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Colorado Rockies @ San Francisco Giants


Last season, the turnaround began with a sweep of the Giants at McCovey Cove. Right now, we're looking up at San Fran in the standings. I want to be looking down on them again by the weekend. Actually, as far down as possible. The bleeding has to stop here.

Go Rockies.

Lineup

Colorado Rockies @ San Francisco Giants

04/28/08 8:15 PM MDT

Colorado Rockies San Francisco Giants
Willy Taveras - CF Randy Winn - RF
Todd Helton - 1B Emmanuel Burriss - SS
Matt Holliday - LF Ray Durham - 2B
Garrett Atkins - 3B Bengie Molina - C
Brad Hawpe - RF Aaron Rowand - CF
Troy Tulowitzki - SS Rich Aurilia - 1B
Jeff Baker - 2B Jose Castillo - 3B
Yorvit Torrealba - C Dan Ortmeier - LF
Franklin Morales - P Matt Cain - P

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Yay, baseball!

I’m heading off to the ballpark in a few minutes—I’m excited. Tonight is when the offense needs to get going. Tomorrow they’ll be up against Lincecum and the weather is supposed to be colder and foggy, so it’s more likely to be a pitcher’s duel.

Okay, off to meet my friend at Willy Mays Plaza. Go Rockies!

by holly96 on Apr 28, 2008 7:30 PM MDT   0 recs

No Zito

Not as a starter, at least. Giants moved him to the bullpen. Too bad. If the Rox hitters could get healthy against anyone, it would probably be Zito. Oh, well. Maybe we’ll get a shot at The World’s Most Expensive Relief Pitcher.

My daughter says she wants to marry Taylor Bucholz.
But I'm not sure about the beard.

by maris61 on Apr 28, 2008 7:38 PM MDT   0 recs

It's really amazing

that the 2008 NL West has both a 6-0 starter and an 0-6 starter.

by oo_nrb on Apr 28, 2008 7:44 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

+1

"Juan Cruz has Freddy Krueger stuff. Welcome to Elm Street." -- Mark Grace

by DbacksSkins on Apr 28, 2008 11:38 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

So

how we gonna lose tonite?

Scott Podsenik for center field 08

by roxfan4life on Apr 28, 2008 7:46 PM MDT   0 recs

We will

take a 3-0 lead into the fifth, when Morales blows up and gives up 7 runs. We will battle it back to make it 7-6 going into the top of the ninth, load the base with no outs, followed by a strikeout and a game ending GIDP.

Thank god for baseball season.

by jcd823 on Apr 28, 2008 8:00 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

No

We’re going to score 1 run off Cain, on a wild pitch.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:42 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Gotta get better

Starting tonight. I’m interested to see if Tulo is in the lineup tonight, because lets face it, if he were anyone else right now he wouldn’t be playing too much. Maybe even down in Springs.

by RyanBuff on Apr 28, 2008 7:47 PM MDT   0 recs

Cain is winless in his last ten starts

and getting 1.5 runs of support per game. Wow. Go Giants offense.

by moomacher on Apr 28, 2008 8:03 PM MDT   0 recs

But that offense

might just be good enough to win tonight!

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

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by Russ on Apr 28, 2008 8:04 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

so that means

its gonna be 0-0 heading to the 22 inning

Scott Podsenik for center field 08

by roxfan4life on Apr 28, 2008 8:04 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

I hate late start times

But maybe San Francisco is the town to end the losing streak. Go Rockies!

"Corpas ready, first pitch, checkswing roller...Tulowitzki has it, throws to first...BALLGAME! WORLD SERIES TIME IN COLORADO!"

by avsfan4ever33 on Apr 28, 2008 8:07 PM MDT   0 recs

And a late start time

to you is?

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by Russ on Apr 28, 2008 8:09 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

These 10pm starts are killing me

Are the Rockies ever coming to the east coast?

by moomacher on Apr 28, 2008 8:10 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Philly at the end of May.

That’s so far away.

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

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by Russ on Apr 28, 2008 8:12 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

8 pm MST

But obviously I sympathsize with our east coast viewers.

"Corpas ready, first pitch, checkswing roller...Tulowitzki has it, throws to first...BALLGAME! WORLD SERIES TIME IN COLORADO!"

by avsfan4ever33 on Apr 28, 2008 8:10 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Bad luck

Hopefully that isn’t a sign of things to come.

"Corpas ready, first pitch, checkswing roller...Tulowitzki has it, throws to first...BALLGAME! WORLD SERIES TIME IN COLORADO!"

by avsfan4ever33 on Apr 28, 2008 8:17 PM MDT   0 recs

We really need a sweep

and if we don’t at least win this series, I might go lose my mind.

Thank god for baseball season.

by jcd823 on Apr 28, 2008 8:18 PM MDT   0 recs

Same modus operandi as before

Watch until it hurts too much. This point has come at varying places over the last few games, but it always comes.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:20 PM MDT   0 recs

Ugh

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

by rockhead on Apr 28, 2008 8:23 PM MDT   0 recs

Hmm

It’s already hurting. Woohoo. Go Frankie!

