Game #41: Cook vs Webb
by Rox Girl on May 15, 2008 6:30 PM MDT
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Key to the Game
Score more runs than the Dbacks. I like our chances if that happens. I don’t like our chances of that happening.
Atkins...
not in the lineup. Are his numbers against Webb that bad? I know he hasn’t had a day off yet this year, but this seems a little strange.
"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 May 15, 2008 7:02 PM MDT reply actions
6-for-34, .176/.194/.206
"Nuts!" - Gen. Anthony McAuliffe
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Ah, makes more sense now.
Thanks. Hopefully the other guys can get it going tonight against Webb, I am hoping and waiting for a Brad Hawpe breakout. Glad to see Iannetta in there again, he’ll do better tonite I’m thinking.
"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 May 15, 2008 7:10 PM MDT reply actions
I can't believe I'm about to say this, but
..Hurdle has a point when people discredit Cook. Peavy and Webb are great pitchers but I don’t see the point of becomming weak-kneed and star-struck in the batters box. Other teams don’t freak out against Cook why should the Rockies fear Webb. I like our chances against anyone in the NL with Cookie on the mound. BTW Cook’s ERA is 2.26 vs Webb at 2.41
Frankly,
I’ve been dreading this matchup because Cook scares me….
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
41 games in already?
Ouch. Also, since I’m leaving NY on Monday, I’m currently taking down and packing a lot of things, including all my Rockies posters, pictures, and tickets etc. If they start winning, I swear the stuff won’t come out of the box all summer.
We're all going to die!
Connor Jackson is out and Burke is in
Good for us I think – Burke is know for having a less than stellar glove at first base.
Reynolds
can’t come up with the ball. More, please.
"Nuts!" - Gen. Anthony McAuliffe
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The over/under for the number of posts for this game thread
is 80. Melancholy has set in on The Row.
I can feel the hand of God above me about to take a swipe....
....or maybe it’s just Russ and Rox Girl hovering over the “Ban” button, should I take a false step. :-\
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
If the Rockies score 7 runs tonight
We should get like 10 tacos for a buck.
Every day is a Holliday!
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MY NAME.......
91 wins in 08? Last season I was 86 in 07 and underestimated.
Still doable
If we can get the guys started.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
Nice play by Bake
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
Holliday
Looking like Yorvit there. Not even close.
Did I scare everyone away?
Nice DP there. Cook needs to get this last out here in the 4th.
Ever see the 80s cult film They Live?
If not, you’ve probably heard the quote: guy walks into a bank with a shotgun, and says,
“I came here to chew bubblegum and kick a**, and I’m all out of bubblegum.”
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
LOL I've heard that quote
& I think I’ve seen the movie
"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 May 15, 2008 8:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Not for a long time
Good call, though. I like the Dazed and Confused paraprhase of that one re beers…
I'm around
Been making brownies for TGIF day at work. Otherwise just lurking.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
Iannetta and Spilborgs
need some stickem for their mitts. Ugly.
Good karma
2 “errors”, no runs. Luck turning?
I'm here.
I’m watching the game on Gameday while watching CSI: Vegas on TV
"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"
My only interest in this game
is watching those four voluptious babes sitting in the seats behind home plate. Chugging beer and making me wish I was 20 years younger.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 8:45 PM MDT reply actions
BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT WHO........
left them tickets.
by 91 wins in 08 on May 15, 2008 8:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Webb is good
and we are bad. Not even close to getting over on him.
3 up, 3 down for the Rox.
"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"
Apparently
All Webb need do it throw something in vague vicinity of the plate to get our guys to swing at it.
Still – only down 1
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
Tops of innings: Agony to watch.
Bottoms of innings: Fun to watch, but still painful knowing that it’s all for nothing.
Not this one
Cook doing his best Francis impression this inning.
Randon thoughts
1. I said ten games into the season this team was in trouble. They still are.
2. No upgrades = No progress
3. Fluke spoiled the FO. Holes are evident
4. Too many free swingers who do not have an agenda at the plate but to hack.
5. Pitching (Elmer Dessens, Tim Harrilkia, Mark Redmon, Josh Towers, Kip Wells, possibly Julian Taveres) need I say more.
