Game #27: Cook vs. Lincecum
by Russ Oates on Apr 29, 2008 7:15 PM MDT
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Give Lincecum his first loss tonight!
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Let's start off on a down note:
If this game goes south quickly I can enjoy GTA IV instead!
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Tulo on the bench tonite...
I do wonder how long this will last. I hope the games Barmes has sat out won’t affect his hot bat.
"From now on let's stop worrying about winning and losing, just go out and play and have fun. If you make an error forget it, if you strike out who cares. Just as long as you hustle."
~Billy Heywood ~ Little Big League
by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 29, 2008 7:36 PM MDT reply actions
Barmes is hitting .233 in his last ten games
so his pine time is irrellevant to his “hotness.”
Lincecum on the mound won’t help matters (for any of our guys), so maybe sitting Tulo here isn’t the worst thing either.
Wait Jeff Baker broke a blood vessel?
Tulo back IN the lineup
"From now on let's stop worrying about winning and losing, just go out and play and have fun. If you make an error forget it, if you strike out who cares. Just as long as you hustle."
~Billy Heywood ~ Little Big League
by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 29, 2008 7:51 PM MDT reply actions
This makes for a perfect baseball story
if tonight starts the return of Tulo. A freak injury (not good for Baker) leads to an unexpected start and a surprise breakout… This game has it’s share of quirks, and maybe for the benefit of Tulo, tonight will be one of those odd incidents.
Not trying to make light of Baker’s malady, though.
I feel bad for Bake...
Maybe he was trying to do the symbolic dunking (see: my diary) for Tulo and ran into a rock.
www.notthisday.com ....coming October!!!
Either that or a
base geyser malfunction during batting practice.
Darn bases.
Apparently that whole “opponent sensor” is experiencing some technical difficulties.
www.notthisday.com ....coming October!!!
That one had me laughing for hours
Still laughing, actually.
Also, Tim Lincecum? 4 runs in 29 innings? Um, yikes.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
Lol
Your diary was hilarious and I actually think we should try some of that stuff.
"From now on let's stop worrying about winning and losing, just go out and play and have fun. If you make an error forget it, if you strike out who cares. Just as long as you hustle."
~Billy Heywood ~ Little Big League
by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 29, 2008 7:58 PM MDT reply actions
Especially
The voodoo at the top of the Rockpile!
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
A flare for Willy T
to start the game.
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Men on the corners
for Holliday. Have to like his chances on this one.
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A run on the double play.
Not exactly what I hoped for.
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DP for Matty.
At least it’s a run. Didn’t figure we’d get one of those today.
Every day is a Holliday!
A run in at least
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
And Atkins collects another hit
to extend his hitting streak.
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Atkins
Still the only one earning his paycheck. Which coincidentally is lower than some of the others.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
I told myself I would not come to the Row until the Rockies got a lead.
Hi, everyone. Figures that that lead came on a double play, but hey, beggars can’t be choosers.
I don't
see the connection.
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We're back to making the Giants looking like All-Stars
and Tulo limps and Todd drops throws. In other words, still screwed.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
And Todd drops the throw.
I don’t think I’ve seen that before in my life.
by Tyler Boschert on Apr 29, 2008 8:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Tulo limping.
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ODG
Todd drops the throw. Will April ever end?
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
Horrible throw by Torrealba when Lewis was caught dead
missed catch by Helton… This team refuses to do the little things right.
Everything we DID do
when, coincidentally, we were winning games like a machine.
I want April to be over.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
Atkins continues to be the only one
contributing to the success of the team. Nice catch, Atty.
Give Atkins
the damn extension that he’s earned; others with extensions already have not necessarily done so.
Is it just me?
Or is Atty’s defense improved this year?
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
I think it's always been that good
and we’re only noticing now because there’s nothing else positive to focus on.
by Tyler Boschert on Apr 29, 2008 8:36 PM MDT up reply actions
That makes perfect sense.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
It's just you
he’s still in the bottom three in the National League starting third basemen in RZR. He still doesn’t make plays requiring average range. I think not making mistakes tends to get overrated in defense, when the sole focus should be on making outs.
I think the big difference is that he’s hitting extremely well, so subesquently, he’s seen as a better defender.
Out at the plate!
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WOOHOO!
Delayed steal turns into an EPIC FAIL for the Giants. They looked positively Rockies-esque there.
Would have taken me a while, too.
I mean, “SB, FC 2-4-2” isn’t exactly intuitive.
by Tyler Boschert on Apr 29, 2008 8:37 PM MDT up reply actions
See below.
1-1 now.
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Bengie Molina
comes through for the Giants. That injury makes him even slower than usual.
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Hmm
I wonder if having to rush into the lineup and not being properly warmed might have something to do with it…. Maybe a few weeks to study and not be so pull-happy will help, AS LONG AS it’s nothing serious.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
Tulo shouldn't be out there.
He really looks hurt after that play.
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Why
Did he try to play when he was obviously hurt?
Iannetta's
playing third, Atkins at second.
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With Cook pitching
that’s exactly what this will be.
...
Heh. That’s exactly what I was thinking. Being at the game, I had no idea that Baker had been injured, so I assumed he’d come in. Then when I saw Iannetta going to third and Atkins to 2nd, I was thinking, What on Earth is going on here? But then after Iannetta’s homerun and Atkins’ mostly solid defense at 2nd (including one really nice play late in the game), I decided Hurdle must have been psychic, at least for tonight.
