Monday Morning Rockpile:

by Rox Girl on Apr 21, 2008 10:39 AM MDT in Rockpile

What's up with these fomer LBSU shortstops jumping into long term contracts so quickly? Some people questioned the Rockies signing Tulo to a six year contract after only one full season in the majors, but yesterday the Tampa Bay Rays locked in Evan Longoria after what, two weeks? That's certainly pushing it, if you ask me, but I have to admit I'd actually be pretty pleased if I were a Tampa fan with this news.

The Rockies aren't worried after yesterday's loss, and they shouldn't be after going four and two on the I-8 to I-10 road trip, as they could put themselves in a decent position heading into May if they can pull out three more series wins to close April. Of course, getting series wins in these weird two game sets against the Phillies and Cubs means that we'll want another four game win streak to start tonight. After that, it's back to the West Coast to face the Dodgers.

Hurdle's quote at the end of that article indicates that Jayson Nix's role has shifted from starter to reserve. As long as Barmes continues to hit as well as he has, I'm not going to complain.

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Very interesting article

in the NY Times this morning regarding the relationship between sports and the blogs that love them:

Tension Over Sports Blogging

by oo_nrb on Apr 21, 2008 12:36 PM MDT reply actions

Thanks for the tip

Interesting, indeed. Russ, Rox Girl – your thoughts?

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson

by rockhead on Apr 21, 2008 4:03 PM MDT up reply actions

I had no idea women's water polo had such a blog underground

That the NCAA would feel the need to restrict posting. Although it kind of makes sense. Blogs will often do best where there’s a vacuum in the mainstream coverage of a team.

by Rox Girl on Apr 21, 2008 4:20 PM MDT up reply actions

Back during

the ‘07 College World Series, an NCAA official kicked a writer out of the press box because he was blogging the Louisville game while in there. Stupid NCAA.

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

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by Russ Oates on Apr 21, 2008 6:21 PM MDT up reply actions

Being a former NCAA student athlete,

IAWTC.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 22, 2008 9:46 AM MDT up reply actions

I know...

that hindsight is 20/20, but I’m disappointed that the Rox didn’t take Longoria instead of Reynolds. At the time the word up until a couple days before the draft was that it was going to be Longoria and then it became Reynolds due to his signability. It’d be nice seeing the fomer LBSU side by side.

“Tolo to Longo to Helton – Double Play!!!” Oh what could have been.

TGFPR!!

by jlot10 on Apr 21, 2008 2:13 PM MDT reply actions

hindsight....

may be 20/20, but I seem to recall a poll here at the time and people here preferred Longoria to the other choices that we thought would be available. I don’t recall, but I would guess Reynolds was so far off the radar that either he didn’t fare well in the poll or wasn’t even a choice.

Of course, it is way too early to tell whether it was a good or bad decision yet, but I’m with you in that Longoria would look really nice at 2B right now—at least offensively.

by DenverBears on Apr 21, 2008 3:00 PM MDT up reply actions

I didn't know about this site

When that draft went down, but I recall being shocked that the Rockies didn’t take Longoria (and a few other guys). Signability is nice and all for a small market team, but I wish we had that one back.

by Teekalong on Apr 21, 2008 5:23 PM MDT up reply actions

Longoria's deal

I like the deal. Sure, there’s some risk on the part of the Devils, but 17M isn’t a ton to pay for the risk.

I think this is going to look like an absolute steal by the end of the deal. In particular, the option years are going to look incredibly cheap.

by kosmo99 on Apr 21, 2008 2:57 PM MDT reply actions

Giants games next week

I decided about 5 minutes ago to go to the Monday and Tuesday games next week here in SF (I’d go Wednesday, too, but it’s during the day, and I have to work). Am I the only PR representative in the Bay Area? Is anyone else going? I’m trying to find a friend to go with me so I don’t have to deal with annoying Giants fans by myself for two nights in a row, but if I must, I will take one for the team.

by holly96 on Apr 21, 2008 4:20 PM MDT reply actions

Back to Hurdle

I wonder what was really meant by his comment there… is it more that the rox played 22 innings last week and don’t have a day off for another 10 days..or is it that Barmes may be taking some PT away from Nix and hurdle just is being a politican in telling us nicely?

by ColoroxWS07 on Apr 21, 2008 4:56 PM MDT reply actions