Monday Rockpile: Rockies interested in Miguel Batista?
by Russ Oates on Jan 11, 2010 8:17 AM MST
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PrintRockies touch base about reliever Batista - The Denver Post
Miguel Olivo and Miguel Batista have something in common: their agent. Martin Arburua represents them both, and he discussed Batista with the Rockies while closing out Olivo's deal. Batista turned in a better 2009 after a terrible 2008, when he moved between the rotation and the bullpen, by settling in the Mariners' pen full time. He posted a 0.1 WAR last year and in his other season as a reliever (2005) a 0.6. Batista had a 4.9 BB/9 last year and a 4.1 for his career. RockiesMagicNumber had a thought on Batista back in the summer when the Rockies may have been interested in him.
Saunders: Rockies' rotation hinges on Francis - The Denver Post
Similar to one aspect of Rox Girl's post yesterday, Patrick Saunders opines that Jeff Francis is the key to the Rockies' rotation and the NL West title.
Giants sign Aubrey Huff - McCovey Chronicles
McCovey Chronicles rates the Aubrey Huff signing:
It's a C-minus move for a C-minus front office, which is much preferable to the F-minuses I've been conditioned to expect over the last five years, and starting Ishikawa again would have been a D-plus decision, if that.
Move a couple of paragraphs above that quote and there you'll find a large number of ifs just to be average.
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in their excellent DiamondView series. The Dodgers are today.
After having Aubrey Huff on my fantasy team for a good chunk of last season
I cannot believe he has a full time job. Then again it’s the Giants, so it’s not that surprising…
Minor League Contract anyone?
I wouldn’t mind if they ink’d bautista, but if he pitches more than 50.0 innings this year then there will be some serious issues in the pen. I don’t think he should be more then an DL call-up and I certainly don’t think he should be competing for innings with Bucholtz, Betty, FrankMo and Huston. The best I can see from all of this is the signing lighting a fire under Corpas and making him step his game up.
As for Francis, I think everyone has faith in believing he will be productive again, but DLR and Hammel are bigger keys. A healthy Francis is known as being a very good #3 for any team and if that’s what he is this season, with George of the Rose avoiding a Ricky Nolasco-type high-expectations breakdown and Jason Hammel showing he is a legitemit full time major league starter then the Rockies will easily have a step above their competition. It’s the stability of the 4 and 5 spots in the rotation the Rockies can have that very few teams can truely match up with.
As for Aubrey Huff, simply a career mediocre threat who has a career habit of being on mediocre offenses. I still say the Giants are kicking themselves for not going after Adam Dunn, especially when the career HR totals of Garko, Ishikawa and Huff combined probably equal close to two, maybe three seasons of the big donkey. But I’m not complaing that a team in our division so stacked on pitching can’t figure out how to put their LEGO’S together to build a suitable offense that can help them win games rather then prevent them from winning, which is what they’ve done.
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Corpas has been pitching injured the past two seasons
I don’t know if he needs a fire lit under him as much as he needs to stop trying to throw through pain
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He had two elbow surgeries last season
So it’s best hopes that all the pain is gone now, I feel Manny will be a better pitcher if he has more challenge for a job rather then being given a job that is his to lose from the start.
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The Key is not Francis
The key is depth of pitching options – how well the FO mitigates the risk of him failing to come back and be a useable 5th starter. If he comes back and performs better than that great, but if he doesn’t, and I believe that there is equal likelyhood that he won’t – then DOD needs to have plans B and C ready. B being one of the young guns stepping in and C being having a quality NRI or two competing and creating serviceable depth if Chacin or Rogers isn’t ready to go.
Depth is the key regardless if its Francis or any of the other starters that don’t live up to expectations.
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I think both Greg Smith and and the re-extended Franklin Morales would be more likely to make the starting rotation were Francis to fail out of the gate than Chacin or Rogers.
Later on in the season, though, that could obviously change.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 11, 2010 9:13 AM MST up reply actions
maybe I am mistaken
but I thought you were the biggest proponent of Morales staying in the bullpen
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I am.
But the plan is to treat him as a starter during ST, despite his being slotted in the bullpen, simply so the pool of Francis backups will be larger.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 11, 2010 9:28 AM MST up reply actions
Frankie...
Logic would tell us it’s easier to go from sp to rp than vice versa. So, I’m good with Frankie going into spring as a “starter.”
Here is also another thought (forgive me if this is either common knowledge or covered ad nasuem previously), I think it would be better for Frankie to approach like he’s going to be a starter versus reliever. It seems like sometimes relievers can fall into the “rear back and throw as hard as you can” mentality. I guess the nature of only being in for 1 or 2 innings allows you to “fire away” as it were. It seems to me though that the opposite is true for starters. It seems that a successful starter needs to be just as “crafty” or location/speed focused than a reliever to last 5 or 6 innings. I think it would behoove Frankie to focus on offspeed, control and the hook rather than trying to hit triple digits everytime he throws. Just a thought…
by attackparrot on Jan 11, 2010 9:50 AM MST up reply actions
this
Thank you I so agree. I saw three games that Morales started last year and thought he looked dominant and then he got hurt. In the pen it felt like at times he was amazing and other times questionable, which wasn’t good for my heart. I felt like he was trying to “fire away” or that he had to strike everyone out rather than be crafty. Even if he goes to the pen after ST I agree that work as an sp will really help him. I am an incredibly biased fan though as I would love to see him succeed in any role.
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I'm the biggest proponent of Morales pitching for a different team
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:25 AM MST up reply actions
the latter... why does everyone always see it as giving up?
I see our pitching depth as knocking on the door, and the way we’re using him, I feel, is diminishing his value as a top SP prospect. He needs to be traded to an AL club that will plug him right in and he’ll get the trial by fire.
It has nothing to do with giving up on him, but in what situation does Morales make our rotation? When depth and such fall apart? Trade him as a SP, get some good value back for him, and look forward to the Deduno/Rogers/Friedrich parade.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:35 AM MST up reply actions
I just couldn't remember exactly where you stood with Frankie
but I find myself agreeing with you here. If and when he does figure out his inconsistencies, he will be a stud. But his role on the team is getting more and more crowded.
You’re right, trade him.
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in what situation does Morales make our rotation?
Maybe if he was one of the 5 best pitchers on the team? I’m not trying to be snarky, but wasn’t he supposed to have the best “stuff” in the organization? And that organization included Ubaldo. I’m not saying that he is, but it’s possible that he will be a very good starting pitcher.
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 10:39 AM MST up reply actions
Ok, is he one of the best 5 pitchers on the team?
He’s “supposed” to have the best whatever, it’s “possible” he will be very good.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:40 AM MST up reply actions
Nonono
What I’m saying is that if he proves that he’s one of the best 5 pitchers on the team than that’s a situation that he makes the team.
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 10:44 AM MST up reply actions
the only issue I see with this is
who goes out of the rotation? Hopefully, if he still has “the stuff” it would be pretty nice to see that stuff out of the bullpen…
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he has "the stuff"
but he is much more valuable as a SP. Our bullpen looks to be pretty loaded as it is, and a 23year old who throws hot fire would draw quite a bit of interest on the open market
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and I'm not opposed to this, sort of
I don’t think we NEED him, and I’d rather get Starter value out of a trade rather than Reliever value here, does that make sense?
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:48 AM MST up reply actions
I don't think it's a good idea to give up a good lefty..
whether he’s a SP or a reliever. Plus at his age and price, why should Colorado trade him?
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good point...
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Value
Sell high. You’ll probably get a better return from trading him than you would pitching him, even with his relative cheapness.
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 10:52 AM MST up reply actions
wait I'm confused...
did you just flip flop your position?
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No
I say give him at least one more shot as a starter, but if he’s not better than the guys that we expect to be our starters, then trade him while he still has starter value and is young.
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 10:56 AM MST up reply actions
The problem I see
Is that the only way to know how he compares against the expected starters is to have them all starting at the same time. I think a decision has to be made before Deduno/Chacin et al are in the rotation.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jan 11, 2010 11:24 AM MST up reply actions
So you want to loan them to Arizona..
for a little while since they have starter vacancies?
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Maybe the Braves
don’t want them to kick our own butts.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jan 11, 2010 11:59 AM MST up reply actions
That's why I said Arizona..
as if this guy is going to beat us:
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but man, that’s cruel
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 12:07 PM MST up reply actions
because these guys are all available
John Bale (36)
Joe Beimel (32) – Type B, not offered arb
Alan Embree (40) (ok I don’t want him)
Mark Hendrickson (36)
Ron Mahay (39)
Will Ohman (31) – Type B, not offered arb
Horacio Ramirez (30)
Glendon Rusch (35) (him either)
Scott Schoeneweis (36)
Brian Shouse (41) – Type B, offered arb
Ken Takahashi (41)
Ron Villone (40)
Jamie Walker (38)
probably most of them for absolutely jack squat, and we could get a solid return for Franklin Morales, probably filling holes we have in the club or hopefully at least the system.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:54 AM MST up reply actions
haha YOU KNOW IT
I really just C/P’d from MLBTR
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:02 AM MST up reply actions
How long are those guys available?
Morales is $402k for the next 2-3 yrs. I don’t see anyone on that list with the toolset that Franklin has.
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Iunno, I can see it in a lot of them
walk, hit, 7-pitch strikeout, walk, groundout, walk, strikeout, inning over
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:03 AM MST up reply actions
tongue-in-cheek
I know he’s potentially better than that. But I haven’t seen him display that real potential, and I’m getting impatient, and don’t want his value to sink to that of “washed-up prospect who’s a reliever at best” level
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:12 AM MST up reply actions
I tend to agree with Charlie on this matter.
I’ve seen FrankieMo when he’s on and he’s unhittable. I know all of you have seen that too… We need to keep the guy. He’s valuable in the ‘pen too… His stuff is amazing. Definitely don’t trade the guy.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jan 11, 2010 4:51 PM MST up reply actions
but that's just it, how often is he THAT on?