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:25 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Nothing comes of Todd's walk

and now it’s Morales time.

"Corpas ready, first pitch, checkswing roller...Tulowitzki has it, throws to first...BALLGAME! WORLD SERIES TIME IN COLORADO!"

by avsfan4ever33 on Apr 28, 2008 8:24 PM MDT   0 recs

At least Cain threw twenty pitches

At this rate, we might only see him five or six innings and get to Zito sooner.

by Rox Girl on Apr 28, 2008 8:26 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

D-backs still on a roll

I’m in Texas & have D-backs/Astros on TV. Haren has a perfect game through 4. Astros other than Berkman (lined out to RF) have barely been able to muster a loud foul. 1-0, Snakes. At this rate, they’re going to clinch by the All Star break.

My daughter says she wants to marry Taylor Bucholz.
But I'm not sure about the beard.

by maris61 on Apr 28, 2008 8:24 PM MDT   0 recs

Even though the D-Backs look unbeatable

I don’t think they will just cruise to a dvision title. I know so many people have handed it to them already, but I highly doubt that they will keep up this pace for 162 games. Don’t get me wrong, I think they will probably end up with the NL West crown again, but they won’t win 115 games. All those young players are bound to hit a bump in the road at some point. Right?.....Right?

Thank god for baseball season.

by jcd823 on Apr 28, 2008 8:28 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

That's what they said about the '01 Mariners

So really, our best hope may be that the Dbacks win an ungodly amount of games and then get bounced embarrassingly in the first round.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:29 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

3-0 Snakes, bottom of 4

Double, 2 RBI by Reynolds.

The only question about the outcome of this one is if Haren gets a no-hitter.

My daughter says she wants to marry Taylor Bucholz.
But I'm not sure about the beard.

by maris61 on Apr 28, 2008 8:31 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Good god

Wells/Redman/Towers. Yep. That’s our answer.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:35 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Bad outing, Frankie, bad outing,

because whenever I ask for anything, the opposite happens.

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

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

Seriously

thats a bad lineup the Giants have there

by moomacher on Apr 28, 2008 8:25 PM MDT   0 recs

Do not underestimate our powers of suck

Their suck is good for one more win than our suck. That hurts the most.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:26 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, that

was scary when the ball left the bat.

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

Bunt hit

for Burriss. Close play.

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by Russ on Apr 28, 2008 8:29 PM MDT   0 recs

#$%^#$^$%

How many balks is that for Morales? 2 already?

by moomacher on Apr 28, 2008 8:29 PM MDT   0 recs

Balk

Uh oh, he always seems to fall apart when that happens.

"Corpas ready, first pitch, checkswing roller...Tulowitzki has it, throws to first...BALLGAME! WORLD SERIES TIME IN COLORADO!"

by avsfan4ever33 on Apr 28, 2008 8:29 PM MDT   0 recs

So, have they

actually worked with Morales to correct his balk problems.

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

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by Russ on Apr 28, 2008 8:30 PM MDT   0 recs

Good for him

He’s been needing to get thrown out of a game for a long time.

Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Apr 28, 2008 8:31 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

So... Quirk's managing the rest, I take it?

Hurdle might have as short a fuse as the rest of us right now.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:31 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Really?

Clint got tossed? I was at the game and I had no idea. I just thought he argued for a long time. And I guess later I didn’t notice that he wasn’t the one going out to the mound for pitching changes.

by holly96 on Apr 29, 2008 1:51 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

morales

needs to stop that dumb balk. little things. he did this all spring and now its here in the season. coaching needs to step in teach him right. i blame hurdle for that

Scott Podsenik for center field 08

by roxfan4life on Apr 28, 2008 8:30 PM MDT   0 recs

Dammit

Is Frankie ever going to get over his balking problem?

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:31 PM MDT   0 recs

Where do they keep stats of balks?

Baseball-reference?

Thank god for baseball season.

by jcd823 on Apr 28, 2008 8:31 PM MDT   0 recs

Goodman said three this year

on the TV broadcast, but he’s going from memory so I don’t know if it’s official.

"Corpas ready, first pitch, checkswing roller...Tulowitzki has it, throws to first...BALLGAME! WORLD SERIES TIME IN COLORADO!"

by avsfan4ever33 on Apr 28, 2008 8:33 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Get a bit more animated, Hurdle.

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

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by Russ on Apr 28, 2008 8:31 PM MDT   0 recs

Mayhaps

Someone, anyone will wake up and smell the awful stench?

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

by rockhead on Apr 28, 2008 8:35 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Is Apodaca still away from the team?

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

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by Russ on Apr 28, 2008 8:32 PM MDT   0 recs

Did he go with Nix to Colo. Springs

to see if he could find any relief pitchers?

