Game #10: Aaron Cook vs. Chad Billingsley
by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 12:45 PM MDT
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PrintToday's game is a big one. A win today would mean a lot - that either Aaron Cook had his first great start or the lineup brutalized Billingsley. It would cleanse our palette from the bitter taste from yesterday's bullpen meltdown. It would mean halting LA's six game winning streak. It would give Colorado a very legitimate chance to steal a series on the road against a hot Los Angeles team, as the Rockies have a significant advantage in tomorrow's pitching match-up - and a win there means just one series loss in four so far. This is the kind of game you want your Opening Day starter to win.
If you are tired of George Frazier, the game is on Fox.
Aaron Cook was at his absolute best against Los Angeles in 2008. In fact, he owned the Dodgers - in 23.2 IP covering three starts, Red surrendered just three runs for an ERA of 1.14. Only Arizona struck out against Cook more last season.
Chad Billingsley faced the Rockies twice last year, posting nearly identical starts with 6 IP and 2 runs allowed in each. He is 1-2 with a 5.30 ERA vs. Colorado in his career.
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Infomercial's over.
Too bad there’s no pregame. I doubt TWIB will mention the Rockies at all.
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i get stuck with the cubs
ugh
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 1:01 PM MDT reply actions
Move to CO
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 1:02 PM MDT up reply actions
i should after i get registered as a MA
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 1:03 PM MDT up reply actions
At least the Cubs are a local team
so that makes sense. I’m stuck with Indians/Yankees here, neither of which are anywhere close.
MLB network
has the 64 Cardinals Yankees series on.
Curt Floyd……take that Cubs!
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
lets go Rox!
Offense, please show up for all 9 innings today
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 1:07 PM MDT reply actions
The offense is ranked 27th in batting average
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 1:36 PM MDT up reply actions
lineups?
Usually somewhere has them by now. I assume Todd will sit b/c it’s a day game after a night game. What about Destructoslump?
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I don't know
I’m not getting anything either
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 1:37 PM MDT up reply actions
Bob Gibson
his k game…on MLB network
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much better
than watching TWIB blab on about the Yankees and Mets.
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 1:11 PM MDT up reply actions
5-2 10 inning complete game by Bob Gibson
and his big k game was in ’69 against the Tigers
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
*sigh...
another game I’ll have to DVR and watch later (that’s 9 of 10 so far this year)…weak.
Homework sucks…and when it is tax accounting, it sucks sooooo much more.
Eschew Obfuscation!
Oh...and GO ROCKIES!
Do I think they will win? Not if they hit like they did for the last 8 innings. But there’s a chance.
Eschew Obfuscation!
Eric Karros
just said Matt Kemp and James Loney will be in the next wave of superstars. They’ll be good, but calling them future superstars is a bit much. Maybe mayo/hot dog talk will be better than national tv homerism
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 1:38 PM MDT reply actions
Seriously
After one batter, Karros says it looks like it could be a long day for the Rockies
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 1:42 PM MDT up reply actions
no game day?
and no starting line us yet?
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Apparently Stewart is starting as DH
according to FOX
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 1:40 PM MDT up reply actions
we have a DH...and no 2nd baseman
way to go Fox
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The fox sports graphic
Shows Ian Stewart playing DH today.
And it appears we’re going without a 2nd baseman.
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Hehe, I saw
Psh, we don’t need a 2B. Helton and Tulo can cover that hole together
by Greg Stanwood on Apr 18, 2009 1:40 PM MDT up reply actions
FOX coverage is awful
On their starting lineup, Stewart was listed as the DH, and no 2B was listed
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 1:40 PM MDT reply actions
Spilly
3 strikes down
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 1:41 PM MDT reply actions
that was on the freakin Chaulk!
wow…bad call
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Still no lineup widget
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 1:42 PM MDT reply actions
Russ would have had it up by now
:P
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I mean there is no data programmed into the widget
I might have to write it by scratch
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 1:48 PM MDT up reply actions
don't worry about it
not many of us here anyway
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sorry...
you mean lead off the game? that would be easy to find. Leading off each inning? a lot harder to add up
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.220 OBP for Rockies hitters in the #1 spot in the lineup
.167 Spils, .261 Dex
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 1:50 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm almost clueless about stats like that
but there is no way on this earth that that is a good thing
take out Atkins and Hawpe
our hitting is pretty damn bad at the moment
and hitting is a big key in scoring runs
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
Well Willy T was run out of time because he only managed a .310 OBP
so yeah….that’s bad
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Helton groundout to 1B
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 1:45 PM MDT reply actions
Damn Todd
at least you got around to pull it to the right side
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for both teams combined? Or just the Rockies?
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1 pitch single.
Oh boy…
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 1:49 PM MDT reply actions
This looks like an exhibition game
Stands are really empty
it was orginally schedueled as a night game and on short notice switched on request of Foxsports
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by germanrockie on Apr 18, 2009 1:53 PM MDT up reply actions
All those Californians are going to show up at 7PM
and go: “WTF?”
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 1:54 PM MDT up reply actions
It wasn't that short notice
At least two weeks ago, Fox was advertising this game as being a Fox broadcast…
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nice strike call on manny
ball was almost over his head
HUGE
strike zone today…at least it’s both ways. All one can ask for….well that and it not change as the game goes along
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oh well
it was gonna happen sooner or later i suppose
It was his first career reg season HR against COL
We were the last team remaining on his checklist
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:11 PM MDT up reply actions
what happened?
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 1:56 PM MDT reply actions
that's ok i know now
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 1:57 PM MDT up reply actions
some dude with nasty dredlocks hit a homerun
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 1:57 PM MDT up reply actions
ewwwww
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 1:57 PM MDT up reply actions
the jerk has hit a HR against all 30 MLB teams
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:01 PM MDT up reply actions
i hate him
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Cook missed location
Ramirez put it in the bleachers.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 1:57 PM MDT up reply actions
hudson single, then DP, then Manny HR, then Loney single to lf
oh, and we were k, k, ground weakly to 1st
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thx
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:00 PM MDT up reply actions
that's funny
from the way the national media talks about the NL West, you’d think there’s only one player in the division
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Atkins walk.
Please do something here offense.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 2:03 PM MDT reply actions
they're telling the truth
directv is better
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:04 PM MDT up reply actions
true
you’re obselete in the house
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:07 PM MDT up reply actions
wtf
I must have missed something, but FOX actually said something like that?
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yep they always do
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Nevermind the fact that game would be on
FOX Sports Rocky Mountain if not on regular FOX
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 2:06 PM MDT up reply actions
nice AB for Hawpe
way to foul off pitches
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
Just got here . . .
good to see that Hurdle didn’t give Spilly or Helton a day off.
Heaven forbid he ever go against his “schedule” based on what’s actually happening on the field. Yuck.
BWHAHAHAHA
Manny Ramirez sucks at fielding
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 2:07 PM MDT reply actions
ditto
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Man Ram and his awesome defense strikes again
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He couldn't see through his doorag
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LOL manny looking at his glove
No, Manny, the hole’s in your head, not the glove
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Stew groundout.
Runners to 2nd & 3rd
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 2:10 PM MDT reply actions
Stewie had to reach on that one
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That is not being productive
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 2:12 PM MDT up reply actions
wishful thinking.
productive outs don’t mean anything without something to follow them with.
by blooming rock on Apr 18, 2009 2:13 PM MDT up reply actions
What is with these K's
Billingsley’s fastball doesn’t look like it has much movement
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:12 PM MDT up reply actions
he sucks
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:12 PM MDT up reply actions
your team's SS is slumping too
I know because he’s on my fantasy team
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:18 PM MDT up reply actions
yeah alexei
what can i say?
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:19 PM MDT up reply actions
dude needs to get it together
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:19 PM MDT up reply actions
he kees swinging at balls
not in the zone and too high over his head
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:20 PM MDT up reply actions
another Tulo K....
"Never judge a player over a unit of time shorter than a month." Thomas Boswell in: Why Time Begins On Opening Day
ahh!
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Damn Tulo
How can you swing at something on your fingers at chin level
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At least we forced him to throw 26 pitches that inning
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:13 PM MDT up reply actions
no but we'll get the bullpen earlier
inshalla
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:15 PM MDT up reply actions
yorvit fails
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Still no hit by this Rox lineup
"Never judge a player over a unit of time shorter than a month." Thomas Boswell in: Why Time Begins On Opening Day
Damn it
keep both hands on the bat, and follow through
crap every 10 year old knows this
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
At least
Yorvit makes some contact. Small victory.
very little
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:15 PM MDT up reply actions
I am currently under the impression that
…..we suck.
Someone please dissuade me.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
can't help you there
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Well......um......
damn it…..I’m having a hard time staying a “Positive Pony”
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
How about
“Chris gets a nice day off or two, and will come back well rested and ready to go!”
yeah, you’re right. there’s not much to say
Um...we are 27th in MLB in batting average
That means there’s three teams that are worse!
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:16 PM MDT up reply actions
Wasn't our manager the HITTING COACH
prior to being the manager?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 2:17 PM MDT up reply actions
we're only 4-5...
through playing the world champs, the generally considered best team in the NL, three games in a park we went 1-8 last year and one against the generally considered best team in our division, and we’ve been good enoguh to be ahead in all but one of our games so far (excluding this one), and this game is only 1-0 down to a long overdue home run from one of the top five best hitting guys of the last decade
somebody is optimistic
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:18 PM MDT up reply actions
good some one can point out the good things
just feels with our hitting….down 1-0….seems as big as 10-0
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
Okay, need to rely on Cookie to keep us in this.