6. This team was a .500 team except for the last two weeks. Without upgrade it has slipped below that. They look very much like 2006 squad.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 8:55 PM MDT reply actions
Hard to argue.
I’m really trying to stop harping about the offseason because obviously its spilled (spilt?) milk. But I do expect to see more heart and head from these guys, and as you say they all look like a bunch of hackers out there, which would be easier to deal with if they ever hit a HR.
Well
That will about do it for me. Unreal. Adios.
no matter what happens tonight...
I still love Cookie
"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"
n/t
The Savannah Sand Gnats rallied for three runs in the sixth inning to beat the Asheville (N.C.) Tourists, 4-3, and extend their winning streak to three games Thursday night at Grayson Stadium.
A crowd of 1,944 watched as Savannah improved to 18-22. Asheville, owner of the South Atlantic League’s best record, fell to 27-14. Savannah won the series, 3-1.
"This is very emotional," said Savannah’s Francisco Pena, who scored the game-winning run. "We’ve been playing much better as a team. We struggled at the first (of the season), but now we’re getting everything together."
I'm actually paying more attention to the Sky Sox game
than I am to the Rockies right now. Ian Stewart hit his tenth homerun, his fifth on the road. Jayson Nix and Joe Koshansky have also homered, Christian Colonel already has two more hits and the Sky Sox are up seven to nothing in the fourth.
And
Not that very many people care, and I’m not certain that this will come across formatted, but here is the box from tonight’s Gnats game:
ASHEVILLE SAVANNAH
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Cabrera ss 4 0 0 0 Veloz 2b 4 1 1 0
Mitchell cf 3 1 2 0 Pena, R. cf 4 0 1 0
Rike rf 2 1 1 0 Craig rf 3 1 0 0
Hlcomb 3b 3 0 0 0 Abruzzo dh 4 1 4 1
Cnnghm 1b 4 1 1 2 Pena F. c 4 1 1 1
Lapin lf 4 0 1 1 Jimenez 1b 4 0 1 1
Chrstsn cf 4 0 2 0 Parkerlf 3 0 1 0
Scheffer 2b 3 0 0 0 Rodriguez 3b 2 0 0 0
Seabury c 4 0 0 0 Bouchard ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3 Totals 30 4 9 3
Asheville 000 003 000 — 3
Savannah 100 003 00X — 4
E—Cunningham, Lapin, Schaeffer, Kuo. DP—Asheville 2, Savannah 1. LOB—Asheville 7, Savannah 5. 2B—Cunningham, Parker. SB—Cabrera, Rike, Christensen. CS—Lapin, Craig.\
ASHEVILLE IP H R ER BB SO
Kuo L,3-3 5.1 8 4 2 2 1
Escalona 2.2 1 0 0 0 1
SAVANNAH IP H R ER BB SO
Calero 5.1 4 3 3 2 6
Waechter W,2-0 3.0 3 0 0 0 3
Bierd S,5 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
WP—Waechter. HBP—by Calero (Cabrera); by Calero (Rike); by Waechter (Mitchell).
T—2:38. A—1,944.
What really gets me PO'ed
is the lack of hitting adjustments. These guys are supposed to be Major leaguers. I remember coming up to double AA in 1983. I was a lefty and they would throw a strike on the outside (as I always took till they threw a strike) and then pound me with hard stuff on the inside corner waist high. After five games I moved back three inches, started inside outting them and driving the high stuff over the fence. These guys never change their MO or seem to adjust. You have to today. Sometimes the slumps do not end until you adjust. None of the Rocks guys adjust.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 9:13 PM MDT reply actions
Sounds like....
you think we need a new hitting coach. Cockrell did what, exactly, to qualify for the job? Oh, that’s right, a career minor leaguer and former 1st round pick who quarterbacked at Tennessee. Hmm, could he have gotten the job because he’s a Helton crony who is willing to work cheap? Or is he a qualified hitting instructor? Whatdaya think?