NEWSFLASH HURDLE!
Holliday was drafted as a 3B, why not move him to the infield and put Spilly in left?
Every day is a Holliday!
Actually
A DL trip might be the best thing for Tulo’s head right now. We’ll miss him (maybe) for a couple weeks, but it might be better in the long run.
Every day is a Holliday!
2-1 and Tulo hurt
As usual, this game sucks. Cook suddenly can’t be good against the Giants.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
This infield looks similar
to when I let my six-year-old cousin write my lineup in MLB ‘08: The Show.
Now this is the one game I actually want to see
If only for black comedy value. I mean, Iannetta at third? Atkins at second? I want to see this.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
Iannetta has NEVER played third base professionally.
Garrett Atkins has NEVER played second base in the Major Leagues and not AT ALL since his days at Single-A Modeso.
Black comedy, indeed.
by Tyler Boschert on Apr 29, 2008 8:47 PM MDT up reply actions
This is why
you carry more than four infielders on the 25-man roster. I suppose they could have just put Baker in at second…
As long as it's nothing too serious
Maybe some time to rest and clear his head won’t be the worst thing.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
Homer!
Iannetta!
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Chris!!!!!!!!!
GO TARHEEL!!!!!
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Don't start with me
;)
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
C.I.'s a Tar Heel?
What a shame. I used to like him. =P j/k
by Tyler Boschert on Apr 29, 2008 8:48 PM MDT up reply actions
But...but...
Yorvit provides those INTANGIBLES. He’s got such great INSTINCT, and he makes his teammates BETTER. Bottom line: he provides STABILITY. AWESOME pick for the Rockies.
/Mel Kiper’d
by Tyler Boschert on Apr 29, 2008 8:50 PM MDT up reply actions
All kidding aside
Torrealba’s starting intangibles have failed and it’s time for him to have a seat more often.
His role was to mentor the young Latin hurlers and bring them along. One has lost his job as the closer, another has been sent to AAA, a third is about to go to the bullpen…
It’s not that intangibles don’t exist, it’s that their contributions pale when held up against staggering tangible beneifts.
Iannetta’s providing offense we sorely need, and he really isn’t worse defensively.
by David OhNo on Apr 29, 2008 8:56 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
With this um, interesting infield
and GB machine Cookie on the mound, this is gonna be … well, put on your crash helmets.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
Atkins succeeds at turning the DP.
Let’s not hammer the panic button just yet.
by Tyler Boschert on Apr 29, 2008 8:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Cookie not looking his sharpest tonight
Here’s what we need to do: Have Iannetta catch and move Yorvit to third!
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
He was supposed to be in the starting lineup
Then he broke a blood vessel in his finger. Leading to this interesting configuration.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
Hurt.
“Broken blood vessel” in the middle finger, officially.
There’s a joke in there somewhere, I SWEAR.
by Tyler Boschert on Apr 29, 2008 8:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Not so fast...
that familiar old Atkins – Barmes DP duo?
Doesn't matter where we ask Atty to play.
He’s getting it done. Can he pitch?
DP started by Atkins.
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SO, HAS THE ANSWER BEEN.....
Atkins at 2B and Stewart at 3B, the whole time? Only SLIGHTLY kidding.
by 91 wins in 08 on Apr 29, 2008 8:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Then Cookie gives up a hit to Lincecum
Some things never change, along with them our complete inability to get out the opposing pitcher.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
So...
what the hell. Let’s keep Atkins at 2B and call up Stewart to play 3rd :)
Kinda kidding. But just maybe it’s crazy enough to work…..
Here's an idea:
Let’s not carry THIRTEEN FREAKING PITCHERS and maybe we’ll be able to survive injuries to two middle infielders.
Not that I don’t like the idea of Stewart at third, but…
by Tyler Boschert on Apr 29, 2008 8:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Thirteen freaking pitchers
and six freaking outfielders (okay, so Baker is only technically listed as an OF.)
SAW YOUR POST AFTER I POSTED
same wave length even to the Kidding.
by 91 wins in 08 on Apr 29, 2008 9:03 PM MDT up reply actions
why is everyone
being so hard on Cookie. An error on Todd, easy catch, and w/out the injury to Tulo thats an easy out too. Bad defense is the problem right now.
Also I think the injury to Tulo is real bad from what it looks like. Muscle pulls can take forever to come back from, and a quad pull would be real bad news.
Probably stemmed from
having to rush into the lineup. I mean, he was a deadweight offensively, but you can’t replace his defense, and having him hurt is just a bad thing in general. Maybe we really are hexed this year.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
I was just thinking the same thing
Stranger things have happened.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
Paging Mr. Quintanilla....
Take off that Sky Sox uni, you’re now the Rockies starting second baseman.
Do something with the opportunity, Q.
He had already been promoted
as the second part of the Morales demotion, I believe.
I don't think so.
We’re carrying thirteen pitchers, so only four bench player (Iannetta, Baker, Spilborghs, Podsednik).
by Tyler Boschert on Apr 29, 2008 9:04 PM MDT up reply actions
My mistake then
it made sense, at least, and perhaps you could still be correct.
23-year-old phenom shortstop hurts self.
Troy Tulowitzki: the New, Improved Clint Barmes. Now you don’t even need to add venison.
Or maybe it'll work in reverse
He sucked when he left, he’ll be great when he comes back.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
What?
