Game 36 Overflow Thread
by Jeff Aberle on May 17, 2009 1:13 PM MDT
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PrintRockies up 4-1 in middle of the sixth, thanks in large part to some shoddy Pirates defense. Could Huston Street get career save number 100 today?
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You set it up
that’s not fair.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
you always cheat
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:16 PM MDT up reply actions
cheater cheater
pumpkin eater
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:18 PM MDT up reply actions
nof first
get him Ubaldo
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:15 PM MDT reply actions
*not first
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:16 PM MDT up reply actions
Finish him with a K Ubaldo
this was a good inning.
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JFK
That pitch was sick
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JFK
backwards K!
siddown!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:17 PM MDT reply actions
Daley warming up.
Woot!
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JFK
Single by Yorvit
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JFK
leadoff single for Yorvit.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:19 PM MDT reply actions
kershaw strikes out the side at the bottom of the 7th
7 ip, 9 K
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no-hitter
"Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something."
- Dennis Rodman
neverrrrr
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:22 PM MDT up reply actions
I hope Huson's an idiot...
…because sending Fowler up just to lay down a bunt, instead of Smith to hit, is…iffy at best…
No helmet for Dex
this is nice.
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JFK
Stewart got a hit
and it wasn’t a home run
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JFK
single for Ian.
Ubaldo bunting here.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:22 PM MDT reply actions
Ubaldo to bunt
He will not be pitching next inning.
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JFK
Not really
we have the lead save someone for later.
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JFK
Wheel play, that is hard to pull off.
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JFK
they just did.
Yorvit dead at 3rd
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:24 PM MDT up reply actions
That wasn't the wheel play
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:25 PM MDT up reply actions
n/m
was just listening on KOA.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:26 PM MDT up reply actions
no prob
Uball failed to bunt towards third so LaRoche was able to retreat to third
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Bad bunt
Yorvit out at third. That was the only bad possibility out there.
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JFK
BIDP
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:25 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
BITP?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:26 PM MDT up reply actions
ARGH
doubled off!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:26 PM MDT reply actions
Lined to pitcher
double play.
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JFK
if we didnt have the lead,
i woulda been mad about no PH for u-ball.
but 3 runs, eh…it happens i guess
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:27 PM MDT up reply actions
You would've burned a PH just to bunt?
Who works on that more in spring, pitchers or position players?
no i woulda had the smitty swwwwing
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Unless you figure Dex could bunt 1B
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:29 PM MDT up reply actions
yes i will
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:30 PM MDT up reply actions
which obviously I hope doesn't happen
but not being angry at a horrible coaching decision just because we’re ahead is results oriented thinking.
by Narcoleptico on May 17, 2009 1:30 PM MDT up reply actions
uhhh yea i guess
but the fact that we’re up 3 doesn’t make it any better of a decision, especially when a 3 run lead is hardly reassuring with our pitiful pen.
by Narcoleptico on May 17, 2009 1:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Yes, but every game is results-oriented
But one thing I’ve learned in poker is you can’t get results-oriented in your decision making. Unless there is a 100% correct decision every time, there is variability in any individual event result, which does not make the decision made correct or incorrect. The right decision is “right” not because of the eventual result in that instance, but because it most often likely leads to that result.
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Annoyed
not mad about this situation. Mad that the rockies let 4 runs score with the back end of their bullpen.
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JFK
No madder than I was when the Pirates won 7-4
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I didn't want to be right about this, I swear to god.
I can’t watch this crap team anymore, seriously.
by Narcoleptico on May 17, 2009 1:43 PM MDT up reply actions
OH THE IRONY
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 18, 2009 12:43 AM MDT up reply actions
Daley in
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:29 PM MDT reply actions
I disagree with Jimenez hitting there...
why not let Q have an AB…its not like we’ve utilized him. Plus it helps down the road if we need him later.
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Got unlucky, if anything, that should have made it past the pitcher for FC
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Daley brings me great comfort
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If you want to fight that battle, yes
he was chosen after Reynolds. But we don’t usually pick HS pitchers that high, and Kershaw wasn’t projected to be a #2 pick.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:32 PM MDT up reply actions
Actually, I don't tend to fight that battle...
…I was just heading it off before someone who does dwell on that all the time brought it up…
Come on Matt
figure out this small K-zone
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JFK
i cant wait to see the pitch track on this one
i think it has a rather large niche inside and low
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Where was that?
down? in?
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JFK
ugh stupid umpire
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:33 PM MDT reply actions
f'ing bloop hits
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:35 PM MDT reply actions
i still have confidence in Daley
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Nice try by Murton
it was close.
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JFK
Oh man, that bounced off his glove
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:35 PM MDT reply actions
of freaking hell.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:36 PM MDT reply actions
You know how RMN wrote in CR that Daley's gotten a bit lucky and his ERA will go up sometime?
The karma has seriously gotten to him now
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:36 PM MDT reply actions
Another diving failure
that gave him the double.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
If he doesn't lay out...
…it’s a sure single and might stll score the man…
…as it is, he was half an inch from saving a run
I agree
the missed dive game him the double, the run would not have scored, but holding the runners at 1&2 would have been preferable.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
How much better RFer does it take to make that play
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Spilborghs, Smith, Murton
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:37 PM MDT up reply actions
not that much
probably replacement level defensively
by Narcoleptico on May 17, 2009 1:37 PM MDT up reply actions
Two tough breaks
Daley and Hawpe, ah jeez
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and the walk
this whole inning is facepalm
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:38 PM MDT up reply actions
The ump took out Daley
This who crew is rigged against the Rox
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That almost happened yesterday too!
I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more often, but he has to see the pitcher running right in front of that path
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:38 PM MDT up reply actions
someone needs to make a YouTube montage of all the B.S.
that has gone on over these 3 games
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:38 PM MDT up reply actions
.....and Daley stepped on he damn bat and hurt his ankle
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:37 PM MDT reply actions
Thank you umpire
for hurting our players and for not letting the rockies have the breaks.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
He tried to give Daley a break
In his ankle joint.
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by Mondogarage on May 17, 2009 1:38 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
-1
lol
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:39 PM MDT up reply actions
the ump kicked the bat right in his way...
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:38 PM MDT reply actions
we are getting Speier back, right?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Soon.
He’s on rehab assignment right now. We might have to wait a couple days for him.
by Greg Stanwood on May 17, 2009 1:41 PM MDT up reply actions
I am laughing wryly
At the ad for Ump School on mlb-tv right now.
“Become the best umpire you can be”
><
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:39 PM MDT up reply actions
-1
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:42 PM MDT up reply actions
+1 for the -1
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
HAHAHA No more no hitter for you Kershaw!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:42 PM MDT reply actions
YEEEEAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i need my parachute now.
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JFK
nice
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:43 PM MDT up reply actions
freaking tie game
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:42 PM MDT reply actions
"This whole inning is facepalm"
this is like the 4th inning for them. everything going wrong
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:43 PM MDT up reply actions
Tie game
where’s the back-up Embree?
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JFK
Ubaldo deserved better
No Win-B-There for you
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Sucks for my fantasy team and my RL team...
which is why I don’t often mix the two. Ubaldo is an exception for me.
Eschew Obfuscation!
Our starters should have many more wins
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh...boy.
Not a fan of Embree so far this year.
To be honest, though, the Rockies haven’t really lost too many in this fashion, maybe they’ve got a spark in them to win this game.
Eschew Obfuscation!
Because they showed us so much spark last night
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Friday...
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:46 PM MDT up reply actions
THE GAME IS NOT OVER
THE GAME IS NOT OVER
THE GAME IS NOT OVER
THE GAME IS NOT OVER
THE GAME IS NOT OVER
THE GAME IS NOT OVER
THE GAME IS NOT OVER
THE GAME IS NOT OVER
THE GAME IS NOT OVER
THE GAME IS NOT OVER
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:47 PM MDT up reply actions
This game was over when Embree came in to pitch
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No way
Capps isn’t great and it’s a one run game…for now
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:50 PM MDT up reply actions
is it over yet?
