A Rockies Complaint/Venting Thread

by Mr. Rockie on Nov 17, 2009 4:02 AM MST Comment 65 comments

Hey guys, I'm back.

That absence from participating in Purplerow activities was needed for me to get out of baseball mode and accept the offseason as it comes

But, now that the offseason festivities have begun, I'd like to make an opportunity for everybody to get all of those complaints, what-ifs, whys and how-comes out of their system.

So, for this thread, all we will be doing is lamenting over things that have gone wrong in the organization, such as past trades, production declines in one-time greats, the seemingly cheap nature of the Monforts, and other terrible things that could not possibly be any worse.This is not to say there have not been many good things to talk about, but just for the purpose of venting all those built-up frustrations.

This thread is important as to have a place to refer people to when they start ranting about all the things wrong with the Rockies in unrelated threads. And, let's face it, there are things everybody wants to complain about that would not be appropriate in other threads. Complaints about the various methods of baseball analysis are accepted, as well.

However, please, no bashing of others on the Row.

The lamenting begins after the jump!!

Here's a few of my own personal grievances to start things off:

1.) Garrett Atkins. What happened to the guy? I really liked him and even invested in a shirt with his name on it as a present for my brother. That didn't turn out so well. It's sad that the nickname Batkins had to turn into Fatkins.

2.) The 2007 World Series. Another letdown. Enough said.

3.) The 2008 Home Opener series. Attended the first two games of that series and was very disappointed in the blowout losses. Heck, 2008 was just a bad year for the Rockies.

4.) The 2009 4th of July game. Attended this one, as well. This was probably one of the worst games I have ever been to. Had a miserable time at the stadium sitting by people obviously there only for the fireworks. Got kicked out of several sets of seats so late in the game I figured they were up for grabs. And, of course, the bullpen blew what looked like a takeaway victory.

5.) All of those games against San Francisco I went to when still a big Giants fan. I believe I only went to one game, when I was a bigger Giants fan than Rockies fan, where the Giants actually won. I sat through several cold, late nights of extra innings when I left angry because the Rockies seemed to lose to every other team but the Giants, and seemed to have an miraculous ability for late-inning rallies (which I rather enjoy now).

Ahhh...unwinding feels good.

Eat. Drink. Be Merry. But the above FanPost does not necessarily reflect the attitudes, opinions, or views of Purple Row's staff (unless, of course, it's written by the staff [and even then, it still might not]).

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Huston Street can't get a strike 3 called for him.

OF COURSE Ryan Howard is going to be mister clutch if you give him 7 strikes to work with!

grumble grumble.

I was really bummed to see that the GMs voted against more instant replay in baseball. Teams like the Rockies can’t get calls against teams like the Phils, and they never will…

Rocktober > Christmas + Birthday

by fantasyfencing on Nov 17, 2009 7:06 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

Game 4 of the NLDS obviously...

When I was jumping around after Torrealba’s hit and stepped on a pushpin that went all the way into my foot. I didn’t care at the time, but the pain that night was twofold.

Also that the Rockies don’t play the Mets on a weekend in NY. I’ll probably have to settle for the Pittsburgh series once again, but perhaps they’ll win this time since it’s after the Trade Deadline and most of Pittsburgh’s good players will have been traded.

by lunchbox8484 on Nov 17, 2009 7:54 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

I think this is an absolutely great idea for a thread. I'm sure it will become one of my most visited.

That being said…………..We’ve always grumbled about the number of Cubs fans but what really got me this year was the number of Dodgers T-shirt fans at Coors. Absolutely disgraceful. I’d wear rags before I wore that crap.

And the number of backward K’s on our hitters this year was disgraceful. You just gotta be more aggressive with two strikes. (Except Barmes of course who never saw a two strike pitch he didn’t like). There I feel much better.

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby

by pedalpusher on Nov 17, 2009 8:52 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

I felt

Like I was bad luck for the team last year. They only won one of the games I went to…I knew I shouldn’t have gottten playoff tickets…

the time between the season ending and spring training makes me feel dead inside.

by Maria M on Nov 17, 2009 9:32 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

sorry that's too bad. My record was 7-2.

130+ long days till we meet again...

by prettyinpurple on Nov 24, 2009 7:18 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Dante Bichette was robbed of the 1995 MVP

And that Greg Harris trade SUUUUUUCKED

"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton

by Franchise26 on Nov 17, 2009 9:34 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

Hookers have gotten a lot cheaper since Denny Neagle left town

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

by Mondogarage on Nov 17, 2009 11:48 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

This should not be registered as a "complaint"

Unless you’re a pimp, in this tough economy.

