It's Geivett
by bgeivett on Jun 15, 2009 8:13 AM MDT
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PrintAfter Russ left his post I thought I should respond. I have been reading Purplerow on a daily basis since it started-up again and I have told all of our office personnel about it. I have been a loyal follower and supporter of this blog (Roxgirl knows that) and I always enjoy the posts. I am traveling now, scouting for the upcoming June Draft as Bill Schmidt has assigned some players for me to see all over the country. When I have more time, I will make myself available to Purplerow, but I currently have a steady diet of 7AM flights to a different city every day. Conference tourneys are starting-up and it's a very hectic schedule. Please bear with me.
Thanks,
Geivett
Eat. Drink. Be Merry. But the above FanPost does not necessarily reflect the attitudes, opinions, or views of Purple Row's staff (unless, of course, it's written by the staff [and even then, it still might not]).
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Thanks for checking in
It is really cool to have a person from the inside with us and reading. I know there are probably many more but they choose not to be known. Thank you for your time and your commitment to helping improve our team and the system. I have always wanted to thank our scouting area, but I don’t know who to send the letter to, because you all have a very difficult job that does not always work out. I appreciate the effort of people such as yourself because baseball could not work without the people behind the scenes. Thanks again.
Jason Kauffman
"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'm sure I can speak for the entire PR staff when I say...
…that the fact that you read this blog completely solidifies all of the hard work we put in on a daily basis to keep the blog fresh with updates, insight, etc.
Thanks for checking in, and we hope to see you around more often!
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 20, 2009 6:53 AM MDT reply actions
Thanks for stopping by, Mr. Geivett.
Looking forward to your return.
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I agree thanks for all your hard work and commenting here
It is nice to see how fast you responded to Russ’s post. That is proff to me that you do read PR on a consistent basis. It is good for us to know that there you are reading this and that we can have our voices heeard as some of the more passionate Rockies fans.
Stopping by is nice..
But Russ asked for some honest answers from the FO and all of us at the Row would like to read what they have to say. This isn’t a news outlet which slants words to sell newspapers, it’s a community of baseball fans who spend numerous hours discussing our favorite team- the Rockies. For many of us this website is our first and last stops online and we spend a lot of time, and money on the Rockies. So it would be nice to have a little return on our investment. I understand your busy preparing for the draft, but is there someone who is free to answer our questions?
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Geivo!!!!
You’re one of my favorites. The Rockies really do have some real winners in the FO in you and Jay Alves. Great to see you on here.
"Horton is win."
--Horvil Tiki
2010 Draft
It will be nice to hear Geivett’s take on this years draft. It will be a huge because the Roxs have 3 early picks.
It would definitely be nice
to have him or someone in the FO on after the draft
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 25, 2009 12:41 AM MDT up reply actions
Happy Memorial Day
Back off the road and the Conference Tourneys. I am home for just a couple days and off on another trip. I read the posts and thank you for your comments. I know that most of you understand that this is a public blog and it is read by many baseball personnel among the 30 teams. If a team or scout is doing their homework on another club, they would read all the blogs and scour the internet to attain any and all information about the team they are scouting. Professional baseball is an information business. We would be allowing our competitors access to inside information if we were to put out our thoughts and plans for the future of our club. That is why many of you have feelings of frustration regarding “canned media responses to questions”, but it is all with the idea of keeping our enemies guessing. Please understand Charlie77, and I do understand your frustration.
I will try to put together a series of our staff on-line to cover many aspects of our Baseball Operations Department so that you may ask questions in detail regarding their job duties and function within the organization and their insight into ML baseball. Let me work on that and you will see a post from one of our staff soon.
Thanks,
Bill Geivett
Happy Memorial Day to you as well!
We all understand that you must be very careful with the information that you release, and we love that you would take the time to read this blog, and even post on it. I’m sure this means a great deal to Russ, Rox Girl, and all the other people that run this site, as well as people who just comment, such as myself.
We really appreciate everything you do for the Rockies organization, and anything you could do to help us out would be wonderful, but no pressure. Any little thing would be fine. Really, just knowing that you read this makes us feel that much better.
I’m looking forward to reading whatever I can from you or any other staff member.
Best wishes to you and the rest of the team!
by Rockie4Ever on May 25, 2009 11:50 AM MDT up reply actions
Understandable
About not wanting other teams to know what your thinking. I get the impression that the front office is like one giant poker game when it comes to trades and the draft and free agency.
I would love it if you could give us a rundown after the draft on the orginizations (or your) thoughts on the players drafted. Not so much on the first couple of round guys, buy guys drafted in the later rounds that don’t get much press time. Anyways, just an idea.
Thanks for checking up again. It might not seem like it sometimes, but post from you really make it seem like the orginization does care about its fans.
Day in the life
I think it would be cool to see a “day in the life” sort of article from someone in the scouting department. Nothing that gives away Top Secret information, just what it’s like to be a scout. What hotels give the best bang for the buck? Which college stadiums have the best hot dogs? What’s the smallest high school you have been to, etc.
Reviews of some great baseball sites and other cool stuff on my web magazine @ The Casual Observer
I know that most of you understand that this is a public blog and it is read by many baseball personnel among the 30 teams. If a team or scout is doing their homework on another club, they would read all the blogs and scour the internet to attain any and all information about the team they are scouting.
Oh crap. I love Atkins and how his bat is so FAST through the zone. He would be a great trade target for any smart team. Also Tulowitzki is not an uncoachable mechanical mess. He’s a future superstar, and should be the target of any front office.
This might be off topic
But you trade Tulowitzki (who hasn’t been as bad as you think), who on the current roster, majors or minors, do you plan on replacing him, that can even come close to putting up the kind of Numbers that Tulo has been in a a “struggling” season?
This year or next?
This year does it matter? I’d move Barmes to SS, and try both Nelson and EY2 at 2nd. I’d push Gomez to AA. Next year I’d hope Gomez makes that step.
Personally I think the Rockies baby their “talent”. Some times it helps to push the kid that can’t swim into the pool.
Barmes?
Seriously? The guy is a Bench Filler, not a major league starter. You would trade away 6 years of Tulo for Barmes and a possible prospect in Gomez?
Its comments like these that makes blogs loose all of their respectability when it comes to being a good source of information.
no, no , no
ok…Tulo has issues (In my opinion, though I think in the right situation they may be fixable) but he still should have value, due to his age, and his potential. He should bring back numbers, even quality The Rockies need, a 2ndbaseman/SS,(maybe 2 if both Nelson and EY2 are busts already as many here claim) back up catcher, and a very young corner IF type, plus lots of bull pen type arms, so trading Tulo should get at least a couple of these filled.
2) I’m not trying to fix this year THIS YEAR IS OVER. The Rockies are on pace to lose 98 games right now WITH Tulo. So if Barmes has to fill in (and you are correct, Barmes is a nice bench guy..not a starter) this year until Gomez is ready, what does that hurt? What’s the big difference between losing 98 games and 105 games, if it brings back prospects that can help the Rockies in the future?
A team like the Rockies need to trade what’s valuable, to bring back players. If they wait until they no longer valuable, then they won’t get enough back to keep feeding the system. Besides Hawpe, Tulo would be the most expendable position player that would have value.
Let's go ahead and keep this discussion in 1 thread
preferably the not-this-one.
You’re making well-thought points, you shouldn’t have to repeat them in multiple discussions.
In fact, you might consider making a fanpost, this is an interesting discussion.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2009 12:43 PM MDT up reply actions
Haha
I know I wrote that we’re not trying to make friends here, but this kind of defeats any point of having any kind of dialogue.
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Thats ok with me
Ok Russ. Have it your way.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding your comment.
I’m just saying that Redhawk’s comment doesn’t help much.
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That's how I read it..
That Redhawk’s comment was likely to burn bridges. We just opened a line of communication, hopefully it can stay open.
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I never ment to burn any bridges
I was just pointing out that if any other teams actually scouted these comments I’d do some “creative” selling, and hopefully to be humorous at the same time.
But any comments and communications from any one in the Rockies FO would be much appreciative, even if they obviously can’t be fully open unless they would show too many cards to other teams.
That's one way to take it,
but it could also be an indictment of the front office if not found in the right context.
I’m just concerned with keeping up the credibility of the site.
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Mr. Geivett
How does the front office handle accusations that the team is more comprised of “friends” and a good clubhouse than simply the best players? I’ve made this complaint personally before, so I figured I’d voice it here.
I can see how having a 25th man on the bench being a clubhouse favorite of sorts as opposed to a guy with good numbers and no personality could add a level of cohesion and leadership to a squad, but where is the line drawn?
