Tuesday Rockpile: Thanks for a great season, Rockies
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 8:30 AM MDT
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PrintI don't even know where to start. One thing is for sure though: despite the both premature and surprisingly late end to the Rocktober season last night, this 2009 Rockies team deserves to be celebrated. After the toughest game I have ever witnessed, muzia02, I, and a handful of others fought back tears to stand and applaud the Rockies as they walked off the field. They deserved it. What an incredible ride 2009 was. And my, how bright the future is. We finally got a glimpse of it last night.
As is often the case, Drew Litton depicts it better than anyone.
www.drewlitton.com
We'll be reflecting back upon this season a lot throughout the offseason, but I found myself unwilling to let go of this team last night, like I was a woman at her lover's premature funeral. I poured through the Purple Row archives, and I urge you all to remember everywhere this team has been.
The High Times:
April 27: Dexter Fowler steals 5 bases in 12-7 victory over Padres
That's two in a row after the Rockies defeated the Padres 12-7 tonight.
May 29: Torrealba and Marquis lead patient Rockies to win in Tracy's first game as Rockies manager
The Rockies used a patient approach that Clint Hurdle couldn't draw out to defeat the Padres on Friday night, winning Jim Tracy's managerial debut for the club.
June 14: Rockies Make it 11 Straight Victories: Rockies 7, Mariners 1
This one does indeed go to eleven.
June 19: Rockies Go Over .500, Win 14th of 15: Rockies 7, Pirates 3
Some said they would be happy to see the team reach .500 by the end of the season. It was just one of many milestones the team pushed past expectations.
June 20: Rockies 9, Pirates 7: DID I JUST SEE THAT?! Rockies clinch another series
The Rockies win again, this time in the most dramatic fashion of the season.
More high times, low times, and all the news that's fit to click after the jump.
June 22: Rockies 11, Angels, 1: On Brad Hawpe's birthday, Aaron Cook picks up 59th victory to become winningest Rockies pitcher
The Rockies have now won 17 of 18. Woo!
June 28: Rockies 3, A's 1: Rockies Sweep A's, Win 20th out of 23 - Purple Row
The epic streak knows no bounds.
June 30: Rockies 3, Dodgers 0: Jason Marquis (well, and Brad Hawpe). Seriously.
Rockies 3, Dodgers 0: Jason Marquis delivered arguably the best performance in franchise history for a starting pitcher.
July 12: Rockies End 1st Half in Dramatic Fashion, Defeat Braves 8-7
Rockies End 1st Half in Dramatic Fashion, Defeat Braves 8-7.
July 20: Rockies 10, Diamondbacks 6: Rockies take Wild Card lead on Whacking Day!
Rockies take the Wild Card lead!
July 22: Rockies 4, Diamondbacks 3: Todd Helton hits game-winning homer and 500th double to take two of three
Todd Helton was the man of the day for hitting his 500th double and the game-winning home run.
August 10: Troy Tulowitzki hits for the cycle in victory over Cubs
Troy Tulowitzki hit for the cycle. He is only the third player to hit for the cycle and turn an unassisted triple play.
August 17: Ringolsby: Tyler Matzek signs for $3.9 million
August 25: Rockies 6, Giants 4: Ryan Spilborghs hits walkoff grand slam in the 14th
The Rockies just won on a walkoff grand slam in the 14th. Celebrate!
September 2: Rockies 5, Mets 2: Giambino's first hit wins game for Rockies
Jason Giambi delivered with the go-ahead RBIs.
September 11: Amazing Eight! Mujica tries to bust Rockies mojo, but Yorvit Torrealba rallies Colorado to win with ninth inning double
The Colorado Rockies seven game win streak was snapped by the San Diego Padres Friday night, but the Rockies didn't lose any ground in the wild card chase.
October 1: Cook stellar as Rockies clinch playoff spot, team's patience shines through in season and game
The telling stat from the Rockies playoff clinching win on Thursday might have been the sheer volume of pitches they saw.
The Low Times:
April 25: Dodgers 6, Rockies 5: Time to Pull Your Hair Out
The Rockies lose 6-5 - again - after another poor outing by Ubaldo Jimenez.
May 16: Critique of Pure Reason: sometimes Rockies just Kant win
The Rockies were meant to lose to Pittsburgh on Saturday night, or maybe they weren't, but how could we possibly know that from our experience?
May 17: A Treatise on the Sufferings Wrought by the Rockies on Rox Girl and a Manifesto of what has to be changed.
Rox Girl has had enough.
May 25: Memorial Day Massacre: Dodgers 16, Rockies 6
The Rockies let the Dodgers win in a bloodbath, giving up seven runs in the fourth inning, eight in the seventh in a loss on Monday afternoon.
May 29: Rockies fire Clint Hurdle
June 3: Colorado Rockies lose fourth straight game: Astros 6, Rockies 4
Luckily, we know now this was literally rock bottom.
July 4: Diamondbacks 11, Rockies 7: Bullpen explodes before fireworks show
Joel Peralta blows Aaron Cook's chance at NL's 2nd best 9 wins
July 27: Fernando Tatis and Mets imply that Rockies bullpen might still need help
The Rockies lost to the Mets 7-3 on a Fernando Tatis grand slam.
July 28: Mets 4, Rockies 0: Offensive struggles doom Rox again
Mets 4, Rockies 0: Offensive struggles doom Rox again
August 30: Giants 9, Rockies 5: Bullpen hands San Francisco share of wild card lead - Purple Row
Colorado is tied for the wild card lead, but it's not so exciting how it happened this time
The Denver Post has an impressive assortment of articles by a slew of writers about last night and the entire season. My numbness and lack of time don't allow me to read everything yet, but here it is.
The Final Game of 2009
Phillies fight off Rockies 5-4 in Game 4 at Coors Field - The Denver Post
Phillies fight off Rockies 5-4 in Game 4 at Coors Field
Rockies, fans stunned in Phillies comeback - The Denver Post
John Ingold knows how to to bring on the tears. He just pulled the kid card:
"Eleven-year-old Mark Auger gazed dejectedly down at the suddenly empty baseball diamond, then took the inside-out rally cap off his head and flipped it back outside-out.
Rocktober was over."
Wild Mood Swings: Phillies 5, Rockies 4 - The Good Phight
Stomachs churned, fists pumped and voices went as the Phillies took a thrilling 5-4 win over the Rockies to close out the National League Division Series in four games.
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Colorado Rockies - Recap - October 12, 2009 - ESPN
MLB Baseball Recap: Final statistics from the Philadelphia vs. Colorado game played on October 12, 2009
Inside the Colorado Rockies " Street Suffers A Bitter Loss | Major League Baseball in Denver I love Huston Street. He absolutely must come back as the Rockies' closer next year.
Kiszla: Weight of world tough to bear for Rockies' Street - The Denver Post
NLDS Game 4: Bests and worsts - The Denver Post
NLDS Game 4: Bests and worsts
More Reflection
Armstrong: Phillies no match for Gonzalez' big bat - The Denver Post
Phillies expect to see Rockies in postseason again - The Denver Post
Phillies expect to see Rockies in postseason again
Instinct takes over as Fowler leaps into second - The Denver Post
Instinct takes over as Fowler leaps into second
Krieger: Rockies bring love to LoDo before questions for next year - The Denver Post
Krieger: Rockies bring love to LoDo before questions for next year
BtB Power Rankings: End of 2009 Season Data - Beyond the Box Score
For those sabermetrically inclined, the Rockies finished 4th in MLB in JinAZ's final season power rankings, behind the Yankees, Rays and Red Sox. Yes, there's no NL team in there.
We'll have plenty of time to banter about the future. Let's give this team the applause it deserved. It was a heck of a ride.
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Congrats on a great season, Rox fans.
And good luck next year.
Well…. not TOO good.
I have a shrine dedicated to Mark Reynolds, wherein I keep his bobblehead, signed baseball, and jersey T-shirt.
17-1 against the Snakes, NL West title.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
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Fat chance.
I have a shrine dedicated to Mark Reynolds, wherein I keep his bobblehead, signed baseball, and jersey T-shirt.
You're right
The Snakes won’t beat us next year
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
Somehow,
I figured somebody would make that comment.
I have a shrine dedicated to Mark Reynolds, wherein I keep his bobblehead, signed baseball, and jersey T-shirt.
Question for 'ya....
Wasn’t last night the first time all year that the Rockies lost a game at Coors when leading after 8 innings? If I recall correctly, it was.
That stung all Rockies fans, but the memory of a great season will linger longer.
Yep
And I believe it was only the second time all year. Huston was so automatic in the regular season, but he just wasn’t the same in the postseason.
by avsfan4ever33 on Oct 13, 2009 8:50 AM MDT up reply actions
Yes it was
For Rocktober to fall, mystic things truly were afoot:
Ubaldo loses a game.
Street loses two
Lidge saves two.
Barmes has a bad series.