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

by Mondogarage on Nov 17, 2009 11:49 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Well if you're paying only $40 for a hooker in the first place

then there’s not really too much to complain about

unless the hooker looks like Denny Neagle’s hooker, then by all means complain

Waiting out the Rockies' offseason by watching the Broncos succeeding at not failing to fail once the giddy rush of success has failed.

by Silverblood on Nov 17, 2009 2:57 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

The reason Denny didn't complain about the looks...

….his $40 was for four days. Vat a Bahrgain!

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

by Mondogarage on Nov 17, 2009 4:23 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Jeff Baker for Al Albuquerque??!!

by StickRat on Nov 18, 2009 10:19 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

We get no gold glove love

in either 2007 or 2009

JFK

by jrockies on Nov 18, 2009 12:50 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Obviously instant replay needs to be put in, but baseball will never do that.

People still like Jorge De La Rosa. I still cannot for the life of me figure out why.

Bills fan? In Colorado? It's more likely than you think.

by UZ on Nov 18, 2009 4:57 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

You seem to be about the only one around here who can't figure it out.

Eschew Obfuscation!

by Jeff Aberle on Nov 18, 2009 6:37 PM MST up reply actions 4 recs

rec

I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase

by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 18, 2009 9:26 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I can't understand why you dislike De La Rosa so much

Perhaps you can enlighten all of us on why he is so bad

I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase

by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 18, 2009 9:28 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I guess we'll just be glad on your behalf

that your life doesn’t depend on figuring it out. Jorge will take care of the rest.

"Don't tell me about the world. Not today. It's springtime and they're knocking baseballs around fields where the grass is damp and green in the morning and the kids are trying to hit the curve ball." -Pete Hamill

by Bryce on Nov 18, 2009 11:34 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

This guy also can't understand why people like:

-Todd Helton
-iTunes
-“The Office”
-ice cream
-the 1st Amendment
-HDTV
-watching a winning football team

"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton

by Franchise26 on Nov 19, 2009 8:27 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't like the office

steve carrell’s brand of humor is like nails on the chalkboard of my spine, and it actually makes the show so unpleasant for me it’s not worth watching for the Dwight and Jim shenanigans.

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Nov 19, 2009 8:32 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I think it's funny and I don't mind Steve Carrell

but I have issues with UNCOMFORTABLE and AWKWARD in my entertainment. It makes me squirm and want to hide. And The Office has too much of it for me.

by holly96 on Nov 19, 2009 12:28 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

this is pretty much exactly what I think

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Nov 19, 2009 2:22 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

the guy that plays Ryan is the writer and producer, i believe, so its not all carell's humor

Agreed though that his character is grating. The only episode I saw in the last three years was the dinner party – the height of awkwardness. I’m getting into it now. Oh Pam

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 19, 2009 6:40 PM MST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

I have such a crush on pam

well, had. I don’t watch the show anymore.

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Nov 19, 2009 8:34 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

My attraction to her is decreasing as her self-esteem is increasing...she's less cute and more annoying.

Is that wrong?

Eschew Obfuscation!

by Jeff Aberle on Nov 19, 2009 10:22 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

wrong...I guess not

but you may consider seeing a therapist for your latent misogyny.

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Nov 19, 2009 10:42 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh my, she's lovely.

Lovely, she is. Zooey Deschanel levels of lovely.

by biondino on Nov 20, 2009 6:54 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

that is the definition of lovely

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 20, 2009 7:05 AM MST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

ok maybe I'm crazy

but is Katy Perry just the spitting image of Zooey Deschanel?

(I’d totally ask her out for coffee/dinner too)

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Nov 20, 2009 8:49 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, yes she is

But slightly less lovely. Also she’s dating Russell Brand and everyone knows where he’s been (i.e. everywhere).

by biondino on Nov 20, 2009 9:24 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

see, things I never knew

or looked into whatsoever

yeah i’d pick zooey too

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Nov 20, 2009 9:35 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

And slightly less talented, and vastly less intersting

And a total sellout. She went from being a “Christian pop” performer to being a common Britney-tramp, because she saw the dolla signs…

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

by Mondogarage on Nov 20, 2009 12:13 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, thank you.

I cannot stand Katy Perry. She makes me physically angry. She’s not provocative because that’s who she is, she’s provocative because she thought it would get her ahead. I have no use for her. I’ll admit that a couple of her songs have catchy riffs, but I refuse to ever listen on principle.

by holly96 on Nov 20, 2009 3:34 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I have heard that from a lot of people actually

But I haven’t seen past season 4, so I can’t say

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 20, 2009 7:03 AM MST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

yep that's about my boat

I tried starting over again and past a certain point I simply stopped caring.

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Nov 20, 2009 8:49 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

It's really quite bad now.

NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS

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by Russ Oates on Nov 20, 2009 9:42 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

good, I'm not missing out!

/watches SG:1 reruns

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Nov 20, 2009 10:10 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I happen to still like it a lot, but it plays very well to my sense of humor.

