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  1. LaBombo
    And maybe he can Ease Hunter's Pain after his low diving board dive for that ball in the corner...
  2. LaBombo
    http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/article/media_slots/photos/002/034/482/hi-res-006e453d3a6e577281cdf2a800ca3319_crop_exact.jpg?w=650&h=433&q=85 And thanks for not going with 'Suzuki Klutch'. That probably spared me from a college flashback involving a socket wrench and a broken window.
  3. LaBombo
    Carried through to its logical conclusion, 'Twins gonna do what Twins gonna do' nullifies any debate about what Twins management does, on field or off. At any rate, Hunter's combination of performance, contract, popularity, and potential replacement scenarios doesn't begin to compare to the unavoidable, monolithic presence of Mauer at first base.
  4. LaBombo
    Nothing you said differentiates the way the Twins are handling Buxton from the way you'd handle an AAAA journeyman whose organizational role is outfield depth. Buxton was called up when Hicks was hurt. He was DL'ed when he was hurt. With both Buxton and Hicks healthy, Buxton was demoted. With Hicks hurt again, Buxton is back up to the majors. Of course the Twins don't really regard Buxton as a quad A player. But they're treating him like one by using him as an injury sub. Yes, there have been injuries, but to argue that extraordinary circumstances have forced the Twins into desperate measures in center field is to argue that they've been the victim of multiple lighting strikes at the same position over the past three seasons (steaming bowl of Clete Thomas, anyone?).
  5. LaBombo
    That's exactly the kind of logical, questioning thought process that will eliminate you as a candidate for an opening in the front office in the coming Rob "Uhhh... FIP ?" Antony reign of terror. And for the folks breathing a sigh of relief that the Twins recalled Buxton instead of pulling some crazy alternative out of their exhaust pipe, don't worry: there's still a pretty good chance that they could still screw it up by having Buxton assume Robinson's role of 4th OF and co-mop up guy with May.
  6. LaBombo
    http://www.graffitiwithpunctuation.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Hudsonimage.jpg Looks like it. Thanks to the fact that, NOT including the division leaders, the Twins trail FIVE other teams in the loss column for the wildcard, they are in some real pretty s#!^ now, man.
  7. LaBombo
    If playing the Yankees were a game show soundbite...
  8. LaBombo
    Don't worry. My ample gut tells me the rotation has a coming stretch in it that will make May's situational misuse within the pen pale in comparison to his being miscast as a reliever...
  9. LaBombo
    I was able to muster up a little dislike thanks to their fake Rodney Dangerfield 'No respect' bit, the ridiculous tiff with the Jays, and a friend who is a baseball-ignorant-yet-smug KC fan. But after the energy I expend disliking the Yankees, White Sox, and at times various others, there's not much left to go around.
  10. LaBombo
    The kind that's just slightly less embarrassing than Tamen Shrews.
  11. LaBombo
    Eduardo Inigo Nunez Montoya... and the best part is... he is not left-handed! http://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/imported_assets/2397976/frabz-i-am-not-left-handed-1aa4b4.jpg
  12. LaBombo
    More Shane 'Cowbell' Robinson! Fever cured! http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t163/kaufschtick/Message%20Board%20Pics/Walken-CowbellII_zps5911f8ee.jpg DIck pointing out that the logical thing to do would be to call up Buxton. One can't help but sense that he was preemptively contrasting that move with the 'logic' of the move that the Twins will eventually make.
  13. LaBombo
    Add that to the Twins 'Picked the wrong week to...' file, right between '...quit using PED's' and '... let the bullpen try to hold a lead'. http://memecrunch.com/meme/D44F/looks-like-i-picked-the-wrong-week-to-quit-sniffing-glue/image.png
  14. LaBombo
    It's reached the point where you almost hope he goes on the DL for what turns out to have been a nagging injury that the vaunted training staff has been working on for at least a month. He just doesn't seem right, and it's past the point of bad luck following the good luck he had earlier.
  15. LaBombo
    That makes me kind of nostalgic for Gardenhire. Gardy's Twins played the Yankees with all the poise and guile that Cruise played poker with in Stripes... http://www.morethings.com/fan/bill_murray/stripes/bill_murray-stripes1981-1320.jpg "If you'd have scored nine runs your team would've won! You're gettin' good at this!"
  16. LaBombo
    There's lowering the bar, and then there's knocking the bar to the ground like the last sentence of this post does. Terry Ryan has drafted in the top 5 in all three of the drafts prior to this season, and has offered assurances that were variations on a theme that 'money is no object' with respect to free agent signings to return the Twins to contention. And yet despite those resources, we're supposed to believe that Blaine Boyer is the best the franchise can muster to round out the bullpen. But implausible as that may be, it pales in comparison to the absurd notion that a reliever with a -0.1 WAR, a 4.35 FIP, and a miserable 1.67:1 K/BB ratio, who posted a sub-3.00 ERA through nothing but blind luck, could somehow be considered a "quality signing". And scolding Twins fans for 'giving Boyer too much grief' is one of the silliest things I've ever read on Twins Daily. At some point the local media need to hold the Pohlads and Twins management to a higher standard than just gratitude for not moving or contracting the team. Boyer is EXACTLY the sort of fringe journeyman you sign when profit is the sole mission of the franchise,
  17. LaBombo
    You're still a punk... http://www.movieactors.com/photos-stars/paul-le-mat-americangraffiti-3.jpg
  18. LaBombo
    We need to provide disclaimers now?
  19. LaBombo
    Huh huh.http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M6u7BkWKhDo/VWjAFPrrESI/AAAAAAAAWyo/eAZR5PrP2y0/s1600/rj02.png
  20. LaBombo
    Get going, you pirate!
  21. LaBombo
    With Buxton in the lineup maybe they'll be the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy next year...
  22. LaBombo
    The entire Twins Daily community apologizes for not providing you with your dose of culture...
  23. LaBombo
    Send a bolt of lightning. Very, very frightening..
  24. LaBombo
    Achter. http://ep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-39482811324711/get-to-da-choppa-47.gif
  25. LaBombo
    Heat death of the universe projected to take place in 10^100 years. I don't see it going much beyond.
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