Until, hopefully, our offense comes around.
As if Cookie can start today, tomorrow, Monday, and Tuesday?
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He doesn't need to START
all those games….but he may be need to come out of the pen
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Pinch hit?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:16 PM MDT up reply actions
Hurdle might actually do that
while Quintanilla fumes
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:21 PM MDT up reply actions
oh hell
Fowler would have gotten that easily!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 2:19 PM MDT reply actions
why can't
we get balls to drop. And Spilly looks like a LF out there
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Thats the kind of crap you get when you are constantly rotating player positions around
Let them play one position and get comfortable in that position
Fowler gets to that
Hard to complain much about Cookie’s pitching today, tho
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Do all this flyballs mean that Cookies sinkers don't sink today?
"Never judge a player over a unit of time shorter than a month." Thomas Boswell in: Why Time Begins On Opening Day
but...but this is low altitude!
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow
Remember when Ausmus was our superstud C prospect, he’s one of the first prospects I remember constantly hearing about. Then we shipped him to SD for…was it Greg something? Harris? Man that was long ago.
Andy Ashby was in that deal too
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Greg Harris
Who was actually pretty decent for a few years….um, until we got him.
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Another single.
DP please
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 2:22 PM MDT reply actions
breathe
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:23 PM MDT up reply actions
By this rate
you’ll have expired well before the break.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
don't do anything rash
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:25 PM MDT up reply actions
good
hold the oxygen
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:30 PM MDT up reply actions
single to Juan Castro
5 hits…4 outs…not good
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
Cookie, to say the least
isn’t in top form yet. But it’s hard to point fingers, mainly because you soon run out of fingers.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
when you point at some one
four fingers are pointing back at yourself
not sure what that hell that means…..but I think it means, we are sucking all around
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
Yeah, so, I am not feeling comforted.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
we have Jason Hammel
in the pen
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
No, fetching ketchup and mustard for Frazier
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glad we traded a pitcher
with options for him.
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
Rox don't hit, the blue ones do - quite simple
"Never judge a player over a unit of time shorter than a month." Thomas Boswell in: Why Time Begins On Opening Day
need more contact guys.
Its nice if every guy in the line up can go deep, but sometimes you just need to move runners
Swing and a miss.
Billingsley K.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 2:24 PM MDT reply actions
Yeah, what's with that?
How come they’re never on TV? They have fans, you know. They don’t really get too much exposure.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
never see enough Yankees/Red Sawks games
/sarcasm off
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
why isn't it on right now????
/sarcasm back on
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:27 PM MDT up reply actions
oh lord no
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:27 PM MDT up reply actions
We need a special font for Yankees/RedSox smack
Because the regular sarcasm font just doesn’t quite do the trick.
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Spilly having some trouyble today out in CF
I’m still an advocate of Spilborghs/Fowler/Hawpe to Smith/Spilborghs/Hawpe
He's having trouble in the batters' box too
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, Kemp just cleared Spilly of OF problems
that sun’s gotta be bad today
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... again to the warning track
"Never judge a player over a unit of time shorter than a month." Thomas Boswell in: Why Time Begins On Opening Day
Yeah, I take it all back
Cookie’s playing with fire.
But if won’t matter if we can’t score.
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ok....now for some hits
cause hits get runs…and runs are key to winning a game where the one that has the most runs wins.
simple…k? got it?
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
Remember everyone
With one shining exception, seasons of Rockies baseball are long periods of dull pain punctuated with brief moments of ecstasy and followed shortly by crushed hope and deranging agony.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
perfectly said
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:29 PM MDT up reply actions
sounds like my love life
no wonder I’m a Rockies fan
sigh
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for shame
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:29 PM MDT up reply actions
I relate
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:32 PM MDT up reply actions
If it makes you feel any better, Apu
I’ve found that life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead!
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:30 PM MDT up reply actions
On the bright side
Maybe we can get Holliday back at a discount. He’s not doing much to build up his value this season…
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OF of Holliday/Fowler/Hawpe
I can deal
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Seriously
I’d trade em Seth Smith (extra) and Greg Smith back for Holliday
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That's a dealbreaker
The A’s wouldn’t take him, even if we throw in Fowler
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Okay, that was a nasty pitch
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MLB network
is up to the 66 world series….Baltimore and LA dodgers
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spilly behind in the count 0-2 already
as a lead off hitter its ok to take a pitch occasionally
his 8th in 3 games
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:32 PM MDT up reply actions
damn
now the Rockies are really pressing.
I’m sure they have seen a slider before
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I'm on radio
but did Kemp blow that one? That’s what LA radio says. He totally misplayed GA’s double last night too.
He didn't misplay it as much as just lost it in the sun
HE gave up and ducked to protect his melon until it dropped on the track
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Which reminds me
If a pop fly gets lost and stuck in that bird’s nest in ManRam’s head, does it count as a flyout?
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ground rule double
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:35 PM MDT up reply actions
Kemp should have had his sunglasses on his face instead on top of his hat
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 2:32 PM MDT reply actions
that is exactly
what LA radio guys are ranting about right now. Funny stuff.
Yeah, so what was that we were saying?
Spring training matters diddlysquat.
Oh look, a double. Imma really excited.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
At least Toddfather's having a decent AB
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He usually does
it’s just making them useful that he’s struggling with.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
Apparently on Ball one
Good job fox
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:36 PM MDT up reply actions
who are these clowns?
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:37 PM MDT up reply actions
Here comes a double down the line!
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:37 PM MDT up reply actions
Well.
If Ethier followed Kemp’s sunglasses advice
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:37 PM MDT up reply actions
Just preceded by FAIL
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its been like that with atty
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:37 PM MDT up reply actions
hey, it's twelve noon somewhere!
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:39 PM MDT up reply actions
too early
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:39 PM MDT up reply actions
let's make predictions on Rox strikeouts for today
had been 39 in the last three games
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by germanrockie on Apr 18, 2009 2:40 PM MDT up reply actions
actually we have 5, so I will go with 12
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by germanrockie on Apr 18, 2009 2:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Atkins flies out to RF
freaking offense….
Dex knows.....
by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 2:37 PM MDT reply actions
Damn, if Manny's in RF
That’s a 2 run double
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Harmless Fly, there's no sun bothering the rightfielders
"Never judge a player over a unit of time shorter than a month." Thomas Boswell in: Why Time Begins On Opening Day
So evidently the plan is the same
Be dismal for April and part of May, start showing signs of life around June, be pretty good in July, keep just falling short in August, and be out of it by September.
/fatalistic
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
Yeah, actually, you're right.
I never noticed.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
Couldn't happen to a nicer team
Except maybe the Red Sox.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
Eh? Don't say that
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:49 PM MDT up reply actions
ONE inning?
have we scored 13 runs this week?
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3 now
Just ended.
3 home runs (one a grand slam), 13 hits, one walk.
by Greg Stanwood on Apr 18, 2009 2:44 PM MDT up reply actions
They really beat up Wang
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:44 PM MDT up reply actions
I think we should probably avoid this vein of jokes
As easy as they are.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
What joke?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:45 PM MDT up reply actions
8 off Wang, 6 off Anthony Claggett
Wang has a 34.50 ERA for the season, Claggett at 81.00. Ugly game. Cleveland’s pitcher Carmona has a 9.82 ERa…ugly game.
16 runs and 14 hits. 9 outs
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:47 PM MDT up reply actions
70% of the batters faced by NYY were allowed to score so far
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:50 PM MDT up reply actions
We have exactly if you count Sunday
but if you go with the Mon-Sun week MLB does, we have just 8
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:51 PM MDT up reply actions
oh hell Cookie.
I hate you Manny
Dex knows.....
by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 2:41 PM MDT reply actions
Ditto the four'd
or should that be Ford?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 2:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Maybe
Cook shouldn’t pitch to Manny anymore today. Sort of the opposite of what JDLR was doing to Ethier yesterday.
again?
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Ugh
I’m not proud to say I have Manny on my fantasy team. But today doesn’t even help me since I’m whipping Jabberwocky in the R, HR, and RBI categories already
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:43 PM MDT up reply actions
Uggg
Can these announcers be anymore pro LA then they already are? I thought National Broadcast wern’t supposed to have bias.
ha that's funny
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 2:47 PM MDT up reply actions
Uhhhh
How long have you thought that, exactly?
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
And loves everything that comes out of NY, LA, or Boston
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There's not a single Fox show that doesn't have a bias
Except the Simpsons.
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Awwww!! The Denver Broncos???
What? I think owning the Broncos is good!
…you just don’t understand football, Marge.
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:50 PM MDT up reply actions
check out that handstamp
did this kid go to the club last night or what?
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:49 PM MDT up reply actions
didn't see that!
just looked for “pissed” and this came up…thought it was funny
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Groundout.
Stewart to Helton
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 2:48 PM MDT reply actions
unless the Rockies can actually get hits
they game is over.
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It has already been touched on....
but SERIOUSLY…can we get someone besides Mr. Dodger Eric Karros to announce our one and only nationally televised game, please?
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I agree
Or at least make it a three man both and put someone like Dante Bichette, or Larry Walker in the booth.
or Vinny Castilla
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Hawpe gave it a ride
The ride needed to be about 15 feet longer
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that and $2.00
won’t buy a beer at Coors Field
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I still worry
that Tulo is the next Bubba Crosby or Kelllahi Greene
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
or Angel Berroa...
Kellahi?
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Khalil
didn’t know if you had a pet name for him
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 2:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Bubba Crosby was an OF for the Yankees
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Haha.
Bubba Crosby exists. Kelllahi Greene does not. Neither are shortstops
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:56 PM MDT up reply actions
lmao
“Kelllahi”. I am so calling him that from now on, and nobo0dy will get it but us.
by Greg Stanwood on Apr 18, 2009 2:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Check out the front page
National story on Tulo being one of the best SSs in the game
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 2:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Booo!
We have one hit! ONE FREAKING HIT AGAIN!
Dex knows.....
by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 2:55 PM MDT reply actions
Oh my god, Tulo
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Spilly doing his best Willy T impression today
Anybody else want to see a lefty (Fowler) leadoff hitter against Billingsley?
Who did we get for him? Bruce Hurst and Andy Ashby?? Horrible move.
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Ashby and Greg Harris
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions
oh the pain of being shut out
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 3:03 PM MDT reply actions
Won't matter if we can't score
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true
Don't say nothing about A.J. Pierzynski without good cause , even if you do i will kick your butt
by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 3:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Hey everyone
For a good writeup on last nights game, check this post out on Fanhome, I couldn’t have said it better myself.
http://www.fanhome.com/forums/colorado-rockies/20119-bullpen-mismanagement-k-fire-hurdle-thread.html
Average for 09 through last night
K. Green: .227
Tulowitzki: .233
Crosboy .154
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
Tulo wins
See? Don’t worry
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 3:05 PM MDT up reply actions
but this is Slow Start Tulo we're talkin bout
would anyone like me to pull out the stats from last April?
Everybody on this blog is so quick with Hurdle bashing,
but nobody mentions the hitting coach in conjunction with all this slumps
"Never judge a player over a unit of time shorter than a month." Thomas Boswell in: Why Time Begins On Opening Day
Thats because
the Hitting Coach has proven himself to be useful, while the Manager still only has one winning season on his belt.
How many winning seasons had the former manager now hitting coach?
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by germanrockie on Apr 18, 2009 3:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Or if you want to look at it
Don Baylor: 627-689, 3 winning years, .476 Winning %
Clint the Clown: 516-597, 1 winning year, .464 Winning %
Jim Tracy: 562-572, .496 Winning %, and if you thrown out his years with the Pirates, he’s lookin pretty good.
Actually when you consider this...
Baylor’s years were the earliest expansion years, so he’s looking better than Tracy, as far as I’m concerned.
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If you're going to throw out
Tracy’s year with the Pirates, I think there’s probably at least one season that you should throw out for Hurdle. Don’t know how that would change anything, though.
And yeah, basically none of them are clear upgrades, IMO. Though Mondogarage does have a point below.
No
You don’t throw out Hurdles years with the Rockies. All of his teams have had more talent then any of the Pirates teams Tracy had to manage.
Those 2002-2003 teams were pretty bad
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Fine
You take Tracy’s years away from the Pit, you take away the 2002-2003 Years for Hurdle.
One Manager is well above .500 the other isn’t. Care to guess which one?
Which manager won multiple playoff series?
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Which manager has been to the playoffs more than once
And lost in the first round every time.
And we’re not talking about George Karl
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And if you had 2x the budget of the other manager
Then going to the playoffs and losing every time is EPIC FAIL.
Seriously, what does Tracy bring to the team that’s better than Hurdle? Saying he made multiple playoffs, with a much much larger budget, isn’t a qualification.
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Tracy also had way more team resources.
Look, I’m not disagreeing that a change may be needed away from Hurdle. I just don’t think Tracy is going to automatically make this team better.
This
Fire the lot after the season, and put a real staff together.
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well Baylor
was a big help in ST.
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
in ST
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 3:07 PM MDT up reply actions
If I could ask one question to Hurdle / the Rockies
it would be…“You all looked damn good in Spring Training….what the hell happened?”
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
hahahah
Milton Bradley got suspended for 2 games.
Dex knows.....
by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:05 PM MDT reply actions
I Hate Fox
Apparently New Mexico, home of the Albuquerque Isotopes, the AAA affiliate of the Dodgers, is in the region where the Yankees play.
Anyone know of a radio affiliate big enough to have a Listen Live option, but small enough to hide from the MLB folks?
you might
check here
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 3:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh damnit
Cook…so disappointing
Dex knows.....
by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:09 PM MDT reply actions
Final FAIL of the day
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5-0
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Think Cook didnt want to face Manny with the bases loaded?
How about you leave one center cut for Either???
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OOH MY GOSSSSSH
FAIL
FAIL
FAIL
FAIL
takes deep breath
FAIL
FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No...
He is tinkering too much with that curveball…he needs to do what he does well…stick with the change up and the sinker.
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This
He is trying to throw a slider/curveball thing and is leaving all his stuff way too high
Dex knows.....
by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:12 PM MDT up reply actions
I think he is just average
against a good team.
in fact I think that is the problem with almost everyone on this team….
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great job today guys
way to make all the experts look good so far this year….at least this time i didn’t get home and see us blow a lead like yesterday
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not today
i just got home and it’s 5-0 lol
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Apr 18, 2009 3:13 PM MDT up reply actions
oh, well then maybe you need to just stay home.
maybe it only works if you’re here for the entire game
i been here
mostly every game this year
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Apr 18, 2009 3:15 PM MDT up reply actions
we need to get back to the basics
a quote that john madden would be proud of….“We need to start out scoring the opponent to win the game”
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Apr 18, 2009 3:19 PM MDT up reply actions
wasn't "back to basics" the theme of ST?
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 3:19 PM MDT up reply actions
he makes cute figurines in the off season
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by Redhawk on Apr 18, 2009 3:13 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hammel warming.
We didn’t need to win today, NOT AT ALL
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:11 PM MDT reply actions
Of course, NOW he strikes out ManRam
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Rox suck on national TV...I think its the announcer's negative energy.
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We also suck
on regional TV this year
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
no, it's the announcer's 12 professional seasons in Dodger blue
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 3:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Manram strikes out, small consolation
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At least here's a nice boxscore
Grady Sizemore is 3-4…..in the top of the 4th inning, lol
Maybe he’ll have the cycle by the 5th
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Three cycles have been hit this week
4 in one week would be crunk.
by Greg Stanwood on Apr 18, 2009 3:15 PM MDT up reply actions
at least here in
NJ i can watch the yankees get beat down on FOX and don’t have to watch our embarassing team
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Maybe if the Dodgers...
…had Girardi or Hurdle as a manager…since they have an actual professional manager in Torre, ain’t happening…
So Rox are not so bad today as the Yankees are (2-15 at the moment)
"Never judge a player over a unit of time shorter than a month." Thomas Boswell in: Why Time Begins On Opening Day
It's not the losing that bothers me
it’s HOW badly we’ve looked doing it. I know it’s still early…but it’s time to shakes something up……
not sure what could be done besides firing Hurdle,
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
We played very well the first four games
And very poorly the last six.
by Greg Stanwood on Apr 18, 2009 3:17 PM MDT up reply actions
yea it would be nice
if we weren’t losing like THIS…some of these losses have been brutal already
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Apr 18, 2009 3:17 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't think firing Hurdle is the answer....
What is Jim Tracy going to bring to the team? Baylor found his niche.
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The differences in records
are almost negligible. It’s not like Hurdle is at .350 or something. I think you have to go deeper than just records.
With a near unlimited budget, he's better be well above .500 as a manager
Tracy’s not that great a manager, really. Though he may manage a bullpen staff better than Hurdle. I don’t think firing Hurdle just to bring in Tracy is really an upgrade.
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Well
after last nights loss and many others just like, I would Like to have manager that knew how to handle a pitching staff. is that to much to ask for?
I don't disagree that Hurdle is horrible with a staff
But there’s no evidence that Tracy’s any better.
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Speaking as a Dodgers fan who remembers the Jim Tracy years....
He’ll put your worst hitter batting 3rd(Oscar Robles), convert Yorbit into your starting 1st baseman, and take shots at your GM while claiming to be an aw shucks kind of a guy.
Hurdle may be bad, Jim Tracy is even worse.
He's a question talker!
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 3:36 PM MDT up reply actions
Nothing, but the same can be said of Tracy
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You keep calling for Tracy, yet you haven't given one reason why he's better
So how do you know the opposite?
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If you read my comments above
you would see that I actually prefer Baylor.
My question is, what has Hurdle done to prove he shouldn’t be fired? Let some others get a chance to prove they suck as well.
I'd be perfectly comfortable with Baylor as manager
But I don’t know that he’s actually interested in that.
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I don't think that's the issue.
I just don’t think any of the in-house options are an obvious, no doubt upgrade. It’s just change for change’s sake. Which I suppose may be needed.
exactly
firing a manager…does get a teams attention for like 2 months at least. Sometimes just hearing the same thing from a different voice…..
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
Excatly
How many of the Broncos do you think have/are stepping up after Shanny was canned and McD was brought in?
Dex knows.....
by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:28 PM MDT up reply actions
incomprehensible postgame quotes
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 3:25 PM MDT up reply actions
but it’s time to shakes something up……
not sure what could be done besides firing Hurdle,
Fire Hurdle, Promote Tracy to Manager, Vinny & Weiss to bench coaches.
Play Stewart and Fowler as full time starters
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:18 PM MDT up reply actions
yep
I think this is it.
Also have the balls to sit Iannetta, Tulo, and Helton, and get them to either adjust or get them to learn to like splinters. (Iannetta, I’d assume will be just fine…not sure about the other 2)
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Tracy has close to a .500 record because he never had Royce Clayton in his starting lineup.
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never had Royce Clayton in his starting lineup.
He never kept Clayton as a full time leadoff guy
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:22 PM MDT up reply actions
ha!
Rasta Clayton
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 3:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Rox go down quietly
"Never judge a player over a unit of time shorter than a month." Thomas Boswell in: Why Time Begins On Opening Day
Hammel in to pitch
Fowler to CF
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:20 PM MDT reply actions
thank you
for keeping Dex in
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 3:20 PM MDT up reply actions
almost time to get dinner
and get ready to watch the wings play….at least they won’t let me down
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It is becoming pretty
that this team is going nowhere. Their pitchin is likely the worst in their division. The relief corp is very bad. They strikeout way too much. Itmay be time to put Fowler and Stewart in there everyday and give up the ghost. This team schedule makes it very possible they will be buried and 10+ out by early May.
by PinchHitLancePainter on Apr 18, 2009 3:23 PM MDT reply actions
Agree with 'Stewart in there everyday'...
…don’t agree with the prevailing wisdom of ‘at 2B’. Bench Helton, move Atkins to 1B, Stewart starts at 3B…
yep
and if the rockies had signed Orlando Hudson to play 2nd, I’d really like that team
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
This entyire team is struggling
I find it hard to believe that Hudson wouldn’t be struggling too had we signed him.
by Greg Stanwood on Apr 18, 2009 3:32 PM MDT up reply actions
I just thought of something...
…is management off the hook for overlooking O-Dawg if they bring up EY, Jr. by mid-May?
If EY earns it
and debuts as a world-beater. But he won’t
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 3:38 PM MDT up reply actions
have you taken a look at how bad this April schedule is?
It get’s better later on, and That’s when we make our move. It’ll be like 21 days x 5
we can still do .500 in April
That would be a success
by cocainelips99 on Apr 18, 2009 3:27 PM MDT up reply actions
If we're no more than 2-3 games under .500 at April 30th
We’ll be right in the race. Our sched this month is SO much worse than anyone else’s. But we have to be 5 over .500 by the end of May…
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well, we won't be that far away from .500, even once we lose.
there’s still time. it’s 11 games into the season
I hate giving up so early
but all the positive projections for this team were based on improvements by a lot of players that are not manifest right now. And some guys that we expected to be solid at worst (Cook, Iannetta, Helton) are really looking bad so far. Its still too early to throw in the towel, but its hard to see the sunny side anymore.
And if it wasn’t obvious before (it was) the Dodgers are a LOT better than we are and its unrealistic to think we can compete with them as presently constituted.
Dex, Stew, Morales…let’s see what they have.
agreed
though I’d add Tulo to your list and possibly Atkins
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
Look at the schedule though
the first couple of months are heavy road months. They could be buried. I think they are a 70-75 win team.
by PinchHitLancePainter on Apr 18, 2009 3:25 PM MDT reply actions
ground out
Stewart to Helton
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:25 PM MDT reply actions
I was waiting for the Helton haters to come out...only took until April 19th.
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Don't get me wrong...
I loved Helton…but it has to be past-tense, because he’s a statue on the basepaths…and you can’t have that
My favorite Rockie of all time
but you have to face the facts when your done. I know how hard it is to do because I had to do it myself. It sucks because you give up the one thing you love more than anything and can nver get it back.
by PinchHitLancePainter on Apr 18, 2009 3:29 PM MDT up reply actions
and it's the manager's job
to say…“you are a part time player now……sorry”
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
Yeah but how can you put a $17M
guy on the bench? You need to talk him into retirement ASAP.
by PinchHitLancePainter on Apr 18, 2009 3:32 PM MDT up reply actions
Tracy could do it.
Hurdle, no chance.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Agree
for many, many years he was the only reason to watch this team. He’s always been exactly what I’ve wanted out of a favorite player: (1) really good; (2) a good teammate; (3) a good representative for the team. You’ll never hear me say a bad thing about Helton…but it may be past time…
I can’t even think of what jersey I’d replace my #17 with if he was gone. Lame. Get it together, Todd.
I spotted him 2 weeks
cause of his spring training.
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+100000
and most of my friends are yankee fans so we both get to be miserable today
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Apr 18, 2009 3:27 PM MDT up reply actions
2-16, middle of 4th, the Indians left the bases loaded
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by germanrockie on Apr 18, 2009 3:28 PM MDT up reply actions
left them loaded and nobody was out
should be atleast 18 19 -2 right now
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Apr 18, 2009 3:28 PM MDT up reply actions
even better.
