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Spring Game #31: A Visit to Chase Field

I believe Micah Bowie's starting this one. Doug Davis slithers to the mound for the D'Backs.

Let's wish Davis well as he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

Go Rockies!

(Gameday)

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Definitely good thoughts for Davis

I've always sort of liked him despite the fact that he's very sloooow pitching-wise, and I certainly don't wish cancer on anyone. Get better, Doug! (But give up plenty of runs to the Rox tonight).

Gameday link?

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 6:22 PM MDT   0 recs

Thanks for reminding me

about the Gameday link. It's up there now.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 6:24 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Just fixed the Gameday link.

They've finally gone to the '08 version.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 6:50 PM MDT   0 recs

Uh, apparently

Eric Byrnes took Kirk Gibson for a pedicure. Find out Monday what went down on FSN Arizona! Thank you, but I'd rather not.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 6:58 PM MDT   0 recs

New Gameday again?

Why must they change it every year? I get comfortable with the old one. When I have to watch the first month and a half of the season on it, I like to know the deal. But whatever, I'm sure I'll adjust.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 7:00 PM MDT   0 recs

Wow

I thought your first post said "I wish Doug Davis had Thyroid Cancer" then I saw the link on Gameday and was like WTF?

Hope he is well

Die-hard Rockies fan. On the bandwagon since 7/6/93. Not giving up my seat. EVER! rockiesfan4ever reffered you

by rockiesfan4ever on Mar 28, 2008 7:01 PM MDT   0 recs

Maybe

now that we have the New!Shiny! version of Gameday, we will get updates more often than every inning (or two). That would be nice.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 7:03 PM MDT   0 recs

Start the game already!

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 7:10 PM MDT   0 recs

Gameday's already ahead of

the MLB.TV feed.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 7:12 PM MDT   0 recs

Double the other way for Helton.

Announcer's debating whether Todd's a Hall of Famer.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 7:16 PM MDT   0 recs

We DO get pitch-by-pitch updates

So nice! Let's see what Bowie has up his sleeve.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 7:20 PM MDT   0 recs

That was

a close play at second, and a bit dangerous with the head-first slide.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 7:22 PM MDT   0 recs

Best wishes

to Davis and the D'backs community...

On a lighter note, I totally love the new Gameday. Everything just looks a lot nicer than previous years, while keeping most of the bells and whistles. I rather enjoyed watching Byrnes get K'ed swinging just now.

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 7:23 PM MDT   0 recs

Byrnes K's.

Plenty more of those to come against the Rockies.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 7:24 PM MDT   0 recs

Bradley Bomber!

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by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 7:30 PM MDT   0 recs

Hawpe

homers! 1-0!

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 7:30 PM MDT   0 recs

And Torrealba follows

with a long, long homer.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 7:32 PM MDT   0 recs

Back to back!

No kidding, Silver, I have no idea. 2-0 is fine by me, though.

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 7:32 PM MDT   0 recs

And Nix!

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 7:33 PM MDT   0 recs

And now Nix?

Back to back to back? What is going on at the bottom of our rotation?!?

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 7:33 PM MDT   0 recs

Wow

Lineup. Not rotation. Lineup. I was just rather happy at the time, and words came out, and...yeah, I'll just go back to Gameday.

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 7:36 PM MDT   0 recs

Willy T goes down looking again.

Ugh.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 7:36 PM MDT   0 recs

I think we'll see

a new pitcher every inning for the Rockies.

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by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 7:39 PM MDT   0 recs

Gameday

says Bowie is still in...

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 7:40 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Herges is in now.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 7:41 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Ah

Thanks - I suppose that I should just be grateful that there's pitch-by-pitch and let the mis-named pitchers slide...

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 7:43 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Holy crud

I went to finish dinner and miss NIX jacking one out to make it three in a row? I like this lineup, I likes, I likes.

Willy T? Now, not so much.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 7:42 PM MDT   0 recs

Helton

is on a TEAR. Hopefully this carries into the regular season...!

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 7:49 PM MDT   0 recs

Davis

is throwing BP.

I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Mar 28, 2008 7:50 PM MDT   0 recs

Well, well, well.

Holliday with a shot past the outfield wall.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 7:50 PM MDT   0 recs

Holliday

5-0!

I feel bad for Davis on account of the cancer, but this is undoubtedly very fun.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 7:51 PM MDT   0 recs

Nah,

I think he's had a bad enough day, without getting pounded like this.

by 4thturn on Mar 28, 2008 7:52 PM MDT   0 recs

And certainly

he has my prayers (and I'm sure the rest of the Row's), but not when he's pitching against us.

I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Mar 28, 2008 7:53 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Drew shouldn't have cut off that ball.

Upton would have had the assist on Atkins being out at third. Mark Reynolds was upset.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 7:56 PM MDT   0 recs

Nix walks

Bases loaded. There will probably be a PH for Herges here. (Gameday still thinks it's Bowie).

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 7:58 PM MDT   0 recs

Fernando Seguignol is

a huge guy.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 7:58 PM MDT   0 recs

And the big man

comes through. Infield single scores Atkins, and Willy T is up. Please try not to K looking.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 8:02 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Willy, don't go down

looking again.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 8:01 PM MDT   0 recs

There you go, Willy.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 8:03 PM MDT   0 recs

Two-run single for the T

Come on, T3. Your turn. Need a hit.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 8:03 PM MDT   0 recs

Not a good outing for Davis,

but he has much greater things to worry about. All the best to you, Doug.

Time to feast on another pitcher (hopefully).

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 8:04 PM MDT   0 recs

Abe Woody is in

The Iceman needs to get in on the fun.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 8:05 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Wow

Now I come back and we're up 8-0! Heck of a bad streak for Davis...I think it's that soul patch he has on. Whenever I looked at his mugshot, I thought it was a bug on my screen. Regardless, more good wishes for him and his recovery.

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 8:07 PM MDT   0 recs

Troy gave it a good ride,

but not good enough.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 8:08 PM MDT   0 recs

Ah, Tulo

Everyone else is getting hits, but since you've had 3 ABs and it's the third, I'm sure you'll have more chances.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 8:09 PM MDT   0 recs

I suppose if there is a safe spot

to put Vizcaino in, it's evidently here.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 8:13 PM MDT   0 recs

He's looking good out there.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 8:13 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Until that homer.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 8:16 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Yes

There is always a minor catch.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 8:16 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Why Pitch Davis?

The young man has bigger fish to tackle and why disrupt his confidence by getting his head handed to him by the Rocks pounders.

I think this was a dumb move by Melvin. However, the purple are making a statement.

by PinchHitLancePainter on Mar 28, 2008 8:19 PM MDT   0 recs

Add one more

K to Byrnes' resume.

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 8:20 PM MDT   0 recs

Speaking of old

I just visited the Snakepit to see their reaction to the game so far, and much to my surprise, they have yet to receive the shiny SBN 2.0 treatment. Granted, I instantly knew where everything was, but it definitely threw me for a loop.

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 8:22 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

The Snakepit will be 2.0 on Sunday.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 8:23 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Haha

Yeah, I'm rather enjoying the commentary and rapport.

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 8:25 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Helton

hit every ball at every at bat like a bullet when I was in Tucson. Even on the back fields he was mashing.

I predict .340, 100 RBI's, 44 doubles and 100 RS, 20 HRs

by PinchHitLancePainter on Mar 28, 2008 8:23 PM MDT   0 recs

First-pitch out for Helton?

There's something you rarely see.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 8:23 PM MDT   0 recs

Holliday with another bomb!

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 8:24 PM MDT   0 recs

Holliday

Second dinger of the game! He's ready for the season. And Dbacks Nation has to be just a little nervous about Lyon closing...

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 8:24 PM MDT   0 recs

Oh hey!

I just noticed that New Gameday tells you what kind of pitch it was!

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 8:30 PM MDT   0 recs

Snyder still hitting like a fiend

Fuentes still as wobbly as a top. I wish I could trust him the way I once used to, but I fear those days are long gone.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 8:33 PM MDT   0 recs

Are you going to trust

Ramon Ramirez to implode for the Royals?

