Game #23 Overflow:
by Rox Girl on May 3, 2009 3:37 PM MDT
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PrintA pitcher's duel going on between Zito and Hammel. Both have shown some signs that they may be ready to crack, however.
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Excelllllllent
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
darn you and your first-ness.
These are the same core group of men that went 21 - 1 to win the NL pennant. Never, ever, ever believe that MY TEAM is out of it.
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:41 PM MDT up reply actions
me
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Grilli in.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:41 PM MDT reply actions
Is Gas Can takin the mound?
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yes
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 3:43 PM MDT up reply actions
gj hammel
clap clap clap clap clap
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+1
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 3:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Agreed.
On the open, Ringolsby said it was imperative that Hammel get to the 5th inning…
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
yep +1
lets have our starters continue doing that
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:43 PM MDT up reply actions
I agree
the bullpen needs to rest every-now-and-again
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JFK
Good luck overflow thread time
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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Kudos to Hammell
Good job there kiddo, keep it up the rest of the year.
Now come on Grilli!
Anyone else sense a little Rockies-Pads like last year, another 22 inning epicness game?
no no no no no no no no no
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:43 PM MDT up reply actions
NO I WILL NOT MAKE OUT WITH YOU!!!!
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
leadoff double for Burriss.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:44 PM MDT reply actions
BABIP
enjoy it Burriss
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dam
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Damn, Gas Can startede him off great, too
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Atkins Fail
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why
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E-1
yep Gas Can.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:45 PM MDT reply actions
Bad throw
not horrible outcome though
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JFK
thinking the same thing
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 3:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Zito is done!!!!
"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'll be a miracle if we get out only down 0-1
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But with Zito out , we can put something together
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I'm begging for a K (or 2)
"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
Crap, come on Gas Can
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Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
Got HIM
K
"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
Swing and a miss!
SIT DOWN WINN
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:47 PM MDT reply actions
I can haz GIDP?
Can’t hurt to ask twice
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theres a K
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Maybe the overflow thread was a mistake
:(
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why do you say that?
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 3:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Embree coming in...
oh crap..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:48 PM MDT reply actions
NICE K!
now, sit down
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 3:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Alan Embree in to pitch
"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, the ump comes in to...
…to ask…“Embree? Really????”
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Embree time
this should be interesting
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Interesting is your word for it
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my word is horrible
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 3:50 PM MDT up reply actions
because
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 3:51 PM MDT up reply actions
it can turn for the worse
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Damn, I can get centurion
If the game goes 15 innings.
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100 posts in a game thread
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Something I've never managed before
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I'm not into MSG
though still a nerd
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bold strategy here Cotton
let’s see how this plays out….
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewrightshot/
by MohrPlease on May 3, 2009 3:50 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Quite bold
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 3:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Then why bring in Molina?
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JFK
Bochy isn't a good manager
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 3:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Because the Giants are FAIL, as well
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GiantLogic (R)
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 3:52 PM MDT up reply actions
I dunno...
…that that is just Hurdlelogic…maybe, just maybe, he really is better against RH batting this year…
Well, at least Benji can GIDP
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GIDP GIDP GIDP GIDP GIDP
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:51 PM MDT reply actions
CALLED IT
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:52 PM MDT up reply actions
CAAAA-LUTCH
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 3:52 PM MDT up reply actions
lol
we’re not even good at not being good
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 3:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, Hurdle knew Bochy would put in Molina against Embree
Bochy outHurdled himself
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Bochy reacted to a desperation coaching move by Clint Hurdle?
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
UMD 8/04 - 5/08: Go Terps!
DOUBLE PLAY 5-4-3
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JFK
Ask, and ye shall receive
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GIDP!
Atkinsitis is contagious O_O
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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Grilli
doesn’t equal defense. Grilli=2009 Rockies Bullpen
"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 wasn't an awful play
With Burriss’ speed, you have to put that low, and he was coming off of just throwing a pitch
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 3:53 PM MDT up reply actions
I would punch this woman in the back of the head
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
Frontier ad with the woman in the elevator
It just infuriates me, I hate slow stupid people in my way
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Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 3:54 PM MDT up reply actions
*whew*
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 3:53 PM MDT up reply actions
it's better but not great
considering there is nothing on Rockies half of 50%
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
+1
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 3:54 PM MDT up reply actions
And the Dodgers would have scored five runs on that play
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he's not like his brothers
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 3:54 PM MDT up reply actions
LOL at a pitcher named Merkin
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heh Merkin.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Seriously, just look up the word....
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dropped in
hahahaha Giants defense.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:55 PM MDT reply actions
Entire infield epic fail
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GI-ANTS DE-FENSE
clap clap clapclapclap
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CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP CLAPCLAPCLAPCLAP TULO
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Just FTR
That pitch was hugely up and in, what on EARTH was Tulo swinging at?
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TULO
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If we say Dbacksskins name three times, does he show up?
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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no
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 3:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Why do we want him?
"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
Biggie Smalls....
Biggie Smalls….
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
Bad CDI
bad bunt
"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
Iannetta bunts into a DP
WHY WHY WHY THE HELL ARE YOU HAVING HIM BUNT
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:57 PM MDT reply actions
lol
fail fail fail
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 3:57 PM MDT up reply actions
This is the worst, wrongest kind of logic
Iannetta would take a walk off of this idiot
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 3:57 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm not saying I agree
But it wasn’t such horrible logic, really
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you're right
hot moment
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 3:59 PM MDT up reply actions
I didnt know it was possible to sacrifice two outs :(
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and advance no one
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 3:58 PM MDT up reply actions
For the Record
Last 7 days (3G), Iannetta has OPS’d 1.538
Last 14 days (7G), OPS = .960
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:05 PM MDT up reply actions
That was stupid to begin with
Why bunt with Iannetta?
hurdle
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 3:57 PM MDT up reply actions
CLINT HURDLE YOU STUPID IDIOT
WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU BUNTING WITH CHRIS IANNETTA
I HATE YOU SO SO SO MUCH
YOU ARE THE WORST MANAGER IN THIS WHOLE STUPID LEAGUE
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
that's how you feel
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 3:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Ron Gardenhire would be proud.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:58 PM MDT up reply actions
AL != NL
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 3:59 PM MDT up reply actions
He was out. Frame by frame shows this.
Iannetta was safe by a mile. Horrible call.
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Why do umpires hate the Rockies so much?
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Dear Clint Hurdle,
Please never call for a bunt again. Ever.
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
Melo just put the symbolic dagger in the Mavs
Can he put a literal one in Hurdle?
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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Barmes singles to RF
DAMMIT STUPID BUNTS
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:58 PM MDT reply actions
Great single by Barmes, imagine if someone was on base
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Ian flies out to deep CF
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 3:59 PM MDT reply actions
Stewart hit it hard: Three outs
"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 shut it.
These are the same core group of men that went 21 - 1 to win the NL pennant. Never, ever, ever believe that MY TEAM is out of it.
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Yup, every pitch....
…the next day at worked sucked. hard.
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I have crap to do this afternoon
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:01 PM MDT up reply actions
Ha...if it goes 22
I had to miss the first five and the last five
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At least it started as a day game.
"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
So....Stewart should have not hit it hard?
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Fire Clint Hurdle
Right now
I will phone the rest of this game in for him
holy Mackeral
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
We can discuss the moves here
and then you can make the call
"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
ugh the pain of it all
Don't say nothing about A.J. Pierzynski without good cause , even if you do have one i will still kick your butt. I'm young woman and like every other man you're a pure idiot. next question
by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Seriously, I've tried to be even keel about him the past season
But now he’s just losing games for us with his mind-bogglingly bad calls
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:03 PM MDT up reply actions
I canI haz Street in game now?
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We're on the road...
… I wonder if they’ll use him.
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:01 PM MDT up reply actions
bel-sleeze-le
in
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:01 PM MDT up reply actions
Low pitch count, two innings
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good work stewie
puting that miserable inning out of its misery as quick and painlessly as possible
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Belisle in.....
um yeah
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:01 PM MDT reply actions
Great, now we'll need a 9th inning comeback
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Well, at least we ended the "Giants single every inning" crap
and replaced it with “Giants double every inning” crap
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!
…don’t say things like that until it actually happens…
…though admittedly I didn’t post that response until after we were out of the inning so as not to cause a reverse jinx…
Matt Bellaisle?
like, so that it’ll rhyme with "fail?
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:04 PM MDT up reply actions
No, the emphasis is on the wrong segment
Say Belisle
Then say bell aisle.
Theres the difference.
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Matt gets a K
good start
"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
swing and a miss!
sit down Renteria
These are the same core group of men that went 21 - 1 to win the NL pennant. Never, ever, ever believe that MY TEAM is out of it.
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:04 PM MDT reply actions
thats a K
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Other than fake fish
what else is on it?
"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 forgot for a moment we were facing the Giants
The one team sooo bad Bellaisle may get a clean inning against
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This game or the Wings/Ducks game
Which ends first?
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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Those at all interested,
Nuggs are going to win, its 108-93, 38 secs left
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Actually, I love calamari enough
to where I just may need to make an AT&T park road trip
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Spilly sliding catch!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:05 PM MDT reply actions
Nice play Spilly
Gots lotsa spilly for ya, Spilly.
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nice move spill
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isn't he always
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:06 PM MDT up reply actions
And this is why
I like the radio.
"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'd go out to dinner with Frazier any day
As long as I don’t have to eat what he does.
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:08 PM MDT up reply actions
you'd be poisoned
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:08 PM MDT up reply actions
you'd be bored to death by his incessant ramblings
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
order the soup and drown in it
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:11 PM MDT up reply actions
I spillied that catch
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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pop up to Spilly
I Spilly Spilly
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:06 PM MDT reply actions
GJ Belisle
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Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
Hey Spilly, how many outs are there?
I still Spilly you, Spilly!
Those guys who adupted him for those 5 innings two weeks ago are back, with a vengence
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:07 PM MDT up reply actions
tell them to stop by more often
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Okay, time for some runs
3rd time’s the charm
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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They need to update the "Dinger jobs" ad
because Scotty Pods has gone home
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Yes they do.
Who to choose…Dexter Fowler
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JFK
Yeah, Dex needs some face time for those clueless fans who still aren't sure who he is.
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:09 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm shocked...
Been to three home games so far, and still NO Fowler shirts in the Dry Goods store.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Wilson in for SF
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:08 PM MDT reply actions
street/corpas
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Time for a poorly umped inning
Wilson is pitching
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OH WAIT I'M AN INNING LATE :V
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Or at least another 29 pitch inning
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Well it's beginning
Strike 2 nowhere close
but hey I’ll take the runner
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:10 PM MDT up reply actions
Gamecast is now a full batter behind
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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MLB's gameday is about 1 pitch behind
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:09 PM MDT up reply actions
-1
:P
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:10 PM MDT up reply actions
Dex gets to first on a K!
He can steal first!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:10 PM MDT reply actions
nurrrrr
/willy taveras comparison
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Fowler to first on the K
Another steal.
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JFK
Official scoring on that is what?
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wild pitch
Dex steals first
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:11 PM MDT up reply actions
K WP
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:12 PM MDT up reply actions
does it count as a steal also?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:12 PM MDT up reply actions
No
You actually cannot steal 1st. Even if you’re FowlerFast
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That first PO throw almost got Dex to 2nd.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Dex steals second, then scores on a single.
I’m calling it.
QUIT BUNTING
OH SWEET GOD QUIT BUNTING
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no one can say he wasnt giving it his all out there
lets steal all of them
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QUIT BUNTING
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:12 PM MDT reply actions
lol
that is exactly what my mine went through
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:12 PM MDT up reply actions
My goodness Hurdle
Really?…REALLY? The guy who went yard twice yesterday is bunting today?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewrightshot/
HURDLE DO NOT GIVE AWAY OUTS
If this was a game where it was like 8-8 in the 9th, sure, offense is working
BUT WE CAN’T SPARE OUTS
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Especially with the middle of the order coming up.
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:13 PM MDT up reply actions
GARRETT ATKINS IS COMING UP
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:13 PM MDT up reply actions
In a game where offense just isn't working
We need every possible opportunity to get HITS
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:13 PM MDT up reply actions
That seems like a contradiction...
… if our offense isn’t hitting, why keep trying the same thing?
One run is going to win this game (assuming, foolishly, Street does his job)
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Sac Bunt
Time for Helton to get his second hit for the 6th straight game
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JFK
Only if it goes 12 innings
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Spilly sac bunt
Dex to 2nd
I DO NOT SPILLY BUNTS
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:13 PM MDT reply actions
no one spilly them
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Hurdle, you idiot...
…all Spilly has to do is single, and then you can throw away outs all you want on the SF…
IBB to Helton.
Oh god Atkins w/ RISP
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:13 PM MDT reply actions
AND THIS IS WHY HURDLE IS THROWING THE GAME AWAY
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Bochy has been on the Row apparently..
He knows that Garrett McRLISP is good for a ground out to the left side of the infield
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewrightshot/
dex can steal any time he wants
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:14 PM MDT up reply actions
He's gonna make Atkins beat him
Like that will work (cringe)
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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this has to be a conspiracy
what is Atkins BA with RISP? Isn’t it negative?
Dodgers just put away SD
Remember when SD was 9 – 3?
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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That was a strike??
Umps punishing Hurdle for his logic
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yes
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions
of course Atkins FAIL
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:15 PM MDT reply actions
Over here fresh off a Nuggets thrashing of the Mavs. Let's make it 2-for-2 Rockies!
I know most here probably don’t care about the Nuggets, but it’s far and away the biggest sports story in Denver right now. This is not your father’s Nuggets team, they’re fun to watch . . . and good. Besides, I like to be a well-rounded homer.
Go Rockies!
Josh McDaniels' ruining of the Broncos isn't the biggest story?
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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Nobody cares about the donkeys here, I suppose
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I care
just not during baseball season.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Sorry: Best Sports Story in Denver
I know everything that ever happens with the Broncos is the biggest story.
by blooming rock on May 3, 2009 4:17 PM MDT up reply actions
strike outkins
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:15 PM MDT reply actions
Gotta swing there buddy
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for shame
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions
finger on the trigger
hand on the pump
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
I'm so frustrated right now...
I mean, how is Garrett playing over Stewie? Seriously…he peaked in 2006…and now will go to the place where careers go to die
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colorado springs?
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:17 PM MDT up reply actions
just playin guys just playin
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Baltimore?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Good job, Atkins
K >>>>>> GIDP any day
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Still wouldn't say that's a good job for a cleanup hitter...
But Atty is Mr. Gidp… so….
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:16 PM MDT up reply actions
garrett fails
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failure
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My mind is cracking open
ATkins – pinch hit
anything
Hawpe please save this team
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good thing Hurdle gave them out #1
so mad at Clint Hurdle right now
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
kind of of
?