Eschew Obfuscation!

by Jeff Aberle on Nov 20, 2009 10:32 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Just one of the producers

The woman who plays Kelly Kapoor has also written and produced episodes.

Oh yeah, the guy who plays Ryan, and Jim, went to high school together (or was it college, I forget)

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

by Mondogarage on Nov 20, 2009 7:45 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

We are complete opposites. Except for the last one. I’m a Bills fan.

by lunchbox8484 on Nov 19, 2009 10:42 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I think that setting the Rockies record

for most strikeouts by a lefty has something to do with it.

"Admirably obsessive." - Uni Watch, March 24th, 2009
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"Even our depth has depth." - Silverblood

by oo_nrb on Nov 20, 2009 2:29 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

and the franchise marks for single-season K/9

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Nov 20, 2009 3:49 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

And the fact that the team went 19-3 in the games he started in June through September

I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase

by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 20, 2009 3:56 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

how I hate him

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Nov 20, 2009 4:20 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

You're wrong

It has to be the fact that he is the only pitcher in over a century to win 16 after starting 0-6.

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

by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 23, 2009 11:27 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

WINS

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Nov 23, 2009 11:42 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

One word.....DINGER!

I can’t stand our fat mascot whose outfit must be threadbare by now. Dinger was hatched in the 1993 season, and I was hoping he wouldn’t live any longer than a pet lapdog.

Let’s get a modern, sleek, athletic-looking FUNNY mascot. ‘Ya know, someone like ROCKY from the Nuggets. Not Rocky himself, but a character that would liven things up, appeal to more than just toddlers, and not embarrass us. That’s all I wish for this offseason, besides a new 2nd baseman.

No more Dinger! I can dream, can’t I?

by GoRoxGo on Nov 19, 2009 5:17 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Let's bring up that Fox from Colorado Springs. Might have to change his name from Socks to Rox the Fox?

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby

by pedalpusher on Nov 19, 2009 9:38 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Rox the Sox sounds good,

but doesn’t he play better in smaller venues.? Coors field is so large that a smaller mascot just gets lost.

by butterfly on Nov 20, 2009 9:31 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Think it would be Rox the Fox...

And he moves around so much he could handle it. Plus ANYTHING and I mean ANYTHING would be better than Dinger.

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby

by pedalpusher on Nov 20, 2009 10:15 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Rox the Fox

I likee!

130+ long days till we meet again...

by prettyinpurple on Nov 24, 2009 7:21 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I think it would be a good thing if he got lost

Winners never quit, and quitters never win. But if you never quit *and* never win, you are an idiot

by squalene203 on Nov 21, 2009 12:48 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

DEAR DINGER, DIE IN A FIRE

130+ long days till we meet again...

by prettyinpurple on Nov 24, 2009 7:20 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Now that might be just a tad harsh, doncha think?

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby

by pedalpusher on Nov 24, 2009 9:17 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

And, what exactly would the Rockies ad campaign do with itself?

Half of them involve Dinger. And I really did like Dinger Tipping. If only because I’ve always wanted to tip Dinger over.

by blackmet on Nov 24, 2009 10:24 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

My complaint...

I am still pissed to this day at O’Dowd for letting go of my boy Jeff Salazar…

and I LIKE TODD HELTON for that poster who said they couldn’t understand why anyone likes him!

"AUGIE AUGIE AUGIE...OY OY OY!"

by Rockkstarr12 on Nov 19, 2009 10:27 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

and I LIKE TODD HELTON for that poster who said they couldn’t understand why anyone likes him!

Easy tiger, that one was a joke :)

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"Even our depth has depth." - Silverblood

by oo_nrb on Nov 20, 2009 2:32 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Todd Helton...

Okay…just I have never heard my fellow Rockies fans bash on Todd before…

And Dinger was hatched in 1994 not 1993…I was at that game…April 16th, 1994 :)

"AUGIE AUGIE AUGIE...OY OY OY!"

by Rockkstarr12 on Nov 21, 2009 2:56 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

If we have to have a dinosaur as a mascot I still want one of these

I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase

by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 20, 2009 1:12 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

The kids'll love that

The fat guy from Seinfeld, meh, not so much

Winners never quit, and quitters never win. But if you never quit *and* never win, you are an idiot

by squalene203 on Nov 21, 2009 12:49 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

.....

…Newman

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Nov 21, 2009 5:43 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

If you're Rockies jersey can't cover your entire belly..

then you shouldn’t be a part of the team.

:: Looks down at belly ::
/remark redacted

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by Charlie77 on Nov 22, 2009 12:03 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

by prettyinpurple on Nov 24, 2009 7:23 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

If only they'd be bad in our favour? ;)

by biondino on Nov 25, 2009 3:02 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

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