Game #32 Overflow

Could be worse…

Could he let Spilly out of there?

no, no…

Don’t pull a Corpas out there.

not walk anyone else, Bucky.

Come on…..

Bucky. No.

No comment.

Now we lose with our good relievers.

I like this.

I

But I’ll take it.

Come ON you losers. Get it back.

....they’re goin nuts!

Because The Bachelor is starting. So I thought I would listen to the game with my friends.

.....went 1 for 5 tonight with the Sky Sox. Still struggling, he’s just managed 4 hits in his last 20 AB with 7 strikeouts. Damn, I really like that guy; might have to look at Dexter Fowler as my new favorite up-and-commer (still like Koshansky but that poor guy had the misfortune of playing 1B in the Rockies farm system).

They’ve got AAAron Miles, Ryan, Ludwick, Skippy, Barton - all young players who were question marks to start the season - hitting around .300 or over & coming up with big hits.

Every washep up pitcher they get (Kip Wells excepted) turns into Cy Young. 2 relievers convert to top starters.

Sooner or later, the law of averages caches up with them, you’d think.

Eighth inning still inning from hell.

There’s a hit!

Please start him.

So what else does this kid have to do to play regularly?

on the field so Iannetta can play regularly?

about letting Herrera hit…

Johnny!!

I stand corrected!

Spilly time PLEASE?

bring it, RISP, this is your game

He got out of the bathroom!

DO NOT. DO NOT.

......which Village Person does that make Todd Helton

Steals 3rd!!

a double steal?

Spilly’s facial hair will always be good for a laugh.

SAFE AT THE PLATE!!!!

YES!! TIE GAME!!!

gets it done!!!

OH HELL

it bounced in the batters box.

We actually got a break….

Not yorvit with one out and a runner at first…

whenever Willy gets a stolen base, please pay the speed racer theme song.

spilly….not sure that facial hair is a cut/shave to stick with….YUCK

Tailor made for a Double Play! C’mon Yorvit, let me down plz.

if he thinks this is a great situation for ol’ Yorvie.

Only a strikeout. wait foul tip, maybe

Sure sounded like it Yorvit got a piece

only gets himself out, which was all we could hope for.

hit the first after the tip of the bat.

It’s tied 5-5 on Cinco de Mayo

can make a big career leap right here.

in the dirt. Ump missed the call. Karma.

over, Baker, Barmes, ,,,,,,Cook

a well-placed ball to the outfield!

ARGH!

You know who leads off

Q K’s….

If we can get to the bottom of the ninth tied, it’s Holliday/Helton/Atkins. Not too bad.

want to see, but it’s not the worst thing.

how good Pujols could hit if he ever got fully healthy?

scary

This Pooholes guy is good at baseball…. COME ON FUENTES.

You suck at hitting, and you can’t even tag out a runner

I HATE RICK ANKIEL….

And I’m so glad we put Yorvit in there. Now our good relievers are blowing it too.

And Poo-holes too

And Poo-holes too

did Pujols score from second… on a grounder?

we’re not tied anymore.

Please, guys.

Sucks at life.

in the ninth.

they find new and creative ways to lose leads and games, that even I’VE never seen!

......for a “closer’’, Daisy’s brother didn’t throw like one.

In this game

but a total noob in others. That’s not the first time he’s showed a pretty terrible mental lapse out in the field.

Come on Garrett!

Come on guys….

First pitch Garrett??? Seriously?!??!?

I give up.

We are the Rockies.

First-pitch DP. Game over.

DP.

That one hurt.

More than usual.

That was so hot at first everyone was jealous of me. Then when she cheated with all of my friends and I felt like an idiot for dating her.

We really are terrible.

1. Pitching to Pujols in the 9th.
2. Forgetting him rounding 3rd base. He’s a big guy. Hard to miss.

I guess the Cards sweep us?

That’s gonna be hard to take. I sure as hell hope not, but the difference between Cook games and everyone-else games is astounding. At least…. at least we tied it again in the bottom of the eighth…...?

We lost on a freaking little league play. What a horseshit bunch that Cardinal team is. And we can’t beat them because they pull some 11-12 year old league garbage.

I’m going the game tomorrow, and probably on Thursday afternoon.

Gluten for punishment

I don’t think Hurdle should have hit Torrealba in the 8th, right handed or not, coming into the game or not, he is still hitting .240 and is a GIDP magnet. Spilly wasn’t at 2nd at that point. He did get out on a bad call, but wouldn’t you think you might want to hit Jeff Baker or Clint Barmes at that point perhaps? I also felt like it was hard getting no hit in the one hole tonite, even though Pods usually hits consistantly, it hurt us.

And definately the only thing keeping me going is that EB pic and the fact that the Phillies are taking care of the Diamondbacks.

Hurdle is a great manager for when things are going well and the team is performing. He can sit back, provide moral support, basically make his regular choices and actually have them work. But when things are going poorly, he does the exact same thing, and expects things to eventually straighten out. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t, and Hurdle is too much of a “nice guy” to get in their faces and actually show some leadership about correcting the problem NOW, instead of waiting for itself to work out. When the team hits the skids, as they tend to do a lot, no wonder it takes us so long to right the ship—the manager has no problem with the current level of play, of course it’ll work out.

Hey Hurdle, if you’re so patient at waiting for things to fix themselves, why don’t you advocate a little patience on the hitting….?

Bah.

I just saw Silverblood post it, but I’ll reiterate: I know this particular loss is on the shoulders of many people – Bucky giving up the run, Herrera not going home (quite the brain fart, there), couple wasted opportunites – but I would REALLY like to see some leadership from SOMEONE, because I am NOT seeing it from Hurdle. There is no urgency, just “be patient, it will get better.” With this attitude, the Rockies will be struggling all season long. Hurdle is in charge of the team and it’s his responsibility to create a winning attitude, which he doesn’t. He’s a great manager for when the team’s doing well, don’t get me wrong. He makes the right choices then and he keeps them just grounded enough so they don’t get too high and get sloppy. But when it’s not, there’s no creation of the winning attitude, but almost an acceptance of mediocrity. What this team needs right now is a strong leader to stand up and get these guys back on track.

It should tell you something that a team with this much talent is doing so badly.

I was also at the game, and I concur entirely on the Torrealba pinch hit assignment. Crazy. In Podsednik you have a contact guy who is near impossible to double up. In short the perfect hitter in that situation. Torrealba was doomed from the moment he stepped in.

It’s interesting seeing the comments about Herrera on that play. perhaps TV brought a different light on it, but from my viewpoint (the left field pavillion) the kid did nothing wrong on that play. When he fielded it, Pujols was just reaching 3rd and it didn’t seem obvious that he was heading home. Herrara had to rush to get that out at first. Had he thrown the ball home and Pujols wasn’t heading there, he would have been crucified for not getting the key second out of the inning. Again, I saw it live and haven’t seena replay, but no one at the park (that I heard) saw anything out of line with going to first on the play.