Rockies End 2009 Regular Season with 5-3 Loss to Dodgers
by Jeff Aberle on Oct 4, 2009 5:46 PM MDT
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It was a game that had the atmosphere of March, not October. An assortment of regulars and scrubs played out the string on the 2009 regular season in a meaningless game 162. The Rockies fell to 92-70 (two games behind LA in the NL West), which is still their greatest record ever, and will play the Philadelphia Phillies on the road in the NLDS starting Wednesday at 12:37 MDT. Game 2 will be Thursday at 12:37 and Game 3 at Coors Field will be at 7:37.
Jason Marquis (15-13) had a rough go of it, giving up four runs in the first inning to LA's scrubs. In all, he went four innings, giving up eight hits and three walks. Six relievers (including two innings from Jason Hammel) combined to allow only one run the rest of the way.
On the other side of the coin, Vicente Padilla (12-6, 4-0 in NL) pitched very well for the Dodgers, striking out 10 Rockies in five innings. In all, Colorado struck out a staggering 17 times in the game (12 by the first five hitters in the lineup). They did manage eight hits (including Brad Hawpe's 23rd home run and Dexter Fowler's 10th triple) and even made it interesting in the ninth before falling short.
Good Cop: Hawpe (.070 WPA), Hammel (.041), Ryan Spilborghs (.039)
Bad Cop: Marquis (-.203), Eric Young Jr. (-.172), Ian Stewart (-.109)
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Bring on the Phils!
so far on CBS it has Jimenez vs Hamels lined up for game 1….Lee and Blanton in 2 n 3 for them…and they have us scheduled with Jorge and Cook for 2 n 3…but who knows with Jorge
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
ROCKTOBER HAS BEGUN!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Oct 4, 2009 5:50 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
So I think i may go with Cook
In game 2 unless Jorge is absolutely 100%. And i just can’t risk Marquis on the mound.
by Roxfan24 on Oct 4, 2009 5:50 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
yea
if Jorge can go then we can use Hammel or Contreras in Game 4…preferably Hammel
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
ROCKTOBER HAS BEGUN!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Oct 4, 2009 5:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Marquis to the bullpen after tonight I'd say
I want JDLR in Phily GM2 and Cook in Denver GM3
by Rock Oax on Oct 4, 2009 6:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Switch those around
I feel really nervous rushing DLR and pitching him in Philly where he doesn’t fare well. Cook can handle Philly just fine.
Impossible not to have positive thoughts.
I want Sam Deduno to pitch already.
by bballrox4717 on Oct 4, 2009 8:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm oddly subdued today...I don't know why...
I think I don’t want to get too excited you know….
Dear Rockies - Thank you for proving John Kruk is a pertinacious nincompoop.
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad is Back BABY!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, perched on the Wild Card, stalking the Dodgers!
by SDcat09 on Oct 4, 2009 5:53 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Did anyone listen to any postgame reports?
Dear Rockies - Thank you for proving John Kruk is a pertinacious nincompoop.
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad is Back BABY!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, perched on the Wild Card, stalking the Dodgers!
by SDcat09 on Oct 4, 2009 5:57 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't want Marquis anywhere near the rotation
EXECUTE: It's the Clutch thing to do
by Andrew Martin on Oct 4, 2009 5:59 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Me neither
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 4, 2009 7:18 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't I text you that like 4 hours ago?
by Hizilla on Oct 4, 2009 7:48 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
great minds etc
EXECUTE: It's the Clutch thing to do
by Andrew Martin on Oct 4, 2009 9:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
And thus Rocktober begins......
bring it on!
BEAT LA! BEAT LA! BEAT LA!
by prettyinpurple on Oct 4, 2009 6:03 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm ALIVE...
I know it’s disappointing, especially since I didn’t get baseball this weekend but we’re in the Playoffs. This will be fun.
HERE WE GO EVERYBODY…
"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
by jrockies on Oct 4, 2009 7:09 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
where were you
EXECUTE: It's the Clutch thing to do
by Andrew Martin on Oct 4, 2009 7:15 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
we blame him? just kidding
Dear Rockies - Thank you for proving John Kruk is a pertinacious nincompoop.
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad is Back BABY!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, perched on the Wild Card, stalking the Dodgers!
by SDcat09 on Oct 4, 2009 7:17 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was just asking where he was
EXECUTE: It's the Clutch thing to do
by Andrew Martin on Oct 4, 2009 7:18 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh I know...I was making a joke..
meaning…should we blame him? It was a failed effort…at a lame joke
Dear Rockies - Thank you for proving John Kruk is a pertinacious nincompoop.
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad is Back BABY!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, perched on the Wild Card, stalking the Dodgers!
by SDcat09 on Oct 4, 2009 7:20 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
sorry..I wasn't trying to be offensive..
Dear Rockies - Thank you for proving John Kruk is a pertinacious nincompoop.
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad is Back BABY!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, perched on the Wild Card, stalking the Dodgers!
by SDcat09 on Oct 4, 2009 7:25 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
None taken
"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
by jrockies on Oct 4, 2009 7:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks...I felt bad truly...
I was just playing around…
Dear Rockies - Thank you for proving John Kruk is a pertinacious nincompoop.
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad is Back BABY!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, perched on the Wild Card, stalking the Dodgers!
by SDcat09 on Oct 4, 2009 7:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Estes Park
on an InterVarsity retreat for the weekend
"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
by jrockies on Oct 4, 2009 7:20 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
This was a good game to sleep through
EXECUTE: It's the Clutch thing to do
by Andrew Martin on Oct 4, 2009 7:15 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Also a good game to work through
Spent the day catching up on stuff around the house that had been sorely neglected during the past 2 weeks. Didn’t see a minute of the game today and only caught the last 10 mins of the Broncos game. A productive day, all in all.
Rocktober is the best time of year, yes?
by rockhead on Oct 4, 2009 7:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
A thank you note
To Russ, Rox Girl, Jabberwocky, Poseidon’s Fist, The Old Grizzly Bear, Rockies Magic Number, Silverblood:
Thank you for all of your hard work, your great insights and humor through the 2009 regular season. I greatly appreciate your dedication and willingness to work for pretty much nothing for the sake of fans like me, and the team we all love. I will sometimes go a few days at a stretch with nothing to say, but I’m always here – reading and learning.
I’m so looking forward to the playoff coverage from all of you, and sharing the agonies and ecstasies with my fellow Rowbots. It’s gonna be magic. I feel it.
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Rocktober is the best time of year, yes?
by rockhead on Oct 4, 2009 7:48 PM MDT reply actions 9 recs
THIS.Infinity +1 and rec'd
Dear Rockies - Thank you for proving John Kruk is a pertinacious nincompoop.
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad is Back BABY!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, perched on the Wild Card, stalking the Dodgers!
by SDcat09 on Oct 4, 2009 7:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
rec'd
hellyeah!
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
ROCKTOBER HAS BEGUN!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Oct 4, 2009 7:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
And may I add that this site has been a revelation to me..
I’ve been reading and learning WAY more than I would ever have known or probably cared about before:
1) WAR, OPS, AVG and other acronyms that I don’t understand at all.
2) runs>hits>walks>strikeouts…unless said walk scores run…(still working on that conundrum)j/k
3) SABRtooth Tigers vs Old School (I stay out of those frays)
4) And last but not least, that there are people out there just having fun, appreciating the team, even if they can’t throw out stats. They just know they love the team and their favorite players..
Thanks for helping me READ and LEARN
Dear Rockies - Thank you for proving John Kruk is a pertinacious nincompoop.
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad is Back BABY!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, perched on the Wild Card, stalking the Dodgers!
by SDcat09 on Oct 4, 2009 8:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love this place
"I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline... I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - this greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle, victorious." - Vince Lombardi
by nodakroxfan on Oct 4, 2009 9:21 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
All of the above!
Except Silverblood. That chick’s just weird.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Oct 4, 2009 10:18 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I must disagree with you here
Adding weird adds balance and some fun.
"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
by jrockies on Oct 4, 2009 10:35 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rec'd about a million times
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 5, 2009 9:44 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Any word to when
we will know about the playoff roster…i assume sometime tomorrow afternoon
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
ROCKTOBER HAS BEGUN!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Oct 4, 2009 7:54 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't have to be
set until Tuesday night.
"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
by jrockies on Oct 4, 2009 7:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huston Street was on BBTN a minute ago, they're talking to Troy Renck now.
He’s thinking is JDLR for game 3. Also thinks maybe Marquis game 4. But it doesn’t sound like he has any inside info on this, just his guess.
by holly96 on Oct 4, 2009 8:15 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
yep
i want Hammel to start a game
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
ROCKTOBER HAS BEGUN!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Oct 4, 2009 8:17 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
marquis nooooooooo
EXECUTE: It's the Clutch thing to do
by Andrew Martin on Oct 4, 2009 9:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
everybody on BBTN killing us
because of the lefties situation i really hope we can prove everybody wrong and step it up vs the lefties
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
ROCKTOBER HAS BEGUN!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Oct 4, 2009 8:17 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Realistically we just need to win one in Philly
I don’t think they can beat us in Coors, especially ESPECIALLY if DLR is pitching Game 3 and if Marquis doesn’t throw Game 4.
We just need to hope that Jimenez or Cook can match Hamels or Lee. Jimenez certainly has the ability to beat them and the Phillies are an aggressive team that will play into Cook’s strategy.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see a couple of low scoring games in this series. Both team’s defenses and pitching are really good, and both offenses are hit or miss. I just pray that we see Cook in Game 2, DLR pitching in Coors, and Contreras/Hammel pitching a possible game 4.
Impossible not to have positive thoughts.
I want Sam Deduno to pitch already.
by bballrox4717 on Oct 4, 2009 8:27 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea i am feeling the same way
i believe we will get a split in Philly then win it from there
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
ROCKTOBER HAS BEGUN!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Oct 4, 2009 8:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
So nothing really changes, does it?
It was all the same back in 2007…Rockies have no chance against the Phillies, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah…and look what happened. Any lefty can have an off day, and any Rockie can become a lefty killer at any time. That’s why we play the games. I’m confident of at least a split in Philly, and then I like our chances at home with 50,000 in full throat.
Rocktober is the best time of year, yes?
by rockhead on Oct 4, 2009 8:37 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The difference...
both teams are better than they were in 2007. The Phillies have a better lineup and better rotation (albeit a worse bullpen), while the Rockies are similarly better.
I hope y’all are right, but I just don’t feel good about this matchup.
Eschew Obfuscation!
by Jeff Aberle on Oct 4, 2009 8:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well if the Rox "are similarly better",
I’m really looking forward to your next “Know Your Foe” to see why you’re so pessimistic.
Rocktober is the best time of year, yes?
by rockhead on Oct 4, 2009 8:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I left my own thought unfinished...
the Rockies are similarly better, but Tracy will play inferior players (Atkins, Spilly) due to platoon splits, putting Colorado at a serious hitting disadvantage.
Yeah, I’m worried.
Eschew Obfuscation!
by Jeff Aberle on Oct 4, 2009 9:07 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
getting outmanaged by Charlie Manuel will not be a feather in our cap
EXECUTE: It's the Clutch thing to do
by Andrew Martin on Oct 4, 2009 9:08 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see your point now
Guess we’ll just have to hope that JT got a good enough look at that mess last night and at least has food for thought now.
\crosses fingers
Rocktober is the best time of year, yes?
by rockhead on Oct 4, 2009 9:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
This
I know Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee are badass and all…but…consider this.
Philly has lost Hamels’ last 3 starts, in which he has had an ERA of 7.02 and an OPS Against of .853. Philly has lost 2 out of Lee’s last 3 starts, in which he has averaged 5IP, had an ERA of 6.32 and an OPS Against of .884 (granted he threw a complete game shutout the game before that). Anyway, my point is that these guys have not been as untouchable as ESPN would like you to think.
Their bullpen has been downright awful, JC Romero is out for this year and Brett Meyers beat his wife.
by Hizilla on Oct 4, 2009 8:48 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyway
I am very optimistic. Unless Atkins sees significant playing time.
by Hizilla on Oct 4, 2009 8:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which you know he will.
Eschew Obfuscation!
by Jeff Aberle on Oct 4, 2009 9:08 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cliff Lee =/= Manny Parra
EXECUTE: It's the Clutch thing to do
by Andrew Martin on Oct 4, 2009 9:09 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey guys...check out this link
from Troy Renck…its claiming that if DLR’s groin doesn’t respond, he’ll be left off the NLDS roster…..please tell me if read that correctly?
http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_13485224
Dear Rockies - Thank you for proving John Kruk is a pertinacious nincompoop.
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad is Back BABY!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, perched on the Wild Card, stalking the Dodgers!
by SDcat09 on Oct 4, 2009 9:14 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
yep read correctly
it isn’t a shocker i figured he would throw a bullpen session n they would decide from there.
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
ROCKTOBER HAS BEGUN!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Oct 4, 2009 9:20 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
But why leave off the roster altogether..
I was thinking DL or something…or to the BP…I was rather surprised…Can someone explain this to me?
Dear Rockies - Thank you for proving John Kruk is a pertinacious nincompoop.
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad is Back BABY!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, perched on the Wild Card, stalking the Dodgers!
by SDcat09 on Oct 4, 2009 9:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
You have to name your 25 man roster
at the beginning of each round, the only way you can replace someone is if they become injured again. It’s only a 5 game series. If he’s not going to be able to help in game 3, there’s no reason for him to be on there. They can adjust the roster before the NLCS, assuming they beat Philly.
by Hizilla on Oct 4, 2009 9:46 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmm..okay...thanks for the insights.
Dear Rockies - Thank you for proving John Kruk is a pertinacious nincompoop.
Troy Tulowitzki - THE best SS in the game..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba - En Fuego
Brad Hawpe- Big Bad Brad is Back BABY!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, perched on the Wild Card, stalking the Dodgers!
by SDcat09 on Oct 4, 2009 9:56 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
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