Game #55: Cook vs. Lilly
by Russ Oates on May 30, 2008 11:15 AM MDT
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Cook's coming off a complete game victory against the Mets. What does he have for an encore?
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lineup today. I like that Iannetta is playing, thank god. No doubt it is much too much to hope he gets a few starts in a row. He moves way down in the batting order, which is also good. HurdleLogic, however, cannot help himself Baker gets the start over Smith, when he could have easily played second or something if Hurdle REALLY wanted to get him in the lineup. Therefore removing a hot bat from a lineup struggling very badly. He moves Spilly to third, which seems odd, because Atkins has been struggling since he got back and I would much rather have Spilly in the cleanup spot these days.
Then again, this is the Cubs. I don’t have high hopes for the game. I just don’t. A new wave of apathy has come over from the FO after O’Dowd’s ridiculous remarks about “oh, they’ll go on a run and be FINE” without really digging at ANYONE for playing/managing horribly, and the Rockies can lose another, because why not? I mean, they’ll just go on a run when they go on a run and there you have it.
Urk….
Go Rockies!!!!
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Um...
That first paragraph was VERY weirdly worded. I swear I’ve been awake for long enough to speak English…
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I think the Q/Herrara combo
is the best defensively, and Hurdle has been running them out there behind Cook, which is a good thing.
Analysis
“The beatings will continue until morale improves”
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 30, 2008 12:11 PM MDT reply actions
WHY WHY WHY
Is Smith not starting? That guy is clearly one of the best hitters we have at this point.
he's a lefty
Lilly is a lefty, ergo, he must sit
(he’s also batting .000 in his very very small career sample against lefties in the bigs)
are we delayed or something?
I thought the game was supposed to start at 12:20 MT.
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There we go...
I got distracted reading about a 16 year old who’s planning to sail around the globe…by himself.
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Stewart
Hits better avg. wise, against lefties than Baker, Herrera, or Smith.
I pointed out his splits against Moyer the other day.
In fairness, Baker used to be much better against lefties than he has been this season.
Helton!
I admit—I wasn’t expecting anything good.
Oh ho!!
Wow. That’s actually kind of exciting.
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Baker doubles?
I can’t believe we are hitting a soft tossing lefty today. Awesome!
Right now I'm just steeling myself for being up 10-0 in the fourth
When the game gets called. It seems inevitable with the way our season has gone.
Who is this we are watching?
Can’t be the rox
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by NewMexicanSteven on May 30, 2008 12:58 PM MDT reply actions
I really don't understand
I didn’t put lily on my fantasy team or anything
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by NewMexicanSteven on May 30, 2008 12:59 PM MDT reply actions
If there is rain in the forecast...
I now suggest that each team does not get another hit until the fifth inning is over. And swing at the first pitch. Though with the Rockies, they’ll probably end up getting hits like crazy.
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Well, at least Cook is pitching
And his starts are always crazy quick. I remember lat year against Padres he threw a CG with only 74 pitches, and the game lasted only 2 hours or something.
Thank god for baseball season.
When was the last time
The Rockies scored 4 in the first inning? I could be wrong, but I think the only other time they have done that this year was against the Astros.
Thank god for baseball season.
Iannetta.
Now this game is becoming boring in the opposite direction from what we’re used to. Always fun to watch Cook, though.
Ianneta homers
please please please let this be enough for a week of starts
But Yorvit was so good last year
Hurdlelogic.
If Hurdle doesn’t declare Ianetta the regular starting catcher now, he’s the biggest fool managing in the big leagues. We can decide if that’s so as early as tomorrow.
There is a bright side to the '08 season.
Barry Bonds & Roger Clemens are out of baseball.
Okay, now start getting out...
Before the rain comes…
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Q singles in another
the rout is on baby….Lets let Cookie go for another CG
Anyone watching it today?
Whats the weather looking like now? it was only listed under the MLB package in my guide today, I hate when I have a day off and the game isn’t on TV.
Thank god for baseball season.
The weather radar does not look good
Let’s make some outs & get some quick to get through 5.
There is a bright side to the '08 season.
Barry Bonds & Roger Clemens are out of baseball.
I actually see the opposite.
There are rain and storms, but they’re staying to the south of Chicago.
This is a score we
should see more often.
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It help to have a pitcher and catcher
Most good teams have them for most games.
There is a bright side to the '08 season.
Barry Bonds & Roger Clemens are out of baseball.
Soooo
Cook is likely to be the Rock’s only all star? Or is Holliday a lock…Hurdle is managing the team after all!
