Rockies 5, Cubs 2
by Rox Girl on Apr 15, 2009 3:32 PM MDT
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PrintJason Marquis (2-0) was masterful and efficient on his return to Wrigley Field after being traded by the Chicago Cubs in the off season, while the middle of the Colorado Rockies lineup patiently waited out Cubs pitching to procure Wednesday's 5-2 victory. Marquis pitched seven innings, allowing just one run on five hits and two walks and helped himself at the plate with a key bases loaded two run single with two outs in the second inning. Rockies hitters seemed frustrated Cubs pitching once again, racking up 13 strikeouts, but at the same time, their selectivity paid off, as seven walks and timely contact allowed them to pull out the victory.
Manny Corpas pitched a 1-2-3 eighth, but Huston Street struggled in the ninth, giving up a solo homerun to Derrek Lee, followed by a single and a walk before being pulled in favor of Jason Grilli. After Mike Fontenot was caught stealing third by Chris Iannetta (who threw out two baserunners on the day), Grilli induced a double play to secure the victory. The Rockies are 4-4 on the season.
In all, Rockies hitters saw 182 pitches, while the Cubs saw just 137.
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Gah...
I’m happy I didn’t have to be around for this game: Rich Harden is my favorite player in the MLB hands down, and therefore it hurts my soul when he loses, and it also hurts my soul when the Rockies lose. So if Harden had to struggle, at least it was against the Rockies….
No idea
I’ve just followed him since he was called up in 2003, and have always tracked his progress and what not.
well come on
Healthy, he’s like the best pitcher in baseball.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 9:02 AM MDT up reply actions
And taller,
I’m like the best basketball player in the NBA.
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
ok you know damn well those are two different things
I will slap you silly boy
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 11:17 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh snap!
So you wanna play rough, eh??
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 11:52 AM MDT up reply actions
/Is Indignant
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 2:47 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm definitely
a big Harden fan too. He’s just completely filthy and he pretty much uses only two pitches. There’s no greater high risk, high reward player in the bigs right now.
"no greater high risk, high reward player"
Barry Bonds?
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 12:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Somehow, I knew you'd respond
with the contention that “in the bigs right now” was the operative phrase.
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 12:47 PM MDT up reply actions
Although,
Bonds might be in the bigs right now if not for the owners’ collusion.
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 12:47 PM MDT up reply actions
this this this this this this this
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 2:47 PM MDT up reply actions
Thank you, owners!
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 16, 2009 4:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Of course I would
it was a key part of the statement. Although, truthfully, I don’t think Barry Bonds brings too much risk with him performance-wise. Media attention and a circus of nonsense surrounding him might pose a different sort of risk however.
This was the Rockies' first win at Wrigley since '06
Good stuff there.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Apr 15, 2009 3:50 PM MDT reply actions
I have questions
1) Will Stewart get more time at 2nd now?
2) How great is Dexter Fowler..and why is he not starting everyday?
3) will the detractors now give credit to Jason Marquis?
4) Is Iannetta a game changer at catcher spot?
5) and WHO’S THE CLOSER NOW?
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
They're not changing closers unless Street's hurt
But I think that’s a probability based on how quickly he got the hook. I thought ball four to Fontenot was actually strike three, and Johnson’s hit was the very definition of ‘ducksnort’. You still trust your closer in that spot unless he’s physically not right, and I think that’s the case – Hurdle and Apodaca must have seen something that they didn’t like.
The good news is that Manny looked good today. And Street’s going to be FINE. Maybe he’s hurt, but it could be he just couldn’t get loose. Trust me, that can happen. Guy still has good stuff and it’s not like he’s all over the place wild. He’s going to be just fine.
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Don't you have a Matt Daley shrine to be working on?
Can’t front, that was pretty funny if it was intended in such a spirit.
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Totally in good spirit
Life’s too short. As Terry Pluto once said to long-suffering Cleveland fans (of which I am one), “Don’t let the millionaires ruin your day.” But as far as Street is concerned, I don’t think performances elsewhere automatically translate to Colorado. Street was lights out that first year, at least vs. the Tribe. He seems to have the same velocity now, but the air is always a factor (not yesterday obviously). Some guys can transition, some guys can’t. Rox fans would have more background on this then me, but wouldn’t it make sense to take good pitching performaces at CS seriously?
