Take me out of the ballgame: 7th inning bullpen collapse dooms Rockies

Just got home from that debacle. I’m very tempted to go nuclear on negative thoughts here, but I’ll limit myself to three (and I’ll leave Hurdle’s bullpen management out…ok, too late):

1. JDLR is never going to be an effective pitcher for us if he can’t go deeper into games. He was tighroping it all night, but managed to survive. But you just can’t leave the game to 4 innings of relief every time out.

2. Watching Street and Broxton is just depressing. Brox is so much better that its hardly worth talking about.

3. Iannetta is only slightly more effective at the dish than Uball right now. Dear lord, what is going on with this guy? Whatever the opposite of “breaking out” is what’s happening. I know its blasphemy to say this, and I joke about it a lot, but I really think Yorvit needs to be playing tomorrow, and probably Sunday too. CDI just looks flatly overmatched right now and he needs to get himself straight.

Ugh. Just not a fun way to spend the last 8 innings of that one after a great start. Go get ‘em tomorrow, I guess…but I’m upping my over/under on Billingsley Ks to 12.

So predictable. My friend and I called the last three innings from both sides perfectly accurate. Belisle in the 7th? Really? I said the moment he came in, this lead is gone. Nothing surprises me anymore watching the Rockies. Poor baseball and mediocre signings is the norm. No run scoring after the 1st inning, De La Rosa pulling a tightrope act only to see the bullpen completely blow it. Hard to say I’m surprised at all. Nevertheless I’ll be back tomorrow for more excruciating baseball because, well, I must be insane because I love the Rockies and always will. They can disappoint and disappoint like they always do but I keep coming back for more. Here’s to better days! Go Rox!

Went to bed when it was 3-0 in the bottom of the sixth. Not what I was hoping to wake up to. Hopefully Cookie shows up with a vintage performance this afternoon.

     Okay, I’ll add my thoughts on this game:

1) I fell asleep in the 5th inning, so it was a really good game from my perspective. Should not have checked the boxscore this morning though.
2) It was the first Rockies game I’ve seen in High-Def, and I gotta tell ya I’m not going back! That said, the players all look like mere humans now and that was somewhat disturbing. Ianetta was especially hard to watch. In High-Def you could see the frustration and doubt in his eyes when he was hitting and even (and I hope I’m wrong about this) starting to creep in when he was behind the plate. Love the guy, but it’s time for him to sit down for a couple days. Say what you will about Yorvit, but he is pretty consistantly average.
3) JDLR is always going to be a bit fragile I think, but that’s not to say he won’t also be very good. I thought the grounder he threw away was very telling, but I’m not sure of what. After the botched play you could see he was immediately upset with himself, but smiling when he got to the mound and then even more so back in the dug-out. I thought that was a good sign until it appeared like Apodaca was not in the least bit amused in the dug-out and gave him a pretty stern lecture. One could only assume about concentrating. Makes me wonder if he’s wound too tight or too loose?
4) Another game this afternoon. Let’s hope for better, it’s going to be a long season. Bucky will be back soon (?). Sounds like Street did okay. The offense will be fine. The starting pitching is looking pretty darned good. Hurdle seems like a changed man. Did I mention it’s a long season?