Phillies 7, Rockies 5

by Rox Girl on Apr 12, 2009 6:02 PM MDT in Rockies Game Wraps

Taking advantage of big fat juicy hanging pitches with runners in scoring position. Homers when they were needed. Timely pitching and a bullpen that stopped the bleeding. Nine innings of baseball rather than two.

One team played like a championship caliber club in Denver on Sunday, it wasn't the 3-3 Rockies. Kudos to the Phils for a fine upheaval of our spirits there. Our dynamic 8th/9th duo of Manny Corpas and Huston Street are getting most of our scrutiny for the two run home runs each served up, but where was the offense after the second inning? Why did it take until the ninth before the team seemed to start taking pitches and battling in their AB's again? Anyway, I've got a bat taste in my mouth that's still lingering,

blech blech blech blech.

I'm going to cut this thing short. Let's come back with a more complete game against the Cubs.

THE BIG QUESTION: Did the Rockies learn anything from this loss?

WRAP RATING: Nem chua, a Vietnamese sour wrap.

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I've learned something, not sure if the Rockies have

but Fowler really should be in there everyday – apologies to Seth Smith, but he’s really exciting to watch and he also doesn’t look like a rookie, he looks like someone who has been in the game (except when he tries to go from second to third on a grounder to short)…

by Resolution on Apr 12, 2009 6:35 PM MDT reply actions

second this

Fowler may be just hitting a hot bat right now, but Glove + Hot Bat = Start

Average Glove + Cold Bat = Bench

I’ve been the biggest Smith proponent thus far I’d wager, but we need the oomph right now.

And knowing Hurdle, Smith will still get his ABs somehow.

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by Andrew Martin on Apr 12, 2009 6:47 PM MDT up reply actions

Yea like

I was about Seth Smith starting, I think he’s a fine player, and even though he had some big shoes to fill I figured the team would improve in other areas to offset Holliday, but once they decided to roster Fowler I just wanted them to give him regular playing time. Now not only is Fowler on the team, but he’s pretty much outplaying the competition, he really needs to be penciled in there 5 out of 6 days. Like you said, hot bat and stellar defense > cold bat and avg defense.

This team is so exciting to watch with Fowler leading off, Spilborghs getting starts, and Helton and Tulo rebounding.

So far though I’ve been unimpressed with the way Hurdle has decided to rotate players, like Stewart getting the opening day start with Cook pitching and then Barmes starting with Ubaldo – that was somewhat counter intuitive. As well as Stewart “playing” left field last night. Or Huston Street and Corpas getting work in last night when the team was down by three and when there’s not an off-day for the next two days. Not giving Fowler regular playing time is just another layer.

by Resolution on Apr 12, 2009 7:00 PM MDT up reply actions

Smith is Nix-ing himself

No more of this “get PT to get himself started” nonsense. Fowler is playing better, and should get the starts.

And someone needs to tell Iannetta that the season started.

Baseball in the freezing cold is lame.

by Teekalong on Apr 12, 2009 7:51 PM MDT up reply actions

yea, does anyone else think it's unusual

that a guy with such a good eye strikes out so much? And I know Adam Dunn has a great eye and strikes out a ton, but the way Iannetta k’s is just frustrating. He just watched a pitch right down the middle today and k’d. Yesterday he took a pitch on the outside corner, it may have been a ball – it was pretty borderline, but with two strikes you protect. He’s too passive or something…

by Resolution on Apr 12, 2009 7:55 PM MDT up reply actions

Uh, yeah

And someone needs to tell Iannetta that the season started.

CDI, love you, mean it. But dude. We’re six games in now. k?

The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. ~Gabe Paul

by rockhead on Apr 12, 2009 8:36 PM MDT up reply actions

I've learned something too...

Bring a poncho. And a blanket. And a dry change of clothing. In all my years, I don’t think I’ve ever been to as cold, as wet, a ballgame ever.

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by Mondogarage on Apr 12, 2009 6:40 PM MDT reply actions

I second that.

I don’t ever remember being that cold! The best thing I can say is we left at the end of the 6th before my hands fell off, so I missed the whole breaking down of the bullpen thing.

by PurpleGlove on Apr 12, 2009 7:21 PM MDT up reply actions

Chicago weather for Monday...

Sounds even nastier than Denver was today…

Monday
Rain showers. Unseasonably cool. Highs in the mid 40s. East winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph until late afternoon. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.

by DeepPurple on Apr 12, 2009 7:35 PM MDT up reply actions

I learned something

The Phillies will kill mistakes…and they aren’t too shabby with good pitches.

The team really needs to believe in itself. Not forget Spring Training, and plate discipline, and HUSTLE.

Now for the positive side of things: We really needed the rain

"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009

by Redhawk on Apr 12, 2009 6:52 PM MDT reply actions

What did I learn...

Well, I remembered just how stressful Rockies games can be for me…all of my suitemates here think I’m insane for randomly yelling at my computer, or give me rather pitying smiles if they know about baseball.

Isn’t it funny how every game seems like it should be the last one and is accordingly agonizing? We’re six games into the season, and the fact that we have 156 to go seems incomprehensible to me. It’s impossibly long, and yet I feel as though all games are “must win” and it drives me crazy when they’re losses.

I learned that trying to watch baseball and do homework at the same time can only work in a certain mindset, and doing both for two days in a row leads to a very tired out brain.

And I will stand by my original feeling about this season until something proves me wrong: I do not believe the Rockies will ever be truly successful so long as Hurdle is the manager of this team. Now, I know it’s not his fault that the pitchers don’t make pitches, the hitters leave a small village on base. I won’t blame him for any of that. Nevertheless, I have the feeling and I don’t think I’m entirely wrong in doing so, that he is not a winning manager.

Also, the bullpen scares me.

by Squeaky on Apr 12, 2009 7:03 PM MDT reply actions

No Pebble Report,

but Christian Friedrich owned Kannapolis today.

"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln

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by Russ Oates on Apr 12, 2009 7:24 PM MDT reply actions

sweeeet

by Resolution on Apr 12, 2009 7:27 PM MDT up reply actions

I learned

that I should just keep my mouth shut. I said I had a good feeling about the game, since I wasn’t at Coors to curse the team, and yet they still lost. Maybe I need to…stand between the field?

"Admirably obsessive." - Uni Watch, March 24th, 2009

by oo_nrb on Apr 12, 2009 7:29 PM MDT reply actions

Quick question, Russ

I’m trying to put a pic in my sig, but it won’t let me use HTML, BBcode, or that weird exclamation point thing. Do we have that feature turned off? I won’t be heartbroken if we do or anything, I’m just curious.

"Admirably obsessive." - Uni Watch, March 24th, 2009

!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/oo_nrb/purplerow_sig.png!

by oo_nrb on Apr 12, 2009 7:32 PM MDT up reply actions

Beats me.

I’m not sure we can do that. Have you seen it elsewhere around the network?

"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln

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by Russ Oates on Apr 12, 2009 7:44 PM MDT up reply actions

I could've sworn

I saw a user over at Over the Monster have one during the 07 WS. Maybe when the layout and stuff changed, that feature went too?

"Admirably obsessive." - Uni Watch, March 24th, 2009

by oo_nrb on Apr 12, 2009 8:40 PM MDT up reply actions

Yeah, I remember now

Some user there had a sig pic of Manny standing in front of a big Dunkin’ Donuts sign. But I just went over and checked, and there are no sig pics to be found, so I think that feature did get bumped. Oh well, thanks for checking in Russ.

"Admirably obsessive." - Uni Watch, March 24th, 2009

by oo_nrb on Apr 12, 2009 8:46 PM MDT up reply actions