Of this team's
problems, a hitting coach is very low on my list.
I was seriously just thinking the same thing...
.....how bad do you bats have to be before someone shakes up the coaching staff?
by TulsaDriller on May 15, 2008 9:49 PM MDT up reply actions
The Sky Sox are playing Frenso right?
Roxgirl is Clay Timpner playing? He is a nephew.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 9:48 PM MDT reply actions
Flippin loser
I told him he needed to work on his stroke more in Phoenix last month. He runs like me but he hits like shxx.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 9:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Ummm
just got in here. Cook gave up 10 hits, five runs, and four walks? Only lasted five innings? WTF?
I still think something's up with Arizona
I’m going to wait until after we stop playing them to try and be a little more objective though. Right now they’re on pace to have a bigger difference in their home/road splits than any Rockies squad ever has.
Honestly,
I think it has a lot to do with 1. having a really hitter-friendly park, but also, 2. having a ton of young hitters. I think with a lot of youth, you’re much more likely to have a big home/away split.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
by DbacksSkins on May 15, 2008 10:11 PM MDT up reply actions
The hitters were younger in 2007
And this kind of discrepancy didn’t show up. And as far as a hitter friendly park, Chase isn’t suddenly more hitter friendly than Coors circa 1995-1999. I think there are probably other factors, I think there’s a lot of luck, since a chunk of your home stats are against NL West foes, I think your advance scouts have done their homework on Rockies pitchers (maybe with binoculars at Tucson) and we haven’t fixed some patterns, tipped pitches or whatever. You’ll note that the D-backs hit our pitchers about as well at Coors. I think cheating’s a possibility but am guessing that what’s happening falls within the rules, it just leaves a lot of bitterness.
I noticed Iannetta last night..
was changing up his pitch calls, he was going through three or four signals even when no one was on base.
There's only one Rocktober!!
They were younger, yes,
but they also weren’t as good. Remember that we fired Kevin Seitzer around the ASB, and they all picked up after that.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
by DbacksSkins on May 15, 2008 10:35 PM MDT up reply actions
But they're still not good on the road,
And that’ the issue we’re talking about. The numbers will probably start to level, and probably mostly in a direction that won’t make you quite as happy, but right now they are pretty far out of a normal range.
Oh, I don't disagree.
I just think that there’s more of a psychological edge when a young hitter is swinging at home than for a veteran player.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
by DbacksSkins on May 15, 2008 10:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Rally time
Holliday with a single up the middle to plate a run…
He gave up a shot
he has trafiic all night and he suffered from a rare case of
UPINTHEZONEITUS
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 9:53 PM MDT reply actions
The whole team
is suffering from
WESUCKITUS
Especially Helton…geez
I loved playing in Tulsa
fans there were great for my team the Oilers
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 9:53 PM MDT reply actions
I see where Fresno is having an 80s night
the bad guy from Karate Kid as the special guest star. I bet the turnstiles have never spun quicker. A real pillow huncher there.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 10:00 PM MDT reply actions
This is no kidding
in 1982 at Pompano Beach they had 7th inning stretch Senior wheelchair races. How would that go over today? Flippin geezers going from home to first in the chairs.
Some of them moved quicker than Atkins.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 10:03 PM MDT reply actions
They do stuff like that at Chase
regularly. We used to let kids run the bases after the game, now we let the old people do it, and we get more takers.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
by DbacksSkins on May 15, 2008 10:06 PM MDT up reply actions
I still have grass stains on my arms
from diving for balls in that goofy sad grass they planted. It was so bad I think you could smoke it.
Those Sat PM DHs in 95 degree heat with 100% humidity. I need Gold Bond powder just thinking about it
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 10:09 PM MDT reply actions
The whole
“Steven Drew can suddenly hit” thing is vexing to me, especially since Tulo was so godawful before he got hurt.