I understand this might be a manager’s decision, or at least he’d have a lot of say in it, but how does the front office view the balance?
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
Clubhouse "friends" question
Great question. One that is debated among teams throughout the world of professional sports.
Many clubs attempt to modify their clubhouse to attain the magical “good chemistry”. Many feel it is important, while others believe “good chemistry” to be the result of a team that wins. Winning is the best deodorant and things just seem a little rosier when a team wins. I believe the environment is the key factor in a club producing. I truly believe that you get what you focus-on. An environment consumed and focused-on winning, will win. An environment consumed and focused-on getting along with each other, will get along but may or may not win.
I think we have tried to concern ourselves with the type of person we bring into our Rockie Clubhouse as an organization. We have never brought in just “friends”, but have focused more on the character of the individual. Character is very important to us to build a good “team”. In any job where you have to rely-on others to their job and work cohesively together, you need a reliable dependable person. That builds a team. Our 2007 club performance was a direct result of the character and talent in that clubhouse. BTW, they became good “friends”.
Thanks for responding
From a lot of Mr. Harding’s articles during the ‘07 season, we learned a lot about the chemistry built between Kazuo Matsui and Willy Taveras, so them becoming good “friends” is clearly part of success and good performance from both (as 2007 was arguably Taveras’ best season in the majors).
I guess to drill further down into this line of questioning – if you feel so inclined to respond more on this topic:
We notice that a majority of the players have been with the club for the past 4 years or so (or at least in the minors together, depending on the age group they fall into), in the form of the entire starting infield and the entire starting outfield, as well as Cook, Jimenez, and Corpas in the pen.
Seeing how the team is clearly in the pits right now, how can we explain what’s happening in terms of chemistry and “friendship” (and I don’t say this in a mocking tone at all) when this is mostly the same group of guys from Rocktober (Atkins, Tulo, Helton, Smith, Hawpe, etc etc) and they seem to be underperforming so much? I’m not looking for a player or staff member to be crucified in answering the question so much as wondering if the “Clubhouse Chemical Reaction” has finally fizzled and started to stagnate.
To present a less wordy version of the question:
If chemistry carried us to the World Series, why are we failing now with basically the same players?
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 28, 2009 4:05 PM MDT up reply actions
And don't let me forget
Thanks again for taking the time to keep an open dialogue with us here.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 28, 2009 4:07 PM MDT up reply actions
it's environment.
I never stated “chemistry” carried us to a World Series. I believe environment to be the key factor, and environment can change dramatically, even with the same players and staff personnel.
Which is very fair
I was somewhat lumping the terms together.
However, and I don’t mean to seem overly combative, but if the environment is causing us to lose, it seems that losing is causing the environment. I can see how these cycles can drag an entire group down, but what is the front office doing to change this environment? I understand that some of this has to come from the players, but organizational commitment can reinforce that.
Can we count on the organization taking action to fix this?
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 29, 2009 8:34 AM MDT up reply actions
But what is "character"?
I have heard the front office repeatedly state that “character guys” are the desired targets for our team. But, how do you get into the “soul” of an individual kid, especially one from a demographic group you may not be intimate with, to determine if he has “character”? And how do you define character?
Did you know that Joe Morgan used to be considered a “malcontent” when he was with Houston, before he was traded to the Reds?
Did you realize that the A’s Dynasty teams of the early ’70’s used to fight with each other in the clubhouse, but it didn’t stop them from winning three straight World Series?
Did you know that the man who led the Yankees of the Reggie era was a heavy drinker, fought with his players, and was repeatedly fired and rehired? But they won the World Series more than once?
Bill, I am sure you know many stories like the ones above, but I point it out for other readers’ benefit. With all due respect, I think the organizational focus on “character” has entirely missed the point of building a winning ballclub. What I would look for, aside from pure talent, is “competitive” desire or “fire”……however you want to put it. I guess I wouldn’t care about identifying character if I felt the player had the burning desire to become a great player, get the most of his abilities, and WIN. How he treats other people, or how much of a model citizen he is would be of secondary concern to me.
As Leo Durocher said, “Nice guys finish last.” There’s some truth in that, I think.
Character again
You make some very good points. I grew up watching the A’s of the early ’70’s, and they were my favorite team growing-up in Sacramento. So, I know all about Reggie and Charlie Finley, not to mention MC Hammer!
I must caution you, that drawing conclusions from exceptions to the rule can be a dangerous strategy for an organizational direction. I believe, for every successful team with “poor character” players, there are many more “poor character teams” that didn’t achieve their expectations for the season because of too many players with “issues”. Poor character players bring issues and problems that many teams get too distracted by to perform as a unit on the field. Besides their on-field individual play, they bring very little in helping make other players or the team better. In professional sports today, do you think more teams are trying to increase the “character” of their team or don’t care? I would offer that more teams, in every sport, are more concerned with character than ever before. Now, I will grant you that character is not the end-all discussion topic of a player’s value to an organization. You stated many characteristics that define a “winning player” and I agree with you on all of them. We concern ourselves with every aspect of the player when deciding on a player to acquire and not just character.
I will also submit to you, for every poor actor on those succssful teams, there are many strong-willed great team players involved. Nobody in Oakland ever questioned Sal Bando, Joe Rudi, Dave Duncan, Catfish Hunter, Dick Green, Rollie Fingers, and a host of other very good great teammates and high character guys. I would say that the A’s won because of that group, not because they fought with each other. There is one question the Braves of the ’90’s answered. When you build an environment of “high character” within your team, when are you strong enough “character-wise” to add a player with great talent but might bring issues, to help you win?
Hell, look at the Nationals
You’d think that Dr. Phil was having to be the bench coach with all those issues all over the place.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Chris Iannetta status: Mashing AAA
Seth Smith status: Badass
by Andrew Martin on Jun 4, 2009 9:10 AM MDT up reply actions
I think Mr Geivett may not be coming back
Due to the misunderstanding a few posts up. Perhaps Rox Girl could drop him a line to explain?
I'm sure Russ and Rox Girl are discussing the matter
I sincerely hope we haven’t inadvertently burned any bridges.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 27, 2009 11:04 AM MDT up reply actions
I'M BACK!
I just returned from a meeting where I was being intensely recruited by Tracy Ringolsby to join InsidetheRockies.com. After further reflection and reading the posts, I have decided to reconnect with my roots at Purplerow.
Bill Geivett
Thanks so much for stopping around again, Mr. Geivett
We look forward to hearing your input on our beloved baseball team!
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
by Silverblood on May 27, 2009 12:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Haha! Welcome back!
I asked you a question about 3 comments up or so, I’d love to get a response (using that “reply” link).
Hope things are getting excited for the draft!
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 27, 2009 12:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Mr. Geivett, when you get a chance...
I take some grief around here for my attachment to Greg Reynolds (see my sig) but I like him a lot and still hope he can contribute long-term to the rotation. What’s your outlook on his ceiling? How’s his injury rehab coming? Do the Rox themselves remain happy with the pick in light of the other studs who got picked after Reynolds in the ’06 draft?
Thanks!
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
is he single? does he like girls who've been to england?
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 27, 2009 12:55 PM MDT up reply actions
What's his favorite color?
Does he enjoy the Jonas Brothers?
(we are mean…but seriously Reynolds status would be interesting to know)
Oh give me a break
I want to know about the baseball side of things.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
you mean
you also want to know about the baseball side of things. we get it
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Nope, actually.
Believe it or not, there were no ulterior motives in asking that question.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
I thought it was a good question..
With pitchers like Kershaw and Scherzer beginning to entrench themselves in the Majors will Reynolds follow them? Or does he have a longer row to hoe?
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"row to hoe?"
You kids and your crazy slang.
By the way, I haven’t said it yet, but I’d like to thank Mr. Geivett for his time and energy to come here and discuss things with the fans. Purple Row may be the most intense lion pit of them all (in regards to the questions raised and the demand for honest answers), and for Mr. Geivett to enter it shows a great deal of respect for both the blog and the fanbase at large.
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questions...
I hope you are still checking—I have a couple of questions—
1) Do you think it would help evaluation of players if the Sky Sox could get a humidor? If so, is this something that might happen. Along the same note, all of the affiliates seem to be in hitters’ parks in hitters’ leagues—some even pretty extreme. Does this present a challenge in evaluating talent? Are there numbers us laypeople should look at for pitchers/hitters that might allow us to look past park effects in looking at minor league stats.
2) What do you see as weaknesses in the organization in terms of positional depth or player types (e.g. power hitters or base stealers…) that need to be addressed?
3) The last several years the team has focused on drafting college players—is this by design or just how things have worked out—I suppose this last question might qualify as something that you may not want to discuss for strategic reasons.
Some answers to questions
1) We have discussed a humidor in CSP. The Monforts and Keli McGregor are in favor of having one in CSP. We do stagger the shipment of baseballs presently, so that balls do not sit a long time in storage there, but a humidor would be ideal. To be honest, it would probably help the evaluation of pitchers better than hitters but your point is well-taken.
Park-effect is a measurement we pay attention to within our own leagues. I don’t believe there is a particular stat to watch to fully evaluate talent, especially during their formative years. Remember, these palyers are evaluated in their respective leagues, not against players of different levels. We evaluate on so many other details besides a stat-line. Maturity level, ability to make adjustments, pitcher’s delivery, etc. Some leagues may be looked at as “offensive” but our ballpark may be more of a pitcher’s park (Modesto, Tri-cities). Both of these ballparks have remained on the “pitchers-side” of the league. I believe it is important for our players to experience all types of ballparks, especially hitter-friendly parks, since Coors Field is still considered an offensive ballpark.
2) We have looked to add speed a number of years back and that is why you see Dexter and E.Y. in the organization now. Power bats are always hard to find and we are no exception to other clubs in that we can always use more. American League clubs always seem to be more aggressive with big bats early in the draft because they have the DH and can play-on poor defenders.
3) We have never targeted college or HS players. I think all clubs are a little more aggressive with college players because they are older, more experienced, and scouts have a very good track record on their history. Some of these college players have been seen by our scouts since their junior year of HS and they know these kids pretty well.
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer our questions
I have one I would like answered, too:
I understand that part of your job is to scout players who suit our needs for the club, depending on what the club believes we will be short on in the coming years (pitching, power hitting, or as you said in your response to question #2, speed) It is obviously important to have these needs adressed, but do you ever consider just going with the flat out best player for the first round or two?
Maybe you have done this in the past, I haven’t been following drafts close enough to really be sure. I’d just like to hear your thoughts on doing that.
The best player or need?
In my opinion, you always take the best player. Let me tell you a story. A long time ago we were getting ready for the draft with the Yankees. Bill Livesey, our VP of scouting and Player Development, was looking to add the best player we could into the system. One team that picked ahead of us wanted a college 3B to fill a need at the ML level quickly. They also liked the HS kid Bill Livesey liked but settled-on the college 3B because of need the day of the draft.
That is how the Yankees got this HS SS out of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Derek Jeter.
I learned that lesson and will never forget it.
Do we anticipate seeing
The Rockies taking more risks in terms of HS talent? A main criticism of the team’s drafting methods has been the “low risk-low ceiling-easy sign” type players, such as Greg Reynolds and Casey Weathers, and everyone following knows what kinds of talent it would seem we’ve missed out on.
Does the FO see this as a methodology to be corrected at this point? Take the Derek Jeters and the Tim Beckham’s rather than the safer picks?
Matt Murton status: Freed
Chris Iannetta status: Mashing AAA
Seth Smith status: Badass
by Andrew Martin on Jun 4, 2009 9:21 AM MDT up reply actions
Thanks for answering my question!
Wow, that really is… wow. I feel bad for the team that picked ahead of the Yanks!
Really, your imput is much appreciated on here! I hope you stick around to analyze the draft with us.
That team being referred to, I believe, was Houston
They took that college 3B with the number one pick overall, and although he only played one half of one big league season with the Stros, Phil Nevin wasn’t chopped liver – he did hit 208 big league homers, after all. I remember him being the clear-cut ‘best college hitter’ that year out of Fullerton.
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thanks for the answers...
i think we all really appreciate it—I know I do.
One last question from me—are there any players in the system right now that aren’t receiving as much attention on purple row as you think should be?
Minor League Players
I will ask Marc Gustafson to come-on to answer any questions on our younger players.
Updated
the time of publishing so this can stay on the main list of FanPosts.
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Thanks for doing that, Russ
Way to be proactive :) .
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Mr. Geivett,
Just quickly, I asked a question about Greg Reynolds up-thread that got detracted by the peanut gallery, so I’ll repost it here:
What’s your outlook on his ceiling? How’s his injury rehab coming? Do the Rox themselves remain happy with the pick in light of the other studs who got picked after Reynolds in the ’06 draft? Is he considered to be part of the mix for the next generation of pitchers for the club?
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Jun 4, 2009 9:23 AM MDT reply actions 2 recs
I really appreciate the effort to answer our questions.
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
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Mr. Geivett,
This may be outside of the scope of your expertise, but as someone who has been a member of CCSLC for over a year and has been an avid viewer of Uni Watch for longer, I must ask:
Will we see the purple jerseys again? I’ve heard from some people on this site that they have been retired, but I believe the closest we’ve gotten to an official answer has been some Jeff Kingery conjecture on an “email the booth”-type thing on KOA. However, variations on the purple jersey are still for sale at the MLB shop. Have they been retired, and if so, may I ask why? In my opinion (and I know a great many fans, both here and at the CCSLC will agree with me), the purple jerseys were/are among the most unique in baseball. Now that the D’Backs have switched color schemes, the Rockies are the only team in baseball that uses purple as a color, and albeit a primary one. Why not embrace it?
If this is outside your purview, then don’t worry about it. I’m just very curious why we haven’t seen them since ’07.
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Whoops....
My reaction was meant to be “ugh”. Hit the send button too fact.
Never liked them and glad they were mothballed.
Actually..
They are one of the most popular around here. It’s nice being unique and not looking like the Yankees (Purple Pinstripes), Mets-White Sox-everyone else with a black jersey, etc.
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Or like the Dbacks
who switched to Red and White – because nobody has those colors
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Chris Iannetta status: Mashing AAA
Seth Smith status: Badass
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jun 7, 2009 12:13 AM MDT up reply actions
My Dad was mad the Rockies didn't choose Green jerseys back in the day..
I told him he was crazy, and not every player could have Magnum PI moustaches either.
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well, Green was supposed to be one of our colors.
That’s why people in the dugout store at Coors wear green. (although it probably would look a little strange for a primary color on a jersey, though)
I think Green would be awsome
to match the seats at Coors. Imagine green with purple highlights I guess. I think it could work. When i think of the Rockies I think of trees and forest which are green anyways.
Purple jerseys
I kinow we have purple jerseys available but at present, I don’t think we have any plans to wear them.
Actually to take this further
Teams like the Angels, D’Backs, Astros, and even locally with the Broncos and Nuggets all have seemed to come up with a different look recently. They change their colors, logos, etc. Has there been any discussions about reinventing the Rockies look? Seems like we have had the same logo and colors since the 1993 season. Whats the organizations philosophy on that.
Uniforms
I am not really involved in our uniform decisions. I usually see them after they have made a change. I will relay your thoughts.
You might mention that there's some of us old geezers out here who still like white at home and gray on the road.
Enough with all the colored jerseys that look like softball unis!
….However, purple hats would be OK.
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We'd still have a home white and a road grey
But we should also have a purple alt ;) .
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2nded
the motion has been made and 2nded, and now is brought to the floor for a vote. All in favor say AYE. All opposed…shut up :P
Purple
Regnat Purpulous!
I may be the only person in the world who cheers for two purple teams, as my football team is the Vikings (unless they sign Favre – uck).
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You're not the only one
I’m a Vikings fan too. I wouldn’t mind Favre, it’d be like Darth Vader coming over to the light side.
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Good Luck Purple? (repost)
Love the purple jersey. If I’m not mistaken, the last game the rockies wore the purple jersey was Aug 29th, 2007 which saw Francis pitch a six-hitter for his second career shutout, Garrett Atkins homered twice and the Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants 8-0 (loosing pitcher: Lowry). Aside from Francis’s excellent pitching, he also got 2 hits while making his 100th carrer start. The boys of 2007 also displayed some nifty hitting in this game with Atkins knocking in 4 RBIs on his 2 home runs, Hawper with a solo HR, and 1 more long ball comming from CDI. Matsui also went 4 for 4. One caveat: the Rockies wore the purple jersey with the black-top, purple-bill cap. Not sure when the last time they wore the purple alternate cap. Bottom line: BRING BACK THE PURPLE!
Thank you for your candor and your quick response!
I kind of figured that it was outside of your sphere, but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to ask :) .
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Bill..
Which amateur player where you focusing on at this time last year? Is there a player in the organization you can point to as one that you were most responsible for bringing into the fold, and how has he progressed compared to your expectations?
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