The Rockies go something like 47-0 when leading after the eighth at Coors in the regular season, 0-1 in the playoffs
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 9:05 AM MDT up reply actions
LOL at scratching out Barmes series.....
nothing mystical about that occurance at all. Barmes failures on offense are neither mystical nor surprising. IF only he got a single in the 8th inning, we’d have been up by 4 and would have survived the Street meltdown. We’d be playing today.
exactly about Barmes
He had a couple times during the series to help his team out and I don’t know whether the pressure got to him combined with his bad bat, or whether his bat is just that bad.
it might be to early for this
as im still in the process of moving on, but the barmes situation needs to be the first thing that gets fixed. Yes hes great defensively but if would have had, lets say two hits in this series{he left 4 men on base last night} it could have given some what of a cushion to the pen there at the end.
"We will either find a way, or make one."
by SouthernRockie on Oct 13, 2009 11:14 AM MDT up reply actions
"The Rockies are expected to approach Barmes about a multiyear contract this winter."
From the linked article about Fowler. I suspect that’s not the fix you had in mind, though.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
can they
replay video of Street blowing both those games at his contract negotiations during this off season? Seriously. He was so great all year, but blows the last two. Not the way I’d want to go out. I’d still like to see them give him a 3 or 4 year deal…
I'd like to see him take his shit somewhere else
Middling closers are a dime a dozen.
by cocainelips99 on Oct 13, 2009 4:26 PM MDT up reply actions
"Middling closers"??
How many saves did he blow??
I have a shrine dedicated to Mark Reynolds, wherein I keep his bobblehead, signed baseball, and jersey T-shirt.
SAVES
never mind that the advanced metrics put him as a top-5 reliever, he had a K/BB over 5, and that he wasn’t the only person to choke in the postseason.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 5:15 PM MDT up reply actions
All true.
But somebody who wants to get rid of Street based on last night’s game probably wouldn’t be interested.
I have a shrine dedicated to Mark Reynolds, wherein I keep his bobblehead, signed baseball, and jersey T-shirt.
I'm assuming this is sarcasm.
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
I'll be the guy in a orange shirt EVERY Monday...Broncos are my team win or lose.
I'd like to add
Our draft, and signing Matzek were high points of the season too, though obviously that doesn’t really apply to the Rockies themselves.
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
But a HUGE statement for the future
The draft, and the signings told me the Rockies were serious about competing. That having a few playoff run teams every once in awhile as fluke random occurrences was NOT what this team had in mind, like so many of the mid-market teams do. The Rox want to seriously compete and have a solid team every year.
youre right
It was one of the most euphoric days of the seaso. It has been added
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 10:29 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Was a hell of a year.
Back in May whodathunk the Rox would have gotten this far? What a wonderful run. congrats and thanks! Also, thanks to the fine folks who run this place. I only learned about it a month or two and now visit daily. Great job!
Your face in that video really hurts me now.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 9:04 AM MDT up reply actions
I hate loving baseball, sometimes.
well said.
The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient.
by rockieprogress on Oct 13, 2009 9:10 AM MDT up reply actions
yikes
how could you guys even see the game in teh rockpile out there?, lol
wish I knew you guys were stuck out there, I had a couple extra club I had to sell for 30 bucks apiece when I paid 78
oh man
Purple row playoff ticket thread man! I would have jumped on that! But really, there’s not a bad seat at coors field. You can’t see the close plays in the infield, but they are fine seats for the price.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 11:22 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
ya well a couple of buddies were suppose to come with me
but bailed 2 hrs before game time when I was down there.
Hopefully next yr we can have the same problem…
ok you are off the hook
I like the club level too. But I believe even if I’m somehow wealthy some day with season tickets, ill vow to sit in the rockpile at least once a year
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 11:55 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
the best part of club
is when your paying $6 bucks for a burger or Rockie dog you actually get fresh buns.
Boy those ones in teh upper deck can get pretty stale in September.
It's hard to fault the bakery
Those trucks have a hard time driving up the rockpile steps.
Club level’s got some pretty sweet loaded baked potatoes, though.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 12:06 PM MDT up reply actions
That's exactly how I feel about watching Yorvit all pumped up on 2nd.
Yorvit does fired-up pretty well, but that’s the most fired-up I’d ever seen him. Sigh.
hell of a year!
Go Rockies!….2010 baby here we come
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
ROCKTOBER HAS BEGUN!
Yo Phillies, I'm really happy for you and I'll let you play the Dodgers in a minute,
but that was the most fun Rockies season and the best Rockies team of ALL TIME! Of ALL TIME!
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
by Franchise26 on Oct 13, 2009 9:32 AM MDT reply actions 9 recs
+100
I have a shrine dedicated to Mark Reynolds, wherein I keep his bobblehead, signed baseball, and jersey T-shirt.
Wife - ditto
Yeah, my wife is now a huge fan. She was texting me from home while I was sitting at Coors.
Man, I can't get over these feelings of ambiguous loss
I mean, where did it all go? We were right there.
Damn.
Hell of a season, however, under any definition. The future is indeed bright.
Anyone else think it’s appropo that the skies are way overcast and foggy today, given last night? It’s as if the Colorado sky is in mourning, too….
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
174 days
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
Only 126 days until pitchers and catchers report
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
by free7694 on Oct 13, 2009 9:50 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
The greatest words of the year
“Pitchers and catchers report”
Gladly sharing a name with Dexter Fowler!
by ShadowPenguin on Oct 13, 2009 11:25 AM MDT up reply actions
Excellent observation, Mondo...
It was cloudy here in San Diego. I was awakened at 2:30 by rain. Its the first rain we’ve had in San Diego in 5 months. Odd……
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
The heavens were crying about the Rockies loss
Batters who walk to first usually come running home.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 1:47 PM MDT up reply actions
hey thanks for the beer by the way
FREE CHRIS IANNETTA
At least against LHP, I mean COME ON
by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 10:04 AM MDT up reply actions
My pleasure...wish we had cause for champagne toasts
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 10:06 AM MDT up reply actions
we'll have to do a PR winter meetup
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 10:09 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm definitely down
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by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 10:11 AM MDT up reply actions
and i was looking forward to punching you
FREE CHRIS IANNETTA
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 10:25 AM MDT up reply actions
What's the secret code for that kind of power up?
Down Down Left Left Up Right Right, 2nd fire button?
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 10:41 AM MDT up reply actions
that's it
I’m punching you too
FREE CHRIS IANNETTA
At least against LHP, I mean COME ON
by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 10:44 AM MDT up reply actions
Well, the Konami code would be easy
I was talking about more of a Dragonball Z 17-episode story arc punch, the kind where everyone gets angry but no one actually dies.
NINE THOUSSANNNNNNDDDD
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 10:53 AM MDT up reply actions
i was going to see if you wanted to hit up the falling rock after the game
But my phone died in the third
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 11:26 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Hizilla did the same
my response was positive at first, and then turned into “If we lose I’m going home”
FREE CHRIS IANNETTA
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 11:27 AM MDT up reply actions
i understand that
The definition of bitter is watching a champagne drenched brad lidge interviewed on tbs at the bar, knowing he was less than a half block away
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 11:42 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I wasn't too bitter about this, more just ready to go
The definition of bitter is watching a champagne drenched dustin pedroia interviewed on fox at the bar, knowing he was less than a half block away
that’s my bitterness right there.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 11:44 AM MDT up reply actions
yeah that would be bitter
Its just…lidge was supposed to suck. I guess he has good four out streaks
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 11:53 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
he's a good pitcher still
it’s one of those babip things
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 12:07 PM MDT up reply actions
no doubt he has talent
Ask tulo about his slider. But didn’t he gave a FIP around five? Babip might be part of it, but certainly not all
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 12:14 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Well, nobody may die, but...
your base are belong to us. FOR GREAT JUSTICE!!!!
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 11:07 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh man.
You should have seen me coming in to work today in SF. I’m a soggy, wet mess. Pouring rain and wind is not a good combination. My poor umbrella could not handle it.
"soggy, wet mess"
At first, I thought you were referencing a different source for sogginess after reading your other comments
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 12:32 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Amen, Amen, and rec'd
I have to give the Comment of the Night Award to Mitch Williams: “Sometimes you’re the windshield, and sometimes you’re the bug.” Kudos to the Rox players, staff, and fans for the outpouring of support for Street – he deserves it! He’s a lights-out closer and a great kid. I’d take him on the mound in a save sit any day of the week (and twice on Sunday) over any other closer I can think of, including Denver’s own Brad Lidge. :-) I truly hope he sticks around for a while.
"Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa." ~Bob Veale
"Jason Giambi: Clint Barmes' designated hitter." ~Paleface Destro
Every closer blows saves in the playoffs
Just ask DbacksSkins how good Rivera was in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. Or ask any Twins or Red Sox fan this year.
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
Rivera
is the extreme exception, though.
The guy’s only blown 5 postseason saves his entire career, and 3 of those came in 2004.
I have a shrine dedicated to Mark Reynolds, wherein I keep his bobblehead, signed baseball, and jersey T-shirt.
by DbacksSkins on Oct 13, 2009 10:38 AM MDT up reply actions
The future looks bright
When I got to the game last night, and saw that Smith was warming up I got a little giddy. I love that outfield, and hope to see it lots of times next year. I also hope Gonzalez hits .588/.632/.882 next year, but that’s probably a little less likely.
by controlled_slide on Oct 13, 2009 10:00 AM MDT reply actions
What a game
It would be impossible to be more excited than we were in the bottom of the 8th, and more disappointed during the top of the 9th, and more hopeful than the bottom of the 9th.