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:58 PM MDT up reply actions
freaking Spilly
YOU HAVE TO CATCH THE BALL
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:46 PM MDT reply actions
oh
my
Lord
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ARRRGH.
Since this is a family-friendly website I will keep it at that, but my words watching the game were rated R.
Eschew Obfuscation!
people say facepalm,
but i palmed my face SO HARD
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Agreed
I scared my grandparents
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Everybody take your turn to let a flyball bounce off your glove
Now that that game’s over, let’s get back to business
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:47 PM MDT reply actions
you’ll be mad
when the Pirates win 5-4
by Narcoleptico
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:47 PM MDT reply actions
ummm...mine was sarcasm...
…I was pointing out to TLMM and Narc that we’d most likely have still lined out of that inning…
NOOOOO
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:48 PM MDT up reply actions
paying $$ for outs
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Are these outfielders trying to get
Hurdle fired? They ALMOST make three catches, but miss all of them. Way to throw it, guys. LOL.
of course....
I’m kidding. But you gotta wonder a little bit about this “defense”.
stupid errors
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:50 PM MDT reply actions
thats what im sayin
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:51 PM MDT up reply actions
hooray
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:53 PM MDT reply actions
They don't want to play...
for Hurdle. Bottom line.
oh come on!!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:54 PM MDT reply actions
i know where this is going
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Kingery: “Larry, Curly, Moe on the bases waited for a call”
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:55 PM MDT reply actions
This should be Clint's
last game as manager. Of course, it won’t be, as hard as the bullpen and defense are trying to get him canned.
Fitting end for someone who in 8 years is less than .500
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:57 PM MDT up reply actions
in an effort to not watch this game,
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfx/location.php?xml=http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/year_2009/month_05/day_17/gid_2009_05_17_colmlb_pitmlb_1//pbp/pitchers/434622.xml&batterX=0&innings=yyyyyyyyy&sp_type=1&s_type=1
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that was U-balls zone
here is duke’s
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfx/location.php?xml=http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/year_2009/month_05/day_17/gid_2009_05_17_colmlb_pitmlb_1//pbp/pitchers/435043.xml&batterX=0&innings=yyyyyyyyy&sp_type=1&s_type=1
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:56 PM MDT up reply actions
-__-
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 1:59 PM MDT up reply actions
TV meet fist
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Hurdle meet unemployment line
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NOW he has to go.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 2:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Thing is, which play this inning do you blame on him?
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My only wish is that U-ball can be more economical
One more inning would have done us wonders
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Hey look! The BBQ is done
Time to eat outside in the sun
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2009 1:57 PM MDT reply actions
F'ing hell Hawpe.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 1:58 PM MDT reply actions
at least that was close
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 2:00 PM MDT up reply actions
not anymore
pitching failed em
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 2:00 PM MDT up reply actions
near-misses in the outfield
cost them as much as the bullpen.
just in the nick of time, before any serious damage
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by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 2:01 PM MDT up reply actions
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHGGGGHHH
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
The Expansion Rockies
of 1993 never played this bad. And I watched every game.
I went out to break ice
for my sisters graduation party and come back to this nonsense.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
What.... the.... crap.
I went to get dinner, we were up 4-1. What the diddly hell happened?!
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
I missed it too
but it is sure annoying.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
backing up the dvr...
it is ugly. well, I guess I could have just looked back through the thread’s responses to know that…
Hey, look at the bright side....
At least we won’t lose by a run!
Even after Corpas turned the pressure situation into a non-pressure situation
He’s still sucked today. Hard.
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Do Pirates fans get tacos?
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And the back of the bullpen
had been decent for quite some time → now they fail completely.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
Too bad
because Ubaldo fought all game to keep the Bucs at 1 run.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
I think 90% of this is on Corpas...
…and Hurdle for putting him on in a pressure situation…he had to know better…
Coraps had better be optioned to AAA as soon as Speier is ready.
As for Daley, if he has to go on the DL… we’ll have to add another stranger to the pen.
by Greg Stanwood on May 17, 2009 2:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Because his contract is guaranteed for at least two more years
And several more million…
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Sad to say, I agree with this.
I don’t know what the crap happened to Corpas, but he’s toast.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
Agree
He hasn’t done anything in the last year and two months.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
Did you forget May-July of last year?
Just because he had a poor beginning and poor end, you can’t stretch that over the entire year.
Not good enough, sure, but that’s an outright spin.
by Greg Stanwood on May 17, 2009 2:10 PM MDT up reply actions
I am just annoyed right now
he pitched pretty well for a good part of last year from what I remember.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
Don't worry; I empathize with your frustration.
But Corpas is worth keeping in the system now. Just not here.
by Greg Stanwood on May 17, 2009 2:12 PM MDT up reply actions
What?
It’s not like he’s out of options. We can send him down for free, no BS politics involved. There’s absolutely NO readon to dtich him when we can keep him without forcing him onto the team.
by Greg Stanwood on May 17, 2009 2:09 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't really care what we do with him, actually
As long as he doesn’t pitch for the big club for a nice long while.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
So says you...
…personally, I don’t want ‘em tempted to bring him back up again…let him be some other team’s problem…
NO
I don’t want to pay his contract while he is with someone else.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
No team will ever take on his contract
It’s not THAT huge, but it’s like another 6-7m through 2011 for a completely useless (at this time) reliever
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Not sure
I only know it was taking him through all arbitration years; that suggests to me maybe one option year
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I want them tempted to bring him back up again...
… if he gets good again. As much as the frustration is blinding the fans right now, he is a tool that can be useful again. If he never gets it back, then so be it. We wait until we can’t be patient with him anymore, and then throw him out.
by Greg Stanwood on May 17, 2009 2:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Sounds like Willis for Detroit
just not THAT bad.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
No, and he did give up a few hits in those
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he’s lost velocity dont know why…but i bet he goes down to injurybefore he getsbetter
by El Paso Jeff on May 17, 2009 2:17 PM MDT up reply actions
I can't tell if you're joking.
If you aren’t, that’s silly.
by Greg Stanwood on May 17, 2009 2:08 PM MDT up reply actions
I could do better..
and I’ll work for a lot less
No more asking please for wins, now I'm telling you: YOU WILL WIN.
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 2:06 PM MDT up reply actions
GRILLI
gets an out. WOOT
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
hey look....3 OUTS
No more asking please for wins, now I'm telling you: YOU WILL WIN.
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 2:06 PM MDT reply actions
And a miracle happens
to get that.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
I enjoy him.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 17, 2009 2:33 PM MDT up reply actions
It's not that bad
We only gave up a touchdown and a field goal.
The 2009 Colorado Rockies: Expect the Unexpected
our two safeies need a touchdown to go with it
if you're reading this, it means my undying support for your team will result in its failure.
by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 2:10 PM MDT up reply actions
And we don't have to worry about Cutler throwing an INT
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Can Helton PH
to get a hit so we have something to cheer about? PLEASE?
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
Nah
I don’t want him getting 2,000 in a game like this
The 2009 Colorado Rockies: Expect the Unexpected
what if its a GRAND SLAM!
hah just kidding
if you're reading this, it means my undying support for your team will result in its failure.
by fantasyfencing on May 17, 2009 2:13 PM MDT up reply actions
NO.
not now.
No more asking please for wins, now I'm telling you: YOU WILL WIN.
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 2:13 PM MDT up reply actions
tulo bloop
if you're reading this, it means my undying support for your team will result in its failure.
Tulo soft liner to LF
No more asking please for wins, now I'm telling you: YOU WILL WIN.
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 2:11 PM MDT reply actions
groundout
runner out at 2nd
No more asking please for wins, now I'm telling you: YOU WILL WIN.
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 2:13 PM MDT reply actions
Pirates club record is 12 runs in an inning
So it’ll be nice for them to have something to aim at bottom of the 8th.
So it should be...
other guys on the hill
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
Murton fly out
three down
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
It's definitely one of my favorite sites...
I’ve seen that you’ve been using the payroll links that I provided in those PR sessions.
Eschew Obfuscation!
I haven't had too much to comment on
or even to ask questions really. They are well written articles. I really liked the look at the wins/payroll graph. Though you didn’t relate it to playoff appearances. which when I did found it very informative.
flyout
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"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 2:18 PM MDT reply actions
No it's a hit
off the pitcher and into center field. Even if Barmes gets it they can’t guarantee a hit.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
Most of those guys have 2
count them 2 at bats. This is horrible. Walks, sacrifices.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
haha Laroche swung at that.
No more asking please for wins, now I'm telling you: YOU WILL WIN.
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 2:21 PM MDT reply actions
And struck out
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
groundout to Tulo
No more asking please for wins, now I'm telling you: YOU WILL WIN.
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 2:22 PM MDT reply actions
RALLY CAPSLOCK O-ahhhh who am i kidding
if you're reading this, it means my undying support for your team will result in its failure.
It'll take more than a "miraculous rally"
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
nothing miraculous about our bullpen
No more asking please for wins, now I'm telling you: YOU WILL WIN.
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 2:26 PM MDT up reply actions
It didn't take a miracle for them
Only three runs down, and the Rockies pen.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Do you believe in Miracles?
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
This was an embarrassment
really the Monforts need to step up an give the Fans a reason to come to the ball park this summer. They need to fire, O’Dowd, Hurdle, cut/trade a bunch of players, and bring up the creme of the minors like Chacin, CarGo, Gomez, EY2, and call it GenR 2.0
It's the selling of the "hope" and "future"
people love hope. I’m not saying it will pack the house
Right now, this team is on pace to lose 90 games which hasn’t been done in awhile as it is.
So you want to guarantee the first 100-loss season in team history?
That’s one thing we can hang our hat on…we’ve never dropped a century…
and the difference is?
what’s the difference between 90 loses, and 100 loses? It’s about selling tickets, and it’s like watching a minor league team if the Rox go young. It’s not so much about winning then.
You're not going to sell tickets to average non-sabermetric, non purple row Joe
By dumping all the recognized names and replacing this year with EY, Chacin, and CarGo. The average joe who doesn’t follow the minors won’t keep buying tix just because we dump everyone. Not gonna happen.
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They aren't going to buy tickets anyway
the ones that don’t know…won’t matter. Again, I’m not saying it will fill the park…but the way they are going now….certainly won’t either
I am with you overall
A team that is only going to spend so much has two choices…perpetual mediocrity, or try to rebuild occasionally in an attempt to build a team capable of contending. I’d prefer the latter.
If they do decide to scrap this year and rebuild, I don’t see the point of bringing up CarGon until much later, and definitely not Chacin. And they should probably send Fowler back down, let him work on things w/o accumulating service time.
It won't, but that means you can make some changes and not others
DFA Atkins, option Corpas, try to trade Baker when healthy, but no way is Chacin ready, and EY2 really isn’t, either. Maybe try to trade Murton to bring up CarGo, but Hawpe’s our best bat right now.
And dump Hurdle, but with zero plans to extend Tracy past this season. There’s not much you can do for this year, but plan on blowing up the staff in the offseason. If we’re real lucky, the Yanks fire Girardi, and we can hire him.
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I'm not trying to save this year
this year was over a month ago.
And yes Hawpe is our best bat. Like A-Rod on the Rangers, they finished last WITH him…they can finish last with out him.
And yet the Rox are no better if you trade him
And his contract is okay. You don’t get rid of your best bat for the sake of doing so. The Rangers finished last with A-Rod…and a $25m a year contract that hamstrung them from getting better. Hawpe’s on a decent contract not holding the team back.
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A point I guess I'm leaving out
is I think the “average Denver sports fan” is actually quite knowledge able, AND they actually attend games. They know when the team is bad (see Rockies and this years Avs) and they don’t show up. They know when a team is good, and I think they know and understand rebuilding.
They won’t buy tickets to bad. They MIGHT and I think WOULD (see that Woody?) buy tickets (or more tickets) to see a future and know that the owners are trying to fix things.
Pirates a good example
They’ve been bad year after year w/o ever looking like they were on an upward trend in some sort of development cycle.
The Rockies at least showed that GenR more or less worked once, and could sell that approach again. I think fans would find that preferable to a sea of .470 years…
But not during midseason
You can’t market GenR2 without a full offseason to do it. Anything else is just raising the white flag. May as call it the Colorado Frenchies.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Well
“AND they actually attend games. They know when the team is bad (see Rockies and this years Avs) and they don’t show up.”
This is less a case of being knowledgeable, and more a case of being fair weathered. Really. The Broncos are flat out bad and they still sell out every game. Denver got exceedingly lucky when the Avs moved, because they were primed to be good at that very time. Denver sports fans are too often informed by hacks like Paige. They won’t buy tix to a bunch of players they don’t know. Unless those players are Broncos. I hope Broncos fans choke on their 5-11 season this year.
I might add, the Rox still have a higher winning .pct than that.
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Yup, look how fast they bail
Every time the Nuggets have one bad season after a playoff run.
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Well there was a reason I didn't put
in the Broncos. It’s the NFL, it’s 8 games, and their history goes backs further.
But yeah, I think the Denver fans are actually very good knowledgeable. Yes, there is a bunch of fair weather/front runners, but really Denver is a place where people really WANT to go to games, and buy tickets and talk sports.
"Goes back further"
A whole 7 years further than the Nuggets, who do have only fair-weather fans. I get annoyed with Broncos exceptionality, but it’s going to keep up forever no matter what people do…while the other teams will have to win, or be in danger of getting sold out from under us…
There is no real danger
of a team getting moved from Denver (besides the minor league sports like the Crush). There isn’t a market that is bigger then Denver, that needs a baseball team (Portland is slightly bigger, but they have no stadium). Same with the Nuggets and the Avs (well Av’s actually, but there are other teams in worse financial shape, like Phx, Miami, Nashville)
The Broncos history of mediocrity goes back further than the Rockies
Seriously, they’ve been no better than the Rox since Elway retired, and except for the very end of his career, the team was rarely more than pretty good.
If people “really WANT” to go to games, they will continue to do so.
Denver’s really a football town and nothing else UNLESS your team’s in first place. Look how fast the crowd bailed the Avs. Ten years of dominance went for naught the last couple years. Nevermind the Rox, the Avs’ long run of playoffs, cups, etc, entitled them to more support than the last two years…but as soon as they became non-competitive, everyone jumped ship.
That’s the same for the Rox and the Nugs. At least I can now pick up scalper tix for half price to Rox games.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
there ARE places where
even the winners don’t draw that great, like Dallas, LA, Atlanta to name a few. I think Denver is a better city for sports then those. (and I think it’s because that Denver is actually the right sized, and fans can actually get to stadiums fairly easily)
I can agree with this
Dallas and Atlanta are terrible sports towns, even more frontrunning than Denver. And LA is pathetique.
But Denver can’t even begin to hang with Philly, Boston, even Detroit. It may actually be slightly better than average, but only slightly.
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yeah, I reluctantly agree…And it can hurt guys getting pulled up too early esp. pitchers…
But go ahead and let stewey and dex have their rookie year OJT with 600 AB’s and give us a reason to hope
by El Paso Jeff on May 17, 2009 2:32 PM MDT up reply actions
Stewart played too much
last year. He’s not a rookie anymore.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
Single for Yorvit
on runner out there, bring him in.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
I finally caught up!!!!! and what a awful game to be watching…But it was kinda funny watching you all’s comments as I kept up with the game…
Now I have to step outside to take a smoke…and the Bucko analysts are laughing at the ole’ rockies…I hate it when I have totake crap from the opposing TV crew…oh well….cant say we dont deserve it
I thought they were quite good-humoured to be honest
Didn’t mind them at all, but then I was so furious with the team that I guess all my ire was already focused.
yeah i agree…there are much worse analyst’s to listen to when your teams getting creamed…
Gracie and fox sports AZ im talking to you
by El Paso Jeff on May 17, 2009 2:36 PM MDT up reply actions
Ithink the comment was along the lines of if you think we are bad, at least we arnt them!!!\
For the houston gamethere was a classic, on the first and third steal that allowed Bourbne to steal home b/c yorvit forgot to look back bourne was “and ..you.. dont..see ..that very often..in a MLB game.. well, anyways it works to the Stros favor so we’ll take it”
So humiliating
by El Paso Jeff on May 17, 2009 2:35 PM MDT up reply actions
Move up on that Yorvit
it’s a simple thing.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
A new SpecialK
his name is Ian Stewart
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
K
2 down.
