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  1. LaBombo
    Hey, just noticed USAFChief avatar change appears to go with a recent upgrade to mod status. Bringing some Arizona cultural flavor to the position?
  2. LaBombo
    He looks environmentally unfriendly to me. For anyone with kids, if you've ever hoped one would grow up to be a doctor and they don't, remember that photo and breathe a sigh of relief that your child did not grow to up to be the one to have to give that dude a colonoscopy. Or any other medical procedure other than shooting him with the tranquilizer gun to stop the carnage at Old Country Buffet.
  3. LaBombo
    Soylent apple crisp is people!!!!
  4. LaBombo
    Even a league-average Aaron Hicks 2014 would be cell-for-cell do over of AH2013. Let's hope so. Switch hitting is hard.
  5. LaBombo
    Twins surged past Miami last night to grab second place on the MLB negative run differential leader board.
  6. LaBombo
    Not sure about his approach or conditioning changing, but he definitely wasn't the same player after the injury, especially defensively. But it's still early enough for Arcia that we really don't know what to expect.
  7. LaBombo
    You're not quantifying the risk of concussion, and so far, neither is anybody else, either on this board or in major league baseball. You're still just saying that any risk, no matter how small, justifies making Pinto take that risk because he's not as good as Mauer. You've done nothing to quantify the loss of value by moving Mauer to first, either. That's a move that downgrades him from a Hall of Fame caliber player to not being in the top five. It's fine that we don't agree, but it's hardly 'denial' on my part that I don't like either your idea of trading a HOF player for an above average one, or telling a player he'll be much more frequently subjected to a risk of concussion that you can't quantify yet deem significant, and it's because the other guy hits better.
  8. LaBombo
    Kubel moved through the minors just as quickly as Arcia, but with a SO% that was half that of Arcia's. Setting that aside, let's say he turns out to be pretty much Jason Kubel, maybe with a bit lower average and a bit more power, or maybe not, but pretty much the same net offensive value. Here's the problem with that. Jason Kubel wasn't very good. Like several other Twins hitters, he had a career year in 2009, putting up an impressive 135 OPS+. But other than that, he posted OPS+'s of 110, 115, 105, and 110 in his 4 other full seasons for the Twins. Throw defense into the mix with WAR and it gets even worse. 0.4, 0.6, 2.5, -0.4, and 0.7. Ouch. So unless Arcia is Kubel 2009 instead of just Kubel, he'll be a disappointment after his rapid advancement through the minors. I'm hoping for the '09 version. Either way, he'll be fun to watch.
  9. LaBombo
    Agree with the first part. As a fan base, we're a bit rusty at projecting what a 22 year old who sticks in the majors may turn out to be, because it hasn't happened very often. Just the fact that he's here and not overmatched is pretty cool. But Arcia will need to improve his contact rate just to avoid seeing his batting average decline when his good luck with balls in play comes back to earth. His K rate is in Adam Dunn/Mark Reynolds territory. And if he doesn't walk more, he could turn out to be one of those guys who hits .280 with 25 homers but doesn't really do much to help the club win. Defensively, at this point he's pretty much just an ox with a glove stuck to one horn. He looks terrible, and every defensive metric hates him with a passion. He'll probably get better due to experience alone, but barring a breakthrough it's hard to see his defense not being some shade of liability.
  10. LaBombo
    You're clinging to a single sentence of another post while ignoring its obvious point, which is that not drafting good pitchers is killing the Twins. Instead you're going on about the Indians in an effort to make it seem as though the Indians being above .500 proves that the Twins can consistently field a competitive team without knowing the difference between an amateur draft pitching prospect and a King Charles spaniel. Yes, the Indians have been able to stay above .500. Good for them. It doesn't help your argument, which is essentially the team version of saying a pitcher is good because of how many wins he has. The Indians have an average rotation that was assembled by trading away valuable assets. What good does that example do the Twins?
  11. LaBombo
    With any luck the new manager will realize that a day of DH'ing is a day off from catching.
  12. LaBombo
    Brian Dozier. Yes, there was a player on the team named Brian Dozier last year. But the one named Brian Dozier this year is so much better than last year's that he is a completely different player. Hey, if MLB can give Ichiro the RoY at age 28 after 10 years as a pro, the Twins can name Dozier their rookie of the year. Barring that, I'm with the 'skip it' comment. Naming a RoY from this crop is like sending Coomer to the All Star Game because everyone's gotta have a guy there.
  13. LaBombo
    You're not a 23 year old grad student who watches the Twins and bakes apple crisp? (*kicks puppy in disgust*). Yeah, it seems to me that somewhere during Bark's adoption proceedings there was mention of your age, and it was older than Bark, who is older than 23. Allegedly. As for being past blossoming, I would say something corny about how some plants are most colorful in autumn, but then riverbrian and ashbury would probably call me fruity and play keep-away with my rasta hat with the built in dreadlocks.
  14. LaBombo
    LaBombo respects Chief's game, but doesn't want Chief to go into third person land without probable cause. http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/001/946/983/108697442_crop_650x440.jpg?1329880551
  15. LaBombo
    She already has an adopted son and a dangerous flirtation with Brian Dozier from her tempestuous relationship with the board. Can't you just for one minute let her blossom further into womanhood without your honorably intentioned but heavy-handed paternal instincts getting in the way of her baking gift?
  16. LaBombo
    "Dude! Where you been man! The party is off the hooook! Help me up an' we'll call up that...(snort) zzzzzzz...."
  17. LaBombo
    Not an antidote to reality, but provides topical relief from symptoms.
  18. LaBombo
    Mastro in at second, Dozier creates jobsearch.com account. First hit 30 seconds later... Job Title: Kept Man. Location: Chicago area. Job description: TBD. Requirements: Applicant must be willing to perform some duties in Twins uniform.;
  19. LaBombo
    Nah, and even if it did, atonement is just a photo of freshly-baked apple crisp away...
  20. LaBombo
    You can get more if you upgrade to that TD Insider subscription that lets you see realtime video of Bonnes barhopping after the podcast with Gleeman.
  21. LaBombo
    Whatever the outcome, the important thing is that they
  22. LaBombo
    Take care, my man. My true story for the night: Moved into an apartment in the bay area many moons ago, and instead of two 200 pound guys, the moving company sent one 400 pound guy instead. His comment upon seeing my Twins T-shirt? "Me an' my friends got into a fight with a guy (not guys) from Minnesota last year at the Twins game. Beat him up pretty good!" Not threatening, just totally pleased with himself.
  23. LaBombo
    Glunn arrives at the mod office Tuesday morning to find snepp hard at work modding the overnight comments.... http://work.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Homer-Simpson.jpg
  24. LaBombo
    You could look for an hour and not come up with a better image for that rivalry.
  25. LaBombo
    Nick Nelson explains what went wrong at TD Thanksgiving promotion while Seth nervously ponders his future in media. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hR3KsGgczF4/UKEFdz1_psI/AAAAAAAAA_o/dYMM4irdP-s/s1600/1-wkrp.jpg
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