THE AIR IS A FACTOR???
Just to let you know that game was played in Chicago not Colorado…
by Chacinisthefuture on Apr 16, 2009 8:12 AM MDT up reply actions
Technically yes
but the differential is slight and it works both ways, it’s not faster leaving the pitchers hand but it doesn’t slow down as much on the way to the plate. However, it also doesn’t slow down on it’s way out of the park as much either, ergo more homeruns. The biggest factor they discovered when doing a lot of research on baseball in Colorado was the fact that the dryer atmosphere dried the balls out making them harder. It also made it tougher to grip the ball. Thus the Rockies installed a humidor (yes very similar to a large commercial cigar one) to store the balls and keep them at spec. size and weight and there has been a huge difference in the play at Coors.
by Chacinisthefuture on Apr 16, 2009 9:29 AM MDT up reply actions
What is this "humidor" you speak of?
Please, explain more. The humidor isn’t mentioned during every single game at Coors Field.
IIRC, the dried out ball was also lighter, and more importantly than the pitcher having difficulty gripping it, the thinner air meant there was less atmospheric reaction to the spin of the ball, meaning pitches flatten out more than they would eslewhere.
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 11:09 AM MDT up reply actions
argh.... *elsewhere
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 11:09 AM MDT up reply actions
I guess technically
hitter’s bat speed should improve slightly to negate the increased speed of the pitch.
If you really
wanna get into details that minor, the increased speed of the bat, having more mass than the ball, should impart greater power into the pitch than the increased speed of the ball can compensate for.
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 12:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Walks into Physics convention...
Looks around, mumbles, “nerds” then wanders out.
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by Charlie77 on Apr 16, 2009 12:44 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
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1. probably not, hurdle is an idiot
2. see #1
3. 2 starts does not a season make
4. yes, although that won’t stop Hurdle from taking him out every 4th game (see #1)
5. probably Street (see #1)
by Narcoleptico on Apr 15, 2009 4:02 PM MDT up reply actions
What a ray of sunshine you are!
I’ll bet you’re just a blast to watch a game with.
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I have answers
1) Will Stewart get more time at 2nd now?
GAWD I hope so
2) How great is Dexter Fowler..and why is he not starting everyday?
He will be by the start of our next homestand.
3) will the detractors now give credit to Jason Marquis?
What? That would mean giving Dan O’Down credit, for shame! ;-)
4) Is Iannetta a game changer at catcher spot?
DOOM is a multi-time allstar to be.
5) and WHO’S THE CLOSER NOW?
Street. For now. Thing is, Corpas hasn’t failed as hard, but he hasn’t quite been lights out. So you keep Street on a short leash, one or two more cracks at it, and if it’s constant fail, flip the switch. But not yet.
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Barmes had 2 AB's
that just didn’t sit well w/ me today. Its one thing to not get the job done twice w/ the bases loaded and quite another to go up to the plate hacking at everything when Harden is having trouble throwing strikes and has just walked a man to load the bases. Is he not paying attention to anything thats happening around him. Physical mistakes are excusable, but mental mistakes get annoying, epsecially the same one twice in the same game.
I also must let everyone know that some of the Rox struggles are due to the curse of my fantasy team. I have Spilly, Helton, and Street. Also I sat Helton today in favor of Davis, and 2 hits. I will keep him on my bench and I will bench Spilly soon too. I’m a little worried cause I also have Jimenez.
Also, please let Morales get another shot on Tuesday.
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Barmes
Barmes has got to be one of the most popular Rockies. How do you not like this guy? He is scrappy and has a lot of talent. He will try his best to be a better player, up until it means plate discipline. It is like Squeaky, who wants to be a Rockies fan, unles Harden is pitching.
I am sure that if you tell Barmes that he runs10 miles before each game, he will improve, then he will happily do it. Tell him to take 1,000 grounders before each game, and he will do it. Tell him to not swing at everything, and he can’t stop himself. Even if the resulting improvement would be dramatic.
Baylor or somoeone else needs to stand behind him in the cage and work on his plate discipline. They should start with a 3-2 count, and then a 2—2, 1-2 and 0-2. When he makes a poor decision they need to point it out.
