Troy Tulowitzki hits for the cycle in victory over Cubs
by Russ Oates on Aug 10, 2009 10:05 PM MDT
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PrintTulo! Tulo! Tulo! Two-run homer in the first, two-run single in the second (after hitting a long ball that went to replay and confirmed the ump's call of a foul ball), an RBI double in the fourth, a leadoff triple in the seventh, and a two-run single in the bottom of the eighth. Yep, that's a cycle and more for Troy Tulowitzki--the first by a Rockie since Mike Lansing did it on 18 June 2000. And he's only the second player to hit for the cycle and record an unassisted triple play in his career. The other is John Valentin. (Note: There were two George Burns who played around the same time, each doing half of this feat, which lead to a mix-up.)
His first home run was an absolute bomb and the ball that was called foul was also a monster shot. Man, I love Troy Tulowitzki.
Troy Tulowitzki: 5-for-5, 1B, 2B, 3B, HR, 2 R, 7 RBI, .252 WPA
And let's not forget about Jorge De La Rosa, or as we should correctly call him, Jorge K La Rosa. He struck out 11 in this game, his second highest this season after having struck out 12 Marlins back in May.
Dexter Fowler made an amazing catch in the top of the ninth, but he slammed into the outfield war. He was able to get up and walk off the field on his own.
With the win the Rockies took three of four from the Cubs.
Happy days!
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cubbies are awful
defense is horrid.
bunch of head cases…
i’m sure lou would like to kick some serious ass in the club house…
No kidding
I can’t recall the last time I saw a team field so poorly. Embarrassing.
by J. Henry Waugh on Aug 10, 2009 10:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Nats? D-Backs?
We’ve seen some bad ball from some opponents recently, huh?
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
I want to do a long post but
the Cubs are. Fundementally…they are not good. Besides Derrick Lee….they don’t have anyone that seems to be hitting…..their pitching isn’t great (I know they have had injuries)…and their Defense is terrible.
Really i have no idea, how they have the record that they do after watching this 4 game series.
This Rockies team is special….the good kind
long post on the cubbies
would be a waste – you summed it up nicely in one word – fundamentals – they have none.
derrick lee – yes. soto and ramirez – yes, but they’ve been hurt..
this is just the way to look at it
That they really do lack the fundamentals.
Rockies fans will forgive a double because the relay from CF to SS to 2B will be sharply executed, and the play might even be close. Tulo’s double – and triple – were both made possible thanks to terrible, terrible relay throws, and viewers like you.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 11, 2009 8:27 AM MDT up reply actions
Chacin starts tomorrow....
was on post game presser.
"Man, this is baseball, you gotta stop thinking! Just have fun."
The Sandlot (1993) – Benny Rodriguez (Mike Vitar)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 10, 2009 10:20 PM MDT reply actions
+1
I CAN’T WAIT!!!!
"There are only two important things in life: baseball and breathing. But at least you can survive without breathing for 3 minutes."
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by Hollidayrain on Aug 10, 2009 10:43 PM MDT up reply actions
chacinnnn
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
"TuLoRocks2008 had the most comments I've seen in any game thread this year (322)...Can such a feat be eclipsed?" ..... Bring it on!!
Chacin starting
Tracy answered a question about the choice by saying if both he and Fogg were to get knocked around, he’d rather have Chacin in there first b/c he thinks Fogg would handle the “taking one for the pen” better.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
Works for me. Might as well give him the experience, too.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
Except Tracy said on Sunday he preferred Fogg to start...which is it Trace?
"If you're going to be stupid, you'd better be tough."
sunday was 2 days ago
monday was 1 day ago
it’s chacin
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 11, 2009 8:28 AM MDT up reply actions
Ringolsby mentioned last night that Tracy probably didn't want Jhoulys worrying for 3 days.
"I've had pretty good success with Stan Musial by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third." - Carl Erskine
actually yeah, that makes sense
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 11, 2009 8:28 AM MDT up reply actions
dodgers beating giants into 7th
cant decide how to feel about this
if you're reading this, it means my undying support for your team will result in its failure.
by fantasyfencing on Aug 10, 2009 10:22 PM MDT reply actions
How much time did they devote
to Red Sox / Yankees coverage?
Sometimes I think ESPN's opinion is more important
to you people than how the Rockies play.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
sweeeeet
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by Hollidayrain on Aug 10, 2009 10:44 PM MDT up reply actions
John Valentin is the other player
with an unassisted triple play and a cycle
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
"TuLoRocks2008 had the most comments I've seen in any game thread this year (322)...Can such a feat be eclipsed?" ..... Bring it on!!
dont look now, but
mlb.com has tulo’s cycle as their 4th picture headline.
don’t worry, headline number two is manny ramirez (i dont think he hit the cycle tonight), so everything is still right in the world.
if you're reading this, it means my undying support for your team will result in its failure.
by fantasyfencing on Aug 10, 2009 10:42 PM MDT reply actions
Chacin
I get to go tomorrow. Can’t wait to see some filthy stuff. How many pitches will Tracy give him?
Same here, I'm really excited.
"There are only two important things in life: baseball and breathing. But at least you can survive without breathing for 3 minutes."
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by Hollidayrain on Aug 10, 2009 10:48 PM MDT up reply actions
I need to get tix....
But my lady is forcing me to yoga.
Also…Chacin is getting a great team to start for the first time against. Better then Francis vs. the Braves a few years back.
Tracy said in last night in post game he was good for about 70 pitches.
"I've had pretty good success with Stan Musial by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third." - Carl Erskine
Side note: Guerrero hit his 400th career homer.
That’s a pretty huge mark. Congrats Vlad!
"There are only two important things in life: baseball and breathing. But at least you can survive without breathing for 3 minutes."
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homerun derby
in LA tonight…great game
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
"TuLoRocks2008 had the most comments I've seen in any game thread this year (322)...Can such a feat be eclipsed?" ..... Bring it on!!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 10, 2009 10:50 PM MDT up reply actions
And Jason Bartlett just struck out
a single short of the cycle.
No extra innings in this one, please. Don’t need this joker stealing any of Tulo’s thunder…
by Junction Rox on Aug 10, 2009 11:02 PM MDT up reply actions
I missed this game
was it as friggin’ awesome as the box score makes it seem to be?
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.
What happened to Huston
does this concern anybody else??
Nah
This seems to happen to a lot of starters when they come into a non-save situation.
Plus, he got the bad outing out of his system.
closers*
if you're reading this, it means my undying support for your team will result in its failure.
by fantasyfencing on Aug 10, 2009 11:10 PM MDT up reply actions
Actually I am kind of glad
that it happened tonight. Was bound to happen sometime, might as well be with ten run cushion.
President of the Don Draper fan club.
Bartlett
needs just a single for a cycle. i think it would be the first time two players have ever done it same dayq
"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
Kind of silly
But I am watching the “live in-game look” or whatever they call it on mlb.com right now.
President of the Don Draper fan club.
Happened last year
Beltre and some guy from Arizona.
by KindredSprites on Aug 10, 2009 11:24 PM MDT up reply actions
correct
I checked and its happened twice before Stephen Drew and Adrian Beltre last year. Bobby Veach and George Burns in 1920
"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
by nodakroxfan on Aug 10, 2009 11:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Word can not express
how happy I am with the game tonight. So much to love with this game.
And Tulo….. WOW! After a year and a half of Angel Berroa jokes it is so awesome to see Tulo be the player we all thought he would be after 2007.
President of the Don Draper fan club.
before you hang your hat on that too much
We still haven’t figured out what kind of player Tulo is… is he a high average-good runner who bats 2nd like we were hoping in 2008? Is he a lower average, high discipline, high slugging crusher like he looks right now?
He’s on pace for 25-30 dingers, 35-40 XBH (not counting dingers), 20 steals….I don’t know what to make of this guy anymore, slugger or slapper!
Point is he’s pretty awesome, and the advanced numbers confirm this.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 11, 2009 8:34 AM MDT up reply actions
Chacin, Street, and DLR
First off, Tracy said about 75 pitches tommorow for Chacin. That gives him a chance of getting 5 innings if he keeps it at 15 pitches an inning. The key is to have Fogg and Chacin together get us through 6 and hand off to the bullpen wiht a chance to still win.
Don’t worry about Street. He was rusty and in a low-intensity situation. He got dinged around but as we said by others, ever closer has these from time to time adn to have it out of his system when it could not hurt us while not good is nothing to panic about.
DLR continues to show that the head and gifts are coming together. He was not great tonight but he still kept the Cubs to 1 run over 7.2. We now have 3 10 game winners with Ubaldo having a chance to join the club on Wednesday.
Our rotation is a bit banged up, Hammel is struggling, but we are in as good as shape as the Dogers and after 1 and 2, we can match up well with the Giants. Going to be a touch next three weeks, between road trips and games with teh Dodgers and Giants, but it all starts with Chacin showing the team he is ready to be an asset in 2009 and part of the core in 2010.
by Doctor Christopher on Aug 10, 2009 11:16 PM MDT reply actions
I dunno man
DLR handled traffic really well, he struck out 10 and only walked 4. And only gave up 1 run. So yeah, I guess not his BESSSSST outing but this was a pretty awesome way to close out a series. Oh, and he did it in Coors.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 11, 2009 8:35 AM MDT up reply actions
I thought he struck out 11 (if you want to be super picky.)
