Tuesday Rockpile: Rox shut out of Players' Choice Awards
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 27, 2009 8:00 AM MDT
in Rockpile
380 comments
If I were Troy Tulowitzki, I would listen a great deal more when Derek Jeter talks about me than, say, when Jay Mariotti spouts off on Around the Horn. Peers>MSM. Hence the honor of the Players' Choice Awards, voted on by fellow players.
Tulo was indeed on the ballot for most outstanding player in the National League, but Troy was deservingly ousted from the running, leaving Prince Fielder, Hanley Ramirez and David Eckstein Albert Pujols, as Troy Renck reported in his blog yesterday. Aaron Cook didn't make the cut as the Man of the Year, which I'm not too bent out of shape for.
But poor Todd Helton. He was 35, came off a back surgery to relieve pain and numbness going down his leg and hit .325 with a wOBA near .400. It was a remarkably surprising and impressive season. I already ceded the possibility of him getting the Comeback Player of the Year Award after seeing Chris Carpenter twirl a Cy Young worthy season. Then of course there's Aaron Boone, who came back to play after having open heart surgery.
But Nick Johnson? Sure, he hit .220 last year and barely got on the field. But he hit half the home runs the ToddFather hit this year and posted his worst wOBA in since 2005...
Big Mac and Big Daddy Reunion
The Rockies tried multiple times to bring Mark McGwire in as hitting coach while fellow slugger, friend and student Matt Holliday was here. It may not have worked out in Colorado, but Holliday will get his opportunity to be under full-time instruction from Big Mac if he chooses; Mark McGwire was just announced as St. Louis' new hitting coach. This could be a big draw for Holliday to re-sign with the Cardinals.
Tracy Ringolsby chimed in on the subject for FOX Sports, writing that McGwire's back, and there's nothing wrong with it - MLB News.
Colorado Sports
Two months ago, I wrote somewhere that the Rockies were suddenly in a fight with the Nuggets for the best professional Colorado sports team. Both had just polished off their best regular seasons in my lifetime, while the Avalanche and Broncos projected to be bottom feeders. It is interesting now that the Broncos (4th) and Avs (5th) actually sit higher in their respective ESPN power rankings than the most recent rankings for the Rockies (7th) and Nuggets (8th).
It's a good time for professional sports in Colorado. If the relative slowness of the Row has got you down, check out Mile High Hockey, the Mile High Report or Denver Stiffs.
Lastly...
Every kid's dream: the walkoff hit in baseball - The Denver Post: Troy Renck profiles the play we all imagined executing while growing up, including details on the players lucky and good enough to actually realize that dream.
Fewer words carry more weight for Fox's Buck, McCarver - The Denver Post. Dusty Saunders' first line: "Joe Buck and Tim McCarver are having their best postseason in the Fox Sports booth." Don't say I didn't warn you.
0 recs |
380 comments
|
Email
Print
Comments
Former Rockies
Chin-hui Tsao acknowledges that he is part of a probe into game-fixing in the Taiwan’s top league.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 8:09 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
It's a 黑象 scandal!
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 9:16 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
This really does grate..
I mean really….how does this team get ignored so often in the postseason awards stuff. Its just maddening
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 3:21 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
reply epic fail...
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 4:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure where I heard this, but
didn’t someone blame Holliday’s early season troubles on him following McGwire’s early season suggestions on his swing? I may have made that up. Yeah, I should Google it, but I’m guessing someone here can set me straight.
by fatheadX on Oct 27, 2009 8:51 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
McGwire suggested he remove his foot-tap
I think it screwed up his timing
by Muzia on Oct 27, 2009 9:06 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope, you heard correct.
Once he went back to his old swing in June his numbers started improving.
-Joe
I have a hole in my chest from where Huston Street ripped my heart out.
twitter.com/joeneumann
by jcn7vc on Oct 27, 2009 12:37 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are correct. And given that fact, it seems to me
that Matt Holliday might outta get the heck out of there. I’m thinking he’ll land with the Mets, Giants, Yankees or Red Sox.
What do you all think?
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
ROCKIEZZZZZZZ!!!11!!!!
Winners never quit, and quitters never win. But if you never quit *and* never win, you are an idiot
by squalene203 on Oct 27, 2009 1:10 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now wouldn't that be ironic!!
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:24 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The mets
I’ve been calling the mets for 3 years.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 1:19 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
My Mets fan friend was taunting me about that possibility
I replied to him in a rather impolite way…one that would get me banned here…:) I was not amused!
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:26 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, they can afford $120M
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 1:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
yup...
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:29 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
RE: SDcat
I think he will land with the Red Sox if they don’t sign Jason Bay but the Mets if the Red Sox do sign Jason Bay
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 1:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep.
Although I read somewhere that the Sox could move Jacoby to LF and go after a CF this winter as well.
by Hizilla on Oct 27, 2009 1:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard a rumor about that as well but it makes no sense to me
Ellsbury’s defense would not be used as well in Fenway’s small left field as it is in the park’s huge centerfield.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 1:44 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the idea
was that his defense isn’t as good as it’s made out to be. I don’t watch them enough to really say. But I would trust only one year’s worth of UZR type data.
by Hizilla on Oct 27, 2009 1:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know
I guess it just does not make sense to me to mess with left and centerfield when there are plenty of left fielders available for them
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 1:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
he makes bad reads and makes up for them with his speed
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is why center is the best place for him
He can make up for bad reads in wide open spaces but would have much less reaction time in Fenway’s shallow left field.
Plus he not that great at reading balls of the wall. Having him play the monster is a waste of his speed.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 3:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
They could always sign Adam Dunn
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:56 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
still under contract
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would be interesting
I’m interested to see what they do because they have some problems
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 2:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Matt ends up on the Red Sox
I will cry. No really, I will.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will join you in your crying...
I would also cry and be really angry if he ends up with the Giants.
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Matt Holliday:
Coming to an east coast team near year.
Opening next April
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 1:46 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
i said this in yesterdays rockpile
big mac screwed up hollidays swing. does he really want to go back to him?
also i didnt know the rockies had tried to get mcgwire as their hitting coach.
by purplesocks on Oct 27, 2009 1:25 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
scurrs me that McGwire was thatclose to screwing up the whole team
I’ll take Baylor thank you very much:) Sorry I did not see your comment yesterday…:/
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:29 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huh, I was reading that article a bit more closely on Renck's blog
and Atkins also worked with him in the offseason…Maybe that explains Atty’s horrible hitting this year and why he started getting better towards the end….
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 4:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
We can confirm that theory if Pujols puts puts up bad numbers 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 27, 2009 6:08 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Somehow I doubt he'll have any influence on Pujols...
at least I really hope not!
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 9:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Remember that time
Helton didn’t win a gold glove in 2007?
And Tulowitzki didn’t win a gold glove in 2007?
And he didn’t win rookie of the year?
And Holliday didn’t win MVP?
Just like Soulja boy, I got a question, why they hatin’ on [the Rockies]?
"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 27, 2009 9:39 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
who WAS the last Rockies award winner?
outside of silver sluggers, Holliday won a couple of those.
Tell me there’s one between now and Jason Jennings’ RotY
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 9:42 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clint Hurdle
won the award for coming in third place in the Manager of the Year in 2007.
"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 27, 2009 9:46 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
that is not an award
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 9:54 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
Brad Hawpe might have won the “whatever the opposite of a gold glove is” award for Right Field last season
"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 27, 2009 10:05 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think BtB awarded him a Gold Glove at DH
seriously
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 10:08 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
I remember that.
Well that would be the last award won then.
Tulowitzki also won one of those Fielding Bible awards in 2007, you know a defensive award actually based on defense. Pretty nifty.
[feel free to insert a joke about a Rockies player winning an award with Bible in the name]
"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 27, 2009 10:11 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
i can't find the article anymore
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 10:17 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is probably
because you are looking on the wrong site.
You should probably check it out here.
by Hizilla on Oct 27, 2009 10:46 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's right, I forgot DLM did that series
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 10:54 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
That picture in the article is pretty great
its like the ball was hit to Hawpe and he just ran screaming “get it away from me!!”
"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 27, 2009 10:59 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
awwww :(
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just loved the look that he ran into a wall SPLAT
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 1:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hawpebug
Windshield
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
I believe Helton getting a gold glove in 2003 was the last time the Rockies got something.
"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 27, 2009 9:53 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
it should goddammit
that should be the only thing that matters!
"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 27, 2009 10:11 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
RE: RMN
Does Matt Holliday winning the 2007 NLCS MVP count?
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 10:25 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
nah, gotta be a post-postseason award
I mean, it was pretty great that he won it, but it’s not the same
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 10:30 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Last Rockies awards
Rookie of the Year – Jason Jennings (2002)
MVP – Larry Walker (1997)
Cy Young – Nope
Manager of the Year – Don Baylor (1995)
Gold Gloves – Todd Helton (2004), Larry Walker (2002), Neifi Perez (2000)
By the way, the only pitcher not named Maddux to win a Gold Glove since 1990 was Mike Hampton in 2003, the year after he left Colorado. Colorado-hating theory intact.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart." - A. Bartlett Giamatti
by Rawktober on Oct 27, 2009 11:07 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Add
Silver Sluggers – Todd Helton (2003), Eric Young (1996), Vinne Castillat (1998), Matt Holliday (2008), Larry Walker (1999), Mike Hampton (2002)
Hank Aaron – Todd Helton (2000)
Rolaids Relief & DHL Delivery Man – Nope
Comeback Player of the Year – Nada
Roberto Clemente – None
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart." - A. Bartlett Giamatti
by Rawktober on Oct 27, 2009 11:16 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
No respect is the bottom line.
No awareness that our team was good and is good. Its pretty awful. I feel badly for the players.
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 4:10 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why all the angst about awards
they made the Playoffs and showed they were better than all the other first round losers by winning a game, and playing the others closely.
To some of you, getting respect from writers and such is important. Too much so in some cases.
Aaron Boone? Did he come back and actually play?
According to this he had a few PH’s and had a .000 BA. He was in the field for 1 game…
Nice comeback… for a 36yo player that is on his last hurrah.
The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient.
by rockieprogress on Oct 27, 2009 12:28 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
showed they were better than all the other first round losers by winning a game, and playing the others closely.
And by taking a game and keeping the series close with the eventual World Series Champions.
by Hizilla on Oct 27, 2009 12:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fixed
And by taking a game and keeping the series close with the eventual World SeriesChampionslosers.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 12:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Russ
You really need to get out of New York.
by Hizilla on Oct 27, 2009 12:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure by now
he just does this schtick to irritate the rest of us.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:28 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
second
reccin
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 1:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
What?
I’m getting a new logo for the site. We’re going to be Yankees Row for the next week or so.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 1:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's ban him if that happens
onetwothreeGO
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:34 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
oooo, does that mean that
non-staffers get to vicariously ban?
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah
but they can put in their requests to mods like myself and RMN, who will consider it seriously if circumstances warrant
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
But I'll preventively
ban you.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 1:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll unban myself
HAHA escape THAT circle of causality GENIUS
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Impossible.
You can’t unban yourself. You can warn yourself.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 1:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh. So quick-draw contest.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Banned for a minute.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 1:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Likewise.
(hey this is fun)
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:47 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah,
but I won the quick-draw contest.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 1:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think power has gone to your head
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Denying the
powers I have is wasting the powers I have.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 1:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Definitely Caligula then
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I mean, first you want to be burned alive
and now this. Pretty soon you’re gonna bust out the fiddle, Nero.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nero could not
have fiddled when Rome burned since the Romans didn’t have such a thing.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 1:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
You could be Caligula if you like
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, no.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 1:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
What
you’re not planning to make Duke a mod on the site?
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The lack of
an opposable thumb makes it hard for him to use the mouse effectively, and his paws are too big to use the keyboard.
But thanks for the idea.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe so, but you can't just ban all of us
who will write the terrible articles?
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 1:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hear Bleacher Report
has plenty of writers because they plagiarize stuff.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't we have a few bleacher reporters on this site
(not columnists)
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yay!
I prefer to be burned to death!!!!!
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 1:34 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Psst everyone
Conclusive proof Russ is insane, right here
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:35 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
But if
I know I am insane, does that make me insane? Don’t the insane believe they are getting saner?
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 1:37 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
the same way I believe wings will grow out my butt and fly me off to a lotto jackpot.
Also, that the Rockies will sign John Lackey.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:38 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think you said that wings would grow out of your butt if the Nats swept the Braves
I’ll have to search those game threads
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 1:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I'm pretty sure I did
which therefore guarantees that my butt is currently wingless. Hey, it might be alarming.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
But the Nats did sweep the Braves
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 1:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess open heart surgery trumps back surgery
even if you barely play again. Seems weird to me…
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:37 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
To those still hating on the Phillies
you will enjoy this:
http://failblog.org/2009/10/23/epic-fail-phillies-fan-fail/
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart." - A. Bartlett Giamatti
by Rawktober on Oct 27, 2009 12:48 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I dunno that anyone's hating on the Phillies any more
Playing the Yankees will do that to a team
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:27 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
exactly
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT: mlb draft
How crazy good or even better would the pitching of the rockies been if they made 2 top 10 picks
lincecum instead of reynolds
bumgarner instead of weathers
by Asfan4ever723 on Oct 27, 2009 12:50 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Horse still smells
I suspect it may also still be dead
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 12:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's definitely as dead a horse
as The Great Catcher Debate.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
shhhhhh they'll hear you
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 1:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
o rite rite
/sews lips shut
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
why is that a dead horse?
it could only be dead when one of them leaves, and neither is gone…
just sayin…..:)
/big grin and runs away….Please don’t ban me!
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dead horse in the sense
that both topics have been discussed approximately 14.39222 googolplex times before
people, think of the interwebs
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
psssshaw
there’s at least 20.6689 googlolplex times before we can break it…
let the flailings resume in Spring Training :P
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah that reminds me
When does the season start?
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
not soon enough...:(
I’m having withdrawal still
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
we need to learn to appreciate baseball for baseball
because I’m withdrawing as well, and yet baseball is on TV
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know what you mean
I’m using the playoffs and the WS like, you know, Methadone..
a little at a time…..
I think the withdrawal is worse this year because we had such a phenomenal year, and premature playoff exit (in my mind anyway)
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:07 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
the guys who beat us and some AL team
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:09 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
there are pitchers
there are hitters
it’s baseball
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:20 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
But it ain't on my TV
mainly because I do not have a TV
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:20 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's an issue
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
Anyone work for Best Buy and can give me an in?
er you didn’t hear me say that
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:23 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a small television you can have
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:24 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
digital ready?
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:25 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
uhhhh
no idea, maybe.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:25 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
well just thinking that
she’ll have to get an digital converter…:) I mention it because I have an extra older small TV that is useless now…
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:27 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's also a DH
Not baseball
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 2:21 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
/rimshot
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
beggars, choosers, etc
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its baseball in at least 2 of the games :)
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:23 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't wait to see the Yankees use that bench that does not exist
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 2:25 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
hahaha
"The thing to remember is that if you put your heart into it, if you care, if it means something to you, it's going to hurt. I don't think I would want it any other way." - Huston Street
by nodakroxfan on Oct 27, 2009 5:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's wrong with Greg Reynolds?
Drafting punchlines for blog communities is just as important as Cy Young winners.
by Muzia on Oct 27, 2009 12:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
OR,
If we REALLY didn’t want Timmeh, we could have snatched up evan longoria. but no. greg reynolds. greg. reynolds. this depresses me every time i think of it.
Winners never quit, and quitters never win. But if you never quit *and* never win, you are an idiot
by squalene203 on Oct 27, 2009 1:10 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh I know
It’s even more depressing that we missed out on Christian Friedrich and Tyler Matzek.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know, and that Tulowitzki fool?
To think we could’ve picked Alex Gordon or Jeff Clement, or even Ricky Romero!
Bill Schmidt needs to get his head on straight.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 1:24 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
ooo Alex Gordon
why didn’t we get him
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:26 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
point taken
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
a very handsome point as well
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 1:29 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's what she said
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:29 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, I know that no team ever drafts perfectly, and that the Rocks have done pretty well lately
But the thought of a Longoria-Tulowitzki left side of the infield just makes me salivate
Winners never quit, and quitters never win. But if you never quit *and* never win, you are an idiot
by squalene203 on Oct 27, 2009 1:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, and an outfield of Matt Holliday, Matt Kemp, and Justin Upton makes me salivate
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 1:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could go for
Pujols at first and Carpenter/Wainwright in the rotation
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
oooh and joe mauer catching
yeahhhhh
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 1:34 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
WORLD SERIES HERE WE COOOMMMMEEEE
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:34 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
alright, craziest prediction i'll ever make
Iannetta’s 2010 season will be better than Joe Mauer’s.
You heard it here first, folks!
Winners never quit, and quitters never win. But if you never quit *and* never win, you are an idiot
by squalene203 on Oct 27, 2009 1:37 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think for this to happen Mauer will have to spend significant time on the DL
Do yo have some Vodo magic we don’t know about?
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 1:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes in fact
I’ll just draft joe mauer in my fantasy league next year, guaranteeing a terrible, injury-plagued season
Winners never quit, and quitters never win. But if you never quit *and* never win, you are an idiot
by squalene203 on Oct 27, 2009 1:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have an order and a request for your
First, I am ordering you not to draft any Rockies players.
Second I am requesting that you draft the entire Yankees team 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 27, 2009 1:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Yankees?
I hate them and all, but let’s get practical.
The Dodgers is it.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Padres, Dbacks, Giants too
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was operating under the assumption
that one guy can’t draft half of MLB
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:56 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
okay fine...play by the rules then
I’m more afraid of Padres and Giants next year than the Dodgers…
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The way I see it
the Dodgers are still the best team in the division… until proven otherwise.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you mean best as in still division champs
or do you mean favorite to win the division 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 27, 2009 2:08 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
it is*
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
is that vodo magic or lodo magic?
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know
I think squalance203 has something else going
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 1:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm thinking a different word than salivate...:)
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well if Justin Upton is on that list
I will reasonably include “punch” as an alternate.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 1:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
go ahead and hate
he’s really really good
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know
but as much as I hate to say it, the same rationale could be applied to the Yankees
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
sure
I just can’t seriously hate young awesome talent unless they’re just total doucheknobs
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which arguably Justin Upton is
but hey
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
(yes I am speaking from considerable personal bias on this issue)
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
(yes, yes you are)
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:20 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
stop worrying and learn to love the bomb dammit
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:21 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
/rides a nuke
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:21 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who doesn't love the bomb?
It ranks just below burning to death.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
who's the bigger talented doucheknob
Justin Upton or A-Rod?
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:09 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
ARod
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 2:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
JUpton has attained the status of Adept, but he’s got a long way to go before he can challenge ARod for the Grand Master of the Honored Order of the Doucheknobs.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:13 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
El Grande Doucheknob?
Doucheknob Grand Poobah?
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:14 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's the case for ARod
Opting out in the middle of the World Series, slapping the ball out of Aroyo’s glove in game 6 of the 2004 ALCS, steroid use, thinking so highly of himself (In a 2006 SI article he complained that people didn’t like him by saying “I’m good-looking, I’m biracial, I make the most money, I play on the most popular team and because of that people write bad things about me.”)
Also for being phoney. Even his own teamates used to call him AFraud
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 2:19 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno
I just like the word doucheknob
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart." - A. Bartlett Giamatti
by Rawktober on Oct 27, 2009 2:12 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
heh...several inappropriate jokes came to mind...
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:13 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does no one remember
that if you start calling someone something like that, there needs to be photographic evidence of said person actually being that? Only DBS did that.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:14 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like this?
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart." - A. Bartlett Giamatti
by Rawktober on Oct 27, 2009 2:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't consider either to be doucheknobs
so much as young and maturing, and the other just too much of a celebrity.
Elijah Dukes, Dmitri Young, Milton Bradley – doucheknobs
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:21 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
PPOR.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
ppor?
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:24 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
post proof or retract
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:24 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
at least for upton
“He did the right thing,” Upton said of Hinch deciding to bench him. “I should have been on second, at least. It’s one of those things that happens, and you’ve got to learn from it.”
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:24 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The other guys.
There needs to be photos of them literally being doucheknobs.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:25 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
ummm I dunno we want to go here Russ
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:26 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
DBS did and
I didn’t ban him.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:26 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
So?
You don’t need an excuse to threaten to ban DBS.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
But he provided the proof
of the player being a douche. If you can prove it, I can’t ban.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:29 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Burden of proof on the accuser?
I smell a law case in the works.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do the PR readers get to be the jury?
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 2:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok I like that
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:34 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh
Ok Bradley:
Annnnd douche:
you can’t even dispute the similarity
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
That just busted me up
well done sir well done
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
(I ree-hee-heeallly didn't want to actually paste in a picture of a douche)
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
And we ree-heeelly appreciate it :)
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks ace
Winners never quit, and quitters never win. But if you never quit *and* never win, you are an idiot
by squalene203 on Oct 27, 2009 5:23 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you have
a good imagination, I guess.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
funny, but I don't think he qualifies
he’s just an angry man? Does that qualify for douchknobbery(tm Silverblood)?
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:35 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
you see the joke is that his position resembles that of a douche
but the douche is censored, you see
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
i was trying to ignore that part of the
joke….you know (LALALALA I can’t hear you!)
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know
ARod has quite a resume
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 2:23 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
bbbut he's good-looking
and biracial
and makes more money in one year than me or my children will make in a lifetime
he has it so tough
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:23 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I'll get to writing him a sympathy card
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 2:27 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's an article up on MLB.com right now
about how adversity molded A-Rod’s turnaround.
WHAT? YOU DON’T BELIEVE IT? SHAME ON YOU
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doucheknobbery must run in the Young family
did you ever see their characters in The Dugout (before it sold out to AOL?)
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:25 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doucheknobbery...awesome
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:26 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's a little early
to declare victory on friedrich and matzek, seeing as how they have yet to throw a major league pitch
Winners never quit, and quitters never win. But if you never quit *and* never win, you are an idiot
by squalene203 on Oct 27, 2009 1:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
funny how scouting works
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 1:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
how good would we be had we taken albert pujols instead of...
Jason Jennings, Ryan Kibler, Josh Bard, Chuck Crowder, Chris Testa, Roney Johnson, Carlos Figueroa, Greg Catalanotte, Colin Young, Sean Daly, Chris Moore, Craig House, and Rick Cercy
by purplesocks on Oct 27, 2009 1:23 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
RE: Joe Buck...
I laughed out loud reading that article. My jaw literally dropped when I read that review. Dusty Saunders must not watch much baseball, to think that Buck and McCarver did a good job.
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 1:52 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
He probably watched TBS for a week and then saw Fox and said
“You know what, this is pretty good.”
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 2:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
which is still wrong!
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:13 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
But TBS had lowered the bar even by Fox standards
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 2:20 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man oh man
this thread is way more entertaining than finishing my homework.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:37 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
or paying attention in Ops Research
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
or looking at Monster and Careerbuilder
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
HEY WE HAVE SOFTWARE JOBS
OR SELLING INSURANCE
NEED A CAREER?
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol...exactly...
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
What
you’re not going to be the Unemployed Sports Fan who MAKES $87/HOUR at HOME? Try it NOW?
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES WITH DIRECTV
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:48 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
AND A FREE MERCEDES AND IPOD
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
no, I'm just lingering at unemployed sports fan
hoping to find a real job…ugh its depressing…:(
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
As someone who is virtually certain to join you
in a few short months, I feel your pain.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
funny thing is
I got a couple of responses to my resume after I posted it and realized it was the canned responses for crappy sales jobs. It was weird. I got all excited for nothing…
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
I imagine I’ll BE in a crappy sales job pretty soon here. Assuming I’m not working the fryer. Don’t knock ’em…?
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
nono
like the borderline scam crappy sales jobs
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah ok
selling “enhancement” pills? gotcha
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
or "start your own insurance company" or whatever
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 3:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
exactly....
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 3:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
But you never know when you may need to tell someone
they won a Nigerian lottery
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 3:01 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
nigerians tried to buy my iphone.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or sell teamocil?
There’s no “i” in teamocil, at least not where you’d think…
Never give up, never surrender.
by coolopotamus on Oct 27, 2009 4:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
ooof sorry what I meant was....
it was the cattle call they put out for those companies that want you to pay them for the training kind of thing. Not a knock on sales jobs at all! that came out all wrong….
/feeling ashamed…
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry
I’m messin wit you
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 3:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
no, it was rather thoughtless
and easily misinterpreted. If I had an ounce of sales experience, I would give it a go….but I don’t, but not for those kinds of jobs…
/flustered
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've worked in retail since I was 15
including four years at coffee shops. Caffeine addicts are a scary bunch.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 3:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Off topic but I thought I'd bring it up
Pedro will start game 2 for the Phillies.
Thank you for not screwing this up Charlie.
Pedro in new Yankee stadium. What theater.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 2:39 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
NICE!!!
I hope Pedro is great! BEAT THOSE DAM YANKEES!!
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Time for Pedro to be the Yankees' daddy
amirite
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:44 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is this
when someone brings up the whole thing of Pedro wanting to drill Babe Ruth in the ass?
Oh, the hilarity.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:48 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think that would be you who brought it up
Laugh it up, fuzzball.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
So now I'm a Wookiee?
I’ll take that over Roman emperors. But I may be a bit short for a Wookiee.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Worst of both worlds
A megalomaniac Wookiee? THAT’S terrifying
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll pull your arm
out of your socket.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
/dials phone
yes officer, he did say he’d pull my arm out of my socket
and he wants to be burned alive
and he roots for the Yankees
I think you need to lock him up fast
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, no, no.
I’m a gentle Wookiee when around you.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hello
You just threatened to dismember me! What’s violence?
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:56 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly.
What’s violence?
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
A philosophical megalomaniac Wookiee
someone just needs to tranquilize you already
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tranqs don't work on Wookiees.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok this is getting weird
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just now?
I think we’ve been foraging the jungles of Weirdville all afternoon.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
the "gentle wookee" line sounded a bit...weirder than the rest
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hahaha.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 3:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
It sounds kind of like Anakin Skywalker trying to be romantic
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 3:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
And
I’ve borrowed lines from Anakin before. He’s misunderstood.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 3:01 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like Pol Pot.
Sure.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 3:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
or ARod...
did any of you see the picture on Halos Heaven of ARod looking exactly like Anakin in Revenge of the Sith?
http://www.halosheaven.com/2009/10/24/1099200/wet-weather-in-the-bronx-tonight
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 3:08 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's
there to misunderstand about Pol Pot?
I could explain this whole thing about Anakin, but no one wants to read my revisionist essay on it.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 3:10 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
or like a bunch of kids playing star wars or zookeeper
or house or something
and one of the kids has suddenly had that hormone begin releasing in his/her brain for the first time or two, and so he’s normally a homicidal maniac (as far as the game goes) or a bloodthirsty lion or whatever, but around one little girl/boy this child is suddenly “tame” or “gentle” or “nice” or something like that
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 3:01 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Puberty
it’s a special time
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 3:09 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Years and years ago.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 3:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
House house
or House, M.D.?
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 3:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
well it could go either way
esp if someone is playing cuddy
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 4:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Longer than that.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 2:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure rooting for the Yankees
(considering he lives in YankeeVille) will help your case…
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:56 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is always a quantifiable sign of dementia
the APA told me so
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The officer might be a Met fan
I’m sure they are really pissed off
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 2:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've lived in YankeeVille for three of the last four years
it has done nothing to improve my feelings toward their baseball team. Then again, he’s had more exposure.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 2:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm a neighbor of YankeeVille and I can tell you that they have not been as bad since the epic collapse of 2004
I’m afraid you may see the real dark side if the cycle if the Phils don’t win this series.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Schnikies
go Phillies
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 3:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes do it save New Yawk from itself!
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 3:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe the Phils can win this series on a really bad call by the umps
That way the Yankees will lose and cry about the umps and the Phils victory would have contorversy surrounding it.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 3:13 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't wait to see Pedro MOVE AROD OFF THE PLATE by uncorking a fastball inside.
You know he’ll do it too. He already did it to hot Yankee hitters in the 04 ALCS. The best part is that it will happen if front of the Yankee fans.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 2:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
can they both lose?
Ok, so the yankees tag Pedro for 7 runs in 2 innings, Jayson Werth hits a 2-run double in the 9th to beat the yankees.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 2:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Pedro is pitching better than Burnett
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 2:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't matter
9-8 yankees in the 9th
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 3:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
That could be fun
As long as Mariano blows the save
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 3:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
DUMP IT INTO LEFT FIELD GONZO
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 3:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
On an Utley walk, a Howard double down the right field line and a Werth base hit
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 3:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
you mean on an Utley non-walk, really HB foul ball,
and then everything else you said
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 3:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
you're mixing the game 3 nightmare
with the game 4 nightmare
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart." - A. Bartlett Giamatti
by Rawktober on Oct 27, 2009 3:07 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
ack you're right....:(
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 3:09 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
no a werth double
weren’t you looking up above
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 3:07 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK compromise
An RBI Werth single that turns into a double when Damon misplays it in left and the NY official scorer is too proud to give him an error.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 3:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
uisrite
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 2:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
though i worry for everyone's sanity
I appreciate having something humorous to read after a rough day at work
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 27, 2009 5:54 PM MDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
I have some Wookiee
rage left in me if anyone wants to start it up.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 6:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
but no more wookie gentility.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 6:01 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only when
Silverblood’s around. Wookiee like Silverblood.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 6:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
puberty's a cute thing
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 6:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm a Wookiee.
It’s all about the Hrrtayyk ceremony.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 6:07 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
/scared everyone away
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 6:18 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh I get you
get back in your giant tree city or I’ll enslave your race to build a clone army.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 6:20 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Already enslaved.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 6:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
see i can do star wars too
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 6:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
But not like me.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 6:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
no, Russ
the history books I read are about baseball history, and I’ve done more Fantasy than Star Wars. You definitely win this category, I can just land a few punches.
Honestly, the greed and ineptitude in the prequels ruined star wars for me forever.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 6:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 6:47 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
uh
I already ceded to you?
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 7:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh,
so I don’t need to show the other half of the collection?
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 7:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
if you'd like, you can
part of me wants to get back into star wars books
I think it was around the part where you had to read a couple of comic books to stay in line
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 7:44 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The other half
is of more history books. I only have one bookcase devoted to Star Wars books. As you can see, I can’t keep the timeline in contact anymore. And a new book came out today which isn’t in the second picture.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 7:47 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
are like leia and crew even alive anymore
or is the new one a “before” book
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 8:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Leia's
three weeks old at the time this one takes place.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 9:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I doubt
any of the big three will ever die in a book.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 9:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course not
Lucas isn’t going to kill the cash cow.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 9:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
But he allowed
Chewbacca to be killed!
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 10:13 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Is John Smoltz a total genius or a complete lunatic?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tom_verducci/10/27/five.cuts/index.html?eref=sihp
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 6:28 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
That's similar
to what my brother, somewhat jokingly, says pitching should be these days.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 6:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK for anyone left around tonight, time for the debate and discussion.
Who is the most reviled player on the Yankees? That is, who embodies Yankeeness, overpay, overratedness, smarminess, douchiness, and especially hatability
There is no wrong answer. However, be prepared to back it up. Because “He just IS!” is the wrong answer.
Reply to this post with your answer. If I post a player, and you agree, you must post your rationale, even if it’s similar to what somebody else has written.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 6:36 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and if you feel the opposite way
who is your MOST favorite? Who LEAST embodies the Yankees? Who is a Yankee because of the uniform alone, when/if they leave, you’d totally accept them with another team?
Thread those under this comment
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 6:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I actually do like Mariano Rivera
He is extremly classy and never showboats on the mound after a big save. And he obviously has had plenty of chaces to do that.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 9:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know if he least embodies the Yankees, but he is my favorite
that Nick Swisher guy. He’s got a lot of energy, seems like he doesn’t take himself too seriously.
He’s also a switch hitter who can play multiple positions (and is a shut-down reliever).
Also, his handshake with Milton Bradley from their A’s days was awesome.
"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 27, 2009 10:19 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Andy Pettitte
was my first ever favorite player. I was, I think, 9 at the time. He’s remained in a special place in my heart ever since. I am now 21. So that’s over half my life. Huh.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 10:24 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
First ever favorite player?
Is there a story behind that?
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 11:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll kick it off by picking Robbie Cano
He seems to be very talented, but just plays with such a “meh” about him. His face never shows any emotion, just smugness and “Whatevah Ima yankee” – like he doesn’t seem to appreciate the opportunity he has at all.
Not a fan at all.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 6:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll add to the Cano thing
How often do you actually see Cano dive for anything? Sometimes he plays with his head in the clouds. When he got off to that awful start in 2008 he dismissed those who questioned him. I can’t remember the exact quote but it was something like it takes me a couple of months to get going so leave me alone.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 6:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
And you need to provide
photographic evidence of douchiness.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
by Russ Oates on Oct 27, 2009 6:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
A-Rod
for reasons listed above, RhodeIslandRoxFan nicely summed them up. I absolutely cannot stand that guy. I’d never wish grievous injury on anyone, but if he, say, fell into a giant anthill, I probably would laugh.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 7:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry I didn't get to post this earlier. I had a meeting from 10 to 11 and didn't quite get to finish it before that.
Your question is an easy one
ARod!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hands Down
I’ve already posted some of this above but I’ll outline it fully here in a top 10 list.
10) February 2009 (ARod the liar)
ARod’s steroid use comes into public light. This would not have made the list if it wasn’t for the Katie Couric interview he did where he repeatedly denied ever using steroids.
9) May 30, 2007 (Busch League ARod)
Arod yells "Mine" while rounding third on a popup and gets the Toronto infield to drop the ball. If you don’t think this out of line, tell me why not one Yankee teammate came to his defense when asked about the play.
8) March 2006 & 2009 (What’s the bigger joke ARod or the WBC?)
Monday: I’m going to play for the U.S. in the WBC.
Tuesday: Oh wait no, I’m going to go with my heritage and play for the D.R.
Wednesday: Oops sorry I’m going to play for the U.S.
Thursday: Now that I think of it I really should play for the D.R.
Friday: No it’s about national pride. U.S. it is
Saturday: Actually I’m going to draw some more attention to myself by announcing I’m playing for the D.R.
7) Fall 2007 (Greedy ARod)
Apparently signing the biggest contract in MLB history just wasn’t good enough for ARod. He decided he just had to opt out of his $252 million contract so he could resign with the same team for new MLB record $270 million contract. (This move by both ARod and the Yankees goes a long way in explaining those $2,500 seats.)
6) September 25, 2006 (Alexander the Great)
ARod talks about how great he is in a 2006 interview and reveals why people don’t like him. "I’m good-looking, I’m biracial, I make the most money, I play on the most popular team and because of that people write bad things about me."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/magazine/09/19/arod0925/2.html
5) February 2009: The Peter Gammons interview (ARod the liar again)
There’s so much from this transcript but I’ll choose three of my favorite exchanges that were just asinine
A) Peter G: What kind of substances were you taking?
Arod: "To be quite honest I don’t know exactly what substance I was guilty of using"
Oh yeah, this is believable. An athlete as concerned about his body as Arod is going to inject something into himself when he has no idea what it is.
B) Peter G: When did you get the wake-up call?
Arod: "It wasn’t until 2003. I was laying in my bed in Surprise, Arizona and thought I don’t need any of it, and what I have is enough."
So you took steroids for two years, had an epiphany in spring training, but didn’t stop taking steroids until the end of that season. Yep makes a lot of sense to me.
C) Peter G: The Katie Couric interview. You were asked if you ever used steroids, human growth hormones or other performance-enhancing substances. You said no, flat-out no. In your mind, that wasn’t a lie?
Arod: At the time, Peter, I wasn’t even being truthful with myself. How am I going to be truthful with Katie or CBS?
So if you lie to yourself then you are telling the truth to the world? Is this one of those hate = love things?
4) April 27, 2005 (Really Greedy ARod)
After going 4-5 with 3 HR’s and breaking the all time RBI record in a single game at Yankee stadium with 10, ARod decides he is now the best Yankee of all time. He decides to celebrate by selling signed baseballs commemorating the event. You can buy one here for the low price of $489.06.
http://www.mlbfansite.com/authentic-memorabilia/alex-rodriguez-signed-official-yankee-stadium-final-season-baseball-inscribed-3-hr-10-rbi-4-26-05.html
3) July 15, 2008 (A-WOL)
Despite the All Star game being in his home park and going a remarkable 15 innings, ARod decides to sneak out early in the trunk of a car so he can spend a hot night with Madonna. Did I mention they were both married with kids when this happened? (I guess now we can call ARod a Pre and Post Madonna)
2) October 19 2004 (More Busch League ARod)
It’s the bottom of the 8th inning of game 6 of the 2004 ALCS and the Yankees are in the midst of the most astonishing collapse in the history of organized sports. Does ARod go down gracefully? Not a chance! After hitting a ground ball to pitcher Bronson Arroyo ARod slaps the ball out of his glove and ends up at second. When the umpires correctly ruled (I can’t believe I just typed that) the ARod was out, he stands at second with his hands in the air as if to say "What did I do?" What a Phony!!!!!
After this happens Yankee fans begin to pelt the field with debris. Oddly this disgrace is largely forgotten.
The ARod part of the incident prompts this photo.
http://mobclan.com/pointto/ArodPurse.jpg
1) October 28, 2007 (ARod the Narcissist)
ARod and Scott Boras’s decision to opt out in the middle of the the World Series was the most classless tactic I’ve ever seen someone use to draw attention to themselves. This screams "I am more important than the two league champions and the traditional series they have played against each other for over 100 years". Stay classy ARod.
This is my list but the order is certainly debatable. Any thoughts?
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 9:18 PM MDT up reply actions 5 recs
This is so recced
A-Rod defines Grand Poobah Doucheknob.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 9:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
A close second for me would be Joba
I could probably only make a top 5 list out of his mound dancing fist pump antics though.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 9:29 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Continuing this, The OTHER SIDE
Who is the most reviled player on the Phillies? That is, who embodies the East Coast Bias, the hype, the overratedness, the pheromone that attracts sportswriters for undeserved postseason awards, who just carries the reason we just grit our teeth when we hear the name “Philadelphia”?
There is no wrong answer. However, be prepared to back it up. Because “He just IS!” is the wrong answer.
Reply to this post with your answer. If I post a player, and you agree, you must post your rationale, even if it’s similar to what somebody else has written.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 6:38 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Similar to above, is there a Phillie who really isn't one?
one you can stand except for the fact that he wears Red?
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 6:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Weirdly enough
I like Jayson Werth, and have liked him for a while. Which made his raping of us in the NLDS even more perversely painful. I dunno, I think it’s because he looks like a faun and is also slightly demented.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 7:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I actually like Werth as well
I enjoy castoffs making the Dodgers look bad.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 7:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some friends of mine
Got to go on the field during BP during a Phils game in 2008. They got to stand behind the batting cage and some of the players came over to talk to them. All of them couldn’t say enough about Jayson Werth and how friendly and genuinely interested in them he was.
They also mentioned what a jerk Pat Burrell was.
by Hizilla on Oct 27, 2009 11:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jimmy Rollins
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 7:01 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is this because he stole Tulowitzki's 2007 Gold Glove and Matt Holliday's 2007 MVP award?
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 7:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Partially
and partially because he’s consistently overrated, he seems like kind of an arrogant jackass, and became such a “trendy” player overnight. I realise that it is not entirely his fault that he plays for one of the 5 teams or so that ESPN is aware of existing, but still. I dunno. I didn’t like him even before he stole Tulo and Matt’s hardware.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 7:08 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
At the same time
He is an elite defender, really fast, and has surprising power from a man his size.
He never walks, however, and simply lacks the OBP you need from a leadoff hitter. But I suppose misuse is more Cholly’s fault anyhow.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 7:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh I didn't say he isn't a good player
he is. He just annoys the ever loving crap out of me.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 7:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shane Victorino
can’t stand the guy…I don’t know why, he just bugs the living crap out of me…but then again all of the Phillies do, save Brad Lidge, and he bugs because he sucked all year until he plays against the Rox…..GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Dear Rockies - Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster of a season! NL Wild Card Champs. Best turnaround in MLB history for a team to win the Wild Card. Can't wait to do it again next year!
Troy Tulowitzki - MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2009 9:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brett Myers sucks
he’s a big idiot, and he’s a mediocre pitcher.
"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 27, 2009 7:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
What
entitled idiots with mediocre talent who beat their wives aren’t attractive?
Well, I’ll be blowed.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2009 8:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
great K potential
but oh dear god, he’ll let one hit the seats
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 8:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Second
Wife beaters get no credibility in my book.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 9:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aside from the whole wife-beater thing
I just remember some post-game press conference where someone said something to Brett that he didn’t like and he just reacted in a “bro, lets go right here right now” kind of way. Dumbass.
"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 27, 2009 10:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sorry, if you pick Ryan Howard over Mark Texeira, you're wrong
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 10:29 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
So is WAR wrong?
If we compare their WAR over the four year period of 2006-2009 (The four years they have both been at the top level full time) Howard wins.
Howard: 19.5 WAR
Texeria: 18.8 WAR
Howard also wins in two other great SABER stats, OPS and wOBA
Howard: .961 career OPS
Texeria: .923 career OPS
Howard: .396 career wOBA
Texeria: .391 career wOBA
I want to see how our numbers guy works his way out of this one.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 27, 2009 11:17 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just looking at 2009 in this case, I figured the preceding postseason discussion would have suggested that
Teix leads this season in wOBA, wRAA, WAR, OPS, and at least to the eye test, is a better fielder at 1B, but UZR disagrees with me there.
Also I find UZR to be incredibly hit-and-miss, and the fielding component of WAR is UZR, therefore, I don’t trust WAR either. Purely based on wRAA, yeah, Teix has him there too.
Teix has been better than Howard every season except for 2006, when Howard posted a .436 wOBA. That’s pretty impressive there. Incidentally, it was a down year for Teix as well, he only wOBA’d .374.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2009 11:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, if we are just looking at this season then yes Texeria is better.
But if we take their carreers as a whole the answer is Howard. During the 06 through 09 years Tex had a 141.6 wRAA while Howard had a 158 wRAA. If you want to look at their wRAA for their careers as a whole I did total wRAA/career PA
Howard: 176/3145 = 0.5596
Texeria: 239.1/4638 = 0.05155
I don’t know how else to compare career wRAA for different sample sizes but using this Howard is a little better.
For this season Tex leads in wOBA, wRAA, WAR and OPS but for their careers Howard leads in all the categories.
Also Howard has outperformed Tex this postseason.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 28, 2009 12:06 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Howard should say 0.05596
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 28, 2009 12:07 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Teix has been better than Howard 3/4 years
But Howard was better enough in 2006 to swing the overall numbers over the 4 year span in his direction. That said, I’ll take a better Teix 3/4 years.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 28, 2009 12:10 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
If we are going to argue year by year vs. overall production we really have no where to go with this argument
It would be like if Tiger and Mickelson were playing against each other and their scores looked like this
Tiger: Eagle, Par, Par, Par
Mickelson: Bogey, Par, Birdie, Birdie
If the question was asked who was better it would depend if you wanted to measure by stroke or match play. By stroke play Tiger wins 2under to 1under but with match play Mickelson wins 1up. Match play allows Mickelson to minimize Tiger’s eagle on that first hole just as year by year allows Teixeria to minimize Howard’s incredable 2006.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 28, 2009 1:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The thing with Howard
is that he came up and was pretty decent his rookie year. Then he was just astonishingly good in 2006. Then he was just “very good” in 07, 08, 09. Parts of his game started falling apart in the years past 2006, average fell, OBP dropped in general, wasn’t as patient, and he pretty much relied on his monstrous SLG to keep his OPS/wOBA afloat. I mean, it still counts, but his hitting style definitely dropped after 2006. He became more Adam Dunn and less Albert Pujols. (He was always less than Pujols.)
I’ve just never heard any of these sentiments about Teixeira. It’s not really “evidence” but I’ve always seen Teix as more of a complete player, and Howard an all-or-nothing who happens to have mammoth strength. Nothing wrong with it, but I just don’t appreciate his style for some reason. I mean, in general, yeah, he’s really good. But top of the league good? Nah.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 28, 2009 2:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
when I say that, I recognize that he's almost a .400 wOBA hitter every season
I guess I’m meaning relative to his 2006 campaign.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 28, 2009 2:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see Howard as a weapon, not a warrior, if that makes any sense
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 28, 2009 2:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
It does
I actually think it’s a coin flip between them. I was just arguing Howard for the sake of arguing.
Now for the other argument. I would take Howard over Teixeria for the World Series because he has been better all postseason. For a SSS like to World Series I’ll take the hot hitter over the one who had the better season.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 28, 2009 2:29 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, he's definitely hotter right now
He’s a late season batter. I don’t like late season batters.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 28, 2009 3:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
But Teixeria is a late season batter too
He’s terrible in April and put up huge numbers in August and September.
Check out his splits
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?n1=teixema01&year=Career&t=b
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 28, 2009 3:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
hm, interesting
The fact that he posts a .925 OPS in May kind of puts him into the “slow starter” category from me rather than “late season batter”
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 30, 2009 9:57 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
But his highest two months of OPS are August and September
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 30, 2009 10:08 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
hm
your numbers are difficult to argue with. Because I am not looking at all of them before making my wild claims.
howard sukxs lol
seriously, it’s all media hype. That’s why I take Teix over Howard. That and his glove. And rugged good looks.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 30, 2009 10:56 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now that Teixeria is in NY he might catch up in media hype
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 30, 2009 11:19 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
not with Derek Jeter alive and playing baseball
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 30, 2009 11:46 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeter is in the last year of his contract in 2010
Although I think there’s no way he dosn’t finish his career as a Yankee
On a side note. How much fun would it be if the Red Sox and Yankees got in a bidding war over him. Boston has a gaping hole at short stop
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 30, 2009 11:57 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
would never happen
it’d be the biggest sports turncoating of all time
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 30, 2009 11:59 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
You don't think Boston would go after Jeter if he reached free agency?
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 30, 2009 12:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
he'll be what, 36? 37?
Boston’s smarter than that. There would have to be a younger SS on the market by then. Reyes and Rollins for example.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/09/2011-mlb-free-agents.html
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 30, 2009 1:19 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're probably right
I guess it’s just a pipe dream.
On a side note. There’s no good second baseman for the Rockies to get in FA next year either
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 30, 2009 1:44 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
well of course Chris Nelson will be ready!
He’ll miraculously heal and develop!
we need a new 2B. I love Barmes, he’s such a slick fielder, and he really does pack some whallop in his bat, but good night when he’s cold he’s awful.
Felipe Lopez. KThx
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 30, 2009 2:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
plus, Teix has never been hailed as a MVP because of a huge september
he’s more known as a year-round hitter, or at least my cursory examination reveals as such.
BUT HOWARD GETS THE HITS WHEN THEY REALLY COUNT as if April ABs don’t count.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 30, 2009 9:59 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Howard has been unfairly help by
the fact that in two of the last three years his big Septembers have helped push the Phils past the Mets in very close NL East races. Teixeria has only been in one close September race in his career and that was the Braves in 07. Since they lost, Teixeria’s 1.020 OPS performance in 54 games is forgotten.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 30, 2009 10:18 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's the BBWAA that's ruined him for me
I mean, I’d still consider him a DH in the NL, but I wouldn’t hate him for all the undue credit given to him for being the salvation of an already excellent team.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 30, 2009 10:55 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I completely agree with this point
Howard (and even Rollins to a point) get all the credit, hype, and commercials while Utley reamins an unsung hero.
Which strikes me as odd because Utley is the best second baseman in the game. Rollins and Howard are not the best at their positions.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 30, 2009 11:23 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I found it rather amusing last year when Pedroia won the MVP
and some Red Sox fans around here started saying that he was better than Utley.
/Bursts into laughter
Utley seems unappreciated around the game in comparison to how good he is
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 30, 2009 11:25 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
God Chase Utley is good
oh man
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 30, 2009 11:47 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I Iike late season batters
It’s more fun to know your team will be better in the second half than the first half
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 28, 2009 3:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
fair enough
I prefer to be chased than to chase
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 30, 2009 9:57 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe I do to but as a Rockie fans we have never really gotten to experience the first option
We better get used to chasing though because it looks like two guys who will be in the nucleus of our team (Tulo and Ubaldo) are slow starters.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 30, 2009 10:22 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved being chased THIS YEAR ALRIGHT
/bursts into tears
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 30, 2009 10:56 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well for the Wild Card yeah
Even that though we had to come from way behind to get
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 30, 2009 11:26 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
SHUT UP
/sobs
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 30, 2009 11:47 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
People are gonna see this thread from three days ago
with like 30 new comments and think something big went down
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 30, 2009 11:58 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
nope, just a meaningless debate
about two 1B who aren’t Albert Pujols
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 30, 2009 12:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
One thing with Howard
is that after his monstrous 2006, I think defenses started employing the shift on him more. That’s why his BABIP dropped and stuff. That’s not to say that had teams not put the shift on Howard in seasons after 2006, those seasons would have resembled 2006, but it does account for some of the drop.
Also, I think scouting reports caught up with him.
This is also why I think Carlos Pena had an insane year and is now just a good 3true outcomes guy.
"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 29, 2009 8:51 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm glad you mentioned WAR being erratic
I almost wrote a fanpost about that using examples from around MLB saying that there is no way UZR can be telling the whole story.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 28, 2009 12:11 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
therein lies the rub
I don’t much like uzr either. I suspect it might even contribute more error to my series than park effects etc.
Interesting note: fangraphs ran a story three weeks ago where they plotted every team’s actual wins against their total WAR. They got about an 83% correlation, similar to pyth W/L correlation. So it does decently on a large scale, but I still think it has issues on a fiber scale
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 28, 2009 10:42 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently someone in NY or Philly or something brought up UZR
pointed at Teix’s negative UZR and Howard’s positive, and an absolute shitstorm erupted about how all stats must be fake because Teix is a good 1B etc etc etc etc
they didn’t mention that fielding metrics are like the shakiest things ever.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 28, 2009 12:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I missed that
Was it an article or on the radio.
It must have been funny.
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 28, 2009 1:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe it was the radio, WPI or something
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Oct 28, 2009 2:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recent FanPosts
Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
- Musical interlude: Gordon Beckham and Jake Peavy 'Take It Easy'
- Confirmation that Albert Pujols comes from another planet
- How long can Derek Jeter continue to defy the effects of aging?
- Desert Drive: When the routine reveals itself to be anything but
- Rickey Henderson's 80-steal projection doesn't faze Rajai Davis
SBNation.com Recent Stories
Blogroll
News and Stuff:
Official Rockies Site
Rocky Mountain News
Denver Post
Inside the Rockies
Hardball in the Rockies (Thomas Harding's blog)
The Growing Colorado Rockies Blog Avalanche:
Diamond in the Rox
Denver Baseball Observer
Rox Head
Rockies Photo Blog
Inside the Humidor
Purple Rox Squad
Rockpile Rant
View from the Rockpile
I Live for This
Rocky Mountain Way
Rockies Review
Rockiescast
Other Colorado Rockies forums/discussions:
TheScoreBoards.com
Colorado Sports blogs:
Mile High Report (Denver Broncos)
BroncoTalk (Denver Broncos)
Mile High Hockey (Colorado Avalanche)
Denver Stiffs (Denver Nuggets)
The Ralphie Report (CU Buffaloes)
Certain photos copyright © 2010 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