He had a few outings, but he’s far more valuable in the rotation, which he can’t break into, and we’re wasting his value by dumping him in the pen.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 6:24 PM MST up reply actions
While it's hard to disagree with you RMN
I don’t think we’re WASTING his value in the bullpen. He’s very young, and very valuable in the bullpen as the dominating lefty a winning team needs. Yeah sure, he’d be great in the rotation if he wasn’t so damn erratic. However, he still provides us value pitching from the ’pen I think you may be undervaluing him IMO.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jan 11, 2010 6:44 PM MST up reply actions
And he may in fact just be a bullpen arm.
There’s plenty of guys like that. Sometimes you just have to face it that he doesn’t have the ability to pitch well from the rotation (I’m not saying he’s been superb in the ‘pen either) but we have to give him the chance. If he does well in the ’pen we have to KEEP him there not move him. I know I’m just rambling on, but my main point is that there’s no way you should trade a young, potential dominating power arm. You just can’t pull the trigger on a trade like that
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by CentralCaliRox on Jan 11, 2010 6:47 PM MST up reply actions
I agree with you on this matter....
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I feel that his handedness is being overvalued
a starting pitcher is much more valuable than a relief pitcher, any way you slice it (unless it’s like a really crappy starter and a really top-notch reliever, you see what I mean) and I am of the opinion that Esmil Rogers could come and be a bullet-firing bullpen arm, while we try and maximize the potential value of Morales via trade.
I misspoke if I said “waste”, but I saw a lot of inconsistency even from the bullpen in Morales, and I am of the opinion (and I’m just basing this on gut feelings) that he ISN’T going to put it together, either in the pen or the rotation. If we keep giving him shots (and I’m not suggesting we’re wrong to), and we finally get to a point where we say “he’s not going to get it done”, he’ll have lost all trade value.
None of his minor league or major league numbers have really impressed me, leading me to think we should view him as a useful tool as long as we have him and a good trade chip if we can find the right package/offer.
I mean, if we have him, yay! I don’t hate him here. But if, say, Oakland were to be willing to part with like Jemile Weeks (and honestly, I’m not saying this is a real trade, just tossing names around) and Morales could be part of that deal, it’d be dealing from a position of strength (SP prospects) to address a weakness (2B), I’d say go for it in a heartbeat.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 8:53 PM MST up reply actions
I have a feeling Oakland won't be a good trade example for a while
The direction they’re going is making it look like the Holliday deal is going to be one of the many sour what-if dreams they’ll be reminiscing about for the next couple years while they’re watching AAA ballplayers
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 12, 2010 7:01 AM MST up reply actions
In all honesty, deep down I think Morales is a bullpen arm.
And he has the tools to be a very effective bullpen arm. Yeah he was an over hyped prospect but IMO could become a closer for us one day.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jan 11, 2010 10:57 PM MST up reply actions
So Morales is a serious doubt, has poor numbers, and may be a headcase
How on earth are you expecting other teams to offer us something of value for all that, RMN?
Because he's Young!
and a Lefty! And has Potential! And could be like a #2! Wow!
He still has that whole “prospect” thing going for him, which would help the return be bigger. It’s more an issue of positioning than it is “wow does Morales have a high ceiling or what?” He still may be able to tap SOME of his potential, but he’s not gonna be able to do it here.
So while he may have 10/10 potential, we’re saying “well, there’s no room in the rotation, so we’re gonna hack you down to 6/10 of that potential and make you a full time bullpen arm” when another team might say “you know what, he’s young, has that 10/10 upside still…we have a rotation spot, we’ll give you 8.5/10 value in return in the form of other players” and 8.5 is bigger than 6, we win. Either way we get value, but I see the value in a return as higher.
Just because I have a gut feeling he’s not gonna put it together doesn’t mean that another organization may think that at all.
What if he’s the next JLDR? I don’t mean that in the “wow he’s made huge strides and has been pretty decent” kind of way, I mean that in the “well, Colorado traded him as part of a package for [big name player] and then he bounced around the majors for the next several years, unable to put it together”. I mean seriously, look at the similarities. Headcase, lefty, good velocity, good strikeout potential, lack of control? Why, I’ve seen this before!!!!1
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 12, 2010 7:12 AM MST up reply actions
I agree with RMN here
As we’ve seen in the small sample of posters here, Morales being a fireballing young lefty gives him very high perceived value, which could easily be the same viewpoint of some other teams out there.
Seeing as we’ve built a pretty good pitching staff and organizational depth at the position, it makes sense to me to sell Morales high and try and shore up other areas that are lacking.
Basically, if I was DOD, if Morales can’t crack the rotation this year, we should try and find a trade partner and cash in on his unrealized potential.
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by ShadowPenguin on Jan 12, 2010 10:13 AM MST up reply actions
Deep down, I see that too
I don’t know if MLB scouts from other organizations with players that can help us see it that way. I mean, they’re professional scouts, you know?
Thing is, we have Rex Brothers coming up who might be just as effective as Morales but the difference is that what Brothers projects to is ALL we get, there ain’t no SP potential there.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 12, 2010 10:59 AM MST up reply actions
and I don't see him as being one of those.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:46 AM MST up reply actions
Fair enough
But shouldn’t he get at least one more shot to prove it?
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 10:58 AM MST up reply actions
I'm not trying to kick the kid out
I’m saying that other teams might be waiting on that too, for his last shot with us, and if he doesn’t make it, we lose any leverage we had. I’d wanna see him part of a bigger deal to land us something that’ll plug directly into the MLB club and make us a better right-now team.
For the record, if we didn’t have Rogers, Deduno, Smith, Friedrich, Chacin, etc, MLB ready (or near), I wouldn’t be discussing this at all. I’d be praying Morales puts it together.
We call that situation 2008.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:01 AM MST up reply actions
You think he'd lose that much value
By not being in the rotation out of Spring Training if he was given a chance and failed?
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 11:03 AM MST up reply actions
not necessarily
I’m not really putting numbers on it, but every audition he gets and sucks during, that’s another blue chip that drops off of the player we might get in return
(I’m not actually saying swap him for a prospect, I just wanted to be clever)
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:06 AM MST up reply actions
Makes sense
I think that this is a weighted outcomes scenario. There’s an X% chance that he’ll provide Y value as a starter for us, but if he’s not, then we lose Z value in potential trades. Now if we only knew what X Y and Z were.
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 11:11 AM MST up reply actions
quickly, boot up PrecisionTree!!
oh wait we DON’T know XYZ. rats.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:14 AM MST up reply actions
Frankie had less service time than Greg Reynolds..
before last year, so I don’t see us losing him anytime soon.
AND I don’t want to lose him for another Jose Contreras who leaves at the end of the year.
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who actually WANTS Greg Reynolds?
that’s the difference
Also Franklin Morales’ perceived value >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Brandon Hynick’s, we’d get a MUCH better return than Jose Contreras.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:13 AM MST up reply actions
I think Silverblood senses
a disturbance in her force :)
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she doesn't nearly have the prospect base
or MLB impact player we’d need in return
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:20 AM MST up reply actions
You might talk her into cash..
and a player to be named (Greg Jr.) later.
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well hey I want Greg Reynolds
but we shouldn’t talk about that
Waiting out the Rockies' offseason by watching the Broncos succeeding at not failing to fail once the giddy rush of success has failed.
we have
handcuffs and pizza delivery boys and other creepy stuff
I’ve stopped mocking you, just making light that we can all laugh at
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:11 PM MST up reply actions
Handcuffs?
How unsubtle.
Bronco utter fail: COMPLETE. When does the Rockies season start? Not.soon.enough.
nono, let her
maybe it’ll go all Rookie of the Year on him
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:16 PM MST up reply actions
missed it by that much
damn you for beating me to the RMN!
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:12 PM MST up reply actions
Chillin the huck out
before my break ends on Sunday and I go back for one more semester of college. And watching football. A really insane amount of football.
Bronco utter fail: COMPLETE. When does the Rockies season start? Not.soon.enough.
Lot's of disappointing football I would assume
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:16 PM MST up reply actions
A lot of college games
in which I sort of arbitrarily pick a favorite. It was fun. During bowl week, Squeaky and I were just parked in front of the couch watching all the games (Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl? Seriously?). It’s much better than watching that football team from Denver, I assure you.
Bronco utter fail: COMPLETE. When does the Rockies season start? Not.soon.enough.
The Humanitarian Bowl was awesome..
I can’t believe Idaho ended up winning that one.
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This is why I like losing Marquis..
the extra spot in the rotation will be available for Rogers, Deduno, Smith Friedrich, Chacin, Francis. Otherwise the Rockies are stifling the growth of their youngsters.
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Funny how out of all these prospects
The pitcher who was taken with the highest pick (Reynolds) is the most useless out of the whole group. I really wish he wasn’t usuless or i wish he was Evan Longoria or Clayton Kershaw….
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Goes to show how much a crap shoot drafting pitchers is
and why I’m happy we have enough young talent to handle a few that fail to make it.
What do you think we can get for him.
You make a good point with all of our prospects that could be mlb ready later this year, but I’m still not convinced.
1. Our biggest ifs this year are over SP. It seems to me that we need to hold on to whatever potential we may have. In Morales we have a guy who pitched a good playoff game against Philly in 07 and has at times look brilliant. I feel like he has a big edge over Rogers, Deduno and the rest of your list.
2. I don’t understand what big deals could be possible. Sure I’m for trading Morales if Seattle wants to send over Cliff Lee, but I’m not interested in trading him for some other might be.
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1. We have a guy who once pitched a big game 2 years ago, that means absolutely nothing in 2010. Also, that game wasn’t “good”, he was terrible: 3IP, 3ER, 3K, 2BB, 1HR, plunked a guy, and went to his mouth several times and got called balls on them. If you recall he’s been somewhat terrible since then
2. Seattle isn’t in a rebuild. Maybe Florida will send over HanRam or something.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 1:41 PM MST up reply actions
Sorry
I stand corrected he was good in relief in 09 :) . If memory serves correctly though Morales did pitch well down the stretch in 07. Although he did have an ERA of 3.43 and went 3-2 over 8 games. Maybe I just like the gut too much
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I understand the sentimental attachment
believe me, I don’t WANT to lose the guy – I’m saying that we have depth, let’s sell a piece off while he still has a good reputation and see if we can fill other holes in our team.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:06 PM MST up reply actions
The Rangers are looking for SP and RP help
Are any of these guys any good? Feliz, Holland, Julio Borbon, Justin Smoak and Martin Perez
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Mlb trade rumors
said that Texas was looking for an SP and Star Telegram said these guys were on the block or coveted last year. Feliz looks awesome 31ip, 1.74 era
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They were offered for Josh Johnson
Smoak was the minor league player of the year last year. He’s a stud and neftali throws cheese. The Marlins turned Feliz and Smoak for Johnson during the Winter Meetings this offseason in Indy and didn’t even think twice about it. Tells you something about both Johnson and the legitamite hype around these two.