Jackass new yorkers paying $250 to sit a million miles away and see their team get hammered. Priceless.
by cocainelips99 on Apr 18, 2009 3:30 PM MDT up reply actions
yes i love it
9 run inning on opening day….14 run inning today lmao
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Apr 18, 2009 3:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Smith walks, the miracle has yet begun ;-)
"Never judge a player over a unit of time shorter than a month." Thomas Boswell in: Why Time Begins On Opening Day
Todd HITS one
"Never judge a player over a unit of time shorter than a month." Thomas Boswell in: Why Time Begins On Opening Day
There you go Todd! Remember, Helton has never been a good April guy.
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G pops out
"Never judge a player over a unit of time shorter than a month." Thomas Boswell in: Why Time Begins On Opening Day
nah won't happen
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 3:33 PM MDT up reply actions
2 on no outs
who here actually thinks the Rockies will get a run?
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
the only way i would get back into
this game is if Hawpe hits a 3 run bomb right now
Jiri Hudler...our underrated MVP
triple close enough
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:34 PM MDT up reply actions
triple
"Never judge a player over a unit of time shorter than a month." Thomas Boswell in: Why Time Begins On Opening Day
Man, that Ethier dinger looks bad now
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My 4 year old nephew plays a better Left Field than Manny. What a joke.
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it's a good thing
Manny can’t field….or else Helton would of never scored from 1st
Jiri Hudler...our underrated MVP
like little league
when you hit it to the awkward kid on purpose
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ah look at him
Hawpe needs an oxygen tank.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:35 PM MDT reply actions
Good AB
by Hawpe there, didn’t try to pull it just took it the other way. Lets get some more of that. guys.
announcers on manny: "nice duck and roll"
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Look at the network, if it's ESPN or FOX
That’s all you need to know
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Hawpe
is the only guy on the team with a solid approach right now.
by PinchHitLancePainter on Apr 18, 2009 3:35 PM MDT reply actions
couldn't agree more
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Apr 18, 2009 3:36 PM MDT up reply actions
please no K now, at least a SF
"Never judge a player over a unit of time shorter than a month." Thomas Boswell in: Why Time Begins On Opening Day
eww yuck
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 3:37 PM MDT up reply actions
we have runs 5-2 la
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 3:37 PM MDT reply actions
and 
hmmm good i'm hungry
Don't say nothing about A.J. Pierzynski without good cause , even if you do i will kick your butt
by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 3:38 PM MDT up reply actions
wo-ha, good eye??
"Never judge a player over a unit of time shorter than a month." Thomas Boswell in: Why Time Begins On Opening Day
Sac fly!
Hawpe scores!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:38 PM MDT reply actions
I'll take the productive out
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5-3
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 3:38 PM MDT reply actions
I hate Karros....but he is just part of the FOX game of the week team.
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why couldn't we get Mark Grace?
Aut Vincam Aut Periam
by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 3:40 PM MDT up reply actions
we got him for the cubs game
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 3:41 PM MDT up reply actions
Gracie might be my favorite broadcaster right now
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 3:42 PM MDT up reply actions
If there's a possible silver lining
Probably won’t see Broxton, and Kuo can repeat last night
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With Torre, I could easily see him throwing Broxton again today.
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and that it falls off
Aut Vincam Aut Periam
by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 3:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Torre
will use him again
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Apr 18, 2009 3:41 PM MDT up reply actions
He has no clue
where a pitch is going to be when he starts swinging.
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what a single
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Announcers are clearly upset that Billingsley is having a bad inning.
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oh Yorvit the rally killer..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:41 PM MDT reply actions
its about time
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 3:41 PM MDT reply actions
i am utterly surprised that that occurred!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:43 PM MDT up reply actions
ground out
but look cooler doing it
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HBP then stared at Billingsley until his head asplode
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 3:44 PM MDT up reply actions
:-C
would have reached base somehow
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 18, 2009 3:44 PM MDT up reply actions
At least the
Red Sox win, I mean I hate them, but they win.
With the Cubs, your setting the Kids up to be a failure, just like the team.
that is very true
call 911
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 3:44 PM MDT up reply actions
DeWitt almost kept us in that inning
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smack yorvit
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by pierzynskirules on Apr 18, 2009 3:43 PM MDT reply actions
well guys n gals
i’ll check in here and there….Dinner and Red Wings time….cmon rox….prove us all wrong and show some back bone
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double switch already happened
Aut Vincam Aut Periam
by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 3:45 PM MDT up reply actions
lmao
me too! Karros just really loves Manny.
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 18, 2009 3:46 PM MDT up reply actions
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 18, 2009 3:47 PM MDT reply actions
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