" http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/c301a1ee-e545-4ded-8469-79e5f7677e94/a6532285-6e53-4b84-8f32-7ce7f63c03f6.jpg
  10. LaBombo

    Turley

    LaBombo replied to DaveW's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    I'm not ready to form any opinion of Turley, or of Falvey and Co. for that matter. And I'm not terribly concerned about the back end of the rotation because the Twins aren't going to the postseason without buying tickets. But I'm having a hard time understanding how it's some sort of unforeseen, unavoidable, earth-struck-by-meteor cataclysm when the 3-4-5 spots in the rotation have been an absolute disaster because of injuries to a reliever and two very bad 2016 starters, one of whom spent over half of that season on the disabled list.
  11. LaBombo
    Sorry i haven't posted tons of "Force out" style puns and Jabba Vsrgas .gif gags,but I'm stuck at the actual game with just my mobile. I'm glad C3PO isn't here to tell me the odds of getting home before midnight. Pretty incredible evening for a ball game, though.
  12. LaBombo
    It's ok, we're Twins fans. We're already dirty.
  13. LaBombo
    Yasiel Puig hit 110 mph in Spring Training 2013. http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1569990.1389212149!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/puig-arrest.jpg
  14. LaBombo
    If he changes his mind, Sano's the first in line.... http://www.jovem-guarda.com/ingles/abba/abba8.jpg
  15. LaBombo
    Not sure, but when you sort the Twins pitchers by it on Fangraphs, I'm sure Gee will be on the second page of names by the All Star break.
  16. LaBombo
    Sano almost caught laughing at second after Garcia successfully dodged his single to right.
  17. LaBombo
    And I, for one, applaud the Twins' brave paradigm shift from never-wills to has-beens. The default Fangraphs team stat page displays up to 30 pitchers at a time. When Gee debuts, it will leave 4 open spots before the names wrap around to a second page.
  18. LaBombo
    What's the holdup?
  19. LaBombo
    Tying run on third and go-ahead run on base... again. Just another ho-hum hold situation for the rock-solid Twins bullpen.
  20. LaBombo
    Should be a huge hit with Chicago fans.
  21. LaBombo
    2017 Twins pitching summed up in three words...
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    http://gifon007.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Sumo-Ring-Fail-Funny-Gifs-Gif-Suits.gif
  23. LaBombo
    Agreed. A nail-biter ninth would make up for the slow pace so far.
  24. LaBombo
    Nice job by the crafty veteran Belisle, lulling the hitter to sleep with stories from his service as a boatswain's mate on a US Navy destroyer during the Cuban missile crisis.
  25. LaBombo
    Just wait until Thursday, when T u r l e y p i t c h e s. "Your front office chose...poorly". http://movie-dude.co.uk/Robert%20Eddison%20%20Indiana%20Jones%20and%20the%20Last%20Crusade%20(1989).jpg
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