Game #118: Rusch vs Peavy
by Rox Girl on Aug 8, 2008 6:00 PM MDT
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San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies, Aug 8, 2008 7:05 PM MDT
For some reason, these preview boxes haven't had the starting pitcher's the last couple of days, but rest assured that the Rockies don't get to avoid a divisional arch-nemesis tonight. Of course, this particular arch-nemesis has give us less trouble than some, but Peavy's still a big time ace, and we have Glendon Rusch as our counter-play tonight.
The game plan seems to be hoping to win by outwitting the Padres with clever subterfuge rather than actual talent at least as far as the pitching match-up is concerned, so I suggest the Rockies show up to the game planning to have a mystery box party where they have clues that lead to certain Coors Field landmarks with little tchotchke's as prizes, like hiding a Tony Gwynn Jr. Bobblehead doll at the spot at t'he base of the right field wall where Matt Holliday's Game 163 triple landed and the clue that leads to it could be something like "Look to the spot where we crushed your pitiful hearts on our way to the World Series for a fondly remembered son". Or an AC/DC Hell's Bells single at the spot on (or close enough to) home plate where Holliday touched to score the winning run with a clue like "Win or go home". Those are just random thoughts off the top of my head, obviously, but there are probably more. Like maybe a Rockies 2008 NL Wild Card cap in the visitor's dugout with a clue like "Look where the losers sat for what they could have won". You know, fun stuff for all parties involved like that.
Go Rockies.
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Okay...
I’m just about wrung dry, but I think I can manage to sustain my 2008 hopes for a couple more days. Let’s see what happens in these two series…
by dogs on Aug 8, 2008 7:16 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
This storm is amazing!
Haven’t seen one like it a few years. You can’t anything out my third storey window. I’d be surprised if the game restarts anytime soon.
by Since1993 on Aug 8, 2008 7:51 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Think the game is going to be
starting anytime soon? Being in Alaska, I would love to Gameday some baseball
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 8:17 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
died down some...
still a lot of lightning. KOA says it will resume in a few…
by Since1993 on Aug 8, 2008 8:18 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Just watched Gameday
wow, Stewie crushed that homer!
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 8:27 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Hooray!
Baseball is back!
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 8:36 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
only to have
Taveras fail
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 8:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm going to assume
That the thread is so quiet because of the Olympics. If you haven’t been watching… or they haven’t started yet in your time zone…the ceremonies are OFF THE HOOK incredible. WOW is the only word I have to describe them. Spectacular doesn’t even come close.
Put me out of my misery. Please!
by rockhead on Aug 8, 2008 8:40 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I live with
a family here in Alaska that does not have a TV, blasted!
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 8:44 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
1-2-3 for Rusch!
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 8:44 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Another 1-2-3.
I love these Ace vs. Ace pitching duels.
by dogs on Aug 8, 2008 8:55 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice
shot of that bird flying by.
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by Russ Oates on Aug 8, 2008 9:04 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Ooph. That's going to be costly, the triple.
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by Russ Oates on Aug 8, 2008 9:07 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Tie game.
Rusch threw that one real high in the zone.
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by Russ Oates on Aug 8, 2008 9:08 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Escaped with no further damage
Put me out of my misery. Please!
by rockhead on Aug 8, 2008 9:14 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Lead-off walk
to Holliday, cmon guys dont strand him
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 9:30 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Matty steals second!
Put me out of my misery. Please!
by rockhead on Aug 8, 2008 9:31 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
He is going to have his first 20-20 season
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 9:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Three more
needed for 20. He’ll get ‘em.
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by Russ Oates on Aug 8, 2008 9:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Garrett!!!!
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 9:33 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
singles in Holliday
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 9:34 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Garrett drives in Matt!
3-2! Woo!
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by Russ Oates on Aug 8, 2008 9:34 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Yorvit fails
Imagine
Put me out of my misery. Please!
by rockhead on Aug 8, 2008 9:40 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Yorvit fail?
I’ve certainly never seen that before.
Free Casey Weathers!!!!
by Silverblood on Aug 8, 2008 9:41 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Baker to third on the wild throw!
"Spilly picked me up...He came into the dugout and said, 'We're going to get a win for you right now,' and he did it. "
~Matt Herges (on the Rockies July 3 win)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 8, 2008 9:53 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Baker
advances to third on the errant throw!