What is so great about our starting pitching this year is the ability to limit damage. Ubaldo still walks a lot, and Marquis and Cook both get some traffic. It’s cool to finally see JDLR among the ranks of pitchers not allowing these runs to score. Really cool, actually.
oh, did he? My bad if that's the case
But in terms of Ubaldo, it’s time to drop the stathammer on you, missy!
2008 BB9: 4.67
2009 BB9: 3.53
2009 NL BB9: 3.54
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 11, 2009 9:25 AM MDT up reply actions
I have been owned by your stathammer.
And I stand happily corrected.
…um…perception is reality?
Tulo is espn's
king of the night haha
"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
and dex gets top play #2
"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
Great job Tulo!
and great job to the Rockies for taking 3 of 4 from a pretty good team. Wasn’t there tonight but I was at that game 9 years ago when Lansing hit for the cycle. Good memories, it was father’s day and I was there with my pops.
I love Tulo.
And what do I love even more? Embarrassing the Cubs.
In short, tonight, ninth inning aside, was sublime.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Aug 11, 2009 12:01 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
hahah
+10000000000000000000000000
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
"TuLoRocks2008 had the most comments I've seen in any game thread this year (322)...Can such a feat be eclipsed?" ..... Bring it on!!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 11, 2009 8:10 AM MDT up reply actions
So how much does Tulo owe the scorer.
What a game, but both the double and the triple could have been ruled as errors in my opinion. Good win.
yea they were close
but then again he should of had another homer and another 2 rbis…wouldn’t of gotten the cycle but he would of had 9 friggin rbis in one game haha
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
"TuLoRocks2008 had the most comments I've seen in any game thread this year (322)...Can such a feat be eclipsed?" ..... Bring it on!!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 11, 2009 8:11 AM MDT up reply actions
I woke again in the middle of the night and was tempted to turn on the Rox game
but since it basically guarantees me 2 or 3 hours less sleep I decided against it. Shame :)
Thanks Tulo
For the awesome birthday performance. It’s always great when they Rox win on you birthday
Any updates on Dex?
Will he be available tonight? I would kind of assume that CarGo will be in there against the righty, especially after that encounter with the wall last night.
Fowler is day to day
probably out at least the next 2 games
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
"TuLoRocks2008 had the most comments I've seen in any game thread this year (322)...Can such a feat be eclipsed?" ..... Bring it on!!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 11, 2009 8:34 AM MDT up reply actions
prolly smart
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 11, 2009 8:36 AM MDT up reply actions
yep with Cargo's hot bat
and the way he fields we aren’t losing anything
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
"TuLoRocks2008 had the most comments I've seen in any game thread this year (322)...Can such a feat be eclipsed?" ..... Bring it on!!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 11, 2009 8:37 AM MDT up reply actions
I like Cargo's CF fielding more than Dex's
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 11, 2009 8:41 AM MDT up reply actions
Not sure I agree with that
but I like CarGo’s CF more than an injured Dex or a Spilly/Smith possibility we had at the beginning of the year.
by realmenwearpurple on Aug 11, 2009 9:22 AM MDT up reply actions
and I won't argue with your stance on it
Because there still isn’t a definitive right-or-wrong on it. I find Gonzalez to be more mechanical and efficient, he looks more like a fielding machine, while Dex lopes to balls – and still gets them – and he just seems like he could be doing so much more or something along those lines.
I’m not standing too firmly on this opinion, mind you. It’s nothing more than an untrained eye test.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 11, 2009 9:27 AM MDT up reply actions
I remember hearing that mentioned before
That coaches would get on Dex because they thought he was being lazy getting to balls. But he was really just so quick and smooth, that it doesn’t look like he’s trying hard.
by ShadowPenguin on Aug 11, 2009 10:16 AM MDT up reply actions
To put it in football terms..
Dex has closing speed, like a defensive back making up ground on a deep pass. Dex can get to balls in the corners of Coors Field where it looks like extra base hell for the batter.
CarGo is a glider, where it looks like he’s barely moving and then out of nowhere gets to the ball. Both players are wall crashers with good arms. It’s hard to say one player is better than the other, the best solution is to have both of them in the outfield and CarGo’s arm belongs in a corner position.
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I remember a commenter somewhere
saying the Rockies should sign some massive RF or something like that, and move Hawpe to CF, as “his arm is strong enough”
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 11, 2009 10:30 AM MDT up reply actions
might've been yahoo
they ran a series before the 08 season about how every team should sign barry bonds.
So it would’ve been Bonds-Hawpe-Holliday according to that one Yahoo poster
wow that would’ve been a circus.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 11, 2009 10:57 AM MDT up reply actions
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