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  1. LaBombo
    The league would never sign off on it, but you have to wonder whether visiting teams at Target Field with a big top of the 9th lead, if offered a chance to, would voluntarily bypass their half of the ninth to speed up the end of the game.
  2. LaBombo
    Good stuff, Rb, but I have to confess to pressing the Like button before I read it instead of after. I saw it was pretty long and had bold face and just thought 'Oh, good, brian is pissed too' and pressed Like. But then I did read it, honest! Well said.
  3. LaBombo
    In his last real appearance as an everyday player (2014) Arcia (then age 23) put up an OPS of .752 and wRC of 109. The 29.9 year old Park currently sits at .719 with an abysmal 92 wRC, and has been absolutely wretched since April, culminating in a June OPS of .604. Sooo.. would it be fair to say that the only reason that Park will be in MLB for long may well turn out to be that the Twins chose to commit $24 million to his 4 year deal? And for the record, I was fine with the Twins gambling 24 mil on Park figuring out MLB pitching, which he may yet do, but only if the Twins were willing to regard him as a failed experiment and sunk cost when the time came. We're not there yet, but it will be interesting to see what happens if Park continues to struggle, because now the Twins have already bailed on one younger, cheaper player who has outperformed Park. How many more will there be?
  4. LaBombo
    So the Twins are paying a thirty year old DH 12 million over 4 years to do what Arcia was doing pretty much for free 3 years ago at age 22, and less than Arcia was doing at age 23. And the good news is that the Twins can do that again? I have absolutely no idea how that's a defense of this front office. Arcia is a flawed player to be sure, but not as deeply flawed as an organization that turns a kid who OPS'ed in the mid .700's in the majors at age 22-23 into a DFA'd afterthought.
  5. LaBombo
    At this point I'm reduced to hoping that Arcia A) does land with the Tigers, B} hits like a maniac, and C) thoroughly sticks it to his old organization when he gets the first chance to. I hate having to include C), but A) and B} alone have no chance of getting through the insulation and inertia that's keeping the Twins' front office from taking meaningful action to remake this franchise.
  6. LaBombo
    What's killing me about this season is not that the Twins have gone from a winning record in 2015 to being the worst team in the AL this year. What's killing me is that ownership and the organization appear to be determined to conduct business as usual and continue to repeat the same mistakes over and over again, learning absolutely nothing. Having no idea what to make of an Arcia is the kind of thing that happens when a franchise convinces itself that it's no longer rebuilding the minute it claws its way back to .500, like the Twins did last year.
  7. LaBombo
    Best wishes for a speedy recovery, and more importantly the fullest possible restoration of his shoulder to good overall, non-baseball health. Hope he gets the chance to pitch effectively again and leave the game on his own terms. If not, he seems like the sort of guy who'll be able to handle the transition. If he's interested in coaching down the road, he's in the right organization to get a shot at it. As for what it means to the Twins, it's a lost season anyway, and counting on a 34 year old reliever already in decline to close next season seems like exactly the sort of bad decision the Twins would make but no longer can. Maybe Perk's injury will force them to make a smart decision for a change.
  8. LaBombo
    Or maybe a Pitt cameo appearance to perform his "Is losing fun?" monologue? http://namtab.com/writing/MMmoneyball07.gif
  9. LaBombo
    Remember how lost he looked before people started saying he was coming around? There you go. In fairness, CC has pitched well, but I've seen better swings at a pinata than the ones Buxton took.
  10. LaBombo
    Who's TiVo? Another waiver wire outfielder? And did he bunt on a sign or on his own?
  11. LaBombo
    That was Abad pitch. Pretty hard to get it closer to the center of the strike zone without a tape measure and a laser level.
  12. LaBombo
    Wow, not just a win but a blowout! And in the books before midnight! A Buxton home run! And Nolasco was the starter! Plus no casualties from malfunctioning Westworld robots! http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/news/images/b/Brynner_Yul/sq-yul-westworld-mgm.jpg w-0-0-0-0-T!
  13. LaBombo
    Give him a few games to watch and learn The Twins Way for relief pitchers. He'll have 'em spinning round the bases in no time...
  14. LaBombo
    Man, that Giovaniribisi kid is almost Grossmanesque... http://booksavingprivateryan.weebly.com/uploads/1/6/7/2/16721362/1358713617.jpg
  15. LaBombo
    Twins will move out of the top three draft spots with some September wins fueled by roster expansion guys we never see again. Then all of us Dark Side critics of Terry Ryan can say of his 2016...
  16. LaBombo
    http://rlv.zcache.com/i_like_to_party_and_by_party_i_mean_take_naps_t_shirt-rfa7435c92d3b4548b5d41cdd070f2cdd_i80f9_512.jpg
  17. LaBombo
    I don't even know who's projected to go first next year, and yet I'm so inspired by your idea that I'm working on some ideas for a Robbie Grossman bobblevoodoo doll... Edit: Oh, Sweet Jesus Alou. I googled 'Robbie Grossman bobblehead' and the top hit was "Twins hastily schedule Robbie Grossman Bobblehead Night'. The kid is fun to watch, but holy cra@p, hang on to a shred of dignity!
  18. LaBombo
    So, Bad Achter...
  19. LaBombo
    Carl Sagan Likes This http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/user_profile/images/56091_avatar.jpg
  20. LaBombo
    Heh. Good call. Bert's pronunciations do have a way of taking wrong turns... http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_bugs_2_4558.jpg
  21. LaBombo
    http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/streams/2013/september/130913/8c8970425-130913-superstitioniphoto-hmed-0935a-files.nbcnews-fp-360-360.jpg
  22. LaBombo
    Parents as drunk choosing a name as they were at conception? Now I feel bad. His parents are probably nice people. And their son seems like a nice lad. He signed with Anaheim so he could be closer to his girlfriend Carmen just down the road. http://static.tumblr.com/c3d993e6537535d5a927957cb677bd00/mu3vzqz/d2Nmigdyy/tumblr_static_carmen.jpg
  23. LaBombo
    I cannot lie... Twins' bottom is pretty bottomy too. http://d267w4oc0y54w5.cloudfront.net/images/1907/baby%20got%20back.jpg?1302104199
  24. LaBombo
    But his invention has done so many good things that more than make up for sending Dan Gladden's baseball observations hundreds of miles through the air... http://cache3.asset-cache.net/gc/164080946-guglielmo-giovanni-maria-marconi-italian-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QaDAUnQpJ4K%2BQlZfdYqWKKGdlwzcNkWMKa5askTXNoM4oBkHt%2FJ5b%2FZOaRe4k1fqVw%3D%3D
  25. LaBombo
    Universal Studio tour monorail runs through there, then on to WestWorld. http://static1.purestars.de/articles/8/37/28/@/1383926-im-film-westworld-von-1973-gerat-ein-950x0-1.jpg
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