The entertainment value of being there was well worth it, even with the disappointing outcome.
I am very excited for the future of this team. Especially with the added experience of playoff exposure for Cargo, Dex, EY2, etc.. It’ll be exciting to see what the team does under a full season with Tracy. I hope they’re able to retain some of the key acquisitions in the bullpen, and even Giambi if it’s possible. His clutch hitting combined with veteran leadership is invaluable.
With his competitive nature, Tulo will take his 9th inning ABs from game 3 & 4 and learn from them, making himself a better hitter next year. Street has some things to work on as well, but could get better.
Barmes needs to learn how to hit, or get out of EY2’s way. With his better speed, I think EY could potentially be a better defender in the future with enough experience.
I may just have to go back to being a season ticket holder next year so I can watch this fun team some more. Maybe a group of us Rowboaters could go in together and share some nice seats?
ha
The promo line for the Sept 11 game strikes again
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 10:48 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
Now that you mention it...
our jerseys could really use a wash.
"Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa." ~Bob Veale
"Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug."~Mitch Williams
The future looks bright, Rox - BRING ON 2010!!!
by Rox the Casbah on Oct 13, 2009 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions
It was in yesterday's post game thread
but some how I feel it needs to be said again. Today, I’m pretty bummed. Not because the Rockies lost, though that’s part of it. It’s more that the season is over. Summer is over. The skies are cloudy and gray. And I’m sad, and a little melancholy. Like PF’s reference to a lover that’s passed away too soon, there is a sense of passing today, of ending a chapter. As great as this season has been (and it’s been greater to me than 07 was), I don’t want it to end.
And the only words that are giving me in solace is these:
“It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone.” A. Bart Giamatti
by Redhawk on Oct 13, 2009 11:16 AM MDT reply actions 3 recs
Don’t be heartbroken – losing sucks, but I’m actually more encouraged by a NLDS loss than I am discouraged. I see it this way because we were beaten by a better team. Which means that more or less, we got there legitimately, and were beaten legitimately. There was no magic, no super hot streak, no illegitimacy, and we’re kind of showing ourselves as competitors. Remember we outlasted Boston, St. Louis, and Minnesota. Also, remember, this team isn’t going anywhere. Sure, bits and pieces will move, we might have to say goodbye to old friends, but overall, this team is the real deal.
Be encouraged to be a Rockies fan, it just gets better from here!
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 11:20 AM MDT up reply actions
I'll get there
just mourning the passing of baseball season 09 still.
I want to go to the stadium. I want to buy some Rockies stuff (like I need Rockies stuff). I want to hold on. I want to watch some more Rockies baseball. I don’t want it to get cold and snowy yet.
This year was amazing…and went by too fast.
I’m so thinking about how baseball…is so much like life today.
I figure we have a gettogether and we can watch game 3 of the 2007 NLCS
and/or July 4th, 2008 v Florida
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 11:26 AM MDT up reply actions
also baseball is a metaphor for life
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 11:26 AM MDT up reply actions
And as spring begins anew....
….I swear, my sweetie will be at the home opener next year. Bank it.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 11:31 AM MDT up reply actions 11 recs
money
reccin dis
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 11:42 AM MDT up reply actions
rec'd
Carlos Gonzalez is amazing.
"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is."
~Bob Feller~
by AtkinsandTulofan on Oct 13, 2009 12:46 PM MDT up reply actions
That is a great outlook!!
rec’d
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
Rec'd
I have a shrine dedicated to Mark Reynolds, wherein I keep his bobblehead, signed baseball, and jersey T-shirt.
Great news
and rec’d of course
"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
Hooray!!
"Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's how you feel when Ubaldo is throwing fastballs by you."
by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 13, 2009 6:04 PM MDT up reply actions
I still miss Giamatti
Talk about what could have beens…
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
I'll be the guy in a orange shirt EVERY Monday...Broncos are my team win or lose.
by RdRnnr on Oct 13, 2009 11:30 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
YES
Baseball seems to be adrift, with an owner as a commissioner for all these years. TV and it’s money seems to dictate everything that has happened to baseball the last few years. With Giamatti, I think it would be different.
Yorvit Torrealba is my daddy! (metaphorically speaking, please don't kidnap me, as no one will pay and I eat a lot so there goes the profit margin)
I'm in your corner
I just feel such an almost overwhelming sense of sadness that the season is over. After all the thrills, heartbreak, and everything in between, the season’s over. I’m confident that tomorrow I’ll pull out of it, but for today I’m just gonna acknowledge this feeling and let it be.
It was a great ride, though. And before you know it, we’ll all be amped up for Spring Training.
Rocktober is the best time of year, yes?
Another season highlight:
July 3 – While drawing a leadoff walk from Max Scherzer in the 6th, Todd Helton fouls a pitch sharply to right. The ball deflects off a seat in section 116, then off my friend’s knee before I snag it. The Rockies go on to beat the Dbacks in a 5-nil shutout. Fireworks after the game.
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
Well, that's that I guess. On to the 2010 NL West title!
Here’s to the Rockies
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
CAN I HAZ A HOT STOVE LEAGUE?
Seriously, can we pry Brian Roberts from the O’s?
Who’s going to be Ian Stewart’s backup next season?
Is Jhoulys Chacin our 5th starter in 2010?
Is McKenry a decent backup for CDI, or do we pick up Torrealba’s $4m option?
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Do we need a 5th starter?
We’ve got Ubaldo, Cook, DLR, Hammel and Francis. I don’t see room for Chacin.
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
Well, that's one of the questions...can Francis actually come back effective?
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 12:10 PM MDT up reply actions
I think he can, too.
I know a lot of people are skeptical, and I don’t blame them. But I have a good feeling about him.
I hope he can
He’s a smart enough guy to be able to figure out a new way to pitch, if he needs to, but proof will be in the Tuscon pudding.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 12:27 PM MDT up reply actions
One more year in Tucson, then Phoenix
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
a couple of points
1) Francis is at BEST a maybe.
2) You can never have too much starting pitching.
Yorvit Torrealba is my daddy! (metaphorically speaking, please don't kidnap me, as no one will pay and I eat a lot so there goes the profit margin)
I'd love Roberts
But I suspect he’d cost too much, salary & trade-bait wise.
Other 2B possibilities to think about:
Astros want to dump Matsui’s $6 mil contract or a portion thereof. He’s very unpopular
in Houston, but seemed to thrive in CO.
The Rays would love to play Ben Zobrist at 2B if they could get something for Aki
Iwamura. They need a DH & hard-throwing closer? Hawpe? Morales?
Either of those would provide defense pretty close to Barmes’ level & much more consistent offense.
no way i trade morales for aki
We might get his production at 2b next year with no roster moves, and despite inconsistencies, morales was mostly dominant the entire season and he is just 23.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 12:22 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
morales has great stuff
The kid throws 96 mph left handed is 23 and has nasty breaking stuff. He just needs time. keep him
Which is why PH L. Painter says he has high trade value now
Another wild, inconsistent season & his value plummets
I admit it’ would be a gamble trading him. The trade of Edwin Jackson (similar great stuff, but a history of wildness & inconsistency with 2 organizations) came back to bite the Rays. But you don’t usually get something for nothing in trades, and Morales’ trade value is probably higher than Hawpe’s or Barmes’.
No records in the last 10 years should count.
Before I read through the links and all the comments
I just have to say that I think the emotion just hit me. I wasn’t really all that emotional last night (I teared up a bit about Jeff Kingery’s last game—that got to me more than the loss, at least last night—and reading Kiszla’s article, but not really about the loss or the end of the season). But now after watching PF’s video of Yorvit’s double, reading PF’s opening to the Rockpile, and seeing that cartoon, I think it’s really hit me. And now I’m sitting here blinking back tears at my desk. I hope no coworkers pop over to talk to me.
im sorry :(
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 12:17 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I know what you mean
I was just at home on my lunch break, looking into my barren (as usual) fridge, and I thought “I guess I’d better go pick up some groceries before the Rockies game toni…”
And then I just kind of stood there with the fridge open for like two minutes being all Charlie Brown sad.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
by Franchise26 on Oct 13, 2009 12:27 PM MDT up reply actions
That is one of the saddest things I have heard in the last 24 hours :(
Carlos Gonzalez is amazing.
"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is."
~Bob Feller~
by AtkinsandTulofan on Oct 13, 2009 1:38 PM MDT up reply actions
I hear ya, too, (though I can't bring myself to mind Kingery leaving).
After tough losses, I can usually give up the ‘suspension of disbelief’ and recognize that by-and-large, these guys are just fine and have relatively little to complain about in life. But poor Huston Street must have felt like the loneliest guy in the world walking off that mound.
::hug::
I called my Mom last night to lament. I was pretty upset. And she called me this morning to make sure, I was okay. That made me laugh….
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
I have been getting condolences from all my coworkers and family today
They all ask, “Are you okay?”
My response is always, “You know that I just watched the greatest Rockies team ever, right? And next year could be better! I am ecstatic!”
