Thursday Rockpile: Rockies sign Jay Payton; Taking a look at Eric Gagne
by Rox Girl on Jan 21, 2010 8:05 AM MST
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PrintHuh, interesting. While doing my due diligence this morning, I realized that I think I may have forgotten that Jay Payton led the league in the "GDP" category while playing for the Rockies in 2003.
Wow, 2003. 74-88, 26 and a half games behind the Giants. The second time our co-1993 expansion team from Florida won the World Series while our team was just starting Dan O'Dowd's massive franchise rebuild, with the team's promising first round draft pick, one 18 year old Ian Stewart, suggesting said rebuild might take awhile.
So Rockies fans, your patience has paid off, because seven years later here in 2010, the team has re-signed Jay Payton. It's also signed a guy who tied for sixth in the NL in double plays grounded into that season in Paul LoDuca. The Rockies are taking a look at the 2003 NL Cy Young winner as well. This guy, who also played for the Rockies that year and came in fourth in the NL in GIDP's, also says he's available. I mean, while we're building the monument to 2003, might as well make it as complete as possible.
I'm mostly kidding here, if the necessary events occur that make it so any of these players wind up on the Rockies this season (all are looking at minor league contracts and no real threat to incumbents) we'll probably be at least a little thankful we have them rather than the next level of quality down, but you have to wonder if some sort of nostalgia for yesteryear is driving these decisions as much as sound baseball scouting. It seems almost certain that the team is signing these players based more on what they were rather than what they are, and I think if an organization does too much of that it can fall behind competition that's blind to nostalgia.
So I'm not concerned at all that these deals reflect a lack of confidence by management in current Rockies players, that's rubbish. What they do reflect and what does concern me is that there may be a lack of scouting scope in the organization that's preventing it from looking beyond players familiar to team leadership whether they played for Jim Tracy's Dodgers teams of that period or the Rockies themselves.
That said, there are signs Rockies scouts are still pounding the pavement, at least at the lower levels. Former San Jose St. catcher Anthony Aguilera has signed a minor league deal with the club and will be joining fellow Spartan, Trevor Gibson in the Rockies system and will report to extended Spring Training in Tucson. Gibson pitched pretty well out of the bullpen for Casper in 2009, and we wish Aguilera success as well.
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Interesting.....
It’s a shame that Gagne is awful now. Might as well toss him an NRI though, why not?
"CarGo had to make some repairs to it. They called it a kitchen accident, but he was performing surgery. On teh lazor."
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And
a crowded OF and BP.
These don’t make much sense IMO.
The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient.
by rockieprogress on Jan 21, 2010 9:30 AM MST up reply actions
GAGNE?
I just spit out the coffee I don’t even drink all over my keyboard. Eric Gagne? The guy who sucked in indy ball last year? I bet I could drive down to Tucson and hold a better pitching audition than this washed up roidhead.
Attention Whore.
I once pretended
to be Gagne’s cousin at an ESPY’s afterparty in order to impress some ladies (I kinda, sorta, vaguely look like him plus share the French-Canadian heritage plus I needed a hook). It didn’t work. May have had something to do with the fact that I was standing right next to Tom Brady as this was happening, believe it or not women seem to be distracted by that guy. Or maybe that’s just a very convenient excuse for me striking out at a Reynolds rate at that party.
At any rate, as for Gagne/Payton/LoDuca, well, I’m not worried about signings like this unless there’s a reasonable expectation by the FO that they might actually play, which I don’t think is true. Has beens are pretty much interchangeable with never will be’s in the minors/spring training.
to quote William Shatner...
What are you afraid of?
Failure?
So am I
Has been implies failure
Not so
Has been is history
Has been was
Has been might again
Attention Whore.
Under the circumstances
ethics were hardly implicated. I just needed a much, much better plan…
Blame Jason Giambi.
Seriously though, if the retreads can prove they’re worth a minor league deal I’m not against having one or two low risk “proven” guys waiting in the wings. I’m less sure about Gagne given Tracy’s history (and accusations people have made about his nostalgia for his Dodger team) and the young arms near ready in the minors.
When Giambi was signed I can’t say I was very happy but that worked out pretty well. The FO has a earned quite a bit of leeway in my mind recently.
Grissom
Are the Rockies going after anyone to bolster the crummy starting pitching?
Grissom is gone and Francis has some big shoes to fill!
I'm not sure how serious you are, here
First of all, Welcome to Purple Row.
Second, the Rockies starting pitching was tops in the NL last season. Losing Marquis hurts, but Francis isn’t a slouch (better than Marquis in the talent/skill dept.) so long as he’s healthy, which all reports seem to indicate he is. The Rockies are looking for some just-in-case depth, but it’s hardly a pressing issue and one that they can take their time on to see what bargains are still available late.
Lo Duca
A couple of things about this signing:
1. It’d be nice to have a AAA catcher that does one thing better than Iannetta. I realize he gets on base more than Olivo, and I’m not sure about his defense relative to Miguel. However, except for versatility (1b and OF – spots that don’t need more backups), he offers nothing more than what the team already has. Phillips is there. Why not go younger?
