Bucco Thoughts On Adam LaRoche
As with last year’s July trade with the Pirates for Jason Bay, I asked one of my Pittsburgh buddies to give us some Pgh insight on Adam LaRoche. Tecmo from the awesome Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies (where you get sports news AND mini ponies every day!) checks in with his thoughts on Adam and yesterday’s trade. Also, he has another very special mini pony for us – brace yourself.
This is the plight of the Pirates fan.
//pirates trade off one of their biggest names
///to the red sox
Tec: grumble grumble No problem grumble grumble”
This is two years in a row that my beloved Buccos have shipped out an underperforming supposed-stud to the Red Sox. And given the precedent set by Jason Bay, LaRoche will probably be money in Boston.
Really there’s not much to recount about Adam’s time in the ‘Burgh. He wasn’t Jason Bay…he was a guy who came to the city, existed for a bit, and left. My only lasting memory, or only piece of info I can pass along to you Center Field readers, would be that the guy is a notoriously slow starter. Did you guys ever hear about that? Apparently, Adam sucks something fierce for the first two months or so. Am I alone in thinking that Adam LaRoche is a notoriously slow starter? Because I could’ve sworn Adam LaRoche started his seasons slow. I could never tell firsthand if Adam LaRoche was a notoriously slow starter, because there was never any media coverage, year after year, about Adam LaRoche annually starting his year off slow. It’s as if Adam LaRoche starting his year off slow inspired every media outlet to mention that Adam LaRoche is a notoriously slow starter.
What’s that you say? You only have him for another 68 games and don’t have to worry about the beginning of his season?
Expect about 60 HRs, then. Jerks.
(Actually, I only agreed to do this so I could MS Paint another nightmare mini horse into a picture of the dude we traded. Here’s a second version, if you’re reminiscing about last year’s, or if you just wanted to see Adam’s mug.)
I want Tecmo to do a post every week, just to see all the places he can put that screaming mini-pony.
Let me get this straight: Adam is a slow starter? Why wouldn’t the Pittsburgh media have mentioned this before?
Great post.
More mini ponies! More mini ponies!
thanks again for having me!
Yes, more screaming mini ponies, please. Might I request one of David Ortiz and a mini pony???
Beckett v. The Screaming Mini Pony: An Epic War of Baseball Terms
@Becks0823: This. Is. Genius.
Becks0823
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starr4
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@tecmo: Oh god, laughing forever!
@tecmo: LMAO.
@tecmo: Brilliant across the board (I dig the pony’s champagne goggles)!
@Texy: It writes itself, doesn’t it? :D
Nice teeth. I needed this laugh today.