Game #79: Cook vs Hochevar
by Rox Girl on Jun 25, 2008 5:00 PM MDT
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The Rockies are going to put on their angry eyes for this game.
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Troy sits tonight.
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"Angry Eyes"?
Now you have that old 80s torch song “Hungry Eyes” stuck in my melon. Lame.
Starting the
game with a warning already.
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Helton
now with 0 hits in his last 11 ABs.
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Sad effort there, Todd
I’ll be a Helton defendar to the last, but sometimes my man makes it hard…
Nice job, Cook...
Just make it look accidental.
(Just kidding—I know Cook’s above it all.)
And there’s the A.C. Special.
You never know; he may just being doing.
However, eventually it’s going to turn into one of the sundry ways of losing.
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CDI
with the RBI double!
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back to reality though
Taveras with the no-clutch. 4 hits, one run = reason why we keep losing.
Nice AB Helton.
Double.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 6:49 PM MDT reply actions
Double for Todd
He still needs to be hitting lower in the order, though
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Only George Frazier could bring up sledding
when it’s 90 damn degrees.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 6:50 PM MDT reply actions
Where was that pitch!!?!?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 6:58 PM MDT reply actions
ugh
could the d suck more in this series
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He was out! Come on!
this is rediculous.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 6:59 PM MDT reply actions
Need another pitcher?
The Astros announced during their game tonight that Shawn Chacon has been suspended indefinitely. No reason given, but after being demoted to the bullpen (he started off nicely this year, but was 0-3 with a 9.00+ ERA in his 3 most recent starts),
he left a meeting with the manager & GM & proclaimed the move “horseshit” in the press.
2 days later, he’s suspended. Shades of Sidney Ponson.
There is a bright side to the '08 season.
Barry Bonds & Roger Clemens are out of baseball.
Sigh
Tie game.
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Christ
this sucks hard
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This umpire crew is complete garbage.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 7:03 PM MDT reply actions
Don't they give that call all day long?
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Right call
Omar was off the bag. This team is resolved to lose. ANd I’m now furious at Hurdle, he needed to go nuts there and get thrown out.
Way to stand up for our guys, Clint.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 7:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Can we charge
that run to Omar? Good to see our defensive backup infielder has already cost us one run here.
Seriously?
How many more runs do the Royals score?
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Guillen didn't think that was fair.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 7:09 PM MDT reply actions
b/s called third strike.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 7:12 PM MDT reply actions
Fresno State
is up 6-0 in the seventh. Hope they can hold the lead for the championship.
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My money is on the Bulldogs.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 7:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Rockies game sucks hardcore
I’m rooting hard for the FSU Bulldogs, they remind me of us.
We are all dead.
Late September
and pre-World Series Rockies, I presume.
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Come on Cookie!
Double play.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 7:20 PM MDT reply actions
How will
we allow these runs to score? Poor defense? Walks? Death by seeing-eye singles?
OMG
a runner thrown out trying to steal!
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That's what Iannetta can do.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 7:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Nice play by Gordon.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 7:28 PM MDT reply actions
I'm shocked
that Taveras bunted into a 5-3. He’d be a heck of a player if he could hit.
This umpire is squeezing the strike zone..
He needs to be woke up with a maple bat.
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Heh
Cook has to fuming at the mediocre D behind him tonight. Or maybe more accurately, Cook is a mediocre pitcher unless the D behind him is top shelf.
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Cook's been good this year..
3rd’s been mediocre, SS has been slightly above mediocre
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Cook
is getting hit here. Seeing-eye singles will always be his demons, and a few are hurting him now. Though we’d be tied if Omar could see that big white square out there called “2nd base” and/or Atkins could throw the ball with any accuracy.
Cook was mixing up his pitches better earlier in the season...
lately it’s been sinker in, sinker out, sinker up.
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From my untrained eye
he just doesn’t seem to have anything electric tonight. Not a lot of action on the sinker.
Its pretty incredible, really
Considering by generic stats, our hitting is actually better than our pitching, its a miracle we’ve won as many games as we have.
For us to be 6th in the league in batting average and sporting a
94 OPS+ as a team….is pretty pathetic given we play at Coors field.
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That is pathetic.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 7:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Hmmm.
{Homer Simpson}Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I’ve seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!{/ Homer Simpson}
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I gotta go. My damn weiner kids are watching.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 7:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Red Sox
up 5-0 on the Snakes.
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We've secretly the 2008 Rockies with the 1998 Devil Rays...
let’s see if anyone notices.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 7:51 PM MDT up reply actions
secretly replaced*
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 7:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Q blows another out
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Cook's body language says he is going bust something in the clubhouse tonight.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 7:54 PM MDT reply actions
He's going to hit the umpire with the box of sunflower seeds..
Then he’s going to take out Q with the bat rack.
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Welll
if this isn’t rock bottom I don’t know what is
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Maybe it's
actually a bottomless pit?
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Swept by the Royals?
Thanks to an anemic offense, pathetic defense, and Cook’s 2nd straight effort to pitch his way off the all-star team, ugh. I’ve been trying not to get too negative, but this is about as bad as it gets.