My roster Moves
My Roster Moves made by non expert me: Please no Sabremetrics or “My kid Loves….” crying; Not sure who’s A FA so this is highly unofficial.
Barmes: Terrible Offensive player; No OBP; Sign him only as a defensive backup. Give EY the starting job see what he can do. Can’t be worse and he’s younger
Atkins: 50/50 on him. If we can get a good deal he needs to go. I still think he has it offensively.
Hawpe: trade him. He could bring a decent deal in. He’s not the future of the franchise by any means. He’d be great in a small BP in the AL.
Torrealba and Iannetta: Keep em both see who decides to hit this year. Train Iannetta to play some 1B. His insano OBPS needs more AB’s
Helton: Duh keep him but give him a decent backup
Giambi: Helton/Giambi/Iannetta at 1B gives us a good mix
Seth Smith: STARTER!!
Cargo: Starter!
Fowler: Starter!!!
Ubaldo: Duh
Cookie: Duh
De La Rosa: I believe we still have him so also DUH
Marquis: No thanks not worth the money
Hammel: Meh…If we don’t have to pay him more then he currently makes keep him
Francis: Please come back fresh and ready!
Street: If he’s a FA no thanks. He’s got to be injured still. Injury prone closer @ 25. Not worth the money he will demand. Buchholz maybe comes back?
Franklin Morales: Send this kid to a shrink and make him the closer. he’s talent is immense
Chacin: Give him a chance at the rotation or long relief for a year.
Spilly: Gotta keep the guy since he makes nothing and is a decent player and GREAT clubhouse presence.
Ideally my vs Righty Starting lineup next year:
Cargo, Fowler, Smith, Tulo, Helton, Stewart, Iannetta/Torrre, EY
Pew pew lazerss…..good season I’m SUPER excited about next years team.
Cot's Contracts is your friend
http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01/colorado-rockies.html
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
by Franchise26 on Oct 13, 2009 12:28 PM MDT up reply actions
makes me scared every time I see Cargo's name with Boras
I think it was here I saw a link that Boras is claiming Cargo’s the next Beltran and I don’t doubt that.
Need a Tulo type deal maybe after next yr
He won't sign a Tulo deal
Boras’ clients never sign a deal that buys out any FA years. However, we do have Cargo through at least 2013, and I think 2014. So no, I’m not worried.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 12:40 PM MDT up reply actions
would love to see EY2 get a shot
and see what he can do
would be very interesting to see how Tracy mixes the 3 speedsters at the top of the lineup.
That contract link is sweet
Casey Weathers for 2010 closer?
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
by PioneerSkies on Oct 13, 2009 2:45 PM MDT up reply actions
If he hadn't gotten hurt maybe
now, he’s a big ole question mark like Bucky and Francis.
Yorvit Torrealba is my daddy! (metaphorically speaking, please don't kidnap me, as no one will pay and I eat a lot so there goes the profit margin)
You want to let the guy
who has had setbacks in his recovery from TJ and never pitched in the Majors be the closer? Could be pretty ugly. Street isn’t exactly a Free Agent yet.
I don't see any waythat Huston is not the closer next year
Do you think that Papelbon won’t be in Boston? We may just go to arbitration instead of signing him to a longer deal. But Tracy likes him and I really don’t see a viable option inside the organization. And while I disagreed with him last night after more research Franchise is right as far as brining in Beimel. Also consider that with the turnaround he was 38 pitches in 24 hours when Howard came up, I am almost tempted to believe that he was just gassed. I have no problem with him coming back next year but I want Betencourt and Beimel back also.
paps might be traded
Bard is progressing well.
FREE CHRIS IANNETTA
At least against LHP, I mean COME ON
by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:34 PM MDT up reply actions
That will send some shockwaves through Boston.
Sounds like fun to me
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 9:36 PM MDT up reply actions
I think it'd be fantastic as well.
I wish Fuentes had riverdanced on the mound in fenway.
did you hear Pedroia moaning and groaning about the grounds crew not making the infield grass strong enough?
FREE CHRIS IANNETTA
At least against LHP, I mean COME ON
by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:37 PM MDT up reply actions
I read that...what a whiner!!!
I lost what little respect I had for Mr. MVP….
bwahahahah…who am I kidding. I never had respect for that guy. And now I have even less…
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
I had a bit of respect for scrappy doo
but yeah, don’t sell out your game staff. That’s lame.
FREE CHRIS IANNETTA
At least against LHP, I mean COME ON
by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:41 PM MDT up reply actions
Another +1
I have a shrine dedicated to Mark Reynolds, wherein I keep his bobblehead, signed baseball, and jersey T-shirt.
by DbacksSkins on Oct 13, 2009 10:20 PM MDT up reply actions
+1
I have a shrine dedicated to Mark Reynolds, wherein I keep his bobblehead, signed baseball, and jersey T-shirt.
by DbacksSkins on Oct 13, 2009 10:19 PM MDT up reply actions
I think someone nees to explain to Pedroia that the infield grass had nothing to do with the ball Abreu hit off the wall
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 9:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Word from relatives in Boston
He pretty much ticked off some folks with his comments earlier this year about wanting to go to the highest bidder. Maybe that’s changed some, but it’s a lingering thought.
I'm just relaying rumors.
I bet he stays, too.
FREE CHRIS IANNETTA
At least against LHP, I mean COME ON
by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:37 PM MDT up reply actions
I know I don't think PAPs is all that
I would offer a 2 year deal to street with an option. We may have someone internal by then
I just like having bullpen weapons
and lots of them
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:41 PM MDT up reply actions
I mean when we start getting guys back
Raffy, Street, Buchholz, Weathers, Corpas, Daley, Beimel….mmmmmm that’s a lot of outs there
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:43 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't doubt it
I just like his toolset, throws strikes, doesn’t walk many, gets groundballs.
I’m wondering how much his elbow played into his hittability this year.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:48 PM MDT up reply actions
his velocity was down
as was his movement.
Yorvit Torrealba is my daddy! (metaphorically speaking, please don't kidnap me, as no one will pay and I eat a lot so there goes the profit margin)
so pretty reasonable to assume it did
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At least against LHP, I mean COME ON
by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:51 PM MDT up reply actions
in terms of a RHP set up man, I agree
the word Groundballing is all I see in Corpas. Other than that aspect of his game, he’s completely redundant.
FREE CHRIS IANNETTA
At least against LHP, I mean COME ON
by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Maybe I just
haven’t seen him pitch enough, but for some reason, it seems ludicrous that you’d get rid of Corpas.
Or maybe I’m just still haunted by our own shitty bullpen.
I have a shrine dedicated to Mark Reynolds, wherein I keep his bobblehead, signed baseball, and jersey T-shirt.
by DbacksSkins on Oct 13, 2009 10:24 PM MDT up reply actions
Me too
Every team that lost a series this postseason blew a 9th inning lead. If you can’t lock down the 9th you don’t win in October
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 9:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh I agree with you.
You don’t get rid of a guy like Street with the year he had, for 2 bad postseason innings.
Oh also
Bon Jovi providing the official 2009 MLB Playoff soundtrack probably counts as a low…
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
Our free agents per MLB Trade Rumors:
Giambi – fun having him here, but he’s gone.
Torrealba – let him take starter money from somebody (like we almost did 2 years ago), take the Type B comp picks
Contreras – wonder if he wouldn’t be an interesting $3-4 million flyer as a swingman, he seemed to love working with Dac
Marquis – chase that paper, son, we’ll take the comp picks.
Beimel – projects as a Type B, but man, he came out of the bullpen to “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”, we gotta keep him
Embree – probably retires
Herges – gone
Rincon – minor league invite wouldn’t upset me
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
thoughts
Giambi- Not so fast. If there is no AL DH job for him, and if he would take part-time money, and if he would be a bench guy, and Pinch Hit, and fill in for Helton (cause I think Helton could use more days off as he’s not getting younger), than Giambi would be a good fit, as he’s a legitimate first baseman owns a 1st baseman’s glove
Torrealba- Depends on the organization’s feeling on Iannetta, after the last month, I’m not sure Tracy thinks as highly of CDI as the ’Row does.
Contreras- Seems to be a better swing man than Fogg. I’m with you. plus if his number changes from 54 to 55 next year, we might know his real age.
Marquis- The Mets will over pay!
Beimel-Completely agree. Best music on the team, PLUS I want the bath robe
Embree- yeah. Tough way to end a good career
Herges-yeah. He will get an invite some where. I’m fine if the Rockies give him one
Rincon-yeah.
Yorvit Torrealba is my daddy! (metaphorically speaking, please don't kidnap me, as no one will pay and I eat a lot so there goes the profit margin)
Erm
Contreras- Seems to be a better swing man than Fogg. I’m with you. plus if his number changes from 54 to 55 next year, we might know his real age.
To know his real age will require Corpas to give up his uniform number.
Can we trade Beimel for a bathrobe to be named later?
What about bringing Fogg back one more time. I felt he actually filled that limited role pretty well.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Belisle can more than likely do the job better than Fogger
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At least against LHP, I mean COME ON
by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 2:14 PM MDT up reply actions
You forgot Fogg.