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It was
But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t offered. Marlins turned it down and that was when everybody knew Johnson is untouchable because there’s not going to be a better package offered this season for any one player.
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thats because Felix IS awesome
and Smoak might be the next big 1B to hit the majors. Ain’t no way they move those guys
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 6:24 PM MST up reply actions
This is sort of my point
Not that we need to trade Morales for the minor league player of the year, but what exactly are teams going to offer for him. Our maximum value would come later in the season to a team that needs a closer or sp and we would only do so if the Rocks are not a play off team. RMN you may be exactly right or completely wrong, but who cares the facts remain the same. Morales only equals potential and no one is going to give up someone that equals more potential than Morales. Trading him is a guess at best. The thing is he’s a lefty which I believe is a commodity in baseball and to get an undervalue trade for him would be rough. However I have no idea what some team might offer for him and if the right trade came along I would support it.
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I meant rp not closer
among some other things I should have stated differently
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I don't likely see him in the rotation, but believe he will grow into a great pen pitcher.
but anything’s possible.
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by prettyinpurple on Jan 11, 2010 11:00 AM MST up reply actions
Like RMN is saying
With which I agree, there are plenty of viable pen options, and Morales has trade value that’s greater than he would provide as a reliever.
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 11:02 AM MST up reply actions
and I agree, I think his potential might be there
high BB9 is gonna cut into his durability, probably forcing him to the pen, and then that chops off his value pretty drastically.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:03 AM MST up reply actions
The same thing could have been said about Sandy Koufax..
compare both players first 3 years in the league.
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is you end up paying $30mil for Aroldis Chapman, because Randy Johnson will be a first ballot Hall of Famer
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 11:10 AM MST up reply actions
couldn't have said it better myself
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:12 AM MST up reply actions
Yeah, but Randy Johnson kills birds!!
..think of the possibilities for Chapman.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:36 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Chapman throws so hard..
his fastball reaches back in time.
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I'm reading a book about Satchel Paige..
and it says Josh Gibson once hit a ball so hard in Pittsburgh everyone lost track of it in the sky. Since it was heading towards the wall, the umpire ruled it a HR. The next day they were playing in Cincinnatti and a ball randomly fell into the stadium and was caught by the centerfielder. The same umpire pointed towards Gibson and said, “You’re out! Yesterday.”
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Seriously?
Did you get to the part about the first black player named White, who went to college at Brown and played for the Greys?
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yeah, I loved that
Satchel was such a bizarre human being, I just finished the part of his two years in Puerto Rico and he just joined the Monarchs.
This book has sold me on watching the Rockies in Kauffman this year, and visiting the Negro Baseball HOF
ROCKEFELLER!!!
You should do a fanpost about it..
we could start a PR Bookclub.
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I think I might
I just received “Catcher: HOw the man behind the plate” off of that list Russ posted last week. That’s my next target
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Wow
i’m reading that book too. Can we star a discussion page for it?
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Yep, one of you guys make a fanpost
I’m reading “A Well Paid Slave”, a book about Curt Flood and Free Agency
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:51 PM MST up reply actions
LOL...that's awesome
RIR- there’s a quote you better add to your arsenal
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I read the Buck O'Neil book
lotta talk about Gibson in there
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 12:00 PM MST up reply actions
I wish I could've seen him play.
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I remember the book saying that O'Neil
heard Gibson bat, and the explosion off of the bat, and he said that when he saw Ruth bat, it was that same explosion, and when he saw Bo Jackson bat, same explosion
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 12:04 PM MST up reply actions
Bo Jackson...man...too bad about his career
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He really was
a once in a lifetime sort of guy…he was amazing!
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this....he had the best thighs EVERa
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by SDcat09 on Jan 11, 2010 12:07 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
did you read the SI article about him a couple of years ago?
Now he lives in Missouri or somewhere around there and bowhunts. He is a scary man
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no...I'll have to check it out..
thanks for the tip
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found it
great read
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=bojackson
everyone should click on the link just for the first picture
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damn...that is a pretty intimidating
and weirdly hot picture…
what is wrong with me?
SHUT UP RMN:)
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hey i was gonna let hizilla take this
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 12:19 PM MST up reply actions
I try not to mention that.....:)
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at least I am your entertaining enigma
I just simply infuriate hizilla…
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It's not even spring yet, SDCat
Though I must admit I was feeling the same way about Diane Keaton over the weekend.
and then I see the ad with his shirt off
when he was young….
I think spring will be early …lol
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what a great read. Thanks Muzia!
it made me wistful….he would have been in the HOF in both baseball and football..
/sigh..
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I was in Tucson that day
But went to the Rockies game at Hi Corbett instead of the DBacks at TEP that day so I didnt see it.
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I saw Chapman pitch in the WBC last year..
against Japan. It was cold that day, and there was so much fog you couldn’t see the batter from RF. Chapman was pretty wild that day.
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He pitched pretty well as a starter until Jason Hammel Wally Pipped him
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 10:40 AM MST up reply actions
allowed a .766 OPS, a near-.300 ISO
But surprisingly no walk troubles.
in 2 starts. He had a near-4 BB9 in AAA and a 5+ BB9 in the majors.
Also 3 homers in those 2 starts he made.
It’s not that there’s not a lot of potential, I don’t deny that, but we’re not the Pirates, 3 years away from being taken seriously, we’re the defending NL WC, and we have the guys to take the rotation spots who aren’t headcases – well, DLR obviously, but he performed while being a headcase.
I’m not attacking the guy, I’m saying trade while he still has the whole “shiny undiscovered prospect” mystique about him.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:46 AM MST up reply actions
For having the headcase reputation
his numbers as a starter (save for a couple games in 2008) are quite good. He seemed to always be on the brink of blowing up, but it hasn’t been as common in his career as one might think
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 10:49 AM MST up reply actions
In what regard?
I wasn’t wowed by his AAA numbers in 2009, and pretty incredibly unimpressed in 2008, and his 2 starts in 2009 in the majors looked good in that he only walked 1 guy in those 2 starts, but gave up 3 bombs.
He finally showed a good K9 in 2009 all things considered, but the 5+ BB9 drops his K/BB below 2, and I just don’t think he’ll ever put it together.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:59 AM MST up reply actions
Only in regard to limiting damage compared to his reputation
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 11:01 AM MST up reply actions
oh ok, I misunderstood
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:04 AM MST up reply actions
Agree with the trade bait thing
I’m all about getting max value from players. But if he’s better than someone in the rotation, then we get better value from him by playing him than by trading him – he’s still cheap. I’m not saying that he’s one of the 5 best pitchers on the team, but, given how much hype he had around him when he was coming up in ‘07, I’d like to give him one more shot as a starter, at least in Spring Training. If he can’t be a starter on our team, then yeah, trade him. Sell high.
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 10:51 AM MST up reply actions
and selling high might be a closing window
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:59 AM MST up reply actions
Maybe
But it seems that there are still plenty of GMs out there that go gaga about young pitchers with high upsides.
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 11:01 AM MST up reply actions
entirely true
I want to try and sell his durability as long as possible before he’s known as a 5 inning starter who walks way too many
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:05 AM MST up reply actions
What do you think we could get for him?
I think I’d want a lot for a guy with his upside.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 11:26 AM MST up reply actions
I have no idea, to be honest
I’m terrible at formulating trades.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:27 AM MST up reply actions
...I'm terrible at formulating trades also.
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 11:32 AM MST up reply actions
So am I
I usually start with what other teams would want Franklin and go from there.
Hey the Mets need pitching
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 11:35 AM MST up reply actions
I figure teams closer to the rebuild with good talent needing to move
so they can refill the prospect base
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:37 AM MST up reply actions
Agree but Omar would go for it
Problem is they don’t have a piece I’d really want that would make sense.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 11:39 AM MST up reply actions
I'd take that Reyes fellow
if they ate some contract
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:41 AM MST up reply actions
I'm not a big Reyes fan
He’s coming off an injury and he has mediocre .337 career OBP and .772 career OPS. Plus I don’t like his attitude or those choreographed dances he does after he gets a big hit.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 11:46 AM MST up reply actions
IKE DAVIS!
the guy was a monster for USA this summer, basically like an Ian Stewart-mold of a prospect but because Davis went to college (ASU) and Stew was drafted out of high school Davis is a little more developed for being in his 3rd (i think) year in pro ball. He would be the man after Helton at first and can be a 35-40 HR guy at Coors and because Hawpe can play the bag there’s room to let him mature if he needs. Problem is he’s a standout in a mostly otherwise barrant Mets farm system so buying the only diamond in the store is going to cost more then just FrankMo.
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#4 prospect in the Mets system
not a bad target
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:58 AM MST up reply actions
okay this is one of these times that I can't
tell if you are being serious or sarcastic…
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okay your post above answers that :)
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THE CANADIAN IS NOT THE ISSUE HERE
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:25 AM MST up reply actions
Also, dude,
Canadian is not the perferred nomenclature, Canadian American please.
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by BringItHome on Jan 11, 2010 11:55 AM MST up reply actions
Jeff Francis really tied the rotation together.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jan 11, 2010 12:06 PM MST up reply actions
OVER THE LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m sorry Smokey, but your foot crossed over the line, you’ll have to mark it zero. Am I the only one here who gives a s**t about the rules!?!?! Mark it zero!!
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Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling, there are rules
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This is just for Canadians who are now in America right?
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Forget it RIR you're out of your element
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 12:05 PM MST up reply actions
lol
poor donny…er I mean RIR
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so Americans in Canada
are American Canadians?
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DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS?!
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 12:09 PM MST up reply actions
O_O
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You're entering a world of pain Larry...
YOU ARE KILLING YOUR FATHER LARRY!!!!!