I believe Barmes has no confidence when he gets two strikes. He is worried about it, so he goes up there hacking to avoid the situation.
That is my expert opinion.
As a person and a hardworker
I like the guy just fine, I just don’t think his talent level allows for him to be a starter for the Rox. Also I was specifically pointing out how he handled a couple of AB’s and was asking myself why. Does that mean I want to spit on his grave, not hardly.
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my feelings pretty much exactly
I LIKE Barmes; he just isn’t good. He has flashes of brilliance, and long, dark cold, bad streaks.
He plays excellent defense, and all in all he’s a 5th IF and a borderline starter.
Which most athletes would kill to be.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 2:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, I have some of those guys too.
Spilly and Ubaldo, at least. I also have Stewart and Fowler, but they’ve continued to do well.
After today's game
we all can say that Grilli has had “closer experience,” right?
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Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I tought Corpas should have been the closer out of spring training.
I know you don’t usually take your closer out after only a few failed chances, but what happens when there’s another guy doing better, with closer experience on your team, that was almost named closer in from the get go?
I personally say make Corpas the closer, but i thought he should have been all along.
The only reason to keep Street in the closer spot is in hopes of him becoming lights out and his problems being flukes (as was mentioned above) to up his trade value prior to the deadline. If you want a better team, put Corpas in there.
Frankly,
the idea of a set closer that only pitches the 9th inning is silly and outdated. You should use your best reliever in your highest leverage situations. 3-4-5 hitters coming up in the 8th inning? Use your closer then.
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Closer
It is really counter-productive to the team to have a closer that just pitches the 9th in save opportunities. A set-up guy will pitch the heart of the linup in the 8th and the closer gets the bottom of the linup in the 9th sometimes. That makes no sense.
We had Fuentes and Corpas. We could have swapped them based on lefty/righty match-ups and certainly been better off.
MLB has gotten to a point where saves means dollars, and because of that, the lead guy gets the saves because he deserves the dollars. It does not necessarily help the team win in all cases.
I would like to see the closer come in in the 5th inning with 2 outs and the bases loaded to get one guy rather than start out the 9th at the beginning of the inning.
Hurdle and this subject
First, as I have stated before, I like Hurdle, and do not want him to be let go.
That said, he will never change. Joe Madden will figure this out first, as Sabrematricians already suspect. Hurdle would be an excellent person to do this, because his players believe in him and will happily do what he wants. That is the good part about Hurdle. Taking advantage of the strategy portion of the game, which is only a part of the managers job, is where he is sometimes weak.
If you replace Hurdle, the next guy will handle the bullpen the same way as Hurdle.
Didn't Bill James suggest this to the Red Sox and fail...
Before Papelbon? There is a direct mention of this incident in LaRussa’s book 3 Nights in August, but my Dad borrowed it so I can’t quote directly.
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I remember reading something by Bill James
As I remember he tried out many scenarios about when to bring in the closer. I think that he found that there were better ways to use the bullpen, but they weren’t better by a whole lot.
Most important Question that everyone should be asking...
When is Franklin Morales going to be back in the Starting Rotation?
Here is his line from Colorado Springs today:
Player……IP… H ..R ..ER ..BB …SO.. HR…. ERA
Morales ..6.0 …2 …0 …0 …..5 ….4 …..0 ….0.00
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next week?
and Mark Belisle, it was nice knowing you, thanks for stopping by.
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Is Mark Belisle
going the way of Brandon Hawpe and Jeff Barmes? What will happen to Matt Belisle?
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 15, 2009 9:36 PM MDT up reply actions
Matt, Mark, Nancy
doesn’t matter…I’m not getting attached
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5 BB in 6 IP
= 7.5 BB/9
I love Frankie, but he could do much better in terms of control.
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 15, 2009 9:35 PM MDT up reply actions
I mentioned this in the other thread,
But those walks aren’t as bad as they look. Two were in the sixth inning when he was being stretched out, with greater endurance, he should be able to maintain control longer. Second, he allowed just seven baserunners total, not one of which advanced themselves or lead runners more than 90 feet. At Colorado Springs that’s an accomplishment. Finally, Morales will likely never be a low walk guy, so if you wait too long you will lose what value he can provide to the team right now. The bottom line is that at the moment he’s probably our best option for the fifth starter job. In all it was a very encouraging outing today.