Also, Giambi and Torrealba have contract option. Giambi’s will be declined for sure, though.
by Greg Stanwood on Oct 13, 2009 1:46 PM MDT up reply actions
Everyone keeps thinking about Fogg as like a real piece of the team
he was about as meaningful of a pickup as Joel Peralta.
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At least against LHP, I mean COME ON
by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 2:15 PM MDT up reply actions
I believe
that he is a Free Agent, as he was waived outright by Oakland. They owe him the $1.25 Mil buyout that he has coming per his contract with them, but I think that the Rox only signed him for the rest of the season on an MLB minimum deal.
Beimel – projects as a Type B, but man, he came out of the bullpen to "God’s Gonna Cut You Down", we gotta keep him
I can’t agree with this more. There’s not enough badass walkup music anymore, it’s all just the crap of the week on the radio or something.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 2:45 PM MDT up reply actions
it's pretty good
but it sounds a bit like generic intimidating closer music….God’s Gonna Cut You Down is such a unique song….that song actually strikes a bit of fear…
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 5:16 PM MDT up reply actions
and the crazy hair and tats
means he’s a keeper. We already have a pretty low tat quotient…if we lose Giambi and Beimel they’ll only be Spilly left.
I can't decide whether I'm hungry or just really tired.
Gotta agree on Beimel...
His relief in the 9th last night warmed my heart. I never cease to LOVE his music!!! (For a pitcher, that is. Love to see that in a closer, bwahahaha.) Combine that with the fumanchu, and put fear into the hearts of the batters! :-)
"Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa." ~Bob Veale
"Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug."~Mitch Williams
The future looks bright, Rox - BRING ON 2010!!!
by Rox the Casbah on Oct 13, 2009 4:56 PM MDT up reply actions
i wont be able to think about 2010 for a couple weeks
And I don’t want to. We just witnessed hands down the best rockies team ever. I want to stew on that asmuch as I can before turning to face the unknowns of next year. Ill let those who get paid to think future get a head start on that
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 12:54 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
1 Positive out of the NLDS
(Sorry if someone else said this I didn’t have time to read it all)
I am really happy to see CarGo hit so well in the postseason especially againt LHP.
Is it April yet?
Some hope?
by rockiesfan4ever on Oct 13, 2009 1:06 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
THIS
times 1000000
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
thanks for a great season Rockies!
LETS GO WINGS!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Oct 13, 2009 1:09 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
all of the above rec'd
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
Both of those things....+100,000,000,000
Although I would settle for March, since I love me some spring training! ;)
Carlos Gonzalez is amazing.
"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is."
~Bob Feller~
by AtkinsandTulofan on Oct 13, 2009 1:36 PM MDT up reply actions
"God’s Gonna Cut You Down"
Love the song Made me want to kill myself when beimel came out after Street blew it. It was so appropriate for the moment
oh and some girl
Probably around 30 asked “who sings this song” I was in Club Level though so I guess it didn’t surprise me. She probably only knows britney spears
Considering the mood I was in at that point
I probably would’ve slapped her
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
me too
or treated her like she is an idiot.
HERE YA GO! LISTEN AND LEARN GIRL!
Yorvit Torrealba is my daddy! (metaphorically speaking, please don't kidnap me, as no one will pay and I eat a lot so there goes the profit margin)
This made me laugh on a hard day...
particularly the listen and learn.
Carlos Gonzalez is amazing.
"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is."
~Bob Feller~
by AtkinsandTulofan on Oct 13, 2009 2:29 PM MDT up reply actions
LISTEN AND LEARN
you’re the man Hawk
FREE CHRIS IANNETTA
At least against LHP, I mean COME ON
by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 2:30 PM MDT up reply actions
I've been wanting this song ever since Beimel showed up.
But it’s not available on iTunes (or at least, not the Johnny Cash version). It’s a total bummer.
I have the same problem
Maybe we should start a petition ;-)
"Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa." ~Bob Veale
"Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug."~Mitch Williams
The future looks bright, Rox - BRING ON 2010!!!
by Rox the Casbah on Oct 13, 2009 4:59 PM MDT up reply actions
um
I’m not saying anything, but if you emailed me, I could direct you to a manner at which you could listen to this song.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 5:17 PM MDT up reply actions
I have hangups.
But I do make exceptions from time to time. I’ll think about it, and may take you up on that.
point being that I also attempted to purchase this song on iTunes to no avail.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 6:05 PM MDT up reply actions
The video is available on iTunes.
Paleface Destro, wildly hacking destroyer of rallies.
by Paleface Destro on Oct 13, 2009 8:27 PM MDT up reply actions
great song!!
the only thing that might impress me more is if the giambino came out with this one…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxINMuOgAu8
watch this space for a soon to be created clever remark....
Win :-)
"Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa." ~Bob Veale
"Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug."~Mitch Williams
The future looks bright, Rox - BRING ON 2010!!!
by Rox the Casbah on Oct 13, 2009 10:11 PM MDT up reply actions
whats weird about waiting til opening day is
my birthday is the day before which is 5 month 21 days 9 and a half hours away my time
and I will be at the game at Miller Park so that game is like 5 months and 23 days away from right now!
Success and happiness are not destinations, they are exciting, never-ending journeys.. To 2010.
My 7 Stages of Grief
1) Shock and Denial: (The 9th inning last night) "Oh my God! Huston Street did not just blow that game. Yorvit’s fist pump will forever be the lasting image of this game."
2) Pain and Guilt: (The next week or two) "I can’t believe the Rockies don’t have a game tonight. What am I going to do with my evenings? And why does that awful 9th inning keep replaying over and over in my head?
3) Anger and Bargaining: (The LCS and World Series) "Why did it have to be the Rockies? Why couldn’t it have been the Yankees or Dodgers losing like that? Maybe if they both are eliminated in similar painful fashion in the LCS I can live with it."
4) Depression, Reflection, Loneliness: (When the World Series ends) "I have no baseball to watch for months and a team I hate has won it all. What if Street was himself? What if Tracy pulled him? What if De La Rosa wasn’t hurt? What if we faced Pedro in game 3 in the Snow instead? Oh this is gonna be a long winter."
5) The Upward Turn: (November/December) "Well I am interested to see what new pieces the Rockies add this offseason. Purple Row will keep me entertained until April."
6) Working Through: (January through March) "Yeah that exit was tough but it was still a great season and the Rockies will only be better in 2010. And hey it’s not that far away."
7) Acceptance and Hope: (The 2010 season) "Last year’s experience has made the Rockies experienced and tough and they are gonna win their first N.L. West title and World Series this year. Go Rockies!
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 2:31 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Great post! Love your perspectives!
I dreamed about the game, but I don’t remember what exactly…something about Torrealba, and running the bases, and my cat(who is no longer with us). weird.
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
How did your cat end up in a dream about last nights game?
I probably would have had a dream about last night’s game too but I think I only spent about one hour sleeping and six hours laying awake in agony.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 2:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Good question about my cat....
Maybe my memory of her brings me comfort in times of need…I did have the most awesome Kitty ever. :)
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Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
That makes sense
It’s funny what are minds go to when we need comfort.
Oh and I’m sorry about your cat.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 3:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Aww, thank you, I appreciate it..
Weird cat story…my former roommate said my cat had kitty esp whenever I was away. She told me that on days that I was due home from travel, my cat would go and sit by the front door within an hour of my coming home.
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
Wow that is an awesome cat.
So cool it knew when you were coming home.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 3:13 PM MDT up reply actions
and just a thought..
my handle is not related to my cat….lol
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
My 5yo dreamed about the game last night too
She was in the clubhouse afterward, in a kitchen (ok, she’s 5), and all her beloved players (she was listing them by name) were helping her bake pie. And cookies, and cake, and… ;-)
I should also mention that at the game last night she was wrapping her rally towel around her Rockies mittens and making “Rockies pie,” which she was attempting to sell to the Phillies fans behind us for $50, and the Rox fans in front of us for $1. The kid is 45 lbs of pure WIN! :-)
"Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa." ~Bob Veale
"Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug."~Mitch Williams
The future looks bright, Rox - BRING ON 2010!!!
by Rox the Casbah on Oct 13, 2009 5:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Call up the Rockies' marketing team
This needs to be part of next year’s commercials
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 5:14 PM MDT up reply actions
that's awesome
and probably surpasses my previous cute kid (not mine) at rockies game moment which happened many years ago. A little girl sitting in front of me couldn’t say ‘Go Joe Girardi’ so she kept saying ‘Go JoeRardi’ which has been my nickname for him ever since…
Hot buttered toast! Mmmmmm.
I loved this..and those are stages I am going through too!
Carlos Gonzalez is amazing.
"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is."
~Bob Feller~
by AtkinsandTulofan on Oct 13, 2009 2:51 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm trying to find anything to be happy about right now.
I know the 2010 team will be good and I’ll be thrilled in a few months but I want something that pays off now.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions
same here...
The absence of Rockies baseball is just so devastating, especially with the way it happened. I am so proud of our team and what we have accomplished…and I will be able to focus on that over time, but right now I just want us to be playing one more game. I am wondering what decisions will be made in the offseason too…I can’t help but worry about some of my favorite players being gone. At least I know we will still have awesome players like CarGo and his enthusiasm/play to look forward to! :) But I miss them all right now.
