Game #44: Francis vs Slowey
by Rox Girl
on May 18, 2008 12:00 PM MDT
Minnesota @ Colorado
Looks like a gorgeous afternoon for a ballgame. Let's see the Rockies get another win out of it.
Go Rockies!
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Iannetta's playing.
Let’s hope that he breaks out of his recent funk and earns himself a few more starts over the next week.
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 12:24 PM MDT 0 recs
Iannetta in there, Holliday back, Baker
giving a chance to capitalize on his hot game last night…
and then we have Jeff Francis. Which may be an adventure.
We're all going to die!
by Silverblood on May 18, 2008 12:45 PM MDT 0 recs
Also
I find it curious the Twins are playing the game without a third baseman. At least according to the lineup. ;) Well, we know what side to hit ‘em to…
We're all going to die!
by Silverblood on May 18, 2008 12:46 PM MDT 0 recs
Apparently the stats company we use
Doesn’t know who Howie Clark is. I don’t blame them, I don’t know who Howie Clark is either.
by Rox Girl on
May 18, 2008 12:56 PM MDT
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Howie Clark is..
the Blue Jays’ third baseman that A-Rod yelled at last season, precipitating a brouhaha.
by alex colfax on
May 18, 2008 1:08 PM MDT
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I was sort of joking...
I know who he is, a 34 year old third baseman with just over 200 big league at bats = minor league journeyman.
by Rox Girl on
May 18, 2008 1:21 PM MDT
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He's also a friend of my college roommate...
good guy, hardworking and a longtime minor leaguer. Kind of a Danny Ardoin type player, good at Triple-A but not quite ready for prime time.
by alex colfax on
May 18, 2008 1:25 PM MDT
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That's usually the way it goes...
Those are the guys who seem to hang around the longest. I’ll bet he winds up a baseball lifer.
by Rox Girl on
May 18, 2008 1:27 PM MDT
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That's a just plain awful bottom of the Twins lineup, BTW
Redmond – .190
Clark – fresh from Rochester
Everett – .190
Slowey – a pitcher
The sad thing is, I don’t know who’s going to wind up slumpbusting whom in this scenario. Whether Francis is the cure for these guys, or vice versa.
by Rox Girl on May 18, 2008 1:00 PM MDT 0 recs
Yeah
so not a great start there…maybe lay of the 86 mph high fastballs
by moomacher on May 18, 2008 1:06 PM MDT 0 recs
Jeff surrenders the leadoff double...
But then retires the next three.
How about we get a hit before the sixth today?
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 1:12 PM MDT 0 recs
Oh good grief.
DAMMIT RLISP!!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 1:21 PM MDT 0 recs
That was an ugly end to a pretty start.
No more of that, guys.
by Rox Girl on May 18, 2008 1:22 PM MDT 0 recs
Um.
Right then, moving on.
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 1:23 PM MDT 0 recs
That was umm....and odd bounce off the wall.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 1:24 PM MDT 0 recs
Jeff.
Will you PLEASE stop the whole extra base hit trend?
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 1:24 PM MDT 0 recs
BARMES!!
Nice catch!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 1:26 PM MDT 0 recs
IBB.
this ALWAYS works.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on
May 18, 2008 1:27 PM MDT
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Wait, why do you walk the 8 guy to get to the pitcher?
don’t you want the pitcher leading off the next inning?
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 1:28 PM MDT 0 recs
The 8 guy at least is a real hitter
that was Slowey’s first career AB
by moomacher on
May 18, 2008 1:29 PM MDT
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Obviously it worked.
Everett has more of a book on Francis from his Astros days, anyway, I bet.
by Rox Girl on
May 18, 2008 1:30 PM MDT
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particularly Everett,
Who’s a defensive whiz, but doesn’t hit much better than a pitcher anyway.
by Rox Girl on
May 18, 2008 1:29 PM MDT
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But the 8th hitter is Adam Everett..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on
May 18, 2008 1:29 PM MDT
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Leadoff triple...
And they can’t score. Who do they think they are, us? I’ll take it, either way.
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 1:29 PM MDT 0 recs
bloops.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 1:33 PM MDT 0 recs
Nice AB here by Iannetta
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 1:38 PM MDT 0 recs
Bah
I give the man some praise, then promptly K’s
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by The Lodo Magic Man on
May 18, 2008 1:39 PM MDT
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yeah, but at least he works the pitcher.
He’s the only Rockie to see Slowey’s three main pitches, the FB, slider and cutter. If he sees the change, he’ll have the full look.
by Rox Girl on
May 18, 2008 1:42 PM MDT
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Another triple.
Jeff, what are you doing?
Strand him again, please.
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 1:43 PM MDT 0 recs
Sheesh.
Get out already, Monroe.
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 1:46 PM MDT 0 recs
GOT HIM!
Swing and a miss!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 1:47 PM MDT 0 recs
glad we won that battle
Francis is being a magician today.
Help by Helton’s glove doesn’t hurt.
by Rox Girl on
May 18, 2008 1:49 PM MDT
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Helton!!
Defense!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 1:48 PM MDT 0 recs
Sweet...
Strands another runner at third. Now Rockies. You can not repeat the pattern.
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 1:49 PM MDT 0 recs
Did he drop another one?
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by Squeaky on
May 18, 2008 1:56 PM MDT
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he had the Holliday foul grabbed by the fan last night
by Rox Girl on
May 18, 2008 1:57 PM MDT
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When do they call it fan interference?
And should last night have been fan interference? I was wondering about that when I saw it.
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by Squeaky on
May 18, 2008 2:00 PM MDT
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Over the rail at your own risk.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on
May 18, 2008 2:01 PM MDT
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Like Lodo says, if it's on the fan side of the railing
fans have as much right to the ball as the fielder. If it’s on the field side of the railing, you get booted.
by Rox Girl on
May 18, 2008 2:05 PM MDT
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Barmes!!!!!!!!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 1:57 PM MDT 0 recs
Gameday is really confused by all of this.
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 1:58 PM MDT 0 recs
Holliday!
Bloops!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 1:58 PM MDT 0 recs
..and Helton promptly pops out to short.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 2:00 PM MDT 0 recs
Helton nice pick.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 2:04 PM MDT 0 recs
Nice inning Jeff
1-2-3/
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 2:05 PM MDT 0 recs
Very nice.
I hope this isn’t just because it’s unfamiliar American League hitters but an actual sign of improvement.
by Rox Girl on
May 18, 2008 2:07 PM MDT
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Its cause
Jeff doesn’t have to deal with whatever mind reading device the D backs have installed at Chase Field
by moomacher on
May 18, 2008 2:08 PM MDT
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I really think either he's got a pitch tipping problem
That they’ve figured out, or something more snakelike, but it’s pretty unnatural to see a pitcher get whacked like that.
by Rox Girl on
May 18, 2008 2:11 PM MDT
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Holliday
running catch at the wall.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 2:13 PM MDT 0 recs
1-2-3 again for Jeff.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 2:17 PM MDT 0 recs
It's a good warm-up, his next start's on national television
I’m hoping he looks like this and doesn’t embarrass us.
by Rox Girl on
May 18, 2008 2:20 PM MDT
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Ugh... two K's for Chris.
The point is to get better the second time around, CDI.
by Rox Girl on May 18, 2008 2:21 PM MDT 0 recs
Iannetta is having some great ABs
But nothing to show for it. He needs to snap this slide if we’re ever going to see him.
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 2:21 PM MDT 0 recs
bah
1-2-3
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 2:24 PM MDT 0 recs
That was a pathetic inning
Come on, boys. You need more runs.
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 2:25 PM MDT 0 recs
Four hits given up by Jeff,
Every single one of them with less than two outs and for extra bases. Let’s hope he has the magic in him one more time, because the offense doesn’t seem inclined to support him today.
by Rox Girl on May 18, 2008 2:28 PM MDT 0 recs
Nice play by Brad
to scoop quickly and fire…but someone needs to teach him how to dive instead of slide.
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by SC Memphis Raines on May 18, 2008 2:29 PM MDT 0 recs
Time for some Barmes love
I know we’re all holding our breath waiting for him to turn back to the pumpkin he’s been the last couple of years but maybe, just maybe, the pre-venison Clint Barmes was the real Clint Barmes. And maybe, just maybe, today’s Clint Barmes is the real deal.
If so, our 2B problem is pretty much solved. Like I said, it’s “maybe, just maybe”, but that would be pretty damned sweet. And good for him for battling back to this level after what had to have been a discouraging couple of years.
by BroJB on May 18, 2008 2:33 PM MDT 0 recs
I think his shoulder injury
really took away all of his bat speed. I think he’s got it back.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on
May 18, 2008 2:36 PM MDT
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Hey, he's evenn surviving the Rox Girl curse
I picked him up for my fantasy team last week, and he’s still been on fire.
by Rox Girl on
May 18, 2008 2:36 PM MDT
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DAMN
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 2:34 PM MDT 0 recs
Ouch.
It had to happen sometime with all the early extra bases. Rockies really need to get the bats going.
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 2:35 PM MDT 0 recs
and Francis Ks the next 2 batters.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 2:37 PM MDT 0 recs
It will be a huge shame if he winds up losing this.
Good efforts by our pitchers have been far too infrequent to have them wasted like this. Offense, this is all on you right now.
by Rox Girl on
May 18, 2008 2:39 PM MDT
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Similar to De La Rosa this week
and Reynolds and Jimenez this weekend.
We are asking our starters to be way to perfect, and it does effect the way they pitch. If they’re constantly having to pitch away from contact or in tight spots early in games, they are bound to make mistakes.
It might sound silly, but I think our starting pitching would pick up if our offense would care to pick them up.
by David OhNo on
May 18, 2008 2:42 PM MDT
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2-1
It could be worse. Only one run down guys. You can do this.
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 2:38 PM MDT 0 recs
HELTON!!!
BOOM!!!!!!!!1
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 2:42 PM MDT 0 recs
HELTON HR!!!!
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 2:42 PM MDT 0 recs
Atkins double!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 2:44 PM MDT 0 recs
Slowey's just letting it rip...
You can tell it’s his last inning.
by Rox Girl on May 18, 2008 2:48 PM MDT 0 recs
Nice AB Bradley
Walk.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 2:49 PM MDT 0 recs
Baker
Single! Atkins scores! Hawpe to 3rd!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 2:52 PM MDT 0 recs
Good job, Bake!
Come on, Chris. No Ks, please.
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by Squeaky on May 18, 2008 2:53 PM MDT 0 recs
Bah Chris,
Yorvit could have done that.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 2:56 PM MDT 0 recs
Ground out.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 3:03 PM MDT 0 recs
Walk.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 3:06 PM MDT 0 recs
Bucky Time.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 18, 2008 3:07 PM MDT 0 recs
Hmmm
Francis either fooled them or got hit hard….which is guess is an improvement over getting hit hard by everyone (except Byrnes) in the last start
by moomacher on May 18, 2008 3:09 PM MDT 0 recs
Double Play!!!!!
Nice!
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