Monday Afternoon Rockpile:

by Rox Girl on Jun 23, 2008 12:34 PM MDT in Rockpile

Team records over the last ten, thirty, and fifty games.

Arizona

4-6

11-19

20-30

Los Angeles

4-6

11-19

23-27

Colorado

6-4 +2

14-16 +3

22-28 -1

The long term trends still say we lose the division, but we're looking mediocre of late, and mediocre looks like it might be enough to win the NL West this year. Arizona has been so bad lately that I don't know if the Rockies will need to worry about them or the Dodgers more at the end of the season. Paritcularly since the Dodgers seem to be in the best position to add help by the trade deadline.

Run differentials in each of those spans are showing similar signs, the Rockies have an advantage over LA and Arizona in that both their pitching and offense are improving over the last three months. My big worry with Arizona is that they were very good against other NL West teams in April, and until the Rockies or the other teams prove otherwise, it's probably safe to assume that this is still true.

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Comeback to contention?

As much as I want the Rockies to make a glorious comeback to contention in the NL West, there are several bothersome concerns… 1) We must first break thru the 10 games below .500 barrier and not return—you can’t be talking contention if you’re messing around 10-15 games below. The latest series loss to the Mets didn’t help matters any. 2) There’s a 7-game road trip immediately before the All-Star Game, 4 games at Milwaukee and 3 at NY Mets. The Rox have played terribly in these places in recent years. If we pull a 1-6 on the pre-ASG roadie, we’re dead.

by DeepPurple on Jun 23, 2008 1:31 PM MDT reply actions

Contention

yes we have been mediocre of late. And the rest of the NL Worst has been abysmal. But that doesn’t make us in contention. We are still tied for the 3rd worst record in all the National League!

We are a LONG way from contention. In fact….we are far closer to being the worst team in the league than a divisional championship team. If we were to some how rattle off 8 wins in a row…we would just be to .500. Now we are coming off a series loss to the Mets, and now have to go play on the road a suddenly respectable Royals team.

We sweep the Royals….maybe we are in something…..at least the fringes of in something. Loose to the Royals…and it’s done…..well I think it was done a month ago, so it would be even doner.

Colorado Rockies: Continuing a long tradition of playing meaningless games in June!

by Redhawk on Jun 23, 2008 1:40 PM MDT reply actions

OT

The banana/nilla wafer pudding is out of this world. Easy too, except for the wait periods. If you like bananas and vanilla wafers, you gotta try it!

Blame the Red Sox!

by rockhead on Jun 23, 2008 1:52 PM MDT up reply actions

LMAO

that is so funny. It looks easy. Bananas, Vanilla pudding, and Nilla wafers….nice combo.

Colorado Rockies: Continuing a long tradition of playing meaningless games in June!

by Redhawk on Jun 23, 2008 2:17 PM MDT up reply actions

Agreed

We need a sweep in KC.

Mmmm… KC…. Arthur Bryants….. Mmmm…

by rosenthal on Jun 23, 2008 2:14 PM MDT reply actions

We have to win more than four games in a row at some point...

I knew that last year was going to be a special one when the Rockies were able to win 7 in a row in late-May. After all, they hadn’t done that in 8 years. That stretch was just about as important as the 14 out of 15 one to end the season, only because it gave them confidence and taught them how to win and win on a regular basis. We need another 6/7/8-gamer in the near future. Then and ONLY then will I consider this team a legitimate contender.

Rock rock 'til you drop!

by Bryan Kilpatrick on Jun 23, 2008 2:18 PM MDT reply actions

I'll consider this team a contender

when it doesn’t have a losing record. Until then, we are just relying on continued futility of a lot of teams to keep us statistically alive, which I don’t consider “contending.”

by Teekalong on Jun 23, 2008 2:36 PM MDT reply actions

Yeah the upgrade to playing mediocre ball isn't going to get us into the playoffs

given the start we had. Also you figure at some point one of the other teams in the division will get hot.

This homestand ended up being a mild disappointment.

The 2008 Rockies: All loses, all season

by moomacher on Jun 23, 2008 2:48 PM MDT up reply actions

you figure at some point...

I don’t know about this. Getting hot won’t make any of the other NL West teams any more viable than it would make the Rockies. All five have some huge weaknesses on both sides of the ball that make them less than legitimate when it comes to the rest of the league. Colorado actually might have less than Arizona or Los Angeles at this point. I think the big questions are what happens when Furcal comes back to the Dodgers and if they can get CC Sabathia without giving up too much. I think otherwise the teams will continue a summer swoon while the Rockies mediocre play inches them back in the standings.

Arizona would need Eric Byrnes to take the team on his back, and I just don’t think Byrnes is capable of that.

by Rox Girl on Jun 23, 2008 5:19 PM MDT up reply actions

I agree

I never once used the word contender in this post for this very reason. I could see the team heading to .500 or above if it had a thirty or fifty game stretch where it played over .500 baseball, but the Rockies last thirty are still sub .500, and the last fifty well below .500, meaning we’re still not worthy of that label by any stretch of the imagination. That said, at least right now it looks like a non-contending team will actually wind up winning this terrible division. The D-backs are flat out awful when not playing the West and pitch tippers like Francis, and the Dodgers are only mediocre.

I think the D-backs still might win it only because September will give them another chance to beat up on NL West cupcakes, but that still means a bad team wins the division. I guess I’m saying if this is going to be the case, that bad team might as well be us.

by Rox Girl on Jun 23, 2008 5:13 PM MDT up reply actions

BTW

If anyone is watching the game, I am going in my Rockies Bichette Jersey (Black) and am sitting about 10 rows back on the 3rd base (Rockies) side.

Die-hard Rockies fan. On the bandwagon since 7/6/93. Not giving up my seat. EVER!

by rockiesfan4ever on Jun 23, 2008 2:41 PM MDT reply actions

Please

tell me if you see me

Die-hard Rockies fan. On the bandwagon since 7/6/93. Not giving up my seat. EVER!

by rockiesfan4ever on Jun 23, 2008 2:42 PM MDT up reply actions

Whether or not I see you

props for rocking the Bichette jersey. I’m furious at myself for having no “old school” rox gear.

by Teekalong on Jun 23, 2008 4:34 PM MDT up reply actions

Yea

Also, saw a Galarraga and a Charlie Hayes jersey

Going again tonight (Still wearing Bichette), sitting by the LF foul pole

Die-hard Rockies fan. On the bandwagon since 7/6/93. Not giving up my seat. EVER!

by rockiesfan4ever on Jun 24, 2008 12:34 PM MDT up reply actions

This team

reminds me of most of the other Hurdle led teams prior to last year. Can’t win 5 in a row and back to being road kill. Only difference to this point is the offense is one of the worst ever.

by DieHardRox on Jun 23, 2008 8:08 PM MDT reply actions