Rockies 1, Nationals 0: Rockies win a game of the National(s) pastime
by Russ Oates on Jul 6, 2009 9:19 PM MDT
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PrintIsn't everything great after a Rockies win? Jason Marquis picked up his (league-leading) 11th win; Huston Street notched his 20th save; and the Rockies won a 1-0 game. At home. You know, Coors Field.
So, how does a team win 1-0 at Coors Field? The simple answer is, play the Nationals. The more involved answer is, play the Nationals. Seriously, the Nats were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and failed to score a run. Thank you very much Jason Marquis for a strong eight innings of no-run ball. The guy came up best when it counted the most. Look at his last two innings. In the seventh, he allowed a double and single before the first out ocurred. Then a single loaded the bases. With a leverage index (LI) of 4.69 on the next batter, Marquis induced a ground out. Moving to the eighth, Marquis faced a similar situation with the bases loaded and two outs this time. The LI for that situation was 6.86 and he got a fly out. Dude's banging--dude's an All-Star. And after 104 pitches for Marquis, Huston Street entered and sealed the deal.
The Rockies, though, were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and scored the lone run of the game in the first inning on a Todd Helton double with Clint Barmes on first base.
Gotta love the Rockies!
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In case you weren't watching the postgame...
Flores down, Morales up to join the bullpen. I can dig it.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
The Shawn Chacon Experience - Life as a Rockies fan, one day at a time: Because we're all still recovering from those nine blown saves.
ooOOoo
Jesus Flores jokes now irrelevent since both Flores’ are off rosters
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 6, 2009 9:25 PM MDT up reply actions
YES! YES! YES!
No more asking please for wins, now I'm telling you: YOU WILL WIN.
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2009 9:27 PM MDT up reply actions
A better go this time, Frankie.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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He pitched well in his first start
and then he got injured didn’t he?
"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
Yes,
so no injury.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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Yeah he pitched well
One run, 4 hits, 6 innings. But he got lucky too. You’re not going to have that stat line often while giving up 12 flyballs and 0 groundballs anywhere, nevermind a stadium with a 115.3 HR/FB Park Factor. Also check out Chase’s HR rating at ESPN. Yeah, Frankie lucked out a bit
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 6, 2009 10:55 PM MDT up reply actions
That should help out one hell of alot.
No more asking please for wins, now I'm telling you: YOU WILL WIN.
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2009 9:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Like this move
and looking forward to getting Manny back… will be feeling better about the bullpen!
(my other car is a cdr)
niceee frankiee is back!
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
by TuLoRocks2008 on Jul 6, 2009 9:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Yay!
I felt bad after being wrong twice in a row earlier this week. I am glad to know my suspicion they’d call up Morales to replaced Embree or Flores wasn’t.
by Greg Stanwood on Jul 6, 2009 10:05 PM MDT up reply actions
The caption on the picture
is perfect. Makes my day
"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
That and a Rockies WIN!!!
"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
Where did this Jason guy come from
Honestly, I don’t know. 17 strait innings of shut out ball ain’t bad.
groundball pitcher + excellent groundball defense.
No more asking please for wins, now I'm telling you: YOU WILL WIN.
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2009 9:29 PM MDT up reply actions
he can't be that much worse than whoever we have...
….right?
Chris Iannetta status: DOOM
Seth Smith status: FREE SETH SMITH
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for CarGon
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jul 6, 2009 10:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Marquis to Erik Manning: Eat your words
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 6, 2009 10:56 PM MDT up reply actions
meh, he does have a point
all he’s saying is that Jimenez should have been picked over Marquis because he’s a better pitcher, which is hard to argue.
I know this
Marquis isn’t exactly pitching himself out of the conversation though. Even though he’s inferior talent-wise, he’s had one of the best half seasons of any Rockies pitcher
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 7, 2009 7:42 AM MDT up reply actions
point
but he’s kind of boring. Effective, but boring.
Chris Iannetta status: DOOM
Seth Smith status: FREE SETH SMITH
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for CarGon
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jul 7, 2009 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions
So is Cook
So is Webb
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 7, 2009 11:17 AM MDT up reply actions
dude
Webb has a K rate just shy of Ubaldo’s, I’d hardly stack Webb up with Cook and Marquis.
Chris Iannetta status: DOOM
Seth Smith status: FREE SETH SMITH
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for CarGon
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jul 7, 2009 11:24 AM MDT up reply actions
Fair enough
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 7, 2009 11:50 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah I'm with you on this
Baldo’s been so much more exciting to watch, but the press’ infatuation with OMG WINS is gonna be more than looking at Ubal’s 98 mph fastball.
But whatever, maybe Marquis will be this season’s Cook. Utley at 2B rather than Uggla could help this.
Chris Iannetta status: DOOM
Seth Smith status: FREE SETH SMITH
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for CarGon
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jul 7, 2009 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions
I hope he's not this year's Cook
I think the extended work Cook had last ASG hurt him in the long run (this will never be known for sure). I hope he gets to pitch and pitch well though.
"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
Not digging this
hitting slump we seem to be going through…
But I do like the V… or W or whatever letter is appropriate…
The Rockies need some oldschool purple/white striped high socks. The team’s problem is it’s lack of swagger. I feel strongly that these socks will provide the swagger necessary to tap the potential that are the Rockies.
The historical way to win a 1-0 game at Coors...
is to play the Padres. Only team we’ve beat that way twice.
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
These types of games are going to wind up giving me a heart attack before I'm 30
Nice win, though. And WOOHOO for Morales!
Good attendance for a Nat’s game, too, with 25000. I was sitting in the pavillion, we even got to do a “DUNN SUUUCKS” chant.
OK, I can breathe now
I hated this game, hated it, hated it. (But I’m way happy that we managed to win.) Marquis is a stud, and most decidedly deserves his All-Star nod. Huston Street deserves it as well. I have no idea where we’d be without that guy.
But seriously, this offense needs to get a grip. The 0-fer with RISP is far too similar to 2008 and early 2009 for my taste. End of rant. Rox win! All is right with the world until tomorrow.
And how far back are we now?
I can't decide
whether I should be happy that we won or upset that they did not play all that well. Who am I kidding, I’m pretty happy we won!
…against the nationals…at home…by one run…with Marquis pitching…
hush
It counts the same as a 22-1 win.
Chris Iannetta status: DOOM
Seth Smith status: FREE SETH SMITH
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for CarGon
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jul 7, 2009 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions
Jason didn't look like he was taking too happy with Tracy's notification that Street would come in in the 9th when he came in at the end of the 8th.
But that was absolutely the correct decision. I know Jason wanted to go for another shutout but we’ve got bigger fish to fry here. And yes, the Vizcaino for Marquis is DOD’s best deal since he’s been here.
"I've had pretty good success with Stan Musial by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third." - Carl Erskine
Marquis escaped some tough jams late in the game...I was sensing his luck running thin
Street was absolutely the right choice. It would have been debilitating to lose three consecutive well-in-hand games to inferior teams at home
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 6, 2009 10:58 PM MDT up reply actions
I would not have called this one "well-in-hand"
More like, barely-balancing-at the-edge-of-our-fingertips.
**Three come-from-ahead losses**
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 7, 2009 7:43 AM MDT up reply actions
I give major props to Tracy for leaving Marquis in for the 8th
Could have been a very easy decision to go to the bullpen but he didn’t. Hire Tracy!!!
by cocainelips99 on Jul 7, 2009 8:29 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm not sure he had a better option than Marquis to bridge to Street.
"I've had pretty good success with Stan Musial by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third." - Carl Erskine
I hate when that's the best option for the 8th
“well… his pitch count isn’t TOOOOO high yet…”
Chris Iannetta status: DOOM
Seth Smith status: FREE SETH SMITH
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for CarGon
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jul 7, 2009 10:38 AM MDT up reply actions
thoughts
1) Will Morales become our 8th inning man in wake of corpas’ absence, or an extended duty sort of guy, pitching 2+ innings? or both?
2) I can’t believe we beat the Nationals by 1 run. I mean, a win is a win, but last month we were dragonslayers, so far, we’ve been run-scroungers.
3) God Bless Todd Helton
if you're reading this, it means my undying support for your team will result in its failure.
Speaking of dragonslayers.....
Will Frankie be the long guy? Will Josh Fogg ever pitch in Colorado again? Do we even need long guys anymore? Inquiring minds want to know.
"I've had pretty good success with Stan Musial by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third." - Carl Erskine
At this point
It’s Street in the 9th with a lead with all other innings pitched by relievers being determined by darts.
thats what it feels like at least
if you're reading this, it means my undying support for your team will result in its failure.
by fantasyfencing on Jul 6, 2009 10:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Innings 1-8 are for the starters
9th inning for Street.
10th-nth innings the rest of the bullpen.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 6, 2009 10:59 PM MDT up reply actions
and then we lose
Chris Iannetta status: DOOM
Seth Smith status: FREE SETH SMITH
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for CarGon
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jul 7, 2009 10:38 AM MDT up reply actions
Well, at least something is being done to address the bullpen situation. That's encouraging.
"I've had pretty good success with Stan Musial by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third." - Carl Erskine
"To get along with me, don't increase my tension" - Ty Cobb
Well Ty, the Rockies are increasing my tension.
You have to be kidding me
MLBNetwork reads our game threads? I claim plagiarism and expect a check in seven days…
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 7, 2009 12:49 AM MDT up reply actions
You've
got to be kidding me. And I just posted this as a mobile comment.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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by Russ Oates on Jul 7, 2009 7:15 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
mobile posts!
Sweet. Who’ll be first to join a game thread from the game?
by Rox R Champs on Jul 7, 2009 7:39 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
During
the PR BBQ we had a couple posts from the game, or we tried at lest.
"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
/rimshot
Chris Iannetta status: DOOM
Seth Smith status: FREE SETH SMITH
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for CarGon
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jul 7, 2009 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Or Josh Fogg
assuming he even bothers going to the games anymore, of course…
by Junction Rox on Jul 7, 2009 11:36 AM MDT up reply actions
We should totally send a link to Fogg.
He could be our fly on the wall of the bullpen. He’s apparently got nothing better to do.
But not from
mobile.purplerow.com
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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I must admit
I believe I have a slight man-crush on Jason Marquis and Huston Street. Somehow, I’m really not ashamed to say that.
"Horton is win."
--Horvil Tiki
you're not alone
SIIIIGHHHHHHH
Chris Iannetta status: DOOM
Seth Smith status: FREE SETH SMITH
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for CarGon
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jul 7, 2009 11:01 AM MDT up reply actions
I get the man-crush
but the sigh was kinda creepy. ;-)
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
then you go get your own crush alright
Chris Iannetta status: DOOM
Seth Smith status: FREE SETH SMITH
Matt Murton status: Prisoner Exchanged for CarGon
Mike McCoy status: FREE MIKE MCCOY
by Andrew Martin on Jul 7, 2009 1:49 PM MDT up reply actions
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