Carlos Gonzalez is amazing.
"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is."
~Bob Feller~
by AtkinsandTulofan on Oct 13, 2009 3:44 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't know if this is a good analogy, but my heartache is similar to when
my children went off to college. I wanted the summer to be just a little longer…a little longer to watch them go about their busy lives, ..listen to their funny stories and feel the bear hugs they gave me when they came home from work. It was hard to see to see them go, but I knew that they would be back in a few months , eager to get back with their friends and share more funny stories and of course give me even better bear hugs. The Rockies will be back… ready to give us an even better season. So we must be patient and willing to give them time to heal, practice and have time with their families so we can once again enjoy the boys of summer. God Bless, dear Rockies and fellow Rowbots. :-)
This is a wonderful analogy!
And thank you for saying this, it really made me feel better! Just like you said, I just kept wanting a little longer with the team…no amount of time would’ve been enough…but they are only not playing for a few months and we will have offseason updates and the Purple Row through that whole time.The Rockies will be back to give us an amazing season…refreshed from the offseason and ready to come to work! I can’t wait for spring training ’10!
Carlos Gonzalez is amazing.
"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is."
~Bob Feller~
by AtkinsandTulofan on Oct 13, 2009 7:45 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm not grieving
I woke up this morning a little sluggish, with a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. It took a while to get going, too. Then I realized as I turned on the shower that I’d had this feeling before. It wasn’t grief.
It was a hangover.
by Yokel on Oct 13, 2009 3:00 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
LOL!! Okay that made me laugh..
I about choked on my iced coffee…
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
Haha
You’re better than me. I got up this morning thinking “Is it really worth getting out of bed today?”
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 3:07 PM MDT up reply actions
hahahahha fantastic
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 5:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Most memorable
This will go down as one of my most memorable baseball seasons ever. Simply by discovering this site.
While I did get burned out just after the All-Star break (Thanks to the long nights working the Rays games), I still managed to watch the Rox and marvel at their accomplishments. I am proud to say that I’m a fan.
I did retire from the Rays after the season ( I know I told some of you that I might). I just hated “dreading” going to work and I just got burned out. Baseball is supposed to be fun and NOT something that I wanted to “dread”. So the Rox kept my baseball interest. Thanks to for a great season and thanks to everyone here for “befriending” and entertaining me. It certainly was a blast.
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Three hours until game 5! I'm so excited I can't.............
Oh wait :(
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 3:09 PM MDT reply actions
OHHHHHH!!!! That is just...
WRONG!!! You are a masochist….
P.S. – Well played..
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
You know when I'm gonna be the most angry
When the Phillies and Dodgers are announced player by player in game 1. I’m going to be saying “hey that should be us”
OK I’ll just stop now at the risk of angering the whole community.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 3:20 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm not angry per se..
Its more like…WTF happened last night? It was defeat snatched from teh jawz of victory.
I still keep thinking we must have another inning or another out left. I mean the Phillies got 4 a couple times right?
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
yeah, angry wouldn't be the word I would use either
and I agree I’ll have the same feeling the Rox should be there BUT…even though we coulda/shoulda won one or both of the last two games the reality is both of those teams are at least a smidge better and the regular season series records support that.
I want the Rox next year to be the team that heads out to the front of the pack like the Dogs and Phils this year and has to fight off ennui waiting for the postseason to begin and then kick it back in gear.
SDcat: you also need to add the Phils also benefited from only having to get 1-2 outs in multiple innings…:)
I can't decide whether I'm hungry or just really tired.
sure
but, weren’t those the same innings where the Rockies had to get 4 outs on the phillies? It’s all about balancing things.
I see what you did there
from now on we know the rules for the Rox in playoff series against teams MLB wants to advance in the playoffs. The Rox just have to play 150% better to overcome them.
/sarchasm
I can't decide whether I'm hungry or just really tired.
Did I fall into my own sarchasm?
I’m confused..lol
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
Did I fall into my own sarchasm?
I’m confused..lol
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
A little teeny tiny bit of consolation
Kruk was wrong. WE went to the playoffs, the Braves didn’t. So nanny nanny boo boo! Now shut the Kruk up!
There. That felt good.
by SoxRoxFan on Oct 13, 2009 3:56 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
yeah...so there!
and….yeah!
I do think the Fish and the Atlanteans are going to give the Phils more of a run for their money next year…
I can't decide whether I'm hungry or just really tired.
meh...I'm calling Nats FTW:)
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
THAT could happen...
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
Christ, you don’t need a quadrophonic Blaupunkt! What you need is a curveball! In the show, everyone can hit heat.
FREE CHRIS IANNETTA
At least against LHP, I mean COME ON
by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 5:20 PM MDT up reply actions
heh...
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
"I can haz Blaupunkt now
and will buy a curveball, as I am now worth $50 million. "
Stephen Strasburg
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
Naw The Mets will win the NL East nex year
Nats will Win the Wild card.
Oh and the Pirates will win the Central.
Rox are sure to make it to the World series next year.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 4:28 PM MDT up reply actions
rec'd :-)
"Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa." ~Bob Veale
"Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug."~Mitch Williams
The future looks bright, Rox - BRING ON 2010!!!
by Rox the Casbah on Oct 13, 2009 5:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Just played "Game 5" on MLB 09 The Show on PS3.
Let’s fast-forward to the seventh. Tied at 0, I yank Cook to start the inning for Beimel, who retires both Utley and Howard. Contreras comes in and promptly gives up a homer to Werth, but gets Ibanez. 1-0 Phillies.
Top 8, with two outs, Barmes strikes out but the ball gets away from Ruiz and Clint reaches. I pinch-hit Hawpe for Contreras, the Phils go to Eyre in the bullpen for the lefty-lefty matchup.
Hawpe promptly homers, an opposite field job into the left field stands. 2-1 Rox.
Fast forward to the ninth. Street on for the top of the order. Rollins singles but Torrealba throws him out stealing on a pitchout. Victorino singles. Utley walks.
Howard up, tying and winning runs on. I bring in Morales, who rings up Howard.
Morales then gets Werth to ground out to end it.
Oh how I wish life imitated art.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
Street became one of my favorite Rockies
when he said in an interview that one of his goals was to become a well-read person. I don’t think I have ever heard another professional athlete express that sentiment. And he comes across as personable and genuine — an overall likable guy.
Hot buttered toast! Mmmmmm.
Good one...I'm FP fanshotting this one
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 5:16 PM MDT up reply actions
If you guys aren't ready to let baseball go just yet
The Arizona Fall League starts today. The Rockies (and Dbacks) players are on the Scottsdale Scorpions, and supposedly they’ve got Gameday set up for the games. First pitch for the Scorpions game tonight is at 7:35 Mountain Daylight.
"Spam headline: 'YOU ARE CHOSEN!' Oh, Morpheus, you're getting pretty lazy."
"Or they are informing you you are Jewish in a very lame conversion campaign."
"In either case, sending me spam is not the way to invite me to Zion."
awesome to the max
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 6:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Don't worry about it
For the next month and however long, they’re all Scorpions players. (Besides, most of the rest of the team is made up of Phillies and Giants. Geez.)
Scorpions are down 1-0 in the bottom of the second.
"Spam headline: 'YOU ARE CHOSEN!' Oh, Morpheus, you're getting pretty lazy."
"Or they are informing you you are Jewish in a very lame conversion campaign."
"In either case, sending me spam is not the way to invite me to Zion."
I thought about it some more
I think I can do it for a month. I’m actually pretty excited about going to a game.
Looks like 11/6 Scottsdale vs. Phoenix for me.
Would be really nice if Stras pitched for Phoenix. Bummed that I won’t be able to overlap with you guys at all.
Just post it
at the ’Pit AFL thread. Maybe you guys can have a mini g2g.
I have a shrine dedicated to Mark Reynolds, wherein I keep his bobblehead, signed baseball, and jersey T-shirt.
4-1 now!
"Spam headline: 'YOU ARE CHOSEN!' Oh, Morpheus, you're getting pretty lazy."
"Or they are informing you you are Jewish in a very lame conversion campaign."
"In either case, sending me spam is not the way to invite me to Zion."
Now 5-3!
I have a shrine dedicated to Mark Reynolds, wherein I keep his bobblehead, signed baseball, and jersey T-shirt.
by DbacksSkins on Oct 13, 2009 10:32 PM MDT up reply actions
Besides,
none of them are Dbacks yet. (Except the two BAs)
I have a shrine dedicated to Mark Reynolds, wherein I keep his bobblehead, signed baseball, and jersey T-shirt.
Thanks to Purplerow
First, what a great season! Congratulations to the Rockies organization. Second, Holliday for Street and Gonzalez? Very possibly O’Dowd’s finest moment in an already good tenure. Definately wouldn’t have got where we did without Huston, and Cargo is going to be a monster. Third, thanks to Purplerow! You got us all through the rough patches this season, and here less than 24 hours after the final pitch of the season…… We’re debating next year.
On that note…. Put me down as an early supporter of a Beimel and Contraras return for 2010.
Just to get an opinion from everone else.
