Rockies Review: Offseason Procedures

by Silverblood on Oct 18, 2009 6:24 PM MDT in Rockies Review Comment 32 comments

Well, Rowbots, the season is still over. Sadly. I've been around, but I had to take a week cold turkey off from the Rockies because that Game (you know the one) hurt so much that I still haven't been able to bring myself to watch highlights from the eighth inning. So we're left to watch the Angels beat themselves, Chase Utley morph into Chuck Knoblauch, and other such exciting postseason baseball (at least this time sans Frank TV). Yankees-Dodgers World Series FTW! (Give me the meteor).

There isn't much to say on the Rockies front that hasn't already been said, but I thought I'd throw this up there and explain how thingz iz gon work from now, through the blasted, desolate no-baseball hinterlands until life begins next spring (I hear there's an invention called football, may have to give it a try). As I see it, the Review is most usefully constituted as a weekly feature during the season, so I must sadly report that this is the last regular post for a while. If something big happens in Rockiesland, like us signing John Lackey +, Clint Hurdle being re-hired, or anything else like that, then I'll Review the beejeezus out of it, just for you, my loyal readers. But life will begin again next spring, by which point the Dodgers will have been humiliatingly booted out of the playoffs + and someone else that is not the Yankees will be busy hoisting a championship flag and giving out hardware. Time for us to dream again, keep ourselves warm over the hot stove, enjoy the crisp fall air and the upcoming holiday season, all that.

I have to say, the sting of that Game will take a while to dissipate, but I'm still able to thank the Rockies for a great, highly enjoyable, heart-attack-inducing season that (I certainly do hope) marks the beginning of their ascent to a regular contender. There will be transactions aplenty, awards to give out, and time to speculate, until the crocuses start showing and the buses roll into Phoenix, and by that time spring will have been sprung and we'll be ready to run the gauntlet all over again.

Thanks much for all your support and kind comments this year. It's been a lot of fun doing this Review for you. If you have suggestions on how I can improve it for next season, don't hesitate to leave them in the box below.

Colorado Rockies vs. Milwaukee Brewers, Miller Park, 12:10 PM MT. Monday, April 5, 2010. Be there or be square.

/turns out the spotlight

/exits stage right

+ LET ME DREAM OKAAAAAY

Poll

Who is the least offensive choice to win the World Series?

Yankees

22 votes

Angels

150 votes

Phillies

52 votes

Dodgers

12 votes

I'll just request the meteor too

46 votes

282 votes | Poll has closed

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Lease offensive to win the WS?

The Angels. But that is kind of misleading, cause I really don’t like them all that much either.

by mkorpal on Oct 18, 2009 6:28 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

However, I like the Angels.

Remember old folks, I'm just 17 years old =]

by GoRockies!! on Oct 18, 2009 6:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I liked them

Until I saw a clip of them celebrating the sweep of the Red Sox by dowsing a Adenhart jersey with beer. It was quite possibly the worst thing I’ve ever seen a team do.

by mkorpal on Oct 18, 2009 6:44 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Eh, I think the criticism has been overblown.

The beer and champagne is how baseball teams celebrate. They wanted to include their fallen teammate in their celebration. I don’t think anyone can begrudge them that. If they had stopped for a second to think, would they have done it the same way? Probably not. But in the excitement of the moment, I can’t really judge them too harshly for not thinking about what it might look like. Poorly thought out? Sure. But worst thing a team has ever done? Definitely not to me.

by holly96 on Oct 18, 2009 8:17 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

Adenhart’s death is sad and tragic in every respect, but I can appreciate that the Angels wanted to include him in their celebration. They’ve been careful to honor his memory all year and I honestly don’t think disrespect was meant. It’s just doubly tragic that he was killed by a drunk driver and that alcoholic beverages are used to celebrate most places (not just baseball).

I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.

by Silverblood on Oct 18, 2009 8:25 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know

It just rubbed me in the wrong way, to the point that I lost a little respect for them. Does it really matter though?

by mkorpal on Oct 18, 2009 9:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, if they don't beat the Yanks pretty soon here

it probably won’t…

But in all seriousness, I can understand how the gesture would be seen as disrespectful. I honestly don’t think there was any intended, however.

I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.

by Silverblood on Oct 18, 2009 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Me neither - it might be misguided in its execution

But I’m certain it was done for all the right reasons. Good for them.

by biondino on Oct 19, 2009 5:11 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

More irrational Yankees hatred.

Hate=love.

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by Russ Oates on Oct 18, 2009 7:18 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey man, she said least offensive choice

that’s totally the Angels, so I voted for them.

I’ve never had trouble offending people though, so GO PINSTRIPES.

"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 18, 2009 7:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

But:

Yankees-Dodgers World Series FTW! (Give me the meteor).

someone else that is not the Yankees will be busy hoisting a championship flag and giving out hardware.

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by Russ Oates on Oct 18, 2009 7:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

www.pinstripealley.com

I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.

by Silverblood on Oct 18, 2009 7:48 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry, but I'm not

that much of a Yankees fan. Besides, I’m not the one who brings up the Yankees here. Everyone else does that.

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by Russ Oates on Oct 18, 2009 7:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

For someone reason I'm having trouble with the poll.

Can’t vote or see the results. But for me it’s the Angels, with the Phillies a not too distant 2nd. If I don’t have either of those to root for in the series, I will have zero rooting interest.

by holly96 on Oct 18, 2009 8:19 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Dunno if it's completely irrational or just mostly irrational

But I want the team that beat the Rockies to be the team that wins it all. That way, the Rockies got beat out by World Series champs, instead of some dudes who lost the NLCS, ya know?

And I like the Phillies….

And if it comes down to a Dodgers-Yankees WS, um, Go NL!

Never give up, never surrender.

by coolopotamus on Oct 18, 2009 8:27 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Every year we've been to the playoffs,

that has happened.

1995 vs Braves
2007 vs Red Sox
2009 vs Phillies????

Just saying…

-Joe

I have a hole in my chest from where Huston Street ripped my heart out.
twitter.com/joeneumann

by jcn7vc on Oct 18, 2009 8:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I dig this

but I go the other way. When the team that beats you wins it all, you are part of their story, not the other way around. I prefer that both stories just die off. I don’t want to see replays with all the hoopla about the comeback being crucial to their ultimate championship.

by Teekalong on Oct 19, 2009 12:21 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

All right fess up

who voted for the Dodgers?

I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.

by Silverblood on Oct 18, 2009 8:32 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought about voting for the Dodgers but...

I opted for the meteor instead.

Silverblood, have you ever done the pboe.com fair? I’m debating going and I was wondering if you went since you are working at Asheville.

by lizardlad01 on Oct 18, 2009 9:15 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

As a matter of fact

I’m not working for the Tourists yet. I’ll be graduating from college in May and will then be moving to Asheville after that. But I’ll be probably working an interview out with them during my break in March. (Thanks for the tip on that, btw. If only I could afford to go…)

I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.

by Silverblood on Oct 18, 2009 9:19 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think it might be worth it to go....

but that’s only base on my own experience that most of the deals done at these meetings are done at the hotel bar.

by lizardlad01 on Oct 18, 2009 9:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait

what is this about you moving to Ashville?

by Hizilla on Oct 18, 2009 11:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've been planning it for a while

I’m going be attending grad school in Asheville. That the Tourists are there as well is just a bonus.

I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.

by Silverblood on Oct 18, 2009 11:20 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Phillies are the strongest team right now

The Yankees are going to beat the Angels, but I think Philadelphia can wrap the series up at Citizens Bank Park.

I have no doubt in my mind that if the Rox had somehow managed to take those last two games of the season, and they drew the Cards in the NLDS, we’d be giving them a run for their money in the NLCS the same way we did in the division series.

I’m glad they’re rumored to be resigning Street too. We wouldn’t have even been there if it hadn’t been for him.

"Yeeeeeeeah Rox! Yeeeeeah! We too hot! Can't stop us!" -- Some kid at Union Station after the play-in game in '07.Those words are as true today as the day they were spoken.

by roxinoct on Oct 18, 2009 10:05 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I'd like to see the Phils take it again.

They’re decent guys, they’re fans are hardcore and I’m an NL guy.*

Plus, you really have to admire how they came back to beat us. You don’t have to like it, but you have to admire it. :)

Unless the Dodgers are in it.

by BroJB on Oct 18, 2009 10:57 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

That should (asterisk) Unless the Dodgers are in it.

by BroJB on Oct 18, 2009 10:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm actually inclined to go with you on this one.

I think you may have convinced me to root for the Phils.

by Hizilla on Oct 18, 2009 11:17 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for a great year Silverblood

Can you make this a monthly thing during the off season? It would give us a chance to read your wonderful writing and it would keep us up on the last month if we can’t keep up because of school work. Thanks.

"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 19, 2009 3:40 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

That's a good idea

I might do that.

I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.

by Silverblood on Oct 19, 2009 4:26 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Other ideas for improvement..

More pics….of………Greg Reynolds with hearts around them!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

But seriously, thanks for the hard work this season. Your writing was distribulent and I’ve loved your ability to be sarcasian to the point of jovony.

Order a Rocktober t-shirt in time for the playoffs and donate to charity at:
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by Charlie77 on Oct 20, 2009 10:10 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

"I hear there's an invention called football, may have to give it a try"

I find hockey to be quite entertaining during the cold winter months.

Also, the end of your article made me wonder (since I’m still new here), do you review the pre-season and/or winter meetings?

"There's nothing bad that accrues from baseball." — Bart Giamatti

by Nominal Egg on Oct 20, 2009 10:10 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

This was the first year

for any of the articles (CR, Review, KYF, NLWR…) written weekly by the staff so I would assume the off season stuff is still up for debate. We will have to wait and see.

JFK

by jrockies on Oct 20, 2009 4:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs