Tuesday Morning Rockpile:
by Russ Oates on Aug 26, 2008 8:08 AM MDT
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PrintWell, here's the answer as to why Tulo batted eighth last night:
Manager Clint Hurdle explained that Tulowitzki was batting eighth Monday because he wanted to split up the right-handed hitters — Yorvit Torrealba and Tulowitzki — to create a tougher matchup for the Giants' left-handed relievers.
In the eighth, lefty Alex Hinshaw gave up a single to left-hitting Ian Stewart, walked Torrealba, got his only out on Q's sac bunt, and then intentionally walked Tulo before leaving the game. Jeff Baker hit a sac fly to add an insurance run when Billy Sadler entered the game. Does that make it right?
A Saturday game against the Padres may have been a good match-up to televise on Fox late last season, but not this year:
Fox nationally cancelled plans to telecast Saturday’s game so the Padres have moved it to a night game (8:05 p.m., MDT) and it will be televised by FSN Rocky Mountain.
Let's start placing bets on next season's broadcast schedules. How many times will the Rockies appear on ESPN and Fox? I'll put the over/under at one.
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Nah, put it at .5
I’ll still take the under. Unless we and the Dodgers are absolutely in a dogfight late in the year, there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell we end up on the tube. There might be a chance of a late season clash with the D-backs getting picked up, as Phoenix is a larger market then even I thought.
Amazing what you learn when you teach American Social Studies to Korean students…
You know you want to check out Matt's Korea blog: http://koreamatt.wordpress.com
Cracked 10 games under
Well it took more than three months and it’s nothing to brag about, but the Rockies are finally less than 10 games below .500 at 62-71. The last time Colorado was better than 10 below was May 19 (18-27)— also with a win at SF Giants.
The next nut to crack is to get within five games of a playoff spot, a figure most baseball people loosely consider to be “in the hunt.” The Rockies did get to within six games back of Arizona in late July after a 3-game sweep at Cincinnati, but they haven’t been within five of the D-Backs since way back on April 21.
You know,
ESPN is kind of busy alternating between the Yankees and the Red Sox to have nights open for us. Come on now!
Tulo 8th...
wow—I really don’t understand Hurdle’s justification (what’ new?). Even if the goal was to split up the righties, then why isn’t Torrealba eighth? Does this mean that he thinks more highly of Torrealba’s bat than Tulo’s?
Reading Tulo's comments
there doesn’t appear to be a good relationship between Hurdle and Troy, or at least one built on communication. I, for one, don’t understand the reason why everything has to be a lesson for Tulo from Hurdle, and why Troy can’t just go out and play. Also, I don’t see the positives in a manager trying to frustrate his top young talent.
I
also get the same impression. I remember Hurdle throwing Tulo under the bus to the local and national media after the broken bat incident. I just wish Hurdle was gone.
by DieHardRox on Aug 26, 2008 2:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Hurdle has some strange ways
of dealing with young players. Let’s not forget how he didn’t give CDI a single at bat during the WS.
or....
during the series in Boston during the regular season, even with all of his friends and family in attendance.
that too...
despite a 10 run lead going into the bottom of the 9th, CDI didn’t get into that game or the next with a 6 run lead in the 9th. I was there for two of the three games. He also didn’t play him in the Baltimore, Sunday afternoon game following a Saturday night game…there for that one too. No wonder I’m such a bitter man.
I wonder if I saw you...
I’m betting I did and didn’t even realize it, as us Rockies fans were few and far between that series.
the Boston series..
I thought it was just plain mean or Iannetta was being punished for something
29 STRAIGHT IS ALL.......
the Rox need for 91 wins!
HAS IT BEEN ANNOUNCED, YET, THAT....
Steve Register has been recalled? I may have missed it.
Official Press Release
Fuentes on Bereavement Leave, Register called up.
Fuentes
is also on waivers too
Aut Vincam Aut Periam
by PioneerSkies on Aug 26, 2008 7:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Strange fact
Only two teams to not play each other so far?
diamondbacks cardinals
"If I can't live off $12-million, there are serious problems." -Larry Walker on Juan Gonzalez
Game last night
I was at the game last night, and there were a smattering of Rockies fans. The guy sitting next to my mom helpfully let her know that the Giants were in white after she cheered the Rockies at one point. Of those I noticed nearby, I spotted two Tulo jerseys, one Cook jersey, and one Nix (?!) jersey.
It was a quiet night, decent-sized crowd, but plenty of empty seats. The loudest cheer all night long was when a foul ball went to the upper deck behind home plate, and bounced back down to the lower deck where some dude snagged it one-handed.
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