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New S*** has come to light man
you got a young trophy wife in the parlance of her time uh…
by BringItHome on Jan 11, 2010 12:52 PM MST up reply actions
You left me out of a Big Lebowski reset? Oh, man, I feel as low as Madonna when she found out she missed Tailhook.
At least give me this: What’s a pederast, RMN?
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by Franchise26 on Jan 11, 2010 12:52 PM MST up reply actions
STFU franchise
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 12:54 PM MST up reply actions
And coming up next week will be The Sandlot quotes!
For example:
“if my dog was as ugly as you, i’d shave it’s butt and teach him to walk around backwards”
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Oh that guy, I thought you were saying 'The Great Bambi'
THAT WHIMPY DEAR?!?!?!!
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base.
Chacin and Rogers will need a little more seasoning
So if it’s early in the season then I can see Smith getting some innings, but if it’s around mid-season I think one at least one of them will have made the type of progress the team would hope and then I believe they get the call over Smith. As for Morales, I think he should stay in the pen, he’s effective against both lefties and righties and general pesrsonality wise I believe everyone will benefit better from him being able to give an inning or two at a time.
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I hope Chacin is given the chance to get all the seasoning he needs.
If he starts hot, there’s going to be plenty of people calling for him to be in the rotation, even more so if anyone in the rotation is struggling. I’m hoping they don’t yank him up too quick if he’s getting some valuable work in in the Springs.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jan 11, 2010 11:03 AM MST up reply actions
I like this from the McCovey article
With Huff, DeRosa, Sandoval, Uribe, and Sanchez, Bruce Bochy has a lot of guys who can play different positions. This means that Bochy is free to play games with “the hot hand” and craft lineups that are based in a player’s six-at-bat history against a particular pitcher. It’s going to be awful.
The second sentence is full of wisdom. This could really hurt the Giants if Bochy over-micro-manages.
God I hope so
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:26 AM MST up reply actions
but on the flip side
it will continue to hurt us if Tracy over-micro-manages
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:26 AM MST up reply actions
So we should root for lack of roster flexibility?
Bring in Giambi?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 10:27 AM MST up reply actions
IT depends
if we have too much roster flexibility we’re back to 2008 with Clint Hurdle’s little-league lineups where everybody gets to play! Yay!
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:29 AM MST up reply actions
Yikes, don't want that again.
/shudder
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by prettyinpurple on Jan 11, 2010 10:56 AM MST up reply actions
I'd pass on Batista
I’m not interested in a 39 year old pitcher who isn’t that good to begin with and was helped by pitching in a big ballpark last year in Seattle. Don’t do it DOD.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 9:36 AM MST reply actions
I agree with this...
the only question I have that I didn’t see addresse to this point, is why?..Solely because the agent says look at my guy…hmmm. Could there be more going on with our relief staff that we aren’t hearing about yet?
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more specifically
how are Bucky and Weathers rehabs coming along? Has anyone head any updates?
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yep...exactly..
this just seems like a random odd move if DOD is really going to consider it.
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Despite the poor choice of a headline
by the editor who chose it, the article makes it appear as if the agent is the traveling salesman: “Well, if you liked A, you’ll surely want B to go along with it.”
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:27 AM MST up reply actions
If he gets a minor league deal, fine
I’ll never be upset with cheap depth. Otherwise, not the best use of funds
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 10:28 AM MST up reply actions
yeah that's more or less what I mean
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:29 AM MST up reply actions
Yeah I'd be fine with this
Mostly because he’d never see the major league roster
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 11:30 AM MST up reply actions
I just have one question...
who the heck is Aubrey Huff? His name sounds like he should be an american idol contestant.
This was a joke…and I will READ AND LEARN:)
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Other than half a season in 2006, he's spent his entire career in the AL
so I can forgive you not knowing. In his career, he’s a slightly above average hitter, which isn’t great for a first baseman. He’s been a middle of the order bat, but only because he played in Tampa before they were any good and in Baltimore for 9 of his 10 years
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 10:26 AM MST up reply actions
I'm just pleased she said Read and Learn
he had a bitchin’ 2008 with the O’s if you recall
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:28 AM MST up reply actions
Recaptured that 03-04 form :)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 10:29 AM MST up reply actions
Huff was alright
In the days of the “Devil” Rays losing 95+ games a year and because every team needs an all-star his name was known as being the only hitter (still all time leader in HR for TB by the way) on an anually awful roster. What Aubrey Huff has accomplished in his career is the equivilant of being the coolest waitor at Shenanigans.
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needs more flair...
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
I'll be the guy in a orange shirt EVERY Monday...Broncos are my team win or lose.
He's on the back 9 of his career now though
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 11:31 AM MST up reply actions
I have learned
so much about the Rockies…and baseball in general since I found the Row…
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Maria
can you double check the link in your signature? I wanted to see your photos, but it brought me right back to this Rockpile…
ROCKEFELLER!!!
I mean, it's a badass rockpile, sure shootin'
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:36 AM MST up reply actions
How do you
add a link in a signature? is it plain html code, or am I missing something?
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type up a new post, and prepare the link accordingly, like you wanted to post it here
but don’t post it (well, you can), and copy the code and paste it into your signature
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:47 AM MST up reply actions
well, the html is on there
but you still have the Rockpile tag in front of it. Not sure why it’s doing that
ROCKEFELLER!!!
me either
i asked RMN…I build websites for a living…you think I could do this correctly….
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:47 AM MST up reply actions
eh, you had it figured out yourself!
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 10:48 AM MST up reply actions
these are some remarkable shots
especially the Poudre River morning shot, absolutely breathtaking
ROCKEFELLER!!!
thanks!
that is one of my favorites…and totally lucked out on it. Woke up to the fog one morning, and wanted to head up to Horsetooth to do a shot of Fort Collins in the fog…but got stuck at a train. Ended up walking the poudre river trail as the sun was just breaking through the fog…so glad I didn’t make it up to the resevoir!
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I don't blame you, it's gorgeous
If I had an extra $100 lying around, I would buy it in a heartbeat
ROCKEFELLER!!!
THIS
I’m a sucker for this stuff
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 11:11 AM MST up reply actions
I keep staring at it...
if I get this new job I am applying for, this is so going to be my birthday present to myself
ROCKEFELLER!!!
:)
I’m glad you like it so much. Also thanks for becoming my fan of FB.
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i did too
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:30 AM MST up reply actions
IN FACT EVERYBODY DO IT
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:30 AM MST up reply actions
shucks thanks
RMN…I am having a contest now for a free print…so I will count this as your suggest if someone from the Row becomes my 300th fan…
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Tell you what
When you land that job, and you want to order a print, send me an e-mail and I will sell it to you at my cost +10%…think of it as a birthday present from me.
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I just joined..
what number am I?
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Ok..
when the number gets closer to 300 I will login with my wife’s account.
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crap how many times can I re-join
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:41 AM MST up reply actions
well
it is the 300th fan, and the person who suggested that person who win a free print…so you have a shot if someone from the row is the 300th person…
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wait so I win a print, too?
sorry, the wording has me completely lost, I feel so thick all of a sudden
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:43 AM MST up reply actions
Yeah
It is a bit confusing:
1. Be the 300th fan you win a print.
2. Be the person who suggested that person become a fan…you also win a print.
An incentive to get folks to suggest my page to their friends and such…
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OH SNAP
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:46 AM MST up reply actions
muzia...shut up....
….there might be something in this for you….
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:48 AM MST up reply actions
you are both going to lose to me
and jpage78 right??
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shut UPPPPP
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:50 AM MST up reply actions
What if you gave away the print..
as a random drawing once you hit 300 fans. That way people won’t be sandbagging.
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I did that for my last giveaway
And wanted to see how this concept would work instead of a drawing.
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I like it
esp if I win something
everybody else shut up and just become a fan of the facebook site
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:54 AM MST up reply actions
What if you don't have a FB?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 12:03 PM MST up reply actions
Sorry RIR
Only open to FB folks :(
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well then get one, become a fan
and then ignore it forever
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 12:05 PM MST up reply actions
Then you are so outdated
Get with the decade. Even my 90 year old grandpa has facebook :)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 12:05 PM MST up reply actions
I prefer to think of it as "old skool" :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 1:40 PM MST up reply actions
^5
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:05 PM MST up reply actions
bah, I want to see what you womenfolk look like
because I’m an internet male
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:06 PM MST up reply actions
don't you mean
“creepy internet guy”
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do you think I'm creepy?
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:11 PM MST up reply actions
no...I think you are
CREEE. P.
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really?
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:16 PM MST up reply actions
no not really
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liar
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:18 PM MST up reply actions
swear...
only my mom thinks your cree.p. after you sent her that letter
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why are you spelling it like that
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:20 PM MST up reply actions
too emphasize the creepy factor
just being silly
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/shakes head
you’d better enjoy that sig
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:23 PM MST up reply actions
To humor you (and because I'm bored)...
A family pic from like 6 years ago (I’m in the white sweater). Just no stalking.
call me.
;-)
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:11 PM MST up reply actions
WOMAN ON THE INTERNET
AHHH-TA?!
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:16 PM MST up reply actions
just fyi
like more than half the people in that picture don’t look like they want to be in that picture
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:20 PM MST up reply actions
Haha!
My family is not good at pictures. My mom and one of my brothers (the tall one) can never quite figure out how to smile correctly.
the girl in the front
looks REALLY unsatisfied with being there
you look at least participatory
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:23 PM MST up reply actions
Tiffany normally takes good pictures.
That one, just not so much. Here’s one that’s far more representative of her personality.
tonguing a giant crab?
[INNUENDO HERE] tested!
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:29 PM MST up reply actions
innocent sisters are the funnest
I have such a dirty sense of humor in general, even when it’s turned off, I still manage to get the “Oh I didn’t mean it that way!!! /BLUSH”
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:31 PM MST up reply actions
I can see the Anne Hathaway lineage
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 2:21 PM MST up reply actions
I'm so in
plus everyone should just facebook me anyhow so we can make mini-meetups without having to blast it all over the row that we’re having fun without everyone else
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:24 PM MST up reply actions
But I'd know all about it!
/feels left out
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:27 PM MST up reply actions
yeah, much as I'm the nazi
I was told by roughly everyone to lighten up
so Go
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:51 PM MST up reply actions
y....yes?