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:18 PM MDT up reply actions
mohawk
i hate him
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Walk to Hawpe
….Tulo…………
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:18 PM MDT reply actions
TULO TIME
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
UMD 8/04 - 5/08: Go Terps!
Tulo batting
wonderful.
Just wonderful.
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Tulo with bases loaded
Is as good as Atkins with RISP
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Strikeout for sure
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Ha you lose
it’s coming on the 3rd pitch
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:18 PM MDT up reply actions
2nd
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:19 PM MDT up reply actions
*Swings at first pitch, I punch myself in the face*
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:19 PM MDT reply actions
CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP CLAPCLAPCLAPCLAP TULO
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TULO FAIL
popout
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JFK
Of COURSE he fails
Tulo can’t do anything with runners on or two outs
He’s OPSing .188 in high leverage situations
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:20 PM MDT up reply actions
tulo sucks
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It's getting to the point...
…where Barmie would almost be a better option at SS on a regular basis…assuming there’s no one down in the Springs…
No barmes sucks too
Tulo is usually good innings 1-6/7
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:20 PM MDT up reply actions
he needs to work after the 7th too
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:21 PM MDT up reply actions
com'n thats not fair
we loved his double play!
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:21 PM MDT up reply actions
double plays does not make me spilly, hitting does
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:23 PM MDT up reply actions
ahh
failure
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How many times can this team FAIL with RISP, particularly in the late innings?
I’m sure they’ll continue to show me.
lets hope for some extra innings
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Sweet sweet delicious fail
Tastes like Rockies
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cold as the rockies
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Rockies = Incapable
Atkins? Tulo? We put our trust in Fowler, Helton, Spilly, Stewie, and Marquis (both offense and pitching)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewrightshot/
If it goes to the 10th
Can Hurdle have CDI lead off with a sac bunt?
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Spilly! Don't you dare swing the bat!
Lay one down!
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:21 PM MDT up reply actions
that is easily the most common gesture while watching the Rockies
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewrightshot/
That and *headdesk* and *Face-vault*
Or maybe I watch too much anime
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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yep anime FTL
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Today it's been
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:22 PM MDT up reply actions
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:23 PM MDT up reply actions
OUCH
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:24 PM MDT up reply actions
embarrassing
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Can we get Marquis in this game?
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
UMD 8/04 - 5/08: Go Terps!
If it lasts 22 innings, you'd better believe it. We'll see PH appearences from Cook, Marquis... Jimenez... lol
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:21 PM MDT up reply actions
If DLR pinch hits, I'm writing a strongly worded letter to the Rockies.
I swear I will. I’ll do it.
plz post
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You'll strenuously object?
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I'll definitely bring a goat to the next home game...
not like a curse has any more power than Hurdlelogic….they are definitely the same.
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wah wah wahhhhhhhhhh
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:23 PM MDT up reply actions
+1
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:24 PM MDT up reply actions
Belisle in.
Groundout
Rowand to Ground Outkins
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:22 PM MDT reply actions
he's been in
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:23 PM MDT up reply actions
man this game is probably going to end b4
my red wing game…
5 down....11 to go for a repeat Go Wings!!!
Chris Osgood
=failure
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ozzie = wins when it matters
Hiller has been unreal 59 saves already going to triple OT
5 down....11 to go for a repeat Go Wings!!!
by TuLoRocks2008 on May 3, 2009 4:24 PM MDT up reply actions
good
screw detroit
screw marian hossa
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:24 PM MDT up reply actions
Keeping Belisle in after a good first inning is like
playing with fire.
No, some good can come with playing with fire
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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well why not
Corpas would just cough up 2 straight doubles
Street would be alright, but we want to hang on to him if we can get the lead
We don’t really have too many other options here
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:24 PM MDT up reply actions
On the other hand....
Belisle has a single digit ERA now
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Who else could you put in?
…Rockies don’t have all that much else in the ‘pen…
and don’t say Street; this thing could well go 15, and we need him for when there’s a lead…
WTF is this delay with the umps
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:24 PM MDT reply actions
Can't figure out balls and strikes
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JFK
yeah. terrible. though he would make an excellent sidekick for Magnum PI!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewrightshot/
Mr. Baseball
ftw
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:26 PM MDT up reply actions
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Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:27 PM MDT up reply actions
+1
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Backwards K!
Sit down Ishikawa
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:25 PM MDT reply actions
K!
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
UMD 8/04 - 5/08: Go Terps!
is the next overflow thread ready?
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quick aren't you
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:26 PM MDT up reply actions
huh
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:27 PM MDT up reply actions
ok i'm slow
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Belisle has been a starter
He probably could actually go 3-4 innings
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What does the E. in E Burriss stand for?
I just think of Roland Burriss or (god forbid) Henry Burriss
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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Emmanuel
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:27 PM MDT up reply actions
"E"asy like Sunday Morning
His parents were Commodores fans
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But even if tied in the 11th
Gotta go with Street before Corpas….don’t wanna lose 1-0, after all
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Alright, who kidnapped Belisle?
And replaced him with a respectable relief pitcher?
view above post
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:28 PM MDT up reply actions
just like our batting averages
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Helton and Spilborghs' averages have heightened a lot recently, and Hawpe's was never low.
But Tulo + Iannetta? No.
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:30 PM MDT up reply actions
which of course means
that Hurdle™ will make CDI and Spilly sac bunt
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
With the bases empty, at that
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I just finished
an entire pack or RITZ crackers. This game is taking forever compared to the first 5.
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JFK
would help if he put something outside the zone
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:29 PM MDT up reply actions
thank you
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by TuLoRocks2008 on May 3, 2009 4:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Backwards K!
sit down Burriss
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:29 PM MDT reply actions
Another K for belisle.
EXTRA INNINGS
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JFK
Scoreless thru 9!
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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If you skip the first week
Belisle’s actually been okay
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EXTRAS NOT OVERTIME
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bye bye
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ugh
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Where?
"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
Do you think they'd let
me in this late in the game for free?
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JFK
yessss nothing like a bargain
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:30 PM MDT up reply actions
teams*
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by TuLoRocks2008 on May 3, 2009 4:30 PM MDT up reply actions
that's respectable?
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by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:31 PM MDT up reply actions
wild thinggggg
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by TuLoRocks2008 on May 3, 2009 4:32 PM MDT up reply actions
hey...lest you forget that
Rick “The Wild Thing” Vaughn came from the CPL
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewrightshot/
nice respectable 1 run an inning
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by TuLoRocks2008 on May 3, 2009 4:31 PM MDT up reply actions
It was over 12 before the game
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The umpires made a mistake during Ishikawa's AB
They gave him four strikes. That’s what the umpire conference was about.
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Did the Rockies broadcast not point that out?!
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:32 PM MDT up reply actions
Said what?
"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
Travis Ishikawa had four strikes before he was called out.
Somebody failed to keep track of the count properly.
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:33 PM MDT up reply actions
He only had 2 before the K
Radio was keeping track.
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JFK
CDI ill take your solo shot any time now
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patience CDI
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:33 PM MDT reply actions
Hurdle managing by the book again...
…which means pinch-hit away your reliable reliever and rely on Corpas if you don’t score this inning…
sigh
This ump has been God Awful
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This CREW has been godawful
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:33 PM MDT up reply actions
CDI Walks.
If i see a bunt…..I’m going to be pissed.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:34 PM MDT reply actions
we will, don't worry
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Barmes to Bunt CDI to second?