Was that the single toughest loss in Rockies history? I know we don’t have a long history but I can’t think of one single game that left me with a more heartbreaking feeling than last night.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 7:07 PM MDT reply actions
Father's Day, 2004.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 7:18 PM MDT up reply actions
I was at that game
Denny Stark’s final appearance in a Rockies uniform! God that team was horrible.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
Behold the power of Royce Clayton!
"Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's how you feel when Ubaldo is throwing fastballs by you."
by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 13, 2009 7:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Er, that would have been July 19th.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
You are not seriously going to compare blowing a 2 run 9th inning lead in a June game of a lost season to blowing a two run lead in the 9th inning of a postseason elimination game.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 7:42 PM MDT up reply actions
was your dad there with you?
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:00 PM MDT up reply actions
No but to me June games and October games are not comparable.
I can see how it could have been a worse experience for you but for the franchise as a whole, not even close.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 9:06 PM MDT up reply actions
well, you asked a pretty subjective question
but hey thanks for that
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Was it your father being with you that made it worse or has last night not really sunk in yet?
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 9:13 PM MDT up reply actions
I was there. It sunk in just fine.
it was just meant to spark discussion, maybe get people to stop moping and think about other bad games and laughing at how bad some of our players have been over the past decade.
but yeah, you’re right, this June game had no bearing on the franchise.
FREE CHRIS IANNETTA
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Sorry about all the moping
I don’t do well after 9th inning playoff elimination loses. I’ll be more cheerful in about a week but I need some time to be sad about this one. I mean it may have been the toughest loss in franchise history, those thankfully don’t come around too often.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 9:23 PM MDT up reply actions
eww. I've blotted that out from my memory until now.
walk, walk, walk, GS.
I was at that game too.
"Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's how you feel when Ubaldo is throwing fastballs by you."
by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 13, 2009 7:45 PM MDT up reply actions
The sound of that
reminds me of June 28, 07. Had to look it up, when Fuentes blew his fourth in a row. That was pretty lame.
Although I don’t think it compares to yesterday’s game.
by KindredSprites on Oct 13, 2009 8:12 PM MDT up reply actions
That whole road trip in 07 after the sweep of the Yankees was brutal.
8 strait loses I think. But no not even close to yesterday’s game. At least not for me anyway.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 8:19 PM MDT up reply actions
shawwwwwwwwn chacon
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Losing the last game of the World Series...that was the most heartbreaking for me.
Last night’s game hurt but in a good way. Because it showed what we have and what can be. We have an outstanding group of players who are outstanding people.
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
Wow really
Game 3 actually hurt me more than game 4 because I pretty much knew it was over once we got down 3-0. Game 4 to me was just kind of a confirmation game. Even though the 07 series was tough it didn’t hurt me as much as it should have because I was still riding the high of 21 out of 22. It was bad don’t get me wrong but for me not even close to yesterday’s game.
They ripped my soul out last night.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 8:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Heard the song "Life Ain't Always Beautiful" today
This excerpt reminded me of the 9th inning last night and the Rockies season overall.
Life ain’t always beautiful
Sometimes it’s just plain hard
Life can knock you down, it can break your heart
Life ain’t always beautiful
You think you’re on your way
And it’s just a dead end road at the end of the day
But the struggle makes you stronger
And the changes make you wise
And happiness has it’s own way of takin’ it sweet time
No,life aint always beautiful
Tears will fall sometimes
Life aint always beautiful
But it’s a beautiful ride
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 8:15 PM MDT reply actions
Perfect...just perfect...Thank you for sharing!
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
I didn't know if it was worth sharing or not because almost everything made me think of the Rockies today.
But that one did the most.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 8:23 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm wondering if we may need grief counseling :)
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
I thought this was grief counseling
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 8:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Good point!
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Okay something that made me laugh.
I was flipping through my onscreen cable guide a few minutes ago, and on TBS it has
“NEW Colorado Rockies at Philadelphia Phillies” .
I thought to myself, now that is just cruel and then I laughed…
sigh…
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The series is over and TBS is still screwing it up
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 8:22 PM MDT up reply actions 5 recs
LOL!! THIS +1milllion....
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Rec;d
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reccin dis
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Rec'd a gazillion times
If I never watch another TBS broadcast, I’ve have seen too many.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 11:16 PM MDT up reply actions
It's funny you were looking to see what was on TBS because when I got back from my night class at 8:30 I flipped on TBS just to see what was on.
Didn’t matter but there’s my “what might of been” syndrome kicking in again.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 8:36 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm pretending like the game ended in the 8th inning...
Baby steps…lol
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Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
But that means you are still in stage 1, the denial stage.
Don’t worry you have company.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 8:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Its a process...I'll get there...
I think I tried to go straight to acceptance. I woke up this morning and realized I have not processed. Maybe by the weekend I’ll be okay. Sigh…
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Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
I'll be here to help you get through it.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 8:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Incidentally,
I have a shrine dedicated to Mark Reynolds, wherein I keep his bobblehead, signed baseball, and jersey T-shirt.
I've been wondering if we should have walked Howard?
I did think about it when he came up. I know you’re never supposed to IBB the winning run on base…but man I did think about it….
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Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
Excuse me?
That’s a pretty weird thing to say. I haven’t asked this before at all.
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not that specific thing
he means the whole game. It’s over, next season is coming sooner than you know.
don’t let a game take over your every waking thought, that’s when this stuff gets scary.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Hmm....
I didn’t know there was a one day limit to discuss the game.
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we'll be discussing the game for 5 months
maybe it’s time to start being….positive again
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:20 PM MDT up reply actions
You're a quick healer
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 9:24 PM MDT up reply actions
How am I being negative?
I asked one question about strategy. Much of my lamenting is in jest. And really, have I not been a darn optimistic Rox fan?
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Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
yeah, you have
that’s why it’s so weird to see you this blue
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:26 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm not really THAT blue about the game...
I’m having a little fun with it. I am sad that most likely some of my favorite players will be gone next year. That does make me blue.
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Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
Who are some of your favorites that might leave?
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 9:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Hawpe, Atty, Spilly, Yorvit, Fogger
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I'm pretty certain that one of the two stays
Which means I think if the Rox don’t trade Hawpe by the winter meetings, it may in fact be him.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 11:18 PM MDT up reply actions
At least the core of this team is going to be here for years.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 9:38 PM MDT up reply actions
yeah, I love Fogger for his goofy grin and chops
well, ex-chops
but the point is that we have belisle and other guys who can’t swing as a #5 or a higher-leverage reliever. I mean, depth can’t hurt, but he’d be a CSprings special…
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:40 PM MDT up reply actions
until they become stars...and are moved out
like the last group….That’s one thing that really chaps my hide.
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I think we'll hold on to some stars like Tulo and Ubaldo.
Who knows after a season like that attendance might go up and we’ll be able to hold on to more pieces. I mean we are not Tampa and just a little bump in our attendance could give us a lot of options.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 9:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Hopefully...
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Tampa or Florida?
I think Tampa gives money, like for Longo and Shields
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Tampa
There is no way the core of that team is together in four or five years with that dreadful attendance. A couple big players like Longoria maybe but not enough. I guess my point is the Rockies will be able to hold on to a lot more than Tampa and that is not even taking into account the possibility of increased attendance
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 9:59 PM MDT up reply actions
By the way, being in Colorado did you feel that more people became interested in the team this year?
Or are they still not on the radar
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 10:01 PM MDT up reply actions
broncos are 5-0, so it's kind of a mixed bag
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 10:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Well that's a start right
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions
yeah I'll take it
MLB totally dicked us on the time of Sunday’s game, I’m sure that drove fans away.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 10:05 PM MDT up reply actions
I think Great Game>Time of game
Do you think there’s any way we draw lets say 3 million next year. That means we have to average like 37,000 a game instead of 33,000. I think that would be awesome
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 10:08 PM MDT up reply actions
it'd definitely help the Rockies rise in the hierarchy.
I wonder what the margin per game is on Invesco given a sellout as compared to Coors, and compared to a 35,000-37,000 crowd at Coors.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 10:11 PM MDT up reply actions
and you have to figure
that the Broncos play 8 home games, and the Rockies 81
Yorvit Torrealba is my daddy! (metaphorically speaking, please don't kidnap me, as no one will pay and I eat a lot so there goes the profit margin)
the NFL has complete revenue sharing, correct?
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 10:13 PM MDT up reply actions
everything BUT
Stadium revenue. It’s why the Cowboys built their new one.
But ticket sales and sodas is pretty minor compared to TV for football. For all other sports ticket sales is #2 source of income.
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The two sports are so different that nothing is really comparable
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 10:16 PM MDT up reply actions
Agreed
I hate it when people try to use the NFL’s model and apply it to MLB.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 10:19 PM MDT up reply actions
AND
local advertising.
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by DbacksSkins on Oct 13, 2009 10:29 PM MDT up reply actions
That's a good question
It’s so hard to compare because of different prices and more games for the Rockies
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 10:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Some of that's going to depend on the overall economy
And ticket prices, which are likely to go up a wee bit.
