Saturday Rockpile: Cubs fans = bad; Tracy, Tulo, and Friedrich = good; Esmil Rogers = meh
by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 8, 2009 9:10 AM MDT
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PrintCubs fans show up in droves at Coors Field, other stadiums - The Denver Post
Jim Armstrong chimes in with the piece that is heavily related to the discussion the occurred in the comments section of yesterday's Rockpile. Sure, there were a lot of Cubs fans at the game last night, but they were definitely drowned out by the large number of Rockies fans - especially as the game progressed.
Inside the Colorado Rockies " Recap: Rockies 6, Cubs 2 | Major League Baseball in Denver
We'll obviously know more about this at the end of this series, but right now I'm really wishing the Rockies played in the NL Central. The Rox have won 15 straight games against opponents from that division. Wow.
Paige: Tracy blessed with Midas touch - The Denver Post
According to Woody Paige, everything Jim Tracy touches turns to gold. You wouldn't have known that if you were on the MLB.com forum after Thursday's game, though.
Tulo's surge leads to Rockies' run | ColoradoRockies.com: News
Cheng Sio writes about how the success of Troy Tulowitzki has corresponded with the Colorado's winning ways. When the Rockies hit a season-low 20-32 on June 3, Tulowitzki was hitting .218 with five home runs and 16 RBIs. Since then, he's hit .313 with 15 homers and 36 RBIs.
BaseballAmerica.com: Prospects: Prospect Hot Sheet: Prospect Hot Sheet: Aug. 7
A couple of Rockies' prospects garnered a mention on the "good" portion of the list, while one was placed in the "bad" category. Eric Young Jr. was tabbed as a possible replacement for Clint Barmes (wouldn't that make everyone happy...), and Christian Frierich, who is a staple on the Prospect Hot Sheet according to the author, gets a nod as well. Check out Friedrich's season stats between Asheville and Modesto:
As for the "Not-So Hot Sheet," Esmil Rogers makes the list. His struggles in Triple-A have been well documented, at least on the Row. On one hand, I try not to get concerned because he IS pitching in the Pacific Coast League, which at times can be the Arena Football League (RIP) of professional baseball. On the other hand, though, Esmil's strikeout rates are way down, which is a bit of a concern.
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Woody Paige
actually wrote a decent article. He did try too hard to be funny and mean to the cubs but he hit on the main points. I am only disappointed because I know he will slip back to his other style of rockies writing shortly.
"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
Yeah, probably the next time we lose a game
I did like that one comment on the MLB board. The truth is, whether the Rox make it to the playoffs of not this year, Tracy’s done a hell of a job with this ballclub, and the boys are playing hard, and to their potential, every night.
That doesn’t mean every strategic decision is going to work out, and that doesn’t mean we won’t have nights of horrible RISP, too many men LOB, or a reliever whose done well generally doesn’t get lit up. If ballplayers could execute all the time, then .300 would be a pretty lousy batting average, ya know?
But this team is doing everything it can, and a lot of it stems directly from the hand on the manager’s chair.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Spot on re: Tracy.
I know they won’t address his contract status until the off season but I’m all for extending him right now. And DOD also. I think they have both done masterful jobs with this club.
"I've had pretty good success with Stan Musial by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third." - Carl Erskine
Should we just demote Rogers back to Tulsa?
If the PCL is so hard on pitchers I can’t imagine it helps their development. I say pull him back down to Tulsa where he can dominate and just bring him up to the Rocks in September. I can’t wait to see what our rotation looks like next year.
This debate comes up every so often...
Getting shelled in the Springs probably hurts his confidence, but so would a demotion. I think it depends on the player. If Rogers has a glass psyche like JDLR, maybe a move back to Tulsa to settle him down’s in order, if he’s the type of player that learns from adversity and grows with it, maybe letting him suffer his knocks in the Springs while he figures out how to avoid that sort of thing is for the best long term.
They need
to put a humidor in Security Service Field. It makes absolutely no sense that they haven’t done this yet. It can’t be that expensive, can it? Our pitchers would greatly benefit and it would cut down on the inflation of offensive in numbers in the springs, making it easier to judge the talent there. The Rockies need to pony up the cash and get it done.
President of the Don Draper fan club.
Don't you relocate my Sky Sox
Besides, if a player is called up early enough in the morning, they can make the drive to Coors in less than an hour. It’ll take them longer to sew their name onto the jersey. Not many other clubs can say that.
"Admirably obsessive." - Uni Watch, March 24th, 2009
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by oo_nrb on Aug 8, 2009 2:10 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I think putting a humidor down there makes perfect sense.
Especially since CS is higher in elevation than Denver.
"I've had pretty good success with Stan Musial by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third." - Carl Erskine
Putting a humidor...
at the Sky Sox Stadium is a subject of contention between the Elmore Sports group and Rockies management because of the cost of putting it in. Personally, I am surprise that neither side wants to split the cost and just put it. As far as relocating the Sky Sox…that’s probably a bad idea because Colorado Springs is one of the few ctiies with a population base that can support a team while being a mile high and close to Denver. Key thing being a mile high. Colorado Rockies players need to learn how to play in altitude.
On a side note I know a few season ago there was talk of moving the Sky Soxs to a downtown stadium but the ownership group thought it would be too expensive and that it wouldn’t pay for itself. I disagree….look at the success that AAA Memphis has with a stadium downtown.
Sky Sox move to downtown
would be a terrible idea. The downtown area at night has become a serious concern because of major crime, The access to the stadium would be a nightmare as the transportation system doesn"t even run at night, The highway access would be a major headache and the ticket prices would be raised because of city taxes. Parking is limited and would be a long walking distance.
The humidor ,on the other hand, would be a great idea…money well spent.
Hope, i didn’t come across as too strident with my opinion about the move, but I get a little cranky when people talk about moving my Sky Sox !!lol
Which was the compromise struck
They sold the naming rights to Security Service and have been upgrading the facility. If I remember right the Rockies FO threatened to find a new AAA affiliate if the Sky Sox didn’t fix the stadium, and after the downtown plan fell through the deal with Security Service was struck and they’ve been fixing it up. It’s still not a great facility, but it’s lightyears ahead of where it was before the name deal.
As for the move downtown, I was all for it when it looked like the Springs City Council was actually going to get serious about revitalizing the downtown area. Then they realized they are all a bunch of cheapskates and nothing happened, as usual. </diversion rant>
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as it is
"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
togb...do you have an mlb forum handle?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 8, 2009 2:17 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Absolutely not.
Just an average guy with exceptional hair. Nothing more, nothing less.
by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 8, 2009 3:07 PM MDT up reply actions
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