Game #29: Josh Johnson vs Jorge de la Rosa
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 4:27 PM MDT
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PrintThe Marlins failed to win two games in the previous seven coming into Coors Field, but they could make it two for two at Coors tonight with their best pitcher taking the ball for Fredi Gonzalez.
Johnson averages nearly 95mph with his fastball, with an 84mph slider as his secondary pitch. He also has a "change-up," which can be nearly as fast as Aaron Cook's fastball. His PitchFX data here. Johnson could have held the Nl ERA title his rookie year but fell 5 innings short of qualifying, so he settled for 4th place in the ROY voting. Teammate Hanley Ramirez won that year.
Prediction: Tonight's result will help appease Rockies fans - it will either improve the team record or significantly increase the pressure on the front office to can Hurdle.
Lineups for both teams have yet to be used this season.
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Optimistic
After a bad day at work, I’ve been looking forward to the game all day.
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Jackie Robinson
Fowler
At the start of the week, Hurdle said:
"I want to give this lineup a chance to go. With Dexter (Fowler) in center, we only have two positions where we are looking to move people in and out: second and left field," Hurdle said. "We will play the hot hand accordingly."
With the week not yet over, Fowler has sat two straight games. Does Hurdle even have a plan? Does he use Dusty Baker’s dugout dice to make his lineup?
Anyway, good luck Rockies. I hope DLR has a good game.
God knows...
"Don't tell me about the world. Not today. It's springtime and they're knocking baseball around fields where the grass is damp and green in the morning and the kids are trying to hit the curve ball." -Pete Hamill
I thought the timing of that quote was strange
as Fowler was really starting to struggle. It was obvious to me then that if he continued to struggle that he’d have to sit….and then you have this situation
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Let's get a win streak started
Go Rockies!
"I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline... I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - this greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle, victorious." - Vince Lombardi
Humidor
FS Florida is about to do a piece on the humidor with comparisons between the seven years before and seven years since.
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Jackie Robinson
Smashing Pumpkins
Cody Ross = Billy Corgan.
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Jackie Robinson
Walk watcher
Rockies pitchers have walked 3 batters in 3 games. None on May 7th against the Giants. That’s pretty impressive. They have the fewest walks in the N.L. (96). They’re 10-8 when walking less than 3 and 1-9 issuing more than that.
No base on balls.
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Good insight zarley
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Recent history shows that all the area sports karma
has been issued to the Nuggets, with none left for the Avs, Broncos and Rockies
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah
I’m just hoping for a change of pace there. Though to be honest, the Nuggets are in the playoffs, so if the karma insists on sticking with one team, I’d rather it stay with the Nuggets. Hope that doesn’t get me kicked off the Row.
I won't ban you or tell on you
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:14 PM MDT up reply actions
K to start for DLR
Good start…though Hammel did that yesterday too
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:13 PM MDT reply actions
Why do we ever throw fastballs near Ramirez?
Just give him a steady diet of curves and sliders, and if he walks, so be it..
He scored from second
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:19 PM MDT up reply actions
I got that one on Gameday too
thinking of buying the TV as I don’t think I can go all summer like this
It's also
a one run game right now…
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
You shaddup
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Tulo...
…despite last night, you’re not seeing the ball right…
…START F***ING TAKING until you see Strike 2!
26 different l ineups in 28 games
The lineup is inconsistent….literally
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:21 PM MDT reply actions
Does
where you hit actually effect how you hit? It seems that different lineups should have a minimal effect on performance.
"Don't tell me about the world. Not today. It's springtime and they're knocking baseball around fields where the grass is damp and green in the morning and the kids are trying to hit the curve ball." -Pete Hamill
It can.
Different spots in the lineup are more likely to encounter different situations than others.
by Greg Stanwood on May 9, 2009 6:24 PM MDT up reply actions
I didn't play past high school
but it did affect my mentality
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:24 PM MDT up reply actions
well, it'd seem like that
but depending on who you’re hitting behind/ who’s on base, you recieve different pitches, affecting your batting
That makes sense
but it’s not like you’re getting pitches or situations you’ve never seen before. Like, the logic is if you’re not in the same spot, with the same guys in front and behind you, you’ll hit differently? I know you see different things, but it still ends up being a one-on-one match-up.