2. What about character being so important to the FO? Lo Duca has a bit of the chester molester in him:
She was 19!
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 21, 2010 6:16 PM MST up reply actions
Are Staten Island Romances
considered declasse by Colorado standards? Probably. An out of towner like D O’D wouldn’t get it.
Fathers of Colorado Springs lock up your daughters.
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 21, 2010 10:13 AM MST up reply actions
ownt
"CarGo had to make some repairs to it. They called it a kitchen accident, but he was performing surgery. On teh lazor."
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by Hollidayrain on Jan 21, 2010 12:42 PM MST up reply actions
I think
my girlfriend had class with her at Nassau CC
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
Actually...
What about character being so important to the FO? Lo Duca has a bit of the chester molester in him:
…it was the other way around. I think the 19 year old had a bit of the chester molester in her.
Feel free to delete, mods.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
I was just grateful to get that picture up
I couldn’t care less about the perversion of Lo Doca or his hussy. If Fu Manchu Fasano couldn’t find his way up, I doubt Lo Doca (barring catastrophe) will see the big leagues.
Still, that morals stuff the FO pushed was just jibberish to cover the Denny Neagle failings.
Hey everyone
The Giants’ Diamond Views are up at Beyond the Boxscore. Um, they don’t look as good as the Rockies.
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 9:19 AM MST reply actions
BUT HE'S NOT WORTH THE MONEY THE GIANTS THREW AT HIM :-)
"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer." - Ted Williams
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 21, 2010 9:53 AM MST up reply actions
The Renteria line kills me
He swings as if he’s trapped in a bowl of invisible oatmeal, and he catches everything hit within a foot of him. That’s a potent combo.
I am so glad we have our front office and not San Fran’s…
Attention Whore.
Fixed
I am so glad we have our front office shortstop and not San Fran’s…
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 10:00 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
No Kidding
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
by bleedspurple on Jan 21, 2010 10:03 AM MST up reply actions
This ^9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
"Baseball games are like snowflakes, no two are ever alike." - W. P. Kinsella
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 21, 2010 10:22 AM MST up reply actions
I'm sensing a theme
“but he probably isn’t worth the money the Giants threw at him”
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
by bleedspurple on Jan 21, 2010 10:10 AM MST up reply actions
This Money the G-Men Throw Around
is why they are having a hard time coming to terms with their best player Lincecum. Man it would suck to be a Giants fan right now!
Thanks for a great season of Baseball!
I'll be back next year for another ride.
by TripleT-Rox on Jan 21, 2010 10:19 AM MST up reply actions
Frustrating to be sure
They won’t let Timmy go, though
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
by bleedspurple on Jan 21, 2010 10:22 AM MST up reply actions
Hey at least they aren't the Pirates
"Baseball games are like snowflakes, no two are ever alike." - W. P. Kinsella
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 21, 2010 10:23 AM MST up reply actions
I agree
The Pirate owners are not making the best use of the revenue sharing program. MLB should step in and require the team spend more money to improve that team. Pittsburgh has great fans for a “small market” team. The fans will go to the games if they get the players.
PNC Park is an awesome stadium IMO. Went there for the 1st time last August (caught a J-Roll home run ball). There were more Philile fans in the stadium than Pirate fans.
Thanks for a great season of Baseball!
I'll be back next year for another ride.
by TripleT-Rox on Jan 21, 2010 10:29 AM MST up reply actions
If they are required to spend more money
they may just balloon salaries for players already on the roster evenly to meet the quota instead of actively trying to build a better team. Path of least resistance…
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
by bleedspurple on Jan 21, 2010 10:36 AM MST up reply actions
I love PNC park too
Always look forward to the Rockies playing there.
"Baseball games are like snowflakes, no two are ever alike." - W. P. Kinsella
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 21, 2010 10:38 AM MST up reply actions
Do you make a drive
to all the northeast ball parks to watch the Rox? I am planning to go to the closest MLB city (KC) to watch and cheer the Rox play on the road this year.
Hope to make it an annual trip to a see at least one new park each year. Been to 19 thus far. Some have been demolished for good reason.
Thanks for a great season of Baseball!
I'll be back next year for another ride.
by TripleT-Rox on Jan 21, 2010 10:46 AM MST up reply actions
Have not done it yet but I plan to in the future
I have to see what my schedule looks like this summer.
"Baseball games are like snowflakes, no two are ever alike." - W. P. Kinsella
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 21, 2010 10:59 AM MST up reply actions
It should be nice
They have renovated that entire stadium.
"Baseball games are like snowflakes, no two are ever alike." - W. P. Kinsella
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 21, 2010 11:01 AM MST up reply actions
I think we have the same itinerary!
Thanks for a great season of Baseball!
I'll be back next year for another ride.
by TripleT-Rox on Jan 21, 2010 12:41 PM MST up reply actions
Driving or flying?
I’m leaning towards flying out there, solely because one of my good friends is getting married in eastern Kansas two weeks later and that drive twice in one month may end up being the death of me.