Did I miss something? I thought it was Holliday on 2nd, 2 outs.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
Matty!
Now, Garrett, drive in Matt.
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Well, can't ask Garrett to do everything.
By this point, I pray to the God I don’t believe in to get us through every defensive inning without damage.
At this point
Pray to whoever you believe in, whether it be Jesus, God, Allah, Buddha, or Jobu.
Every day is a Holliday!
He was at 89-90 for the first inning
but he’s now back around 93 mph with more late break. I really think this year his stuff has looked more crisp, and he’s pitching with more velo in his sinker.
I wish he would still mix a few of those mid-high 90’s straight heaters in just for a different look, assuming he still has it.
Yeah...
He’s really locating well and mixing speeds. Not just depending on the sinker. Very impressive. He’s one of the few real bright spots so far.
Him and Atkins
are pretty much exempt from my vitriol at the moment, since they’re the only two looking good out there consistently.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
Owwwww
That’ll leave a mark.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
Don't let
Molina get another hit.
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Well, Iannetta plays the infield the same way I do.
Doesn’t matter if it goes in the glove, as long as it stays right in front of you.
Center it up
There is a reason you get in front of the ball. :)
With Molina running all he had to do was stop the ball, even if he had to run to pick it up he could still throw him out.
Barmes, please
drive in a run or two.
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Denied.
Barmes looking distinctly more Barmes-ish these days.
Yorvit up with runners on first and second, 1 out. Joy.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
2 for his last 22
he won’t stay this bad, but this does put his hot streak into perspective.
After the Braves game
We all knew it would take until August for him to have a game like that again.
Sad thing is, this may be true team-wide.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
And there's teh DP to end the inning.
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Is there a defensible reason
to start Torrealba consistently over Iannetta anymore?
Nope
Will that stop Clint? Not likely. “Yorvit’s our everyday catcher.”
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
I don't think
there has been since late last year. Please play Iannetta, or maybe he is too patient for our philosophy.
Official "hate on Yorvit" time!
My favorite part of any Row thread. But yeah…play CI, Clint.
It's a mere opinion
and one that has merit, statistically.
When the only retort to such posts is to answer smarmily about a broad theme without any concrete counterpoints or alternative suggestions, it hints at a lack of insight…
Or, perhaps
It hits at a lack of patience for repetitive arguments. I’m fine with Iannetta playing. Really. I think he should play more. Really. Yorvit was also the starter on the team that went to the World Series last year. Really. Iannetta was not a real contributor to that team. Forgive me for refusing to bang endlessly on a guy that, while not special, hardly is the reason for the failures of this team this year, and who was-whether you can find statistical evidence for it or not-a huge part of the best season in this team’s history last year. But please, proceed.
I do like the use of “smarmily” though.
I had to dictionary.com smarmily
to make sure it would work…
I don’t deny Torrealba’s contributions to the Wrold Series run and thank him for that. However, I think you can make a case for Torrealba being one of the problems this year.
With so many offensive holes at short, second (save for Clint’s two week run), center, and right and first to a degree, they have to find a way to find any offensive output that represents a net gain. Yorvit’s sub .300 OBP and middling average isn’t helping matters, but Iannetta’s line stats are amongst the best on the team. Could plus .050 in all three line stats make an improvement in the game to game offensive output? I would think so (again assuming he continues to produce). I think the Rockies are leaving some offense on the table when they don’t play Iannetta every day, and for that, I place blame on Hurdle for continuing to start Torrealba. I could only blame Torrealba if I expected him to contribute more, and I don’t, so the onus falls on Hurdle to make the change.
I used
Smarmily in a work email recently, and nobody got it. I was, needless to say, upset.
In any case, I dig what you’re saying and I agree in principle, and I certainly agree that we cannot afford to leave any offense on the table right now. I just think that if certain other guys were even coming close to pulling their weight, the team would be in a much better way right now regardless of Yorvit. And asking CI to pull more than his share isn’t going to right the ship, I’m afraid. But plaing him more is part of the solution.
We don't hate Yorvit,
we hate the way he plays. Clearly, there is a difference.
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Hmm
Cook gets two outs on three pitches, then walks .159-hitting Bocock on four.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
Don't you
just love baseball for that?
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Optimism
Cook is dealing, we’re tied 2-2, Lincicome is over 50 pitches and looks hittable.
This game is very winnable.
SSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH
We’re trying to avoid any jinxes here tonight.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
I mentioned that just because
everybody is so negative here lately.
I'm one of those who thinks we'll (eventually)
come around, but mask it with my usual coping mechanisms of very black humor. And in the meantime, I can’t pretend they are particularly fun to watch, but this game has hummed along at a level of manageability instead of agony, always a plus….?
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
Didn't mean to be negative
Should have included a \joking line.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
Commmon Avs
get one goal back….and no more penalties…..power play goal would be nice
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Any word on Tulo's Hammi?
injury?
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Not hammy.
“Left quad strain,” say the dulcet tones of Jon Miller.
by Tyler Boschert on Apr 29, 2008 9:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Avs down 4-2 in 2nd
wow, the Nugs, Avs and Rox are really lifitng the spirits of this state, ain’t they?
Anyone know anything about indoor lacrosse? maybe the Mammoth will win some games. or are they called matches?
I know nothing
about lacrosse….
But I do like Arena Football….and the Crush really, really suck…this year too.
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Wells likely DL-bound
The Rockies are concerned that Wells could have a blocked artery that caused the numbness he experienced last night.
Nix could also be added to the roster tomorrow if he successfully clears waivers.
Oh boy
Nix is so bad that no one wants him, so we DFA him and take him back. Boy, we suck this year.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
Nix
needs to go down to AAA and get his head together. No way should he have to deal with major league pitching right now. Surely we can find a veteran untily guy somewhere for cheap. If not, let’s look at Herrera.
I think the answer
realy, really is Stewart. BUT only if he plays everyday at some position.
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
that should be
Concerned that his numbness could be related to the blocked artery he dealt with two years ago.
Ugg blocked Artery
can be life threating….get well, kid.
What a rash of injuries. Baker has a broken blood vessel? Tulo pulls a Quad?
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Just as well...
Darling rang Cookie up there. The way things are going, best to keep him off the basepaths and safely in the dugout
That was so close, but
Willy’s out #2.
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Just because it is fun to think about
There is a very reasonable scenario where both Lincecum and Haren are pitching for the Rockies this year, with the rest of the ML roster basically intact.
I know hindsight, 20-20, etc., but still. How would that feel to have Francis 3, Cook 4?
Despite our hitting woes, the season would look much different.
And what exactly is said scenario?
Brian Sabean may be on crack, but I don’t see him trading Lincecum to a division rival at pretty much any price. And Beane would have made sure he took our farm system with him.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
Reynolds
Lincecum was higher rated, we passed over him in over-drafting Reynolds.
We draft Lincecum instead of Reynolds
D’backs seem to be doing fine without their “farm system”
Just got here
why was Atkins playing 2b there?
Baker supposed to be in lineup
broke blood vessel. Tulo in instead, pulled quad. Nix DFA = Iannetta emergency 3B, Superman emergency 2B.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
Excellent sum up
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
Everyone
is getting a shot at 2nd…Helton plays there tomorrow
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Busted
blood Vessel in his finger. No word on if it’s serious.
Tulo however REALLY hurt himself…...he’s DL bound for sure, though no official word. (quad)
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Well
that sucks, but sitting out a few weeks might not be the worst thing for him
That's the consensus
But quad injuries kept Willy T out a LONG time last year, and despite Tulo’s current ineptitude, I don’t feel quite right without him around.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
To make you feel better
Tulo IS hitting ala Barmes of 06.
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
If by "feel better"
you mean you just made those cyanide tablets way more attractive =[
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 9:49 PM MDT up reply actions
The beauty of depression
is anything can look good, when things are this black
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Holy crap
have you ever just come into a thread with 200 comments on it and just held down the Z key for fifteen seconds to see how many you’ve unmarked, and then get to bottom to find out Atkins is playing second base? Well I have. It was very….uh, well, based on the last week of my life, it was pretty normal, but under most other circumstances it would have been pretty hilarious.
Atkins has done
ok at 2nd…...Going forward: Barmes goes in at SS Stewart in at either 2nd or 3rd….I dunno who pitches Saturday….could be interesting.
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
watch us score fifteen runs twice this week
And the guy who pitches Saturday, which could have be the schmo sitting next to you last week at the park tosses a no-hitter.
The guy at the game
did have some pretty funny looking sideburns and a Reds cap on…..huuummmmmmmmmmm
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Excited to see Stewart again
remember that grand slam he hit last year?
And he's still been streaky this year
Stewart needs a full year in AAA for his own good, and for the team’s down the road.
Stewie won’t save this group anymore than they can save themselves. This is a case where I’d trust the current roster to work their way out of this while letting a guy get needed development time.
Yeah
Clearly we had it backwards all along, Garrett should play second, not Stewart…
But seriously, with Tulo out and the lineup in sore need of some power, promote Ian to play third and see how long Atkins can hold out at second. Stewart/Atkins/Barmes/Helton looks a WHOLE lot better than Atkins/Barmes/Q/Helton.
PLEASE DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!
This right here
strangely epitomizes our season thusfar.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 9:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Here's your
2nd baseman….short fly out
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Max Scherzer
retired all 13 batters he faced in MLB debut vs Houston tonight…as if Arizona needs more great young pitching. Wonder if they can spare any for a downtrodden division rival…nah, I didn’t think so.
They still owe us
a favor for Jeff Salazar gift
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
What about
the guy putting it all together? Josh Byrnes? Something like that? Didn’t he work for us for a while?
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 9:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Yes like
for a week. I’ll take Byrnes if he can pitch.
But I’ll really miss booing him
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Not the outfielder
lol, the GM. I thought that was his name? Maybe I’ve just associated all evil/D’Backs related with the name Byrnes.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 9:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Salazar is a decent player...
but, really, how much would he play here? He’s certainly not the player Spilborghs is. The Rox gambled and lost trying to sneak him through waivers last year, but it was no great loss. He had a big pinch homer to win a game in August and made one highlight-reel catch, but Sullivan (remember him?) helped the Rockies a lot, too.
The guy they lost on waivers the year before, Justin Hampson, was a bigger blunder. Young, reliable lefty relievers are hard to find…and far prferable to the Micah Bowies of the world.
by alex colfax on Apr 29, 2008 10:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Don't make me
add another dback to my fantasy team
I just wish some move, sometime, would come back to bite them
Really. Anything. I don’t want to discredit them any, both the Josh Byrnes and Garagiola administrations have done a fantastic job of putting that team together, but to have that kind of success rate with every top pick, every trade, every waiver wire pick-up. And I don’t mean just a little success but the maximum possible is uncanny.
