Purple Row: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:



Sports blogs for fans, by fans.
New Blog: Backing the Pack for NC State Fans!


Tuesday Morning Rockpile:

Which team will be on the wrong end of today's April Fool's Day joke? We have the guy who was with the opposing team last season starting for us, and he's says he's not surprised something like this happened. Wells also believes that, "Obviously, this is an opportunity for me to go out and get us started on the right track." No argument there, but when the opposing team sends out the guy who coughed up a huge gopher ball to the Rockies back in October, you have to wonder which team is setting itself up to be today's fool.

 

Bernie Miklasz believes Lohse should use his curveball today to throw off Rockies hitters since they're a good fastball-hitting team. Apparently, during his good seasons, Lohse used his curveball upwards of 10% in his total number of pitches during the season. Nah, that curveball will be a joke once a Rockie crushes it over the wall.


If we take a look at the standings:


NL West Standings

WLPCTGBSTRK
Arizona 1 0 1.000 0 Won 1
Los Angeles 1 0 1.000 0 Won 1
San Diego 1 0 1.000 0 Won 1
Colorado 0 0 .000 1/2
San Francisco 0 1 .000 1 Lost 1

(updated 4.1.2008 at 10:19 AM EDT)


We see that the Rockies are still better than the Giants on April Fool's Day, and that's no joke. Jake Peavy held the Astros to three hits in seven innings and struck out four in the 4-0 victory. His three walks didn't do much for the 'Stros, but his sac fly in the second proved to be the winning run (not to mention his RBI single in the 4th also)!

I don't think we'll see the Giants out of the cellar any time soon, or ever, this season.

After today, we'll see Lohse and the Cardinals on the wrong end of today's joke and the Rockies will have a nice '1' in the 'W' column.

0 recs | Comment 18 comments

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Display:

The Rox will win if...

...they get rid of that AWFUL nickelback song intro that they did yesterday. It is my firm belief that that song got them started on the wrong track right away. It was terrible and should never be shown again. If I ever see that again, I swear I'll boycott ever watching Fox Sports again...atleast from 7:00-7:05 pm. ;)

by cofan17 on Apr 1, 2008 9:30 AM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It wasn't that bad

I thought it was actually pretty funny. I don't know what people's problems with it were, maybe they haven't seen the actual video.

Every day is a Holliday!

by free7694 on Apr 1, 2008 10:44 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That link

just brings us back to this post.

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

by Russ on Apr 1, 2008 12:18 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My bad

Try this one:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uK4niyFhERs

That's what I get for being a HTML amateur.

Every day is a Holliday!

by free7694 on Apr 1, 2008 12:20 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Are there any teams that are not good at hitting fastballs?

by purpledrain on Apr 1, 2008 9:34 AM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Answer

The Giants

What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?

by Redhawk on Apr 1, 2008 9:58 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I am not actually all that suprised they used rockstar..

it was Brad Hawpe's batting song last year and I thought the video was really funny, especially hurdle.

"A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done."
~Vince Lombardi

by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 1, 2008 2:02 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hurdle, in his (own) words

"quesadilla"

I hate hate hate hate that song. I hate hate hate hate Nickelback, but damn, that video was cute.

Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave

by Mondogarage on Apr 1, 2008 2:07 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I can't find it anywhere

Anyone have any ideas?

Every day is a Holliday!

by free7694 on Apr 1, 2008 2:31 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Does anyone remember

The original quasi-country "Colorado Rockies" song they used to play at Mile High? That was the height of unintentional comedy. They should bring that back (along with Charlie Jones) just to remind us of how far we've come...

by Teekalong on Apr 1, 2008 2:20 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Standings...

my guess is that as you have the standings currently listed is exactly the order they will finish the season in. So make sure you save that template. :)
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Apr 1, 2008 2:21 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

thanks for your oponion

we will wait to see what happens! mmmmmkay?

hop on the rockies roller coaster

by roxfan4life on Apr 1, 2008 4:00 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

TV?

Is this scheduled to be on FSN? That is what the official site is showing.

Any thoughts, confirmation, etc.?

by MADness on Apr 1, 2008 3:53 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

they said in the broadcast yesturday

pregame was at 530 followed by the game.

hop on the rockies roller coaster

by roxfan4life on Apr 1, 2008 4:01 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Welcome to the SB Nation blog about the Colorado Rockies, established 28 April 2005.

Community Guidelines

Start posting about the Rockies »

Join SB Nation and dive into communities focused on all your favorite teams.

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recent FanPosts

P1_iannetta_small
At Bat/Entrance Music: 2009 Edition
Apt_visit_2_small
Some July Wallpaper Coming Soon!
Sleepy_jeff_small
Purple Row Fantasy League End of June Standings
Small
Manny being...cheap
Sleepy_jeff_small
Purple Row Prediction Competition Week 12
October_075-1_small
Making My First Trip to OAK and LA to Watch Rockies, Any Pointers?
Rockies_lost_americana_small
Shop PurpleRowCares!
Gvf_small
2009 Draft Pick Signings
Helton_small
What is Morales worth??
Small
Frontier promotion code?

Post_icon New FanPost All FanPosts Carrot-mini


GM & Manager

Gvf_small Russ

Li_l_rox_girl_small Rox Girl

Coaching Staff

Liquid_small Silverblood

P1_iannetta_small RockiesMagicNumber

Coorsfield3_small theoldgrizzlybear

67880020--bled-slovenia_small Poseidon's Fist

Sleepy_jeff_small Jabberwocky

Official Partner of Yahoo! Sports