No more asking please for wins, now I'm telling you: YOU WILL WIN.
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 2:31 PM MDT reply actions
Smith should have hit a few innings ago
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
ballgame.
No more asking please for wins, now I'm telling you: YOU WILL WIN.
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 2:31 PM MDT reply actions
Ball Game
it’s about time this madness ends.
"There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." ~Al Gallagher, 1971
JFK
*clears throat*
Anybody read that Paige article?
InToddwetrust
Just because PAIGE is actually right for once
Doesn’t make him any less an idiot or any less a dillweed
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For once?
He’s said we’ve blown for years
InToddwetrust
Paige is a terrible writer
Nothign but the worst kinda homer when it comes to the ever underachieving Donkeys, but nothing more than an anti-Monfort shill when it comes to the equally underachieving Rox. He’s a tool who can’t see two inches beyond his own bias.
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What excuse is Hurdle going to say today's post game?
just got an email from RMN:
Post my frustration with hurdle and leaving ubaldo in to crappily bunt and then yanking him.
No more asking please for wins, now I'm telling you: YOU WILL WIN.
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 17, 2009 2:38 PM MDT reply actions
thaaank YOU
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 18, 2009 12:47 AM MDT up reply actions
uggggggg…time to brew some beer…Got an american IPA from Austin homebrew….I’ll name it “if hurdle aint gone before this ferments I’ll poop myself backwards” or 2000…oh what the heck am I saying I wont name it,its not going very far from the house….
thats like making a pet out of the family’s thanksgiving turkey-rural humor
RE: Paige
Ok, maybe he’s a hack. Maybe he’s even a “tool” but he’s right. This team is amazingly mediocre. Going on track record alone Paige’s insight to the team has been/is more accurate than the purple shaded apologists here.
\
InToddwetrust
The difference is that Paige has been nothing but "Rockies fail"
Even when Holliday, Atkins, Hawpe were coming up and the potential was being realized. The truth is, Paige 1) knows squat about baseball, 2) can’t stand anything possibly taking any thunder away from his beloved and betrothed Donkeys, and 3) has an ax to grind with the Monforts.
The fact that this year’s team is pretty bad does not alter any of the above.
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That's it...time for yardwork.
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I have defended Hurdle, but I would be shocked if he makes it to Atlanta as the manager
and really shocked if he makes it past the road trip. Some of his problems have been players, no doubt about that, however not pinch hittting for Jimenez in the 7th was enough for me to say he’s should be done, that was the straw for me.
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
I had absolutely no problem with that.
Whoever’s up for that AB is being asked to bunt by 30-out-of-30 managers, and pitchers work more on bunting in spring than position players. With a 3-run lead, no outs and runners on 2B and 3B, nobody’s going to PH and tell the batter to swing away…so you’re hanging him for a decision that Torre wouldn’t have made differently. If you want a ‘dumb Hurdle’ moment, try ’putting Corpas in in a pressure situation in Bot 7".
I feel the opposite
I have no problem w/ the Corpas decision, we are already behind, we have no one pitching well in the BP other than Street, he can’t pitch every inning, so who do you bring in? Grilli pitched poorly last night, and hs been inconsistent, there really wasn’t much of a choice.
We have 2 on nobody out and a chance to really put the game away, why bunt there? If you do bunt, why not Fowler who has a chance to beat it out for a hit or force a mistake w/ his speed.
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
Uball is an atrocious everything with the bat
At least PH Marquis
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 18, 2009 12:48 AM MDT up reply actions
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