Jon Heyman: Giants to sign Brad Penny
He will be paid only the pro-rated portion of the MLB minimum
over 2 years ago
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greaaaaaaaaaat
good work Rockies, let him go to a competitor
The lack of action is starting to grate a bit
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He poisons team chemistry, remember?
He’s going down, and taking Lincecain with him. That’s what I’ll keep telling myself, anyway.
Seriously though, I hope they get the inconsistent, high pitch count version and not the version that was actually decent in May/June (3.74 ERA, 3:1 K/BB ratio).
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
If the Rockies are right about Penny
(and they had better be), this will be a positive move for the Rockies. Though I suppose he couldn’t do a whole lot worse than Joe Martinez.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 31, 2009 1:47 PM MDT up reply actions
that's kind of the point
I wanted to see Martinez or Lowry or whoever (is Lowry out for the season?) get knocked around every 5th start
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 1:49 PM MDT up reply actions
At this point, I don't believe we do for sure
but they optioned Joe Martinez down last week and haven’t filled his spot in the rotation as of yet. Randy Johnson will return from the 60day, but he will be in the bullpen for the rest of the year if he does indeed come back to the 25man. Signs seem to indicate he would be used in the rotation
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 31, 2009 1:56 PM MDT up reply actions
That makes sense...
I dunno, I’m not really that worked up about this move. Apparently, Penny was a big headache, so let Bochy have the headache :)
My understanding is that he asked for his release from Boston
in reaction to being demoted to the pen
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 2:00 PM MDT up reply actions
This is also true.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 31, 2009 2:02 PM MDT up reply actions
That will be 12 days between starts
I don’t know if he’d be ready for Wednesday, but he might be
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 31, 2009 2:03 PM MDT up reply actions
I can tell you that he will be
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Lowry is pretty much out for his career at this point.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I remember him being a decent pitcher a couple of years back
and then he just broke and died. Felt kind of bad for the kid.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 1:58 PM MDT up reply actions
It is really sad
He looked like he had a real bright future and it wasn’t even a big arm injury that set off the downward spiral – it was a strained oblique. He was just never the same pitcher after it (even when he had a sub-4 ERA in 2007, he had an ugly 1:1 K/BB ratio). That’s the nature of young pitchers though, what can you do?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Well
I guess its possible Penny would have gone to SF even if we were interested, but its not often that a GM gets to see directly whether or not passing on a player was a smart move.
Well, let's look on the brightside
the Rockies are not the Broncos :) There problems pale in comparison…just sayin…:)
by SDcat09 on Aug 31, 2009 2:15 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
To be honest, I stopped paying attention
I think they’re 0-3, but I haven’t seen a second of them. I have my own team in playoff contention dang it!
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 31, 2009 2:27 PM MDT up reply actions 5 recs
I didn't even know they were 0-3. I was just trying to point out that even though our Rox have
been struggling, they are not a wholly dysfunctional organization..and that we are definitely not out of it.
Just trying to bring some levity and hope :)
I can't believe I could ever write this
but, don’t look now…the Rockies..may be the best run major sports franchise in Denver.
Avs: Have no clue with a salary cap
Nuggets: Are the Nuggets, but are wining
Broncos: So lost, they are in Raider levels of lost
Rockies: Have this mid market baseball thing going.
by Redhawk on Aug 31, 2009 9:32 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
ok Fredhawk
get off the keyboard and give it back to Redhawk
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 9:34 PM MDT up reply actions
you still suck
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 9:45 PM MDT up reply actions
I can't believe I'm the Positive Polly around here now
I’m having a hard time being all pissy about the Rockies being in the lead for the Wild Card on Sept. 1st, after that terrible start.
I’m happy how this season turned out…no matter WHAT happens in Sept.
it's been pretty exciting
and the best part is we haven’t mortgaged our future for it
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 9:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Is this the time I get to point out all the holes
the team will have when all these vets leave after the year? (back up corner INF, Back-up Catcher, Lefty set up guy, 8th inning set up guy, #3 starter)
I really want Marquis to stay. I’ll give him my extra Ozzie Smith Rookie card if he stays.
Methinks, Marquis may end up a Met...
the whole local boy makes good thing…which would make me a very sad panda:(
They won't love him like we would
we may not have money…but we have love…
and great summer evenings in Denver!
I agree, I love me some Marquis
but since he lives in NY, Staten Island, I just started assuming the worst…
Because when the going gets tough..........
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:02 PM MDT up reply actions
.........
……………
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions
booooooooo
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:05 PM MDT up reply actions
we might have to juggle another season
but some combination of Chacin, Hynick, Morales could refill the rotation, Paul Phillips, Edwin Bellorin, or eventually Mike McKenry backs up Iannetta.
Raffy isn’t a lock to leave, but remember we get Manny and Buchholz back next year, and Weathers should be along soonish
as for the LH setup, I have just no idea
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:02 PM MDT up reply actions
I have been thinking the same thing.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 31, 2009 9:37 PM MDT up reply actions
they just beat the houston...
uh…
something
I was there!
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 9:45 PM MDT up reply actions
the Dynamo!
leading the West
I actually might adopt MLS as my 2nd sport
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 9:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Soccer...
still not a real sport.
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by Jeff Aberle on Aug 31, 2009 10:04 PM MDT up reply actions
but what do they know?
I mean…I give the Chinese credit for sticking with the chop sticks after seeing the fork….but the Fork is SO much better.
They're uncultured morons.
I mean that in the kindest possible sense. They haven’t embraced baseball.
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by Jeff Aberle on Aug 31, 2009 10:06 PM MDT up reply actions
ummm
Chinese Taipei Little League champs several times
Japan wins WBC by defeating Korea
Latin America = provides most of the new players to the MLB
you’re right, these other countries have totally ignored baseball :P
the Australians are starting to look more and more exciting
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Still missing most of the world's population cupcake.
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by Jeff Aberle on Aug 31, 2009 10:16 PM MDT up reply actions
Soccer is pretty awesome
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:05 PM MDT up reply actions
did you see OchoCinco kick the extra point
in the Cincinnati game…apparently he’s quite a footballer:)
haw haw
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Soccer on TV/watching live...BORING
Soccer playing…FUN
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by Jeff Aberle on Aug 31, 2009 10:07 PM MDT up reply actions
I enjoy it
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:07 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't think anyone's in the Raider levels of lost.
At least the Broncos don’t have the owner dictating play calling or the coach maiming his assistants.
Yep! Bad year to be a Broncos fan, for sure
Additionally, I can only hope that, one of these years, a nail-biter of a playoff race involving the Rockies will get more attention here than a meaningless preseason game from a team that looks to be 4-12 if they get some lucky breaks. I don’t even need the front page of the Post. Just some proportion. :)
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 31, 2009 8:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Opinion of a Giants fan
Nothing the Giants can do will really counter the fact that you guys have one of the smartest offenses ever constructed. It will be a tight race, but I have to believe the Rockies, who have A+ hitting and maybe B pitching, are favored over the Giants, who have D+ hitting and A+ pitching.
At any rate, let the September games begin…
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Why do the Rockies have one of the smartest offenses ever constructed?
I would actually grade the Rockies’ pitching as better than the hitting, considering park effects. I think you’re a little generous for both offenses.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 31, 2009 3:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Simple: your players understand OBP better than any other NL team
And they use it to achieve other things, like power.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
A lot of the problems we're having is we're getting the former but not the latter
at least at the same time. We walk and then just can’t hit the damn ball anymore. I know there are obviously places these past few weeks where yeah, we did score some runs. But for the most part, we’re leaving small villages on the basepaths and we’re getting leadoff doubles for our power
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions
That's what has doomed the A's, to a degree
It’s the trade-off, but man, I would love to have that be the Giants’ problem, instead of all this first-pitch out-made BS!
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
no, what has doomed the A's
is the fact that everyone else has picked up on advanced evaluation and put money into the guys they SHOULD be putting money into
So basically Oakland just has to operate like any other small market team and make smart trades and drafts.
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by Andrew Martin on Sep 1, 2009 11:46 AM MDT up reply actions
We're just really jealous of teams that are good at taking pitches
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yeah, Molina makes me sad
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions
That makes sense
given the 30th to 1st ranking disparity in that stat. Taking a lot of pitches also increases your chances for the ultimate non-productive out though. We’re 3rd in Ks, but I don’t guess I’m jealous of the team that avoids K’s the best.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 31, 2009 4:17 PM MDT up reply actions
That works well...against bad pitchers who throw balls
But there were several ABs during the last Giants series where our batters were quickly called out on strikes after letting three pitches go by (ie Atkins pinch hit yesterday).
Is it bad that my first thought was
“Well, at least that AB went three pitches!”
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No
It’s right up there with, “At least it wasn’t a DP”…especially for Atkins.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 31, 2009 9:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Rockies starting to get active?
According to this MLBTR author, the Rockies may be one of two teams making a late hard push at Garland. Garland actually may fit in quite well here with his pitching style, and Apodaca’s ability to take solid sinker guys and make them GB machines.
This isn’t a story until we have more credible sources, but it’s fun rumor mill fodder nonetheless.
ooooo!
that’s interesting…I can’t imagine the Dbacks trading within the division. That would be wild!
Well, if they assume that it would just be a 2-month rental
than it wouldn’t matter if he goes to a division rival.
I really wonder what we'd have to give up for him
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 8:09 PM MDT up reply actions
I liike Garland.
And not just because he shut us down at Coors this year..but because he’s a good sinker ball pitcher. He’d fit in. Let’s get him.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 8:21 PM MDT up reply actions
I concur
he’d be Aaron Cook 2.0
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 9:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Ken Rosenthal now says talk at stand still...
Rox to assume rest of salary for lesser prospects… Dbacks want better players…
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/10007840/Source:-Garland-to-Rockies-stalled-out
I got nothing.
ok I just went and yelled at the Pit
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 9:11 PM MDT up reply actions
ok I've negotiated with the pit
Deal
You send us Todd Helton and cash, we’ll send you Burt Reynolds.
I think everyone wins here.
Can we sign on this
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 9:22 PM MDT up reply actions
ha..as much as I appreciate
your negotiating skills…I think giving up Todd’s beard would really kill our mojo. Can we send the beard and keep Tood?
ha..as much as I appreciate
your negotiating skills…I think giving up Todd’s beard would really kill our mojo. Can we send the beard and keep Tood?
it's ok
don’t you sweat it
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 9:33 PM MDT up reply actions
heh...I saw the link to East Bound and Down
and thought it was going to take me to the HBO EastBound and Down, the satire about a John Rocker type player…HILARIOUS and subversive..a bit of an acquired taste
How lame...
Dodgers now swooping in and talking with Dbacks about Garland. LAME.
http://twitter.com/SI_JonHeyman/statuses/3680703668
I got nothing.
ok I'm on all 3 boards now over this
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 9:34 PM MDT up reply actions
If the Dirty Dodgers steal Garland from under us...
my status of strongly disliking will move to exponential levels of hate…
by SDcat09 on Aug 31, 2009 9:42 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well some post said we took ourselves out of it...
when the Dbags were asking for better players and we balked. So blame ourselves… but then again… I wouldn’t overpay for him.
I got nothing.
neither would I
this is the kind of thing that hurts a system in favor of the right now
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 9:44 PM MDT up reply actions
money?
yes
better prospects?
no
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 9:46 PM MDT up reply actions
I agree
The Rockies need their minor league system to feed the big league club. Sure some extra can be traded..they are like money….but there are only so many players, like Cash. Don’t want to over spend with prospects.
but we don't want to let them sour like yogurt
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Wait, why do we think he's a sinker ball pitcher?
Much less Aaron Cook 2.0? His GB rates don’t look exceptional.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
sinkerball doesn't necessarily indicate GB
Zach Greinke throws a solid sinker, but he throws it for strikeouts rather than to contact
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:04 PM MDT up reply actions
So, garland is a sinkerball pitcher
who gets neither grounders or strikeouts?
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
yeah he's kind of just innings
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Growing a tad more credible
Heyman is tweeting the Rockies’ interest now.
I wouldn't get too excited
considering the time frame and the potential pratfalls, I would bet chances are less than 10% we’d acquire him.
I don't think so
considering the amount of DL spots the Rockies have to play with, but at the same time, if the Rockies are competing with someone for his services, than you have to consider that tonight could be someone else’s deadline, meaning that Arizona could look to move him now or hang on to him.
A player has to be in your organization
by the end of the day on August 31st to be able to make the team through the 60-day DL loophole.
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playoff roster I mean
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PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Intriguing
It might just be crazy enough…to work! I’m not that optimistic, but hey…
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 31, 2009 8:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Wait..isn't tomorrow the day rosters get expanded?
If that is so, who do we bring up? I’d only say two names for sure..Giambi and Murton. I’m not sure about anybody else..Pineiro maybe.
Piniero?
If we had Joel Piniero, we’d be in business. He’s been very valuable this year. Maybe you mean Peralta?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 31, 2009 8:38 PM MDT up reply actions
boy that'd be awesome
Joel Pineiro
Pineiro, Marqius, Cook, Jimenez
most bored outfield of all time
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 9:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Thome's getting traded...
what for? No idea or the location. Hopefully in the AL. Maybe the Angels?
I got nothing.
well, I was actually watching via DVR
so you were actually ahead of me anyway…:)……
CUPCAKE! CUPCAKE!!! Who you cal….
wait…where are the cupcakes?
One cookie, and it's in the mail.
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WHERE THE CUPCAKES AT?
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by Jeff Aberle on Aug 31, 2009 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions
dont worry rockies fans...
penny sucks
he will only bring despair, woe, and a 5.61 ERA to the giants :)
I'm more interested in the 94 MPH heater
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I hear Matt Anderson is available
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by Andrew Martin on Sep 1, 2009 11:46 AM MDT up reply actions
Heyman said a deal between the D'Bags and Dodgers is most likely to get done.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:06 PM MDT up reply actions
noooooooo
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:06 PM MDT up reply actions
I think he was calling himself Turd Ferguson the last time I checked.
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by Jeff Aberle on Aug 31, 2009 10:08 PM MDT up reply actions
funniest freaking sketches
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Celebrity Jeopardy, right?
I would totally quote some of my favorites, but I don’t think they are quite suitable for purple row.
AWWWWWW come on hot therapist chick, don't hook up with leonardo dicaprio
you’re with matt damon!
I don’t like philanderers
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I friggin love that movie.
The Departed.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:10 PM MDT up reply actions
first time seeing it
I’m enjoying the hell out of it
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:11 PM MDT up reply actions
It's awesome.
The ending is just plain..trippy.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:12 PM MDT up reply actions
friggin awesome though
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 31, 2009 10:13 PM MDT up reply actions
It's crazy..
And kinda ridiculous lol.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:13 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't approve of people doing harm to pandas either.
Eschew Obfuscation!
by Jeff Aberle on Aug 31, 2009 10:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Dodger board...
Garland to the Dodgers
for a Class A minor leaguer to be drafted later. . .
by NASCARbernet on Aug 31, 2009 9:07 PM PDT reply reply actions actions 0 recs
I got nothing.
by nkrause on Aug 31, 2009 10:10 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
I read that on the Pit
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:11 PM MDT up reply actions
jeeeez
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Gah. Blah. Bleh. Blech. Damn.
"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
geez
everybody making deals around us it seems
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 31, 2009 10:14 PM MDT up reply actions
we have Giambi
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Now MLBTR says we have Jose Contreras??
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
by FooMan on Aug 31, 2009 10:15 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Hm. Wonder at what price.
"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
no info yet, just a "tweet" from Joe Cowley of the Sun Times
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
ROCKIES ACQUIRE JOSE CONTRERAS
I got nothing.
by nkrause on Aug 31, 2009 10:15 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
noooooooooooooo
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 31, 2009 10:15 PM MDT up reply actions
EWWWWWW
Reminds me of Livan Hernandez. I don’t likey.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:16 PM MDT up reply actions
has much better stuff
though not always better results
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
If the price is right, I'm not too worried about.
"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
Was is das?
And by that I mean, what are they thinking?
man the Dodgers get Garland
Giants get Penny we get Contreras
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!!
It's been finalized?
I mean about Garland to LA.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:18 PM MDT up reply actions
you never know
…but right now I’d say we came in 4th in that race.
yeaaa
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 31, 2009 10:19 PM MDT up reply actions
Contreras might get the NL boost though
be a hero down the line
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That's what they said about Zito originally
Then again, he’s been an ace lately. Maybe there’s a couple years delay. So, when Contreras is 40, maybe the stars will align.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Hey you never know about Contreras.
It could work out. Maybe maybe maybe. Let’s try to stay positive.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:19 PM MDT reply actions
On the upside
Contreras is like 50…so he’ll be the oldest Rockie ever right?
by Redhawk on Aug 31, 2009 10:20 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Finley?
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Most ossified Rockie ever?
Finley, Dale Murphy, or ?
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
Embree??
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 31, 2009 10:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Welp, I guess we dance with the ones
that brung us this far!
by SDcat09 on Aug 31, 2009 10:19 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
i guess we just got Contreras
to get back at the Dodgers and Giants getting a SP each???
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!!
get back at them...
yeaaa that’s it
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 31, 2009 10:21 PM MDT up reply actions
Pretty lame way to get back at them..lol.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:22 PM MDT up reply actions
yea get back wasn't the right words
i was looking for…they were just trying to make a move because other teams did it so they thought they were cool and did so themselves
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 31, 2009 10:22 PM MDT up reply actions
yep me too....me too buddy
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 31, 2009 10:23 PM MDT up reply actions
good Sherill
finally gave up a run
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 31, 2009 10:26 PM MDT up reply actions
I keep poring through his splits looking for that grey-ish lining.
Um, so far I have…he’s been getting progressively worse since June. Hope was essentially free.
"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
Hope /he was, etc.
"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
yay something to write about in Counting Rocks
fooman I swear to God if you steal my thunder I will cut you
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Here's a thought...
Dodgers get Thome in response to us getting Giambi????
bwahhhh…okay okay I almost kept a straight face…
bwahah
who will hit more homers in Sept/Oct
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 31, 2009 10:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Ugh...
Contreras to Colorado for cash and pitcher Brandon Hynick according to Joe Cowley of Chicago Sun Times.
I got nothing.
ooooooooh
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:27 PM MDT up reply actions
contreras is better
see Counting Rocks tomorrow
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 31, 2009 10:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh that.
Go for it. He’s fine for this sort of trade, but I’d never defend Contreras.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
Whoa we gave up Hynick.
That’s very very surprising.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:38 PM MDT up reply actions
WHAT??????
no way…..
Either the Rockies have no faith in Hynick as a major leaguer, or they really think Contreras has a lot to offer.
Personally I’d rather have Hynick then Contreras.
Wow…..
They probably needed something to get Chicago to send money
Contreras 2009 salary is $10 million, so that’s a $2million insurance policy. And Hynick is pretty expendable given all the other back end rotation possibilities they have laying around.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
Yes
of all the back end rotation prospects the Rockies have, Hynick was the closest.
And Contreras is old, and very, very washed up. I don’t want to see him on the mound at all for the Rockies.
But that's all he was
a back end prospect. I take it that most people that are really unhappy to see Hynick go are people that actually haven’t seen him pitch before.
I don’t know if Hynick was worth giving up for a month or two of Contreras (ok, he’s not), but it wasn’t like we just gave up a young Aaron Cook. Hynick’s path to the bigs just got that much tougher moving to the AL in a similarly unfriendly homer park.
Hynick can hit pretty well huh?
Yep, it’s definitely going to be tougher for him now.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:41 PM MDT up reply actions
More importantly, what does this do to the Purps list?
It’s not Hynick’s fault the list hasn’t been compiled yet!
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
He wasn't on my list, so no problem there...
I never got the Hynick fascination, and I guess that I never will.
Eschew Obfuscation!
by Jeff Aberle on Aug 31, 2009 11:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Contreras
is gonna eat innings in the pen…yea okk he is going to be eating baseballs…i can’t believe we got this bum
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!!
Sounds like RMN is going to do a writeup on him
Contreras isn’t all bad. Lots of funky arm angles and some stuff.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
ehh ive heard a bunch of you say
Hynick will never be a good major leaguer…judging from his numbers and considering he is 24 and never got to the majors (rockies bring people up very very young usually if they believe in them)
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!!
i would have to agree and say who cares that he is gone
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 31, 2009 10:32 PM MDT up reply actions
No offense cat
But it’s Mitch Williams. Seriously.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Mitch Williams doesn't know much about baseball in my opinion.
But like I said earlier, you never know. It could work!!
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:44 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm confused...Mitch Williams
pitched for the Phillies didn’t he and was fairly successful. I dunno, MLB network saw fit to hire him as an analyst…seems like he must know something…:)
There's two guys on that show that I think don't really understand this sport.
The other guy is something with an “M” last name. Trust me..they’re not too bright. I’m not trying to be mean.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:50 PM MDT up reply actions
consider the alternatives
Contreras is at his end in Chicago. The Rockies were contemplating Russ Ortiz.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
You don't believe me?
Haha..then don’t. You keep listening to those guys then..
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:53 PM MDT up reply actions
I didn't say I didn't believe you..
you are entitled to your opinion :) If ESPN analysts find this a positive move for the Rockies…what will you think then:)
Neutral move.
Do I think it will greatly benefit the team? No..if at all, maybe a little bit. And I don’t think it will hurt us either.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:56 PM MDT up reply actions
He was saying a change of scenery based on
Contreras personality…getting away from Ozzie Guillen, calmness of Tracy etc…
A change of scenery?
Well he’s going to go from Guillen to Tracy. That’s a HUGE difference. Pitching at Coors and having his offspeed stuff flatten out..I’m not too sure about this one.
But let’s make a big fat CHEERS that he works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:46 PM MDT up reply actions
And I know he can't throw hard.
He’s like 100 years old.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:47 PM MDT up reply actions
fastball averages 91.6
Down from his “prime,” but it’s up from the previous two seasons.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
Oh wow.
That’s surprising. I was expecting high 80s..92ish isn’t bad.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:53 PM MDT up reply actions
And now with 2 on, nobody out.
Looks like we’ll be down 5.5 fellas (and SDcat) lol.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 31, 2009 10:58 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm not gonna get to excited about that just yet
the Dirty Dodgers seem to have a way of making insane rallies…especially when Ethier is involved
yep thank you very much!
BTW, did you see the Contreras piece is up…I’m heading over there…
see ya round the CyberSportsBar !
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