*a “nude” colored bodysuit is acceptable.

what will you be wearing tomorrow so i can find you…

:-(

At least they didn’t DFA you.

happy birthday

I feel your pain – the Rockies are 1-13 all-time on my birthday.

Hopefully they can make it up to you tomorrow!

our offense basically every game since the all star break has been inconsistent or putrid…i don’t get why we can not play on the east coast but the offensive problems stem back to the last few series…we are not hitting in the clutch like we were doing previously…idk what is up with the team but they better right the ship ASAP or else they are going to fall behind in the race fast…too many teams in contention right now to go into a slump.

i was guessing they’d only split the four games, so that could still happen. i have a weird feeling that they’ll focus better against santana, and actually try to win that one.

that said, tracy’s got to do something with the offense. there needs to be a shakeup—at least in the lineup…

or… maybe murton, anyone?

Who knows? What are our expectations? I expect they’re all over the map. Some people talk about catching the Dodgers—is this the expectation? Do people think we’d run away with the wildcard? Do these 2 games define the team more than the 98 that preceded them? I don’t think so.

I still like the Rockies’ position, and we’re a world apart from the Mets, who are looking up at 3 teams in their division alone, and 7 for the WC. Rox Girl’s comments about the comparative difficulty of competitor’s schedules still hold. Her comments about our run differential being better than the WC competitors still hold. (Even since the break, bad games and all.) It’s a good, balanced team. The offense is good and figures to continue being strong. The starting pitching is still strong. The defense is strong. Betancourt and Morales, and perhaps Chacin, will improve the bullpen.

Maybe people’s expectations are too high? If they thought the team wouldn’t go through any difficult stretches, I’d say so. Even a .600 team does that, and the Rockies aren’t a .600 team.

so it’s not as if these two rotten games have DQed us from contention. No one is in denial to suggest we’re a wild card contender when we’re sitting at the top. I suppose if there’s any room for denial, it’s for those who thought winning the WC would be a cinch. It’s not. I’m not terribly worried. Your entire second paragraph seems to be giving more credence to these two games than the 98 prior. Every team has lulls – heck the Red Sox has a 5 game losing streak already after the ASB and is 4-7 since the game. While this lull is worrisome, 1) at least it came against someone outside of the race and not the Giants, and 2) this is the most likely time for a lull to hit – the beginning of a long road trip in a city that curses us.
Make no mistake. The Rockies are still a contender. We might even thank this series for convincing O’Dowd (if he wasn’t already) that another move needs to be made to give us the best chance.

Also, only Chicago (9-3), Philly (9-3), Atlanta (8-4) and Florida (6-4) have better records since the ASB than Colorado (7-5). It’s not like we’ve been losing much ground here. Just 2 games to CHC and one to ATL in terms of the WC chase. We still have best run differential of the WC teams and a slew of home games to go. The team might go into a slump and fall to 3GB or so, but there’s no doubt they belong in the WC conversation, and there’s no denial of truth there.

he probably won’t be back to haunt us for a while? I could like that idea. ;-)

I don’t care as much about the Dodgers, but I know a lot of people follow their games. And Loretta pitching is kind of amusing.

he’s a wild flail or two away from a season-ending stint at a chiropractors office.

Hilarious way to start a new day. Thanks for the laugh.

that they’re trying to club their way back into contention by swinging just as hard as they can.

Fire Tracy, promote Runnells :V

Are both hitting, have raised their averages in July, and Stewart has cut his strikeouts down as well. Tulo has really had it going. June/July:

.297 avg, .385 OBP .612 slugging; 14 HR 10 SB 32 RBI

The RBI obviously stick out, though we all know about this RISP probs this year.

Iannetta’s scuffling. His July is turning out to be even worse than his April.