Hurdling to Rock Bottom.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 7:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Cook looks sooooooo pissed.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 7:56 PM MDT reply actions
He should be
he wasn’t good, and his defense didn’t help him. Everyone should be pissed, this team is embarassing itself right now.
Lack of strikeout pitch
the reason Cook is no ace. How many 2 strike hits in this game? This is what scares me about Reynolds too.
And
I don’t want to be taken wrong…I like Cook a lot and he’s been one of the only lights in this otherwise black season. But the team needed him to be on tonight, and he wasn’t. Then again, even if he was, the nancy offense would cost us the win.
He was robbed on three seperate batters of a called 3rd strike...
One of those batters he had two pitches that were obviously in the zone called balls.
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I don't think thats being heritical
no one here confuses Cook with a true #1. Its one of the many examples of how this club was poorly assembled and has performed poorly that he is being asked to be the Ace.
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Indeed.
He’s the ideal #3, a stretch but probably good enough to be your #2, but if he’s your #1 (and the rest of your staff is filled with #5s or guys performing at that level) how can you expect to be competitive?
Are you saying Brandon Webb is a #3?
Aaron Cook has the same stuff as Bandon Webb. You’re calling the two pitchers with the most wins in the National League #3’s. That’s rediculous.
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A scene from the airport later tonight
Gate agent: “I’m sorry Mr. Hurdle, I can’t seem to find your reservation. It appears a Mr. O’Dowd called and cancelled your ticket. Mentioned something about letting you stay in KC since you like it so much.”
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HOooooooooome Run!
Yay Brad!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 8:04 PM MDT reply actions
Hawpe
HR
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yep. shocked.
enough negativity from me for a day. Leaving on the high note, if you can call it that. See y’all later.
Brad hits a homer.
Hard to celebrate it.
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Congratulations
to the Fresno State Bulldogs, your 2008 College World Series Champions!
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I knew the Bulldogs would win.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 8:10 PM MDT up reply actions
Cook's
ERA continues to climb as the Rockies continue to plummet. The Rockies always go into the Death Spiral losing streaks.
by DieHardRox on Jun 25, 2008 8:14 PM MDT reply actions
Spilly safe at 1st.
Error.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 8:18 PM MDT reply actions
Horrible hit and run call.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 8:22 PM MDT reply actions
Helton FAIL.
One freaking pitch
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 8:23 PM MDT reply actions
Any other team
Have a cleanup hitter batting .230 or so????? Kind of freakin’ doubt it. Christonacrutch what a joke.
Blame the Red Sox!
I'm officially ready to see what Koshansky can do at 1B..
I’m sure he can fail in more creative ways than Helton, at the very least.
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In happier news..
I went fishing on Grand Mesa today. The temperature on the mountain was 64 degrees. In Grand Junction it is 97 degrees.
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I'm jealous. you bum.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 8:30 PM MDT up reply actions
The fishing was good too..
My daughter caught a log, weeds, fish guts, and my fishing pole. My dad was out in his float tube and caught 3 rainbows.
It was way better than a day at work.
Welcome back Tulo!!
I also missed this game
as I was hiking in Rcky Mtn National Park today. Got above tree line…it showered, and it was cold. (those rain drops were…thick)
Colorado Rockies: Continuing a long tradition of playing meaningless games in June!
This is
a manager that kept Chacon as a closer for 8 months of fail. Helton has at least another couple of months at clean up.
by DieHardRox on Jun 25, 2008 8:30 PM MDT reply actions
Don't even get me started about that game against Baltimore when he loaded the bases and gave up a grand slam.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 8:31 PM MDT up reply actions
I remember that one, too...
but I don’t recall if that was the end of the long “experiment” or just another failure and Hurdle kept him as the closer.
Maybe Chacon threatened to punch him
which is what he was rumored to have done to the Astros GM today, getting himself suspended.
There is a bright side to the '08 season.
Barry Bonds & Roger Clemens are out of baseball.
It was more than just a threat
according to Chacon himself:
“I grabbed him [Astros GM Ed Wade] by the neck and threw him to the ground. I jumped on top of him because at that point I wanted to beat his (butt).”
Aut Vincam Aut Periam
by PioneerSkies on Jun 26, 2008 8:14 AM MDT up reply actions
Here comes the sweep.
1 more out.
At this level of badness, it almost becomes fun again. But not quite.
Ugh
haven’t had time to come on lately. But it looks like the Rocks are once again playing down to their competition.
by PinchHitLancePainter on Jun 25, 2008 8:38 PM MDT reply actions
ballgame.
I give up.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 8:39 PM MDT reply actions
The suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!
Swept by the Royals. How . . . ignominious.
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OK, I really think Koshansky deserves a shot here.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 25, 2008 8:45 PM MDT reply actions
Yeah...
Keep in mind, you’re suggesting something other than the status quo. Having such thoughts is the formula for despair when it comes to following this team. All we can hope for is a magic pixie dust to make everyone just start doing better without changing anything.
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