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  1. LaBombo
    Yes, you've repeatedly stated your opinion about other posters, which is that anyone unhappy with the signings or their implications is overreacting with "outrage" and "upset". Meanwhile, back in the baseball discussion, people generally get the numbers that support the Drake signing, like the high K rate and the apparent bad luck BABIP leading to his very high ERA/FIP differential. What many people do not understand or like is the idea that even after signaling a rebuild with the selling off of relatively valuable assets like Dozier and Pressley, Falvey and Levine are finishing their second season with the Twins by filling roster spots with journeymen acquired from the Craigslist 'Free Stuff' page. And you can make all the mischaracterizations that you want about negative reactions to the these signings, but that won't change the fact that it is empirically not a positive indicator for the state of the Twins that the best use of a 25 man roster spot is to audition a village bicycle like Drake.
  2. LaBombo
    Maybe I'm not following you correctly. You're saying that it would be rational to feel disappointed that Drake may be on the 25 man roster ahead of a better minor league pitcher already in the system, yes? I'm with you there. But where you're losing me is the part where you're saying it's not reasonable to be disappointed that Falvine seem to be admitting that in the nearly two years since they took the reigns of the organization, it has failed to acquire or develop a single minor league pitcher who is at least as good as a 31 year old who has been discarded by four other organizations in less than a year.
  3. LaBombo
    By sending Pressley to Houston, Falvine has finally tipped its hand by fully revealing the Reverse Beane Gambit... forcibly removing the good options from the manager in order to leave him no choice but to use the bad ones even more...
  4. LaBombo
    Kelly used to deliberately misuse players he didn't want on the roster to hasten their departure. It's probably too much to hope for that Molitor is doing the same. In any case, there's a strong chance of accountability in the forecast with the front office simultaneously signalling that they're thinking future with the Escobar trade, yet keeping Belisle who barely has a present, let alone a future with the organization.
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    "A little spackling and some napalm..." http://cdn.mcstatic.com/contents/videos_screenshots/7722000/7722508/830x467/1.jpg That's more than enough Belle Isle for me. Hoping it is for the Twins too.
  6. LaBombo
    To that I would add that it seemed as if analytics said that it was a bad idea to send Rodney out as the 2018 closer in his age 41 season.
  7. LaBombo
    Agree completely. I'm just saying that someone has dropped the ball, whether it's Molitor or Falvine. My feeling is that in this case it's the former.
  8. LaBombo
    Either because the manager believes he's the best option, or because he really is the best option. So that's probably something to ponder if you're the owner of the Twins.
  9. LaBombo
    Early clinical trials showing some disturbing side effects of the FRE, including speech and motor impairment...
  10. LaBombo
    Maybe Rodney can dial down the FRE now that he's not burdened with an excessively live arm after 4 air raid drills in the last 5 days.
  11. LaBombo
    "Not anymore."
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  13. LaBombo
    Not only is this a pale imitation of the FRE by Kimbrel, it may even be a copyright infringement.
  14. LaBombo
    As much as I didn't like the play, I'm just glad Eddie didn't get hurt either breaking stride like he did, or leaving a nice big footprint on Pearce like he could have.
  15. LaBombo
    Maybe it's my anti- East Coast bias seeping through, but I'm of the firm opinion that if the teams were reversed on that DP, any Red Sox baserunner would have happily given a sprawled Logan Morrison a Nike-oscopy whether his health plan covered it or not.
  16. LaBombo
    A left ear, a right ear, and (finish it with me) a final...
  17. LaBombo
    The Sox were rained out vs. O's on Wednesday so they could send almost anyone out there, but yeah, I'm thinking they'll let him take on the bottom of the Twins' order one more time.
  18. LaBombo
    Torii with a playful kick to the organization's groin: "When we finally went digital [for playback of scouting video] we were like 10 years behind the rest of the league..."
  19. LaBombo
    "Lance Lynn... you make me drink gin.... you groove everythin'..."
  20. LaBombo
    So that 'Lynn throws a shutout' plan has been overcome by events. And astrophysics.
  21. LaBombo
    Five network censors just leaned forward in their seats as Torii Hunter began his improv explanation of the Downward Dog...
  22. LaBombo
    That's what happens when you shave while riding like the wind.
  23. LaBombo
    Come on, L.L. Bean, if you're gonna give a guy a base with the HBP, why not get your money's worth?
  24. LaBombo
    Making Sale throw over 70 pitches before he completes four is at bare minimum a moral victory.
  25. LaBombo
    Yup, ever since Skynet replaced him with a T1000.... http://www.electricferret.com/static/images/cbub/cbub_contender_image/5/1203/1203.jpg
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