Okay, dude?
Russ Ortiz, Jason Grimsley, and Richie Sexson, cases in point. Remember, also, that we failed to protect Dan Uggla in the Rule V draft. Brad Penny for Matt Mantei? What the hell is Mantei doing now? We also just traded away Carlos Quentin…. and he’s kicking all kinds of arse with the ChiSox.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Heh
Lincecum is hilarious looking with this ‘do
Once again I ask plaintively...
why can’t Spillborghs start in right occasionally???
Triple for Castillo?
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Call ups
OK, let’s figure this out:
Morales – demoted
Wells – DL
Tulo – Probably DL
Baker – maybe DL
That would mean we need a sterter, a reliever and two infielders.
Towers is the starter. Quintanilla is one of the IFers. The other two are where it gets interesting.
The only reliever on the Sky Sox who’s on the 40 man is Morillo, and he’s been getting lit up. Veteran guys like del los Santos and Zambrano have also been ineffective. So maybe you have to add a young guy to the 40 man and give him a shot. Register? Arias? Daley? Sean Smith? Finish the Ramirez deal and take de la Rosa and bring him up?
As for the other infielder – who knows? If not Nix, is it Herrera? Do you pull Wimberly up from Tulsa for a look? Anyone got Marcus Giles’ phone number?
Should be, at least , interesting.
I think with
Atkins performance tonight, the other INF is Stewart.
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
867-5309.
Wait, that’s Jenny’s number.
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That, and a bit more.
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If she can
then I need to make her mine…....
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Guessing the transactions
Tomorrow:
Wells and Tulowitzki DL’d / Morales optioned
Quintanilla, Herrera and maybe Stewart called up
Saturday:
De La Rosa acquired ; Stewart optioned.
I hate to bring this up now
but…....
EXTRA INNINGS? I mean it’s our 08 Rockies here
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Dude
that’s cruel. The last game thread I was part of went 22 innings. Don’t even =[
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 10:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow
Atkins is the best looking 2b of the season so far
That was great, Garrett!
Nice.
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OH MY GOD
ATKINS!
Superman!
Atkins is a better 2nd then he is a 3rd baseman.
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That was fun
Watching Atkins make that play was the most fun I have had this season watching the Rockies.
I was thinking the same thing
you could here the dug out too…yelling, and cheering…..
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Unbelievable
when you don’t practice that daily (or ever?) yet still have the presence of mind to spin and sling…
Atty!
This man can do ANYTHING!
"From now on let's stop worrying about winning and losing, just go out and play and have fun. If you make an error forget it, if you strike out who cares. Just as long as you hustle."
~Billy Heywood ~ Little Big League
by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 29, 2008 10:01 PM MDT reply actions
AH man
I love Little Big League. I haven’t seen that movie in so long.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions
LBL is my fav movie of alltime..
I just thought the rockies should have fun like young manager Billy Heywood said to his Twins players! And in other news, A BALK NOT CALLED ON US!
"From now on let's stop worrying about winning and losing, just go out and play and have fun. If you make an error forget it, if you strike out who cares. Just as long as you hustle."
~Billy Heywood ~ Little Big League
by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 29, 2008 10:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Sig changed
in reflection of our current Team MVP. And I want video of that, dammit. Sounds good.
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
Iannetta!
Man, I want Cook to get this win. Still no ERs tonight.
Keep it up, Chris.
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So Atkins is a gold glove second baseman
and Iannetta is a silver slugger third baseman…who knew?
Not bad for a TARHEEL!
/smirk
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
touché
and sincere congrats on the title, I TOLD you Rush would be a problem!
It’s a good, though.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
Haha
I was happy to see Hansbrough come back. Love watching that guy play, and since I have my title and no repeat aspirations (our roster got rocked by the NBA, even if Chalmers comes back), I might be secretly pulling for Psycho T to get his.
And let’s be honest. EVERYONE was a problem in that game.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 10:10 PM MDT up reply actions
True
But I try to think about that as little as possible. =(
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
I won't bring it up again.
It was a gut reaction and in an absolutely horrendous two weeks for me (personally and in the sports world), it’s about the only thing to make me feel good recently. Thanks for bein a good sport about it =p
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 10:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Iannetta has absolutely
crushed two balls off Lincecum. Clint, are you watching?? I think this guy also is a catcher; I know we’re set there for the rest of your tenure…but give the kid from Providence a real chance, would you please?
Nice balk . . .
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What in the...?
Have you ever ACTUALLY said that before? If so, that would be seriously awesome.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 10:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Isn't it nice?
We seem to give out so many of our own, we just happened to get a little nugget of fortune ourselves. Have to admit, it is nice.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 10:11 PM MDT up reply actions
"Kinda" is an understatement
I don’t think I’ve seen that before. Dissapointed from a baseball fan standpoint, but thrilled as a Rockies fan.
Cook batted
but knowing Hurdle…..will he pitch the bottom of the 7th? I mean it is Hurdle
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Bizzare
This is one strange game.
Even by strange game standards.
By this past month's standards...
it’s not that strange at all.
Get back to me in the 19th inning and we’ll re-visit.