Attention Whore.
probably flying
My wife hates long drives. Plus I’ll be able to use frequent flyer miles.
Is it Opening Day yet??? See you at the game.
by TripleT-Rox on Jan 21, 2010 5:27 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
PNC park is awesome
I live near Cleveland, but I find myself at PNC a lot.
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."
I thought
Jacobs field was a great stadium? Is that not true? It’s on my list for a game.
Is it Opening Day yet??? See you at the game.
by TripleT-Rox on Jan 21, 2010 5:30 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
I like it, it's in a neat part of town
but it’s definitely starting to show its age
Attention Whore.
I don't think's it's a bad stadium
it’s just not one of my personal favorites
"Baseball games are like snowflakes, no two are ever alike." - W. P. Kinsella
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 22, 2010 6:28 AM MST up reply actions
What makes it even more depressing is that
the Pirates are an incredible franchise historically.
"Baseball games are like snowflakes, no two are ever alike." - W. P. Kinsella
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 22, 2010 1:38 PM MST up reply actions
I'm sure Posey's chart vs Barajas/Bengie will spark some positive comments
That’s actually painful to see
And get that 1.5 million in incentives
"Baseball games are like snowflakes, no two are ever alike." - W. P. Kinsella
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 21, 2010 10:24 AM MST up reply actions
I can't pretend I understand these moves/interest
So I won’t try…I’ll just hang out and attempt to trust O’Dowd knows what he’s doing.
Sam's Town -- The Killers
As usual...
… I’ll go the route of “no problem with them as minor league contracts”. They’re filler, just more famous filler that could presumably happen to provide more use than would somebody else if they suddenly return to form, even though there is no reason to expect that to happen.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 10:33 AM MST up reply actions
I agree
I’m for giving as many people as possible a chance, as long as they don’t get too many chances in meaningful games. Minor league contract? NRI to Spring training? Go for it!
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 10:43 AM MST up reply actions
I know what you mean Squeaky. I'm quite puzzled...and trying to trust DOD
but these are definitely head-scratchers….IMO
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Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-Our clutch has gone out,along with the best name in MLB.
Brad Hawpe- Yo,Carl Crawford, Brad would like his mojo back ASAP
Dexter Fowler- Blinding speed, blinding smile, leaps Utleys in a single bound.
I really think
That it’s just bringing in some veteran guys to share some knowledge and insight with the young guys in spring training, and then they’re out the door. There’s no way they’re actually going to compete for a spot unless some major injuries happen.
Caution: Colorado teams are better than they appear.
by ShadowPenguin on Jan 21, 2010 11:06 AM MST up reply actions
see: Lopez, Javy
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 21, 2010 6:26 PM MST up reply actions
yep, I cited that in the original "special boy" article
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 21, 2010 9:46 PM MST up reply actions
My only concern is
if too many of these old guys are signed,
does it affect playing time of prospects at AA and AAA?
I’d rather see what the young guys can do than see what
the old guys can’t do anymore.
And I think the Rockies have enough minor league talent that
they don’t need these players to have competitive W-L records
in Colo. Springs & Tulsa.
New decade, new result: time for a Rockies' division championship.
Eric Byrnes DFA'd by Diamondbacks
Hehehe.
Don’t the D-backs owe him like $11 M this year? Did he ever get in a game as a Rockie?
How do you format link to open in a new window?
Thanks for a great season of Baseball!
I'll be back next year for another ride.
He has actually been officially released now.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 10:29 AM MST up reply actions
OK, with Byrnes gone
Who becomes the No. 1 target on the Dback for PR game thread insults?
I need to know who the enemy is before the first time we play them.
New decade, new result: time for a Rockies' division championship.
It'd be Reynolds for me over Upton, hands down.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 1:32 PM MST up reply actions
thank you!
Something about Reynolds just bugs me. I’d never boo him the way I did Byrnes, but I’d love to join the insult threads!
Well, I wouldn't boo anybody, simply because I don't get that into it.
But I’m booing the entire Diamondbacks team inside.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 1:38 PM MST up reply actions
That's the way I feel
but not only about the Diamondbacks but the rest of the west as well. Sometimes I would like to boo other teams FO decisions though.
JFK
I am the rare Rockies fan that likes the Dodgers.
I am indifferent to the Padres. The only two I despise are the Dbacks and Giants.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 1:48 PM MST up reply actions
whilst
I’m still (kinda sorta) a Padres fan from H.S./College days in San Diego. I used to hate the Bonds and Kent – led Giants but now I’m indifferent to them (but that ballpark is BEAUTIFUL!) I hate Manboobs but the rest of the Dodgers don’t bother me and some I like. The D-backs, I don’t really care for just because and Byrnes was a big part of that. If Byrnes needs a gig this year, I’m sure Jeannie Zelasko (sp?) will have work for him.
Me too...
I live in the LA area, and actually work with some decent dodger fans. It’s fun bantering with them about the development of the young guys on both teams.
by attackparrot on Jan 22, 2010 10:07 AM MST up reply actions
I am very stoic and analytical at baseball games.
