Game #85: Jimenez vs Wolf
by Rox Girl on Jul 2, 2008 6:01 PM MDT
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Despite being inconsistent -he had another rough outing against Detroit after being sensational vs. the Mets in his last two start- Jimenez has done a pretty decent job of avoiding disasters this season. Only three of his starts have resulted in him allowing more than four runs, compared to ten that have seen him give up four or less. Part of this early in the season was due to Hurdle handling him with kid gloves and pulling him at the first sign of trouble, but lately it's been more a result of him running into too many deep counts every other game.
I don't know why it seems that the Rockies run support for pitchers sometimes seems so disproportionately skewed according to their abilities at the plate, after all Aaron Cook, no matter how good of a hitter he is, isn't two runs per game better than Jimenez, yet a look at the Run Support for our starters shows that's exactly what he's getting in his starts:
- De La Rosa 5.42
- Cook 5.02
- Reynolds 4.07
- Francis 3.46
- Jimenez 2.97
Well, okay, maybe the pitcher's hitting isn't it, since JDLR still has .000 in his batting average column for this year. At any rate, it would be nice if the Rockies came up with a few runs off of Wolf tonight for a little more support than Jimenez is used to getting.
Go Rockies!
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Looking at our rotation on paper
is depressing.
rotation
...and it looks better on paper than in person…
Sitting here
in the Rosenthal Estate, drinking beer and celebrating our country’s independence day 48 hours early (since I have to work the actual holiday).
Made some lovely chicken salad this afternoon. Let’s see if the Rockies can pull this one out and give me a reason to drink that doesn’t involve losing.
Evidently
the key to keeping wins going is to shutout the opponent.
Someone please read George Frazier the Goldilocks tale.
Broken-bat single for E-Gon.
So many broken bats. Can’t wait to see what that scanner can do.
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See
here.
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Torre
gunned down E-Gon.
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Nice play by Helton!
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Still great
Say what you will about his decreased range – everything that he can reach he still snares (both in terms of batted balls and picking throws coming to first base).
Redman and JDLR
in the same rotation.
Shiiiiba….that’s ugggly. So ugly I feel compelled to add letters to everything I say.
What a perfect situation.
No outs and the bases are loaded for Garrett.
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1-0!
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Woo Garrett!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 7:21 PM MDT reply actions
This inning has "disappointing" written all over it,
unless has one of his surprises in store.
A run, and then
a whole lot of fail.
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Yorvit FAIL!!!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 7:28 PM MDT reply actions
Tied.
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Oh crap.
1-1
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 7:32 PM MDT reply actions
Okay
I can deal with a solo homerun when he’s otherwise looking good. Let’s just keep it to that. Now, how about some run support for the poor guy?
Just a random thought:
Who in the blue hell on our idiot coaching staff, could not realize that Francis was changing his arm angle, and could not diagnose from that an injury?
/end rant.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 7:37 PM MDT reply actions
I didn't know about this
until your post. Makes complete sense if he was injured along. So, now we get Mark Redman? How boring.
Everyone.
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They did acknowledge
that it was a lingering issue, so it’s not like they just barely figured this out (how long it’s been lingering and how long they’ve known, who knows). From the article Russ posted, it sounds like something they’re treating with just additional rest, and figured prior to the All-Star break would be a good time to do it. Unless there’s more they’re just not saying.
I hope there is not more, but with those guys...
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 7:43 PM MDT up reply actions
I mean, it's obvious if a guy like Francis does that, something is wrong...
Our team is managed by people with the IQ of infield dirt.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 7:42 PM MDT up reply actions
2-1!
Matty comes through.
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HOMERUN ATKINS!!
Woo!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 7:46 PM MDT reply actions
What color is amazed?
Blueish? Purple? Mauve?
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Gone!
Garrett hits a 3-run homer!
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I will shoot someone
if we trade Atkins. Probably O’Dowd
Yeah, about that?
Um…I wouldn’t count on Atkins sticking around. I just wouldn’t put a lot of money on it.
He's not
worth the millions of dollars that his salary will inevitably be. If we give him 40 million over 5 years (sounds right), are we really going to get $35 million more in production over Ian Stewart in those 5 years?
I'm glad
you know that for certain after Stewart’s 80 (or whatever) mlb at-bats. The Rockies could use a scout like you.
And yes,
8 million/year would be a bargain for his production. I’d expect him to command $12 mil/year and he’d still be worth it.
Use your
head.
We have a payroll of $70 million or so, right? Does it make sense to spend 1/10 of it on any one player when we already have millions locked up to other players? We cannot afford it.
Pretty freaking simple.
And considering Atkins’ has gotten worse over the last few years, I’d go ahead and guess that in 3 years that $8 million contract will be a colossal waste.
Ha, Yorvit cheering: GO BALL GO!!
Like you ever do that Yorvit..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 7:49 PM MDT reply actions
Ow Michael Barrett down.,,,,
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 7:50 PM MDT reply actions
Ouch!
I hope Barrett’s all right after the ball to the face.
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That's a broken nose..
Oh god the replay…..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 7:52 PM MDT reply actions
Foul off his face.
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Fouled...
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 7:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Pinch hitter at bat
Must have been a foul. How does that happen? I really hope he’ll be okay.
It’s not very often you see a pinch hitter take over in the middle of an at bat.
Please guys, we don't need to see the X-mo replay of that.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 7:55 PM MDT reply actions
Backwards K!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 7:56 PM MDT reply actions
Heh
Did Wolf even try? Or did he decide to just stand there?
Random: I always remember Randy Wolf as the guy a few years back who met (or saw?) some girl on the subway in New York and wanted to meet her. I can’t remember the whole story.
This
article can refresh your memory.
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Russ beat me to it.
There was something like this recently. Some dude saw a girl on the subway he liked, and made a website, and it became a big press sensation. I found it annoying.
Oh
Good…
Let’s listen to a guy who nobody can understand.
Torrealba double!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:00 PM MDT reply actions
TULO!!!
HOMERUN!!!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:03 PM MDT reply actions
Homer!
Tulo with his third!
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Vlad Tulo
He really went down and golfed that one.
Spilly...that was the longest fly out you will ever see.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:04 PM MDT reply actions
Sit down Gonzalez...
filthy…
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:08 PM MDT reply actions
Double play..
thank you…
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:09 PM MDT reply actions
The best thing
that happened to this team recently was the Monday Meltdown. Otherwise, I (and many others, I’m sure) would be talking myself into thinking that we’re good again. Now, I just see two gawdawful teams, one a little worse than the other. Regardless, its fun to see HRs and crooked numbers again.
Won't allow it
Squeaky.
Never met you, but I know you’re a better person (you’re related to SB…. pretty strong bloodlines there) than a loser who jumps ship to other teams.
My advice? Get a fantasy team. Then you can follow players without jumping ship.
I'm not going to abandon the Rockies,
Don’t worry. But I may adopt the Rays as a second team…those guys are good.
Sports
polygamy?
Although the Rays are awful fun to watch. And that Evan Longoria sure reminds me of a certain SS we have.
This is the time where I point out that we should have drafted Longoria, but didn’t because ‘we already had a 3B/SS’ and I wind up drinking. Heavily.
Different leagues
Plenty of people have an AL team and an NL team (though one probably takes precedence). The Rays are a perfect option for an AL team (if one doesn’t already have one), especially since they are in the same division as the Yankees and Red Sox.
That hit him?
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Ubaldo...settle down please...
double play..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:20 PM MDT reply actions
Err...thatll do.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:21 PM MDT up reply actions
All good things
must come to an end, but not all bad things ever end.
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What doesn't kill
you…. Ahhh… * it. Losing sucks.
Curse you wind!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:27 PM MDT reply actions
Quick question about the top of the inning
GameCast on ESPN says that we recorded 4 outs that inning: Headley popping out to short, Greene lining out to left, Carlin grounding out to first, and Clark Grounded out to first. Can anyone tell me why?
ESPN is run by idiots?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Because Greene singled
Gamecast probably got confused. I think they might have had some uncertainty about whether the ball was caught.
We are all dead.
Anyone
have a clip of Tulo’s play against the Dodgers last year? The Delwyn Young play?
Wow,
Brian Bohanon has one of the shortest games in Coors Field history.
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Yeah, let's
not see another wild pitch.
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end of that...
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:37 PM MDT reply actions
Rockies + garbage all over the field--
There’s a metaphor there somewhere.
Just took a look at the boxscore
Baker, Hawpe, and (to no one’s surprise) Yorvit are eating the biggest helpings of fail tonight.
We are all dead.
A big failing philanthropist..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:41 PM MDT up reply actions
So if Yorvit fails at philanthropy
is he not really a philanthropist, or a philanthropist because he fails and therefore shares the fail?
Hmm.
We are all dead.
Yorvit
sucks as much as a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest.
(I censored myself)
You can make up more clever insults
when you can’t resort to the standard bad words. That earns a +1 from me.
We are all dead.
Let's
just say that my original joke would have earned a +217.
Alas…. A family site.
Well, he would be, but the Rockies have been holding him back.
I don’t know why they can’t seem to understand that this is for the children. And Marlins fans.
It is windy...
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:40 PM MDT reply actions
Bah Spilly...backwards K.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:42 PM MDT reply actions
Umm
Why is this Corey guy mowing through us?
Yes, I know, I should not ask questions I know the answer to.
We are all dead.
HBP..on the hand..
that’s gonna sting.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:47 PM MDT reply actions
Another batter hit by U-Ball.
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That wasnt a ball..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:52 PM MDT reply actions
Nice job Uball....
Woo!
Time for the gas can..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:53 PM MDT reply actions
Guh Uball
Stop walking guys, k? I know it’s the 7th, but pretend it’s not….
and viva la Gas Can. Ugh, bullpen time gives me ulcers.
We are all dead.
Strike 3.
Nice pitch.
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Nice job Grilli!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:57 PM MDT reply actions
Out to Hawpe!
And that ends that.
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If he keeps pitching like that
we can change his name to the extinguisher.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 8:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Yorvit...umm...no.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 9:02 PM MDT reply actions
that was off the inside of the plate..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 9:03 PM MDT reply actions
Double Garrett!!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 9:03 PM MDT reply actions
Just missed it, Garrett.
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You'd prefer another choice?
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I guess not...after last night..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 9:10 PM MDT up reply actions
ERr....the night before..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 9:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Let's see
what Cedrick Bowers has in his debut.
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Tulo!!!
Spin! Nice..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 9:12 PM MDT reply actions
DP!
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Don't
think he touched the bag while holding the ball.
Ugh Hawpe...just eww...
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 9:16 PM MDT reply actions
Hummm
Did anybody hear about how Cedric Bowers was apparently attacked by a teammate when he was in the Tampa Bay organization?
HOMERUN!!!....Yorvit!!!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 9:17 PM MDT reply actions
Homer!
Torre, you always surprise. This time it was a good one.
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Shouldn't be too hard
to get three outs before seven more runs score.
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Ahh...the Viz..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 9:22 PM MDT reply actions
Ballgame!!
This one is a Rockies winner!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 2, 2008 9:26 PM MDT reply actions
Rockies win!
On to the Marlins, who aren’t the Padres.
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Nice
I knocked off a 12-pack, Rockies win and I don’t have to be at work until late tomorrow.
Some days are better than others.
D'Backs are now below .500.
It’s ridiculous that we’re still kind of in it, at least in our pathetic division. Maybe our guys will actually start playing well, and us steadfast fans will be repaid with meaningful late-season games. I’m just saying… maybe.
Grace at it again
Mark Grace made another “offhand comment” about a pitcher cheating tonight. This time it was Solomon Torres and yes, he brought up Corpas’ name.
I guess he thinks it’s cute (just like he did when he made the remarks about Corpas), but I’ll bet Torres wouldn’t find it all that funny.
by Clockwork Orange on Jul 2, 2008 10:44 PM MDT reply actions
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