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:55 PM MST up reply actions
Uh.........
email?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 1:41 PM MST up reply actions
What
I would havethought FB takes effort. That’s why I don’t have one, I don’t think I would care enough.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 1:57 PM MST up reply actions
/logs on to install SuperPoke
/clicks “punch Muzia”
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:06 PM MST up reply actions
Wow, these are really nice.
You’re an awesome photographer!
Bored. Lazy. Crazy. Screaming. Counting. Another day in the life of a Rockaholic.
by prettyinpurple on Jan 11, 2010 10:55 AM MST up reply actions
why thank you!
I hope to do some shots of Coors Field this summer, just need to make it down to Denver sometime.
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this...:)
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Yorvit Torrealba-Thank you for your clutchiness, en fuegoness and 2 point take down of Matt Kemp!
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The amount of knowledge here
really is amazing…Thanks everyone!
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Aubrey Huff should go down in history
as a key player in one of the worst trades ever.
Seeking to bolster their sagging offense for a late season playoff run, the Astros got Huff in the second half of 2006 for two AA prospects, neither of whom was considered by Astros’ brass as a top tier prospect at the time, despite good AA stats.
The 2 prospects were Ben Zobrist and Mitch Talbot. About Zobrist nothing need really be said at this point. Talbot performed well at AAA, but couldn’t crack the Rays’ major league rotation, which is loaded with young talent (Price, Davis, Hellickson, et al.) So the Rays traded him this offseason to Cleveland for Kelly Shoppach, under club control for 2 more years.
Bottom line: Astros rented Huff for approx. 1/3 of a season (during which he whiffed in some key AB’s in the final season, causing the Astros to miss the playoffs the year after their WS appearance) in exchange for (net to the Rays) Ben Zobrist & Kelly Shoppach.
And that was BEFORE Ed Wade arrive. And part of the reason I abandoned lifelong Astros’ fandom.
And by the way, Huff is pretty much of a self-centered jerk. Not a good clubhouse presence.
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that is a bad trade but not as bad as Pierzynski for Liriano and Nathan
Pierzynski only played one year for the giants before leaving.
Giants also traded Boof Bonser to the Twins
So essentially the Twins got Joe Mauer (reason why A.Jerk. was traded in the first place), Liriano, Nathan and Bonser. That ranks up there as all time screw-ups
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July 5, 2002
Tigers get: Franklyn German, Carlos Pena and Jeremy Bonderman (A’s)
Yankees get: Jeff Weaver (Tigers)
A’s get: Ted Lilly and minor leaguer Jason Arnold (Yankees)
In the end the trade only worked out for the Tigers because they got some good years from Bonderman but they gave up on Carlos Pena a year after he was named one of the top five prospects in baseball and they stole him from the A’s.
Jeff Weaver was atrocious in New York and if it wasn’t for Carl Pavano he still may be on the top of many Yank’s fans s**t lists.
As for the A’s? Well no Bonderman or Pena closed their window to win a series much quicker then it would have had the deal never happened. As for Ted Lilly? one year in OAK, 12-10, 4.34 era, 187.1 IP. and he still sucks to this day, the only thing he’s done in this league that made me like having him be a part of it is spike his glove after giving up that jack to Chris Young in the 07 first round.
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I love Jeff Francis
he seems to be a very nice person (havent met him…so I’m just going by perception) and he seemed to be another in the line of people who try to pitch through injury (2008).
With that being said, I hope we have a good “plan B” in case Jeff flames out
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wasn't just "seemed" to be
it was pretty much proven
the plan B is our wealth of young AAA/near MLB pitching
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:38 AM MST up reply actions
Is potential actually quantafiably "wealth" outside of trade value?
I trust your judgment on this issue RMN….it just seems though that betting on the card to come is a less than “stable” choice.
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no, I agree
but when we’re talking about the #5 guy, it usually lends itself to the flexibility of being able to see who sticks
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:44 AM MST up reply actions
I don't think I've ever met a Canadian who wasn't nice
It’s like they are incapable of being mean.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 11:38 AM MST up reply actions
I met a surly Canadian once
he forgot to say “please” when he asked me to pass the maple syrup….. :-p
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I had the most astonishing affair of my life with a Canadian girl
Even thinking about it now does strange things to my insides. Oh, Canada!
o_O
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I met a whole bunch of canadians in Toronto
who just wanted to sit around and pontificate on how Americans were douchebags etc etc
but we met a bunch of cool canadians too
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 11:42 AM MST up reply actions
They must not have been Canadian then :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 11:49 AM MST up reply actions
lol probably some New Englanders there illegally for the insurance....
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This seems more likely to me
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 11:52 AM MST up reply actions
I'm pretty sure Canada will build a wall within the next 10 years...:)
oh the irony
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The tanks will
knock the paper mâché wall down.
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by Russ Oates on Jan 11, 2010 12:08 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
lol....no kidding...
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And that's only
prep for the invasion of Greenland.
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by Russ Oates on Jan 11, 2010 12:12 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Snidely Whiplash
He was Dudley Doright’s enemy, so he had to be Canadian.
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I dunno....
my guess is some Canadians wrote that cartoon and Snidely was really the douchey American :)
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indeed
He just seems like a nerdy sort of guy who has this really bad ass job…Would love to meet him, and I really hope he has a good season.
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… I should put that on a PR tshirt.
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I am shocked, shocked that Mark McGwire used steroids
Though in seriousness, I’m surprised that he came out about it. Perhaps he sees that he’s not gaining traction in the Hall voting, and thinks that this is an opportunity to get some measure of forgiveness.
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 1:15 PM MST up reply actions
Yeah
Maybe he figures he’s likely not making the Hall with merely suspicion, so he might as well come clean.
I also wonder how much of it has to do with being involved in baseball again. Maybe he thinks if he just admits it now, he can avoid it being a distraction during the season?
About time.
He also claims
he took steroids to get back on the field
I think it’s clear that steroids did more than just keep him in the game.
I’m not sure he’d actually be a distraction if he kept stonewalling the way he has over the years. Getting into the Hall is probably a primary reason. Maybe he’s grown up a bit too
Because sportswriters made a lot of money mythologizing Mark McGwire and felt butt-hurt when he “let them down”. So now, they can make more money hammering McGwire forever for “letting the children down” or “letting the game down” or whatever. It’s all such petty bull****.
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Because he looked like He-Man?
I don’t think it’s a stretch to say mac is one guy that took the abuse to absurd levels for his own benefit
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 1:30 PM MST up reply actions
I'm not so sure this gets him in the Hall.
Most of the people who wouldn’t vote for him before probably still won’t vote for him. And it’s entirely possible some who did will now change their minds. I don’t think that’s his primary motivation.
That's another wrinkle
Why now? Think it might have to do with seeing that he’s not going to make the HoF? Three straight years of not sniffing the top half might have motivated him to try whatever he could to change some minds. I’ve certainly read writers who claim they’d forgive those who came clean about steroids re: their HoF vote
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 1:32 PM MST up reply actions
I honestly think his position with the Cardinals might also have a lot to do with it.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they even encouraged it.
Both are acceptable conjecture
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 1:35 PM MST up reply actions
and maybe this was also encouraged by Selig
to prepare the masses for the spate of admissions that will now follow since McGwire admitted it.
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I don't think Brady Anderson will feel any pressure because McGwire spoke up
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I grew sideburns because of Brady Anderson.
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knowing Pujols
I just don’t see it. He’d never let down himself like that, or his family, or God, or the StL fans. He’s way too conscientious.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:07 PM MST up reply actions
but he's so damn good
in the era of highly trained athletes, how can one man be SO MUCH BETTER than the rest of his peers
ROCKEFELLER!!!
Until very recently
many writers were happy ARod would bring a “clean” home run record back…
It would be horrible if Pujols was a user though, I doubt he ever was but it’s hard to be shocked about who has used at this point.
I think he's totally legit
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:12 PM MST up reply actions
Because you want to believe it?
I do too, but that’s only due to more stringent testing and monitoring. I just don’t think a player of his caliber would get away with it unless there was a massive MLB conspiracy to get one player to reunite baseball after the steroid scandal
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 2:15 PM MST up reply actions
I believe it because he's been doing what he does his whole career
he didn’t just have some magical spike in production or something like that.
plus, like above mentioned “I don’t think his own morality would ever let him”
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:17 PM MST up reply actions
As much as I want to buy into the morality bit
It’s too easy to have a ruse of an image. Did you watch TV over Thanksgiving? I don’t know Pujols personally. It’s way too difficult to put much stock in something that slippery
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 2:20 PM MST up reply actions
I've heard a few interviews
it’s a pretty sincere sounding thing, like faith in God is something he perpetually professes, like Kurt Warner but even less ashamed.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:21 PM MST up reply actions
I guess I'm protecting my poor heart from disappointment
Kurt Warner ftw
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 2:23 PM MST up reply actions
oh go hug your girlfiend
I’m picturing you laying on her lap with your knees pulled up to your chest and this terrified look on your face and her saying “shhhh, it’s ok PF, Pujols’ consistent 1.000 OPS performances are completely legitimate, he’s clean, shhhhh”
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:25 PM MST up reply actions
Haha
I can’t…she’s busy with her last first day of school. Seriously though, if Pujols goes McGwire, I’d drop baseball into a tie with cycling for most disgraceful sport
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 2:27 PM MST up reply actions
oh please
football players are more juiced than the entire Tropicana and Minute Maid companies put together, and we’re freaking out about baseball?
That just makes football even more of a stupid sham to me
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:28 PM MST up reply actions
That's because people don't care about football history
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:29 PM MST up reply actions
Difference
Personal records are in peril in baseball. In football, if 5 O-linemen are juicing and battling with four roided D-linemen, we’re back where we started.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 2:29 PM MST up reply actions
dude
that’s existential/philosophical right there
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:30 PM MST up reply actions
I posted a question as a new post below...kind of along those lines
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I suppose
He seems to indicate that he knew he wanted to come clean someday. It’s just that there tends to be a catalyst to dictate the precise time
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 1:59 PM MST up reply actions
He said he knew he was going to have to talk about it eventually.
it sounds like the the offer by la russa for him to be on the staff it just seems mcgwire wasnt able to handle it until now because he knew this would have to come up. Sadly though he has been the most honest of any juicer other then Conseco i suppose. He’s looked horrible saying “i’m not here to talk about the past” when he was on congress and not being heard from until now, but he owned up, forced in to owning up i guess is the better way to put it. But the morale is things won’t get better until more guilty parties come out and explain themselves some.
Hopefully this doesnt create false hope for some reason that juicers can apologize their way into the hall, because that’s not even close and if Raffy Palmeiro comes out two months before the ballot next year and talks about his juicing history in hopes it will give him a better chance to get in to the hall then the entire nation should gather up on his front lawn on the morning of the vote and collectivly laugh at his face because that’s what he deserves.
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*sounds like the offer by la russa was on the table for a while.
and i’m not saying mcgwire has always told the truth, i’m just saying he never came out and flat out lied saying he’d never touched the stuff, heard of it or ever learned to read so if he did take it, he couldn’t read the bottle to find out what he was putting in his system.
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well, good to see he finally manned up
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 1:21 PM MST up reply actions
Admitting to it well after the fact isn't manning up, imho
It’s barely better than saying nothing at all at this point. It’s like waiting until you’re 60 to tell your wife you cheated on her while you were engaged.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 1:27 PM MST up reply actions
Looking back, I wish I had never played during the steroid era."
This also doesn’t really seem to me as if he’s taking full responsibility for it
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 1:28 PM MST up reply actions
He was the steroid era
Geez, what a cop out.
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 1:31 PM MST up reply actions
Yep, it was all him, nobody else ever used steroids.
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That's not what I'm saying
But I am saying that he was basically the face of the steroid era, and saying that he wished he didn’t play during the steroid era is a bit disingenuous. He was – at least by conjecture – that Bonds got on steroids, and was one of the biggest instigators of the whole thing.
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 1:35 PM MST up reply actions
Bonds' ego got him on steroids.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 1:41 PM MST up reply actions
Missed a few words there
Meant to say that McGwire was the reason that Bonds got on steroids – I think you got that.
Yes it was Bonds’ ego that got him on steroids, but it was based on wanting to be the guy that everyone talked about like McGwire was in ‘98. If the McGwire-Sosa circus doesn’t happen (because they’re not on steroids), Bonds probably doesn’t suddenly desire the ability to hit more than 70 home runs.
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 1:51 PM MST up reply actions
It's like signing a pact with devil
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:01 PM MST up reply actions
don't pile Bonds onto Mac
Bonds ruined his own reputation.
Had Roger Maris never hit 61 in ’61, there would be no race and no steroids!!!!11
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:05 PM MST up reply actions
What?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:06 PM MST up reply actions
Had Mac not hit 70, Bonds never goes to break that
Had Maris never hit 61, maybe Mac doesn’t go for 70
Had Ruth never hit 60….
/ad infinitum
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:08 PM MST up reply actions
Oh OK
I thought you were saying that if Marris didn’t hit 61 nobody would care about 60 by the time 1998 rolled around
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:10 PM MST up reply actions
DAMN YOU NEDDDDDDD
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:13 PM MST up reply actions
Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all
by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 2:15 PM MST up reply actions
the appropriate repsonse is "DAMMIT MUZIA"
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:18 PM MST up reply actions
Who hit the first HR ever
I blame him.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:13 PM MST up reply actions
There probably was no fence
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:16 PM MST up reply actions
I don't blame the guy who hit it.
I blame the chick that dug it.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jan 11, 2010 2:18 PM MST up reply actions 4 recs
goddammit you make me laugh
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:18 PM MST up reply actions
LOL'd
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Funniest skit Conan ever did.
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Yes, you do.
We’d need to meet up if I’m still in NY.
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absolutely
I need to visit Grant’s Tomb as well.
Can I just show up and play at Bethpage? I want to play old-timey baseball
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I haven't
been there in years.
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no
he’ll never leave then
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:25 PM MST up reply actions
any youtube link or anything
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:20 PM MST up reply actions
I DON'T WATCH TV
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:21 PM MST up reply actions
CLEARLY NOT EVERYONE
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:22 PM MST up reply actions
i'm at work
no can do
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:25 PM MST up reply actions
/sheepishly raising hand
me neither
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by controlled_slide on Jan 11, 2010 2:22 PM MST up reply actions
see when it comes to like
“HAY WATCH THIS YOOTOOB THING” I check the length, and if it’s over like 90 seconds I’m like “pfff F that” because it’s typically either like a really awkward commercial of like a furniture salesman singing and dancing or like 89 seconds of boring to see a politician get punched or something stupid like that
therefore i don’t watch internet videos
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:27 PM MST up reply actions
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 2:22 PM MST up reply actions
That is rather weak
I don’t think he lamented the era he played in here or here.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 1:34 PM MST up reply actions
there's a lot of retrospect going back
that’s why it’s “lament” and “regret”
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 1:42 PM MST up reply actions
He can lament and regret now what he didn't then
That’s fine. That’s normal. He’s just blaming the era now, and injuries, rationalizing his missteps rather than saying “I was dishonest. I had my reasons, but it’s pointless to share because they were bad reasons. I was wrong.” It sounds to me like he’s admitting to it but still excusing himself from full blame.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 1:44 PM MST up reply actions
well, whatever, he admitted it
I’d just luhhhhv it if we could move past it. It’s a new decade. Of awesomeness.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 1:47 PM MST up reply actions
We are not going to move past it
As ARod approaches the HR record, it’s gonna be the Bonds thing all over again. (Maybe not quite to the same level but it’s gonna be bad)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 1:52 PM MST up reply actions
Maybe once Tulo starts going after the HR record
then the talk will stop :)
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:08 PM MST up reply actions
Oh I'll move past it
Steroids is the most tired subject in baseball to me. Just allow to grate my teeth over the lack of accountability for a day
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 1:56 PM MST up reply actions
I mean baseball as a whole, not just RowBots, sorry if it came off that way
I want to focus on, believe it or not, dirt on the uniform and how much slider darts across the plate.
Enforce a strong testing policy, and let’s just get over it.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:09 PM MST up reply actions
You know it's not going to be that easy
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:11 PM MST up reply actions
if wishes were horses, right
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:13 PM MST up reply actions
I’m already over it. Let him do his job and live his life.
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I'm willing to overlook a lot of the abuse during that period
but the guys that very very clearly used and refuse to admit it still bug the hell out of me.
eeeeyep
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 1:34 PM MST up reply actions
It's not like anyone is invading his privacy or ability to live his life here
He’s making his own news here
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 1:35 PM MST up reply actions
But I gotta give it to you there
for yanking my chain there.
There.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 1:37 PM MST up reply actions
"I'm sorry...were you saying something?"
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 1:42 PM MST up reply actions
I thought he didn't want to talk about the past?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 1:45 PM MST up reply actions
That was in the past
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 1:46 PM MST up reply actions
Wow, I go out for a walk on this lovely day
news I find out in one hour
1) Gas Station across the street was robbed last night O_O
2) Mark McGwire ADMITS his steroid use…O_O
I think the gas station robbery is more shocking…
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Did you rob the gas station SDcat? :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 1:55 PM MST up reply actions
That WOULD make that news less shocking to her
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 1:57 PM MST up reply actions
The McGwire admits story isn't that shocking :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:02 PM MST up reply actions
I'm not that desperate yet...thank God
never will be….I pray
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 1:46 PM MST up reply actions
Wow
tomorrow he will release a report saying that the sky is blue in Missouri, and it will be met with greater surprise. Though I have come across a few staunch defenders over the years so maybe a few hearts are broken by this, but those people deserve whatever they get. Whatever, this stuff is all so blah anymore. Release all the names already and get it over with.
The only way McGwire could have been defended before is "innocent until proven guilty"
Now, he just has to put up and shut up. I’m happy it’s out of the way. Who’s next?
hopefully clemens
he was a clear juicer and in order to set a better example for the consequences for future generations of players there should be a pitcher who cheated and had the book thrown at him, the way clemens cheated the game is no different from mcgwire or bonds.
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For this reason I hope Clemens doesn't get into the hall.
Pettite came clean, and his drama was over. Clemens must think everyone is F’ING stupid to keep claiming he was clean.
Hating Cubs fans since 1908
Yeah he's a jerk
He’s getting what he deserves
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:27 PM MST up reply actions
I think I might weep if I see Helton on there though
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:10 PM MST up reply actions
/crying already at the thought
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the day the Mitchell Report came out
I skipped lunch to read the names, dreading finding his name on there.
I would be devastated
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that would
destroy baseball in colorado.
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ugh....you said it........
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Do you guys remember when Wayne Hagan made that claim of Helton being a juicer?
I think the Cards either fired him or made him issue a public apology or something
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:15 PM MST up reply actions
Funny McGwire story
When I was in 5th grade our class was doing a time capsule project and one of the things we had to do was bring in something to represent our time. I brought in the newspaper from the day after McGwire hit HR number 62 thinking it would be amazing to see one day. (But alas I was dead wrong) Now the only thing that makes it make sense is that newspapers probably won’t exist anymore when it’s uncovered. So I guess it’s not a total loss.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:22 PM MST up reply actions
Who would you find the most shocking if he admitted steroid use?
I say Derek Jeter
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Jeff Francis
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 2:03 PM MST up reply actions
that's a good one....
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Buck O Neill
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Did Jesus play baseball?
but since we’re going down this path…Tim Tebow
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I'm saying Jesus didn't know there was a curveball...
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whoosh
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:10 PM MST up reply actions
SDcat
your mission between now and March is to watch Major League about 20 more times
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by Hollidayrain on Jan 11, 2010 10:29 PM MST up reply actions
Are you saying that Je-
DAMMIT MUZIA
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:10 PM MST up reply actions
I stopped at the site
where he recovered from his wounded leg during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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It there a time table for this?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:04 PM MST up reply actions
hmm good question.... I don't know...
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For me, current players, I don't know.
I’m not sure anyone would SHOCK me, but I would be surprised and mighty disappointed by some people.
Past players, Dale Murphy.
ARod
HE SEEMED PRETTY CONVICING IN THE 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW RIGHT?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:08 PM MST up reply actions
Davi- DAMMIT MUZIA
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:10 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Todd Helton
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:51 PM MST up reply actions
I think this wins
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i don’t think he did and if he did then up will be known as down to me and black will become white
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I wouldn't be that surprised if he used a substance that's currently banned
even if he didn’t use any serious performance enhancers
There is a difference between PEDs
And illegal/banned PEDS. It’s shades of grey, but the latter is clearly worse.
