Game #50: Maine vs. Cook
by Russ Oates on May 25, 2008 12:01 PM MDT
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John Maine's a funny guy. Aaron Cook starts a day early. Oh, and Matt Holliday went on the DL earlier today (see FanShot below this entry).
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Nice lineup...
And no Atkins again. Swell….
This will either be a horribly embarrassing game or we’ll do something decent. There you have it…and I’ll still be tracking it.
Rockies are habit forming and may become addictive.
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Like Heroin
you know it’s bad….but people still do it
Colorado Rockies: Playing meaningless games in June, continuing a long tradition.
Hellava Line-up
so…will we be wearing Green Sky Sox uni’s and will Sox the Fox be in Coors Field today too?
Go Colorado Rockies Sky Sox!
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They're Just
Lulling the Mets into a false sense of security!
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I think the debatable word
is “false”
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We've apparently regressed...
to Todd and the Toddlers.
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Better
than being Omar (Vizquel) and the Orphans?
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At this point,
you just gotta laugh at the absurdity of it all.
In fact, I believe that “laughing at the absurdity of it all” is Stage 6. It’s even better than Acceptance. Give it a try!
Wow
You know, if all this – the terrible record, all the injuries – is the trade-off for what happened last year… I’d still make that trade all over again. Don’t know about you all.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
Right there with you.
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I think we'd all agree with that assessment.
Even if the mediocrity (or worse) continues even longer than ‘08. Seasons like last year make everything worthwhile.
by alex colfax on May 25, 2008 12:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Speaking of the Sky Sox
there are 2 names on their roster I don’t recognize. For the minor league experts here, any idea/help?
Radames Nazario SS R R 6’ 0” 166 20 06-14-1987 Active
Leonardo Reyes OF R R 6’ 0” 1 65 19 08-02-1988 Active
I notice their ages are really, really young for AAA.
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Radames
Nazario was a 2005 22nd round draft pick by the Rockies. Split time between Asheville and Tri-City last year. Filling in until the Sky Sox bring in someone else. Same goes for Reyes, who played for Casper last season.
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I'm assuming
extend spring training trainees?
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Yeah, that's
where they came from. Nazario and Reyes, I guess, will start playing for Tri-City at the end of June.
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question...
I wonder whether the mean age of the Rockies might be younger than the Sky Sox right now.
a quick check....
just based on birth years….The average birth year of the Rockies active roster is 80, whereas the Sky Sox is 79.6. So, at least by that measure, the Rox are younger.
I've seen some crazy things in baseball
and I would love to see a nice winning streak, by these AAA scrubs.
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Triple A scrubs?
That’s one helluva AAA team then.
Sure, some of the injury fill ins aren’t first choice guys, but I wouldn’t fault the two recent call-ups for anything other than having plenty of ability to be successful major leaguers.
If anything, we have very good infield defense to support Aaron Cook today.
Just noticed this...
But Minnesota and Arizona just got grand salamis. At almost the same time.
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That Would Be
Very impressive, if they were playing each other :)
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No, not playing each other...
But it’s still kind of cool.
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Delgado
errs and Herrera winds up on second. Come on, Todd.
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That was gutsy because he was safe
stupid if Reyes caught the ball and tagged him.
At any rate, the hustle was good.
Spilly
awww
Die-hard Rockies fan. On the bandwagon since 7/6/93. Not giving up my seat. EVER!
by rockiesfan4ever on May 25, 2008 1:26 PM MDT reply actions
I'm not sold on either of them...
As decent replacements. But I do hope they will work out…
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I think they're both
going to be pretty good big leaguers, but I really wanted to see them stay in CS. With all the injuries though, it’s tough to argue against them being called up.
by A.J. Haefele on May 25, 2008 1:44 PM MDT up reply actions
I know...
I’m fine with them being up while we’re falling to pieces with injuries, but…let’s just say that I’m a little suspicious with the whole “Stewart should replace Atkins” campaign recently.
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Nah
I’m not part of that at all. I think Stew is a great looking youngster, but I love Atkins. Besides, Stew has really taken to striking out a lot in the bigs so far. I figure that’ll be fixed with some more development, but for now, =(
by A.J. Haefele on May 25, 2008 1:47 PM MDT up reply actions
Ground out
The Yorvit Specialty. Don’t get me wrong, Iannetta hasn’t been much better. But I would REALLY like to see him get about four starts in a row and see if he can find a rhythm. Playing him once every week or so is not going to help. I think he’s been critically mismanaged the past couple years…
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Endy Chavez
just had his 500th hit.
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Mets take the lead.
Let it not be like yesterday’s early lead.
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Stewie
comes up with the ball on Castillo’s bunt! Time to get that run back.
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I Don't Understand
How this team strikes out so much. It seems that they strike out over 10 times a game every game, but I know it’s not that much.
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It has a little to do with the pitcher
Maine has everything working for him, and considering he’s already tough to begin with, you’re in for a long day.
Cookie's looking pretty good
But if we keep up our pattern with Maine, it won’t be QUITE good enough.
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Seeing as Maine...
is pitching a no hitter. Even though it’s only the fourth…
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Two on, one out
With the kids coming up. Now would be a good time for the first Big League hit of the seasson.
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Ugly, lazy error by Reyes
time to capitalize
Smith sends
one out! 3-1 Rockies!
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Yay!
I remember this kid from last year! Wasn’t he pretty good?
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Yay!!
Seth Smith’s first major league HR! Couldn’t have picked a better time.
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While Yorvit is struggling...
What would be wrong with letting him sit out for a series? We may not get anything from CDI, and we may. Nothing to lose…
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Yorvit:
Now hitting .216. CDI has cooled off recently, but we all know what we’re getting from Yorvit, and regular playing time would help CDI get back in a groove. We saw how well that worked out… so naturally, Hurdle decided not to do it again.
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The next player to incur an
injury: Yorvit Torrealba. Problem solved.
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The problem:
How do you plan such an injury? voodoo?
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Next Player To Incur An Inury:
Iannetta, splinters from the bench. Because that’s how this season works.
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Don't even say that....
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Our DL is just ridiculous right now
No Holliday, no Barmes, no Atkins (sitting out again due to stiff neck) no Hirsh, no Tulo…. I am honestly surprised that we aren’t still being no-hit.
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It's a testament to our system
We’ve been able to find replacements of quality that may not all be future big league regulars, but certainly big league quality. To lose a Holliday, a Hawpe and an Atkins (temporarily) and replace them with guys like Smith, Spillborghs and Stewart in your lineup suggests that you have tremendous organizational depth.
O’Dowd takes plenty of heat for not working outside the financial restrictions placed on him, but what he gets little respect for is building a well oiled machine from Low A to the majors.
Strong inning for the Cookie Monster
Needed to get back out there and shut them down right away.
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Hey
That Clayton Kershaw kid with the apparently amazing curveball is pitching for the Dodgers. It is apparently not fooling any of the Cards: Pujols just blasted one for a double to score a run.
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Bah
More RLISP. Why am I not surprised? Herrera becomes Maine’s 7th victim by K.
Yeah. Bright side: At least Jorge de la Rosa didn’t start this game!
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Hey guys
WE STILL HAVE ONLY ONE STINKING HIT.
You are just lucky it left the ballpark.
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Two on, one out for Stewart
This would be a good time to help secure my affections, Ian. Just a thought.
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Why did you have to do that??
I mean, it’s good in theory, but now means that YORVIT is up with the bases loaded and one out. There is no way this can go wrong…..
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At least there's only one out.
Oh wait. That means the DP is in order…
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Yorvit has some pretty big numbers
with the bases loaded, of course, I take those with the tiniest grain of salt.
He hits so much better with runners on base
Than he does with bases empty, especially with RISP. We just need to make sure he’s batting after Helton or Smith a lot, but you’re right, preferably not in front of Torrealba.
Yay Stewart!
Oh, but it’s bases loaded. . . .
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Sac fly.
Better than I thought.
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That probably qualifies him
for another three starts.
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Yorvit could misplay balls in the dirt
fail to throw out runners, hit .216 as the starting catcher, and fall over while tying his shoes, all the while being given carte blanche as the starter…
Wait.
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Can I voice the thoughts of the Row?
“What! A sac fly? I’m just amazed he didn’t hit into a DP.”
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Willie Randolph
has apparently gone to the Dusty Baker School of Managing Starters. Maine at 119 pitches.
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He had previously been in that school of relief usage,
And the dead arms of most of his bullpen except for super-freak Wagner is what’s left him in this position.
I still can't believe
we’ve now lost Holliday too. Running out a groundout in the second-to-last out of a blowout loss.
Yep, karma is a serious bitch.
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I think it's sort of funny how GameDay's instant highlight
Decides that sac flys are so worth our time to watch. I would think the Helton double that led to the sac fly would be the better highlight, but no, they think we’d rather see Yorvit getting under a pitch.
Well
It is a pretty rare thing to see. (Yorvit not groinding into a DP, I mean)
Every day is a Holliday!
True, I guess the shock value alone is noteworthy,
But in the end I think I’d rather have the thousand words rather than the picture.
Just checking in to this game:
I predict that our AAA line-up is going to go on a major winning streak and put our major league DL-ers to shame. I don’t really see how it could possibly go any other way. These guys are loose and not burdened by last year’s achievements, and they’re playing behind major league pitchers.
At the very least, personally, it relieves a little of the ennui that has been building up for me while watching this team.
Do San Francisco And Florida
Play a double-header today?
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The Church
strikes out.
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Must be a little too woozy
to catch up to that 93-mph sinker. Attaboy, Aaron. Now Ryan, go lie down somewhere and don’t come back until we’re done playing the Mets. Or at least disappear spasmodically along the way. It’s for your health, you know.
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Boneheaded move
when they were already losing by four and it was the last play of the game. There’s a difference between playing tough and playing cheap.
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Schoeneweis
Clint Hurdle called, he wanted his “Put the pitcher on base” strategy back.
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Uhhh
Pods, you’re doing that a little too often for my tastes. That’s supposed to happen when Aaron Cook is on the MOUND, not when Aaron Cook is on FIRST BASE. Do you have a faulty sense of direction?
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So Who Else
Feels a lot more comfortable with Cook pitching the 9th than anyone actually specialized for that role?
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Ball game over.
Aaron Cook with a complete game winner!
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I'm happy that Cook got the start
Certainly happy with the result of it, but JDLR pitches tomorrow against a hot Phillies team, so I’m not sure if throwing a banana away for every dollar you take from the till keeps the banana stand afloat in this case.
The Mets had their team set up to face two lefthanders this weekend, so switching Cook and JDLR at the last minute was a very solid counter-move for that, but the Phillies hit LHP’s well, too. We’ll have to come up with more offense tomorrow.
It did occur to me
that the price we have to pay for having Cook dominate the Mets is having to watch JDLR pitch against the Phillies… at their joke of a park… after they scored 15 runs today.
Sheeeeooouch.
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Yea!
Got home in time to catch the 8th and 9th. Nice play by Herrera there to finish it off. At least we won this series. Makes me feel a little better. Nice attendance this week-end as well. Good to see so many folks at the yard.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson
I hope
that they were there to see our lovable poltroons, not the Mets, but I suspect the opponent had something to do with it. Good way to close out a long homestand. Winning two of three series is a start. Now let’s do something on the road.
(Yes, hope springs eternal).
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We actually got one against the Twins
and aside from Fuentes’ fartery in Game 3, were close to getting one against the Giants as well.
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Yep
Bottom of the sixteenth. The Reds had to bring in Harang, who was scheduled to start on Wednesday, and he’s already thrown 3.2 innings with 7 K’s and 59 pitches. The Pads do seem to get these long games, huh…? Eh, they’re still 6 innings short.
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Still
Playing two 16+ inning games in six weeks can’t be good for the bullpen.
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Old friend Josh Fogg...
came into the game in bottom of 11th with a two-run lead and allowed Padres to tie it up.
Adrian Gonzalez won it with 3-run homer in 18th.
Really bizarre game…seven (7) homers at Petco, all except Gonzalez’ in first nine innings.
Good game today
If we are going to suck, we might as well suck with the future. Also I’m excited to see Ian Stewart hit five home runs at CBP starting tomorrow. And strike out 10 times.
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