Thursday Morning Rockpile:

by Rox Girl on Feb 7, 2008 6:42 AM MST in Rockpile

Bullet point edition:

Tom Tango breaks down shortstop fielding aging curves. The conclusion seems to be that shortstops reach their fielding peak in their mid-20's, so it would figure we have at least a couple more seasons of optimal Tulo.

Speaking of Tulo, he recently played in the LBSU alumni game and Bob Keisser writes a nice article demonstrating how low key he keeps things off the field.

Rototimes' Ray Flowers previews the Rockies choosing Morales, Jimenez and Corpas as breakout candidates. Good choices, Ray.

I missed this in the Rocky Mountain News' business section yesterday, but the team is converting nine luxury suites into the RocHenge, one monstrous super-suite on the first base side at Coors Field. The math (up to $30,000 to reserve the space) seems to indicate it should be quite a revenue generator. Also mentioned in the article is a plan to sell "loaded tickets" which include credits for concessions. Hopefully all of this helps the Rockies keep up with some of there better heeled peers.

Because of last October's World Series ticket fiasco, Colorado lawmakers are considering legislation outlawing ticket-bots, malicious programs that were blamed for the computer crash that frustrated so many of us. If I never have to see this again,

To improve your ticket-buying experience and to make it as pleasant as possible, this site permits entry to a limited number of patrons at a time.

This page will refresh when the countdown timer below reaches zero. When this happens, the system will automatically try to access the site again.

then I will say our legislators accomplished something very good in their time in office.

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Nightmares

Reading that screen brought back a bunch of horrible memories.

by Blake20th on Feb 7, 2008 7:30 AM MST reply actions

GAA.......NOOOOOOO

Damn it....that was a nasty flashback.

I need a therapist now....

I miss Kaz! He really could Rock-a-Rhyme, even if it was Tricky

by Redhawk on Feb 7, 2008 8:08 AM MST reply actions

One Worry

I certainly think some sort of law is needed, but what I worry about is the often used phrase "in Colorado". Could that be interpreted to mean only ticket brokers in Colorado would face penalties? What about the Stub Hub offices in NY? Buying tickets on line is not a local affair, as we all know.

I'd feel a little better if the law said something to the effect of "buying tickets to any event in Colorado". May have to email my local rep.

2007 National League Champions, baby!

by rockhead on Feb 7, 2008 9:06 AM MST reply actions

Please do!

I don't think your rep will care what some guy in Texas says.

by Blake20th on Feb 7, 2008 10:20 AM MST up reply actions

Something a little better to look at:

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/898/898262/vids_2.html

One of the preview videos for MLB 2K8 has Tulo hitting a homerun off the D-backs. I see this as a premonition of many games this year.

The sun has set on our 2007 season, but the 2008 sunrise is almost here, and is brighter for us than anything we can imagine

by The Lodo Magic Man on Feb 7, 2008 2:50 PM MST reply actions

My legislators

still haven't accomplished anything. But that's a different story.

http://mvn.com/mlb-rockies: The best thing to happen to baseball since 1993.

by Rox Fan in TN on Feb 7, 2008 4:11 PM MST reply actions

Blanton to the Dodgers?

According to a couple of sources, they are at least discussing it with Oakland, but the Reds are perhaps more strongly interested.

From what I understand, the A's are looking at LA's outfielders for Blanton, which I can pretty much promise you doesn't mean Juan Pierre or Delwyn Young. Who it would mean if this was the case would be Andre Ethier or Matt Kemp, and at that point the net value of the exchange would be fairly neutral for the Dodgers' chances this season and perhaps less than that if it's Kemp that makes the deal happen. Blanton would give Los Angeles security in its rotation that right now it doesn't have, but at the expense of one of their best two outfielders, it might not be worth it.

by Rox Girl on Feb 7, 2008 4:45 PM MST reply actions

Blanton to the Dodgers

tells me what the Dodgers think of Schmidt and/or Loaiza...not much.

Schmidt is the reason to run from big FA contracts. The Dodgers can eat it...but the Rockies would be hamstrung for years.

And Loaiza....was an insurance plan anyway

Dodgers current rotation:
Lowe, Penny, Kuroda, Billingsly, Schmidt/Loaiza

I miss Kaz! He really could Rock-a-Rhyme, even if it was Tricky

by Redhawk on Feb 7, 2008 6:08 PM MST up reply actions

Don't know if I should make a diary for this...

But on a subject not on baseball, my dad and I have been working on producing a show for awhile now, and we are going to do a Sneak Preview for it on February 16th in Denver. The website is www.notthisday.com if you are interested in learning more...tickets for this event are FREE!! We'll be putting six scenes from the show onstage along with some commentary on how we got here, what the show is about, etc. It's going to be awesome.
If anyone wants more details, either check out the website or e-mail me.

I'm heading for Columbia University next year!!!!

by Squeaky on Feb 7, 2008 5:55 PM MST reply actions