Game #61: Sheets vs. Ubaldo Jimenez
by Russ Oates on Jun 6, 2008 6:01 PM MDT
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Ben Sheets has made seven starts on the road with a 4-0 record. For his career, Sheets has made only three starts at Coors Field. He's 1-2 with an 8.84 ERA. He's allowed 19 runs and 32 hits in 19 1/3 IP.
Ubaldo Jimenez faces the Brewers for the first time in his career.
Go Rockies!
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Hawpe
back in the lineup tonight
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Just about to note that
However, the fact that he went 1-for-11, 4 Ks, on his rehab assignment with the Sky Sox is kind of worrying. We really need him to turn it on, contract or otherwise, if we’re going to continue to justify him seeing playing time over Seth Smith. Then again, it’s not as if actual performance matters more than veteran grittyness in terms of, say, our catcher.
We are all dead.
If only Yorvit could hit like he can wrestle
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You realize that
Hawpe would have to go 0-40 for Clint to sit him?
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Of course I do
It’s not like we haven’t seen Hurdle’s policies on performance affecting playing time.
We are all dead.
Ubaldo hitting 98 on the gun early
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and he walks the leadoff man
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It's one thing to have no arm strength
but lately Torrealba’s accuracy has gone in the tank too.
He’s rounding out to be a pretty deplorable defensive catcher…
Prince's vegetarian diet
doesnt seem to have had much of an effect
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The Yorvit Ubaldo battery
is not the best for holding runners
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That was more on Ubaldo
but what I didn’t like is that Yorvit gloved a ball wide near the dirt, instead of shuffling out to keep it in front of him. It didn’t hurt this time, but if it skips away, that runner just turns and heads to third.
It’s not a tremendous request to ask your catcher to go out and block balls.
Gets Fielder.
Let’s not see Braun cross home plate.
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Wow,
Braun takes third standing up.
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Would you expect anything else?
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Just a run.
Time to get it back.
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Very nice scoop by Todd
Short hop, looking into the sun. Saved the Rockies a bad one there.
There you go Willy T
Our dynamic leadoff hitter strikes back! Can’t ask for better.
We are all dead.
I just now noticed our lineup
where are the runs supposed to come from?
Our Pravda esque announcers
were ripping on Rickie Weeks as a lead off hitter because of his 323 OBP.
Willy T has a 300 OBP
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Announcers
raving about Yorvit blocking pitches. Obviously they don’t watch the games they broadcast.
by DieHardRox on Jun 6, 2008 7:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Outside of one game
Baker hasn’t hit this year.
Hawpe hasn’t looked himself in AAA… or even 08
Herrera and Torrealba are the lesser hitters at their positions, same (maybe) for Willy.
They don’t want Jimenez to win his starts. Seriously, they don’t.
So,
how’d they get the first out of the inning?
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Much better inning
Too bad we have, well, the 2008 Rockies attempting to hit against Ben Sheets.
We are all dead.
Obviously pigs fly occasionaly.
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Complete game for Chacin tonight
3 runs, and get this: 20-1 GO to FO ratio!
He’s absolutely killing the Rockies tonight with those numbers.
Wowowow
Thats great. Is he the best pitching prospect ever for the Rockies?
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Sorry, I forgot
If only we had more soft tossing lefties down in A ball
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He's on the short list
ask me again when he reaches Double A
Baker ties the game!
Good for him. Oh, and the Rockies.
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I so heartily concur with your signature
The Rays earned themselves even more kudos in my book for not taking crap from those bunch of jerks.
We are all dead.
When
all the glaciers have melted.
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If you believe Al Gore
that should be when, July first?
How in cotton-picking crikey
does Baker have 10 doubles? I suppose that Chicago game that didn’t happen helped.
We are all dead.
Another good inning.
A few more runs for the Rockies would be nice.
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Reality
is a very slippery concept.
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Seeing as Willy T and Herrera this inning
pretty much guarantees two outs to start off with.
We are all dead.
Unfortunately
this happens way too often. As much as I like Willy T’s speed, if he can’t get on base it does us absolutely no good.
Ubaldo
already has 6 groundouts. That’s a really good sign that he’s not trying to blow everyone away and is actually pitching.
The problem with Uball
is that he’s absolutely Jekyll and Hyde—in between games, even in between innings. You just never know which version will show up. Reminds me of a right-handed Oliver Perez.
We are all dead.
That's been
very correct…but even when he does pitch well, we can’t seem to give him any help. He could easily be 3-4 right now instead of 1-6.
Well...
At least they all worked the count that inning. But runs would be nicer.
(Help, I’m losing my grasp on reality too…)
We are all dead.
Sure you haven't already lost it?
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Ubaldo
has it all working tonight
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Keep
stringing these innings together, U-Ball.
OK, OK, this is the inning the guys score a run or two.
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Yorvit,
you . . . can . . . do it?
