Friday Rockpile: NLCS Results, Minor League Top 20's

by Russ Oates on Oct 16, 2009 7:54 AM MDT in Rockpile Comment 143 comments

Phillies 8, Dodgers 6 - The Good Phight
"Had 'em all the way, Harry: the Phillies outlasted the Dodgers in an exhausting, exhilarating 8-6 win in the first game of the National League Championship Series."

Dodgers' Aces Felled By A Pair Of Treys - True Blue LA
"The Phillies used the time-honored tradition of walks and extra-base hits to defeat the Dodgers 8-6 in Game 1 of the NLCS."

Renck: Utley's confession four days too late - The Denver Post
Yep, Chase Utley admits the ball hit him. At the end, Renck believes that Cleveland may want to look at Clint Hurdle for their managerial position, Eric Wedge having been fired at the end of September.

Since it is the offseason, we will need to do a new Top 30 PuRPs, though voting won't take place for a few weeks. But until there will be much to ponder. As a starting point, let's take a look at Baseball America's Top 20 lists for Rockies prospects:

BaseballAmerica.com: Pioneer League Top 20 Prospects
Nolan Arenado, 8th
Chris Balcom-Miller, 9th

BaseballAmerica.com: Northwest League Top 20 Prospects
Tim Wheeler, 5th - Scouting report for him isn't hot on his defense, which could move him out of center and into left.
Rob Scahill, 15th - Fastball has gone as high as mid 90's, slider is above average. Needs changeup to continue as a starter
Ben Paulsen, 16th - Exclusively a first baseman, not a good runner, but it's his bat that will carry him. Very aggressive at the plate.

BaseballAmerica.com: South Atlantic League Top 20 Prospects
None, but Christian Friedrich would have been high on the list had he qualified.

BaseballAmerica.com: California League Top 20 Prospects
Christian Friedrich, 2nd

BaseballAmerica.com: Texas League Top 20 Prospects
Jhoulys Chacin, 4th - Didn't always show plus command of his fastball, but still one of the most polished pitchers.
Esmil Rogers, 7th - Easy mechanics, willing to go after hitters. Still needs to work on changeup.
Michael McKenry, 14th - There are scouts who believe he has reached his potential, but would be a good backup catcher.
Samuel Deduno, 20th - Scouting report says that the life on his pitches causes confusion for batters, catchers, and umpires because they don't know where the ball will wind up.

BaseballAmerica.com: Pacific Coast League Top 20 Prospects
Esmil Rogers, 12th

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Do we think

that one of Rogers/Chacin is in the mix for the fifth starter job next year, or are they both headed back to AAA, at least until someone gets hurt?

Also who is Scahill, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of him before. And re Wheeler, if he can’t play center, then his bat needs to perk up a bit more, non?

by moomacher on Oct 16, 2009 8:14 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure they will both be in the mix

we don’t really have a 5th starter.

I imagine we have 1. Ubaldo 2. Cook 3. DLR 4. Hammel – which is probably just accepted by now, good or bad, so for the number 5, I’m envisioning competition between

1. Morales *
2. Contreras ^
3. Francis *
4. Reynolds
5. Chacin
and then a smattering of minor league contracts, scrapheap veterans, and whoever we get in return for Hawpe.

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 9:36 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

actually I meant to add Rogers in there, but I think he's a longshot.

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 9:36 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

More of the long shot than Greg?

I’m not so sure about that…and I completely forgot about Morales…if we could turn him into JDLR 2 that would be awesome.

by moomacher on Oct 16, 2009 9:38 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think Reynolds makes it back to the majors

I’d love to be wrong.

Only reason I see Rogers as such a longshot is that he really looked like crap in AAA. Not in the sense of “well crap, you’re done for kid” but “yeah, get yourself acclimated to altitude and the climate, you’ll be fine.”

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 9:51 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is there any reason/chance

that Reynolds might be re-invented as a reliever? While I share your pessimism about his future, I do hate to give up on the guy entirely. I don’t know if he has useful reliever stuff, though. No out pitch more pronounced in the pen.

by Teekalong on Oct 16, 2009 10:30 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

you kind of nailed it

No out pitch more pronounced in the pen.

I can see him maybe as a mopup type, but I don’t know. If he can magically reinvent himself, great, but that shoulder injury really wrecked him.

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 10:33 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

How about Greg Smith?

by attackparrot on Oct 16, 2009 9:40 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

ehhhh I just see him as a nonfactor.

If he makes it, kudos to him, but I feel as if 2009’s constant sickness, injury, and general ineffectiveness is gonna be a major stumbling block for him, especially with far more high-caliber talent fighting for the same job. He’d really have to impress with his changeup to turn my head.

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 9:52 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

What, not saying anything about...

…Kiszla’s dumbest column ever (and considering his history, that’s saying something)? :-P

He’s urging the team to keep Hawpe, and ripping us for letting Marquis walk and keeping Hammell…not to mention pitching Hammell over Marquis in the playoffs…

by Chrysicat on Oct 16, 2009 8:58 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

really bad

He uses total career wins as the reason Marquis should have started…are you kidding me?

He asks if Hawpe could have done any worse than the five hole hitters used in the NLDS. That’s a rhetorical question, right?

Keeping Hawpe requires a theory of why his second half sucked, and why that suckage won’t return next year. Anyone?

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by Rawktober on Oct 16, 2009 9:20 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

2nd half?

I wonder if there is something to players just wearing down by the all star break? Although I thought this wore down pitchers more than position players. It seems like Cookie and Marquis were both on fumes in late July, with Cookie going to the DL. He came back after a month and was pretty sharp in the couple of outings in Sept/Oct.

Should the Rox act more like the Red Sox and start putting players on the DL in late July for “groin injury” or “hamstring injury”? This would probably give us a chance to see what Chacin/Rogers/Friedrich can do in the bigs as well as resting up some arms.

by attackparrot on Oct 16, 2009 9:39 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Frankly

I’ve always thought that would be an interesting idea if you have the depth to pull it off. I also suspect that a big part of Yorvit’s surge was his (unfortunate) time off.

by Teekalong on Oct 16, 2009 10:32 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nah

Keeping Hawpe doesn’t require that. He’s a useful player, they don’t have to trade him. That is, if they don’t receive any good offers for him, they don’t have to dump his salary and get nothing in return. Though I’m sure the money would be useful, I don’t think they’ll be that desperate. In the absence of a good offer, they could keep him for depth, and then look to flip him at the deadline. Not being desperate should help with the offers they do receive.

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by FooMan on Oct 16, 2009 10:04 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're right

I guess I should have said “wanting to keep Hawpe”

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by Rawktober on Oct 16, 2009 10:15 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah exactly

we SHOULD move him but it’s not going to be the end of the universe if we keep him for lack of a good return.

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 10:28 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

And frankly,

without a good return, we probably have no business moving him. We’re not in any kind of salary dump mode, and whether or not anyone thinks he has a place in the starting OF, he would still be a decent part to have around, and our upper levels aren’t chock-full of studs-in-waiting.

I am of the opinion that we can move him for a player we have more use for, however.

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by Mondogarage on Oct 16, 2009 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

The problem I see with keeping Brad

is that his value is not going to get higher. IMO he’s not going to be a full time guy next year, there are too many good outfielders on the team that deserve at bats and can actually play the field. If he sticks around he’ll have little to no value in trade, and could potentially be let go at the end of the 2010 season (option not picked up). I’d prefer the team get something rather than not much.

by Hizilla on Oct 16, 2009 10:59 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm with you here

I’ve always liked him, and it was painful to watch his slide from career numbers in the first half. But I really think it’s time to move on to see what our new outfield can do.

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by frightenedinmate#2 on Oct 16, 2009 2:21 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think trading Hawpe before the next July trade deadline(if at all) is premature

Did anyone think he would hit over .300 for 3 months(ish)? I doubt it. So who’s to say he won’t duplicate that again? And maybe sustain it. Its unlikely that he’ll be worse early next season than he was at the end of this season. He’ll have to time to rest and regroup in the offseason. Now, if he doesn’t start, he may wish to be traded.

But I think a lifetime .280+ avg and 20+ HRs with 80-90 RBIs is nothing to sneeze at.
And a laser arm…

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 16, 2009 3:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

True, Hawpe is pretty steady

.380 OBP w/.500+ SLG the past 4 seasons, without the usual big home/road splits no less…not bad. The value of is arm is more than undone by his slow feet and bad hands, though.

