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  1. LaBombo
    Correct, but he loved him some ground ball outs.
  2. LaBombo
    I'm giving it a Like at least for the tearjerker gif, even if there's a height joke in there somewhere...
  3. LaBombo
    Someone eventually had to step into those big Joe Mauer shoes...
  4. LaBombo
    'Who cried when they took Byron Buxton out behind the bullpen?
  5. LaBombo
    Yup, and he's not too happy about it...
  6. LaBombo
    There's saving the bullpen, and then there's leaving the shrink wrap on the bullpen so you can return it without paying the re-stocking fee.
  7. LaBombo
    Gallo with the Adam Dunn TTO finish to his swing... Normally I'd like to see a batter at least take a step or two toward first after contact, but I guess when you hear the ball break the sound barrier you can afford to stand and watch.
  8. LaBombo
    And Rocco gets the assist on the last 2 runs.
  9. LaBombo
    Timing was made worse by Rocco letting the bullpen guys all keep playing Fortnite instead of having someone warmed up.
  10. LaBombo
    Lights out or lit up, no in between.
  11. LaBombo
    Sonny really making the most of the "Both Starters Go 9 or Your Money Cheerfully Refunded' promotion at T-Mobile tonight.
  12. LaBombo
    Most dangerous lead in hockey...
  13. LaBombo
    Kiriloff to himself on 1st: <'Oh well, it'll look like a liner in the box score'> Bremer: "27NYY, b******s!!!"
  14. LaBombo
    Rare photo of Squirrel consoling USAFChief after the Twins suffer yet another playoff series sweep vs the Yankees...
  15. LaBombo
    At the very least, the hop definitely failed to text Julien a reminder 24 hours in advance of their appointment.
  16. LaBombo
    He looks determined not to waste the series' worth of run support the Twins have put up for him so far.
  17. LaBombo
    Yup. Fangraphs' Def for Edouard is -4.4, on a scale where -5.0 is giving your fellow defenders wedgies as they attempt to make a play. That said, leaving his .285/.359/.518 bat out of the lineup is the sort of thing that helps make a manager expendable.
  18. LaBombo
    It was fun to watch the 1b ump's matter-of-fact facial expression as he explained to the rest of the crew how he made that foul ball call despite his junk's life flashing before his eyes.
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    Watching the game with the FS1 announcers for a change, with their occasional objectivity and empiricism, reminded me that Dick Bremer's voice is like a subconscious Manchurian Candidate trigger for my brain to not expect much from the Twins.
  21. LaBombo
    You're trying to refine the regular season record as an indicator of the Twins' odds of winning a postseason series. That's fine, and I don't disagree with you that they're less imposing than some other 100 win teams. But that has very little to do the part of the Twins' regular/post season disparity that I'm talking about, which comes down to two things: 1. The Twins are listed in the ESPN final season standings as having a 100% chance of appearing in the postseason, and yet are potentially only 3 hours away from failing to do so. 2. A team that is good in the regular season but unbearably bad in the postseason is struggling with more than just a talent differential. There's more at work here than regular season opponent win pct. and small sample size.
  22. LaBombo
    They do seem to be approaching the point where supernatural intervention is their best shot, don't they? This series has been a disaster, but all the more painfully disappointing because of Twins media coverage aggressively talking up the idea that This Team Is Different! The Twins' recent past postseason history vs the Yanks means nothing to them, and they're poised to charge the hill! And yet somehow not only are they not erasing history... the Twins look like a historical reenactment society, wearing the uniforms and going through the motions, following a script to a predetermined outcome. All that's missing is the smell of black powder and Baldelli riding up to sign away the series on the steps of the Hennepin County courthouse. Yes, it was an unexpectedly successful and fun season, and would've been wonderful surprise even if it didn't come at the end of an ugly decade for the franchise. But here's the bottom line: a 100 win team can't get steamrolled in the playoffs... ever ...without there being justifiable concerns about how that team was managed. I think Baldelli's a good manager who will learn from this defeat. And he'd better, because the Yankees aren't going away any time soon.
  23. LaBombo
    This seems to apply to several decisions. Odorizzi will make his one and only series start with what LDS history tells us is only a 9.7% chance of the Twins advancing, in deference to a rookie with 5 more MLB starts than the average Twins Daily poster. The bullpen was utilized in roughly inverse order of ability, which is contrary to both conventional playoff wisdom and sanity. In a situation that would have maximized Schoop's skill set, the Twins started a rookie whose ankle was such a concern 3 days prior to Game 1 that there was still doubt about his making the roster, let alone the starting lineup. Individually there are counterarguments to be made for each, but taken as a whole it looks like not only overthinking, but even a bit contrarian. It's almost as if Baldelli were so keenly aware of the Twins' awful postseason history vs the Yankees that his goal was to do everything differently from those teams, even to the point of being counterproductive.
  24. LaBombo
    It's the dang twitter, I tells ya... makin' me think 'say it in the fewest possible characters'. Are you okay with being 'Rb' instead of 'RB'?
  25. LaBombo
    And whether ownership gets credit for the goal or the assist. I'm somewhat disappointed with Rocco's Dobnak/Odo decision, but that doesn't diminish my overall impression that he had (yes, I'm using the past tense already) a very good rookie season. If a higher payroll and the front office's use of it lead to stronger pitching, I think RB is a good bet to lead the Twins past their first round futility next season.
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