As is tonight's thread
Must be a cause/effect type thing.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
Imagine being a Giants fan
You’re playing a team that can’t get out of their own way. You’ve got your young stud on the hill in your own park. The other guys have a 3B playing 2nd and a catcher at third…and you might lose.
On a balk.
Wings 4 Good Guys (Avs) 3
and a couple really close ones I thought tied the gaem for the avs
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David Jones
Where did those moves come from?
by potterhead4 on Apr 29, 2008 10:36 PM MDT up reply actions
The Rockies should not be winning this game
They are ahead on a balk that was called because the ump called on a time out
NOT FAIR
"...and Bocock is in the whole"
If you're....
...trying to tell the denizens of this board that baseball isn’t fair, I would remind you:
WE HAVE A CATCHER PLAYING THIRD BASE RIGHT NOW.
Tell you what you've got to do, get a video clip of it,
And make a website called Lincecumdidntbalk.com where you reveal footage that clearly shows the erroneous call of the umpire. Then keep on posting about it over and over again all summer. People will take you seriously at that point for certain.
Guffaw, guffaw, guffaw!
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
Winn out at third!
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Dreadful baserunning by Winn.
Thanks, Randy.
Heh
I love the awkward effectiveness of the infield tonight.
I think Squeaky's diary about having them all spin in circles
to distract the opposition is probably too close to the truth for comfort. And yet they still make great plays on occasion.
It almost cost us there
sketchy footwork, positioning almost cost us on that play at third. But tonight, an out is an out is an out, and we’ll take ‘em any way we get ‘em.
Nice play
Iannetta….seriously…if he and Atkins actually practiced these positions…...
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Currently listening to:
“Awful, Beautiful Life” by Darryl Worley
Kinda sums up the game tonight, doesn’t it?
Every day is a Holliday!
I was listening to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf80jYNg8Og
Has absolutely NOTHING to do with baseball.
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Possibly
the greatest song of all time
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
I'd also nominate this for that award
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGrQj8mJrtg
Every day is a Holliday!
That's an ok song
but here’s my other nominee for greatest song ever. (by the same guy no less!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ge5FgkcRw
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
That is soooooooooo wrong
But absolutely hilarious!
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
While we're making moves
can we send Torrealba down, since he couldn’t throw me out, and bring up Bellorin or Cota?
Never mind
I just remembered that he actually should have thrown the guy out, but the second baseman dropped the ball.
Velez pick off.
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Cook
No earned runs over 8 innings with a lot of weird crap going on all around him.
This game
Is the nightcap of a strange baseball doubleheader for me. I was at the UNC-BYU game, which was a 17-10 game in which there were 31 hits, 20 walks, 5 errors and a guy that struck out 5 times in 6 innings.
Every day is a Holliday!
I will say..
in spite of the injuries in this game, Cook, Atty, and Iannetta have had me smiling more about being a rockies fan than I have in days!
"From now on let's stop worrying about winning and losing, just go out and play and have fun. If you make an error forget it, if you strike out who cares. Just as long as you hustle."
~Billy Heywood ~ Little Big League
by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 29, 2008 10:27 PM MDT reply actions
Great bullpen?
Where??
(Yeah, I got the sarcasm)
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 10:29 PM MDT up reply actions
MLB.tv people
Anyone who wants to watch Valverde close a game against the D’Backs, switch over now.
NIce
and with the walk, he should run real fast to second base before the catcher can get the ball there.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 10:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Willy to second...
Astros beating the dbacks with valverde coming in, things are starting to look up!
"From now on let's stop worrying about winning and losing, just go out and play and have fun. If you make an error forget it, if you strike out who cares. Just as long as you hustle."
~Billy Heywood ~ Little Big League
by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 29, 2008 10:31 PM MDT reply actions
Nice
a productive out. Just what I wanted. The possibility of a walk, followed by a Holliday GIDP and a weak Atkins pop out was too much to take. I can live with whatever happens now.
Since you can't really see it
I’ll tell you that I just gave you the “wink ‘n gun”
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 10:37 PM MDT up reply actions
Valverde
strikes out Byrnes….Dbacks lose…Dbacks lose
Hurdle won't do it...
but I wish he’d bat Spilborghs for Hawpe here.
Hurdle would say that the bench is already too short.
by PioneerSkies on Apr 29, 2008 10:42 PM MDT up reply actions
And Hawpe is out on 1 pitch
Whoopee.
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
by Silverblood on Apr 29, 2008 10:43 PM MDT up reply actions
yup
we gon need him when someone inevitably gives up another double, followed by a HBP, and a single to right, where Hawpe blows his arm out trying to nail him at home.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 10:43 PM MDT up reply actions
I was just about to ask
since a lefty’s coming in, is there ANY chance we put in lefty-killing Spilly?
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
by Silverblood on Apr 29, 2008 10:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Since...
...I’m in a magnanimous mood, I will say that Jeff Huson is much, much improved over last season as a color guy. He still has a long way to go, but I really don’t mind him.
Sorry, I can't see that he's any better
he rarely has an original thought, usually just agreeing with whatever point Goodman makes and rarely, if ever, lending any insight that a former big leaguer should be able to provide. I almost always split my screen and watch and listen to another game…or music.
Your being magnanimous, maybe a rare Rockies’ lead is the reason.
My grammatical bad...
correct usage, of course, dictates “you’re” being magnanimous…
I thought Valverde would go ballistic
over save vs his old team, but he was relatively calm…
One pinch to get the third out.
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Pitch.