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by FooMan on Oct 16, 2009 6:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just wish his season numbers

weren’t a product of blisteringly hot and glacially cold streaks, rather than just kind of a steady thing over the season.

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 17, 2009 12:52 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

And didn't come coupled with his

horrendous defense.

by Hizilla on Oct 18, 2009 4:46 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I believe McKenry made the TL list too

A sleeper to watch for the back-up catching job, I might add.

by David OhNo on Oct 16, 2009 9:08 AM MDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

we've been pretty much expecting him/phillips if we don't retain Torrealba.

he’s a nice guy, met him in tucson in 2008.

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 9:27 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the catch.

On a cool note: When you are looking at comments on the non-mobile site, you can see who is commenting through the mobile site. That must have been one of the recent changes, since I don’t recall ever seeing that before.

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by Russ Oates on Oct 16, 2009 9:30 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

you mean the "via mobile"?

that’s been up since they added mobile commenting

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 9:36 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Really?

I don’t recall ever seeing that on the regular site until today. You could always see it on the mobile site, but not here.

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by Russ Oates on Oct 16, 2009 9:40 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, it has been there the whole time.

by Muzia on Oct 16, 2009 9:49 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seriously?

I remember looking at my mobile comments on the non-mobile site and not having that “via mobile” appear there.

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by Russ Oates on Oct 16, 2009 9:50 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

hm, odd

I’d just wait for PF’s inevitable doubleposts, and then look for the “via mobile” before I made fun of him.

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 9:53 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks a lot

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 10:13 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Though "inevitable" fits more before the "via mobile"

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 10:13 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh I know

but this way I make fun of you more.

I usually hide the duplicate post though, unless somebody has written something funny regarding it.

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 10:29 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Unless it is me with the funny comment

That gets hidden quickly

by Muzia on Oct 16, 2009 10:32 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

exactly

and then I punch you.

actually one time frightenedinmate#2 posted “What, I can’t hear you” after the first, then “Oh ok that’s better now, thanks” after the second.

I was greatly amused.

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 10:34 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

This punching thing will continue

until you actually punch me, or I buy you a beer, right?

by Muzia on Oct 16, 2009 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

punching prior to beers

throwing chairs after too many beers.

BARFIGHT~!!!!!

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by Mondogarage on Oct 16, 2009 10:36 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

RMN could take me

I am not an impressive physical specimen.

by Muzia on Oct 16, 2009 10:49 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

RMN's beard can take on any three comers by itself

All badass and Mike Watt-like.

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by Mondogarage on Oct 16, 2009 11:20 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

it's a pretty firey beard

but the gal I’m seeing is kind of being a bit suggestive….

and by that I mean she’s SUGGESTING that it not be a big grizzly adams growth on my face anymore

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 11:25 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

lose

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 11:31 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

well it is getting pretty absurd

I’m wondering if I should just go back to a goatee.

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 1:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I saw it Sunday

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 1:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Time lapse photography FTW

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by Mondogarage on Oct 16, 2009 1:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

see this is me after shaving though

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 1:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

PhantomRockiesMagicNumber

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 1:35 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

and this is Rox Girl after shaving

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 1:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does this mean you have to leave your cabin in the woods?

And your pet bear? What will he do?

by Muzia on Oct 16, 2009 11:35 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gentle Ben can fend for himself

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 12:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did not watch the game

and will not watch any the rest of the way. Can’t stand the east/west coast bias and I will make them pay as I am a Nielsen household.

by PinchHitLancePainter on Oct 16, 2009 9:52 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

hahaha

RESPECT MY DEMOGRAPHIC

I WILL BRING YOU DOWN

(phillies capitalize on walks, Kershaw pulls a Ubaldo in Game 1 – seriously, the similarities are kind of interesting – Sherrill puts it out of reach by surrendering killing blow from Ibanez)

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 9:54 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Howard hit a 2 run double...off a lefty.

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by FooMan on Oct 16, 2009 10:06 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

And one that is a lot tougher than Beimel I might add

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 10:14 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Generally speaking, you're right

But at that point last night Kershaw couldn’t have gotten my kid sister out, and I don’t even have a kid sister.

