Tuesday Morning Rockpile:

by Russ Oates on Apr 1, 2008 8:33 AM MDT in 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

	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
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.

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So, we'll be without

some key guys since Francis, Holliday, and Tulo were traded.

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

by Russ Oates on Apr 1, 2008 9:25 AM MDT reply actions

April Fool's.

by Tom (RFTN) on Apr 1, 2008 11:09 AM MDT up reply actions

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 actions

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 up reply actions

That link

just brings us back to this post.

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

by Russ Oates on Apr 1, 2008 12:18 PM MDT up reply actions

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 up reply actions

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

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

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 up reply actions

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 actions