Kind of like usual.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 1:48 PM MST up reply actions
me too
Except in the playoffs
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 21, 2010 1:55 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
for me
it depends on who I’m with. I frequently change my attitude at games. By myself I will cheer and scream. With someone who analyzes the game I will discuss strategy with him/her. Sometimes I just relax.
JFK
speaking of which
are there any purple row nights at games? It would be cool buy up a literal purple row of seats and all hang out eh?
last year about twelve of us went and sat behind
Home plate in the upper deck for the hammel/mariners game after a bbq. I’m sure we will do it again
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 21, 2010 2:02 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
There have been other Row gatherings as well.
Though I am not certain if one in the Purple Row has actually taken place.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 2:11 PM MST up reply actions
our seats were a few rows down from the purple row
We took a pic in the row after the game
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 21, 2010 2:23 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
it was for all
Except I got food poisoning and spent an hour in the bathroom/first aid room. Almost got kicked out of Coors on suspicion of intoxication and heroin use.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 21, 2010 2:26 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
She's cracking
Now she’s making bad excuses. Soon she’ll be down to no excuses. And then…Bam! Picture.
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 2:24 PM MST up reply actions
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Dear Rockies- What a fun ride! Best comeback in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-Our clutch has gone out,along with the best name in MLB.
Brad Hawpe- Yo,Carl Crawford, Brad would like his mojo back ASAP
Dexter Fowler- Blinding speed, blinding smile, leaps Utleys in a single bound.
When we defeat you
It will be the ultimate triumph of the indomitable human spirit. Poets and minstrels will sing of our exploits throughout the ages. Our names will be exalted as tireless visionaries who knew not the taste of bitter defeat. Our heroic travails are the stuff of legends.
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 4:20 PM MST up reply actions
I usually agree with this but there are times that require screaming booing
"Baseball games are like snowflakes, no two are ever alike." - W. P. Kinsella
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 22, 2010 6:33 AM MST up reply actions
I enjoy
listening to the really drunk fans around me heckle the left fielder. One of the Houston games this last year was just hilarious as they replaced Lee in left with Jason Michaels. The fans were chanting that they wanted Lee back and when Michaels couldn’t get a hit they made fun of him even more. He did have a decent defensive play but the whole exchange was funny because he acknowledged that group of fans multiple times while he was out there.
JFK
well Reynolds never did anything disrespectful or classless to the Rockies
But one of my first memories of Upton was that barrel roll into second base in the NLCS
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 21, 2010 1:53 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Eric Byrnes got into all of 15 games as a Rocky.
I know it’s only 60 plate appearances, so SSS, but he had a sub-Willy Taveras .510 OPS as a Rocky.
I knew I hated him for a reason, even before the NLCS.
by Foxhole Atheist on Jan 21, 2010 10:38 AM MST up reply actions
To open a new window
you can click the link button right next to the tree and it gives you the option
JFK
Thanks
I must be blind
Thanks for a great season of Baseball!
I'll be back next year for another ride.
by TripleT-Rox on Jan 21, 2010 12:44 PM MST up reply actions
I love this picture of Byrnes...
A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz. ~Humphrey Bogart
by Maria M on Jan 21, 2010 1:12 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
One day...
When Helton hangs ’em up for good, the Rockies will build a statue of this picture and plant it right outside the front gates at Coors
Don't hate the player, hate the game, except all Yankees players.
Unless there is a better shot of him hitting the WS winning walk off grand slam :)
at Yankee Stadium
Dear Rockies- What a fun ride! Best comeback in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-Our clutch has gone out,along with the best name in MLB.
Brad Hawpe- Yo,Carl Crawford, Brad would like his mojo back ASAP
Dexter Fowler- Blinding speed, blinding smile, leaps Utleys in a single bound.
by SDcat09 on Jan 21, 2010 1:20 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
well, now cost could be a factor.....:)
Dear Rockies- What a fun ride! Best comeback in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-Our clutch has gone out,along with the best name in MLB.
Brad Hawpe- Yo,Carl Crawford, Brad would like his mojo back ASAP
Dexter Fowler- Blinding speed, blinding smile, leaps Utleys in a single bound.
Can't hit a walk off grand slam
At an opponent’s stadium.
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 4:27 PM MST up reply actions
okay then the game winning grand slam at Yankee Stadium...
is that better? buzzkill
Dear Rockies- What a fun ride! Best comeback in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-Our clutch has gone out,along with the best name in MLB.
Brad Hawpe- Yo,Carl Crawford, Brad would like his mojo back ASAP
Dexter Fowler- Blinding speed, blinding smile, leaps Utleys in a single bound.
That
Would.
Be.
AWESOME!
Caution: Colorado teams are better than they appear.
by ShadowPenguin on Jan 21, 2010 1:21 PM MST up reply actions
YES YES YES
This image is the DEFINITION of Rockies baseball to me. Still get chills.
by Teekalong on Jan 21, 2010 4:24 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
best pic ever!
TULO = 2010 MVP!