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by Franchise26 on Oct 16, 2009 10:17 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Okay, maybe just a little tougher in context

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 10:23 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

his first 4 were pretty lights out though

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 10:29 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

And we know Beimel never struggles

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by FooMan on Oct 16, 2009 10:56 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was talking about Kershaw

but yeah, Sherrill >>>>> Beimel

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 11:25 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I had

ludicrous seats for the game, sitting next to Rob Reiner and immediately behind Utley’s wife. The Dodgers definitely do VIP right, and it was actually pretty fun experience since I couldn’t be bothered to care either way. Craig Sager looks even more ludicrous in real life. I wish words could adequately describe the shoes he was wearing.

by Teekalong on Oct 16, 2009 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

As I said in the game thread last night, you must be an incredible masochist

I can’t think of a better way to rub it in than to be at the game we could have been in, behind the dugout we could have been in, by the wife of what could have been ~~Scott Podsednik~~ Chris Iannetta.

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 10:36 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was good therapy actually

I don’t know why, but watching all those fans gripping to the edge of their seats was good for me, because I flat didn’t care. I mean, I was definitely a little sad when they were doing the team intros and it was the damn Phillies, that got me a little. But once the game started, I was over it. Plus I had lots of beers and free food.

by Teekalong on Oct 16, 2009 11:07 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

OK

Now you’ve got me all self-critical about why this didn’t bother me more. Interesting self reflection, I think much of it was I really did convince myself that just making the playoffs was a great accomplishment and managed my expectations. Also having the last 2 days to talk about things that went wrong and next season really kinda put some finality to it.

Plus, going to this game, for many reasons, seemed more like a party than a game. The VIP thing they’ve done is incredible, they have two (yes, two) bars underneath the stadium packed with celebs and LA types. We were getting beers 5 feet from Tommy Lasorda chatting up Frank Robinson, etc. John Lovitz kept talking to the obvious bigshot producer sitting next to us, complaining about how his new comedy club is not getting enough business. Alyssa Milano was there, that kind of stuff.

Oh, and for the record, Dodger fans do get a bad rap for being late to games. The parking lot is a debacle. My friend arrived at the stadium at 5:00 and didn’t park until 6:45. The lack of public transportation and non-stadium surface parking (like LoDo) is a true disaster.

by Teekalong on Oct 16, 2009 11:30 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

ludicrous?

"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart." - A. Bartlett Giamatti

by Rawktober on Oct 16, 2009 11:50 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

evidently my word of the day

by Teekalong on Oct 16, 2009 12:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

PR articles on franchise history?

Has there been PR articles on franchise history? I’m wondering about when the various ownership groups/managing partners have come and gone, that sort of thing.

Or maybe it’s simple enough that an article isn’t needed. McMorris took over from Antonucci very early on, right? When do the Monforts move in, was it a gradual or multi-step thing? And there’s been only 2 GM’s, Gebhard and O’Dowd, right?

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by FooMan on Oct 16, 2009 10:12 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

togb has the Rockies Retro series that will get kickstarted again here soon

That would be a good topic to cover for him.

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 10:14 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't forget Mickey Monus

Geez, does Phar-Mor even exist anymore?

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by Franchise26 on Oct 16, 2009 10:20 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is Monus out of prison yet?

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by Mondogarage on Oct 16, 2009 10:20 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seems like it

Wikipedia sent me to this article about him, written before the 07 World Series.

Almost makes him sympathetic except for, you know, the embezzlement and what-have-you.

"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 16, 2009 10:25 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow, good link

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by FooMan on Oct 16, 2009 11:02 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gebhard, O'Dowd, and briefly Sauron

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 10:32 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who's Sauron?

He must be good.

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by FooMan on Oct 16, 2009 10:58 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just wanted to share some completely unrelated, but awesome news

Yesterday, my darling Rockies fan Jenn took her first steps while in the hospital. That’s right, she’s walking! Well, sort of…taking 2-3 steps at a time while supported by a pair of parallel bars, but actual walking steps. Woohoo!! She took about 10 steps in total, and perhaps, even more today.

WOOHOO!!!!

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by Mondogarage on Oct 16, 2009 10:20 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs

AMAZING!

Great to hear her progress!

by Muzia on Oct 16, 2009 10:33 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's wonderful news!

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by Russ Oates on Oct 16, 2009 10:34 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Mondo that is fantastic news!!