I would put him as the 4th starter..
and move JDLR to #5 right now. Ugh I’m not impressed with JDLR right now.
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You mean when he...
Pitched himself out of the starting rotation….then was demoted to the bullpen?
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And then pitched himself back into the rotation
And was our best starter the last two months of the season?
Dude, STOP putting so much stock into the first week of the season, please.
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by Franchise26 on Apr 15, 2009 10:45 PM MDT up reply actions
JDLR will be fine
I know that pitching, and even just playing, but especially pitching is no fun when it is cold. No doubt I could throw a lot harder in warmer weather. These guys should be able to do ok in bad weather, but the weather has been really bad. His last perfomance had some potential as well. He will do fine.
Are you saying I should ignore the first week?
Just like we ignored JDLR’s spring ERA of 6.86 and .325 AVG against? Didn’t we play this game last year with Tulowitzki’s hitting?
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And Tulo hit .330 in the second half once he got healthy.
Unless they changed the length of the regular season to 30 games, I think we’re going to be alright. You want to panic and freak out, fine. The rest of us are going to let the grind play itself out. If the season were a ballgame you’d be wanting wholesale changes after one out and one on in the top of the first!
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by Franchise26 on Apr 15, 2009 11:07 PM MDT up reply actions
By then the Rockies were 15 games below .500
Look I’m not “freaking out”, all I said was that JDLR should be the 5th starter and I’m not very impressed with him right now. You make great points about those two turning things around last year, but by then it was too late. Am I wrong to be more excited about Morales right now over JDLR?
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You aren't necessarily wrong
But I think you are wrong to want to yank De La Rosa after one bad regular season start – against a great offense, no less. Let’s see what he does his next time out before we start to fret on him.
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by Franchise26 on Apr 15, 2009 11:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Dodgers and Giants are beating each other up tonight...
Vin Scully just finished a neat story at the start of the inning when he covered Jackie Robinson and one of the players joked about everyone wearing 42 and now he has seen it come to fruition.
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Tied at 4
heading to the bottom of the 9th.
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 15, 2009 11:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Broxton is looking good, touched 99 in that inning...
And made Molina look silly doing it. I would like to see SF win just to keep LA down.
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Brian Wilson enters the game
with the bases juiced and none out. This game is MUCH better than the Nuggets game.
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 15, 2009 11:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow, lost the game on a bases loaded walk.
That’s a tough way to lose a game.
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Wilson gets one out
but then walks Loney to drive in the winning run. LA wins 5-4.
…I should have gone to bed an hour and a half ago.
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 15, 2009 11:20 PM MDT up reply actions
Jason Marquis
more total bases than ER
equal RBI as ER
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 15, 2009 11:01 PM MDT reply actions
Rick Ankiel and Micah Owings are impressed.
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 15, 2009 11:21 PM MDT up reply actions
That's
disturbing.
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 11:03 AM MDT up reply actions
Sample size
Dear everyone,
Please, please can we call a moratorium on using meaningless stats based on tiny sample sizes as justification for any argument about players. Rox Girl has a much more valid approach, at this stage of the season in particular – looking at the individual events behind the statistics, which does give us something meaningful to discuss.
Regarding good Tulo/bad Tulo and good Jorge/bad Jorge last season – I don’t think either the positives or the negatives can be presented as stone cold evidence. Yes, a player on a good run of form is better than a player without form, but when there’s an entire winter break in between then and now, any momentum either player had will likely have been lost. Spring training is a better guide, though of course not a reliable one for any number of reasons. What ISN’T a guide is simply taking their current regular season stats and making judgments based thereon.
(btw I know you all know I know sweet fanny adams about baseball, but as a thinking poker player I know hell of good stuff about probability, sample sizes and the like)
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by frightened inmate #2 on Apr 16, 2009 7:23 AM MDT up reply actions
Wow
…out of the mouth of (baseball) babies… Valid points
by Chacinisthefuture on Apr 16, 2009 8:18 AM MDT up reply actions
thasright Doom
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 9:13 AM MDT up reply actions
No because Discipline is still very very applicable
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 2:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Just look at his OBP
it makes it more tolerable, though I’m thinking he might be getting too selective and taking pitches he could drive for hits in order to work the count and get walks
by Chacinisthefuture on Apr 16, 2009 9:30 AM MDT up reply actions
I would LOVE to see a season
with a guy batting like .120/.400/.400 or something like that.