That means
Yorvit will be the no. 2 catcher.
There is a bright side to the '08 season.
Barry Bonds & Roger Clemens are out of baseball.
What?
How could you not include Torrealba on the All-Star team?
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If only Kip Wells
weren’t hurt.
There is a bright side to the '08 season.
Barry Bonds & Roger Clemens are out of baseball.
Spilly!
That just soared out of there.
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I'll be curious to see what Hittracker says on that one.
Iannetta’s and Helton’s looked like the wind helped a bit, that one was just a smash.
Spilly homer
apparently the wind is blowing out today….thank god Cook is pitching.
At least that's appropriate.
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Good job of limiting damage right there
If only we had more that 1 pitcher who could do that.
Thank god for baseball season.
Good day for Baker.
Three doubles will do that.
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It's a good thing Cook isn't pitching in Juco..
He would’ve been thrown from the game for hitting that batter.
There's only one Rocktober!!
Oooh top of the wall..
Who knew Herrera had that much power? Nice triple!!
There's only one Rocktober!!
Just a few inches higher
and he’d have a homer.
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Well, there's no doubt
that that was a homer.
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Jim Edmonds
homers to deep center. Let’s not see this game become interesting.
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Hirsch starts tonight for the Sky Sox..
One more week until he’s our #5?
There's only one Rocktober!!
Wind?
Anyone watching? How many of these homers have been wind-aided? I know Spilly’s was a no-doubter, but what about all the others?
Baker
4 Doubles! crazy
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by NewMexicanSteven on May 30, 2008 2:29 PM MDT reply actions
Baker!!
Four doubles!! Seriously, what’s the record for doubles in a game? Is this at least a team record?
Someone has to climb the ivy
and haul in these bombs
Why not?
Baker’s the only with four hits, and that’s plenty, don’t you think?
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Miss Colorado threw out the first pitch
Rockies owner Charlie Monfort said a few words during the game
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Um...Cookie's day should really be over now.
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And coming in to finish the inning.
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I'm feeling mixed emotions on that.
If Cook had trouble keeping the ball in the park…how will Manny fare…
This is going to be an adventure.
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One-run game.
Not looking good.
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Hurdle does it again...had to leave Cook in there.
I know our bullpen has had its moments lately, but Aaron is only human.
"Play every inning like it's your last."
~Greg Reynolds on the best advice he has ever recieved.~
by AtkinsandTulofan on May 30, 2008 2:48 PM MDT reply actions
Gotta be kidding me.
10-9 Cubs.
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we just gave up 9 runs in two innings
our pitching has gone from mediocre to bad to worst in the league
I've become used to it.
I see how the team is, and how the wind is at Wrigley.
This could easily become a Rockies lead.
This has killed
any stragglers who haven’t died yet.
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Jeff says,"...
...This is the most disappointing loss in a season full of disappointments from day 1.”
There's only one Rocktober!!
Imagine you are the manager of this team.
How do you sit there and watch as your starter gives up six, and then sit on your rear and watch as the reliever gives up four more? Just after benching your best hitter of the day?
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Our manager is a joke.
Wind or no wind..4 homers in the last two innings?? I still would have rather seen Gas Can over Manny with all those guys on base. And takes out Baker…good lord.
"Play every inning like it's your last."
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by AtkinsandTulofan on May 30, 2008 2:53 PM MDT reply actions
Seriously
WE BLEW A 9-1 LEAD.
WE BLEW A 9-1 LEAD.
WITH COOK ON THE MOUND.
Trust us, it can always get worse.
We are all dead.
There's still two innings left, people.
Let’s not defenestrate yet maybe?
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Pods goes down
without a swing. Not going to get a hit that way.
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And the same out of Seth Smith.
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So we just gave up 6 runs
and what is our answer?
Three straight backwards K’s.
I hate this team.
We are all dead.
Ain't this
game just dainty?
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Demoralizing
but we still have the genius Hurdle.
by DieHardRox on May 30, 2008 3:01 PM MDT reply actions
struck out the side!!!
F’n Hurdle! Use your f’n bullpen OTHER then Manny Corpas! And take out your starter after 3 HR cheap or not. And leave your best hitter in the game for crying out loud!
"Play every inning like it's your last."
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by AtkinsandTulofan on May 30, 2008 3:01 PM MDT reply actions
When it was 9-1
I told my sister, “I want the rain to come and make this official because otherwise we’re going to blow it.” She didn’t believe me. I take no pleasure in being right.
We are all dead.