My daughter says she wants to marry Taylor Bucholz.
But I'm not sure about the beard.

by maris61 on Apr 28, 2008 8:33 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Balk costs Frankie

1-0 already.

"Corpas ready, first pitch, checkswing roller...Tulowitzki has it, throws to first...BALLGAME! WORLD SERIES TIME IN COLORADO!"

by avsfan4ever33 on Apr 28, 2008 8:33 PM MDT   0 recs

Wow

I’m always amazed at how easy we make it look for bad teams. Durham with his 5th (!) RBI of the year.

I’m pretty sure I have a really low pain tolerance tonight.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

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

send morales to the springs please

Scott Podsenik for center field 08

by roxfan4life on Apr 28, 2008 8:35 PM MDT   0 recs

We knew he was doomed

once he balked. Again.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:36 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

*shakes head*

What can be said?

"Corpas ready, first pitch, checkswing roller...Tulowitzki has it, throws to first...BALLGAME! WORLD SERIES TIME IN COLORADO!"

by avsfan4ever33 on Apr 28, 2008 8:35 PM MDT   0 recs

jimenez too

Scott Podsenik for center field 08

by roxfan4life on Apr 28, 2008 8:35 PM MDT   0 recs

Well, here's Cain's run support

showing up. Gee, I wonder why now.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:36 PM MDT   0 recs

Quite a first inning.

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

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by Russ on Apr 28, 2008 8:36 PM MDT   0 recs

they look asleep again

i know they are tired they havent had enough days off but wake up. u got the day off thurs

Scott Podsenik for center field 08

by roxfan4life on Apr 28, 2008 8:38 PM MDT   0 recs

Which is basically

a day off for us from having to watch them lose agonizingly.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:39 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah...

I…. hmmm. Yeah. My evening was going a lot better before this.

Sometimes I am really ashamed to be a fan of this team.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:38 PM MDT   0 recs

Anyone with the

Giants’ feed, did they list “Baser” as the third batter next inning?

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

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by Russ on Apr 28, 2008 8:38 PM MDT   0 recs

Well

I just listened to “The George Karl Show” and nothing the Rockies do tonight can make me angrier than that show (or, what is about to happen at the Pepsi Center). But of course, I say that now, down a mere 2-0…

by Teekalong on Apr 28, 2008 8:42 PM MDT   0 recs

If there is silver lining

It has to be that the Nuggets make the rockies woes seem minor.

Thank god for baseball season.

by jcd823 on Apr 28, 2008 8:45 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Tulo

does his usual.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:44 PM MDT   0 recs

Yep

I’m disappointed that he’s playing tonight, and batting so high. He needs to be benched, but barring that, he needs to bat 8th.

by Teekalong on Apr 28, 2008 8:44 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

The question here

is not how we lost 15 games, but rather how we won 10.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:47 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Or putting

an asterisk next to that series since it still has one game left to be played.

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

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by Russ on Apr 28, 2008 8:51 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

And Yorvit

but Frankie’s up.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:46 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

3-0 to 3-2

and then a hit. That’s snazzy.

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

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by Russ on Apr 28, 2008 8:46 PM MDT   0 recs

Did the Giants announcers...

just say Torrealba has “some speed?” Our Yorvit Torrealba?

Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Apr 28, 2008 8:47 PM MDT   0 recs

What?!

There’s another one?! Oh crap!

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:47 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Let's trade for him quick.

Can’t be much worse than ours right now.

Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Apr 28, 2008 8:48 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

anybody but the pitcher

and thats a infield hit. o well top of the order next inning. should be 4-0 by then thou

Scott Podsenik for center field 08

by roxfan4life on Apr 28, 2008 8:48 PM MDT   0 recs

Stros trying to fight back

4-2 Snakes now.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:48 PM MDT   0 recs

And Matsui's up with bases loaded, 1 out

He’s been playing very well since he finally showed up.

My daughter says she wants to marry Taylor Bucholz.
But I'm not sure about the beard.

by maris61 on Apr 28, 2008 8:52 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Please Kaz

I won’t hate you for what you did to us in that last Houston game (someone would have done it anyway) if you help us out from afar. Not that it makes much difference standings-wise, but schadenfreude is all we got.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:53 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Naturally

This is the Dbacks we’re talking about. Things don’t go wrong for them. Their underwear always smells of lilies and the sun is always shining on their pony pastures.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:54 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Popped it up

Michael Bourn to follow.

Hitting about .180.

Traded him for Lidge, who’s 6 for 6 in saves with an 0.00 ERA.

My daughter says she wants to marry Taylor Bucholz.
But I'm not sure about the beard.

by maris61 on Apr 28, 2008 8:54 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Bourne K'd

As usual.

Please … we want Willy T back.

My daughter says she wants to marry Taylor Bucholz.
But I'm not sure about the beard.

by maris61 on Apr 28, 2008 8:56 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Bourn K's

That’s that.

PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!

by Silverblood on Apr 28, 2008 8:57 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs