Rockies 1, Dodgers 6: Rockies stop streakin' as Randy Wolf quiets the bats

by Russ Oates on Aug 26, 2009 9:46 PM MDT in Game Wrap Comment 131 comments

Let's face it. We knew those good vibrations the Rockies had recently were going to end, and that they did tonight. Josh Fogg didn't live up to his 2007 namesake; rather, he pitched more like the guy Purple Row groaned and moaned about in 2006 (all right, that was mostly me since we only had ~20 members then). He allowed six runs on three homers, in addition to walking four.

But, uh, Juan Rincon was awesome tonight! Yeah, I didn't expect to type that tonight.

There was a whole lot of nothing for the Rockies' offense tonight outside of Ryan Spilborghs' third-inning home run (8). Eric Young Jr. had two hits, but he was caught stealing again on a basepath blunder.

Oh well, they'll get the Dodgers tomorrow afternoon.

72 - 55

Games Back: 3

Streak: Lost 1

Games Left: 35

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How many members are there now?

is there a way to check that?

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by nodakroxfan on Aug 26, 2009 9:49 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

That's been turned off for us

due to some reason, but I can do it by finding out how many pages there are times how many are on each page. I estimate over 650 by now with maybe 100 really active here.

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by Russ Oates on Aug 26, 2009 9:54 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

thanks

by nodakroxfan on Aug 26, 2009 10:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Slightly off topic

But this is my only stop for Rockies information and analysis now. I check the page 5 or 6 times a day on a game day and 2 or 3 on an off day. You all are doing a fantastic job.

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 10:20 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

thank you

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

This and Rockiescast on my ipod.

I have been with those guys from day 1…for better or worse, they are fun. I told you before RMN, but I never knew about PR before I heard you on Rockiescast.

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 10:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

awesome

I just was at the game with Scott

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That is cool

The wife is from DC so we are going to time our annual trip next year with the Nats road series…hopefully we can meet up with the crew there.

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 10:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, prayers for Ted by the way

medical concerns prevented him from visiting

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Okay, this is just goofy in a "small world" sorta way

Totally random, but I know you’re in Austin, and okay, your wife’s from DC.

I’m from Austin, and met my wife in DC, where we each lived for about ten years until moving here.

Okay, not a microscopic world, but a small one….

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by Mondogarage on Aug 27, 2009 7:45 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Randy Wolf? puh-leaze

he is obviously not worthy of the Dragonslayer’s best stuff.

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by Charlie77 on Aug 26, 2009 9:50 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Poor Fogg..

I’m watching his postgame interview right now. He’s being a man about it, but there’s just so many ways you can answer the same question. He’s one of the good guys.

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by Charlie77 on Aug 26, 2009 9:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I really feel bad about Fogg..

what do they keep asking him? Since I can’t see the interview…

by SDcat09 on Aug 26, 2009 9:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if they are going to send him to the Springs...

by SDcat09 on Aug 26, 2009 9:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know, but he won't be the answer in the rotation.

Someone else will be replacing him after callups.

by WolfMarauder on Aug 27, 2009 12:22 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't see the team sending him down

Perhaps if we weren’t so close to September callups, but he has been a serviceable long reliever, and no reason to believe he can’t be next month. I doubt you see him on a post-season roster, but I’m pretty sure he’ll be with the club all next month.

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by Mondogarage on Aug 27, 2009 7:46 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I really like him for some reason, totally independant of performance.

He just seems like a great guy, and his teammates always seem to really like him. Sad panda.

by holly96 on Aug 26, 2009 10:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Very sad panda.. :(

I agree with everything you said. I hope this doesn’t hurt his confidence, or status in the clubhouse…I was hoping he’d get a little more run support…

by SDcat09 on Aug 26, 2009 10:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Today's hero

Juan Rincon. The important guys can now actually pitch in their real spots again.

by bballrox4717 on Aug 26, 2009 9:56 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

exactly we saved the pen today

and it wasn’t a heart breaking loss we all kind of expected this tonight…we shall win the series tomorrow

we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE

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by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 26, 2009 9:57 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs

This is very correct.

Despite losing by 5, it didn’t feel like a blow out. We all expected this to be our toughest game. We all needed a break: The team, the pen, and the fans. Let’s not hold anything back tomorrow!!!

-Joe

by jcn7vc on Aug 26, 2009 10:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

It felt like we got solidly beaten

but not a laugher

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree, it could have been much worse.

No one got hurt. The bullpen is mostly intact. JDLR is pitching tomorrow. Life is good.

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 10:21 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh well.

That’s pretty much how I feel about this game. We weren’t going to win every single game, and I just can’t get too worked up about this loss. That’s why we play again tomorrow!

by holly96 on Aug 26, 2009 10:03 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

That's the problem with a losing history

and a winning team. You get upset at every loss and think for a split second “Well back to this again”

and then you realize that we were all expecting to lose this game anyhow.

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

HEY speak for yourself

I expect the Rockies to win every game!

BUT….I really wanted and hoped for 2 out of these 3 games giving the injuries. Tommorow is the one where the Rockies actually have the starting pitching edge, so 2 out of the 3 is still doable.

Oh…and my man EY2 had 2 hits! Go Deuce! (my new nickname for EY2…like it?)

by Redhawk on Aug 26, 2009 11:12 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

EY sure did have 2 hits

and I sure hope he learns how to steal off of major league pitchers sometime soon

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 11:13 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mr. Glass Half Empty!

(and um..me too…that one was really bad tonight)

by Redhawk on Aug 26, 2009 11:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh I'm still psyched for his potential

slapping 3 hits in 2 games, not bad at all. I think they should shut his running down for a little bit and let him get the feel of a base that isn’t 1B first, as in let his supporting cast drive him along.

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 27, 2009 8:30 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sooo

does Chacin get the call up for Fogger’s next start? Why not Rogers (is he on the 40 man?)

by moomacher on Aug 26, 2009 10:05 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I think Chacin will get the start when the rosters expand Sept 1

by coolopotamus on Aug 26, 2009 10:08 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tracy really avoided that question in the presser.

He said “ask me tomorrow or the next day. I don’t know right now.”

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 10:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

The FSN guys noted the offday Monday

So they could also skip the spot until the Arizona series the weekend of the 4th.

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by FooMan on Aug 26, 2009 10:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I might do that

skip the spot and deal with it when we have to. I don’t think Fogg has more than 40-50 pitches now. And with his velocity the second time through

by Roxfan24 on Aug 27, 2009 9:14 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Scoreboard update

Dbacks 3-SF 1 Top of 8th coming up

by SDcat09 on Aug 26, 2009 10:08 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Dagger

4-3 Giants off a Molina 3-run homer.

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 10:27 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Giants Win.

Mark Grace you suck.

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 10:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh that just sucks

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well.

That wasn’t quite as much fun as the previous two games.

I thought you knew that algebra was all razzamatazz. A Globetrotter always saves the good algebra for the final minutes.

by SlamDunkTheFunk on Aug 26, 2009 10:18 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Not much fun, but...

very few of us honestly thought we were going to win this one. I don’t think many of us felt like it would be pretty much over so early, but Rincon did yeoman’s work saving the rest of the pen.

So we simply move on.

Tomorrow afternoon, GO ROCKIES!!!!

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by Mondogarage on Aug 26, 2009 10:24 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

foggers next start would be on august 31st

which is an off day.

i’d skip the hole in the rotation and just go right on with the top 4.

by RockyMtnCat on Aug 26, 2009 10:28 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

They mentioned that in the post game,

I bet Tracy would go for that.

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 10:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

makes perfect sense

ubaldo, marquis, hammel and hip hip all seem healthy and strong – they don’t need the extra day’s rest that i can see – put the hammer down in that last LONG homestand.

we draw San Fran’s best when we head out there – Lincecum, Zito and Cain, coming out of that, we may not have much room to spare.

hmm, i think hip hip needs to bring his A game tomorrow – be nice to get an early lead for him so he doesn’t have to fight the mental pressures…

by RockyMtnCat on Aug 26, 2009 10:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

the concern is that DLR and Hammel are heading into uncharted waters

in terms of IP

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

always true

but they are both at an age where you shouldn’t have to worry much about that…. old enough to have built up their arm strength, but not so old that they have begun to wear down.

i’m not aware of any injury history for either of them.

is one day going to help them much??

i don’t really need to see fogg again – although it would be against the mets, so maybe…

may well depend on how we do in the next 4.

by RockyMtnCat on Aug 26, 2009 10:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

you've heard of the Verducci effect, right?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/tom_verducci/02/05/verducci.YAE/index.html

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:47 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

neither hammel nor JDR

are under 25….

by RockyMtnCat on Aug 26, 2009 10:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

good point

I think the issue is more fatigue, as they aren’t really stretched out to a full season of starting work like this

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who else do we have that is ready to step in to a starter role?

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 10:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh, nobody

i wasn’t actually saying that we switch to a 6-man or something, just the fact that we might see them start to look more tired or whatever

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you think we'll see more bullpen callups and movement in the next month for that reason?

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 10:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

absolutely

I expect to see Flores and Peralta back up, just to eat innings

Hopefully Chacin and Hynick as well.

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 11:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

What role do you see Chacin and Hynick in?

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 11:01 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chacin back to the pen where they should have left him

Hynick as just another Josh Fogg type

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 11:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

wrong on leaving Chacin

The Rockies need starters. The need one now, and will need more in the future They can’t move EVERY starter to the pen (Morales, now, I assume Deduno in the future, and probably Hynick as well)

by Redhawk on Aug 26, 2009 11:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just wonder how much of his ill-fated first start was nerves

and how much was lack of seasoning and command.

I mean, ideally, sure, he’s the starter, but he was doing well in relief

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lots of nerves

and sadly, lots of not great stuff. I really expected a great pitch…but he just has 4 good…not great pitches. Which will be great in the minors…and middling in the majors.

by Redhawk on Aug 26, 2009 11:07 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

so we should start him anyway?

this is my concern, all of the things you listed there, and I’d hate to have him get romperstomped and lose a lot of confidence

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 11:14 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

well there is that

I guess, I think he’s good enough to improve and rise up.

BUT..is the playoff race the spot for on the job training from a starting pitcher?

I think we are right he needs more polish especially for a starter.

by Redhawk on Aug 26, 2009 11:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Two Words

“is the playoff race the spot for on the job training from a starting pitcher?”

Ubaldo Jimenez.

by Yokel on Aug 27, 2009 5:45 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know everyone likes to cite

Jimenez and Morales, but just because it worked for them does NOT mean it will work for Chacin.

The difference now and then is that we can do this WITHOUT Chacin. We just need the offense to actually show up when the 5th starter comes out to pitch.

Thing is with Morales, he showed how green he was between 07 and 08 with the balks and the penalty balls for going to his mouth. Little things started getting to him and he’d get completely thrown off after them.

I’m not saying Chacin = Morales, but I don’t want to put the weight of the world on Chacin either, I don’t know if a young pitcher can handle that.

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 27, 2009 8:33 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll jump in

One of them will be a starter. I would assume Chacin, as he is the bigger prospect and has the best stuff.

by Redhawk on Aug 26, 2009 11:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

luckily for us

tracy has WAAAAY more info on the situation than we have!!!!

by RockyMtnCat on Aug 27, 2009 7:47 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's really interesting.

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 10:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good point.

DLR’s max was 130 and he is at 141 IP.
Hammel’s max was 78 and he is at 132.

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 10:46 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

check minor league numbers too

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:47 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hammel's

pitched about 170 before, JDLR has thrown 155. I think they’ll be okay, but it is something to monitor.

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.

by Resolution on Aug 27, 2009 7:37 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

precisely

I didn’t mean to scream that the sky is falling in terms of the IP barrier, but yeah, something to monitor.

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 27, 2009 8:33 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

This may be why they signed Ortiz

to spot start. and not use Chacin in that role. If you skip the spot next week he may be the guy.

by Roxfan24 on Aug 27, 2009 9:17 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

No big whoop

We pitched 3 dudes that were completely unwanted this year, while the Dodgers ran out their hottest pitcher in a must win game, backs against the wall. Sure, it would have been fun to grab this one and watch the Mannywood Meltdown, but whatever. Fogg, Rincon, Herges. Just read that, then wipe the hands, on to the next. (not to dismiss Rincon’s fine effort, though).

Now, I say we have to look at tomorrow’s game in conjunction with the Giants series. Must go 2-2 here. I’m nervous about Padilla tomorrow, he’s a dude that might very well be pitching for his career.

by Teekalong on Aug 26, 2009 10:30 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

yea i really would like a 3-1 next 4 games

but considering pitching matchups n all that def would take 2-2

we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE

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by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 26, 2009 10:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

i'll be doing back flips if we go 3-1

in the next four.

we could really do some damage in the standings with that as a springboard to the 10 game homestand with the mets, the dbacks and the reds.

by RockyMtnCat on Aug 26, 2009 10:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would join you.

The risk of cervical spine injury is worth it to me.

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 10:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

i didn't mind the loss at all tonight

and seeing the Giants were heading for a loss it was cool…but jesus christ damn it dbacks cant hold a damn 3-0 lead on the crappy Giants offense

we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE

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by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 26, 2009 10:30 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe you don't mind the loss...

but those of us who were at the game certainly did. Not so much that they lost, which was expected, but the inability to hit the slop Wolf was throwing up there made for a dreary night at the yard. And Fogg was throwing BP when he wasn’t walking guys.

Rincon’s performance was outstanding, no question. And young EY is FAST, almost beating out another routine grounder to short.

by alex colfax on Aug 26, 2009 10:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

it was such a BORING game was the problem

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was starting to look at my Microbiology book by the 7th inning..

That is sad.

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 11:01 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Red Sox released Brad Penny

I wonder if the Rockies would go for him. He’s Brad Penny, so results > stuff. But he seems healthy (velocity is back).

Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!

by FooMan on Aug 26, 2009 10:33 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I seem to remember

Brad Penny always pitching like Cy Young in Coors. Lemme see if I can find some stats to back that up…

Gladly sharing a name with Dexter Fowler!

by ShadowPenguin on Aug 26, 2009 10:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here we go

Brad Penny: 6-1 at Coors with 3.92 ERA, 1.387 WHIP, 5.7 SO/9, 1.77 SO/BB

Ok, maybe not as good as I thought, but still pretty good.

Gladly sharing a name with Dexter Fowler!

by ShadowPenguin on Aug 26, 2009 10:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

9 HR in 62 innings, too

Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!

by FooMan on Aug 26, 2009 10:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

ew

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:47 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Daca can teach him a sinker in a bullpen session, right?

Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!

by FooMan on Aug 26, 2009 10:48 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah just one

penny’s a quick student

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ha, I love that one.

Great hat, Fred!

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by FooMan on Aug 26, 2009 10:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Back to Back to Back AAU National Championships"

“This is the video that will get you results!”

-Joe

by jcn7vc on Aug 26, 2009 10:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I used to have so many Fred McGriff cards when I was a kid!

Love it.

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 10:56 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

This could be very interesting pick-up.

We could use another long reliever.

-Joe

by jcn7vc on Aug 26, 2009 10:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think he'd go to a team that wouldn't offer him a starting job

Otherwise he wouldn’t have asked the Sox to release him.

Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!

by FooMan on Aug 26, 2009 10:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Same story as Russ Ortiz

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

You don't think Penny would get more interest than Russ Ortiz?

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by FooMan on Aug 26, 2009 10:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Though maybe Red Sox release jobs are only good for St Louis

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by FooMan on Aug 26, 2009 10:46 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

point is we HAVE Ortiz

although Penny does know how to pitch in the NL West

everyone prepare for 4 hour games because Penny is the slowest guy ever

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:48 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

He takes a long time to throw his pitches, too.

(Rimshot!)

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by FooMan on Aug 26, 2009 10:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

yukyukyukyuk

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c2EoJjICdk

0:09-0:22 is Brad Penny

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:56 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Loved the "that's so random" comment at the end

But wtf is videoing the TV in this day and age, lol

Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave

by Mondogarage on Aug 27, 2009 7:52 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

seriously, it was all i could find

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 27, 2009 8:34 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd trade Penny for Russ Ortiz.

Ortiz has nothing in the tank…nothing.

Penny? I don’t know, but I’ve watched him dominate the Rockies too many time

by Redhawk on Aug 26, 2009 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why use him as a reliever?

Fogg proved today he’s got going to be an answer in the rotation long term. We can sign penny for the pro-rated minimum and get him in as the fourth/fifth starter. I want this to happen.

by WolfMarauder on Aug 27, 2009 12:21 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Probably all depends on the price

by EricMedic on Aug 26, 2009 10:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pro-rated major league minimum?

Though I suppose a player still has to pass through waivers to be released.

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by FooMan on Aug 26, 2009 10:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I knew we should've

went after Smoltz.

by Resolution on Aug 27, 2009 7:39 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

he wouldn't have come here

not in a million years.

by Narcoleptico on Aug 27, 2009 7:45 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do we know that we didn't

and he said thanks but no thanks?

by SDcat09 on Aug 27, 2009 7:47 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

he wanted to start.

Colorado didn’t offer that opportunity at the time so I’m sure they didn’t even bother pursuing him

by Narcoleptico on Aug 27, 2009 7:53 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

that is a good point

by SDcat09 on Aug 27, 2009 8:07 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s a shame to see you guys had all supposedly given up on this game before it even started… where’s your fighting spirit? :)

Even though it’s Padilla on the mound tomorrow against de la Rosa, I’m excited to “steal” this one from you guys, although I don’t think it’s as lopsided as it’s being made out to be.

You wanna know how great baseball is? The greatest basketball player ever left his sport to play baseball.

by Jesse S. on Aug 26, 2009 10:51 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Fogg hasn't started legitimately in awhile

It wasn’t so much that we’d given up, so much that we were prepared to not flip out in the event we lost, because we’re starting our longman from the pen.

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 26, 2009 10:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

And Wolf has been about the Dodgers 2nd best pitcher this year

"Good teams win games, horse**** teams have meetings." - Ozzie Guillen

by free7694 on Aug 26, 2009 11:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Since the Entrance Music Fanpost is closed for comments

EY Jr. has Stuntin’ Like My Daddy by Birdman & Lil Wayne

An inspired choice if I do say so myself.

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by free7694 on Aug 27, 2009 12:42 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

comments are back open

thanks!

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 27, 2009 8:37 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't know if this is the right place for this...

But was watching postgame interview with Matt Kemp and he said…well, with these guys 1-8 they just keep coming after you. So once you have your foot on their neck, you just keep on it and on it." And he kept pushing his foot into the ground to demonstrate stepping on the Rockies necks. Well, I hope someone in that clubhouse saw that, and says "oh, noooo, you din’t, and returns the favor tomorrow.

I didn’t appreciate that…GO ROCKIES!! Destroy the Dodgers, Please :)

by SDcat09 on Aug 27, 2009 1:23 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

It's actually a compliment in a way...

He’s saying our team’s too good to let up on. I’d rather that than him treating us like, “oh, they have a couple of good players..,”

Still, GO ROCKIES!! I want you to Destroy the Dodgers too, please :)

by Rox Girl on Aug 27, 2009 6:45 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Spilly did the high five just past 3rd base again on his HR last night

Isn’t that what he was warned not to do? Can someone have a word?

by biondino on Aug 27, 2009 7:18 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

That may have been the third base coach.

Tulo was the one who had been warned for coming ouy to highfive Spilly before he reached homeplate

by SDcat09 on Aug 27, 2009 7:41 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ah okay, so it's only other players on the team who might interfere

Thank you!

by biondino on Aug 27, 2009 8:30 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

The rule in baseball is that if you touch a player on the basepaths in front of you, you're called out

either you or both of you.

So Tulo highfiving Spills would’ve resulted in Spilborghs’ home run being called a triple, out at home plate on interference. 3B coach doesn’t count as a player.

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 27, 2009 8:38 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

But once he's scored

he’s no longer on the basepaths.
Kind of a technicality on the part f the Ump.

The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient.

by rockieprogress on Aug 27, 2009 9:41 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

He high fived Tulo before crossing home plate

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 27, 2009 10:42 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh oh tulo right

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 27, 2009 10:42 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

First post

Just joined, but I’ve been lurking for about a month.

Hands-down the best Rockies website on the net, great job!

by 303chiefs on Aug 27, 2009 8:40 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

thanks!

by Rox Girl on Aug 27, 2009 8:46 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hate to say this because he really does seem like a good guy...

…but I’m extremely happy that Josh Fogg won’t be ruining my afternoon in the sun today. Now I can get a Maker’s Mark or 5 at the Clocktower and enjoy the game in peace.

by 303chiefs on Aug 27, 2009 8:47 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

you watch the game from a bar within coors field?

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by Andrew Martin on Aug 27, 2009 8:49 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Only when I'm actually at the bar ordering...

…or when it was 150 degrees like it was during that day game about a month ago.

by 303chiefs on Aug 27, 2009 8:52 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

ahhhh that makes sense

If you hit the little “reply” link underneath the specific comment you want to respond to, it will help keep the comments threaded and the discussions organized.

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