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I dunno if anyone is watching the Giants feed
but that Cain commercial was funny. I hope he goes ape over the lack of run support and demands a trade to the Rockies.
To be fair
It’s not exactly as if we’re doing that much better right now.
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
by Silverblood on Apr 29, 2008 10:45 PM MDT up reply actions
But....
Bill james says Brad Hawpe is the best clutch hitter in baseball.
There must be some sort of mistake. Surely he came through there.
Hawpe is just incredibly streaky
and always has been. He’ll go through long stretches where he’ll slaughter anyone out there, and then stretches where he K’s like Adam Dunn and grounds out like Yorvit Torrealba.
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
by Silverblood on Apr 29, 2008 10:46 PM MDT up reply actions
How awesome would it be
to have your job be to come in for one batter every so often, get him out, get paid a ton of the monies (in comparison to us mere mortals) and go chill out and live in a place like California? Come on.
I’d rather be a bullpen catcher and still make the league minimum. No pressure to get anyone out.
by PioneerSkies on Apr 29, 2008 10:47 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah...
...LOOGY is one of your better jobs in sports. The only better one is football long snapper.
Except one bad snap
could put you out of work, and that’s a bit more anxiety than needed. If you miss a ball catching down in the bullpen, chances are you won’t get fired…
Tr00f
but I hadn’t even thought about the bullpen catcher. Really cool gig though. Maybe I should go do that instead.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 10:54 PM MDT up reply actions
For bullpen catchers?
Nope. Bullpen catchers and batting practice ptichers make very little. they aren’t active players.
The perks have to be awesome
though. Would I rather make twice as much money and sit in a cubicle all day, or make low monies and get to go to a ton of baseball games for free, hangout in great weather (talkin about Rockies here), meet some baseball players, and generall have a laid back life.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 10:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Heeeey
I see what you did there by leaving off the “y” at the end of beauty because of my “generall”. Very smooth ;D
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 11:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Dreaming big
has always been my thing. I used to want to be a dump truck driver because I thought pressing the little lever all day and getting to drive a big bad ass brown monster everyday would be heaven.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 10:56 PM MDT up reply actions
How about trying the most useless job in sports
which is the “lamp lighter” in hockey. The guy basically sits in a phone booth all game and has a responsibility that is easier handled with modern technology, or average eye sight.
We get it, it went in, try putting that thumb to better use…
Pffff
A phone booth is luxurious. Toyota Center in Houston, the guy sits on a brown stool all game. No booth, nothin cool. Of course, the minor league hockey team here is treated like complete crap compared to those wonderful and all-mighty Rockets they share the arena with. No, I don’t have an opinion on the subject.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 11:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Looking at this Giants lineup...
Gosh they suck… great example of what happens when you pamper one player for 10 years and pay no attention to anything else. They are going to be bad for a while.
Bucholtz
Should be added to the list of good things about 2008.
So, that gives us Cook, Atkins and Bucky. And manybe Ianetta. And the tax rebate checks we’ll be getting soon.
That’s about it.
Fuentes blowing two leads in a row
hurt his stock, and Holliday’s been decent, but not really what you’d expect from the MVP runner-up.
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
by Silverblood on Apr 29, 2008 10:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Iannetta/Barmes/Yorvit
our best chance to get another run, and probably Spilly to PH if we hit the pitcher’s spot.
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
Actually, Valdez has been pretty effective this season.
by alex colfax on Apr 29, 2008 10:53 PM MDT up reply actions
1.42 ERA
not bad….
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
by Silverblood on Apr 29, 2008 10:54 PM MDT up reply actions
But
that was a pretty ugly K.
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
by Silverblood on Apr 29, 2008 10:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Barmes
Looks like Post Deer Meet Barmes is back, if Tulo is on the DL for a while, this could be very ugly
Strained quad
He may have to sit several weeks with that one. Hopefully it’s not too bad.
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
by Silverblood on Apr 29, 2008 10:55 PM MDT up reply actions
So if he does go on the DL
can we please finally bring up stewart?
by TuLoRocks2008 on Apr 29, 2008 10:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Depends on how proactive
O’Dowd gets, and if he wants to bring up Stewart for another look-see or give him time to properly mature in the Springs—rushing U-ball and Morales hurt, but position players are different from pitchers.
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
by Silverblood on Apr 29, 2008 10:58 PM MDT up reply actions
yea tru
morales just a tad bit rushed haha….he was only in the futures game less than a year ago….i think future means a few yrs down the road??
by TuLoRocks2008 on Apr 29, 2008 10:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Barmes reverting to form
I think he’d be a decent hitter if he’d just stop getting himself out by swinging at pitches way, way out of the strike zone…alas, he’s not back to pre-incident ‘05 status.
C'mon Brian!
I need to go to bed.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
In theory, anyway.
4 XB hits against our best pitcher so far this season.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 11:01 PM MDT up reply actions
Just waitin
for the Hawpe blowing out his arm trying to throw him out at home to happen.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 11:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Swinging on 3-0
That was just gift.
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
by Silverblood on Apr 29, 2008 11:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Like
a certain 3rd run we scored. This is cool.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 11:05 PM MDT up reply actions
We still need another out.
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
by Silverblood on Apr 29, 2008 11:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Ortmeier PHing
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
by Silverblood on Apr 29, 2008 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Fotunately...
this is the heart failure Giants we’re playing against.