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by Russ Oates on Aug 8, 2008 9:53 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Willy's down on three . . .
to no surprise.
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by Russ Oates on Aug 8, 2008 9:55 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Clint Barmes bloop single...
Baker scores 4-2!
"Spilly picked me up...He came into the dugout and said, 'We're going to get a win for you right now,' and he did it. "
~Matt Herges (on the Rockies July 3 win)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 8, 2008 9:55 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Barmes'
ball drops and a run scores. And, uh, yeah, that’s a weird sentence.
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by Russ Oates on Aug 8, 2008 9:56 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Then Barmes
gets thrown out on the attempted steal of second. Bah.
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by Russ Oates on Aug 8, 2008 9:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Matty walks...
"Spilly picked me up...He came into the dugout and said, 'We're going to get a win for you right now,' and he did it. "
~Matt Herges (on the Rockies July 3 win)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 8, 2008 9:59 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
So does Brad
C’mon Garrett, do your thing against LHP.
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by Silverblood on Aug 8, 2008 10:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
ARI and LAD both losing,
so we could get back to, uh… 7 GB tonight. Yeah.
At least, that’s no worse than where we’ve been for a while now.
by dogs on Aug 8, 2008 10:03 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Dodgers are winning
At least according to the scoreboard on Gameday.
And oh, just remembered I can check the actual game, since they’re playing SF. And yep, Dodgers leading.
by holly96 on Aug 8, 2008 10:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brad walks..and a righty to come in to face Atkins on the pitching change...
Ah Bud Black you’re no fun.
"Spilly picked me up...He came into the dugout and said, 'We're going to get a win for you right now,' and he did it. "
~Matt Herges (on the Rockies July 3 win)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 8, 2008 10:03 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Bahahahaha!
Backfired!
Take that Bud!
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by Silverblood on Aug 8, 2008 10:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bud....
you should know better than to mess with Fankles Batkins! Another 3 RBI game for Garrett!
"Spilly picked me up...He came into the dugout and said, 'We're going to get a win for you right now,' and he did it. "
~Matt Herges (on the Rockies July 3 win)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 8, 2008 10:08 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Atty! Bloop double scores two!
"Spilly picked me up...He came into the dugout and said, 'We're going to get a win for you right now,' and he did it. "
~Matt Herges (on the Rockies July 3 win)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 8, 2008 10:06 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Haha!
Neither outfielder got it. A two-run double for Garrett!
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by Russ Oates on Aug 8, 2008 10:06 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Guuuh Stewie
Do not swing at that.
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by Silverblood on Aug 8, 2008 10:09 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Not looking
good there, Stew.
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by Russ Oates on Aug 8, 2008 10:09 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Bad Lemur! Bad Lemur!
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 10:11 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Um, no Taylor. Stop that.
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by Russ Oates on Aug 8, 2008 10:12 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
AACK TAYLOR STOP!
Brian may have to come in early.
"Spilly picked me up...He came into the dugout and said, 'We're going to get a win for you right now,' and he did it. "
~Matt Herges (on the Rockies July 3 win)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 8, 2008 10:14 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Settle down, Taylor.
Fuentes is starting to throw.
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by Russ Oates on Aug 8, 2008 10:14 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Whew...out of the inning.
That was starting to get a little dicey.
"Spilly picked me up...He came into the dugout and said, 'We're going to get a win for you right now,' and he did it. "
~Matt Herges (on the Rockies July 3 win)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 8, 2008 10:17 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Taylor
looked sooooooooo relieved to get out 3.
Put me out of my misery. Please!
by rockhead on Aug 8, 2008 10:18 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
6-3
My fault. A small part of me was secretly hoping that SD would score one more, so we would be involved in three consecutive games with the same score.
by holly96 on Aug 8, 2008 10:18 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Pshh
Well, at least we know who to blame. It was YOU that put the dent in the lemur’s pretty ERA. Which is still fairly pretty.
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by Silverblood on Aug 8, 2008 10:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeez
The lemur was walking a highwire there. But he got out of it. Good lemur.