This game sometimes has no semblence of order
trust me. You can hit the ball hard 10 times in a row and have nothing to show for it and then hit 20 that are cockjaws (an old term we used to use, you can figure it out yourselves) and have ten hits.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 10:12 PM MDT reply actions
Has Clay gotten any hits yet?
Make any great catches that stirred memories of old relatives? Are the Grizzlies losing?
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 10:14 PM MDT reply actions
No
Zero outs in center field for teh Sky Sox tonight. Zero hits for Cly, but he picked up a walk his last time up.
I'm not sure
how this team can consistently fail completely in every single facet of the game, every night.
I don't know how our guys could possibly look worse.
Just a bunch of suckers out there, doing everything wrong, falling for everything.
Was she one of those four hot chicks behind home plate tonight?
I stopped watching but are they still there? I almost had to make a Viagra run.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 10:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Not exactly..
She works one of the specialty booths at the carnival, and I’ve never heard her name and Viagra used in the same sentence.
There's only one Rocktober!!
Wow
you are welcome for that vivid visual
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 10:22 PM MDT up reply actions
We probably had about 8,
but it’s hometeam scoring.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
by DbacksSkins on May 15, 2008 10:38 PM MDT up reply actions
Folks you need to forget about this season.
Stop coming here and getting TO’d. Stop watching the games as this will continue throughout. There are seasons where everything will go wrong and despite the players and fans best wishes it never gets better. I have seen it for years and played a couple of minor league seasons that way.
This is one of those years for the purple.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 10:21 PM MDT reply actions
At least watch the games without expectations...
Until we get closer, anyway. That way it hurts less. RIght now I just want to see some maturation take place with the younger players, U-ball and Reynolds especially.
2005 Houston Astros...
Were 15-25 after 40 games, same record as the Rockies right now. They played in the World Series.
There's only one Rocktober!!
U-ball = The Rocket?
That’s a lot a maturation in a hurry. No, I think the Rockies are going to finish a lot stronger than this, but it’s going to have to take some pretty bad luck hitting Arizona too, at this point for us to compete for the division. The Wild Card might be easier, we’ll see.
1914 Boston Braves ...
were 15 games out on July 6 with a 26-40 won-lost record. They went 68-19 in the final 87 games of the season to win the N.L. pennant by 10 games over the New York Giants
There's only one Rocktober!!
1973 New York Mets..
were 11 and a half games behind the Cardinals in the N.L. East August 5 with a 48-60 won-lost mark. The Mets finished the year with a 34-19 record in the final 53 games while the Cardinals suffered to a 20-31 mark during the same span
There's only one Rocktober!!
1989 Toronto Blue Jays..
were in sixth-place in a seven-team A.L. East division with a 38-45 won-lost record before going 51-28 in the final 12 weeks of the season to win the division crown by two games over the Orioles
There's only one Rocktober!!
You sir
are out of line. To suggest that we should stop coming to the Row to talk Rockies baseball simply because we’re having a bad season (thusfar) is reprehensible. Purple Row is our one means of trying to make sense of it all. You are perfectly welcome to stay away. The rest of us will plug along as we see fit.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
No keep coming here
just don’t lose any sleep or meals because of this. You would be surprised how little the players actually get frsutrated as compared to the fans.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 10:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Well I turned it on for a couple of minutes.
I saw the four hot babes picking up their purses to leave so it must be over.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 10:26 PM MDT reply actions
Hey
juiced jam. If they win I will buy a round of brew for all at future Rock game.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 10:27 PM MDT reply actions
What is happening?
Wife has swimsuit on QVC and nightline on HDVR recording so I cannot watch.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 10:40 PM MDT reply actions
11 back half way fhrough May....
Are you f*kn kidding me?!??
Don't worry:
staying the course never, ever fails.
Let me guess
Holliday likely swung at an inside pitch and hit a nubber to the right side.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 10:44 PM MDT reply actions
I knew it would be something like that.
One big issue is the middle order is swinging at everything off the plate. Credit the Bosox advance guys for finding the holes.
Adjustments needed fast
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 15, 2008 10:48 PM MDT reply actions
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