Henry Blanco now...
hitting champion of the cubs.
"Play every inning like it's your last."
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by AtkinsandTulofan on May 30, 2008 3:04 PM MDT reply actions
Three more tries.
Three more tries. Just one swing of the bat. . . .
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Let's spin it
This is a good and appropriate thing. It’s time to think about next year, and where better to realize this than Wrigley Field. We’ve got talent. We’ve had some bad breaks (injuries). There’s no way we’re REALLY this bad. Right? So, it’s time to remember last Fall on the bad days, watch the new kids on the good days (Smith and Herrera have both surprised me in a good way) and accept some suffering. That is of course unless we come back to win this. If THAT happens, it’s the turn around I’ve been expecting along and it’s a fast march to October! :)
That sucks..
This whole season wasn’t supposed to turn out this way. This is the way every other Rockies season has turned out. This year was supposed to be about building on last year’s success. Not creating an aberration of it.
There's only one Rocktober!!
That is life
Sorta goes like that sometimes. It’s the losing that makes winning so much fun. Of course we’ve only had that feeling 2 times in 15 years, but still
Spilly draws a walk.
Come on, Atkins!
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You know
I am SO glad we’ll have Sullivan possibly come up this inning in place of Baker.
We are all dead.
ballgame
DEAD AS DOORNAILS!!!
"Play every inning like it's your last."
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by AtkinsandTulofan on May 30, 2008 3:14 PM MDT reply actions
And that's how it ends.
Awful, awful, awful.
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Jeff says,"...
..a very, very, disappointing season.”
I wholeheartedly agree. Well I’m going to get ready to watch tonite’s JUCO Championship game.
There's only one Rocktober!!
"Obviously some things
didn’t go our way today, we had some tough breaks, but that’s the game… you have to put it behind you and come out ready to play tomorrow. I won’t deny it’s been hard right now, but I think that’s just something you have to accept, and keep your heads up and realize it’s a long season.”
We are all dead.
How did you
get the September 23 paper?
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Every time you think you've seen every way to lose
They show you a new one. It felt like a gimme, possibly a season-changer (yeah, yeah). 9-1, Cook pitching. Gone. I need to take a break from this team. I was almost not feeling it as much any more, but that one HURT.
We are all dead.
Every loss gets us closer
to #1 draft pick.
Plus trading Holliday will bring another potential #1.
Nothing like a terrible year to bring some talent. (See 2008 Rays)
I think the Rays had that strategy for about
a decade before it finally paid off.
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Fire Hurdle...
I know its never going to happen, but this game should have been won. And guess what? Next year is going to be WORSE in 2009 if he stays! The players are somewhat to blame but he ruins EVERYTHING with his decisions! That is what leads some or all players giving up. And Atkins is either playing hurt and/or doesn’t have his timing back, either way he shouldn’t be playing,,,and he is my favorite player so this is not a shot at him. I know we had a great 07 and I didn’t expect a decline worse than of years past. And of all the years of watching the rockies 93-08 this season is the worst, whether or not it is statistically. If he managed ANY other team he would be gone.
"We are all DEAD as doornails"
by AtkinsandTulofan on May 30, 2008 3:26 PM MDT reply actions
Hey...
Send me an email (it’s in my profile). Methinks you and I have plenty to talk about….
We are all dead.
Email sent!
I am anxious to hear your thoughts.
"We are all DEAD as doornails"
by AtkinsandTulofan on May 30, 2008 4:56 PM MDT up reply actions
If this roadtrip unfolds like it might
and remember we still have to go to Dodger stadium, that it wouldn’t surprise me to see big changes when the team gets back to Denver next week.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/jon_heyman/05/30/heyman.rockies/
This SI article speculates that O’Dowd will be hesitant to make and big moves because the team might still be in it…Well that’s probably not even a million to one shot by the end of the weekend.
That article
mentions trading Willy T. That’s a new one to me.
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The with the team being so bad right now
is that the Willy Ts and Yorvits of the world aren’t exactly helping their trade values out.
Hurdle
I imagine this has been hashed out here before, but I haven’t seen it:
What happens at the all-star game if one of the mangers (i.e. Hurdle) is fired beforehand? Does Clint come back in a generic NL uni? Does the new Rockies manager take over?
I honestly believe the embarrassment of this happening is the one thing that may save Hurdle’s job between now and July.
New Rockies manager
would get the all-star game. This has happened before when Billy Martin was fired in 1978 I believe.
by DieHardRox on May 30, 2008 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, uh
Good things about today. Good things. Good things.
I did get a job. And I’m going to see a movie tonight.
Good things. Happy thoughts. Happy thoughts. HappyIHATETHECUBSAAAAARGGGGHHH
Happy thoughts…. happy thoughts….
We are all dead.
I got one!
I actually had tickets to the game today, but had to cancel due to work and $4 gas (Chicago is 4 hours away). Had I gone, I’m afraid I would have been beaten silly by Cubs fans by the 4th inning, and then mocked hysterically the last 3. I should say this though….. It’s been my experience that Cubs fans at Wrigley are really cool to visiting fans. I will also say Cubs fans at Coors field are freaking obnoxious. Go figure!
Survival plan for remainder of the season
To get some enjoyment out of this baseball season, I’ve decided it’s time to adopt another ballclub to follow. I’ll still root for the Rox, but let’s face it—there will be no more meaningful games this season. I’ll enjoy watching the young guys, but an extended exhibition season doesn’t satisfy my baseball jones, so I gotta have a rooting interest in some team that won’t be mathematically eliminated by July 4th.
I’m thinking about Tampa Bay. they’re lovable underdogs, have lots of young talent and are competing against a couple of teams I really hate. So there you go—I’m now a Rays fan.
Just like that, I’ve gone from last to first! Check me out!
The Mets are my backup team
but they kind of suck too, and I would feel weird following them TOO much… but it’s possible.
My other team is the Brewers (I like their players, and they helped us out last yeah). Or the Rays, yeah, I can live with the Rays. Go Mets/Brewers/Rays!
We are all dead.
Well all right then....
Let’s get it started!
our beloved FIRST PLACE Rays take on the White Sox tonight. Our fine young big righty James Sheilds is on the hill.
I’ll have many complimentary things to say about the lineup as soon as I acquaint myself with who is actually on the team. :) Until then…..
Let’s go Rays!
I suppose I should
put my extra innings subscription to use, right?
Great idea
The Brewers are always my fall-back team.
Honestly, for the last few weeks I’ve barely been following the rest of baseball. My team sucking so much makes it difficult for me to muster any real interest.
Perhaps if I try harder to follow the Brewers-and perhaps I’ll make the Rays my AL team-I can better enjoy baseball in general.
I'm on the same page
I love baseball, I really really love baseball. But I can’t watch or root for this Rockies team and organization. They are just lost. So so lost. And it’s not like there isn’t talent…..I’ve seen teams that had no talent. This isn’t one of them. This group should be a .500 team. Win a few, lose a few kinda team…...not lose ALL OF EM! Not be terrible in EVERY area! I just can’t stand it. I’d rather have meaningless AAA or AA baseball…..at least there you KNOW it’s meaningless.
So…..I’m looking square in the eye of a baseball-less summer…..no baseball. Sure I have a stack of tickets, but why? The Rockies won’t win any of them, and if they do win a couple…so what? It’s meaningless! I can’t do it. I need baseball, I love baseball. I’m thinking of getting Extra Innings, so I can follow another team….any team. I have a handful of fall back teams. The Cardinals and the Twins are having respectable seasons. Both can see the the division or Wild Card from where they are, but have young talent, both are well coached, and do the little things to win ball games.
So this Rockies team is so bad….they are about to get me to buy baseball package, just so I don’t have to watch the Rockies!
Colorado Rockies: Continuing a long tradition of playing meaningless games in June!
XM Radio is the best
I listen to Rays games on my way home from work (given my 45 minute commute). That’s usually good for 2.5 innings, or just long enough to hear Evan Longoria’s first at bat of the night.
The worst thing about this season is that
we are now locked into a bunch of contracts for guys that may have had their career years last year: hawpe, corpas, francis, tulo. Plus there is always Helton, miscast as a franchise player when he is simply a good OBP guy now, nothing more.
Yeah but they aren't franchise crippling contracts
along the lines of Hampton/Neagle.
There's a glass half full side to this argument too,
That 2008 is the career low point for these guys and they’ll bounce back going forward. I think this is probably the case for at least a couple of those you mention. A couple others I’m not so sure about. The truth is probably somewhere between they all flop on their contracts and they all bounce back with great 2009’s, but none of these contracts are crippling or unmovable at this point.
Is this a dream?
9-1 lead, I figured it was ok to go and do other things. This is certainly not what I expected to see when I came back to check the final boxscore. I don’t even know what to say now.
"Corpas ready, first pitch, checkswing roller...Tulowitzki has it, throws to first...BALLGAME! WORLD SERIES TIME IN COLORADO!"
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