Rockies 9, Diamondbacks 2: Morales and company stymie Arizona, giving the Rox the series.
by Bryan Kilpatrick on Apr 8, 2009 4:54 PM MDT
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PrintFranklin Morales pitched six innings of 4-hit ball, while striking out six batters as the Colorado Rockies (2-1) defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks (1-2) by a score of 9-2.
The only real damage allowed by Morales was a solo home run off the bat of Stephen Drew in the bottom of the first inning. However, that only tied the game, as it came after Dexter Fowler's first Major League home run, off of Doug Davis, on the first pitch of the game. From there, Morales recorded all three first inning outs via the K, and continued to pitch well after that until exiting after the sixth inning.
Yorvit Torrealba and Ian Stewart, each of whom had two hits on the afternoon, also homered for the Rockies (in consecutive at-bats in the seventh inning off of Billy Buckner), who have shown exceptionally more power at this point of this season, as compared to 2008. Stewart's homer came in a pinch-hit appearance, and was the last half of the Rockies' second instance of back-to-back home runs in three games. In addition, Troy Tulowitzki walked three times and had a base hit, and Ryan Spilborgs had two hits and two RBIs.
Jason Grilli and Manny Corpas eached pitched a scoreless inning in relief of Morales, and Ryan Speier closed the door in the ninth, despite hitting Chris Young with a pitch and allowing him to score on a ground out.
Colorado's series victory was their first over Arizona since the 2007 National League Championship series. Despite this only being the first series of the season, it looks like the Rox are starting to get some of their swagger back. They'll look to keep the momentum going on Friday, as they open Coors Field for the 2009 season against the defending World Series champs, the Philadelphia Phillies at 2:10 PM MDT. Jason Marquis is the scheduled starter for the Rockies, and he faces a tough test - he'll go up against reigning World Series MVP Cole Hamels.
Thanks again to everybody who contributed to another great day on the Row - over 1400 comments in the game threads today!
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Can't post from work
so I couldn’t do the gameday thread, and maybe this was discussed (1400 comments is a lot to check to see if it was), BUT …
Maybe, just maybe, someone should re-think the Morales-to-AAA to keep him ready as the 5th starter plan? It’s unlikely Hammel or (shudder) Chad Gaudin is going to bring the same level of pitching. If it takes sending Morillo or even Glendon Rusch through waivers to keep Morales available, so be it.
I don’t get the interest in Gaudin. Wells, Redman, Hernandez … didn’t we bring in enough mediocre pitchers last year?
No records in the last 10 years should count.
Gaudin is borderline free
We’d be paying him prorated league min to be pitching depth. It couldn’t hurt too bad.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 8, 2009 5:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Morales needs innings to stay in a rhythm
We only need a 4-man rotation for the next couple weeks, and even after today, I’m not sure he’s one of our top-4 pitchers. Hammel could handle being a long reliever better than Morales, and we’ll have a couple weeks with Hammel in the pen and Morales in the Springs to decide who should get the next shot at starting
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 5:22 PM MDT up reply actions
I understand that reasoning
but maybe it’s JDLR’s or Marquis’ rhythm that should be considered a possible problem instead of Morales’. I.e., use your best at the Major League level. I’m not sure the Rockies’ best is Hammel or Gaudin or, perish the thought, Marquis.
A game in April = a game in September, as they say. If Morales can get more W’s like today, maintaining his rhythm in AAA shouldn’t be a primary consideration.
No records in the last 10 years should count.
And I meant to add ...
as to Gaudin being practically free, so is Kip Wells or Redman or …
No records in the last 10 years should count.
Two big caveats
Gaudin is better, and he’d be in the minors or bullpen unless an emergency arises. Should an emergency arise, he’s a LOT better at $400k than we’ve had for emergency starters the last couple years (Denny Bautista, Redman, Wells, Tim Harikkala, Russ Ortiz)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 5:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Marquis is being paid $6million this year
So he’ll be getting his starts unless he completely explodes. You have a case for JDLR, but he doesn’t have any options left, so he can’t be sent down. Besides, he earned a rotation spot last year over a larger sample space than Morales has with just a decent spring and a good first outing today. Morales needs to prove he can replicate today. Going with a 4-man rotation means more starts from Ubaldo and Cook (provided he figures out his balance issue) so that does improve the rotation for April as well.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 5:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Morales has been more consistent...
Over Marquis and JDLR in the Spring through today. He looks like the #3 starter at this point. Why would the 3rd best starter be pitching in Colorado Springs?
It's opening day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Options, $, youth, sample size and spring circumstances
Marquis spring ERA was inflated as he tinkered with things that have been scrapped. Morales had a 4.50 spring ERA and 5 HR allowed, so it’s not as if he was exactly lights out in Tucson. In fact, he had nearly half the K’s and 5 times the HR allowed as DLR despite 50% more innings…and DLR earned himself a spot last fall while Morales was stinking up the joint in a much larger sample size.
You might think hMorales is the third best starter, but he’s not. Yet.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 7:46 PM MDT up reply actions
Morales is the third best starter...
He was hurt last year, so that needs to be considered in comparison to JDLR. However when you look at the stats of all three pitchers from this Spring and their Careers then it’s evident Morales is still a better pitcher. You might counter that Morales has pitched in fewer games, but doesn’t that just prove the other two have more time to show what they really are? Meanwhile FrankieMo is making some big strides, 9Ks and shutout baseball is pretty good.
Spring/Career.…..ERA…….…….WHIP
Morales…………..4.50/4.33 ……1.36/1.39
JDLR……………..6.86/5.55….…1.64/1.65
Marquis…………10.08/4.55……1.96/1.42
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Still not buying it
though your arguments are well-founded. As I said below, I’m not really buying into Morales’ stat line tonight. He pitched well, but he had a 12-0 FB/GB ratio (for context the pen was the opposite at 1-7).
He was also quite wild despite walking only one. Only 62.6% of his pitches were strikes (quite low) and he hit seven 3-ball counts, and a couple of those easily could have been walks with a different ump.
Success is not sustainable with those peripherals. On a different day, he easily could have given up 5 runs.
I agree Franklin is making some big strides. But as I said above for comparisons, scrap Marquis’ spring due to his tinkering and the fact that his long career is a better predicter, and scrap JDLR because he was nearly as good. Morales was really babied down the stretch in 2007. Marquis and JDLR’s regular season success is more recent, while Morales was all but a lost cause last year. He probably was hurt – call me a skeptic, but after his atrocious 08, I just have to see the turn-around in a greater time interval. Like a couple weeks in the Springs. He definitely has the talent to be #3, but there’s no way I put him due to five weeks of decent after 6 months of terrible.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 9, 2009 12:08 AM MDT up reply actions
Sounds like you agree with Hurdle...
Marquis and JDLR better perform in their next two starts, otherwise Cook and Uball will have to be perfect in their starts.
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I suppose I do, though that is not always the case
I tend to be conservative about young players, so keep that in mind. I was dead-set against Fowler making the roster, but he’s doing well so far. I’m happy to be proven wrong. I will also admit I have been skeptical about Morales since Rocktober, so my conservative ideals are admittedly strengthened my my bias in this case. I could be more convinced with another couple solid weeks.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 9, 2009 12:25 AM MDT up reply actions
In Morales' defense,
the Dbacks hitters did have either the highest or one of the highest FB:GB out ratios in the majors last year — they’re always trying to hit home runs.
Except for CoJack. So he doesn’t hit any.
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Well that may be
but that same lineup pounded seven groundball outs against the bullpen against one flyout.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 9, 2009 8:28 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm not going as far as Maris
I understand sending Morales down so he gets his regular start, and stays on until the Rockies need a 5th starter.
But WHEN the Rockies do need that 5th starter, who will it be? Hammel? Belisle? or Morales? If it’s Morales…..than who is out, cause there are no bodies out there that have options that can be moved (well, Corpas, Jimenez, and Street..but those 3 aren’t going down)?
To me this signals Hammel, with Morales being the odd man out. and that’s a shame. Morales has good stuff, and Hammel is the outsider. Unless he’s flat better than Morales….than I don’t get all these moves at the moment. Are we going to release Belisle in 2 weeks? If so…why release Morillio now? Are we so deep we can give players away?
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I don’t think they’ll actually make a decision until they need to, if Morales is dominating down on the Farm he comes up, if he’s struggling he stays. Why worry about it until then? In the meantime you have an extra reliever that can take some of the stress off the rotation and the rest of the bullpen.
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Just watched the game on my DVR...
impressive game in all facets by the Rox. Let’s keep it up!
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Awesome game.
I’m sad that tomorrow’s an off day. I don’t know what I’ll do with myself.
Also, I know not everyone likes him (I’m generally ambivalent), but at least one other person is on board the Rockies possibly surprising people. From today’s ESPN.com chat with Steve Phillips:
Deagle (Denver): Steve, Do the dodgers have the NL west locked up or do think my Rockies have a shot?
SportsNation Steve Phillips: No, the Dodgers don’t have anything locked up. I picked them to win the division, but I have some real concerns about their pitching. They are very young in their starting rotation, and young players can be very inconsistent at times. I like their offense and defense, but I have to be convinced still about their pitching. The D-Backs and Giants both have better rotations than the Dodgers. I just have questions about both of their offenses. I like the Rockies as a potential sleeper. Ubaldo Jimenez is ready to break out and become a dominant starter. He has great stuff. The Rockies will need Franklin Morales to be consistent this year, as well as their other starters. I like their bullpen depth and think they have a real chance to surprise people.
So the question is
Who is this Deagle, and why isn’t he/she getting information from the Row? Geesh. Everyone knows that the Row rules. Well, at least everyone should know.
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No way
Steve Phillips knows who Franklin Morales is. He must have had a secretary write that response. ;-)
by Brendan Scolari on Apr 9, 2009 12:30 AM MDT up reply actions
Aww...
He DID pitch in the World Series though, lest we forget. Actually, I DO want to forget his World Series debut
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 9, 2009 12:36 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah
that was two years ago though. He’s forgotten by now.
by Brendan Scolari on Apr 9, 2009 1:37 AM MDT up reply actions
Phillips only says that he
like[s] the Rockies as a potential sleeper.
I don’t think this qualifies as being “on board” the purple train. Anyway, isn’t “potential sleeper” a redundancy anyway? If a sleeper is a team that has potential but not expectations, then Phillips is only saying that the Rockies potentially have potential. This is not exactly high praise…
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Put it this way.
How often do national baseball writers mention the Rockies?
Think of any others? (Ringolsby doesn’t count)
Still waiting….
Think relative.
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The Talented Mr. Roto likes us...
Of course you’re coming from the Diamondbacks POV where the national media genuflects and stands in utter awe of your mediocrity for some reason.
That was then, this is now.
All anybody wants to talk about now is strikeouts, defense, and last year’s fail.
If anyone’s in awe, it might be at our payroll.
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I said he's on board the *possibility* that they could surprise.
Most other national media aren’t even mentioning them.
And I think you’re getting a little too much into the semantics of what he said. I highly doubt Phillips in any way meant they “potentially have potential.” He meant they could potentially surprise people.
My take is that Phillips...
probably had no idea what to say about the Rockies and put forth a generic “they could surprise people”, because that’s what the questioner wanted to hear.
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You gotta love it
Taking the Opening Series has got to be a confidence booster for this team. Dex gets his first HR, Yorvit and Shades go back to back. We’re gonna surprise this year. I feel it!
I was in a meeting alllllllllllllllllllll afternoon, so I couldn’t follow the thread, but I did manage to seek a peek at Gameday every now and then to check the score. 1400 comments tells me that no one was talking to themselves anyway. ;-)
So bring it home, guys! Can’t make Opening Day, but I’m sure gonna try to get to the park one day this weekend. Go Rockies!
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I was sitting in my office cube,
and there was about 5 people watching gameday at the same time, and when Fowler hit his homer there 6 simultaneous, rather audible cheers. Then I promptly went back to looking like I was working and instead watching gameday.
Dex knows.....
by The Lodo Magic Man on Apr 8, 2009 5:49 PM MDT reply actions
While driving to work
I can assure you, the guy next to me at the stoplight, was laughing at me as I was applauding the HR.
by rockieprogress on Apr 9, 2009 12:21 AM MDT up reply actions
18,227 total
ouch.
That’s already well below the lowest at Coors last year: 23,210 on Wednesday April 9 vs the ATL, the day before the snow out
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 6:11 PM MDT up reply actions
AZ MLB.com’s sub-headline: The Arizona lineup largely was stymied in the Diamondbacks’ 9-2 loss to the Rockies at Chase Field on Wednesday.
The Row: Rockies 9, Diamondbacks 2: Morales and company stymie Arizona, giving the Rox the series.
Would you say the Snakes are stymied or what?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 6:06 PM MDT reply actions
Well done
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 7:15 PM MDT up reply actions
This one was in our back pocket most of the way
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 6:14 PM MDT reply actions
Just for giggles
Here’s a very interesting one from today.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 6:16 PM MDT up reply actions
It was hilarious
One of the sports-talk radio guys here in Nashville said that he might throw up because of that one.
Nice bonus for the nice work, eh?
I hope he keeps his chin up, if this team realizes that it’s not just about one player, or even just about 25 in this case, it will be a very special season. Morales will be back before all is said and done, that seems pretty clear right now.
Presumably he knew the score long before now, right?
Hopefully he realizes that this isn’t so much about performance, at least not primarily.
My brother-in-law has a sign at his offices,
that says, “The reward for doing good work, is the opportunity to do more work.”
Morales is getting the opportunity to do more work. He ought to be proud!
so I had to miss todays game
can anyone tell me what they thought about Franklin’s performance (other than saying it was sick or some other superlative)?
Pretty good...can't complain
though on a different day, it might have ended differently. He had several 3-ball counts and 12 flyball outs….to zero groundouts. Drew hit a soft curve to the wall in right to add to his homer. His curve was pretty good, and his pitch count wasn’t out of control. A good start to be sure, but he didn’t pitch quite to his stat line, in my opinion
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 7:32 PM MDT up reply actions
this...
On a normal day pitching like he did, I could see him giving up between 3 and 5 runs rather than just the one. I still think that’s fine for our fifth starter.
cool thanks guys
yea I was bummed I missed it and the yahoo updates don’t tell you a thing. the dearth of ground outs is unfortunate but hopefully that will improve with time…
I got to see Ubaldo light it up last night and I’m totally stoked for this season. The only thing i noticed about Ubaldo last night was that he would have no problem getting ahead 1 and 2, or 0 and 2 but too many counts ended up full – once he learns to put people away better, he’ll be a beast.
Eek
I almost feel bad talking about Morales being wild tonight. San Diego’s third starter, Walter Silva, has thrown 27 balls and 26 strikes in getting 6 outs so far. That’s their number THREE starter. Again I ask…how could the Padres be anywhere close to Colorado this season?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 8:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, you guys got us pretty good.
Last season’s ridiculously one-sided feud was an aberration anyway, so I suppose this is to be expected.
Good luck with that Phillies lineup. I know it wasn’t an issue back on ‘07, but it hasn’t gotten any worse — if anything, swapping Ibanez for Burrell just makes them better.
Thanks, and good luck to you guys against the Dodgers,
I think both our teams wouldn’t mind seeing them in a hole early.
Yes, I agree...
I’ll be rooting for the dBacks to take 2 of 3 from the Dodgers.
It's opening day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So now it's a BAD thing Webb isn't starting Saturday...sigh
Maybe the Petit Unit will figure it all out
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 7:47 PM MDT up reply actions
I really think it might be us that has to figure the Petit Unit out,
I mean really, how can that guy be so successful?
It's a bit hard for me to believe The Big Unit
has played for 1/6 of all MLB franchises
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 8:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Somehow I knew I was forgetting one
Good call. Every division save the AL Central
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 10:32 PM MDT up reply actions
It's easy to forget the Astros
Since he was only with them for two months. What cap do you think he’ll wear in the Hall of Fame? I’m guessing the Diamondbacks.
Didn't DBS say
that he was contemplating a Mariners hat for the HOF?
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 8, 2009 11:04 PM MDT up reply actions
It's possible
Do the players get to pick which hat they wear? I was under the impression that they didn’t. His best years came with the Diamondbacks.
Seems I heard that the player has no choice of the hat
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
Author: Jim Bouton
They don't get to choose, per se,
but their preferences are taken into account.
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He brought it up during ST,
basically, to poke his thumb in the eye of the Dbacks’ FO.
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Actually I forget the 'spos instead of the 'stros
though to be fair, the last time he pitched for them, I was 2.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions
It'll be either the Mariners or Dbacks.
Completely objectively, I think it should be with Arizona — World Series win, Co-MVP, 4 straight Cy Youngs, 17th perfect game in MLB history, tied the record with a 20K game, passed that Roider Clemens for 2nd place on the all-time K list, basically, all the biggest accomplishments on his resume occurred with the Dbacks.
He had more Ws with Seattle, because he pitched more seasons with them, but that’s about it.
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Good luck with your
Petit problem on Saturday as well
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-Glendon Rusch
Rockies won, I saw some
epic guitar work, and then met Kiefer Sutherland. A very good day.
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Wow
That is a really good day
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions
And it was good.
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Hey,
whatever floats your boat, Russ. Some people are into that, I guess…
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Ellis gets an RBI single off Tito
A’s take the lead 5-4
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 8, 2009 11:08 PM MDT up reply actions
The A's left fielder
gets another run across.
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 8, 2009 11:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Angels were leading 4-0 at one point...
And Holliday struck out looking earlier in the game with RISP.
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Holliday jus got an RBI
off fuentes as well haha
Jiri Hudler...our underrated MVP
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came in late
Jiri Hudler...our underrated MVP
by TuLoRocks2008 on Apr 8, 2009 11:13 PM MDT up reply actions
RJ
is gonna be grumpier than usual. He’s gonna get even less run support with the Giants than he got last year with the Dbacks.
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Gallardo's on my fantasy team
So I get points for that, right? Even though he’s a pitcher?
(I don’t have a clue what I’m doing)
no
you don’t get points for the pitchers hitting….sadly…or good if you had Uballdo like I do in 2 leagues
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Scoresheet Baseball
If you play Scoresheet Baseball and had Gallardo in your starting pitching rotation, you will probably see him hit a HR when he bats, so there is a Sim game where pitchers’ hitting gets to play. Best fantasy game out there, by the way.
I saw that..
A walk, a weak infield hit and then a bloop to LF.
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The extra innings package is a thing of beauty.
Dodger games are worth seeing just to hear Vin Scully.
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 8, 2009 11:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Doh..
I was listening to the Padres feed, what was I thinking?
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Holliday get's a hit, RBI, against Fuentes.
Brian is getting blooped to death. The big hit should have been caught. The other guy got a 18 foot swinging bunt single.
Holliday's hit had some carry on it...
Hunter’s speed kept it from going to the wall.
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Gary Mathews JR
Mathews Jr. is the left fielder. Either he lost the ball in the lights or is totally loafing. People complain about Helton’s contract, but at least Helton is productive. Mathews Jr. is awfull. He had a great year and a great catch and turned it into a great contract. He is awful. Without the contract he would be out of baseball. He cost the Angel’s the game here.
::coughs::
Barry Zito
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by PioneerSkies on Apr 8, 2009 11:18 PM MDT up reply actions
A great year?
.313/.371/.495 is a good year, but I wouldn’t call that great given park context. But yeah, .242/.319/.357 is horrific, especially for a corner outfielder.
Smith?
Gary Matthews Jr. is worse than Murton at this point. I might even take Dan Ortmeier or Matt Miller over him.
Ironic, isn't it,
that in 2007, Eric Byrnes kept talking about how he wanted “Gary Matthews money”.
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Angels/A's
It is so sad for the fans of these teams to have to see mediocrity while we are so flush with players.
Ziegler forgot to cover 1B on the groundball to first...
Allowed the runner to get to first. Then an amazing play at 3B by Chavez after the ball bounced off of the pitcher.
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Angels outscored from the 7th on...
6-0 by the A’s.
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Oh, well.
We weren’t going to go 15-3 again this year anyway. (Although I guess it’s still possible)
Now, go club the snot out of those annoying Phillies!
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Oh.....
I should also probably add that Stewart and Spilly are both doing quite well for my fantasy team….
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What dBacks do you have on your fantasy team?
I only have one, Dan Haren.
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Young and Upton
sigh. It just seemed that in the late rounds, there were so many D-Backs available. I swear, around the 12th round, there was Upton, CoJack, Young, Tracy and Reynolds available at the top of the list, and Drew went just before that.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 9, 2009 12:10 AM MDT up reply actions
Just Byrnes, unfortunately.
Yahoo! drafted for me automatically because I missed the draft, (business that weekend) so, it being a Snakepit league, all the good Dbacks were taken by other teams.
OTOH, it kept me from valuing sentimentality over reason in possibly drafting a Dback over someone better from another team. But yeah, I ended up with Stewart as a 3B and Byrnes as my starting LF….. demoted Byrnes to the bench and picked up Spilborghs off waivers.
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I was waffling between Haren and Webb..
But I had a gut feeling Webb was going to be hurt this year. It just seems like his year to go down.
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Haren over Webb.
Webb had a slightly lower ERA last year and won more games, but Haren has better peripherals — more Ks, fewer walks, and he actually led the NL in WHIP for a large portion of last year. The reason his ERA is higher while his WHIP is lower is that he gives up more home runs than Webb does. (Until Opening Day ’09, apparently)
I think Haren’s the better pitcher — he’s just not homegrown like Webb is. Also, he doesn’t get nearly the run support. (As we saw in the first two games in this series)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 9, 2009 12:11 AM MDT up reply actions
True,
would never have heard of those guys if I didn’t spend time here.
And what could be a better present than my presence? ;-)
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The Rockies were ahead by more than three when he came in
Saves were supposed to be for relievers who finish close games, but it doesn’t always work that way. Sometimes a 3-0 lead is about as big as a 5 or 6 run lead in a high scoring contest.
Most likely, that's the way managers usually work, including Hurdlr
But given that Street pitched the day before, Hurdle may have decided to go with Speier anyway.
With the lead that large,
Speier would have had to pitch 3+ innings to earn the save.
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