OH YEAh
NOW I remember why Fuentes lost the closers job…...heart attack maker
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Don't get too excited
It’s been a long, long time since we won one that Cook didn’t start. Tonight was just holding up trends.
[/cold water]
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
by Silverblood on Apr 29, 2008 11:09 PM MDT up reply actions
YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
Rockies win!
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No matter how the season ends...
this is one to remember.
Awesome attitude.
I like that. Like how everytime we get into extra innings at least one of us starts thinking aloud “Paging Brent Mayne…”
This’ll be the Atkins at 2nd game. Cool memories.
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 29, 2008 11:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Memorable game
but one that’s potentially significant in impacting the season. Tomorrow’s aftermath should be something to watch. Does Tulo need a DL stint? Will the Rockies recall an infielder in his stead? Does that chain reaction impact the bullpen/rotation?
Tonight was fun, but tomorrow will be just as interesting from a transaction standpoint.
Iannetta plays third, hits a HR and a double
Atkins is a gold glove second baseman. We win. Go figure. It would be awfully nice to do it tomorrow.
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
by Silverblood on Apr 29, 2008 11:09 PM MDT up reply actions
So what have we learned here to night?
1) Atkins can play 2nd
2) Iannetta can hit
3) giants have as much hard luck/stupid plays as we do
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Oh Thank Goodness..
A WIN A WIN!!!
"From now on let's stop worrying about winning and losing, just go out and play and have fun. If you make an error forget it, if you strike out who cares. Just as long as you hustle."
~Billy Heywood ~ Little Big League
by AtkinsandTulofan on Apr 29, 2008 11:10 PM MDT reply actions
If necessity is the mother of invention...
any chance tonight’s odd lineup could actually provide some long-range hope at 2B? Atkins looked pretty good on a number of plays…but maybe it was just the spirit of this wacky game that took over.
Why not?
We don’t have to throw him in right away, but why not start having him take grounders at 2B, play there every now and then, and see if it works? Plus, it solves the Atkins/Stewart conundrum.
Every day is a Holliday!
Conundrum?
you saved “Conundrum” for 11:30 ?
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
I guess it comes with the territory
Of being a journalism major and aspiring sports writer.
Every day is a Holliday!
Things I would like to see
regardless of their chances of happening:
- Tulo hurt just enough to have to sit down and get his head cleared out (1-2 weeks) but not badly enough to be gone for a significant amount of time.
- Stewart called up to play 3rd with Atkins at 2nd, since I dunno about you, but Stewart/Barmes/Atkins/Helton looks a helluva lot better than Atkins/Barmes/Q/Helton.
- An actual pitcher, because calling up Josh Towers and Greg Reynolds will be exactly like having Redman and Jimenez in there. Coincidentally.
- Since Corpas, Jimenez, and Morales have all hit walls, and Yorvit’s “mentoring” of them is frequently cited for keeping him in the lineup, can Iannetta PLEASE PLEASE play now? (Of course, this will never happen, no matter how much we ask for it).
—A flipping win tomorrow.
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
LOL
on the mlb page of espn.com one of the headlines is “dbacks defeat lincecum”
great they win games they dont play in
Scott Podsenik for center field 08
they are Hot
But that’s ridiculously hot!
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Don't knock ESPN!
Clearly they are trying to help us by infusing us with the Dbacks’ mojo, so it’s really all thanks to them we won! I mean, why would they know who we are? We’ve been bad for years, we toil in the NL Worst, we have no good players, we’ve never won an NL pennant with one of the greatest streaks in baseball history….
Wait.
Never mind.
/ hates ESPN
Mrs. Silverblood Fankles
by Silverblood on Apr 30, 2008 12:02 AM MDT up reply actions
Jayson Nix is on the All Star Ballot for 2nd Base
IF & that’s a big, IF he is picked to play 2nd in the All Star game, who do you think will play in his spot since we designated him to the springs(if he clears waivers—or whatever happens now that Tulo & Baker are injured)?
"Baseball is what gets inside you. It's what lights you up, you can't deny that. It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great." -Jimmy Dougan (Tom Hanks) "A League of Their Own"
by Rocktober 2007 on Apr 30, 2008 12:19 AM MDT reply actions
Chris Iannetta
Nice game for the erstwhile catcher of the future. I have him on my fantasy team along with Ryan Doumit, and I’m trying to swing a trade. I think Iannetta is the better talent, but if he’s going to stay the backup, I don’t want him. Rotoworld says he could be playing his way into the starting role; what do you guys think the odds of that happening are, and how soon?
He's extremely quick and good.
I think he's playing
his way into playing a few more days a week. Torrealba has struggled both at the plate and as a catcher, and to me is looking a little beat up. I see a more 50/50 split happening. Hurdle really likes Yorviet for some reason.
But Iannetta seems to be coming into his own. He looks confident, and he’s making good contact when he bats.
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Hey, Rox fans?
Just wanted to come by to say congratulations on handing Timcecum his first loss of the year.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
You're just lucky we aren't playing you guys!.....We're HOT!
one win in a row is hot right? RIGHT?
(this, by the way, is like taunting the Lions at the drive through safari animal kingdom, from inside the car with the windows rolled up)
What am going to do with all these "Jeff Baker for 2nd" bumper stickers?
Well,
we’ll see next time we play you. Cook looks good again this year.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
by DbacksSkins on Apr 30, 2008 10:08 AM MDT up reply actions
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