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Yorvit
siiiiigh
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Seriously
The latest Rockies All Access even profiled Iannetta as having a hot start. Everyone realizes it except Hurdle. There is literally no way we can get CDI to play.
We are all dead.
He should probably punch Ryan Braun
and then say a bunch of colorful things to reporters. That might work.
Maybe I just don't understand
the rules, but Sheets sure seems to wiping his brow with his hand between every pitch. Isn’t this what gotten Morales into trouble in Philly last Sept.?
Blame the Red Sox!
Sooo
what’s everyone’s favorite lineups when Holliday and Tulo get back?
I like
Spilly
Tulo
Helton
Holliday
Atkins
Hawpe
Barmes
Iannetta
Pitcher
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I don't want Tulo back in the 2-hole immediately
He seems to be pressing too much. And Smith is looking worthier of playing time than Hawpe, and of course there’s no way CDI will play.
That said:
Spilly
Barmes
Holliday
Helton
Atkins
Barmes
Smith
Iannetta
Pitcher
We are all dead.
WTF
how can he look like the second coming and then completely fall apart agggggggggrgrhhhhhh
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I go to take
a shower and come back to this?
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Spilly's music
cracks me up every time
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Did you watch Rockies All Access last night?
In which we saw Spilly attempting to do the song and dance for “Thriller” on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (in addition to attempting to sing “Stayin’ Alive”) while Sully threatens to leave.
We are all dead.
Haha, that sounds hilarious
I’m in NYC…and they don’t show all access on extra innings
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Spilly's segment on RAA is generally hilarious
The man can make comedy of virtually any situation.
We are all dead.
Don't get me wrong
I’m a fan of Ryan Spilborghs…BUT
it’s a sign of a not very good team when your fourth outfielder frequently bats three hole.
Well
The nice thing about these Rockies is that they’ve long given up pretending to be good.
We are all dead.
Braun strikes out again.
Ah, that’s refreshing.
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Ubaldo has been decent enough
but damn can we get him any run support?
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The last time we won one of Uball's starts?
April 8, against the Braves. So in short, don’t get your hopes up.
We are all dead.
noooooooooooo
I can’t watch this putrid offense anymore
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I'm willing to give some kind of mulligan to the O
only because they’re facing an elite pitcher.
Guys that shouldn’t be big league regulars+top tier pitcher=one run game
I think that’s in the introductory chapter of the Managing Textbook.
Having a young guy that loses it quickly
start the seventh having already thrown 94 pitches in a lost season is not a recipe for success, short or long term…
Jason Kendall
hit a triple.
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Herges trying to pitch his way out of here
as of late.
All magic horse drawn carriages eventually return to pumpkins…
So when does Clint go
crazy John McLaren style and start dropping f bombs on the media?
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Has hell frozen over yet?
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I just thought this over
and its probably going to be a Ny Post headline during the all stra break along the lines of “Combined record of NL coaching staff: 60-120”
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What I'm more interested in
is when do the *&@$# players go crazy and start dropping some f bombs? I swear, nobody seems to give a good hoot anymore.
Blame the Red Sox!
Attitudes are infectious
And since Hurdle’s “no excuses” policy is really a “no accountability” policy, why should they? They’re not going to get called out for it, why break the status quo?
I tell you, there really are times I wish we had Sweet Lou as our manager.
We are all dead.
Argghhhhhhh
Can we please get rid of Yorvit? Yet? Smuggle him back to the Mets when we play them again?
We are all dead.
I love how the Brewers can put in Villanueva
(5.69 ERA) with complete confidence that we won’t hit him. Because we won’t.
We are all dead.
rally time
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Triple play time!
How’s that for optimism?
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Hmm...
I’m going to try to believe in the middle of our order, for the next 6 minutes.
Helton Doubles!
Herrera scores
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All right.
Getting closer.
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You just know
This will somehow come down to Yorvit with the bases loaded and two outs.
We are all dead.
Rockies
Either win it or just hit into a triple play right now. Do not toy with me like this, ye bunch of niggardly poltroons.
We are all dead.
2 RISP No OUTs
Atkins up….
will we get any more runs? Magic 8 Ball says “doubtful”
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Atkins triples! game tied!
no outs!
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Why can't I stop using exclamation points!
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Tie game!
Atkins hits a triple!
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I'm lazy so I'll just ask here
who went down to make room for hot hitting Hawpe?
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He's Forgiven
for the moment
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Hawpe homers!
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Baker with the bunt hit.
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I forgot what this felt like
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What is this
thing? Fire?
Amazing what a fight does to a dead team
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I have a great idea
Let’s keep having Yorvit get into fights, and keep getting suspended. He will be of immense use both ways, finally.
We are all dead.
I was upset he only got 3 games
I mean he started the fight! I saw it! He should get 2 weeks easy!
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FC followed by a FC
now that’s the Rockies I’ve come to know…and not love
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I prefer an adventure.
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Question:
I haven’t really been following stuff today. On TV, I see that Hirsch and the Viz are both in the dugout. Does anybody know when these guys will be activated/pitch?
Hirsh needs several more rehab starts
The Viz is coming back on Saturday, God help us.
We are all dead.
Does that mean De la sucky is done?
or does Arias go down?
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Arias went down already
for Ryan Spier the other day…..suck for suck move
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Arias
is already down.
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I'm hoping we get the Vizciano
that pitched for the Yankees…He was a dependable work horse. the guy we saw this year sucked
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At least we gave Latroy to the Yanks
he has sucked in the Bronx this year
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and I've read more then once
he’s a DFA candidate….You know O’Dud will be all over him..sucky, declining veteran, reliever…...
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He's only
a possibility if the Rockies become respectable again, so says the Denver Post.
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O Dowd to Weathers
“don’t call us, we’ll call you”
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Weathers
has nothing to offer the Rockies…He’s not sucky, not old, not a scrap heap find…nothing
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Well if they really don't think he's ready yet
I’m not sure why the took him 8th last year
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that's the 64 thousand dollar
question.
And one of the reasons, O’dowd should be fired with Hurdle
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Yeah well a bunch of other MLB execs think like O Dowd
what 6 relievers went in the first round this year? I don’t get it all, although I suppose its the end result of everyone insanely overvaluing closers.
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It's not that at all
there’s no reason for him to pitch in Colorado until later in the second half, if at all this year. He may even be better as a 2009 early call up, to set his arb clock back a year.
It has nothing to do with talent. He’s ready and everybody knows it, but they really need to insure that he gets three full cheap years at least, preferrably when they’re ready to contend again. A Set. call to get his feet wet would probably be best.
If we were winning but struggling a bit to keep pace, he’d already be here.
Rockies win
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YES!!
Wow, did that one feel good. Suddenly, I am excited to go to the game tomorrow, my first since last August 24.
We are all dead.
I have tickets to tommarow's game as wel
not sure I’m going though….crappy, crappy, crappy seats
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I'm sitting in 148
with my sister and AtkinsandTulofan. I am excited. Haven’t been to Coors in 10 months.
We are all dead.
My ticket is in 302
that’s upper, upper level Right/Center field. Not Rock Pile….but next to the Rock pile….
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I think
I’m also in 148, but it might be 149, look for the guy w/ the Iannetta t-shirt/jersey, cheap. Nothing like a Tulo bobbleahead to get me to my 1st game of the year. Of course I would have been at Opening Day had I been able to get tickets.
Crappy seats....
are why they invented the left field concourse. hang out there with a beer in hand and all is well.
Beer helps anything
but it did give me a nice morning head ache this morning
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Yes, I know
I post a lot. But I’ve been gone since about the third game of the Philly series and the game that didn’t happen in Chicago. Hurt too much.
We are all dead.
Winning Streak!
3 in a row!
(are we out of last place yet? I mean we do have the Padres in our division)
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I'm so not
paying attention to the standings (on purpose)
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Yeah.
I’m not paying attention to anything anymore, really. I just looked after tonight’s win, and felt instantly deflated. Now I’m just thinking that it would be nice not to be the first team to 40 wins.
I am to watch the race to the bottom
winner gets a very nice reward in Strasburg (though the losers don’t walk away empty handed either).
Ultimately, we aren’t bad enough to finish dead last, which is why I’ll be watching tomorrow’s UNC game very closely to see how Alex White profiles on the mound.
Oh don't sell this team Long
we are plenty crappy enough to finish last. This spark we got from the Torrealba/Kemp rumble won’t last long. And the Mariners have some pitching talent that can’t be as bad as they have been so far this year
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Nice one, Tito
Excellent work by Fuentes.
Sweet win. That 8th inning was the first thing this season that reminded me at all of last September.
3 in a row seems like an awfully big run right about now, don’t it?
A great win!
Fun to see an old-time Rockies Rally in the 8th. I’m in with Redhawk, in that I had forgotten what that felt like. Really sweet.
Blame the Red Sox!
Now I figure
the Rockies lose terribly tomorrow to remind me that it’s 2008 and not, in fact, 2007, but dammit, I’ll have fun anyway.
We are all dead.
Going to a Baseball game @ Coors Field is like Sex and Pizza
even when it’s bad….It’s still pretty good
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Nice line, Stephen Baldwin
Rocks win, AZ wildcats win, its a great day at sea, sir.
The great attendance of the purple row...
will continue the win streak and get Greggy his first win tomorrow night! Yes I am now wild with excitement after the big win! Brad is BACK and Garrett did awesome and oh I do love them all! Also happy to be going to the game with Silverblood and Squeaky tomorrow night..can’t forget about those Tulo bobbleheads either!
"We are all DEAD as doornails"
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I will also try to help Mr. Reynolds
By unveiling my nickname for him to the Public. Check tomorrow’s Rockpile.
Every day is a Holliday!
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