Friday Rockpile: Former Rockies GM Bob Gebhard suffers mild heart attack
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Inside the Colorado Rockies " Former Rockies GM suffers heart attack
All the best, Geb | All Things Rockies
Former Rockies GM Bob Gebhard suffered a heart attack the other day. All the best to him and his family.
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His quintuplets are fans of the Rockies.
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Tulo's Shirt
Does that say “Jesus Loves th e Rockies”, where do I get that shirt?
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by NewMexicanSteven on Feb 26, 2010 8:27 AM MST reply actions
It does.
There’s a white one on ebay.
I think you might need a special distribution deal with Jesus to get it in purple.
purple is one of the listed colors in the drop down
or am i missing something?
by purplesocks on Feb 26, 2010 11:22 AM MST up reply actions
NEED
Go to Notre Dame. Love Rockies. Obvious purchase
Stan Marsh is a Rockies fan.
by fantasyfencing on Feb 26, 2010 1:30 PM MST up reply actions
Should PR Cares get a jesus tshirt?
We could include other religious characters so as not to offend anyone. Like this cartoon http://tinyurl.com/lydlll
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by Charlie77 on Feb 26, 2010 1:44 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
no
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by Andrew Martin on Feb 26, 2010 2:29 PM MST up reply actions
that video is somewhat horrifiying
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by Andrew Martin on Feb 26, 2010 2:46 PM MST up reply actions
isnt this clip from Jesus camp
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'm sorry but that was one disturbing film...
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
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PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
How about a Raptor
instead of Dinger
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
I don't really mind the stigma TOO much
except on other messageboards where you try and seriously discuss something and you get met with replies of “BUT JESUS WOULDN’T BLESS THAT”
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by Andrew Martin on Feb 26, 2010 12:42 PM MST up reply actions
I love Mora's kids.
The children gave him their opinion in five-part harmony. “They started singing, ’Let’s go Rockies,’” Mora said.
Let's go ahead and book them to throw out the first pitch...
for game one of the World Series at Coors Field, this October!
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
If anyone wants a laugh
read this blog entry, Ranking the offseasons. The Rockies are ranked 24th, behind such winners as the Cubs, Mets and Astros.
The reason?
Colorado failed to add a single starter, either position player or pitcher, and downgraded their bench (Atkins to Mora, Torrealba to Olivo)
I hate the internet.
Attention Whore.
Apparently Betancourt was too many years, but Holliday wasn't
Whatever
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Feb 26, 2010 9:38 AM MST up reply actions
The Sports Banter?
Grammatically-challenged phrase as a name? Unverified, self-serving sports event predictions in the about me section?
I was going to go on, but then I read the comments. Brutal.
downgraded their bench WEIGHT (Atkins to Mora
fixed.
"I clearly miscalculated how popular it would be to show Calvin urinating on a Ford logo"--Bill Watterson
by frightened inmate #2 on Feb 26, 2010 9:47 AM MST up reply actions
lol
downgraded their bench Torrealba to Olivo)
A parenthesis?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Feb 26, 2010 5:18 PM MST up reply actions
and apparently the old adage
“Sometimes the best moves are the ones you don’t make” doesn’t apply to the MLB offseason.
by cocainelips99 on Feb 26, 2010 12:37 PM MST up reply actions
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by frightened inmate #2 on Feb 26, 2010 10:17 AM MST up reply actions
That article is complete BS (except for the Royals being last part)
The AL bias is nauseating. Top five teams is a bit much for me.
Oh and the Angels 11th? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!……………..oh wait? You’re serious?
Of course the Red Sox are first because apparently they win every offseason. No matter what boy genius Theo Epstein does he seems to praised for it. (I’m not saying I don’t think they did a good job, I just don’t think they had the best offseason)
And since when did signing Mark DeRosa, Aubrey Huff, and Bengie Molina equate to “going for it now”?
Total crap.