"Don't tell me about the world. Not today. It's springtime and they're knocking baseball around fields where the grass is damp and green in the morning and the kids are trying to hit the curve ball." -Pete Hamill
well, right
but guys try to adjust to what they’re most likely to recieve in the actual game, if someone goes from batting sixth to leadoff, it changes the entire thing.
Yes, small changes like from 2nd to 3rd aren’t that big of a deal, but Hurdle’s still messing with the lineup too much for anyone to get comfortable.
There are also different roles based on lineup position
The 3-4-5 spots are typically run producing spots, expected to drive in runs with home runs or RBI hits. The 1-2 spots are your guys that get on base the most for those RBI guys to drive in. 2-hole guys have traditionaly been high contact guys for bunts and hit and runs. It goes back to traditional lineup construction and the roles associated with it.
In high school, I struggled in the three hole and flourished as a leadoff guy because I preferred to be disciplined with the strike zone, and rarely took big swings. Being placed in a different spot in the lineup can also subconsciously change the expectations of what is expected of you in that spot.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Ah, good to know. Thank you.
So probably mostly mental. Either way, it’s really freaking annoying to hear Hurdle talk about them not being able to find consistency when he does so little to facilitate it in the first place.
"Don't tell me about the world. Not today. It's springtime and they're knocking baseball around fields where the grass is damp and green in the morning and the kids are trying to hit the curve ball." -Pete Hamill
That is precisely my point
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Not sure that adjective is quite dramatic and haughty enough
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Hurdle is
imploding like a dying star?
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
If you make a star reference
I would go with his head ballooning up like a red giant
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:35 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm in the Springs.
But going tomorrow.
"Don't tell me about the world. Not today. It's springtime and they're knocking baseball around fields where the grass is damp and green in the morning and the kids are trying to hit the curve ball." -Pete Hamill
I'm not at the game either
and I’m not finding much to say about this team
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
I'm trying to not be too negative
and following that old saying “if you don’t have anything nice to say,,,,,,,”
Oh look - Garrett is up!
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:37 PM MDT up reply actions
Good call
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:38 PM MDT up reply actions
Drew Goodman:
“I don’t worry about Atkins. The guy is a tremendous hitter. He proves it every year.” The only thing he’s proven to me annually is that he gets worse every year
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:39 PM MDT up reply actions
He was quoting Vinny Castilla there, not speaking for himself.
by Greg Stanwood on May 9, 2009 6:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Was he really? I didn't catch it
Regardless of who said it, I don’t buy it
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:41 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm not at the game
Finals next week. Not that I actually did anything today anyway
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:36 PM MDT up reply actions
Procrastination ftw!
I’m “working on a paper” right now.
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
Wish I was there. I seriously considered flying up there for the Rays series.
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."
Jackie Robinson
eh, but aren't the rays kinda good-ish?
go when we have a better chance of winning. like, a Nationals game
Two of the top 5 RBI guys in MLB are Rays
They ’re losing games they should win
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Right now, they're performing a bit better.
Both teams can be considered underperforming. Which one will be underperforming more by the time we play each other remains to be seen.
by Greg Stanwood on May 9, 2009 6:41 PM MDT up reply actions
I live in Tampa Bay
And it would be kinda cool to see both my teams.
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Jackie Robinson
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Nice breakdown Alanna
Maybe she read my series preview that highlighted all that ;-)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:37 PM MDT reply actions
I love
how bitter we all are, and it’s so hard not to be. You start the season with so much optimism and see so many good signs…
"Don't tell me about the world. Not today. It's springtime and they're knocking baseball around fields where the grass is damp and green in the morning and the kids are trying to hit the curve ball." -Pete Hamill
It's especially bitter this season because we feel like we have something to prove again.
It’s hard when you know your players aren’t doing as well as we know they can.
by Greg Stanwood on May 9, 2009 6:42 PM MDT up reply actions
These two are one of the main reasons we're not where we want to be.
Our SP has improved, our pen, while still not where we want it, has at least stopped the decent, Tulo and Netta have gotten the gears going a bit…
by Greg Stanwood on May 9, 2009 6:45 PM MDT up reply actions
true
and Todd’s been showing some improvement (knock on wood) but this team as a whole still has a long way to go before we’re where we need to be
That’s 100% because I have them on my fantasy team. I had Todd last year too. Kick me if ya want.
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."
Jackie Robinson
Well I have Manny Ramirez
now I have to start Dex ever day
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:44 PM MDT up reply actions
My account got clitched up, so I'm basically unable to play in our league anymore.
by Greg Stanwood on May 9, 2009 6:46 PM MDT up reply actions
What? How does that happen?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:50 PM MDT up reply actions
No idea.
I can log in just fine, but when I try to access my league, it gives me a message that simply says “action not possible”, then I am forward to “you have reached this page in error, please try again later”
by Greg Stanwood on May 9, 2009 6:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Maybe you can contact the bug people
That’s just wrong
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:52 PM MDT up reply actions
I did.
They have no idea what happened, but apparently, I’m not the only one.
by Greg Stanwood on May 9, 2009 6:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow...too bad I already used up one matchup with you ;-)
Hopefully they figure it out
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:54 PM MDT up reply actions
I am basically quitting the league anyway.
Even when I was winning, it just wasn’t as fun as it was last year.
by Greg Stanwood on May 9, 2009 6:55 PM MDT up reply actions
This is true
I don’t know any of the players but you and mkorpal…and Rockie4ever i guess
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah
that’s why i get confused. Rockie4eva, Rockie4ever, rockies4thewin or whoever else there is
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:11 PM MDT up reply actions
yeah
I’ve been meaning to change it, but now that I can’t log in and all… I’m Rockie4eva and Rockie4ever
mine's been acting weird, too
I haven’t been able to blog, either. it just says something like “you’ve reached this page in error, log on later”
So...and this is actually a serious question
does anyone here think the Rockies can actually score and win?
I’m sooooo down on on this team
Heh
Well, this game, I’d say yes. It’s only 1-0. But I don’t know much about the Marlins pitching. And I’m an eternal optimist.
And I’m an eternal optimist.
i am too. I’ve been convinced we’d win every series this year since we got swept in Dodgers Stadium
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Normally, I have a resounding yes ready for that question
but I’m terrified of Josh Johnson. Probably the most underrated starter in the NL
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:43 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't know.
obviously, I’m still a fan, as I’ll always for the rest of my life be, but I’m doubting them this year.
FS Florida
just showed it a couple of times and he looked out. I know, I know. Buzz Killington.
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."
Jackie Robinson
Really?
FSNRM showed an angle and he was obviously safe. He missed the tag once or twice
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:55 PM MDT up reply actions
yeah…he looked out to me. It was from the 1st base side upper level. It was possible that he missed the tag.
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."
Jackie Robinson
The view from the 3rd base side showed the miss
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 6:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Ah. I didn’t see that. I have the game FSNRM on the computer and there is about a 30 second delay and went to watch the replay bu i think I missed it.
One thing that I’ve noticed is how much better the camera angles FSNRM are than others. I’ve mentioned that here before.
I LOVE the shots from the foul pole home.
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."
Jackie Robinson
Only four stadiums had 500 FPS cameras last season.
Coors is one of them. I’m not sure if any other broadcasts have added them now.
by Greg Stanwood on May 9, 2009 7:01 PM MDT up reply actions
I hate basketball.
I actually hate all sports except this one. Imagine that.
by Greg Stanwood on May 9, 2009 6:55 PM MDT up reply actions
oh...I'm so sorry
I’m only a fair basketball and hockey fan.
College Football, I find to be too serious about to enjoy.
Baseball is mine to enjoy….I’m not doing that so far this year
I love analysis, so even though the team is disappointing, I enjoy looking at why.
by Greg Stanwood on May 9, 2009 6:57 PM MDT up reply actions
You and I are cut from the same cloth I believe
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:03 PM MDT up reply actions
They seem to be eating all the area sports luck...
…OK, maybe not all of it; the Rapids seem to be all right..
Kind of.
His mistake there wasn’t as bad as Manny just outright dropping that ball though.
by Greg Stanwood on May 9, 2009 7:00 PM MDT up reply actions
right
I just still see him that way.
except for Matt Herges (and who remembers him, anyway?) he was the only Matt until this year…
Matt Anderson :)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Former first overall pick of the Tigers
finished his career in horrible fashion with the Rox in 2005. See?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:27 PM MDT up reply actions
An even more obscure Rockies Matt
Matt Nokes
Never heard of him
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:31 PM MDT up reply actions
HR time
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:09 PM MDT reply actions
Dreary
That’s pretty much the best word I can use to sum up watching this team play. No excitement, no buzz, no fun. Smallish, quiet crowds. Underperforming players.
Sigh. I really thought 2007 was going to put an end to this, but I guess that was just a beautiful respite.
He has pitched well tonight
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow Atkins reached on an error...
crap! Hurdle is going to think he’s no slumping anymore…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewrightshot/
Ok this seems odd...
Atkins at first with Yorvit up to bat. Yorvit grounds to second, and somehow they DIDN’T turn the DP? With Yorvit and Atkins running? Credit the Marlins defense for defying physics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewrightshot/
This team needs to be shaken violently
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:32 PM MDT reply actions
It developed two weeks ago
Odd that it’s becoming worrisome now
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:34 PM MDT up reply actions
I guess it's not bad enough to take him out of the game
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
From the radio
it didn’t sound like they were looking at a blister. At least, Jeff & Jack never mentioned one.
Well it WAS George that mentioned the blister word
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:36 PM MDT up reply actions
Heh
Jeff & Jack were wondering if there was a groin strain or something. Not sure where they were getting that from. But if it were a blister, you’d think it’d be fairly obvious if the trainer looked at his hand.
HAHA
How can two people look at the same thing and one think blister and one groin? Those are generally not near eachother
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:42 PM MDT up reply actions
I obviously should have picked up DLR instead of Phil Hughes
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:37 PM MDT reply actions
This is a shame...
JDLR pitches a game that should be enough to beat anyone…
…and he’s gonna lose because the Fish guy throws a shutout X(
Probably partly that
and apathy. Saturday GT are generally less active than weekday games, when ppl are at “work”
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Already asked that...
…actually dragged a few Rowbots out of the woodwork when I said it…
…and since you said “too”, where else have you been posting?
when I said too, I was referring to our bats
but yeah, I was one of the people that posted to that, I think. I figured that maybe some of them were just busy and would be on by now, though.
I thought our Game Thread was dead
until I saw the one at FishStripes is at 16 posts. We’ve got them tenfold
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:40 PM MDT reply actions
They started the thread 40m into the game
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:41 PM MDT up reply actions
With that type of fanbase...
…why did they even bother to try to build a new park?
The team’ll just be moved to someplace that can actually support ’em (but will it be Vegas or Portland?) by 2015 anyway…
heck, they'd have a better fanbase in wyoming...
by Rockie4Ever on May 9, 2009 7:43 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
I think part of the thinking
is that fans will be more likely to flock to a baseball game with a removable roof, where they know they won’t get roasted
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:43 PM MDT up reply actions
The elder folks like predictable weather
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Tulo slides in slowmo
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Or a chin
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:47 PM MDT up reply actions
Huh
I didn’t know Randy Wolff’s brother is an umpire. He can’t work behind the plate if Randy’s pitching, so the ump crew has to alter their rotation.
That's very interesting
A guy I went to high school with is a minor league umpire. So did Dick Monfort’s kids…I wonder if they’d block him from umping Rockies games if he every gets called up
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:46 PM MDT up reply actions
Tulo started his slide BEFORE the cut out. What the????
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Jackie Robinson
Cut out?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Where the infield makes that indentation at each base.
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Jackie Robinson
Oh yes. Probably why he took forever to get in there
he shouldn’t have gone head first either
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:47 PM MDT up reply actions
chicks dig the
….head first slide?
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
See, that's why it's Saturday night and you're posting online about a MLB game instead of an evening of romance.
You need to learn about the romance of the head-first slide.
Haha...I suppose you are posting from your internet phone
in the bathroom at a nice restaurant with a hot date?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:56 PM MDT up reply actions
or you just have nothing to do like the rest of us?
exept for those of us who are “studying for finals”
Indeed, Indeed.
Actually watching the game with my kid.
Next gen Rockies fans!
That’s always good. I drew the short stick and i get to mod the Saturday threads.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 8:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Thank you
I’m glad you’ve been lurking, but more glad you finally took the jump into the PR community
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 8:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Do you get paid?
Or are you all just volunteers?
Volunteers
RG and Russ might get a small compensation for managing everything, but if it’s anything, it’s paltry
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 8:34 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't want
to spoil anything yet, but y’all are going to get something at the end of the season.
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Damn, how'd you know?
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i'd definitely take cheap tacos tomorrow :)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 8:42 PM MDT up reply actions
I hope it's a $2 baseball trophy
I have about 8 of those
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 8:43 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow.
Well, count me duly impressed. I’m with JaySantos, you guys are the best rockies site.
Thanks
When the product is driven solely by passion instead of income and sometimes passion, it can yield results
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 8:56 PM MDT up reply actions
(get your mom tickets for mother's day)
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
oh, we're going
but she’s working. So I’m going to try to get her a Todd autographed ball. I think she loves him more than my dad, lol.
I thought you lived in Missouri
or Kansas
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 8:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Huh
Maybe if you changed your name to MetroGirl or something, I wouldn’t get confused. I’m so confused
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 8:09 PM MDT up reply actions
This is true
the game will be done before nine
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 8:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Welcome to PR
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Well I actually mentioned at the beginning of yesterday's thread
that I maybe he wouldn’t be a Rockies killer. If that didn’t jinx us, hopefully this won’t either.
Stop the press
Greinke just gave up an earned run.
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Jackie Robinson
:-O
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:50 PM MDT up reply actions
In other news,
hell has frozen over.
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
Number 3 on the year i believe
Gary Mathews the culprit of all ppl
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:52 PM MDT up reply actions
I feel so bad for de la Rosa
Belisle has a win and he doesn’t. That’s nuts
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:50 PM MDT reply actions
Pretty much
though haren is also 3-3
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Jimmy Johns
has the only good commercials right now.
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
Today it's because Josh Johnson hates baserunners
like only about 20 in MLB do
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:59 PM MDT up reply actions
See he has this rule...
where you can only have one baserunner on at a time.
Time to break out. G.A.
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Jackie Robinson
Garrett Atkins?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 7:59 PM MDT up reply actions
I now think that Garrett is pressing. He said he’s not worried but he’s gotta be.
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Jackie Robinson
With Ramirez gone...
…maybe we can fob Atty off on the Cubs? He wouldn’t have to worry so much about his job, and we’d be rid of an anchor…
He's only gone two months tops right?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 8:11 PM MDT up reply actions
First Fly out
to the outfield.
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Jackie Robinson
Atkins...
A few years ago, I’d have bet my house that Atkins was a perennial batting crown candidate. the kind of guy who would hit .320 or .330 on a regular basis.
What’s happened to him is utterly inexplicable. Of course, what’s happened to Corpas is also inexplicable. And what’s happening to Tulo is…. well, you get it by now.
My thoughts exactly.
A couple of years ago my thinking was that if Atkins was playing in NY he’d be a household name (a la D. Wright). I thought he was one of the most underrated players in the game.
He really was back in 2006
he’s just completely fallen leading into his “prime”
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 8:13 PM MDT up reply actions
For those of you wondering
DLR does have an 8 inning start in his career, April 22, 2007
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 9, 2009 8:04 PM MDT reply actions
and now
a career high in K’s.
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Jackie Robinson
Longest start in his Rockies career
2nd longest of his career
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein