Rockies 6, Giants 4: Ryan Spilborghs hits walkoff grand slam in the 14th
by Russ Oates on Aug 25, 2009 12:12 AM MDT
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I don't believe what I just saw!
Forget whatever you thought about home plate umpire Angel Campos. Forget what you said after Adam Eaton gave up three runs in the top of the 14th.
Remember the bottom of the 14th inning. Dexter Fowler walks after hitting a ball off his knee. Barmes makes his usual out. Chris Iannetta remains dreamy by coming in with a pinch-hit single. Troy Tulowitzki walks. Bases loaded for the pitcher Adam Eaton. Surely this was going to end the game. But with Justin Miller in, anything can happen--and it did. Eaton didn't swing the bat. Walk, RBI. 4-2. Bases loaded for Ryan Spilborghs; Merkin Valdez comes in.
RYAN SPILBORGHS HITS A WALKOFF GRAND SLAM!
That's a beautiful image.
I love this team, and all of you!
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That's the attitude here as well,
although we might be feeling merciful right now.
I thought there mood was best summerized by this comment: http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/8/24/1001312/post-game-thread-giants-concede#
Im gonna watch Sophie’s Choice
It will cheer me up.
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
First walkoff grand slam in team history!
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 25, 2009 12:16 AM MDT reply actions
I checked out the posts over there
wow. The PR language rules makes this place look like a church. I have not seen so many f bombs since I read Ball Four.
Nice win. Especially after the numerous blown chances. The Giants were a house of cards and this series showed it. I would not be suprised to see them lose at least 2 to the Dbacks and be in afterthought position this weekend.
by PinchHitLancePainter on Aug 25, 2009 12:17 AM MDT reply actions
You aren't kidding.
Sad truth is that I spend most Rockies games at other team’s blogs going through their threads and that place over there has, let’s just say, different language rules. They get pretty upset, and it really seems like none of them actually like watching the Giants. It’s kind of weird.
I thought you knew that algebra was all razzamatazz. A Globetrotter always saves the good algebra for the final minutes.
by SlamDunkTheFunk on Aug 25, 2009 12:19 AM MDT up reply actions
We really love the Giants
But if it was your team on the other end of this could you say you enjoyed watching them? Crunch time and three games in a row the team blows the lead: 6-1, 2-0 and 4-1. Each in new and painful ways.
by paboperfecto on Aug 25, 2009 8:36 AM MDT up reply actions
That was a beautiful!
Spilly sprinting the bases afterward, players going nuts…oh gosh, what a looney night
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I can't wait to see how
FSN condenses this game into a 30 minute replay…
by Junction Rox on Aug 25, 2009 12:19 AM MDT up reply actions
They'll spend 15minutes on Innings 1-13
then just let the 14th go in real time :)
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:20 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm so freaking glad I watched the whole game
This one is going into the memory right next to the play-in game!
Gladly sharing a name with Dexter Fowler!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Eschew Obfuscation!
Ahem. I'm a little exuberant.
Eschew Obfuscation!
by Jeff Aberle on Aug 25, 2009 12:20 AM MDT up reply actions
If you're not exhuberant and you're a Rockies fan...
You may be dead. Please consult a doctor.
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by ShadowPenguin on Aug 25, 2009 12:22 AM MDT up reply actions
Where is Silverblood?
Did she disappear?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 25, 2009 12:22 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm sure she had a long night last night
or tonight
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:23 AM MDT up reply actions
21st birthday
so drunk and passed out?
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by ShadowPenguin on Aug 25, 2009 12:23 AM MDT up reply actions
I don't drink
so I rather resent that really
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Aug 25, 2009 12:26 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh sorry
Didn’t know :-(
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by ShadowPenguin on Aug 25, 2009 12:27 AM MDT up reply actions
But Happy Birthday
Great present from Spilly!
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by ShadowPenguin on Aug 25, 2009 12:37 AM MDT up reply actions
No kidding
That was even better than what they did for my b-day in 2007, when I was at the game. They were down 5-1 against the Nats and won 6-5 with a five-run rally in the ninth.
Heh.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Aug 25, 2009 12:40 AM MDT up reply actions
You're a good luck charm!
Gladly sharing a name with Dexter Fowler!
by ShadowPenguin on Aug 25, 2009 12:41 AM MDT up reply actions
Or they like doing dramatic five-run rallies for me
Either way, it’s a good thing.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Aug 25, 2009 12:42 AM MDT up reply actions
They're trying to make up..
for what they did to you in 2007
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Was it the Nationals game
Where we scored something like 5 in the ninth.
by KindredSprites on Aug 25, 2009 12:52 AM MDT up reply actions
I love your birthday.
And, apparently, so do the Rockies.
by coolopotamus on Aug 25, 2009 12:42 AM MDT up reply actions
Happy Birthday!
"Good is not good when better is expected." -Vin Scully
Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 25, 2009 12:28 AM MDT up reply actions
This not drinking thing..
Has it always been that way for you, or is it a recent decision? Like within the past 9 months?
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You're really fishing for this big announcement from the staff aren't ya ;-)
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by ShadowPenguin on Aug 25, 2009 12:50 AM MDT up reply actions
Not that it's really important
but it’s always been that way. I’ve never been a partier.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Aug 25, 2009 12:51 AM MDT up reply actions
So the announcement doesn't involve a change..
in your dependant claim status on your 2010 taxes?
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Don't even think that
What if something bad should happen, what would happen to the row? What about us kids? Would we be shipped to Russ’ for weekends and holidays?
by KindredSprites on Aug 25, 2009 12:59 AM MDT up reply actions
That would suck..
Russ doesn’t even fix breakfast for us. He puts a can of beans and a straw on the table and says, “go to town.”
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No see I would totally imagine something like
Ewooky shaped waffles or something. Which would be kinda cool.
by coolopotamus on Aug 25, 2009 1:06 AM MDT up reply actions
mmhh waffles!!
Can I get mine with a shoulder strap tool belt!
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No. Nice guess
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 1:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Gah..I hate fishing..
I always end up with a sunburn and smelling like mosquito spray!
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Died of a heart attack.
(Wait, even as a joke, I don’t think I should be typing that.)
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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I can not begin to tell you
how happy I am that I decided to watch one more inning after the 13th. I told my friend I was going home. He said “One more inning?” and I said “fine.” Then I regretted it after 3 runs. Then I anti-regretted it after 5 by the Rox. Wow, wow, wow.
by realmenwearpurple on Aug 25, 2009 12:23 AM MDT up reply actions
My roommate went to sleep pissed off after we were down 4-1
It reminded me of when my dad wanted to turn off Game 163 after the Hairston homer. I had an eerie feeling
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:26 AM MDT up reply actions
No
He was ready to go to sleep in the 8th inning and had to get up at like 530 for work. I’m surprised my screams didn’t wake him. He checks PR first thing when he wakes up. Had Russ gone to sleep, I was set to write a game wrap with the title “You should not have gone to sleep”
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:36 AM MDT up reply actions
But with this team you can't go to sleep.
Ya gotta believe!
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I know
I was so tired, but there’s no way I was giving up. Especially with the Giants having walked almost 1 per inning
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:43 AM MDT up reply actions
I set up shop on the couch
tried to sleep there, ended up having to go back to my bed, but the point was i was there to watch
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 7:00 AM MDT up reply actions
lmao
He will be so ecstatic when he wakes up! :)
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by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 25, 2009 12:40 AM MDT up reply actions
awesome
fair to say I’m glad I stayed with that one. simply awesome. beat LA.
Not sleeping anytime soon here...
2:20 am, and not going to bed or I will toss and turn and dream of Spilly.
by realmenwearpurple on Aug 25, 2009 12:21 AM MDT reply actions
I SPILLY SPILLY!!!
What if the hokey pokey is what it is all about after all????
Someone correct me if I'm wrong
but I believe we are now a franchise best 17-games over .500, tied with our final record of 90-73 in 2007
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:22 AM MDT reply actions
You are most certainly not.
Eschew Obfuscation!
by Jeff Aberle on Aug 25, 2009 12:22 AM MDT up reply actions
Unless you include playoffs...which would be 24 games over.
Eschew Obfuscation!
by Jeff Aberle on Aug 25, 2009 12:22 AM MDT up reply actions
I most certainly would not
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:23 AM MDT up reply actions
You are correct Sir
What if the hokey pokey is what it is all about after all????
Correct.
They mentioned that on the radio.
by coolopotamus on Aug 25, 2009 12:23 AM MDT up reply actions
Cool
I didn’t cheat, I promise
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:23 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm seriously not going to sleep tonight.
If, ever again. I LOVE THIS TEAM.
Even ESPN
Is gushing over the Rox after this one. That is saying something.
What if the hokey pokey is what it is all about after all????
It was impressive listening to them.
They have been giving love lately though…. except Kruk, who knows nothing.
by realmenwearpurple on Aug 25, 2009 12:26 AM MDT up reply actions
I think Kruk is trying to create such a black hole of willful ignorance
That all broadcast competitors (including the food network) are consumed, leaving only ESPN.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
Alton Brown
will explzin teh chemical properties of said black hole!
by GreeleyRoxFan on Aug 25, 2009 7:40 AM MDT up reply actions
Kruk is just waiting as long as he can before he admits he was totally WRONG
What if the hokey pokey is what it is all about after all????
he won't admit it
he will say he saw them coming and knew they were good.
by realmenwearpurple on Aug 25, 2009 12:47 AM MDT up reply actions
Kruk is better
He’s better than the Rockies announcers who are often very monotone and their voices sound so lethargic.
Duane Kuiper for the Giants is the best in the game
by Carmelballin on Aug 25, 2009 2:15 AM MDT up reply actions
oh nevermind.....
John Kruk, got it my bad
by Carmelballin on Aug 25, 2009 2:15 AM MDT up reply actions
We made #1 on Sportscenter
and Tulo’s diving catch for #4, but #1 more importantly
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 7:01 AM MDT up reply actions
I am going to name my first born Spilly.
Alanna Rizzo is my dream girl.
by Cargo's Ball Sack5 on Aug 25, 2009 12:23 AM MDT reply actions
Tulo walked, didn't single
Remember? When he walked to bring up Eaton, Charlie77 thought of Redhawk.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
That's correct
Fowler only had to gimp over to 2nd on CDI’s single
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by ShadowPenguin on Aug 25, 2009 12:26 AM MDT up reply actions
You know fangraphs is going to do a story on the game
They can’t pass up that graph.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
This fangraph totally took on Saturday's fangraph in a cage match.
I will just let you imagine the scene that followed. Needless to say, Saturday’s fangraph lost rather drastically.
by coolopotamus on Aug 25, 2009 12:30 AM MDT up reply actions
Fangraphs is broken right now
Too much traffic from those flocking to see the fangraph :)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:31 AM MDT up reply actions
OMG
I checked out after Eaton’s failure, but had to check back in, because I’m like that, and…
HELLYEAH
OMG what a birthday present. Thank you Ryan Spilborghs. Thank you very, very much.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
You're just checking in now?
You missed a historic home run
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:27 AM MDT up reply actions
Nah, I saw it
I just wasn’t on PR when it happened.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Aug 25, 2009 12:38 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm glad
You must be a good fan to be granted walkoff homers on consecutive birthdays
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:42 AM MDT up reply actions
And walkoff wins on three straight now
I figure I have to get paid back somehow for all the times I stayed up well past 4 am in England just to watch the first few innings. Or stayed up until 2 just to see the first PITCH.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Aug 25, 2009 12:45 AM MDT up reply actions
See, your visit to Delta was good Karma!
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I want to read more coverage and happiness!
But they won’t be up until tomorrow! Noooo!
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I'd like
to see whatever Giants post game show MCC is talking about, Guy’s going on a huge rant, could be fired for it.
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Wow
Radio show?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:30 AM MDT up reply actions
In that case, listen to.
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Hope you don't mind I updated the photo
I can’t resist that huge fricking smile on Spilly’s face.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:32 AM MDT up reply actions
No problems.
I wanted to get something up quickly and then edit the photo later.
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I figured as much.
That’s why I didn’t ask :)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:35 AM MDT up reply actions
Radio or tv?
I’ve listened to the KNBR postgame on occasion, and they don’t shy away from criticizing the team.
Guess it's radio. Damon Bruce or something.
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Holy crap.
He just literally yelled. Like, screamed. “[Bochy’s] waiting for the hit that WILL NOT COME!”
Well, he just said the Rockies are good and going to the playoffs
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by ShadowPenguin on Aug 25, 2009 12:39 AM MDT up reply actions
Well, they DID walk 13 batters
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:40 AM MDT up reply actions
Wow, he is really freaking angry
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by ShadowPenguin on Aug 25, 2009 12:38 AM MDT up reply actions
"could be fired for it"
Has he really gone out of bounds that much?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:34 AM MDT up reply actions
Previous guy got fired.
Not sure for what exactly.
And I only started listening a couple minutes ago.
The last guy (Larry Krueger) got fired for ranting that the Giants had a bunch of “brain-dead caribbean hitters hacking at slop nightly.” Felipe Alou then called him the devil and that was that.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Aug 25, 2009 12:56 AM MDT up reply actions
It's probably wrong
but I find that quote to be hilarious.
I thought you knew that algebra was all razzamatazz. A Globetrotter always saves the good algebra for the final minutes.
by SlamDunkTheFunk on Aug 25, 2009 1:28 AM MDT up reply actions
From the MCC crowd, yeah.
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Man what a terrible game
No tacos. All the good games have tacos.
by KindredSprites on Aug 25, 2009 12:30 AM MDT reply actions
-1
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:31 AM MDT up reply actions
Next time
Spilly should hit a 5 run jack.
by KindredSprites on Aug 25, 2009 12:31 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Did anyone see the interview with Spilly after the game
I could swear he was about to break down and cry. His eyes were moist. He kept talking about how difficult this season has been, how he has failed time and time again during the season and during the game. Man, he needed this.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:33 AM MDT reply actions
Yes I did...and he looked like he was crying after the game ended too.
He really was emotional and I can’t blame him with everything this year with the team, the birth of his daughter, his mom’s death….so many things that have just made him grow even more no doubt. I am so proud and happy for Spilly! :)
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by AtkinsandTulofan on Aug 25, 2009 12:46 AM MDT up reply actions
I just saw it on SportsCenter.
Awww.
I also started giggling at the background video they were showing of the dugout when he hit the grand slam. I thought Tracy was going to collapse.
I don't feel like sleeping.
Good thing I don’t go into work until 2 ET.
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I REALLY don't think I can.
It’s pretty much humanly impossible.
by coolopotamus on Aug 25, 2009 12:36 AM MDT up reply actions
I still have to write KYF and I have to be at work in 7 hours!
At least I won’t need caffeine
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:41 AM MDT up reply actions
that is rough
I was gonna offer to do KYF for you
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 8:46 AM MDT up reply actions
Instead, we'll just offer KY
To ease the pain.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
yukyukyukyuk
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 9:50 AM MDT up reply actions
I hate you.
I have to be at work at 8… 5 hours from now. And I am still too pumped to sleep.
by realmenwearpurple on Aug 25, 2009 12:50 AM MDT up reply actions
Actually the worst thing about these games
Is I’ll go to baseball training tonight, and no-one will have any idea what I’m talking about.
by KindredSprites on Aug 25, 2009 12:36 AM MDT reply actions
thatz it for me guys..Good nite
hopefully Dex injury is not serious..
SF radio guy
wants everyone fired.
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Oooo, listener call-in time now
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by ShadowPenguin on Aug 25, 2009 12:40 AM MDT up reply actions
SF guy.
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With all due respect and much love for the Rockies
As a Giants fan, I fuckin hate you guys in the past 3 games
These last three games and this one tonight completely ripped my heart out. Worst game for Giants fans since game 6 of the World Series in 2002.
Ironic howI was pullin for you guys in 2007
That might be too soon to ask :)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:44 AM MDT up reply actions
Not yet since we still have 6 games left at home against you guys....
But if you make the playoffs and we don’t, I’m always rooting for any team in our division not named the Dodgers
by Carmelballin on Aug 25, 2009 12:44 AM MDT up reply actions
Amen, brother. Fight 'til the end, and wish whoever beats you the best of luck.
That’s good sportsmanship.
-Joe
Not to change the subject, but..
what was the big news that Russ and RMN were discussing earlier in the GT? Someone said it would be revealed later.
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We can't reveal it yet.
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How can you not reveal it, and tease me...
after the orgy we just endured together?
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Because
you missed the editorial staff orgy (uh, apologies if I offend anyone on the staff with that comment).
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Dangit..
I am so frustrated right now.
:: grimace ::
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I understand
I hate it when that happens to me
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:56 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm going to take a coldshower then go to bed.
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So frustrated
that you’re feeling like a sexual camel now?
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But it's big enough to tease about
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:44 AM MDT up reply actions
I look forward to exciting news!
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by ShadowPenguin on Aug 25, 2009 12:51 AM MDT up reply actions
Ooh, I have a guess! Sort of.
Is it an interview with someone Rockies-related? Like a front office person or a prospect?
Omar Quintanilla is coming to my birthday party
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 8:51 AM MDT up reply actions
Mine first since it's only a few weeks away.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 9:59 AM MDT up reply actions
His boss said
he couldn’t go.
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by Russ Oates on Aug 25, 2009 10:45 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
what
i want my deposit back
Have you found a good way to jump through comments on your mobile
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 10:55 AM MDT up reply actions
No.
The tech crew is still working on mobile commenting.
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Comment from the McCovey Chronicles post-game thread:
This is the most incomprehensibly terrible team in the history of baseball. Nobody knows our pain.
I feel bad for the Giants…I really wish it was the Dodgers in their position.
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I do too
but for that comment, I hope they go 51-111 next year to see a truly bad team.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:45 AM MDT up reply actions
It was hyperbole
But don’t wax sanctimonious about crappy teams. The Giants have had some abysmal play of late. The last two years were pretty awful. This one is shaping up to be worse.
Could be worse
They could have drafted Reynolds.
by KindredSprites on Aug 25, 2009 12:45 AM MDT up reply actions
Yes, because Greg Reynolds is the reason we're 51-74 and sucking so....
wait.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
by Silverblood on Aug 25, 2009 12:46 AM MDT up reply actions
I need to stop typing
Being facetious all the time is not a good way to make friends on the internet.
Although, if they had Reynolds instead of Lincecum, they probably wouldn’t be in as good a position. Not that I like playing the what if game, it’s just, it isn’t really that bad to be a Giants fan. Better than being a Pirates fan.
by KindredSprites on Aug 25, 2009 12:50 AM MDT up reply actions
I don't understand how anyone can say that
With the Natinals still in the major leagues.
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Reality check
Who you guys got backin’ up Hammel tomorrow?
You wanna know how great baseball is? The greatest basketball player ever left his sport to play baseball.
Herges didn't pitch
He should be able to go a few innings if needed
Gladly sharing a name with Dexter Fowler!
by ShadowPenguin on Aug 25, 2009 12:45 AM MDT up reply actions
Haha, exactly. :)
You wanna know how great baseball is? The greatest basketball player ever left his sport to play baseball.
Do you know anything about baseball?
Just because most of our guys pitched tonight doesn’t mean you’ll see some or most of the tomorrow. Except for Eaton, not many threw a ton of pitches.
-Joe
Yikes, getting a little defensive there.
Hammel ain’t exactly your innings-eating type of pitcher. Most especially at home. Have fun there.
And then the day after that you got Fogg. Um, do I even need to say anything else?
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Yeah I'm scared
The Dodgers have no business losing the next two days if they’re serious about their “We have no reason to worry” mantra
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:54 AM MDT up reply actions
I agree. The pressure is all on us to easily win these first two games. It will definitely suck if we can’t win with two of our best starters against your guys’ now tired staff.
I got faith in Kershaw and Wolf, though. :)
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I'm pissed we don't get to face the knuckler at Coors
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:58 AM MDT up reply actions
Haha. I can’t believe I’d rather have Padilla starting over him, but no way we can start Haeger at Coors. He desperately needs humidity.
You wanna know how great baseball is? The greatest basketball player ever left his sport to play baseball.
Humidity?
I think you mean low altitude. Humidity decreases air density, just not as much as 5280 feet do.
And Clayton Kershaw is no kind of innings eater
Seriously, how many Dodger arms are still attached to their shoulder sockets right about now?
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lol gonna be a longggg game for the pens
tonight
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!!
lol
the lineup if the game was tied after 14…
ianetta catching
herges pitching
torrealba at first
barmes and tulo still at 2nd and ss
atkins at 3rs
spilly in center
stewart in left
eaton in right…
rofl
by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 25, 2009 7:52 AM MDT up reply actions
Very true, however.....
The only arms we have unavailable tonight are Eaton and Daley. Heck, I think Betancourt only pitched to two batters, and Beimel to one. We’ll be okay as long as Hammel Time looks more like his last Dodgers game, and less like…well…Hammel Time At Home.
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which is great, because we have a closing staff in that form
Morales only faced 1 hitter as well, IIRC
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 8:55 AM MDT up reply actions
yea we didn't extend our pitchers
like the Giants did with theres
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!!
lol
the lineup if the game was tied after 14…
ianetta catching
herges pitching
torrealba at first
barmes and tulo still at 2nd and ss
atkins at 3rs
spilly in center
stewart in left
eaton in right…
rofl
by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 25, 2009 12:03 PM MDT up reply actions
The only bad thing about Herges
is that Eaton is now gassed and can’t be Fogg’s backup Wednesday. We might have to make a roster move
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:46 AM MDT up reply actions
You mean the guy I wanted to start Wednesday all along?
Sounds like a plan.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:47 AM MDT up reply actions
Chacin only pitched 2 innings
So that could make Fogg available tomorrow if Hammel really lays an egg.
Otherwise, Morales, Beimel, Betancourt and Street are also available.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
I'm thinking Hynick may get the call?
I haven’t followed the Sky Sox the last few days and dunno his status.
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I'm thinking there's gonna be a swap of players..
Trouble is…we’ve got a guy with a hole in our hand, and another with half a kneecap. Bench is looking thin too.
Do we have anything concrete on Fowler?
It could just be a bruise and he could be fine tomorrow.
"Good teams win games, horse**** teams have meetings." - Ozzie Guillen
That's what I'm hoping
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by ShadowPenguin on Aug 25, 2009 12:51 AM MDT up reply actions
Maybe Murton will get a callup?
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I don't it's a break
He might be tough, but that would just be ridiculous for him to run the bases with a fracture. Even a deep bruise of the knee could sideline him a good while. He was in massive pain.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:53 AM MDT up reply actions
Matt Herges
Yeah I know. I was ready to write off the division had we lost this game. Going into the Dodgers series, we’re in terrible shape. Hammel better own LA.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:45 AM MDT up reply actions
It's rough, we prolly need Herges for Fogg too, after Eaton going long tonight.
It’s not looking bright, but neither did 4-1 in the bottom of the 14th.
Only Daley and Eaton threw more than 11 pitches
Street, Betancourt, Morales and Beimel should all be good to go.
"Good teams win games, horse**** teams have meetings." - Ozzie Guillen
Street has pitched 6 of the last 7 days.
He hasn’t thrown many pitches in any, but still
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:49 AM MDT up reply actions
Adam Eaton?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:51 AM MDT up reply actions
No need to
No one’s going to claim Eaton off waivers. And even if they do….so what.
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point
we do have russ ortiz, who’ll probably be just as bad
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 8:57 AM MDT up reply actions
How about if we coat him with honey
Maybe someone would claim him?
Or maybe stuff $100 bills in his pockets or something.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
How about if we coat him with honey
And dump him off in Rocky Mountain National Park
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The best thing about it
is that my satellite TV is out so I don’t have to listen to ESPN say how the Giants lost it instead of how the Rockies won it. Part of the benefit of working above the Arctic Circle!
-Joe
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by Rather Dashing on Aug 25, 2009 12:44 AM MDT reply actions
I HATE THE ROCKIES
HATE EM HATE EM HATE EM,
See you next year.
I just broke my window.
Also suck it Russel Martin
Signed,
A Giants Fan
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yes russel martin can suck it
big time
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!!
lol
the lineup if the game was tied after 14…
ianetta catching
herges pitching
torrealba at first
barmes and tulo still at 2nd and ss
atkins at 3rs
spilly in center
stewart in left
eaton in right…
rofl
by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 25, 2009 7:54 AM MDT up reply actions
They actually started a suicide watch thread before it got taken down.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:51 AM MDT up reply actions
I think
That of all the possible match-ups for the NLCS, the one that I would want to see most is Phillies-Rockies (I’m a Phillies fan and I personally dislike the other teams in the playoff hunt) . Good Luck!
What are you talking about?
Zito demands a trade
HAHAHAHA
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:55 AM MDT up reply actions
I can't stop giggling at that statement.
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“HE’S THE FIFTH STARTER! YOU NEED A BAT!!!”
Holy crap, this is hillarious.
by Rather Dashing on Aug 25, 2009 12:55 AM MDT reply actions
So, this Damon Bruce guy
is taken more seriously by MLB than we are?
Oh my god: “You need a bat! YOU NEED A BAT! You don’t need a fifth starter. DAMNIT YOU DON’T NEED A FIFTH STARTER!!!!!”
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 12:56 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm sure I'm not the first one to think this,
but this game eerily reminded me of the 2007 Play-In Game. Discuss.
-Joe
I wasn't going to correct you :)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 1:09 AM MDT up reply actions
It reminded me of
Helton’s walk off against Saito in ’07
"Good teams win games, horse**** teams have meetings." - Ozzie Guillen
I was there! :)
Comeback catalyst to a season comeback?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 1:30 AM MDT up reply actions
YES YES YES
People kept bringing up the 2 year anniversary of that Natinals game (which I was at, and still can’t believe we actually came back that day). But in terms of how the game actually went, it was much more like the play-in game.
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that's what I was thinking too
I made a post after SF scored saying something like “DAMN YOU SCOTT HAIRSTON”
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 8:59 AM MDT up reply actions
Back from the Game
AMAZING is all I can say. if anyone watched the FSN post-game show what did the crowd behind them sound like as I was in it?
BEAT LA! BEAT LA! BEAT LA! BEAT LA! BEAT LA! BEAT LA! BEAT LA!
"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
We all heard it
Awesome! Way to stick it out on a Monday night. Was it your first day of class too?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 1:03 AM MDT up reply actions
Tomorrow (or now today)
Great way to end a summer 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
Let me change that
BEST WAY TO END A SUMMER EVER
"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
True Blue LA heard it..
and hated it!
It was awesome!!
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NICE.
Good game to be at. (understatement of the millenium.)
by coolopotamus on Aug 25, 2009 1:07 AM MDT up reply actions
Ah, darn
I was at the game too…until the end of the 12th(!) *One person in my group has a job interview early in the morn and another needed to be at work by 6. Got home and watched/surfed the last inning…AWESOME!!! Ah, well, at least I stayed until the end of game 163-2007:)
*Obviously not me since I’m still up although exhilaration is starting to wear off and I’ll soon be a sleepy pumpkin…
"What I speak out of my mouth is the truth. It burns like fire."
Where were you sitting tonight?
"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
wow what a game to go too
good for you
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!!
lol
the lineup if the game was tied after 14…
ianetta catching
herges pitching
torrealba at first
barmes and tulo still at 2nd and ss
atkins at 3rs
spilly in center
stewart in left
eaton in right…
rofl
by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 25, 2009 7:54 AM MDT up reply actions
I was there, but had to leave after the 9th
my brother-in-law and I had to work early. I did get home in time to see the 14th inning. We had more than an hour drive back to the Springs. I was on the edge of my seat all game. Totally crazy ending, unbelievable!
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
How appropriate
that Fangraphs featured a Rockies magic article today.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 1:03 AM MDT reply actions
Rockies made 2 of the top 10 plays of the day on ESPN..
1. Spilly – GS duh!
2. something east coast
3. something east coast
4. something soccer
5. Tulo’s diving play in the 10th
6. something east coast
7. Little league east coast
8. Royals Maier catch against the wall
9. Xgames
10. Lebron
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Just don't read into Jon Heyman's
“Best World Series Matchups” article on the SI site. The only Rockies mention in the article is in a World Series he doesn’t want to see, Red Sox vs. Rockies, because he thinks the Rox would get swept under the mat again.
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Ah
Jimenez and Morales are rookies, Willy Taveras is leading off and Yorvit is the starting catcher again. Oh…so it’s NOT 2007 anymore?!
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 1:32 AM MDT up reply actions
But what about this poll?
Who will win the NL wild card?
* Rockies
* Giants
* Braves
* Marlins
* Cubs
View Results
Dodgers? :)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 1:31 AM MDT up reply actions
That's my choice
But I voted for the Rockies in the poll.
I think we take 2 of 3 from the Dogs this week.
"Good teams win games, horse**** teams have meetings." - Ozzie Guillen
That's why I didn't vote..
They were missing the Dodgers. LA has to be the favorites they have a 7 game lead in the WC.
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The Cubs are an absolute joke
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 1:32 AM MDT up reply actions
Cubs fans are also an absolute joke
"Good teams win games, horse**** teams have meetings." - Ozzie Guillen
Agreed
But as an occasional beer vendor at the ballpark, I must come to their defense in oine respect. They’re excellent drinkers and tippers. The Cubs series was the most fun (and most profitable) set to work this year. I’m not sure I served a single Giants fan last Sunday.
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
Anybody see Steve Phillips' column on ESPN.com?
The title is “Dodgers’ shrinking NL West lead no cause for concern”
I figure that’s all I need to say about it, but here’s the link.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/notebook?page=bbtn
"Good teams win games, horse**** teams have meetings." - Ozzie Guillen
Good morning Rockies fans...
and hello from a die-hard Tigers fan.
I just joined to tell y’all that due to one swing of the bat by Ryan Spilborghs, I am now an official Colorado Rockies fan. This is now (with the Cubs, I guess, although that seems semi-futile right now) my NL team.
If the Tigers for whatever reason manage to beat Boston and/or Anaheim in the playoffs, I really hope we meet in the World Series. And that the Tigers win. :)
welcome to the row, kmann
i would like to think that because of this game, the rox will have gained quite a few new fans just as yourself
by Jay Doubleyou on Aug 25, 2009 2:28 AM MDT up reply actions
I mean, I liked the Rockies before
but now I like them quite a bit more.
I would comment here, but I can’t actually see the games. Because I live in Michigan. So yay ESPN highlights, and nationally televised playoff games.
So just thought I’d stop by and tell everyone that your team rox.
Thanks for the support
my family and myself are originally from Michigan, so let me say I 2nd that World Series, however I would be pulling for the Rox at that point.
I grew up a Tigers fan, and Sweet Lou Whitaker was my favorite player growing up. I have even been to a game at crazy old Tigers’ Stadium. I loved the ’84 champs. I have been here for a long time now, and started w/ the Rox in 1993, and just love this team. I still keep my eye on the Tigers though and they are my AL team. Hope to see you in the WS.
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
Let me add
The team now closest to overtaking the Rox in the Wild Card lead is…
The LA Dodgers.
I think I could handle that.
Overtaking is not the right word to use here. That would imply coming from behind.
You wanna know how great baseball is? The greatest basketball player ever left his sport to play baseball.
How about undertaking?
As in underachieving?
I never thought in a million years we could come back from 15 games back. Now? Even if we drop 2 of this 3, we’re absolutely right in it.
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Yeah, I'm now comfortable with this series
Given Fowler and CarGo’s situations, I’m not convinced at all that we’ll win it…but comfortable enough to say that anything short of getting swept still leaves us with a reasonable chance to win the division.
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I'm thinking the same thing.
I’m not confident about the first two games, but hopefully we can be healthy enough to pull the third one off. And maybe even win another of the first two.
True true
See, adrenaline only goes so far, our boys are exhausted. I actually won’t be surprised if we get blown out of the water in tonight’s game. But whereas we know it’s perfectly reasonable given last night, and given our aches and pains, ESPN will use it to argue that the Dodgers >>>>>>>>> the flukey lucky Rox.
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My Main Concern
Is that now we could have two starting outfielders banged up.
That, and the Fogg start. Well, more that the bullpen might still be sapped, than actually Fogg pitching. I’m strangely calm about that fact.
At least the hottest two outfielders are now starting..
Smith and Spilly
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Concur on the O
Hopefully they can pick up the slack on D at Coors with a pitching staff that’s not 100%.
