Tuesday Morning Rockpile:

by Russ on Aug 26, 2008 8:08 AM MDT in Rockpile Comment 19 comments

Well, 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

by MattTheRock on Aug 26, 2008 8:18 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

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.

by DeepPurple on Aug 26, 2008 8:31 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

You know,

ESPN is kind of busy alternating between the Yankees and the Red Sox to have nights open for us. Come on now!

by Since1993 on Aug 26, 2008 9:06 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

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?

by DenverBears on Aug 26, 2008 12:23 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

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.

by David OhNo on Aug 26, 2008 12:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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.

by 4thturn on Aug 26, 2008 3:37 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

or....

during the series in Boston during the regular season, even with all of his friends and family in attendance.

by DenverBears on Aug 26, 2008 4:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

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.

by 4thturn on Aug 26, 2008 4:19 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

well,

that Saturday/Sunday thing was standard procedure, but I didn’t fly to Baltimore to see Yorvit.

by 4thturn on Aug 26, 2008 4:24 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

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.

by Rox Girl on Aug 26, 2008 5:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

you would have

spotted my CDI Tulsa Drillers home jersey

by 4thturn on Aug 26, 2008 5:47 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

the Boston series..

I thought it was just plain mean or Iannetta was being punished for something

by DenverBears on Aug 26, 2008 6:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

29 STRAIGHT IS ALL.......

the Rox need for 91 wins!

by 91 wins in 08 on Aug 26, 2008 2:10 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

HAS IT BEEN ANNOUNCED, YET, THAT....

Steve Register has been recalled? I may have missed it.

by 91 wins in 08 on Aug 26, 2008 2:45 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Official Press Release

Fuentes on Bereavement Leave, Register called up.

by Drewan on Aug 26, 2008 5:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fuentes

is also on waivers too

Aut Vincam Aut Periam

by PioneerSkies on Aug 26, 2008 7:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

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

by MacFrantic on Aug 26, 2008 4:14 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

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.

by holly96 on Aug 26, 2008 6:07 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs