Wednesday Rockpile: Rockies Should Move Forward After Tough Loss
by Jeff Aberle on Jun 24, 2009 8:28 AM MDT
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PrintRockies' record road streak falls in shaky eighth - Renck
Well, the Rockies certainly had their chances last night--truly a game they should have won.Those games sting for me more than those of the blowout loss variety.
It all really came down to the fundamentals of playing bunt defense (we're looking at you Ian Stewart)--that and Clint Barmes went 0-4 with RISP (three times failing to execute with a runner on third and less than two out!) and Brad Hawpe was 0-3, failing to give the Rockies some sorely needed insurance runs.
In all, the Rockies were an abysmal 0-10 with RISP! Even a mediocre showing in that category would have won the Rockies the game last night.
As a result, Ubaldo Jimenez took the hard luck loss and the Rockies fell to 17-2 in their last 19. In other words, some market correction is probably in order for the Rockies, who have won a few of these games themselves during the streak. It doesn't make suffering such a loss any easier though.
A positive sign was the fact that the Rockies were seeing a bunch of pitches--chasing starter Sean O'Sullivan after five innings with over 100 pitches after consistently going deep into counts on him. Usually such an effort will lead to a victory, but alas, twas not to be last night.
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Colorado wasted a stellar night from shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, who used a new upright stance to mash two HRs and provided all of the Rockies' three RBIs. Within the article are updates on Manny Corpas and Greg Reynolds.
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The Rockies didn't lose much off of their playoff odds with the loss (38%), as the Brewers and Cubs both also lost, and remain 1.5 GB in the wild card.
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Not that any Rockies are serious candidates for Hall admission at this point, but it is interesting to see some of the names on the ballot. Larry Walker will be the Rockies' first serious candidate for the Hall, but he won't have eligibility until next year, I believe.
I know how some of you feel about power rankings, but the Rockies are ranked fourth--worth at least skimming.
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Corpas
“He’s not even considering surgery to remove bone chips at this point. "
Hmm. Bone chips sound painful; if you don’t remove them, what’s the therapy? Are they just trying to let the swelling/irritation go down and hope he can pitch through any future pain?
Free Seth Smith!
I had bone chips
And it hurt like a mother-kruker when I moved the wrong way. Had it scoped almost 20 years ago. The chip was the size of a dress shirt button. The doctor had hoped that it would dissolve with a few weeks, but it was too big.
To answer your question about therapy: what I remember was that I had to rest the arm (minimal movement) for 4-6 weeks with the hope that it would dissolve. Apparently the body looks at the bone chip as a foreign body and tries to remove it.
Ouch! Thanks for the info.
Sounds like 2 weeks might be optimistic for Corpas’s return.
Free Seth Smith!
I would think treatments have changed some in the last twenty years.
"I've had pretty good success with Stan Musial by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third." - Carl Erskine
probably not. I don't see how they can avoid surgery myself. But then I'm not a doctor.
"I've had pretty good success with Stan Musial by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third." - Carl Erskine
I'm no doctor, but I play one on the 'net
Bone Chips, come in various sizes. The body will try to disolve, small ones. But medium to big ones not so much. Real big ones like I had on my shin, the body will treat like a break and try to graft it.
I think they can give medicines to help dissolve small ones. They can also be dissolved with ultra sound. Surgery to remove is the usual answer for medium to big ones.
Frustrating game to watch last night.
I guess they can’t win every night, huh? It’s easy to forget that when they’re playing this well.
Let’s get the series tonight!
Don't pin the loss on Hawpe...
From above: “Brad Hawpe was 0-3, failing to give the Rockies some sorely needed insurance runs.”
For those who didn’t watch, Hawpe didn’t fail at anything. He hit bullets in all of the clutch situations, unfortunately right at the 2nd baseman (twice), and once to the shortstop. Players can’t control what happens after they hit the ball; all they can control is the quality of their at-bats and whether they make solid contact. Hawpe did his job. The outcome wasn’t favorable.
Such bad luck, plus bad defense by Stewart in the 8th inning, cost us the victory.
Call it luck, poor execution, whatever...
but we didn’t get those runs home. Barmes was the main culprit, but the fact is that we were 0-10 with RISP. You can’t have success with that number, plain and simple.
Eschew Obfuscation!
by Jeff Aberle on Jun 24, 2009 11:55 AM MDT up reply actions
I like how
the sidebar shows career stats for Clint Hurdle, Alberto Pujols, Jim Tracy and Troy Tulowitzki.
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
by PioneerSkies on Jun 24, 2009 1:19 PM MDT up reply actions
Nice article thanks
Interesting comment about the RangR numbers. What is this measure and how does troy do on it?
From an fans observation his range is crazy deep. I know thats not a number but he turns hits into outs more than any other SS I’ve seen in admittedly limited numbers. (I’m not a scout)…
This Angels keystone combo is the closest I’ve seen to Tulo and Barmes defensively, but they out field the other team every time.
by El Paso Jeff on Jun 24, 2009 1:56 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't mind power rankings...
I actually think them to be scientific, when they have the Rockies high in the poll.
When they put them low, then they’re nothing but garbage.
on the elilable Rox for HOF
what do Y’all think of this years group, will garner the largest amounts of vote percentage going forward?
Big cat or Ellis Burks?
I’m basically assuming neither will make it, for both bias and numbers reasons.
But I would say the Cat has more name recognition all though Burks came up for Boston, ( I believe I have that rookie card somewhere) but I don’t think the BoSox claim him as one of theirs.
Now next year I think Larry Walker gets much better consideration and will eventually get in some year down the road. But what does he go in as? I would almost have to say the Expos, but would love to see him say the Rox… When I think of Larry Walker I see him in that crazy expos uniform not a Colo and I loved watching him play.
"but I don’t think the BoSox claim [Burks] as one of theirs."
Sure they do. Not exclusively, but they have had him at Fenway for events. He played more games for the Red Sox than for any other team.
Do players still get to pick their team? I thought they changed that rule. Walker played far more games/years for the Rockies than for the Expos, and won his MVP here, so if he goes (and I think it will be a tough sell to voters), and if the choice is made for him, he’d go in with a Rockies cap.
Free Seth Smith!
I think Galarraga
gets more than 5% of the vote this coming year (enough to stay on the ballot for the following year) but I do not see him having much after that. He did have good years both before and after the Rockies so he has the chance though.
Burks will get some votes but will ultimately be dismissed like Bichette a couple years ago.
"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
I hope you're wrong
As Burks had a much better career than Galarraga and Bichette isn’t even in the same league. But I’d guess most voters think neither are HoF’ers, so I suppose anything can happen.
Free Seth Smith!
Tulo likes high pitches
Yes he does
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 24, 2009 3:12 PM MDT reply actions
I thought that
second HR pitch last night was higher than that, then again it all happened too fast.
"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
Webb might have labrum surgery
Rox Girl, I may owe you an apology.
The Arizona Diamondbacks: Invincible in 18 innings since '01
THAT's analysis
And not just because he likes our time
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 24, 2009 4:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Let's just make sure that a copy of that business about skills laying dormant is
attached to Atkins’ name and sent to every general manager in captivity.
"I've had pretty good success with Stan Musial by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third." - Carl Erskine
And he, gasp,
actually links to the FanGraphs article about Tulo’s revival.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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