To be at Game Four: Bust out your hankies

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 7:38 AM MDT in Rocktober

Huston Street's blown save absolutely should not allow us to forget the awesomeness of the bottom of the eighth last night. If you are sufficiently numb, masochistic or very strong, I filmed (very amateurly on a still digital camera) the bedlam that ensued after what surely must be now known as the Rocktober Yorvit Special: a lead-giving-bases-clearing-double-over-the-center-fielder's-head:

It was symbolic in many ways. The Rockies were kicking, screaming and fighting until the end - a glorious, wild, and entertaining finish. Yet it just would not be enough.

As it is, the future looks bright:

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I have a small handful of other photos after the jump.

It was a beautiful day for a baseball game.

Anticipation in the top of the ninth.

You just can't mind your view being blocked by a Rocktober towel.

Pedro Martinez was hounded by dozens of Rockies fans for a souvenir ball, and he walked away as if deaf. Moments later, he unleashed a backwards, no-look underhand popup into the seats and watched as surprised Rockies fans shoved each other out of the way for the ball. He passed out at least a half dozen balls, mostly to children, and from what I could tell, all Rockies fans.

Poll

Who are you rooting for now to win the World Series?

Angels - Love for not seeing Philly, LA or NY win?

187 votes

Phillies - Love for the NL finally without having to root for the Dodgers?

128 votes

Dodgers - Love for the NL West finally?

39 votes

Yankees - Love for the former Rockies' catcher?

36 votes

390 votes | Poll has closed

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Am I going to be

the only vote for the Yankees?

NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS

Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!

by Russ Oates on Oct 13, 2009 7:56 AM MDT reply actions

It's very tough

I want to vote for the Yankees because outside of the Rockies winning, I like to put on for my city. But I also dig the Angels, their style of baseball, the whole Adenhart thing. Whatever, I’ll vote Yankees, I like the screaming and cars honking until 4am when they win.

The Rockies need some oldschool purple/white striped high socks. The team’s problem is it’s lack of swagger. I feel strongly that these socks will provide the swagger necessary to tap the potential that are the Rockies.

by Resolution on Oct 13, 2009 8:24 AM MDT up reply actions

i would definitely root for the Yankees

against the NL teams but rooting for the Angels for sure out of the 4

we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE

ROCKTOBER HAS BEGUN!

by TuLoRocks2008 on Oct 13, 2009 9:30 AM MDT up reply actions

Nope

Promised the family I would do so if the Rockies got kicked out, plus, I have a soft spot for them.

Impossible not to have positive thoughts.

I want Sam Deduno to pitch already.

by bballrox4717 on Oct 13, 2009 5:26 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm indifferent.

I just can’t bring myself to root for the Yankees (being from Boston), and I flat out refuse to root for any team that has Manny on it (he’s a cancer). I’ve never been an Angels fan (meh), and it’s hard to root for the Phillies after they just knocked us out, though in a way I hope they win to say we lost to the eventual champion.

On side note: all four remaining teams hail from large media markets, with all in the top 9 team salaries in the MLB (grand total for all four teams: $528,620,438).

by SoxRoxFan on Oct 13, 2009 8:00 AM MDT reply actions

Good Morning

That video is AWESOME, PF. Thank you so much. I was doing the same thing in my apartment and had to restrain myself from running out into the hallway, wooting and hollering.

Thank you for sharing!

As for who I’m rooting for…I’m torn between the Angels and the Phillies. Angels are localish to me, the Adenhart story, and Arte Moreno seems to be a good owner(nvm the LAAAAAAAA naming thing.) But I would like to say the Rockies were between by the WS Champs. I just don’t know….None seem like the underdog.

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!

by SDcat09 on Oct 13, 2009 8:45 AM MDT reply actions

Thanks...I just found the video function right before that pitch

Seemed perfect. Notice there’s a vertical interference line that shows up twice in the video when I pan to the left towards right field. It’s purple and black.

Alas

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 9:07 AM MDT up reply actions

You were not far away from me at all

From the looks of it, I was a couple rows above you and 15-20 seats to your left

The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.

by free7694 on Oct 13, 2009 9:30 AM MDT up reply actions

We were Sec 402, in the middle of Row 26

I was the guy who berated the entire Rockpile for trying to start the Wave in the 7th Inning. Twice. I felt like a hero.

by Muzia on Oct 13, 2009 9:57 AM MDT up reply actions

I was in Row 28 of 402

I heard you, and thanks for that.

The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.

by free7694 on Oct 13, 2009 9:59 AM MDT up reply actions

I think you hit on it

None of them are an underdog and that’s all I want to root for right now.

Batters who walk to first usually come running home.

by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 13, 2009 10:10 AM MDT up reply actions

the closest team to an underdog would be the angels

They were the only team not to be a consensus division champion coming into the season. They weren’t favored against Boston and won’t be against new York

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 10:16 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions

I was at the game, too, and to every classless bum who booed Huston Street, I'd like to say:

You’re a classless bum.

by Rutabaga on Oct 13, 2009 8:54 AM MDT reply actions

bums indeed

this ain’t New York, we don’t boo our own players.

FREE CHRIS IANNETTA

At least against LHP, I mean COME ON

by Andrew Martin on Oct 13, 2009 10:08 AM MDT up reply actions

i was hoping the boos were for the umps at first

But I realized I was just fooling myself. It was probably a bunch of drunks that thought lidge had a better season than street

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 10:10 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions

Amen

I think I might’ve booed the ump a few times, though.

"Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa." ~Bob Veale

"Jason Giambi: Clint Barmes' designated hitter." ~Paleface Destro

by Rox the Casbah on Oct 13, 2009 10:17 AM MDT up reply actions

I was only listening on the radio, and Jeff & Jack basically said the same thing.

Luckily it didn’t sound like there were too many of those.

by holly96 on Oct 13, 2009 12:04 PM MDT up reply actions

Where's the option

for a Swine Flu outbreak in the four remaining clubhouses?

Just kidding…kinda

The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.

by free7694 on Oct 13, 2009 9:29 AM MDT reply actions

Yeah

this is a tough time to ask who to root for; my instinctive response is to say, “WHO GIVES A RIP!!!”

by Rutabaga on Oct 13, 2009 9:33 AM MDT up reply actions

i badly wanted to add that option

But I figured that woulg dominate the votes. I understand the who cares vibe

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 10:00 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions

(BTW, I wasn't ripping on your survey.)

by Rutabaga on Oct 13, 2009 12:40 PM MDT up reply actions

good because i was about to ban you for insubordination

Kidding. I knew you weren’t, but wouldn’t mind if you were

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 12:47 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

Anyone at the game notice the First Pitch

where the little girl in a wheel chair threw, via her brother, the pitch to Tulo? When he ran the ball back out to her, Tulo talked to them both for a good few moments, then gave her a bona fide hug. It looked like a sincere, non-token gesture. I’m a softy for stuff like that, so I had to keep looking through the binoculars for about 5 minutes so my wife and dad couldn’t tell I was misty-eyed.

by Rutabaga on Oct 13, 2009 9:31 AM MDT reply actions

i did see that

And mentioned it to those around me. No nickname for a player is more ill suited than the TOOLo other teams call him

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 9:56 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions

What? They call him that?

Yes, the mullet is open game, but “TOOLo”? C’mon!

by Rutabaga on Oct 13, 2009 10:06 AM MDT up reply actions

important modifier missing

I have seen it on numerous blogs from other teams, namely in the nl west. Dbacksskins, please explain

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 10:12 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions

I saw that too... So sweet

and definitely genuine… Very like him.

"Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa." ~Bob Veale

"Jason Giambi: Clint Barmes' designated hitter." ~Paleface Destro

by Rox the Casbah on Oct 13, 2009 10:15 AM MDT up reply actions

I saw a story about her on 9news earlier in the week

Tulo has actually visited her before, and gave her a big hug then too. I just love the players on this team

by PurpleRowRox on Oct 13, 2009 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions

Saw it, too. Tulo's great!

170+ long days till we meet again...

by prettyinpurple on Oct 13, 2009 3:31 PM MDT up reply actions

I really liked it

Class Act all the way around. Especially since he is her favorite player

"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

by jrockies on Oct 13, 2009 5:21 PM MDT up reply actions

"Gee, thanks Troy, it's nice and all, but I was realy hoping for a hug from Joel Peralta"

by biondino on Oct 14, 2009 7:46 AM MDT up reply actions

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

FREE CHRIS IANNETTA

At least against LHP, I mean COME ON

by Andrew Martin on Oct 14, 2009 9:41 AM MDT up reply actions

hey - my girlfriend's favorite player was peralta

When she started following. He was pretty filthy that week

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 14, 2009 1:02 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

that week

"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

by jrockies on Oct 15, 2009 5:15 PM MDT up reply actions

I think

That after the Giambi single and Torrealba double, that was the loudest I’ve ever heard at Coors. It was also the loudest I’ve ever been I think. My reaction was pretty much like yours, PF; extremely loud cheering, high fiving everyone in the vicinity, more cheering, complete euphoria. Too bad it had to end by swinging back to utter dejection about 15 minutes later.

by controlled_slide on Oct 13, 2009 9:54 AM MDT reply actions

i tried not to scream too much with the mic being inches from my face

So most of the distinct hollers are Muzia02’s. I did let a few rip though

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 13, 2009 9:58 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions

I can't help that I am an excitable fellow.

by Muzia on Oct 13, 2009 10:07 AM MDT up reply actions

Good for you

By the way, after that hit, my friend commented to me “I’m not cold anymore.” I think I used up all of the adrenaline in my body also.

by controlled_slide on Oct 13, 2009 10:10 AM MDT up reply actions

were any of you guys the kid that was sitting and moving around like crazy

behind home plate with the big hat on? or does anybody know him? haha

we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE

ROCKTOBER HAS BEGUN!

by TuLoRocks2008 on Oct 13, 2009 10:11 AM MDT reply actions

for both games*

he was awesome seeing back there haha

we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE

ROCKTOBER HAS BEGUN!

by TuLoRocks2008 on Oct 13, 2009 10:12 AM MDT up reply actions

He needed to get his ass kicked

He’s probably why we lost.

"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

by Resolution on Oct 13, 2009 12:40 PM MDT up reply actions

Awww.

That video made me teary eyed. ::sniff::

by holly96 on Oct 13, 2009 12:06 PM MDT reply actions

Me too...it was joyful and sad given the outcome..

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!!

by SDcat09 on Oct 13, 2009 1:43 PM MDT up reply actions

Me and my goofy grin

Little did I know I was being built up for the sole purpose of being torn down. Silly ignorant Me.

by Muzia on Oct 13, 2009 3:44 PM MDT up reply actions

's funny

The whole game you reminded me of a fusion of two people I know. I just realized those two people are my cousin and my roommate. Both named Matt

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 14, 2009 1:06 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

There is nothing surprising about this comment.

by Muzia on Oct 15, 2009 3:31 PM MDT up reply actions

i say u should root for the dodgers...haha

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 13, 2009 3:07 PM MDT reply actions

Go Dodgers

destroy the Phillies…thank you haha

we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE

thanks for a great season Rockies!

LETS GO WINGS!

by TuLoRocks2008 on Oct 13, 2009 3:17 PM MDT up reply actions

And then get beaten by the Yanks

by KindredSprites on Oct 13, 2009 4:55 PM MDT up reply actions

fixed

And then get beaten by the ~~Yanks~~ Angels.

Hot buttered toast! Mmmmmm.

by WalkInRight on Oct 13, 2009 5:37 PM MDT up reply actions

yes Angels

we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE

thanks for a great season Rockies!

LETS GO WINGS!

by TuLoRocks2008 on Oct 13, 2009 7:29 PM MDT up reply actions

At the game

and If you watched the Jumbotron at all you might have seen my dad and myself standing waving our towels (7 times). What a great game and thanks to ddavis539 for the tickets.

"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

by jrockies on Oct 13, 2009 5:24 PM MDT reply actions