Just for the anomalous nature of it.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 10:11 AM MDT up reply actions
Well done
It’s still sometimes fun to point out stats that obviously cannot continue, like Tulo on pace for 162 HR and Marquis driving in as many runs as he gives up.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 16, 2009 9:42 AM MDT up reply actions
USA Todays Power Ranking has the 4-4 Rockies now listed as No. 28; Cubs (5-3) are No. 1
Another indication that it’s nearly impossible for the Rox to get nationwide appreciation
28?
That’s crazy. I would think we’re a LITTLE better than that…
by A.J. Haefele on Apr 16, 2009 5:05 AM MDT up reply actions
It's because we've been playing all these bad teams
See, the Rockies didn’t really play the No. 1 Cubs and split at Wrigley, they just played a different set of Cubs and Phillies and D-backs to start the season.
well we also dropped 2 of 3 to the World Champs
therefore we must drop as far as possible in the rankings.
Power Rankings are like the consolidation of the DP comment threads. I ignore them.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 9:14 AM MDT up reply actions
So I'm not the only one
who can’t stand to read those.
by Chacinisthefuture on Apr 16, 2009 9:31 AM MDT up reply actions
we've had fanposts and polls man
it’s bad here, we cannot stand reading comments under articles.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 10:08 AM MDT up reply actions
I remember during the 07-08 offseason talking about why and why not each team should sign barry bonds
and the one about the Rockies had a commenter say “Oh it’ll work great. Move Holliday to RF, put Bonds in LF, and then move Hawpe to CF! He has a strong enough arm for CF, right?”
I laughed aloud.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 10:09 AM MDT up reply actions
As if Bonds could cover the vastness of LF...
Har, har
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Ha, as if that was the biggest joke
Come on, Hawpe in CF? Might as well play Yakkety Sax on every fly ball!
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 2:49 PM MDT up reply actions
I liked the FoxSports one this week
Which had the Marlins #1. And then in the comments the author fessed up to being a Marlins fan. Go figure, right?
I NEVER read Fox Sports anything
like anything at all. I mean, if Ringolsby wrote there, I’d read it, but I go to ESPN, MLB, or newspaper sites for baseball coverage (usually linked through mlbtraderumors).
Fox Sports just seems to be doing baseball as a filler until football season anyhow.
Oh, and Yahoo’s baseball coverage isn’t awful, although it’s about 95% fantasy anyhow.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 10:08 AM MDT up reply actions
Rosenthal?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 16, 2009 10:12 AM MDT up reply actions
yeah rosenthal's good
I just haven’t been wowed by most of the other coverage
And maybe I’m just talking out of my backside, but I never go to Fox Sports for any sports coverage, and there has to be some sort of reason.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 10:22 AM MDT up reply actions
Dbacks fans
haven’t forgiven Rosenthal for all the dumb factual errors he made while reporting on the 2007 NLDS.
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 11:05 AM MDT up reply actions
there were many, many problems with the NLCS and NLDS
Chip Caray for example.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 11:18 AM MDT up reply actions
There was
an entire inning where our team was referred to as “the Astros”.
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 11:54 AM MDT up reply actions
He also gave credit to the Rockies...
For beating the Cubs in NLDS.
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That too.
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 12:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Did you know these moon players use a humidor?
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 2:50 PM MDT up reply actions
3-6 Dbacks
ranked 24th….
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 11:12 AM MDT up reply actions
And we all know
how the d-backs showed that they were better in the opening series at AZ
by Chacinisthefuture on Apr 16, 2009 11:41 AM MDT up reply actions
That was
sorta what I was getting at….
I guess they’re ranking us higher on pure potential.
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 11:53 AM MDT up reply actions
which is retarded
It’s not the Potential rankings; it’s the Power rankings.
Whoever is hot and awesome gets a higher rating; it’s a flavor of the week contest.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 16, 2009 2:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Agreed.
They’re not really treating them like “power rankings”. They’re giving waaay too much credence to the preseason rankings.
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