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by Silverblood on Aug 8, 2008 10:21 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Mediocre Lemur
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 10:23 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mediocre Lemur
is still pretty good lemur, seeing as he still only threw 12 pitches. He wasn’t brilliant lemur like usual, that’s for sure.
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by Silverblood on Aug 8, 2008 10:24 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
0-4 with 2Ks
Another fine outing for Yorvit
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 10:24 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
But we got to play him
to get him going!!11
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by Silverblood on Aug 8, 2008 10:24 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
But
the wind-up handle on his back broke off. We can’t get him going.
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by Russ Oates on Aug 8, 2008 10:26 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Science must have a use for Yorvit
Baseball: no
Research for Science: Maybe
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 10:29 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
On to the 9th!
"Spilly picked me up...He came into the dugout and said, 'We're going to get a win for you right now,' and he did it. "
~Matt Herges (on the Rockies July 3 win)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 8, 2008 10:24 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Snort
Fail, Seth. Fail.
Fuentestime. Welp.
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by Silverblood on Aug 8, 2008 10:24 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
So
I am planning to go to tomorrow’s game with my sister, her last Rockies game before she leaves for her first year of college.
Assuming she ever gets home, that is.
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by Silverblood on Aug 8, 2008 10:27 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Better tomorrow's game than yesterday's doubleheader debacle...
I was one of the weirdos that went and stuck around for all of it.
"Spilly picked me up...He came into the dugout and said, 'We're going to get a win for you right now,' and he did it. "
~Matt Herges (on the Rockies July 3 win)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 8, 2008 10:29 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Cruel and unusual punishment?
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 10:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was in the fact that I was so psyched for it...
but I was hoping the bad would later result in good, so so far it’s working with this 6-3 win!
"Spilly picked me up...He came into the dugout and said, 'We're going to get a win for you right now,' and he did it. "
~Matt Herges (on the Rockies July 3 win)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 8, 2008 10:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks...
there wasn’t much good that came out of it, but Atkins did get his bat going again at least.
"Spilly picked me up...He came into the dugout and said, 'We're going to get a win for you right now,' and he did it. "
~Matt Herges (on the Rockies July 3 win)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 8, 2008 10:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fortunately
I was sleeping for almost all of the doubleheader and missed teh suck. Long story mainly to do with having to work ten hours on Wednesday.
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by Silverblood on Aug 8, 2008 10:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
ROCKIES WIN!
"Spilly picked me up...He came into the dugout and said, 'We're going to get a win for you right now,' and he did it. "
~Matt Herges (on the Rockies July 3 win)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 8, 2008 10:29 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Rockies win!
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by Russ Oates on Aug 8, 2008 10:30 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Yay
Do that tomorrow plz. Cook vs. Padres should be good, but with these guys, you never know. [rolls eyes]
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by Silverblood on Aug 8, 2008 10:30 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Rockies win
we managed to beat a team with a worse record than ours! We are making strides since the Nationals Disaster
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by MohrPlease on Aug 8, 2008 10:31 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
It's like
us losing 3 of 4 to the Pirates at home last year. And then we played the Nats. Coincidence?
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by Silverblood on Aug 8, 2008 10:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
More good news....
Braves leading the Dbacks 11-5 in the 9th.
"Spilly picked me up...He came into the dugout and said, 'We're going to get a win for you right now,' and he did it. "
~Matt Herges (on the Rockies July 3 win)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 8, 2008 10:36 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Dbacks losing is mainly a pyrrhic victory
I’m pretty sure that coming home after a [gasp] successful roadtrip and immediately losing 3 of 4 to one of the worst teams in the NL proves that there is, at last, no real chance of this unit contending this year. We’re just too damn streaky and inconsistent.
Free Casey Weathers!!!!
by Silverblood on Aug 8, 2008 10:37 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm giving them through the D'Backs series
to magically become amazingly awesome for real, and not just streakily. And then… well, I’m going on vacation the day after the D’Backs series, so next Friday will be sweet in any case.
by dogs on Aug 8, 2008 10:46 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
We are indeed very streaky...
I think I can survive whatever happens with the Rockies after making it through that doubleheader though.
"Spilly picked me up...He came into the dugout and said, 'We're going to get a win for you right now,' and he did it. "
~Matt Herges (on the Rockies July 3 win)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 8, 2008 10:43 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
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