"I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats." - Bill Veeck.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Feb 26, 2010 9:54 AM MST up reply actions
It’s just weird how the Yankees and Red Sox have people trained to the point where:
Not committing $100 million to someone every offseason=doing it wrong.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Feb 26, 2010 9:57 AM MST up reply actions
I couldn't agree more
The mariners get a b for there off season moves, the padres are ranked above the Philies, these people don’t have a clue.
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."
Worst was the Reds at 6th
Payed a ton for a huge gamble in Chapman and overpayed quite a bit for Cabrara.
LETS BE FAIR
THEY DID GET RID OF WILLY TAVARES. That’s a lot of addition by subtraction.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Feb 26, 2010 10:50 AM MST up reply actions
Not sure why this is so bad
We weren’t trying to “win” the offseason. I haven’t read this article, but I assume its trying to rank those who made moves relative to where they were last season. We didn’t really do anything to “improve” (lets be real about the moves referenced, almost entirely financially motivated) and we are taking an on-paper risk re Marquis/Francis. But so what? I’d be fine being 30th on this list, it means our team didn’t require much movement. We didn’t do anything, and it was the best thing we could’ve done (realistically). I don’t know if the Olivo/Mora moves are upgrades or not, we’ll see. Maybe they will be huge moves in reality, but on paper they are not. Ho hum. Power rankings will be a different story.
Agree
Who cares if the Rox win the off-season. The Rox are planning on winning the regular and post season.
Is it Opening Day yet??? See you at Coors.
by TripleT-Rox on Feb 26, 2010 6:56 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Or using Worschestershire Sauce as embalming fluid.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Feb 26, 2010 11:57 AM MST up reply actions
if Knocked Up wasn't just making it up for comedic sake
then yes, its from getting poo particles in the eye. ive never looked it up to verify so who knows if thats true
by purplesocks on Feb 26, 2010 12:13 PM MST up reply actions
I guess the season has already started turning crappy on the Mets.
Ubaldomania.
by The Lodo Magic Man on Feb 26, 2010 1:00 PM MST up reply actions
It could come from shampoo
or any number of things.
Its about allergies and virus’s, not dung.
The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient.
by rockieprogress on Feb 27, 2010 12:22 AM MST up reply actions
Absolutely terrific comment from a bitter Mets fan on that article
Fine medical staff. Picking up right where they left off last year. This is a condition that a first WEEK med student could have diagnosed in 10 minutes but it took them a week. Can’t wait til the tough stuff rolls in like a bloody nose or a belly ache. Looking forward to 2011.
I can haz NL West title?
I think the fact that the Cubs traded Milton Bradley for Carlos Silva
Should automatically rank them in the bottom 5.
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by Charlie77 on Feb 26, 2010 1:38 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
haha nice shirt Tulo
TULO = 2010 MVP!
Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."
LETS GO WINGS!
I thought that was Jamie Moyer for a second. Holy Crap.
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by Andrew Martin on Feb 26, 2010 2:30 PM MST up reply actions
At least he looks like he
wasn’t following the Fat Panda diet this winter
Did anyone see Will Carroll's tweet
about Strasburg having the best slider anyone has ever seen in the history of baseball today? Maybe Marquis will keep his playoff streak alive.
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by Andrew Martin on Feb 26, 2010 2:32 PM MST up reply actions
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by Andrew Martin on Feb 26, 2010 3:14 PM MST up reply actions
what is this, 2005?
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by Andrew Martin on Feb 26, 2010 3:14 PM MST up reply actions
"no, we haven't been paying attention either"
Although if this is supposed to reflect public appetites for gambling I’m surprised they don’t have dodgers over 90 wins.
I'll take the over.
For every team.
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
Sorry, I meant every team in the West
I would be amazed if 3 of these teams don’t go over (which would make me a winner gioven equal bets), and think all 5 out performing is the most likely event.
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
But you are probably right.
It’s my purple-tinted glasses, leading me to follow my biases.
I’ll just bet the Rockies and Dodgers…but dang, the Gints are awful tempting…
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
the Gints would have to replicate last year's pitching to come close, their offense is NOT improved
and any money you bet on the Snakes would be dead weight until you find out how Webb’s shoulder holds up.