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 8:34 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

I have this rather bad feeling

the opposition may enjoy seeing Fuentes more than we will.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 8:37 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

That bad feeling

is mutual among most of the Row, I fear...

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 8:39 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Burke's going to be a pest this year.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 8:42 PM MDT   0 recs

Zoyyy

Burke continues to torch it, 2-run single. 3 runs in, 9-4 lead now. Fuentes, can you please pretend that you are still good? Thankee kindly.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 8:42 PM MDT   0 recs

Yep,

that's Matt Daley who comes from my neck of the woods, Queens, NY.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 8:47 PM MDT   0 recs

So what's up with

playing all these exhibition games at teams' home fields that don't count just before the season starts? Another Bud Selig bright idea?

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 8:52 PM MDT   0 recs

More than likely

I wish that we'd have skipped this one against the D'backs, and gotten to do our traditional Rox/Sox game in the Springs.

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 8:56 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

All the subs are now in

And.... Daley, please try to get them out, even if only in interest of expediting the game.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 9:01 PM MDT   0 recs

Hey, Chris,

how about another homer this spring?

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 9:14 PM MDT   0 recs

Nasty by Corpas to end the inning.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 9:23 PM MDT   0 recs

Nasty slider.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 9:24 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

ESPN Radio

I just randomly discovered that I have an ESPN PPV channel on my tv, and since I haven't paid for anything, it's playing ESPN Radio. Anyway, Gamenight is previewing the Rockies right now with guest Drew Goodman (that is his name, right?). Talking about the offense right now and how they're going to score a ton of runs. Goodman just called Tulo a freak.

by holly96 on Mar 28, 2008 9:31 PM MDT   0 recs

Well, all the best

baseball players are some sort of freak. Or alien. The great ones are all aliens.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Mar 28, 2008 9:33 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

True

Very true.

Now they're talking about how excited Denver is for the Rockies this season. Very true. I know I'm more excited for the season than I've ever been, and I've always been excited about baseball starting up again.

by holly96 on Mar 28, 2008 9:35 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Now

It'll be up to the guys not to blow it. We've won them back, but they're not going to stay forever if we go back to our climes of suckitude.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 9:37 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Meanwhile, in an alternate universe.....

I'm watching "Home Team Classics" on FSN. Just caught the Helton bomb vs. Saito game. Now it's the final game of the regular season against the D-backs.

Watching it, it's so nice to be reminded exactly how filthy Jiminez is, and how big he came up in a high pressure situation. Just watching this kid pitch that ballgame makes me forget any problems he had this spring. Good god he has crazy nasty stuff. He'll be just fine before the season's too old.

BTW -- it looks like they won't have the play-in game on Home Team Classics. Dang it -- I was at the game and I never actually saw the TV coverage. I'd love to have a copy of that game stored on my DVR. Ah well, I'll just have to replay it in my head. And those are some memories that aren't going anywhere for the rest of my life, I can tell you.

by BroJB on Mar 28, 2008 9:34 PM MDT   0 recs

FSN

is showing it tomorrow, starting at 9, in its entirety. Followed by the NLDS winner and the Pennant clincher. Clear out some space on the DVR...

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 9:36 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh baby.

I'm knocking off a bunch of "Human Weapons" to make room on the DVR. Great show, but the play-in game's gotta have plenty of room!

by BroJB on Mar 28, 2008 9:38 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

:)

Lucky...I wish I had a DVR...or a VCR, that'd work too. I so want a copy of the play-in game.

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 9:39 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

It's available

on iTunes, or at least it was. That's where I got it. Took me frigging forever to download, but so worth it.

by Silverblood on Mar 28, 2008 9:40 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Hmm...

I may have to consider that one...watching game 162 on FSN now, thanks for the heads-up BroJB :) .

by oo_nrb on Mar 28, 2008 9:42 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

I have the entire

play-in game on my iTunes. If I'm up tomorrow (tomorrow being Saturday, ergo I will probably be sleeping in, and I have a lot of errands to run before I go back to NY on Sunday) I'll definitely be checking in anyway. Never, ever, ever gets old.

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