LETS GO WINGS!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Jan 21, 2010 1:40 PM MST up reply actions
I just set this as my background 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."
Yeah it's a little fuzzy but still cool
I’m not sure what size it is but its rectangle
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."
OT for Muzia....Hurt Locker - MUST SEE!!
It was really intense and excellent. HIGHLY RECOMMEND
Dear Rockies- What a fun ride! Best comeback in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-Our clutch has gone out,along with the best name in MLB.
Brad Hawpe- Yo,Carl Crawford, Brad would like his mojo back ASAP
Dexter Fowler- Blinding speed, blinding smile, leaps Utleys in a single bound.
just checked my Netflix queue
I bypassed the waitlist, it comes on blu-ray TOMORROW!!! CAN’T WAIT
Attention Whore.
What are your top 3?
Dear Rockies- What a fun ride! Best comeback in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-Our clutch has gone out,along with the best name in MLB.
Brad Hawpe- Yo,Carl Crawford, Brad would like his mojo back ASAP
Dexter Fowler- Blinding speed, blinding smile, leaps Utleys in a single bound.
I haven't seen The Messenger
I agree that Avatar and Up are in the top…
what did you think of “Up in the Air”?
Dear Rockies- What a fun ride! Best comeback in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-Our clutch has gone out,along with the best name in MLB.
Brad Hawpe- Yo,Carl Crawford, Brad would like his mojo back ASAP
Dexter Fowler- Blinding speed, blinding smile, leaps Utleys in a single bound.
I would add District 9 to my top 10 of the year...
Dear Rockies- What a fun ride! Best comeback in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-Our clutch has gone out,along with the best name in MLB.
Brad Hawpe- Yo,Carl Crawford, Brad would like his mojo back ASAP
Dexter Fowler- Blinding speed, blinding smile, leaps Utleys in a single bound.
District 9 was great. It's near the bottom of my Top 10.
I did not care for Up in the Air as much as many people have. I feel it is Reitman’s worst film.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 4:42 PM MST up reply actions
I'm a little bit the same about Up in the Air...I thought it was good..
but I’m not sure I liked it….does that make sense?
Dear Rockies- What a fun ride! Best comeback in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-Our clutch has gone out,along with the best name in MLB.
Brad Hawpe- Yo,Carl Crawford, Brad would like his mojo back ASAP
Dexter Fowler- Blinding speed, blinding smile, leaps Utleys in a single bound.
It could be
Reitman’s worst, and still be very good, no? I really enjoyed it. I thought some of the plot contrivances were a bit too obvious/easy, but the mood, style and acting were top shelf. So many to see still.
In this case, it is Reitman's worst, and still passable.
Clearly most people fell more into it than I did, which happens regularly (what with my tastes being impossible to specify in any sort of coherence). I did not give it a negative review, but it was barely positive at best.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 4:48 PM MST up reply actions
Have you seen all 9 of his?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 21, 2010 4:58 PM MST up reply actions
Reitman has only done 3 features.
He’s got several shorts, though, if you’re including some of those. I did see one short by Reitman back several years ago at the Aspen film festival called “Consent”.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 5:02 PM MST up reply actions
Ah
Well “worse than Juno and TYFS” can still mean it is quite good
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 21, 2010 5:28 PM MST up reply actions
You're not alone.
Diablo Cody is quite divisive in terms of interpreted entertainment value. But I liked Juno a great deal.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 5:34 PM MST up reply actions
I met Diablo Cody last semester.
She’s an experience.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 5:35 PM MST up reply actions
I bet she is
though I am a bit disgruntled that her next project was a crap-fest like “Jennifer’s Body”
Attention Whore.
I liked Jennifer's Body more than most people as well.
While it regularly failed to incorporate the commentary on femininity and the horror genre that she intended, the movie did produce several big laughs for me.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 5:42 PM MST up reply actions
to be honest
I didn’t go see it. I can’t stand Megan Fox, crappy horror movies, and especially the two of them put together. Not even Diablo’s writing is enough to make me interested.
Attention Whore.
Yeah, had its moments
But by and large I disliked the morality of it (or at least the way the situation was presented), and, thought I don’t have a problem with the 16-year-old protagonist being far cleverer and quick-tongued than any high schooler ever for a movie’s sake, I didn’t like how disrespectful she was (and most teenagers in movies these days in general (except George Michael in Arrested Development)) toward her parents. The whole movie felt like it was too clever for its own good.
Plus I think that I’m starting to dislike Ellen Page more and more. My wife’s friend told us to rent Hard Candy. That may have been my least favorite movie I have watched ever.
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 5:40 PM MST up reply actions
I thought Hard Candy was incredibly proficient at making the spectator uncomfortable.
If you don’t like that sort of film, I can understand why you wouldn’t like it.
I’m not sure how old you are, but Juno’s vocabulary and pop cultural “quick-wittedness” is only SLIGHTLY more exaggerated than the way we young people speak these days. Even the stupid ones have learned how to sound clever.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 5:44 PM MST up reply actions
I'm only about 8 years removed from high school
Although I didn’t go to a public high school. I did, however got to a university, and knew a great deal of smart, clever people. And while, yes, many people are quick with pop culture references, she seemed to have great a vocabulary and verbal dexterity for a high-schooler. Again, in movies no one misspeaks because that would be poor scripting, but she just seemed a bit too much.
And yes, Hard Candy made me incredibly uncomfortable. So uncomfortable that I rooted for the child molester. *Shudder
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 6:01 PM MST up reply actions
I went to high school with a kid that exhibited a greater vocabulary and "verbal dexterity" than Juno
Then again, he was definitely not in Juno’s clique. I believe he did well in Knowledge Bowl…
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 21, 2010 6:05 PM MST up reply actions
That was the point of the movie.
By the end, the greater monster is the child.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 6:06 PM MST up reply actions
Forgot to add my Juno bit (more posts for mee!!)
Kidding.
Anyway…
I had a great deal of similar wit during the high school years, as did most other people I knew, and continue to know. That may be part of being a film/television student throughout all seven and a half of those years (high school and college), along with people with similar educational interests and backgrounds.
I can certainly understand the criticism that her snark was obnoxious and annoying (which it sometimes was, in what was a charming way to me), but saying it’s unrealistic, I can’t quite buy, because there are in fact hipster girls who watch a lot of TV that actually talk like this. And I don’t think they’re all that uncommon.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 6:09 PM MST up reply actions
I liked it because it wasn't realistic
I don’t actually believe anyone talks that way full time, or if they try, its too much of an affectation, but at any rate realism should not always be the first goal of a movie. I can obviously see why some don’t like it, but it worked just fine for me.
So, Tulo's in town.
Penny Parker’s article said he ate breakfast Monday and paid for a guy’s meal. That’s nice!
Bored. Lazy. Crazy. Screaming. Counting. Another day in the life of a Rockaholic.
by prettyinpurple on Jan 21, 2010 11:33 AM MST reply actions
Padilla signed a 1yr/$4M deal with Dodgers
http://bases.nbcsports.com/2010/01/the-dodgers-sign-vicente-padilla.html.php
Don't hate the player, hate the game, except all Yankees players.
Well
they do need some more depth. I agree with the article that the end of last year was probably a fluke.
JFK
I think its a good deal for them
he’s pretty talented, and I doubt Torre is too concerned with the chemistry issues. I just hope they remain too cheap for Sheets, which would be huge for them.
2003 team
I mean, while we’re building the monument to 2003, might as well make it as complete as possible.
If Payton makes the team then we will have 4 players from that dismal team.
Helton, Cook, Barmes, and Payton. Here’s to the 2010 team that is barely a resemblance of that fogettable year.
Thanks for a great season of Baseball!
I'll be back next year for another ride.
Patrick Sullivan rips Murray Chass a new one
Don’t know how many people care but I found it amusing. Chass hates how advanced statistics have gained prominence in baseball and has a history of attacking the field in general (even though most clubs now have incorporated more metrics into their ops). He decided to get personal in a recent HOF tirade. Sullivan responded:
You don’t get credibility because you hung around clubhouses for 30 years. Or because you traveled on the team plane, have had cocktails with Lou Gorman, were at Fenway the day Bucky Dent hit his home run or because you can recall the fear in opposing pitchers’ eyes as Jim Rice came to the plate.
Anyway, back away from the word processor, Murray. People, successful people, knowledgeable people who adore baseball, are all laughing at you.
laughin at bio's comment
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 21, 2010 6:38 PM MST up reply actions
Huh?
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not really....
I learned it by watching About a Boy …swear its true
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Did you mean...
“I would kill to be able to watch baseball right now?”
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 4:38 PM MST up reply actions
No, I think there's a slight semantic difference
Both basically mean the same thing – that I really, really wish there was a baseball game on right now – but “I could murder” is usually used in terms of an inanimate object, such as “I could murder a beer”, as in devour.
“I would kill”, while still a figure of speech, implies that the action of killing a person would enable the speaker to watcha baseball game (or get a beer), which is a more active and aggressive verbal device.
I understand, but "I would murder" is not an expression I have ever heard, as you had described.
“I would kill for” is the closest thing I know of that actually is a common expression.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 4:43 PM MST up reply actions
Hmm, apparently I misused it and it only applies to food or drink
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/I+could+murder
I reckon extending the metaphor isn’t too much of a semantic leap, though :)
I suppose that makes more sense
“I could kill a steak” fits
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 21, 2010 4:59 PM MST up reply actions
That's interesting.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard that said before. If I have, it didn’t catch that it was an idiom, and probably passed it off as a random quirky expression thought up by someone individually..
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 5:00 PM MST up reply actions
Nope.
I do understand the connection… similar to the way one would use “I’m going to ‘attack’ something I want”. I just don’t recall any uses of it.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 5:03 PM MST up reply actions
Where is this coming from?
Or rather, I assume the person who originally posited the question is not an English as a first language speaker?