I just meant that because MLB's drug policy is very broad
I wouldn’t be that surprised if he used something that’s now banned. I would be surprised if he used actual steroids, or what people generally mean when they talk about it.
i wouldnt be suprised if he used amphetamines
After all, during all the cocaine problems in the 80s, players came out and said they got amps from willie mays and hank aaron when they first came in to the league so yeah i could see that happening, but in terms of HGH, i refuse to believe it. partly because he doesn’t seem like he fits normal juicer and the fact i believe there is still some humanity left in this world.
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that's not fair
the only reason Pierre would shoot up is so he can make his head big enough to fit in his helmet.
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So Juan Pierre's on the juice eh?
That explains his inordinate power. After all his first career homer was to the opposite field! ….at Enron Field, lol
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by Hollidayrain on Jan 11, 2010 10:32 PM MST up reply actions
Costas
to interview McGwire tonight at 7 on MLB Network.
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Oh boy
Costas is the best interview too
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 2:30 PM MST up reply actions
I may get shoes thrown at me for this
I don’t really care for Costas on baseball issues. He definitely knows his stuff….but god he’s so smug. Drives me to distraction.
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If he'd turn down the smug-o-meter
I’d be able to watch him. But he’s like George Will in that whatever good point they can actually make is overwhelmed by their attitude. I also dislike Will because I’m a flaming lib. lol
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by jpage78 on Jan 11, 2010 2:46 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
The only reason I don't hate Will is because he likes baseball
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and because he's always rockin' the bow-tie
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wat?
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:) Here is a link to the story
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/11/national/a121026S71.DTL&tsp=1
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She'll fit right in
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 3:17 PM MST up reply actions
/shakes head
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another reason I like you SD
lol….we put up with the negative Nancy’s on Denver Stiffs and we keep the flame of Libs alive…lol
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I’m not sure I put with the Negative Nancy’s as much as I openly yell at them…
/hangs head in shame…
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they need it
I’ve never been around such a concentrated amount of Eeyores before in my life.
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its a funny game
Compliment Melo…and watch all their heads explode in unison. lol
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this too
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 3:07 PM MST up reply actions
he is....Melo is too
sigh
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is anyone untouchable?
Chauncey and Birdman, maybe?
I don’t even want to know what they say about Kenyon…
ROCKEFELLER!!!
Actually Kenyon is getting some love
Ty Lawson and Chauncey are about the only two players I’ve not seen completely hammered at Denver Stiffs
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stupid birdman
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 3:21 PM MST up reply actions
And George Karl, and Nene, and AC
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The sad thing is
the Nuggets are GOOD….and these guys act like they have a team of scrubs. The thing is, even last year when they were consistently winning these guys were finding stuff to complain about, lol
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look at it this way
They are the McCovey Cove of NBA blogs. lol
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they weren't not angry about the huff signing this morning
maybe they all took their optimism pills
ROCKEFELLER!!!
You mean sugar pills?
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well they're not that bad yet
I haven’t seen any suicide watch threads :)
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yeah I did to
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 3:07 PM MST up reply actions
I think most fans do.
It’s just a herd mentality among a few (and it tends to be the same vocal few most of the time). And they tend to fall into the whole correlation vs. causality trap.
It's really irritating.
I won’t name names, but there’s one poster in particularly that makes me want to post ::rolls eyes:: every time he says anything at all.
oh. dear. god
I wonder what “insight” she will bring?
I’m holding my tongue.
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Maybe she'll
finally say, “I can see Russia from my house.”
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let's not do this, please
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 3:00 PM MST up reply actions
/wields big stick
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I don't retract my statements but will refrain from futher comment
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I stand by my comments
but I will comment no further about such things in perpetuity throughout the universe.
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Have your political stance, I neither oppose or support it
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 3:06 PM MST up reply actions
Sixth Rule: Religion, sex, Iannetta and politics are topics best leftto other blogsunspoken
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 3:15 PM MST up reply actions
favorite line from the first movies
“Well, when I see five guys in togas, stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in broad daylight…I SHOOT the bastards, that’s MY policy”
“That was a Shakespeare in the park production of Julius Caesar. You killed five actors. GOOD ONES!!”
lol
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okay that's funny
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Iannetta
is actually covered under those three topics: The Church of Iannetta, his dreaminess, and who the better catcher is.
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by Russ Oates on Jan 11, 2010 3:16 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
I think
Dave Nelson of Newsradio said it best all those years ago, “Go to hell, Costas.”
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Yes.
Also the time when Matthew asked Costas what the red bump was on his ass.
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I just really like how he usually asks people the tough questions
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 4:00 PM MST up reply actions
ET.
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welp i'm missing it
oh wait i don’t have MLBN
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:32 PM MST up reply actions
ahhh my comfort zone
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:33 PM MST up reply actions
Apparently McGwire admitting steroid use.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jan 11, 2010 4:56 PM MST up reply actions
“Do you want to know the terrifying truth? Or do you want to see me sock a few dingers!”
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jan 11, 2010 4:58 PM MST up reply actions
I know this is really bad
but my ex-boyfriend is from the St Louis area..and he thought McGwire was the second coming of well, everything…
and this fella still owes me some dough..
a little part of me is smiling inside because this must be killing him….
bwaahhhhaahahahaha
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phew, caught up
I’d better work some more now
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I am in awe
of your ability to keep up with all of these conversations…I get overwhelmed!
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A small amount.
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ha ha ha ha h
no…not one bit..I just can barely keep up with a conversation I start on here…And all of you are everywhere all the time…it is just crazy.
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just wait until game threads during the season
we do three of these in 2 hours, it gets nuts
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this will be
my first time trying to do a game thread….Gotta find a radio for my office that I can pick up the games on.
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GAME THREADS FTW!!
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with all these new faces, they could be more chaotic than ever
soooooo much conversation
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how much has
the row grown…are there a lot of new faces…I guess I don’ tknow who is new and who is old…
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so a lot is what you are saying...
A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz. ~Humphrey Bogart
considering we were going triple overflow around September 2009
that should say something
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 3:07 PM MST up reply actions
I think it will be similar to the September games
There was probably a spike there because of the pennant race but all the new people should probably keep it consistant with that
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 4:06 PM MST up reply actions
And they rarely ever went off topic.
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At lot of the comments this year are off topic though
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 4:05 PM MST up reply actions
Gamethreads are gonna rock in 2010 :)
Remember old folks, I'm just 18 years old =]
by CentralCaliRox on Jan 11, 2010 5:33 PM MST up reply actions
Provided 200 people aren't commenting at once.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 11, 2010 9:13 PM MST up reply actions
Maybe there can be two game threads at once if it gets too crazy
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 10:07 PM MST up reply actions
hit "z" and it'll take you through each unread comment
it helps me cycle through and just gloss past a lot of the stuff I’m not interested in
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 2:52 PM MST up reply actions
thanks
Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too. ~Greg, age 8
"I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I would toss one that ain’t never been seen by this generation."
Shift A is also helpful
to unmark all comments if you’ve read them and don’t want to refresh
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 3:22 PM MST up reply actions
I do that when stepping into a really long thread for the first time.
I shift A right away and then just scroll down through the comments. And then any new comments posted while I’m reading can be found with ‘z’ or ‘c’.
Sometimes you just have to do this
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 4:07 PM MST up reply actions
Funny, I use "c".
Apparently it does the same thing.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 11, 2010 9:13 PM MST up reply actions
"z" simultaneously takes you to the new comment
and marks it as read. “c” just goes to the new comment, and “x” marks it as read. I found in a fast moving thread that I was missing things using “z”, so I often use “c” instead.
Yeah, I just use the c + x combination.
Just in case I want to keep one marked unread, I suppose. I must have forgotten that z does both.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 11, 2010 10:39 PM MST up reply actions
One of the worst things to ever happen to MLB occured on this date...
…Jan. 11, 1973 the American League adopted the Designated Hitter rule.
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby
THIS
Maybe this should be a National League Day of Mourning?
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Maybe we should just be relieved that the National League didn't follow suit.
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well that's true ...
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1973 if the Denver Post is to be believed.
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1973 is correct
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 4:07 PM MST up reply actions
MLB?!? Try one of the worst things to happen to the USA!
I don’t care what measure you care about; drug abuse, child abuse, animal abuse, or political corruption—it all starts going to hell right after January of 1973!
Coincidence—not hardly!
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
I'll be the guy in a orange shirt EVERY Monday...Broncos are my team win or lose.
Actually just a bit earlier than than....
I’d say about ’67 with the release of Sgt. Pepper.
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what? Sgt. Pepper's was a great album
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 6:26 PM MST up reply actions
Absolutely nothing wrong with the album. One of my favs. Just saying that was about when it started spinning a little out of sync.
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and thus begins the
does life imitate art or art imitate life debate…
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ohhh ok
I thought you were saying that album was the beginning of the end
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 6:38 PM MST up reply actions
Okay..this is the one and only time I ever agreed with W.....
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I am agnostic about the DH.
I realize the whole “purity of the game” thing is violated by having some random dude bat for the pitcher. I like the idea of one team’s best offensive and defensive 9 going against that of another team. but…
The game has evolved. The pitching position has become so specialized now that a pitcher can bat .000 and still get $10 million contracts. Their hitting is basically a joke. Plus, I find it frustrating as hell when the pitcher comes up with men on and two outs, say, and swings feebly at three sliders in the dirt. It’s ridiculous.
If pitchers are now essentially a one sided element (run preventing), why can’t we have a complementary one sided (run scoring) position?
Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity
If I remember correctly
The DH saved the American league. The A.L. at the time was suffering from lower ticket sales from the N.L. and the DH provided the exciting offense needed to increase sales.
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I've heard that story too.
Just so everyone knows, the NL was very close to adopting the DH back in 1929, as a spring training experiment
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 6:31 PM MST up reply actions
So would you advocate two platoon baseball? Like football?
A defensive unit and an offensive unit? I’d have to put some thought into it but I think football is the only game that does that.
What you find frustrating when the pitcher comes up, I find fascinating if the manager is faced with replacing him with a pinch hitter.
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Totally agree
The fact that most pitchers can’t hit causes facinating strategy decisions in the game.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 8:10 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly
I love the whole “double switch, but the 3b is out, the right fielder is moving to third, the left fielder is taking over right, and the replacement ends up in left.”
And the best part is all of it is designed to have the pitcher due up last.
Pretty sure AL managers get nosebleeds thinking about double switches.
Caution: Colorado teams are better than they appear.
by ShadowPenguin on Jan 12, 2010 10:18 AM MST up reply actions
I remember when the Yankees came to Coors
Torre used 1B as his DH spot
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 12, 2010 10:57 AM MST up reply actions
WAY off topic
but actually on topic if you wanna chat Rockies. Which young starting pitcher most intrigues you?? and which is most likely to help the big team this year??
1. Chacin
2. Deduno
3. Freidrich
4. Rogers
5.Matzek
I think for me it has to be Freidrich for bust most intriguing and most likely to play a role with the big club.
Freduian slip?
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Psychic?
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There's
going to be a slew of injuries and the collapse of the free agent market before Matzek plays in the majors this season.
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Rogers intrigues me..
he’s a skinnier version of a young Ubaldo.
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that reads funny
“Well, Old Ubaldo is clearly the best, but…”
he’s 26.
It just made me laugh, that’s all.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 12, 2010 7:16 AM MST up reply actions
Francis to throw in the Dominican
http://blogs.denverpost.com/rockies/2010/01/11/francis-to-tune-up-for-spring-training-in-the-dominican/
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A Canadian in the Dominican?
I smell a crappy NBC sitcom…..
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jan 11, 2010 4:59 PM MST up reply actions
I totally read that as Canadian Bacon...I have no idea why
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oh...i miss
John Candy….Uncle Buck is one of my all time favorite movies…
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yaaaaay
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 6:32 PM MST up reply actions
I don't hold much stock in guys coming back off surgery. I didn't have high hopes for Todd at this time last year either.
Hopefully Jeff is about to prove me wrong again.
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby
I had high hopes for Todd
I think I actually predicted 25 home runs in March, but that’s because my father is a doctor and I got an in depth lesson on exactly what procedure Todd was having and expected recovery. In terms of affecting their craft, Francis is indeed at a much higher risk of flaming out. Not many pitchers return from labrum surgery to be what they were, but it seems to be getting better. I’m not expecting more than a half season of decent pitching (to protect my poor heart from disappointment)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 7:53 PM MST up reply actions
oh this McGwire interview is live.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jan 11, 2010 5:02 PM MST reply actions
welll. that was interesting....
not sure what I think….
and Costas was pretty good, asked some hard questions, but was kind…
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He kept saying he took it only for health reasons.
why was it so hard for him to admit steroid use?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jan 11, 2010 6:03 PM MST up reply actions
I think he cannot admit
his performance was in fact, enhanced. Pride kills sometimes..
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Dude
must really want that coaching job. That was one of the saddest things I’ve seen in awhile.
Indeed...:(
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Regarding ARod's admission...
if the Yankees had a losing season, would fans have been so forgiving?
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Dodgers in on Pinheiro.
I don’t see that being a huge deal though. He’s coming off a great year, but I don’t see him as anything great that can shut us out (well actually now that he’s putting on a Dodger uniform I wouldn’t be too surprised if he did)
Remember old folks, I'm just 18 years old =]
Not a HUGE deal
but the Dodgers need a boost in their rotation, and that would give them a notable bump
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 11, 2010 7:53 PM MST up reply actions
I'll be interested to see how he follows up this season
his second career season with a sub-4 FIP, and his first positively productive season (based on pRAA) since 2004 with Seattle.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 8:57 PM MST up reply actions
Buster Olney just said on ESpeion radio.
He doesnt know if Griffey Jr was on roids in his career or not.
I will cut you, Olney.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jan 11, 2010 6:56 PM MST reply actions
Griffey has always been the "clean" hitter out of all of them..
If he comes out dirty as well…then yikez. That’s not uhm..too good.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jan 11, 2010 6:59 PM MST up reply actions
ESPN making a story
that isn’t there.
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They've been doing a lot of that lately.
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Must be feeling the heat from MLBN especially with the defection of Peter Gammons
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Probably not what caused them to go overboard on the Texas Tech/Mike Leach story.
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I'm just saying regarding baseball...sorry
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no need to apologize, Cat. I was just saying that espn seems to be getting into making a lot of sports news instead of reporting it.
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maybe "making news" is not as good a term as "creating news".
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby
there you go
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Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
/rolling eyes
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
that was not meant at you Muzia...but at the whole Erin Andrews deall
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
Oh I have and will..
I just wasn’t in this case…:)
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
:) you still luv me right?
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
ps did you notice I gave you a secret shout out in my
change to my Brad Hawpe comment:)
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
you know I am using that picture
every time he does something great in a game
I wuv Brandon toooooooo
ROCKEFELLER!!!
um....whose Brandon?
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
or rather who's?
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
Hawpe's
nickname from the 2007/8 season. When Hawpe did things well, he was Brandon. Brad did bad things.
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ahhh.....okay...thanks for the history lesson Russ:)
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
I don't really understand the Brandon part...
why Brandon?
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
I believe it was Silverblood
who started it. Something about his twin named Brandon.
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actually I think it was during a national broadcast (vs the Mets?)
and the espn commentators called him Brandon Hawpe.
ROCKEFELLER!!!
well now that makes sense!
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
Now that I think about it,
I think a photo on the official site had Brandon Hawpe in the caption. Still, Silverblood was the one who championed the alternate name.
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Looking it over,
it does appear that ESPN claimed Brandon Hawpe was the player of the game back in early 2007.
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that's awesome...
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
And you missed the whole
Joe Gorshe incident.
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oh do tell!
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
We did.
Just to explain the story: One of the Rockies’ pitchers was identified as Joe Gorshe in a picture in the Denver Post. No one knew who he was. Long story short, I found out he was a trainer for the Rockies down in Tucson. I asked for an interview, and he said his boss wouldn’t allow it because we were “just a blog.” Joe freakin’ Gorshe, never to be heard from again, couldn’t do an interview.
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Yes, the Joe Gorshe.
Some no-name who we won’t hear of ever again wasn’t allowed to do an interview because you know, blog something something blog.
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And look how far we've come.
And how far we will be soon (did I just hint at something?).
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and it will be lost
amidst a 600 comment Rockpile thread that no one will open beyond tonight. Sad.
ROCKEFELLER!!!
speaking of that...
…are we gonna have an overthrow on a Monday Rockpile in January?
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby
an overthrow or an overflow..lol?
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
wonder where that came from??
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby
Nah.
I don’t want an overflow thread to be my 1400th front page post.
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I won't tell anyone if you won't.
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby
Yes Russ because it's all about you :-)
"On my tombstone just write, The sorest loser that ever lived." Earl Weaver
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 8:39 PM MST up reply actions
ruh roh.....you blogtease
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
I'm meeting with Charlie Monfort for coffee tomorrow
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2010 8:58 PM MST up reply actions
you lie
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
I tease
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 12, 2010 7:16 AM MST up reply actions
Careful. Joe Gorshe might
read the ’Row and take exception to being called a no-name.
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby
I'm on a high horse right now.
Don’t knock me off.
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I could see why the comments would wander that night
That was a brutal game
"On my tombstone just write, The sorest loser that ever lived." Earl Weaver
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 8:15 PM MST up reply actions
I forget you're still a rookie
and I am somehow old news around here, considering I didn’t really start posting until this time last year
ROCKEFELLER!!!
true story
at my last employer..I learned everything so quickly and began to affect policy…that people who’d been there 10 years were always saying…remember so and so and such and such…I was always saying nope sorry wasn’t here then…they were always shocked…
I just worm my way in…and people think I’ve been here all along :)…of course it could just be my sheer volume of comments….nahhhhh
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
well yeah...sorry about that..
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
Are you saying
ESPN hired someone to spy on her in order to create a story?
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no, I was just name dropping
seeing if anyone would bite….
Fine. Steve Phillips, anyone?
ROCKEFELLER!!!
ESPN
engineered the Brooke Hundley-Steve Phillips affair?
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didn't they both work there?
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby
What happened to Steve Phillips was a blessing from the Baseball Gods
Having to listen to that morn open his stupid mouth constantly about the game I love took years off my life.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base.
Mike Leach chose the wrong kid to screw up with tho
If you mess with one bee you upset the whole hive and when this hive is a media-conglomerate things can escelate immensely
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base.
Again
"On my tombstone just write, The sorest loser that ever lived." Earl Weaver
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 11, 2010 8:12 PM MST up reply actions
2007 Game 162 is on FSNRM right now.
To all of the doubters, to all of the haters, one simple message:
We will be back! Our purple knights will be victorious once again.
by The Lodo Magic Man on Jan 11, 2010 7:04 PM MST reply actions
I'm jealous :(
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
Eh.
I’m watching a new episode of Fringe right now.
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eww
To all of the doubters, to all of the haters, one simple message:
We will be back! Our purple knights will be victorious once again.
by The Lodo Magic Man on Jan 11, 2010 7:08 PM MST up reply actions
Fringe on Monday night....whaaaa?
thanks for the heads up. I’ll set my DVR..
Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-The clutchiest, most en fuego catcher the Rox ever had(IMO)!
Brad Hawpe- I wuv you THIS MUCH. Stop missing balls by that much too please:)
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!
Unaired episode
from first season.
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So what's the countdown on reporting day?
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby
*to reporting day
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby
February 18th
Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too. ~Greg, age 8
"I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I would toss one that ain’t never been seen by this generation."
37 days, 12 hours, 18 minutes...
and 43 seconds.
Or about that.
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
I'll be the guy in a orange shirt EVERY Monday...Broncos are my team win or lose.
Fantastic news
who?
"CarGo had to make some repairs to it. They called it a kitchen accident, but he was performing surgery. On teh lazor."
http://www.soundclick.com/hollidayrain
by Hollidayrain on Jan 11, 2010 10:37 PM MST up reply actions
looks like Jason Kendall Lite
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 12, 2010 7:17 AM MST up reply actions
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