Game #84: Banks vs. Cook
by Russ Oates on Jul 1, 2008 6:00 PM MDT
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Hurdle
What is wrong with this guy, Barmie has one of the hghest BA on the team, a great glove and again on the pine….......same team as last year…......let’s call a spade a spade, Hurdle sucks, Russ, David, Roxgirl, could manage better than this guy….......he has to go….....now.
Please win, no more FAIL
Ok, for real this time?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:00 PM MDT reply actions
The cheap singles start early tonight
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Cookies best friend!
The 2008 Rockies: All loses, all season
Double Play!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:11 PM MDT reply actions
Alanna
looking like she is headed to the tropics tonight
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Single for Matt.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:16 PM MDT reply actions
Can't wait
to find out what questions the guys answer tonight.
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SB by Matt.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:19 PM MDT reply actions
Michael Barrett fails.
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Hawpe FAIL.
The man can hit a baseball 475 feet and still miss that.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:20 PM MDT reply actions
Was that the knuckle?
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Nice save by Todd.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:22 PM MDT reply actions
Cookie! K!
1-2-3.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:23 PM MDT reply actions
Foul out to catcher? Groundout to pitcher?
You don’t even need to see those at bats to know how bad they were.
Backwards K.
eww.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Staring blankly
at a called third strike . . . priceless?
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Almost a double play....
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:34 PM MDT reply actions
Swing and a miss!!
High cheese.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:36 PM MDT reply actions
Aaron Cook!!
Hit!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:41 PM MDT reply actions
Aaron Cook
knows how to hit.
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now hurdle will
prolly have willy sacrifice him over….pure damn Hurdlelogic!!
I don't know about that call.
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Helton single....
Matty…
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:45 PM MDT reply actions
Willy, you are the last person needing to agrue that.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:46 PM MDT reply actions
PLEEEEASE TELL ME GEORGE FRAZIER IS REALLY A.....
great guy and not the arrogant, obnoxious, rude and egocentric clown he appears to be…he drives me to alternative stations whenever available.
Bases loaded....
Hawpe…...
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:47 PM MDT reply actions
Let's not see
a massive fail here.
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MASSIVE MASSIVE FAIL
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:49 PM MDT reply actions
Eh
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But he's at least got to
take the bat off of his damn shoulder!
I thinker Dinger could hit clean up and hit better than that.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:53 PM MDT up reply actions
1-2-3. Cookie.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:54 PM MDT reply actions
Nice...Cookie is out
at 36 pitches through 4 innings…if he keeps this up maybe we won’t have to use that bullpen and our wonderful closer!!
So, what happens
once Cook’s arm falls off in the 14th inning?
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He picks it up with his left hand and slaps Hurdle upside the head.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 7:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Someone needs to.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Is Hurdle the only one?
Maybe walk up to the owner’s box and do the same to the Monforts? Where is O’Dowd?
Cook..another inning.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:05 PM MDT reply actions
Tulo!!
Double!!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:08 PM MDT reply actions
all for not because Hurdle's going to make
our best hitter bunt next….you know Hurdlelogic!!
Question
Since I’m not watching the game, does Tulo still have that ridiculous thing on his face? That could explain the .159.
He's Aaron Cook.
You do not make Aaron Cook bunt. Yet, he does.
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RBI Single!
RUN!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:10 PM MDT reply actions
Well, we do get the lead.
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I approve of this.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:13 PM MDT up reply actions
unless we are only up by 1 or 2 in the 9th which means he
will prolly bring in our “Closer” even if Cooks pitch count is still under 100.
Willy SB!!
Again…
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:12 PM MDT reply actions
Depends
on how many times he scores after a stolen base.
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Which is to say,
I doubt it.
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Double thought.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:15 PM MDT up reply actions
I would like to see something that shows
a list of players and with the best SB/Runs scored ratio.
Russ, could you find something with this?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:15 PM MDT up reply actions
If I find something,
I’ll post it tomorrow.
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e'd all
appreciate those stolen bases more if someone else drove him in from second, once in awhile.
Willy steals 3rd...another.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:17 PM MDT reply actions
Hopefully some team
gets really enamored with Willy’s SB total, and makes a good offer.
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38
Steals for Willy…and it’s July 1st.
What is the Rockies single-season stolen base record?
Every day is a Holliday!
Loaded for Hawpe again....
Please, for the love of god, don’t fail again..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:18 PM MDT reply actions
Lord he tried to fail there
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At least he took the Bat
off of his shoulder this time!!
E-6
Ha ha!! Error on Khalil Greene!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:19 PM MDT reply actions
Gotta take 'em
anyway you can.
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Hawpe steals
that was the slowest steal ever!
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Hawpe!
Safe at the plate…
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:22 PM MDT reply actions
That play looks awfully familiar....
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:22 PM MDT reply actions
Another run.
Let’s add a few more just to be on the safe side.
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Nice glove by Atkins...
1-2-3.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:28 PM MDT reply actions
What happened to Willy?
It says that Podsednik is in CF now?
Nothing on KOA.
I think Willy is still there.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Nope...Pods IS in the game..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:35 PM MDT up reply actions
We just thoroughly fleeced someone on a trade?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Wishful thinking.
More likely, just Hurdle at work. Or this is an O’Dowd FAIL. He probably just traded Willy for somebody worse.
It shows on ESPN's gamecast that Podsednik went in for him at the top of the 6th...
right after he got done stealing 2 bases and driving in a run.
If this is Hurdlelogic.................
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:36 PM MDT up reply actions
That's my best guess for things
happening with the team that shouldn’t right now!!
Clay Hensley
making his first appearance of 2008. Let’s give him a warm welcome and a nice, fat ERA.
Double Play!!
WoooO!!!!!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:38 PM MDT reply actions
I don't think we've ever had anything with his fielding...
hitting however…..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Right when he came back
he air mailed a couple of throws…I think it might have been anxiousness though
I'm going to have to turn the game off,
but I e-mailed the booth with a question about Bucky closing, so if it comes on, could someone let me know what they say? thanks.
Sure.
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It's more Hurdlelogic...
he seems to think you have to go L-R-L-R in the middle of the order instead of just putting them where they belong…with Helton, Holliday, Atkins, Hawpe at 2-5…that’s just my opinion
Sad thing is...
Boston was interested in Fuentes as a set up man and they have plenty of prospects to offer.
Do they have
crappy middle infielders and backup catchers to offer? That is what Hurdle and O’Dowd want.
What about other
washed up old relievers/spot starters?
Jeff Baker doesn't hit doubles....second base moves to him.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:56 PM MDT reply actions
I have to say I really like this lineup
lots of power all the way through…if only they could hit with RISP
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Hurdlelogic
If Tulo gets on, Cook is due up. Cook has thrown 69 pitches. Question: Do you pinch-hit for Cook? Normal logic says no. Hurdlelogic says YES, he’s a pitcher, we pinch hit for him and let somebody blow it in the 9th!
Let's go Cookie!!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 8:58 PM MDT reply actions
Time to nail
this one shut.
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1 down!!
Nice play by Q!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 9:01 PM MDT reply actions
Q!
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Swing and a miss!!
2 DOWN!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 9:02 PM MDT reply actions
K!
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GOT HIM!!
80 Pitch Shutout!!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 9:04 PM MDT reply actions
Wow
nice game by Cook
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Win!
The Rockies win! The Rockies have 33 wins, right? Cook has 11 of them.
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Well,
that was a beautiful oasis of a game. Thank you Cook!
Wow...just....OWNED.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 9:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Really a Great game
pitched by Cookie…didn’t throw a 74 pitch shutout against the Padres last year?
Aaron, please tell everyone else how to pitch, OK? that is all.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 9:05 PM MDT reply actions
Shortest 9 inning game in team history.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 9:06 PM MDT reply actions
At Coors, right?
Fogg’s 1:52 domination of the Mariners in 2006 is the overall record.
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Oh my bad, did the radio guys said shortest home game?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 1, 2008 9:09 PM MDT up reply actions
I remain in awe
of you, Rox Girl, and others on this site that come up with that kind of info so quickly. Wow.
Put me out of my misery. Please!
I love Wyoming
Lived in Jackson Hole for 15 years. Sorry I can’t help you with a place to sleep, but I hope you find it as wonderful as I did back in the day! My heart is still there, even after all this time in Colorado.
Put me out of my misery. Please!
WY
I’m really excited to be there. No, there’s not a whole lot going on in comparison to Denver, but there seems to be a lot of small-town charm there – good, honest, hard-working people without a hint of pretense. I can get behind that. And the station I’ll be working for is a Rockies Radio Network affiliate, so I’ll never be far from the Rox.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
Awesome job by Cookie
He did it against the Pads on 74 pitches last year, he does it again this year on 79. Both times with Iannetta behind the plate, I must add. And this is the first time I’ve paid attention to the Rockies in a week because the pain and agony of another fricking 8-game slide has been too much to endure. I have tickets to the July 4th fireworks game (mainly for the fireworks, as I fully expect the Rockies to fail). Hopefully Cookie recovers from his mini-slide, as he seriously has 1/3 of the WHOLE TEAM’s wins. Why can’t we make him the pitching coach and FIRE APODACA? Seriously.
Whoof. Getting heated there. Anyway, I need to go off and talk to my sister since I have to get up at 6 am again. Argh. Try to fail less, Rockies, and maybe I’ll be around more.
We are all dead.
Whoa.
Look at what Wells did in Colorado Springs tonight.
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Wells 2.1 11 12 5 3 2 1 8.59
Maybe it’s because I’m not baseball-smart, but I can’t imagine how that R/ER difference is possible. I’m sure it can be explained, but I don’t know how.
Easy to explain
Here was Wells’s second inning: single, wild pitch, strikeout (out #1), single, single (run scores), error (should be out #2, run scores), fielder’s choice (should be out #3.) Six more runs scored before Wells actually recorded the third out. Because minus the error there are already three outs (and the second run doesn’t score, never mind runs 3-8), the last seven runs are unearned.
AC
A pleasure to watch you pitch, Mr. Cook. Thanks for reminding us why we keep tuning in night after night.
A side note – anybody with knowledge of the apartment rental market in northern Wyoming is advised to contact yours truly. I have taken a job as the sports radio broadcaster in Worland, WY so I’m gonna need a place to lay my head in the most sparsely populated state in the union.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
That's pretty country up there...unfortunately it takes forever to get anywhere.
If Worland doesn’t have anything…Thermopolis might…it’s a decent size town about 30 or so miles down the road.
I just made the drive from Ft. Collins to Powell, Wyo a few weeks ago for a livestock show…there is definitely not much to see between Casper and Shoshoni though.
You're tellin me
I just got back from there, and that drive to Casper to Shoshoni really felt like it took me 9 hours by itself. Yeesh, is that an ugly drive. But Shoshoni to Thermop – with the state park and canyon – now that drive makes up for the previous 90 miles and then some.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
Ugly as in
Barren, dry, windy. There is literally NOTHING. The mountains are too far away to adequately enjoy on either side and there’s not enough cattle hanging around to be interesting.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
If you ever get a chance you should make the drive over the pass from
Sheridan to Greybull or Powell. It’s absolutely amazing. The roads a little steep though, 10% grade, so I wouldn’t recomend pulling anything over it, but as far as scenery goes its amazing.
My favorite drive, although not for most people, would be through the Sandhills of Nebraska, especially from Thedford to Valentine.
I'm sure I'll see that drive
I’m broadcasting high school sports as part of my job, so I’ll probably be heading to places like Sheridan and Greybull fairly frequently.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
Powell
Travelled up from Casper to Powell (through Shoshone) many times as a child to visit my grandparents.
Scenery alternates from desolate to gorgeous, depending upon the stretch of road.
Getting up into the edge of Montana and seeing some wild horses was always fun (wonder if any are still left…been maybe 15-20 years since I last went to see them).
I think I remember someone telling me while I was up there
that they still have a wild horse sale…but not positive about that.
I was going to say
Guymon to Boise City, Oklahoma. All that, and it’s flat as a pancake and the road doesn’t curve for about 50 miles. The most interesting thing is seeing how many telephone poles you can count alongside the road.
Ignore that
Damn laptop keyboard! But if you want ugly drive, the stretch along I-80 from Cheyenne to Rock Springs is about the worst ever. Done it many times, and it never gets any better.
Put me out of my misery. Please!
Never done that one
Best I can do is that one, and I-40 from Memphis to Little Rock… but at least that one is green.
I-70 through Kansas
As boring a drive as I can fathom – there’s just nothing there. But it’s not ugly – at least not entirely.
Driving from Crawfordsville, IN to West Lafayette gets pretty ugly too.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
I don't even notice that drive anymore...
I actually teach in Colby, KS at the Community College and coach a Livestock Judging team….so we run up and down I-70 so much that I don’t even pay attention anymore…
I will agree with Tom that quite possibly the worst drive ever is either from Guymon to Boise City or the drive from Guymon to San Angelo besides Amarillo and Lubbock there is absolutely nothing and the wind never stops blowing!!!
The sad thing is
I was going to Denver and drove that way because I thought it would be more interesting than I-70. I was wrong.
Well consider
yourself lucky. Growing up in Eastern Colorado and attending College in Western Kansas and then at UNL I had the opportunity to drive many of these wonderful roads…lol
Wow, yeah, you're right
West Tennessee is nothing to write home about, though Middle Tennessee is green and somewhat hilly. And the rest of the time was spent growing up in western Colorado and northern California.
Been to the Smokies?
The Ashville, NC area is gorgeous with lots to see.
Put me out of my misery. Please!
I love Wyoming
Lived in Jackson Hole for 15 years, Sorry I can’t help with a place to sleep, but I do hope you find it to be as inviting and exciting as I did. I love Colorado, but my heart still belongs to the Cowboy state.
Put me out of my misery. Please!
On another positive note
Chacin is making his 1st Cal League start and has given up only 2 hits in 6 innings, 1 of those being a bunt single in the 2nd. He has not given up a hit since the 2nd and has retired 14 in a row w/ 6 k’s. Not too bad.
This is big time
not that “being on the map” is important in the long run, but getting your prospects noticed is a good way to get positive press on your club, positive press generates interest, and… you get the cycle.
Nothing gets prospect mavens going like a youngster jumping a level and still dominating. Chacin is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise gloomy season. He’s at least someting to be proud of.
He just finished the 7th
and added 2 more K’s. No runs yet. I was listening and didn’t hear much in the way of a fastball in the 90’s, but his curveball was unreal. He was also pitching inside a lot, which I like. He is doing this against one of the best hitting teams in the Cal League in a small ballpark.
That's how I see it
Our (Rockies) nation turns its lonely eyes to… Jhoulys Chacin!
Hey smokin, where you at listening on radio? I’m in CO following the online box but its slow.
There's still a lot to like
down on the farm:
-Ian Stewart: Sure he may have lost luster to some after his call-up, but it’s easy to forget that he just turned 23 years old. Finally two years removed from wrist troubles, Stewart’s power has come alive in AAA, and is very real. His slugging is over .600 both at home and on the road, his away OPS is above .950, and if you need visual proof, replay the homer he hit at Coors that hit the third deck. The lesson now is that Stewart needs time to adjust from level to level, so once he’s acclimated to the pro game, he’ll be fine.
-Dexter Fowler: Flipped a switch around June first and went from good to great. New mold leadoff type with solid power potential but plenty of gap power and patience to be a threat at the plate. Speed is still there, but it’s hard to steal bags when you don’t stop at first (15 of 38 hits since June first have been XBH). Plenty of speed for center, and an improving arm. Excellent personality too.
-Aneury Rodriguez: Young for his level but has made big strides in keeping the hit rate down while maintaining a good command/power blend. Good road numbers shows he hasn’t let the hitter’s havens in Cali get the best of him. Real riser.
-Christian Friedrich: Hasn’t thrown yet, but landing the second best draft lefty at 25 is already enough to be excited about. Doesn’t have no. 1 velocity, but he’s a bigtime K potential pitcher that has a no. 2 ceiling. 93 mph is plenty when you have a yellow hammer. Should breeze through low minors even without top command.
I could name others, but this is a good base to get excited about.
Sorry I went to bed shortly after my post
or at least turned off my computer, but I went to a link on Modesto’s website to listen to the game. Most of his K’s came on the breaking ball, but it was fun to listen to him. Only 20 in the Cal League, he’s pretty exciting. And I agree w/ David OhNo there are many other players to be excited about especially pitching. The guys on the Modesto boradcast were talking about a manager in the Cal League saying we had the best overall pitching in the league. I like Asheville’s pitching w/ Riordan and Graham, and some of the bullpen guys down there, and some guys at Tulsa w/ Roe, Hynick, Weathers, and Strop.
Just had to state the obvious...
Aaron Cook for President! The man is amazing! He just rocks…that is all.
"We are all DEAD as doornails"
by AtkinsandTulofan on Jul 1, 2008 10:11 PM MDT reply actions
Willy?
Did anyone ever hear what happened to Willy? There was a note on Gameday that he had left with a leg injury.
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