"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 BUNT NO BUNT
NO BUNTNO BUNTNO BUNTNO BUNTNO BUNTNO BUNTNO BUNTNO BUNTNO BUNTNO BUNTNO BUNTNO BUNT
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+1
+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Um... this IS the textbook situation to bunt.
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:35 PM MDT up reply actions
what textbook
Because Tom Tango’s “The Book” tells us that fewer runs score after a sac bunt than after just a swing away
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:36 PM MDT up reply actions
fewer runs score
even if the batter reaches safely on a bunt
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
We need to be trying for ONE run right now
In a 10 inning scoreless game, I take one run over a possible zero runs, even if 2 runs are possible, any day
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:38 PM MDT up reply actions
One out and a runner on second is better than two outs and nobody on when one run will win the game.
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:37 PM MDT up reply actions
No, it's not
Fewer runs score in that situation
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:38 PM MDT up reply actions
But it's also a lot more likely ZERO runs score in that situation...
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:39 PM MDT up reply actions
No, it's not
You’re not going to win this
Stop
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Why should I stop? I've not been convinced yet.
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:40 PM MDT up reply actions
I concede the point
Not worth arguing right now, and I don’t have The Book in front of me
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:47 PM MDT up reply actions
Yes Hurdle,
give up an out.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:35 PM MDT reply actions
yea seriously
there have been so many runs scored this game we can afford to give up an out…
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by TuLoRocks2008 on May 3, 2009 4:35 PM MDT up reply actions
"potential" sac situation?
110% guaranteed in HurdleLand
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Hurdle spillys himself small ball
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Hurdle spillys gifting outs to the Giants
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
I know!
Sacrifice bunt!!!!
/chews a wad of gum
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
It's not the worst idea with Barmes
I mean, he has a bad habit of wasting outs anyhow
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it's the PRINCIPLE
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:35 PM MDT up reply actions
Let's go Smitty
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JFK
Please, Seth
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what is this
the WSOP lol
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by TuLoRocks2008 on May 3, 2009 4:37 PM MDT up reply actions
sure sure lets grab that walk so that sac bunt went to good use
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come on Smitty
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:37 PM MDT reply actions
i hope i did
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:38 PM MDT up reply actions
Smitty walks!
Dex. Dex. Dex. Dex. Dex.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:38 PM MDT reply actions
so wasted
hes got a flask somewhere
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Fowler
will not fail
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WHERE IS THIS STRIKE ZONE
THIS IS THE WORST UMPIRING CREW EVER
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:41 PM MDT up reply actions
Dex backwards K.
ugh.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:39 PM MDT reply actions
wow
just, wow
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:40 PM MDT up reply actions
eesh
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:41 PM MDT up reply actions
haha +1
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:41 PM MDT up reply actions
right back at cha
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:42 PM MDT up reply actions
The first one was definitely a ball
but one he called it a strike, he had to call the other two strikes too. Bad call, but Dex HAD to swing at that two strike pitch. The K is on Dex
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 3, 2009 4:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Not a single one of those pitches was actually a strike.
And you only gave us three while you give the Giants four, blue.
Like I say below
Finish this game under protest
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:43 PM MDT up reply actions
Just make sure you hit the next strike thrown
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JFK
That pitch seems to be getting called a strike
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It won't...
…when Manuel “Wild Thing ’09” Corpas is on the hill…
watch the umps squeeze him tighter’n an anaconda…
That's why he's not pitching today
Daley first, then Street, then Rusch if it goes extra deep
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I was saying
FAILFAILFAILFAILFAIL
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Popped up.
dammit.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:42 PM MDT reply actions
Popup
going to bottom 10
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JFK
I would protest this game
I would honestly finish this game under protest because of how abominable this umpiring has been
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I can haz a Toddfather leading off the 11th?
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errr...
lead off sac bunt. Risky move, but Hurdle would definitely try it
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewrightshot/
Yes
And here’s hoping he says “Alright, let me show you young kiddo’s how its done”
lead-off, in the park HR sac bunt with no one on
he’ll find a way
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:44 PM MDT up reply actions
yep
we will sitll win the series though… F the quacks
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by TuLoRocks2008 on May 3, 2009 4:43 PM MDT up reply actions
its a good thing we didn't have a RISP with only 1 out or anything
then id be irritated
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4-5-6 hitters are 0 for 10
terrible
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:44 PM MDT up reply actions
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:44 PM MDT reply actions
It's like a caramelldansen
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that is awesome
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Corpas in.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:44 PM MDT reply actions
Oh crap, truly epic fail
Corpas on the hill in a no pressure situation
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did i just see the fangraph shoot up by only a pitching change?
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yeah, from 51% to 98%
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Just keep reminding ourselves
it’s the Giants, it’s the Giants, it’s the Giants
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Because it's never bad to walk the leadoff batter, right?
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Ball 4
Manny Fail
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JFK
To be fair
Hurdle failed long before…the moment he put Corpas in
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Leadoff walk.
hell
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:47 PM MDT reply actions
GIDP GIDP GIDP GIDP GIDP
It worked last time
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Winn sac bunt
runner at 2nd
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:47 PM MDT reply actions
He just walked Steve Holm
We’re going to lose this game. I hate to say it, but this game was taken away from us by the umpiring and by our manager.
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I hate to say that I called it
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:51 PM MDT up reply actions
i can see it now
crappy rich aurilla getting a game winning hit to cap off the awful day
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Damn, maybe CDI should be on the mound.
That had some mustard on it!
Cmon K
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lets see, so far identical to our top half
lets see if theyre a better team
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He's .167 against Corpas
I actually like this
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But one run wins the game...
The guy on second is gonna score in exactly the same situations as if there were a runner on first. With a runner on 1st, you set up the DP and a force at 3B just in case.
by Greg Stanwood on May 3, 2009 4:50 PM MDT up reply actions
He should be
Especially with Renteria shenanigans afoot
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facePALM?
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah take that elsewhere please
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:51 PM MDT up reply actions
lol
us rockies nation have a truely diverse fandom
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Rather pitch to him than Renteria
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Still under 3 hours
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JFK
booooooooooooooooooooooo
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:51 PM MDT reply actions
Ball Game
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JFK
Hurdle lost the game
assist to Corpas
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EPIC FAIL
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Remember when Corpas was a rising star?
Does he even have a save this season?
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get rid of Hurdle NOW, RIGHT F'N NOW
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by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:53 PM MDT reply actions 2 recs
This
End of a road trip. I’m ready.
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*sigh*
bottom line is they got it done. we had that opportunity, we didnt execute
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Only one opportunity?
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JFK
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO frustrating
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 3, 2009 4:58 PM MDT up reply actions
can't score 1 effin run against the giants
this team is unreal…later
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lol
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:55 PM MDT up reply actions
0 - 23 in one-run games this season
Still outscoring our opponents
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Corpas had no business pitching in this game at all
Unless we’re in the 15th inning
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As always +1
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JFK
Well, like the Rox...
I think I’m giving up short of 100 comments today…
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oh no
Don't say nothing about A.J. Pierzynski without good cause , even if you do have one i will still kick your butt. I'm young woman and like every other man you're a pure idiot. next question
by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:56 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't get to achieve centurion until we win a 1- run game
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enjoy never being a centurion
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 4:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, I'm out, y'all
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Well, my favorite tree is...
….the facepalm.
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Why don't you losers follow Nuggets instead....
Just kidding!
the Nuggets are a bunch of awful thugs
Just Kidding!
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 4:59 PM MDT up reply actions
the rockies are going to make the playoffs
just kidding!