Attention Whore.
Ok, but they could be 4 games worse than last year, and this bet would still pay
Same with the Padres.
D-backs is probably the biggest streatch, so I’ll agree with you there.
I suppose I should drop the Dodgers, since our Rockies are going to OWN them this year!
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
Hell, Tampa Bay is at 89.5
Only Boston and Philly are higher.
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 Take the Over on that line!
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by TripleT-Rox on Feb 26, 2010 7:00 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Wow
If I were in Vegas I would be tempted to be quite a bit of money on the over for the Rockies, Twins and Mariners, and the under for Toronto.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Feb 26, 2010 9:05 PM MST up reply actions
epicly awesome.
I mean, say what you like about the tenets of Rockies baseball, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
Not like Ubaldo Jimenez rocks the socks
But still better than pajama pants.
by controlled_slide on Feb 26, 2010 5:03 PM MST up reply actions
Nah, I'd make 'em wear stirrups and sanitaries.
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like Mike Anderson!
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by Andrew Martin on Feb 26, 2010 11:19 PM MST up reply actions
Definitely McKenry
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Feb 26, 2010 4:35 PM MST up reply actions
I wonder how many zillions of pieces of paperwork he's gotten
that spell his name as “McHenry”
I can haz NL West title?
The one I can't figure out is directly to Dex's right
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Feb 26, 2010 4:43 PM MST up reply actions
you mean over Dex's right shoulder?
if so that is Andrew Graham.
That's the one
Thanks. Do you know him? Welcome to PR, btw.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Feb 27, 2010 8:38 AM MST up reply actions
I HAVE MISSED THAT GLEAMING SMILE TO THE LEFT
although the goofy long neck to the right has been missed a lot too
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by Andrew Martin on Feb 26, 2010 3:54 PM MST up reply actions
I didn't recall him being so tiny
but he is listed at 5’10"
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Feb 26, 2010 5:14 PM MST up reply actions
Well, he's standing next to 6'4" Dexter Fowler
And in front of what looks like 6’2" Todd Helton, so he looks small by comparison.
by controlled_slide on Feb 26, 2010 5:18 PM MST up reply actions
Ken Rosenthal has an idea for drastic realignment of MLB's divisions
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/rosenthal-realignment-proposal-022510
The Rockies would own that division so hard
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I was having a WTF moment
When I saw “New Jersey A’s”
Don't hate the player, hate the game, except all Yankees players.
how bout
The Yankees/Red Sox division? They can outspend each other as much as they want, have their own tv channel to show all the games, then other networks can air other games for people who, you know, want to know about other teams.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Feb 26, 2010 4:14 PM MST up reply actions
I love revenge realignment :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Feb 26, 2010 9:13 PM MST up reply actions
Cardinals signed Lopez for 1.75 mill
What a freaking bargain.
Impossible not to have positive thoughts.
I want Sam Deduno to pitch already.
We could have easily done that!
What happened here?
by BringItHome on Feb 26, 2010 10:01 PM MST up reply actions
Lopez would've been a luxury
and Mora was our real target. Had we missed on Mora trying to get Lopez at a bargain and then some other team swooped Lopez for $1M more than we were offering, we would be SOL.
Don’t get me wrong, I wanted Lopez too.
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by Andrew Martin on Feb 26, 2010 11:21 PM MST up reply actions
wtf
his projected value is like $10 mil this year. at least we got mora and his 1 WAR.
I asked Renck about it
He basically said it wasn’t a good fit. They just weren’t fans of Lopez’ fundamental play. Good chance he wouldn’t work well with Tulo defensively, out of position, not a good situational defender, things like that.
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by Andrew Martin on Feb 28, 2010 1:24 AM MST up reply actions
no
I should invite him to, though
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 1, 2010 1:03 PM MST up reply actions
Quick article on Jeff Francis.
Not too much information. Just talks about him throwing in batting practice and once again proves that whenever an article is writen about another Rockies player the author must include at least one paragraph about what Tuo thinks.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Feb 27, 2010 1:02 AM MST reply actions
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