I could see “could kill a…” as a hypothetical for a monumental eating task: “We could kill that ten pound burger”
ruh roh...biondino is a Brit
I’m thinking he’s going to say that we Americans don’t speak English :)
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Typically when I hear
“I could murder a…” or “I could kill a…”, that indicates to me that a person needs that thing to a great extent. Not necessarily that they like it a lot (though that is implied), but rather that they are very hungry or thirsty and would be very grateful if such a thing came along for them to consume.
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 5:17 PM MST up reply actions
I think need or want both work in this context
But whichever it is, it’s definitely desirable for the consumer thereof. If you’re on a diet then saying “I could murder a burger” incorporates huge desire but also a certain wry “but I know I mustn’t” element.
I'm quite familiar with it
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 21, 2010 6:32 PM MST up reply actions
and Maria could murder a hot dog I'll bet
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I've heard the phrase "I could murder a cheeseburger" .....
meaning I could really enjoy eating a cheeseburger….
I don’t think its a far stretch that Maria could murder a hot dog…golly gee
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There's no murder around here, I don't mind telling ya!
but seriously, I’m in one of those moods tonight, and going to Coors and watching a game sounds magnificent.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 21, 2010 6:31 PM MST up reply actions
this....
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i'll bring my dad
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 21, 2010 9:46 PM MST up reply actions
Do you think with
inside contacts in two weeks we can go to Coors and have a catch? I’ve been wanting to throw a baseball for quite a while now. That goes for anyone.
JFK
Maybe we could pick up Conan O'Brien.
As a free agent now, he will be eligible to sign with the Rockies at September 1st. The NBC Peacocks bought out his contract for $45 million. We’d just have to pay the prorated contract. lol
works for me.! But how will we get a cap to fit over his hair?
and man did he get screwed over….not money wise but the whole deal
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I don't mind these trades..
Hey you never know.. Low risk high reward. Why not. And damn “I could murder” to watch a Rockies baseball game right now too! :P lol
Remember old folks, I'm just 18 years old =]
Wow i said trades?
I meant signings. Geez I’m such an airhead sometimes, sorry for the “typo post”.
Remember old folks, I'm just 18 years old =]
by CentralCaliRox on Jan 21, 2010 5:02 PM MST up reply actions
One day, WM
One day. You’re really excited to see the NRI list for the Rockies, huh?
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 5:18 PM MST up reply actions
The inter-team transactions are by far the most fascinating part of the baseball experience for me
In addition, even to those who don’t care whatsoever who is in the organization, it will play an important role in determining how the rosters for our affiliates will stack up.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 5:19 PM MST up reply actions
What happens if a player gets invited to multiple teams' camps?
Does he get to choose? In that event will a player usually try to get a contract?
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 5:20 PM MST up reply actions
All NRIs are signed to minor league contracts.
However, many of them are simply released from the organization after ST if there’s no room in the organization (see: Luis Gonzalez last year).
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 5:22 PM MST up reply actions
Forgive the questions, I could really just look this stuff up
But how are minor league contracts structured? Is there a range of values, or are they all pretty much the same? Does a team have to pay the contracts if they cut the player from the organization or is there a clause that states that the player has to make it out of Spring Training?
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 5:24 PM MST up reply actions
Well, most minor league contracts won't produce payment during Spring Training.
If we cut a player, we’d have to pay, but many of them just walk and go sign elsewhere. Minor league contracts for these players are generally around $20,000. No big loss to an MLB team.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 5:25 PM MST up reply actions
80 MPH wind gusts here in Pt Loma today...
Southwest cancelled all their flights because of wind. And SeaWorld closed for the first time in 12 years due to weather.
Crazy!!
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Yesssss I was right
You do live in Pt Loma. My creepy stalking yesterday really paid off.
Anyway, hope you’re alright. Is this weather affecting you adversely?
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 5:19 PM MST up reply actions
Oh I've posted here before that I live in Pt Loma/Ocean Beach area...:)
Charlie77 and I have discussed it previously in game threads..Look who wasn’t paying attention lol
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Yeah, I vaguely remember that conversation
That’s why the name looked familiar to me. I just didn’t want to go back and look for the conversation.
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 5:22 PM MST up reply actions
ate lunch
At a mexican restaurant on the main drag in OB after kayaking in Mission Bay. We stayed at the Homewood Suites at Liberty Station.
I bet today would be a bad day for kayaking!
Is it Opening Day yet??? See you at the game.
by TripleT-Rox on Jan 21, 2010 5:49 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
bad day for anything on the water...
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so far I'm fine...not to much venturing out...
:)
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Glad that
I went to Pt. Loma National Monument and Sea World the 1st week of the year. It was sunny and 75 when Denver was snowy and below freezing! Timing is everything.
Is it Opening Day yet??? See you at the game.
by TripleT-Rox on Jan 21, 2010 5:46 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
isn't that the truth!
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All your crappy weather
is hammering the San Juan’s right now, and I am reaping the rewards.
Hating Cubs fans since 1908
Are you in Durango or Silverton?
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Done.
You owe me $13 shipping. I bought the most expensive one. Just ’cuz.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 5:35 PM MST up reply actions
You still have to finish your pintack collection.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 5:39 PM MST up reply actions
I forgot to tell you, I finished that shortly after the new year
but I am working on my broomstick display, if you want to help me out next time you come back to Colorado…
Attention Whore.
Do you have a good bristle remover?
They’re really tough to find around here.
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 5:41 PM MST up reply actions
Oh, you do it yourself?
I usually have a guy for it. But, like I say, few and far between up here.
by controlled_slide on Jan 21, 2010 5:44 PM MST up reply actions
Assuming no one noticed
The Dodgers re-signed Padilla.
"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
SoxRox fan posted that above like five hours ago.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 5:50 PM MST up reply actions
ah ok
for some reason that didn’t show up when I searched “Padilla”….weird
"CarGo had to make some repairs to it. They called it a kitchen accident, but he was performing surgery. On teh lazor."
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by Hollidayrain on Jan 21, 2010 6:32 PM MST up reply actions
I hope he goes mental against the Giants.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 5:50 PM MST up reply actions
That would be a highlight
I would love to see. Padilla vs. Kung Fu Panda!
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by TripleT-Rox on Jan 21, 2010 6:02 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
okay I normally would never in a billion years do this
but my Mom is having some tests done tomorrow and frankly I’m a little worried. If you all could just send a positive thought, I would be very grateful.
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*positive thought*
I hope everything is okay.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 6:49 PM MST up reply actions
thanks Wolf :)
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Hope all goes well tomorrow
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 22, 2010 6:58 AM MST up reply actions
Well today I guess now
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 22, 2010 6:59 AM MST up reply actions
Good luck with that
I’ll send a prayer. My mom (age 82) went through the same thing not long ago & the end result was good. I hope the same is true for yours.
New decade, new result: time for a Rockies' division championship.
Thank you everyone...
I don’t care what anyone says, this is a good bunch of folks here :), even the crazies :)
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Did anyone claim we are bad apples?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 22, 2010 9:07 AM MST up reply actions
other jealous blogs..(cough MCC cough)
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Unrelated
My girlfriend has been tutoring some ESL kids in New York for a while, and one little girl told her today that Esmil Rogers is her uncle. Really excited about this.
I also forgot to mention I'm Esmil Rogers' father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 7:54 PM MST up reply actions
Would you be,
Could you be…
my neighbor!
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I think
I had nightmares from watching his show.
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How could you possibly have nightmares from watching Mr. Rogers?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 22, 2010 7:02 AM MST up reply actions
You're telling me he's not cree.p?
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Defiantly not a cpee.p.
He was a genuine, sweet, and soft spoken minister who really did care about educating childen. Unlike most TV personalities, Mr. Rogers really believed in what he taught and actually practiced what he preached. In fact he might be one of the ten greatest Americans of the last century.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 22, 2010 9:50 AM MST up reply actions
^5
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 22, 2010 1:12 PM MST up reply actions
this is the must unexpected
post in the history of this site.
Why?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 22, 2010 11:57 AM MST up reply actions
Nothing personal, and taking no position on the merits
Just never thought I’d see an impassioned, apparently serious argument in favor of Mr. Rodgers as one of the greatest Americans of the century. I expect some random discourse here, but this takes the cake for me.
(And I just watched an episode recently with my daughter, and I was almost mesmerized by how completely odd it was. Talk about a show that seems from a different era, it seemed from a different universe compared to, say, Sesame Street—or anything else, really.)
It is an extremely different show
I think a lot of it is because he’s talking directly to the audiance rather than acting.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 22, 2010 12:58 PM MST up reply actions
He also killed a bunch of people
he has that creep.y. factor, especially when he played the giant to all of the litle puppet people
Attention Whore.
If you're refering to him being a sharp shooter that rumor is completely false
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 22, 2010 7:01 PM MST up reply actions
He seriously was
I was downright blue when he passed on.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 22, 2010 6:07 PM MST up reply actions
I heard a story once
some college age guys were trying to move into an apartment, and this random guy stops and asks if they need help moving
turns out it was freaking Mr. Rogers, just stopping out of the blue to offer random people help moving furniture.
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 22, 2010 6:08 PM MST up reply actions
so what does that make you two...?
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 21, 2010 9:47 PM MST up reply actions
Wouldn't his father's brother's nephew
be either his brother or his cousin? Thus you have at least two unnecessary steps in there.
...because good men will do nothing?
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.
whoosh
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by Andrew Martin on Jan 22, 2010 6:08 PM MST up reply actions
Looking at more from that 2003 roster
Freel would be more interesting if he could play 1B...
… but at least he can play 3B.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 21, 2010 10:42 PM MST up reply actions
We traded him away and received a starter who set the season ERA mark
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 21, 2010 11:32 PM MST up reply actions
may he rest in peace
"CarGo had to make some repairs to it. They called it a kitchen accident, but he was performing surgery. On teh lazor."
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by Hollidayrain on Jan 22, 2010 12:33 AM MST up reply actions
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