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by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 5:00 PM MDT up reply actions
hey you can't prove that
I can prove mine
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by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:01 PM MDT up reply actions
Trade Atkins
Bench Tulo
Fire Hurdle
Demote Corpas to AAA
There’s not much else to do with this team I guess
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
I think fire hurdle should be first
Don't say nothing about A.J. Pierzynski without good cause , even if you do have one i will still kick your butt. I'm young woman and like every other man you're a pure idiot. next question
by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 4:58 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
How about
Stop discount hunting on pitching all together? I am sick of the notion that this is small market team. One question: If Mark Cuban owned this team would it still be a small market team? Thought so. It all depends on the owner. I refuse to believe, with the attendance the Rox get, that we are a small market team.
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:00 PM MDT up reply actions
hammel was awesome, I'm not sure what you're talking about
Corpas was hot stuff earlier
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah in this game at AT&T Park.
Please make a case we have a good staff/bullpen. I’d love to hear it. Everyone knows it’s a joke. Hammel was good today, but would you really bet he’d be good from here on out? I won’t.
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Ok so, ONCE AGAIN
What magical pitchers are/were we supposed to get?
Ubaldo is an awesome pitcher. So is Cook. They’ve had slow starts.
DLR is looking like a stud.
Marquis is looking like a superstud.
I’ll grant you that Hammel’s start was somewhat of a park effect thing, but he kept the ball on the ground – that’s a groundball in Coors or in PetCo.
The bullpen is shaky, but so are a lot of teams’ that have spend an awful lot of money on theirs.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:07 PM MDT up reply actions
U-Ball is a stud?
Cook is a stud? lol. since when? Cook is at his very best a very good number 3. U-Ball? Are you kidding? I mean seriously. He has awesome stuff, very true. But Can you really say with a straight face he is a stud? He is so inconsistent and wild. Ricky Vaughn thinks he is wild.
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:09 PM MDT up reply actions
I know, I know...
you want Halladay or someone equivalent, right?
You’d literally be throwing away your entire farm system for the next 3 years just to get one pitcher like that…
…and you’re not going to be able to draft pitchers like that unless you overpay for Boras clients.
No team located outside New York, New England, or SoCal should be willing to negotiate with Boras on any player.
What pitching staff has all aces?
Seriously?
Cook is a good pitcher. He keeps the ball in the park, on the ground, and doesn’t walk many at all. Most teams would kill for a guy like Cook. Ace? Obviously not. Good pitcher? Absolutely.
Ubaldo has a disgustingly moving fastball, a good curve, and 97mph to throw. He’s a bit wild, sure, but a lot of pitchers have been wild and still been very effective.
Daisuke Matsuzaka is a great example of being a big FA acquisition, and last season he was wilder than Baldo while giving up more long ball and having a much worse GB%.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:15 PM MDT up reply actions
At least the SAWX have won 2 World Series with Daisuke
I fail to see Baldo as anything but a great talent that can’t put it together. I mean honestly, if you were a D-backs fan and were facing U-ball tomorrow are you scared? I’m not. He blows up almost every outing I have ever seen.
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Then you haven't seen many outings at all
Have you been watching the Rockies for more than the past four weeks?
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Don't even insult my intelligence
C’mon. I have watched 120+ Rockies game a year since 1997. U-Ball has been terrible this year outside his first outing. He was phenomenal in 2007, that’s the difference.
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:21 PM MDT up reply actions
He was pretty phenomenal for half of 2008, as well
Gawd, you’re like PinchHitLancePainter just changed their name
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Really?
Really? I’m like PinchHitLancePainter? Please, I beg you, make a case that U-Ball has been an elite pitcher. Please do it. I would love to hear your response. Enlighten me, man.
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:26 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm not the one who said "elite"
You’ve said he’s never put it together.
Last year, he had a sub 4 ERA, 180 Ks. That’s a line of someone who’s putting it togeher.
But you can stop trolling whenever you want. Really.
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by Mondogarage on May 3, 2009 5:28 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Socks, you may want to read more 3rd party stuff on Ubal
Just check out what Fangraphs has written about him (Google “Ubaldo Jimenez Fangraphs” and check out the blog posts right near the top), because a lot of people think he has it together, or at least he’s able to use his toolsets very successfully.
Reason being so that it’s not just us on PR who think that OMG BALDO, he’s getting some acclaim elsewhere.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 6:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Daisuke was there for one of those.
"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
But....he shut out the Dbacks in the 2nd game of the season
He LOVES pitching in Arizona
He has a 2.18 ERA against Arizona, 1.31 in Chase.
His 2008 was VERY solid.
I don’t understand where you’re getting the stone to grind your axe when it comes to Ubaldo.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:32 PM MDT up reply actions
And the Mets choked away the playoffs with Johan Santana
One player does not make or break a team.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Sorry, can't agree with you there...
…this team sells between 25K-35K fans per game, with occasional days of 18K and less…
…and half of those are for the visiting team (remember the Phils series after Opening Day?)
We are indeed a small-market team, and overpaying for pitching nearly bankrupted this team the one time it was attempted (plus, the pitchers were worse than the Fileen’s Basement types we’ve been trotting out since).
Let the Yankees overpay for proven talent that doesn’t want anywhere near a hitters’ paradise; keep trying for diamonds in the rough…
Fire Hurdle
This, a thousand times this. Those sac bunts absolutely cost us this game. You can’t have CDI bunting.
These are the same core group of men that went 21 - 1 to win the NL pennant. Never, ever, ever believe that MY TEAM is out of it.
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 4:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Or
we could just sacrifice Atkins to the Roman goddess Fortuna
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 3, 2009 5:00 PM MDT up reply actions
lol
if you're reading this, it means my undying support for your team will result in its failure.
by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 5:00 PM MDT up reply actions
UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Don't say nothing about A.J. Pierzynski without good cause , even if you do have one i will still kick your butt. I'm young woman and like every other man you're a pure idiot. next question
When is Russ' interview mp3 up?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 3, 2009 4:58 PM MDT reply actions
Hello, Rowbots.
I’ve been observing game threads for a while now, but always been a bit timid to comment.
I simply can’t stand by any longer, however. I would be greatly indebted if you would sign my petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/nohurdle/petition.html
Thanks much, —FA
by Foxhole Atheist on May 3, 2009 4:59 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
what's it for?
Don't say nothing about A.J. Pierzynski without good cause , even if you do have one i will still kick your butt. I'm young woman and like every other man you're a pure idiot. next question
by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 5:00 PM MDT up reply actions
FIRE CLINT HURDLE
That’s the gist of it.
by Foxhole Atheist on May 3, 2009 5:00 PM MDT up reply actions
perfect
Don't say nothing about A.J. Pierzynski without good cause , even if you do have one i will still kick your butt. I'm young woman and like every other man you're a pure idiot. next question
by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 5:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh, one more thing...
There might be something like this out there already. If there is, you have my apologies, and I’d be indebted if you’d point me in the right direction of the similar petition.
by Foxhole Atheist on May 3, 2009 5:00 PM MDT up reply actions
sign'd
if you're reading this, it means my undying support for your team will result in its failure.
by fantasyfencing on May 3, 2009 5:01 PM MDT up reply actions
signed
Don't say nothing about A.J. Pierzynski without good cause , even if you do have one i will still kick your butt. I'm young woman and like every other man you're a pure idiot. next question
by pierzynskirules on May 3, 2009 5:03 PM MDT up reply actions
I won't sign it
I will only sign a petition calling for the selling of this team. What can Hurdle possibly do working with such mediocre talent especially in the pitching staff? I refuse to blame Hurdle. This team sucks because of our ownership. Spend some damn money, especially on pitching.
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:03 PM MDT up reply actions
How did the ownership lose THIS game?
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:03 PM MDT up reply actions
It's not about any single individual game
Yeah, we can pitch all right in a pitchers park. What other team in the MLB would accept a bullpen consisting of Corpas, Street, Belisle, Embree, etc………… It’s like O’Dowd’s only goal is to assemble the most washed up, mediocre pitching staff in the entire league and frankly I am sick of it. And if it’s not pitching failing us it’s hitting.
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:07 PM MDT up reply actions
I'd LOVE to hear your response to my above
Just because there’s no reason to post the same thing down here.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Just did.
It’s not that I am not a Rockies fan or don’t respect you RockiesMagicNumber, I do. You know more about baseball than I ever will. I fully admit that. I just don’t see it with this team. My question: If Mark Cuban owned this team would we settle for these players? I know it’s completely hypothetical, I really do, but answer that. If Mark Cuban owned this team it would be with the likes of the Cubs as far as payroll goes. Small market teams are teams with owners unwilling to spend money. I am convinced.
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:12 PM MDT up reply actions
The Rox payroll is up almost 10% over last years
And the team signed Cook/Tulo/Corpas/Hawpe/etc to long term deals.
You can argue whether or not they made the right baseball signings with those guys, but your definitely of “small market” owners do not even sign their own players through their arbitration years. So no, I don’t buy it at all.
When the Rox treat their payroll in the way the Pirates, Padres, Marlins, etc., treat theirs, then you may have a case.
But they are squarely a mid-market team, and their payroll is squarely mid-market.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Also, don't forget
Helton is the 9th highest paid player in the game
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Owners and Markets
Ok, I have to weigh in on this one. The Rockies are a mid market team. They have good attendance but terrible TV revenue. The Denver TV market is one of the smallest in the big leagues. Put the 2 together and you get a mid market team.
The Rockies current payroll is 15 out of the 30 MLB clubs…right in the middle…where one would expect a mid market team to be.
If the Rockies had rich owners, they could spend out of their own pockets, but loosing money even for a short run, when there is no chance of expanding revenue due to TV market won’t work long term.
It’s not the Monforts fault as far as payroll…..excepting mediocrity as it’s high goal…yes
Yeah, the TV thing sucks
And I blame BRONCOS TOWN on that
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:25 PM MDT up reply actions
So who are we supposed to get?
You aren’t answering that question. The criticism is that we aren’t signing all the guys. Who are we supposed to sign?
We sign Sabathia, Burnett, Lowe, any of those guys, and by extension outbid the Yankees, we add another Helton contract to our team that we can’t possibly afford to pay in 4 years.
Hawpe is OPSing >1.000.
Smith is getting hosed for playing time, but is still above .950 OPS
Spills is right around .900
I know it’s kind of dumb to just cite a few OF, considering that Atkins and Barmes are stinking up the joint, but right now, we do have good players, and a manager that doesn’t know how to handle them.
Just for the record, I’m not trying to piss all over your baseball expertise or tout myself as an excellent baseball mind. I’m just saying that the team is kind of bound right now to what we have. I think you have valid complaints, and I have them too, but there’s a point where a lot of us need to face the reality that we ARE in fact doing it the way everyone else is, aside from those really big teams.
Just for example, the Jays’ rotation:
R. Halladay
S. Richmond
B. Tallet
R. Ray
B. Cecil
None of those guys turn heads who aren’t named Hallady. And that’s not accounting for McGowan or Shaun Marcum, both guys who (I believe) were homegrown, or at least acquired in a prospect stage.
Also they’re fielding a mostly homespun team, with a few obvious exceptions.
But speaking of the Jays, look at Vernon Wells. $100M albatross. Do we want a guy like that hampering our team’s spending?
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:25 PM MDT up reply actions
We already havea guy like that hampering our team's spending.
Does Todd Helton ring a bell?
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:32 PM MDT up reply actions
Now please don't insult My intelligence either
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:34 PM MDT up reply actions
How am I?
I just responded to your question with a completely legitimate problem of our own. The problem with major league baseball is the teams that win are the teams that spend.
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:41 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm saying that I realize that Helton is a massive drain on our payroll
To suggest that I don’t know this is about as bad as accusing you of not watching the team.
We’re having enough trouble working around that paycheck, how do you think this team would be better with another one?
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 6:10 PM MDT up reply actions
How many sides of your mouth do you speak out of?
You blame owners for not spending money, then complain that they’re spending too much on Helton……
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Gimme a break.
You know full well what I am talking about.
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:43 PM MDT up reply actions
But
if the Monforts would have spent $5 million for the O-Dawg we would have one more player.
And that is the real problem with mid market teams. They have to produce players from their system…several every year. AND they have to all pan out, which of course they don’t. The players also don’t develop at an equal pace once they reach the majors.
But if ownership isn’t able to pay to fill in holes with quality free agency, then windows to win will be small..or too far out of reach to get through.
Now that the Dodgers are both spending money and producing players, the Rockies ARE the Orioles and the Jays and Rays. We hope to have lighting in a bottle.
You know darn well I wanted Hudson
and I am VERY disappointed with the ownership for not shelling out a bit for him.
Thing is, your complaint is TOTALLY valid. But it’s valid for 20/30 teams.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:34 PM MDT up reply actions
And re Hudson.....
When the Rockies were looking in the market, O-Dog was expecting 4 years/$36m.
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Not true
Later in the game, when it was blatantly obvious that a 1 year deal was gonna be all he got, we were still in the running
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:35 PM MDT up reply actions
I think the haves are pulling away from the have nots too
I think the only market getting screwed…it Toronto and maybe Houston and Dallas.
I don't see it...
If the last decade shows exacerbation in the trend going to the “haves”, why haven’t the Yanks, Cubs, Mets, Dodgers won a World Series this decade, while Florida and Arizona have, and Tampa Bay, Colorado, Houston have been there?
The haves may be pulling further away in $$$ terms, but it’s not necessarily translating to championships. It’s easy to call any year a fluke, but most every series should be Yankees/Red Sox v Mets/Cubs, just about every year, and it’s just not happening at all.
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I was talking playoffs
once you get into 3 out of 5 or 4 outa 7 you are in crap shoot territory. But if you look at the playoffs, you will see them dominated by the large market teams.
Well yeah, a higher ratio of higher payroll teams make the final 8
But every year, there are top top payroll teams that miss. Year in and year out. So it’s not the $$$ that gets you there at all.
Yes, smaller payroll teams have to be run with less margin for error, but not necessarily zero margin. Not at all. The Mets routinely miss the playoffs. The Yanks can’t win their own division. The Angels aren’t automatic playoff participants.
Really, it’s hardly as unfair as the BCS. Every year, two or three lower payroll teams make it in and deep, and three is only one short of half.
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Mark Cuban, or an owner like him, will never own this team.
Forget about it. If you think that this sort of thing will happen, you need to pay more attention to who actually is allowed to buy baseball teams. If there’s a shift in the way that baseball owners are chosen, than I might agree somewhat, but you really need to look more closely at the way that MLB controls things.
Whoa sorry.
Just making a point. The only reason the Rockies are considered a “mid-market” team is because of who owns them, not because of where they play. Sorry I don’t pay enough attention. Why can’t someone like Cuban own the Rockies anyway? There should be no reason he’s not allowed to own a major league team. He would be phenomenal. At least he’d try………….
