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  1. LaBombo
    You boys better break it up before Chief steps in... http://66.media.tumblr.com/868ef7da06716652d5facfbb5b7c57bc/tumblr_n2ac4xeGeC1rujq2eo1_1280.jpg
  2. LaBombo
    Hmm. Well, Kung Fu died of auto.. exotic asphyxiation or whatever. That's when you leave your Lamborghini running with the garage door closed, right? Only other celebrity I know who died that way was Kenny on South Park http://i.imgur.com/3aSNr.jpg
  3. LaBombo
    Bono and Goldie Hawn are both former mixed martial arts champions? Trump and Carradine both have hair that touches the ethereal plane? Molitor and C-3PO both rely on the bunt too often? Angie Dickinson and Kyle Gibson both have names that end with 'son' and a heater that tops out around 89?
  4. LaBombo
    They're both trapped inside your head? http://br.web.img1.acsta.net/pictures/210/332/21033222_20130829201752422.jpg
  5. LaBombo
    True, but at the same time, if there's a guy who can't be too choosy about where the ball goes when he actually puts it in play...
  6. LaBombo
    Me too, but sometimes it has to go around the block a few times if it's double-parked. Now that the whole win/loss thing is kind of off the table, a close game with an encouraging sign or two is good enough. Vargas is the good sign tonight, as long as the promise he's not going to anchor the 4x100 relay any more.
  7. LaBombo
    It would have been fun to watch the GLP ground crew work feverishly after the Twins' half of the inning as they tried to repair the giant divot where Lost Vargas reversed course.
  8. LaBombo
    When Vargas hits you'll know it... http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2015_17/995216/150425-nepal-earthquake-2p_546e3677b684a3c6971b832b59c6a247.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg
  9. LaBombo
    I think you and Chief were jointly jumping to collusion.
  10. LaBombo
    Try not to think of it as a waste. It's more like a painful but important lesson in situational awareness. http://i.imgur.com/eEsd4V1.jpg
  11. LaBombo
    Vargas looks pretty winded after the double. If the Twins get the ball out of the infield maybe when he reaches third he can pass the broken bat baton to Gene Glynn for the anchor leg. Edit: Too late. Vargas disqualified for false start.
  12. LaBombo
    And the 2016 Twins are the cheese wheel of bad baseball. Jepsen was limburger. I, for one, will not miss the Odor.
  13. LaBombo
    Dick: "Odor spanks a double". Cue spit take.
  14. LaBombo
    I like Joe Oberle's stuff on Viking Journal, but I'm not expecting much from his new article, "Vikings' Rival is the Pack-Due to the Competition." I'm worried that it's going to be the first of a series including "Vikings games will feature scorekeeping to determine winner, loser" and "Vikings to use air transport to reduce away game travel time".
  15. LaBombo
    Landlord of the flies. He collects the rent and makes sure they pass the conch at the tenants' meeting. http://lotflessonplan.wikispaces.com/file/view/conch_shell.jpg/280860480/384x288/conch_shell.jpg
  16. LaBombo
    My Philosophy for Accountants professor called that a pair o' docs. http://www.terrycolon.com/word/o-s/paradox.gif
  17. LaBombo
    Kyle, or... http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/12089630/images/1284526412078.jpg ...Les Paul?
  18. LaBombo
    Saaaa NOSIE! Sorry that was late. Bathroom break. Eduardo "Headless" Nunez may not even finish in the AL top 5 in stolen bases, but just seeing him tied for the lead in July is pretty cool. Who was the last Twin to manage that? Knoblauch, like 20 years ago?
  19. LaBombo
    I noticed that while I was drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's...
  20. LaBombo
    Interesting baserunning and belly flop, Ian. "Where you at, Desmondo?"
  21. LaBombo
    Dear Gin Zoo, Your pal, Ralph
  22. LaBombo
    Pitching like an old NL'er who knows he's getting lifted in the 7th of a close game whether pitch count is 90 or 120.
  23. LaBombo
    There's always going to be a grey area between being hurt and being injured, and the communication between player and medical/training staff will always be imprecise under the best of circumstances. That said, the Twins seem to be enduring more than their fair share of players playing through debilitating injuries, whether through their own concealment or failure of recognition on the part of the staff. Language considerations aside, it's particularly troubling with Park. A veteran like Plouffe may be able to judge whether the sore ribs made him tardy on a Chris Sale fastball he'd normally catch up to. But even if Park can describe how he feels, he doesn't have the experience in the league to give him external feedback on whether he's playing effectively through the pain instead of just ineffectively with the pain.
  24. LaBombo
    On a list of my top 10 concerns about the shipwreck that is the current Twins, backup CF would rank about 33rd or so, were it not for the facts that a) Buxton could easily be hurt or lost at the plate for a long stretch, b} Rosario and his 43 OPS+ can't really be counted on for much of anything so far except futility at the plate, and c) the other guy who can back up Buxton is an even worse hitter than Rosario. I don't believe for a minute that lack of a viable CF backup is going to hurt the Twins in a way that will matter this year or next, other than that it will probably help make it easier for the Twin to justify continuing to use a roster spot on a Danny Santana or the like instead of a ballplayer who might contribute.
  25. LaBombo
    At first blush Grossman looked like a sort of poor man's John Cangelosi to me. Cangelosi's offensive skill set (switch hitter, good speed, very good on base skills) said 'center field', but his glove whispered 'not so fast'. Cangieman played all three OF positions, and while he wouldn't kill you with 15 days in center, he would cost a few runs over an extended period there. All in all, he was a pretty good 4th OF who played til he was 35, ancient for a career backup OF. But Grossman just doesn't have the glove or the speed you'd like to see in a 4th OF. At this point he profiles a bit like a utility middle infielder who is such a liability at short that he really should be the second option off the bench there. Back when teams used to squeak by with only 5 relievers and the bench was six deep even with a DH-only guy, you could afford to carry a niche player like that. With 12 pitchers, there's only one outfield-only reserve, and that guy better be able to play center. That brings me to my concern about Grossman for next year, which is that if he maintains his offensive output enough for the Twins to bring him back, it increases the likelihood that the Twins will bring back Dantana because of his ability to back up center. And while it's true that Rosario could play center if need be, I'm not sure that at this point he's a significantly better bet to pull his weight offensively than Danny S. Is there a Jim Edmonds School of Uncanny Fly Ball Reads we can send Kepler to in the offseason in case he needs to slide over to CF for a 10 games each year?
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