Yeah you all killed Yokel's joke
boooooooo
yaaaaaay spilborghs
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 9:07 AM MDT up reply actions
I just spent the past hour of my life
Reading through every single one of the 1500 comments in the McCovey post game thread, and I gotta it was well worth it. Great night, I don’t think I’m ever going to fall asleep.
Alanna Rizzo is my dream girl.
by Cargo's Ball Sack5 on Aug 25, 2009 3:11 AM MDT reply actions
i read a ton of them too
its almost theraputic
seems about 80% of posts imply its over
and half of posts had threatening words toward a poster named victor frankenstein
apparently they feel that he jinxed them with pics of medders giving up bombs to kemp and manny
thank you victor frankenstein
by Jay Doubleyou on Aug 25, 2009 4:01 AM MDT up reply actions
Just saw this from Renck via a Giants reporter via MCC:
"The Denver Post’s Troy Renck told me that in the Rockies clubhouse, he learned that Miller yelled an obscenity at Yorvit Torrealba, and in the aftermath of Ryan Spilborgh’s walk-off grand slam, a few Rockies players tried to confront the right-hander."
also from that article...
–The Rockies, like the Cardinals, seem to have a lot of "gamesmanship" in their organizational philosophy. If they’re messing with the radar gun to get in a pitcher’s head, you’ve got to wonder about that humidor, right?
that’s cute, accusing us of cheating. bitter giants fans, gotta love ’em.
by Narcoleptico on Aug 25, 2009 9:58 AM MDT up reply actions
Obviously they don't watch FSRM commercials..
why do you think Jeff Francis has been in the clubhouse lately?
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LOL
That’s so old school 2008, thanks for bringing that back. Maybe FSRM can run that one today.
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by Mondogarage on Aug 25, 2009 10:36 AM MDT up reply actions
This one smells rotten, has hanging curve written all over it..
stick it in the Giants Dodgers pile.
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The article has been updated....
reports that the UMPIRE (?!?!) yelled an obscenity @ Torrealba….WTF?!
by GreeleyRoxFan on Aug 25, 2009 10:24 AM MDT up reply actions
That was way beyond awesome.
Could possibly be the best regular season game ever, taking out a certain #163. Wow. Just wow.
It's a tie in my book...Helton-Saito was the best game that I've ever been to, Game 163 probably better than both.
Eschew Obfuscation!
I don't think anything could beat 163,
with all of the anticipation and drama that led up to it. I mean, we had a 14 game winning streak. Then we after it looked like it might be over thanks to Brandon Webb, we bounced back and got some luck just to get to 163. I was so excited I couldn’t do anything at work. I made up some excuse about feeling sick to avoid a friend’s birthday party and watch the game. And then the game itself had so much drama, I don’t think anything will ever beat that for me.
But this was very, very good.
I don't think that's actually possible
But maybe only because I was at #163 and wasn’t there last night, so I can’t fully appreciate the sense of “being there” in the moment.
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I am in tears this morning.
After a long long day yesterday, I got pissed when we gave up the runs and went to bed. I missed the whole damn thing. The one defining moment of the season.
really wish I
hadn’t gone to bed after the 12th inning.
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.
really wish I
Hadn’t quickly changed channel during the Valdez pitching change.
I actually missed Spilly’s HR live…by like 30 seconds. FML.
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and its going going goooooone
…hopefully for our sake.
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.
Dear Spilly,
I promise never to call you all those things I called you last night after you allowed that triple. I pledge to never turn off another Rockies game out of frustration. Thank you for ruining San Francisco’s season.
Redemption!
Cook and the rotation
The rest of the season, if the Rockies skip the 5th starter with every off-day, here is how the Rotation plays out without Cook.
Hammel – 9 more starts
JDLR, Jimenez, Marquis – 8 more starts
“5th starter” – 6 more starts including Fogg’s on Wednesday.
Basically after Fogg’s start, we have 5 more starts we need to cover. Cook could potentially be back at the end of the regular season to pick up 1-2 of those.
With a 4 game lead, let’s hope the Dragon Slayer can win a couple of his starts.
The MRI showed no joint damage
So I’m more hopeful he’ll only miss 1-2 more starts.
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The latest
was that despite the lack of joint damage, they estimated he’d miss 4 starts. He’s not going to throw again until after the Giant series next weekend. They’d have him throw a few days and pitch probably at least 1 minor league rehab starts (they think he can get in one before the end of the minor league season).
I’m going to stand by my original estimate of Cook making 1-2 starts before the end of the regular season.
Thanks for the update
Dunno how he’s make a minor league start in that time, but we’ll see. At least his arm will be freshened up by then.
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Sweet!
I didn’t dream this.
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I suck
Bailed at 4-1 (it was only 2:00 in the morning – I’m such a p*ssy). What’s my pennance?
Just spent a delightful half hour at the McCovey Chronicles. My favorite:
This is bullshit. This is bullshit. THIS IS THE ONLY REASON WE CONTENDED. SO THIS FUCKING GAME COULD HAPPEN.
Victor Frankenstein rules.
"If you're going to be stupid, you'd better be tough."
I turned it off after the 11th - figured we we bound to lose.
Checked the Row just before I crashed and it was 4-1. Just heard at work that they won.
we got the #1 play
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 9:24 AM MDT up reply actions
Because the Cowboys
are America’s team?
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:)
:D :D :D
"Don't tell me about the world. Not today. It's springtime and they're knocking baseballs around fields where the grass is damp and green in the morning and the kids are trying to hit the curve ball." -Pete Hamill
Around 3am,
I finally went to bed, thinking that maybe if I slept I’d be able to believe it.
Well, I slept. And I still don’t believe it.
by Foxhole Atheist on Aug 25, 2009 8:48 AM MDT reply actions
I went to bed way earlier
and the first thought when the alarm went off….“wow, the Rockies won on a grand slam, 3 out of 4 against the Giants”
seriously great way to wake up!
Likewise
I got to hear the radio call as well! yay KOA as an alarm
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 9:28 AM MDT up reply actions
Spilly had both last night's biggest negative and positive WPA plays in the majors
with the double play in the tenth, a whopping -33% on our winning chances. Then of course, the GS was a +66%.
Zero to Hero right there. That’s a beautiful redemption.
Is that some magic in your pants?
Or do you just spilly to see me?
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oh God
can we stop this stupid “I SPILLY SPILLY’S SPILLY” thing
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 9:29 AM MDT up reply actions
No magic, I'm a little sore..
from the Spilly bonding last night.
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Those Rockies are so hot right now
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 9:04 AM MDT up reply actions
I’m sure eventually I’ll get tired of watching the highlight of Spilly sprinting around the bases. But I don’t think that’s going to happen until at least the start of tonight’s game.
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30 times
I’ve watched it AT least that many.
by GreeleyRoxFan on Aug 25, 2009 9:18 AM MDT up reply actions
I fast forwarded through five hours on the Giants broadcast
of the game (on Comcast OnDemand) just to watch the bottom of the 14th. And then proceeded to rewatch it multiple times, especially the one replay showing the dugout.
The Giants broadcast was hilarious..
You could hear the nervousness creep into their voices when Tulo walked, and then both announcers went dead silent when Spilly went deep.
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Fixed your quote
I’m sure eventually I’ll get tired of watching the highlight of Spilly sprinting around the bases. But I don’t think that’s going to happen until at least the start of tonight’s game the playoffs.
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($#@!) YOUR REPLY LINK
Is that still funny? I haven’t been around the past few days.
(No, in all seriousness, Spilly’s homer was a pantheon Rockies moment – and should we be playing in October we’ll remember it forever.)
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I’m considering driving over to Honda of Greeley and buying something…
by GreeleyRoxFan on Aug 25, 2009 9:03 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
That is the comment of the game right there
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 9:04 AM MDT up reply actions
hahaha that's pretty funny
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 9:50 AM MDT up reply actions
Can't wait to see what kind of ovation he gets tonight.
I assume he is starting with all of our OF ouchies right now?
Anybody hear about Fowler?
Is he just bruised? That’s what I had assumed. So, probably Smith-Spilly-Hawpe tonight?
Try again..
Smith-Spilly-Eaton
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HA HA
I totally used that on one of my sports updates on the radio this morning.
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by Franchise26 on Aug 25, 2009 10:34 AM MDT up reply actions
That's funny..
This would be a great day to work radio updates.
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I'm pretty sure he posts here regularly
but I can’t remember his handle, just his picture
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 10:38 AM MDT up reply actions
sandlotkid8 right?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 11:22 AM MDT up reply actions
yeah that's him
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 11:49 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, he's p good
was part of the writer search before the season too
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 25, 2009 11:54 AM MDT up reply actions
I thought he should have been selected over someone else..
I’m looking at you Russ. j/k keep the nerd columns flowing.
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The next one should be written entirely in
Klingon or Elvish! I’m sure there’s a language translator for those out there somewhere!
Gladly sharing a name with Dexter Fowler!
by ShadowPenguin on Aug 25, 2009 5:53 PM MDT up reply actions
I'll do it in High Valyrian.
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::Shudders::
Longtime Rockies fans had flashbacks to Lance Painter pinch-hitting in the 1995 NLDS, facing Mark Wohlers’ 100 mph fastball.
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little
Four years of PTSD counseling all by the wayside. Thanks for stirring that up.
;→
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by Mondogarage on Aug 25, 2009 10:38 AM MDT up reply actions
This is what it feels like..
when you wake up on your honeymoon, the day after the wedding.
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Except in this case
You’re not chained to the bedpost, missing a kidney…
Oh…wait….
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by Mondogarage on Aug 25, 2009 10:41 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Where did you get married...
Thailand?
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Not quite.
Vega$
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by Mondogarage on Aug 25, 2009 10:45 AM MDT up reply actions
How many posters hit 100 last night?
Just curious, because I’ve never dun it before.
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5, 6, or 7
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by Russ Oates on Aug 25, 2009 10:48 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
You are not answering any of my questions directly..
and I’m about to AAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
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i hit 10,000!
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 10:55 AM MDT up reply actions
Congratulations, you win the Silverblood award:
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yessss
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 25, 2009 11:10 AM MDT up reply actions
im at almost 8,000
on my wayyy
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!!
lol
the lineup if the game was tied after 14…
ianetta catching
herges pitching
torrealba at first
barmes and tulo still at 2nd and ss
atkins at 3rs
spilly in center
stewart in left
eaton in right…
rofl
by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 25, 2009 12:03 PM MDT up reply actions
I would have
Had I not been at home in France, asleep. I really, really want to hit 100! Maybe Thursday’s game – I should catch all of that one.
I'm doing my best to be at thursday's game.
I might have to end up calling in very, very purple…
by coolopotamus on Aug 25, 2009 11:06 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh my GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWWWWWWWWWWWW
I don’t have cable OR internet yet….but I happened to be at my friend’s place to watch the game…..oh my god. We were about to leave after the 13th so we could get back to campus but we decided to stay for the 14th…….AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One of the best regular season games EVER played. EVARRRRR
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