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:31 PM MDT up reply actions
No
the Rockies are mid market team because the Denver TV market is 28th out of the US….and there are 30 MLB teams
I refuse to believe that's the reason.
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:36 PM MDT up reply actions
it's a major revenue source
fans in the stadium aren’t the only pennies coming into the coffer
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:37 PM MDT up reply actions
Because Bud Selig and his cronies wouldn't allow it.
The only people they allow to buy franchises anymore are those that go all in on the positive cash flow model currently being utilized by the Monforts. They hand pick their people, it’s not a fair market system at all.
Well thanks.
That answers my question then. Frankly that depresses me about the MLB.
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:35 PM MDT up reply actions
what should depress you more
is when revenue sharing ala the NFL or NBA was presented many years ago, George Steinbrinner of the NY Yankees said, he didn’t give a damn about the Kansas City Royals…he didn’t buy the Kansas City Royals.
this league NEEDS revenue sharing
I don’t want a cap, I want revenue sharing. It’d give our team such a better opportunity.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:41 PM MDT up reply actions
Game Wrap?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 3, 2009 7:14 PM MDT up reply actions
I hear you.
I have gripes about the Monforts, too, trust me. But I think it’s often hard to distinguish between the Rockies losing because the Monforts don’t spend on talent, and the Rockies losing because Hurdle won’t let them win—in stat-speak, they’re confounding variables. Let’s put a good manager in the driver’s seat and see where we get, and if we still suck, THEN the Monforts should sell.
by Foxhole Atheist on May 3, 2009 5:05 PM MDT up reply actions
I have this nasty feeling...
…that even if you were able to make the Monforts willing to sell (which is about as likely as convincing the O’Malleys to sell the Dodgers in 1970), the only buyers would be outside interests who would move the club…
…if the choice is “the Monforts or no club”, I’d take the Monforts…
As much as I hate to say it...
I have to disagree. If it’s the Monforts or the Rockies playing in Vegas, start renovating Cashman Field, as far as I’m concerned. Sure, it’d suck for the Rockies not to be in Denver anymore—I’d be heartbroken.
But to have a team be so consistently mediocre is equally heartbreaking. I’d still be a fan, I just wouldn’t be able to make as many games—and the team would have an opportunity to win (the statistical outlier that was 2007 notwithstanding).
by Foxhole Atheist on May 3, 2009 5:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Is that more or less "heartbreaking"
Than being a Pirates fan? Or an Orioles’ fan under deep pockets Angelos? Or a Rangers fan under deep pockets’ Hicks?
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Oh, I completely agree.
We’re not alone here. Pirates, Rangers, Orioles, etc. fans are right here with us.
by Foxhole Atheist on May 3, 2009 5:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Yup, and O's and Rangers owners
have spent TONS more than us. It’s not the owners pockets.
Angelos ruined one of the best franchises in the game. Tom Hicks signed one player for $252 million. What did that get him?
The problem is not the size of the payroll, but how that payroll is allocated, and who is making the decisions in the dugout.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
The key is to spend money smartly. As in don't be the Royals or O's
Our ownership is just skittish about spending money, period.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:38 PM MDT up reply actions
Difference is...
…most of them could hope to eventually see another ML team pull into the market.
We lose the Rockies after less than 2 decades, MLB says ’not a good market and too high to play real baseball anyway" and we never see another major league team no matter how large the metro area grows in the future…
I'm not happy w/ Hurdle right now
but are you guys kidding me right now. You are mad because they bunted in a situation in which every manager in America bunts, including the Giants, who used it to win the game against us in the 10th. You can call out the manager for leading a team that is the least clutch team ever if you want, but don’t call him out for something that is done by every manager in MLB.
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
we're not just upset with today.
It’s Hurdle’s management up to this point.
These are the same core group of men that went 21 - 1 to win the NL pennant. Never, ever, ever believe that MY TEAM is out of it.
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 3, 2009 5:13 PM MDT up reply actions
I disagree w/ a lot of things Hurdle does and I think he is terrible w/ pitchers
but I get so sick of everyone on him every time someone has a sac bunt. He had a year when he took it to far, I understand, but lets get over it already. It was done right today, and any time Barmes does it its the right move, especially on the road. Players aren’t doing their jobs, plain and simple.
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
Iannetta is an On Base guy
His AVG doesn’t show it, but he is getting on base well. He had a better chance of not wasting the out than Barmes did. Barmes bunting…..ok fine whatever. But Iannetta has Power and On Base skills, and the past 2 weeks, he’s looked much more like 2008 Iannetta.
Iannetta is a “swing away” guy.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:27 PM MDT up reply actions
I think my biggest point is
the thing we are complaining about the most, from a strategy standpoint, is the same strategy that beat us. I don’t think the Giants are complaining right now, its a fine line between winning and losing and the Rox are just not getting any key hits.
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
I'm looking at an entire season
And the numbers don’t support Sac Bunting
I might put together a book report a la Charlie77 on just the Sac Bunt chapter of “The Book” by Tom Tango.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:36 PM MDT up reply actions
Maybe so, but late in the game, as it was done today, was right
and yet we still have everyone jumping all over him for every bunt, it just gets old, thats all.
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
I just hate bunting
I won’t back off of it, we bunt way too much. Bunting is good if you’re Willy Taveras or you have such good bat control that you can literally pull back and slug bunt a lawn dart right over the 3B. Otherwise, it’s an out.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 5:40 PM MDT up reply actions
No, it's NOT the same strategy..
…Bochy was smart enough to put the force back on, and while he didn’t need it, it also took the bat out of the hands of the most dangerous hitter we had in the 10th.
Hurdle, OTOH, decided to try to deal to the batter with an empty base and got burned—badly.
FYI, in this case, the book said give the IBB…or at the very least pitch around the next batter!
I'm simply talking about our bunting late in the game
was it wrong, cause Bochy called for the same bunt, how they handled the next batter is another debate. I just love how so much of this is put on the manager, and yet when are we going to say, why can’t Corpas make an 0-2 pitch, why can’t 1 guy get a hit w/ RISP. Managers are only as good as the players are. I would rather complain about our hitters being dominated by 2 pitchers that are not very good these days, yet they dominate our lineup, who’s fault is that?
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
Just because every manager does it
doesn’t mean it’s a good strategy. I won’t deny that it occasionally works, especially when you only need one run (which the Giants did in the bottom of the 10th). But over the long run, in almost any situation, IT’S A BAD STRATEGY. So many lay-fans can see that—Hurdle, for whatever reason, can’t, so he needs to either learn or GTHO.
by Foxhole Atheist on May 3, 2009 5:14 PM MDT up reply actions
+1
Hurdle is at the mercy of a completely mediocre roster and a far below mediocre pitching staff. Fire Hurdle, I guaruntee we get the same results. You could bring anyone in here.
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 5:15 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm only calling out Hurdle for using Corpas
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Hurdle would be a much better manager
if he had a 2nd baseman, a SS that could hit, and a 3rd baseman that could hit.
I don’t like Hurdle. But it’s as much or more a talent issue than a manager issue.
His bullpen use is pretty atrocious
There is no reason Street (or at least Daley) was not pitching the 10th.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
That's easy
If Street gets through in 10-12 pitches, then Street. If not, then Daley for one, then Rusch for up to three, THEN Corpas.
Remember, Hurdle said he wasn’t pitching Corpas in a high leverage situation.
So instead, he pitches him in the bottom of the 10th of a scoreless game, with three other arms available in the pen.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
I don't like his use of the BP either
but I think at times he is left w/ few choices as so many in the BP have been bad. I don’t think this team lacks talent, but right now they are not playing up to their level of talent IMO. Is that the manager or the player, I don’t know, its different w/ each team. I do think the BP needs to be overhauled though.
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
I think it's both.
But I also think, in the short run, it’s easier to rectify the manager issue than the talent issue.
by Foxhole Atheist on May 3, 2009 5:22 PM MDT up reply actions
The talent level isn't great
But it’s far better than 9-14 bad. Really, this is a roughly .500 ball club that is underperforming that.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
How?
It’s not about the X’s and the O’s it’s about the Billy’s and the Joe’s.
I am truely sorry if I offended anyone
I really am. I don’t mean to undermine the Rockies. I guess my whole problem with the Rockies is a larger problem with Major League Baseball in general. I just can’t understand how you can have no revenue sharing or salary cap to make the game fair for every team like every other professional sports league has. It boggles my mind how one team can spend $210 million like the Yankees and others can only spend $38 million or whatever it is like the Padres. Just seems completely unfair. I haven’t been following baseball nearly as long as football and basketball so maybe I am completely off base. It just doesn’t make sense. I will always remain a Rockies’ fan through thick and thin. I just wish there was a level playing field.
No you are right on the money
…get it? I’m very punny.
If you look at playoff teams over the last dozen years, you will see that they are dominated by the large market teams. Mid-Market (like the Rockies) and small market teams, only make a few appearances, and they are scattered. The Twins and Cardinals are 2 mid market teams that consistently produce competitive teams. And that’s about it.
Mid and small market teams CAN be successful….but they have to be better and do more with less. And that’s hard to do. And as you look around…there are more failing at that than succeeding
Thanks
I guess I am just as frustrated as you could possibly be right now.
by Business Socks on May 3, 2009 6:01 PM MDT up reply actions
I wish it were more fair as well
We’re trying to maximize our experience with what we have. And I think what we have is a lot better than what a lot of other clubs have.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 6:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, that brings up a whole lot of questions, really...
….as in unfair to whom? The Pads cut payroll this year not because of poor ticket sales, but because the owner was going through a divorce. High payrolls don’t guarantee WS appearances. And, more to the point, there actually is revenue sharing in baseball.
As for a lack of salary cap, I guess I’d simply mention that the MLBPA is the only union that hasn’t been decertified by its own players because of its ineptitude. The top two dozen paid basketball players quit their union during the last lockout, and next thing you know, the union collapsed. The NFL doesn’t have guaranteed contracts, and they still haven’t recovered their rights from the strike 20 years ago. And don’t even get me started on the hockey union…where payrolls are half what they were five years ago.
Frankly, the players in the other sports wish they had what baseball had. For most teams, there is a level playing field. Put together a consistently reasonably winning club, and you can be profitable with a highish (but not necessarily 9-figure) payroll. Works for the Cardinals, Dodgers, Indians, lotsa clubs.
And for all the megabucks the Yankees spend, how many WS wins have they picked up this decade? Yeah, zero. No, the system’s not perfect, but the players will never fall for a salary cap, and there is absolutely nothing preventing ownership from expanding revenue sharing, other than the few owners who have the most not wanting to share it with owners they don’t trust to put the money back into the game (cf. Marlins)
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Unrelated
but perhaps a less stressful topic: anybody wanna give some fantasy trade advise?
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
Ouch
I just finished watching the game…..I am so bummed.
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."
Jackie Robinson
I would have never guessed..
the game would end like this. Hammel vs Zito? Wow! Way to go Hammel!!
Ef you baldo try Hair-Be Dere!!
it was indeed Hammel Time
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 6:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Was anyone at the game...
…today? They showed a Rockies fan and his best gal. Do we know them?
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."
Jackie Robinson
gee golly no
but it’d have been swell to see them!
shucks!
Seriously though I think holly96 might’ve been there. Or maybe that was the other night.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 7:17 PM MDT up reply actions
She was there Friday night
no idea about this afternoon
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 3, 2009 7:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Nope, I wasn't there.
Got out of church and turned on the radio just in time to hear the 10th inning. Joy.
yeah really
your church runs late. We were out of mine and had lunch well before the game started.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 7:30 PM MDT up reply actions
My congregation meets at noon.
And it’s three hours, plus I have to play for choir practice afterward. So it was almost 3:45 by the time I got out of there.
hey get on Gmail or AIM or whatever IM we use to communicate
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 7:30 PM MDT up reply actions
RE: Salary Cap
Salary Caps – we don’t need one. You never hear good teams with deep pockets complain about this (Red Sox, Cubs, Yankees, Angels) outside of Lucchino but was only after the Yankees outspent evil empire 1A this past offseason. You also never hear quality poor teams complain (Rays, Twins, Marlins).
Teams that complain about salary cap are generally shitty teams like the Pirates, Royals, and the Rockies. The owners themselves may not complain but fans of these traditional also- rans go the the salary cap well a bit too often.
The Rockies use the term “self imposed salary cap” which is really a euphemism for “Our cheap ass owners don’t want to pony up” which isn’t the end of the world. It saves us from deals like Sabbathia, Texieria, and definately Burnett’s. What it means instead is the need to hit on FA signings and especially draft picks EVERYTIME.
Big pocket teams can shrug off a Kip Wells or (I believe) an Allan Embree. The Rockies can’t swallow that pill as easily. As a result we give innings and plate appearances to the Willy Ts of the world or Steve Finley if you prefer.The kicker to me is that if the Rockies had taken Embree’s salary + Barmes’ you could have Orlando Hudson.
In regards to the draft, awful teams are “rewarded” the first picks in the round which also means more pressure to not screw it up and more money for the slot. Bad teams cement their status as such by screwing up the draft. Here is a look at what the Rockies have done the past few years.
2002: Jeff Francis-could have had Cole Hamels, Scott Kazmir or Joe Saunders
2003: Ian Stewart-pretty good pick here, for what its worth Chad Billingsley was available
2004: Chris Nelson-could have had Jered Weaver or Stephen Drew
2005: Tulo-despite his slow start I still believe in him. This has more to do with hope than stats.
2006: 2nd overall pick could have been Evan Longoria or Lincecum but instead we get Greg Reynolds. This one makes me want to puke on my shoes.
Teams like the Red Sox can absorb Dice K’s salary and still pursue JD Drew. But where teams like the Rays have hope is through the draft. Same could be said for the Rockies. In the end teams either have brains or money. Cubs show us you can contend on money alone. Marlins, A’s, Rays and Twins show you can make it interesting with brains. Theo Epstein shows that its nice to have both.
InToddwetrust
Charlie
Lincecum went 10th overall. So if by a lot you mean nine teams you are correct. Of the nine the Rockies, Royals, Pirates, and Orioles all passed on Tim. All of these teams generally fail to find the the best talent possible for the pick they are alotted.
To say " a lot of teams passed up Silver’s Obsession" sounds a lot like " We weren’t the only one to screw up". While that’s true, how about expecting better from our team?
InToddwetrust
Lincecum was a risk
Still is a risk. I’m not convinced he’ll pitch more than 4 or 5 years before completely breaking down or just becoming Kerry Wood v 2.0. So I don’t fault the Rockies for passing on Lincecum. I do, however, think that passing on Longoria was a giant mistake. I really hope they go with the “best talent first” strategy in future drafts.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 4, 2009 10:15 AM MDT up reply actions
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