Remember, though, Rox average ticket price is still one of the lowest in the majors.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 11:21 PM MDT up reply actions
stars moving out
like the last group…
Who was let go? Pretty much just Holliday, right? I’m not sure I’d call Jennings and Chacon “stars,” and then there’s the group before that, where Walker was traded pretty late in his career.
It’s hard to see those guys go, but it seems they’ve been doing a good job on difficult decisions. Gives one some hope.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
What "group"?
We moved Holliday, but only after he turned down an $18m/year extension. Fuentes left on his own as a FA.
The “last group” includes Cook (signed through ‘11), Francis, Hawpe, Atkins (still here, sorta, but he’s passing his period of usefulness), Barmes…
I guess I’m just not certain who you’re referring to, besides Holliday, and trading him was probably the best thing the Rox did last offseason.
And Tulo and Ubaldo are signed through something like 2013 and 2014.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 11:20 PM MDT up reply actions
And I don't think there is a question
That Tulo gets Todd’s money when he leave. Not the years but the money. 6yrs 85-90 mil sound about right.
That may be, however....
That’s five years down the road, and he’s already been here three. That’s hardly letting your players go just when they get big.
And besides that, Helton’s contract will be off the books two years before then, so who’s to say the Rox won’t give him Todd money at the time?
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by Mondogarage on Oct 14, 2009 12:07 PM MDT up reply actions
ah
it reads as much bluer than that. I don’t want to see our userbase jumping off of a building or anything.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh I was very upset last night..
I cried absolutely. But no, I have no intention of jumping off a cliff…Good Lord….I’m a little insulted….
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ok not you specifically
sports fans scare me sometimes…
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:36 PM MDT up reply actions
well, I definitely am feeling a bit singled out here....
I think it does take awhile to get over losses. Some more than others. I played competitive sports and so I know all about that…
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that's a good point
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Dude
WORST LOSS IN FRANCHISE HISTORY! This is not a one day fix.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 9:40 PM MDT up reply actions
I agree
to be getting over it already, is a bit much to ask for. I haven’t even really started to think about the game itself, as I’m still bummed by the season being over.
I miss this Rockies team. It was the best Rockies team in it’s history, and to be over it in less than 24 hours? unrealistic, or cold hearted.
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colllllllld bloooded
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:44 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm Hot Blooded
check in and see……I have a fever of a hundred and three. I’m Hot Blooded
??
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I'm looking forward at this team
we’re gonna have a lot of heartbreaking losses, every successful franchise does. That’s part of being a winner.
This team is a winner.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:50 PM MDT up reply actions
I get the feeling that
you just don’t want to hear from those that are still absorbing this loss…
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well every team
ends their season with a loss/bad note but one. But this was a huge loss. It’s still fresh
And technically the Rockies lost 2 games Monday, as the one game finished after midnight.
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I think my frozen bootprints are still there
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:53 PM MDT up reply actions
From the same band who gave us...
Cold As Ice
Band of hypocrites, lol
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by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 11:24 PM MDT up reply actions
Here's how it goes for me
In the regular season, I’m over a tough loss in a day. The reason, there’s a game the next day and I can say we’ll do better. When it’s a 9th inning postseason elimination game meltdown, you can’t say we’ll get em tomorrow because there is no tomorrow. That’s what makes this loss so tough. I’m not saying I’m gonna be sad until April, I’m just saying it’s gonna take me a while to get past this one. (Defiantly longer than one day)
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 9:32 PM MDT up reply actions
It's gonna be a long time before I let it go
I’ve got 5 and a half months to think about it.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 8:57 PM MDT up reply actions
No I don't think there's anything you could have done differently with Howard
I mean, you would have had to face Worth with the tying run at second. From a numbers standpoint it would not have been a good move.
The guy I think you could have walked was Worth with first base open.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 8:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, I did think about Werth...but I guess it's pick your poison at that point...
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Yep
The Rollins, Victorino, Utley, Howard, and Worth stretch is brutal and you have to get them out. Unfortunatly Street failed on four out of five tries.
That’s why I said maybe walk Worth because the lneup drops off a lot after that. But really I can’t blame Tracy. Street got guys out all year.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 9:02 PM MDT up reply actions
yeah, no blame game here..
It was just a ponderance I had during the game. Who knew this would with Street? And I would still trust him with the save again. He’s nails and I hope we re-sign him…
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Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
I agree, I like my chances with Street
One thing I wonder though is if he was ever fully healed from his injury. Starting with the Brewer game he was not the same since he came back. I’m not trying to make an excuse for him but he seemed like a different pitcher to me.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 9:10 PM MDT up reply actions
While I'm generally indifferent about who wins the WS...
I truly hope that Philly stomps the hell out of LA. Manny doesn’t deserve a championship.
Doesn't deserve another championship
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Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
One thing I've learned about life is
We don’t get what we deserve.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 10:57 PM MDT up reply actions
to make yourself feel better.....
tulo – 25
cargo – 23
dex – 23
ian – 23
CDI – 26
Seth – 26
Ubaldo – 25
Morales – 23
Street — 25
need i go on??
can any other team roll out that kind of established (and yes, some of it is not totally proven) young talent…
I’m sure more names could be added…
watch this space for a soon to be created clever remark....
by RockyMtnCat on Oct 13, 2009 9:49 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
RMN - 25
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Also...rec'd
for humour
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by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 11:25 PM MDT up reply actions
punk kids
have to rely on Giambi 38, Contreras 56 and Helton 36 to bail ’em out
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there has to be
some kind of joke in their with contreras age and his 96mph fastball..
but i’m too tired to work on it…
watch this space for a soon to be created clever remark....
the joke that he throws his age?
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Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
isn't that Jamey Moyer?
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 9:58 PM MDT up reply actions
no I meant that Contreras throws 96, which is his actual age..:)
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ahh, gotcha
i said i was tired…..
watch this space for a soon to be created clever remark....
by RockyMtnCat on Oct 13, 2009 10:00 PM MDT up reply actions
only that Contreras is older than the baseball card says
only him, his mama, and God know his real age….but it’s not in the 30’s
Yorvit Torrealba is my daddy! (metaphorically speaking, please don't kidnap me, as no one will pay and I eat a lot so there goes the profit margin)
Contreras maybe older than baseball cards..
or the trees the cards came from or…
well…dirt.
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
I gotta say I'm pretty impressed if that's really his age
and he’s pumping mid 90s
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions
if the Rockies trade Corpas
and next year Contreras shows up wearing #55. We’ll know he’s wearing his age. (he wore 54)
Yorvit Torrealba is my daddy! (metaphorically speaking, please don't kidnap me, as no one will pay and I eat a lot so there goes the profit margin)
"We're sorry Jose
“we only do 2 digits.”
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 10:12 PM MDT up reply actions
but He's Teddy Roosevelts
illegitimate child!
Yorvit Torrealba is my daddy! (metaphorically speaking, please don't kidnap me, as no one will pay and I eat a lot so there goes the profit margin)
oh my
oh….oh my
wow
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 10:14 PM MDT up reply actions
lets just say
San Juan wasn’t the only hill the ole Teddie Bear charged up!
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hahahhahaa
back for more, it’s Hawk
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 10:20 PM MDT up reply actions
At least there's one Rockie older than I
…though I’d add, he’s also older than my dad. Nice fastball for a 72 year old.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 13, 2009 11:26 PM MDT up reply actions
me = 24
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
thanks for a great season Rockies!
LETS GO WINGS!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Oct 14, 2009 5:45 AM MDT up reply actions
Timely article re Hawpe and Marquis...interesting read
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
I think Marquis is gone
It will be interesting if he signs with the Mets because Marquis always makes it to the postseason and well it’s the Mets. Something will have to give.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 10:11 PM MDT up reply actions
So I just listened to "God's Gonna Cut You Down" again
I don’t see how we can possibly NOT retain Beimel. It’s just about as badass as it comes.
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Tell the Yankees God's gonna cut them down
A-Rod’s the long tongue liar
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 10:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Jeter's the "midnight rider"
Yorvit Torrealba is my daddy! (metaphorically speaking, please don't kidnap me, as no one will pay and I eat a lot so there goes the profit margin)
Excellent run
Finding the Purple Row this year really added a lot of enjoyment to an already fantastic baseball season. I am bummed it is over, but am extremely proud of a club that made an amazing turn around.
Thanks to all the Row contributers, I will need this place to help through a long Hot Stove season.
Most important, thanks to the Rox for their excellent run. It was nice to have a season that I think completely validates the 2007 team that had been dismissed a LOT last year as a one and done operation.
-Don
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby
Oh good
Kruk thinks the Yankees are going to win the World Series. This gives me hope that they won’t
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 11:24 PM MDT reply actions
I don't know, the Braves are the team to beat in the WS, imo
win
by squalene203 on Oct 13, 2009 11:38 PM MDT up reply actions
nobody ever expects the spanish inquisition
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 14, 2009 6:45 AM MDT up reply actions
No, but it's never too late for Kruk to receive one
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by Mondogarage on Oct 14, 2009 12:07 PM MDT up reply actions
I heard ESPN say he was going with Phillies..
Dear Rockies - 2009 NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season. Can't wait to do it again next year!!
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego!! (when hitting 6th or 7th)
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad, I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utley's in a single bound!
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