I’m happy for the both of you..

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by SDcat09 on Oct 16, 2009 10:54 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wunderbar

Thanks for the updates. We all appreciate hearing these things.

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by jrockies on Oct 16, 2009 2:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Carlos Gonzalez

Pretty good article in Fangraphs about CarGo and the steps forward he has taken,a couple days ago, not sure if it made the Rockpile on Wednesday, but it’s a worthwhile read.

by Hizilla on Oct 16, 2009 11:35 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Quick typo correction

Ben Paulsen

by holly96 on Oct 16, 2009 11:55 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Good thing

Hank Paulsen batted cleanup for the Treasury Department.

I keed, I keed.

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by Mondogarage on Oct 16, 2009 12:14 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I see now what you did there.

At first, I was confused. But you did the reverse error than I’m used to for my name (Paulson). At least no one here calls me Polly.

by holly96 on Oct 16, 2009 12:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know that now I'll have to call you Holly Polly

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 12:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

You can't see me, but I'm sticking my tongue out.

by holly96 on Oct 16, 2009 1:29 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That really doesn't hurt my feelings too much

if you really do look like Princess Diaries

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 1:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

anne hathaway is hot

fact

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 1:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I totally forgot that I had mentioned that. Heh.

by holly96 on Oct 16, 2009 1:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

You were probably the only one that did

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 1:56 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I must have missed that one...

by Muzia on Oct 16, 2009 2:19 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was way back

spring training maybe. I had dreamt I met Rox Girl in the rain with Zach Braff by a giant endless quarry. It opened up a lookalike tangent. Hence, RMN’s RG shave joke

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 2:25 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I meant the fact that holly looks like Anne Hathaway...

by Muzia on Oct 16, 2009 2:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, it was in that thread

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 2:34 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Now I fear that if I ever meet any of you

you will have unrealistic expectations.

by holly96 on Oct 16, 2009 2:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Probably.

But this is the internet. We all have unrealistic expectations.

by Muzia on Oct 16, 2009 2:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Rockies will go 162-0 next year

"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 16, 2009 2:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

RMN wrote a piece without using numbers

anything is possible.

by Muzia on Oct 16, 2009 2:48 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

don't worry i followed it up with a numbers post within like 2 days

FREE CHRIS IANNETTA

At least against LHP, I mean COME ON

by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 2:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Men on the internet will stop leching over women on the internet.

by biondino on Oct 16, 2009 2:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

It made me feel much more comfortable

by Muzia on Oct 16, 2009 2:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

RG looks like Padme

RMN stepped out of 300. I have the voice of Michael Buble. And we are all internet buddies. (Even if you looked like Carrot Top, it wouldn’t take away from the pleasure of meeting one of the most level-headed Rowbots around)

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 2:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That is the most backhanded compliment I have ever received.

Thanks?

by Muzia on Oct 16, 2009 2:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Holly looks like Carrot Top?

"I clearly miscalculated how popular it would be to show Calvin urinating on a Ford logo"--Bill Watterson

by frightenedinmate#2 on Oct 16, 2009 2:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Probably

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 3:01 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I do have an uncle and cousin with red hair.

But it doesn’t run in my immediate family. Brunettes, all of us.

by holly96 on Oct 16, 2009 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

The pre-roids Carrot Top, or post-roids?

Do we have to throw out all of post-roid Carrot Top’s routines when deciding whether he’s worthy of the Comedy Hall of Fame?

Never mind, the dude is genuinely unfunny.

Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave

by Mondogarage on Oct 16, 2009 3:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Apparently I do

Who knew?

by Muzia on Oct 16, 2009 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I may have to reconsider my crush

Also, FI#2, I’m re-reading the Calvin & Hobbes 10th Anniversary book right now and have just read the bit about licensing! Funny, the strip seems a little bit more, I dunno, cornball than it did when I first discovered it, and thought it was THE best thing I’ve ever read. Still love it, though.

by biondino on Oct 16, 2009 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I still want a transmogrifier.

And don’t worry, I don’t look like Carrot Top.

by holly96 on Oct 16, 2009 3:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh god, a transmogrifier

Can you imagine? Quite up for a time machine too. Also, the pet tiger thing is pretty rad.

Shame about the Carrot Top non-resemblance. I’ve always liked redheads :)

by biondino on Oct 16, 2009 3:07 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That made me laugh

Really hard.

by Muzia on Oct 16, 2009 2:56 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh now they do.

Eschew Obfuscation!

by Jeff Aberle on Oct 16, 2009 12:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

HIS NAME IS ROBERT PAULSEN

FREE CHRIS IANNETTA

At least against LHP, I mean COME ON

by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 1:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

meatlooooooooooooaf

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 1:07 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

The first rule of Fight Club is...

…we don’t talk about washed up senior citizen singers with moobs.

Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave

by Mondogarage on Oct 16, 2009 1:12 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rocky Horror Picture Show

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 1:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Huh.

That’s my brother’s name. I never noticed that before.

by holly96 on Oct 16, 2009 1:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's....

unusual

FREE CHRIS IANNETTA

At least against LHP, I mean COME ON

by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 1:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Luckily he doesn't go by Robert.

by holly96 on Oct 16, 2009 1:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or Bob.

by holly96 on Oct 16, 2009 1:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or the other name he gets called in the movie

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 1:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I don't know what that is.

I’ve only seen the movie all the way through once. (And it was edited on tv.)

by holly96 on Oct 16, 2009 1:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

here

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 1:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, just when I thought those two NLDS games I went to couldn't have gone any worse

I’m pretty sure I caught Swine Flu at one of them.

I’m not even kidding. I’m sitting in a hospital bed right now.

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

by free7694 on Oct 16, 2009 1:44 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Holy @$%$

Dude, please get better. Being in the hospital sucks hard. I hope you’re getting the best of care.

Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave

by Mondogarage on Oct 16, 2009 1:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hope JD is your doctor

or better yet, Elliott.

FREE CHRIS IANNETTA

At least against LHP, I mean COME ON

by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 1:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

like the hot-nurse-in-turk's-dream elliott

FREE CHRIS IANNETTA

At least against LHP, I mean COME ON

by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 1:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're on a testosterone binge today, sir

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 1:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well Anne Hathaway was mentioned, it's fair enough

Sophisticated, solvent Englishman, 35, all his own teeth, wltm early 30s American Anne Hathaway lookalike.

by biondino on Oct 16, 2009 1:56 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know one.

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 2:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

well when you look like gerard butler after you shave

you’d be too

ok ladies who’s interested

FREE CHRIS IANNETTA

At least against LHP, I mean COME ON

by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 2:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I better only allow my gf to meet you while bearded then

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 2:01 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

an ex of mine loved Gerard Butler

although with any luck, so does the lady I’m seeing now

FREE CHRIS IANNETTA

At least against LHP, I mean COME ON

by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 2:07 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Probably a good chance

He’s like the Natalie Portman of men

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 16, 2009 2:09 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

THIS IS

RMN

FREE CHRIS IANNETTA

At least against LHP, I mean COME ON

by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 2:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

haha

"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 16, 2009 2:15 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are the walls of your house mortared with the bodies of

dead Persian warriors?

Or Giants fans?

Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave

by Mondogarage on Oct 16, 2009 2:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, but I'm pretty sure it was Eddy Garabito doing the stucco

FREE CHRIS IANNETTA

At least against LHP, I mean COME ON

by Andrew Martin on Oct 16, 2009 2:20 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think most women on the planet

love Gerard Butler.

/sigh….

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 16, 2009 3:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

The hospitalization is mostly precautionary

As I have some heart issues that could complicate the flu. Luckily, it doesn’t look like they are and I should be going home tomorrow morning.

This is the first time I’ve had the flu of any kind in my life. It’s not very fun.

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

by free7694 on Oct 16, 2009 1:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not at all!

You have my sympathy, feel better soon!

by Muzia on Oct 16, 2009 2:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

"precautionary" or not, the lessons of not taking active steps fast are painful lessons

But it’s great news that you should be getting out tomorrow. Seriously, the longer one spends in the hospital, the greater the chance of getting sick from being in the hospital.

Good luck with your recovery.

Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave

by Mondogarage on Oct 16, 2009 3:13 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know how it goes

I went to a doctor the first day I felt really sick and they got me on Tamiflu, which is supposed to really help you get better sooner.

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

by free7694 on Oct 16, 2009 3:37 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wish you a speedy recovery!

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 16, 2009 3:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs