Wednesday Rockpile: Bullpen Battles
by Jeff Aberle on Mar 24, 2010 7:23 AM MDT
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It seemed like the bullpen was the popular topic in today's Rockies news, with several articles on the subject. I'll go light on the commentary today because I'll write more in depth about the bullpen situation in my article tomorrow.
Rockies bullpen looks in better shape - The Denver Post
Troy Renck discusses the Rockies' bullpen situation, indicating that Franklin Morales will indeed be the closer to open 2010--which I'm just fine with. Rafael Betancourt looks to be the setup man, while Tim Redding, Justin Speier, closer in waiting Juan Rincon (yes, that's a joke), and the newly signed Joe Beimel are battling for the injured Huston Street's roster spot.
Hardball in the Rockies: Bullpen the final big issue of spring
Meanwhile, where Renck went positive Thomas Harding took a more pessimistic tone. Harding calls Beimel the X-Factor of the bullpen bunch, and with that bathrobe I have to agree.
Daley scraps attempt to develop new pitch | Inside the Colorado Rockies
Jack Etkin writes that reliever Matt Daley had hoped to add split-fingered pitch to arsenal, but has ended the pursuit to be sure his fastball, slider and changeup are honed for the season. Hopefully they will be.
Fangraphs had two articles about the Rockies' bullpen yesterday, one (by Jack Moore) discussing the Beimel acquisition and the other (by RJ Anderson) suggesting that Morales is better off as the closer than in the starting rotation due to his control problems. I still hold out hope that Morales will be an asset to the Rockies as a starter someday but that hope is dwindling fast.
More after the jump...
In other news, Troy the Wonder Boy Tulowitzki got upset at former Rockies farmhand Everth Cabrera for bumping into Todd Helton during a rundown yesterday. Tulo can get a little hot-headed at times--sometimes it benefits the team but not so much if it leads to an out or an ejection. Lil' Jetes is the Rockies' star player and he needs to remember that.
Harding writes about Ryan Spilborghs' hopes to find his stroke for the 2010 season, while utilityman Melvin Mora has a big family.
On a more macro level, the Rockies get a little national attention:
Colorado Rockies have talent, depth and youth and no clear holes - Jon Heyman - SI.com
In this article (h/t to rockhead), SI's Jon Heyman praises the Rockies in this Spring Training postcard, saying that especially if Jeff Francis returns to 2007 form the Rockies are "a potential powerhouse and perhaps one of the best two or three teams in the National League." In particular Heyman highlights the Rockies' depth and Ubaldo Jimenez' awesomeness.
As I wrote two weeks back, I've guaranteed a NL West crown for the Rockies this year and it's good to see them get some national respect.
Best in the West | Inside the Colorado Rockies
Meanwhile, Tracy Ringolsby has posted a discussion on the NL West in 2010, giving his quick take on each team in the division.
Finally, the Purple Row Fantasy Leagues held their drafts in the last two days. Russ will recap the CBS league draft while I will write up the Roto and SABR Yahoo! leagues hopefully this afternoon. Thanks to all who participated and good luck!
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News: Morales: Now relegated to Bullpen duty, no longer a starting asset
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I wouldn't write off his chances of starting again at some point.
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by phishbate on Mar 24, 2010 7:59 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I wouldn't either, although
my hope for him to be a starter is dwindling by the moment. I have to say the idea that he is better suited for closer than starter because of command issues doesn’t really make sense to me. You can not walk people and have men on base in the 9th in a tight situation, or fall behind in the count and give up the big hit. Whereas, if a starter is off his game the team has time to come back and make up the difference, and sometimes throwing more pitches helps get the feel for those pitches and eventually get command of them.
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Yeah, I really didn't get that either...
but there’s no doubt that Morales can miss bats very well, which is a preferred trait for a closer to have.
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Franklin's problem has aleays been focus and endurence..
So unless they put him on add meds and build up his innings, he will stay in the BP.
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lack of endurance can come from lack of focus
As it leads to more balls and higher pitch counts. As we have seen with de la Rosa, focus and confidence CAN be taught, even approaching 30, which Franklin is far from. Also, I’m not sure he has an endurance problem. He was on a short leash in 2007 since he was so raw and young. In 2008, he was just bad. He had two starts in the majors last year. I’m not positive about his minor league track record ATM, but his major league starts weren’t shortened due to endurance
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 24, 2010 4:51 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I agree about teaching confidence.
I’ve seen Morales have pinpoint control, both with his fastball and breaking pitches. I know he can do it. He just seems to lose focus and confidence at times. Granted, there is a long list of guys that had great stuff but lacked the mental approach to be top notch MLB pitchers, but considering what the Rockies have done with JDLR I’m not ready to give up on Morales.
I would
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 24, 2010 1:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Snoooooow
This heavy wet crap kills my back. Too bad it’s an off day for the rox.
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by phishbate on Mar 24, 2010 7:58 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
this is weird
I understood having better weather than Colorado while in Arizona. But now that I’m a puddle jump from Montana, it shouldn’t be sunny andwarm
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 24, 2010 8:19 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Someone mentioned in the comments yesterday
that Tulo seems to get better when he’s pissed off. I agree with that comment. The game that sticks out to me is the Angel’s game last June when he clobbered two HR’s but yesterday would also work as a fine example. I don’t know why but he seems to be even more locked in at the plate after he displays some animosity towards the opponent. There’s a part of me that doesn’t think he hits that HR if this incident doesn’t happen.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 24, 2010 9:02 AM MDT reply actions
Oh and as a hypothetical situation
I wonder what Tulo would have done if ARod pulled the slap move he used against the Red Sox in the 04 ALCS in a game against the Rockies. I’d be willing to to fork over some serious cash to see that.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 24, 2010 9:05 AM MDT up reply actions
Remember July '08
this game, when Q replaced Tulo, and Tulo slammed his bat on the ground and cut his hand open?
I have to disagree that being pissed off makes him a better player. That April (’08), when he was struggling, he just worse and worse. You could see he was concentrating because he was angry and frustrated.
There are still times when he gets beat on a fastball or breaking ball, and he’ll try to knock the next pitch out and end up whiffing. You can tell he’s not doing it because he has an idea of where the next pitch is going; he’s doing it because he’s pissed.
Is his fireyness good sometimes? Yes, it probably helps rally the team. But I don’t think it makes him a better player.
Oh I'm not talking about games where he's pissed off as in frustrated
I’m talking about games where he’s pissed off as in he wants to send the opponent a message. I draw a distinct difference between the two.
When Tulo is frustrated, I agree he can try too hard and end up hurting the team and sometimes himself as you pointed out with the game against the Marlins two years ago.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 24, 2010 9:23 AM MDT up reply actions
I agree with you on this
big difference between pissed Tulo, and frustrated Tulo…
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Not sure the difference
I understand the difference between getting taken out of a game and striking out a couple of times. But, I don’t see that much of a difference. If he gets beat on a couple of pitches and then swings at a third one out of the zone, or he hits a couple of flyballs and goes hacking in a third at bat, he’s pissed and looking to send a message that he’s better than his previous performance.
Neither of those actions – chasing bad pitches, or overswinging – makes him a better player. They make him demonstrably worse. When he slumps, as he did in the first half of ‘08, there’s not much of a difference between sending a message and frustration.
Your example again
is still speaking of frustration at himself…for a poor performance…and trying to overcompensate for not playing well. He is pissed at himself – not the other team – I think that is the key difference that RIRF was speaking of.
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What is an example of being pissed off where frustration is solely born from a second or third party, and not from within?
There are times when someone really wants to win, and is fired up, which can be helpful. However, there’s a fine line between “fired up” and “pissed off.” I can’t come up with a scenario in which someone is pissed off that doesn’t partially involve some inadequacy related to that party. Being pissed off is just a way of expressing frustration that evolves from an inadequacy — whether it’s exploited by other people or internalized.
So… basically what I’m saying is that there are big games (say, 1.5 games ahead of the LAD on Sept 20) that someone gets fired up about (but not pissed off), and there are games where someone is fired up (in the pissed off sense) because they feel their previous performance was inadequate or they were exploited.
It’s a big difference. I’d much prefer to have a cool and collected Tulo who shows flashes of fire. Not quite Adam Dunn cool, but yeah, unfortunately, kind of like his idol, Derek Jeter cool.
how about the example that set off this topic?
Going after Cabrera because Tulo thought he went after Helton is undeniably fiery and angry but has nothing to do with personal or even team inadequacy. It would be the same if Matt Cain threw two fastballs at his head. Or if Broxton said something inappropriate.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 24, 2010 10:56 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Ah, I did not understand the context of the original comment. Yes, being thrown at, or responding to a teammate being thrown at, would work if the throw came in retaliation for a superior performance—hitting a homerun in the previous at bat, or a teammate hitting a home run.
It wouldn’t work if the origin of the player being hit by a pitch was the aggrieved player’s pitcher hitting the other team’s batter (either out of wildness or malice, both of which are likely to be manifestations of inadequate performance).
An opposing pitcher making comments would depend on the context, and the response.
Still, the original comment makes sense, and I agree that it’s a good kind of firey and a great kind of vengeance.
Well frustration can be born from another party
in a case like the Angels game last year when when he felt that he was thrown at intentioanally. Tulo got pissed and hit two HR’s, one of them in the same at bat.
I agree that I don’t want to go into a game late in the season where Tulo is pissed off in the frustrated way and feels he has to make up for previous performances. However, if he feels that an oppenent “messes with the team” as he put it in the first inning if a big game, I’d love to see Tulo pissed off in that sense.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 24, 2010 10:59 AM MDT up reply actions
For what it's worth (SSS WARNING)
For his career, in PA after Tulo gets HBP, here is his line:
2-12, HR, 2B, 2BB, 2 Sac
If you throw out the Aug 21, 2007 game:
0-10, 2BB, 2 Sac
Strangely enough, out of the 15 times in his pro career he has been HBP, it happened in his last at-bat of the game with no chance for “retribution”
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correction
out of the 15 times in his pro career he has been HBP, it happened in his last at-bat of the game with no chance for "retribution" a total of 9 times
Iron Maiden? Excellent!
This is really good research right here
but it still has one other shortcoming. HBP does not gauge what Tulo thought the pitcher intended to do. In many of those cases, Tulo may have believed that it was truly an accident and didn’t get pissed off. Along these same lines, it doesn’t account for situations like last year against the Angels where Tulo was not hit but defiantly thought he was thrown at.
And also like you said 9 of the 15 times it has happened it’s happened in the last AB of the game so it makes the sample size of usable data even smaller.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 24, 2010 12:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Like I said, for what it's worth
obviously very little. There really isn’t any way to measure “Hulk-ness”
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The other side of the coin
But what do you make of the pitcher after he throws a pitch at a batter? Obviously, if he comes inside again he’s going to be warned or ejected. That leaves over the plate and away as the two lateral zones he can pitch to. He may not want to waste another pitch, or may be thinking he can burn it past the hitter, or not thinking at all.
The responsibility for a batter hitting well the next pitch or at bat following being thrown at may fall more on the failure of the pitcher. The hitter then can take advantage of a misthrown pitch or a fastball down the middle.
I like what the numbers show for Tulo, but I’m not sure he influences the outcome any more than the pitcher.
I would agree, similar to when Holliday would get hit by a pitch..
and then turn into the Purple Hulk. Or the other reason is that Tulo is so stoked to be on team Segway UZR that he’s foaming at the mouth to start the season.
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Hey
I got Tulo for my team to…Go DancinHotDogs!!!
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you got une
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 24, 2010 9:28 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
you got 9/21 players who have been Rockies :)
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 24, 2010 9:29 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I realized that last night
first time around doing this…I think sometimes I just got excited and started clicking!
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maybe you should rename your team Homer Hot Dogs!
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HA!
unfortunatly I ended up with Fuentes….I had to leave the draft before it finished…argh…
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Nice!
I ended up picking up Clint Barmes in the later rounds, so I have the entire Rockies middle infield.
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I loved that game.
He took a pitch near his eyes and hit it higher than the foul pole in left. The announcers were amazed.
Also,
this game – when the opposing fans said something to him that he didn’t like while he was on deck. Once he got to the plate, he crushed one out to straight away center.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Mar 24, 2010 11:32 AM MDT up reply actions
Great example..
That was awesome.
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So maybe the tactic to use is to tell Tulo he sucks
Then he’s sure to hit a HR.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 24, 2010 12:17 PM MDT up reply actions
I look at this way. We lost our "enfuegoness" when Yorvit left.
Tulo will have to carry the torch now. :)
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FYI
I picked Brad Hawpe last night in my fantasy draft just for you :)
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Don't blame me!!! lol
thanks! I think…:)
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He came up in the auction
and nobody was bidding on him…and I said to myself “Self, you should pick up Hawpe for Cat” so I did.
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lol...love it! Thanks Maria!
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Yep, when the Giants fans were cursing (as always) and he didn't like it, then he pointed to them after.
Ha!
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by prettyinpurple on Mar 24, 2010 2:20 PM MDT up reply actions
And then he went on to talk about how disgraceful the fans were in a post game interview
Whatever they said really pissed him off
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 24, 2010 4:29 PM MDT up reply actions
To quote fomeer player and coach Bill Robinson....
“thet start evrygame and inning by saying PLAY ball”. To a frustrated angry at the world Darryl Strawberry.
my bad on missing the draft last night
it took me 2.5 hours to get home from work due to the snow when it normally takes me 15 min. add to the fact my power was out and that is the reason why my pitching staff is so terrible.
but im willing to make trades so propose any offers you got to me.
OT: I have been doing some geneology research about my gr-gr-grandfather who fought in the Civil War..
and I discovered he served in Company G of the 100th Illinois Regiment. It turns out there is a surviving diary of the regiment’s history. Here is a couple of interesting quotes that I’ve pulled from it so far:
“The battle of Stone River was one of the bloodiest and fiercest engagements of the war. Turkeys, birds and rabbits were so paralyzed by fright at the terrific cannonading and musketry, that they sought the protection of the men as they were lying behind their breastworks, the rabbits actually creeping under the legs of the men, in their terror.”
Sounds terrifying.
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Here's another:
On the fourth day of the battle, (January 3d), when our boys were pretty hungry and rations scarce, a smoke-house was discovered between our picket line and that of the rebs, but much nearer the latter. The boys all knew that a southern smoke house meant plenty of bacon, and they determined to clean that awned, and accordingly they charged, captured the contents, and returned with the spoils. But it took some nerve to do this under a sharp fire from the rebs, who were not a little astonished at the boldness of the exploit, and chagrined at the loss of their bacon. One man was hit by a sharpshooter.
Now I know where my love for bacon came from.
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excellent!
Thanks for sharing those with us…
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In addition
to any primary sources you’ve found, I’d recommend Peter Cozzens’ No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River.
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Thanks for the recommendation..
It looks like the 100th also fought at the battle of Chickamauga and beyond. So this could get interesting.
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Chickamauga.
Peter Cozzens also has one out on that: This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga. I read this one for a class and I had to slough through it in a week (chosen by me in the first class, review due the next week). Maybe I would have enjoyed it better had I had more time to digest it. Anyway, it probably does cover the 100th as it’s a very detailed battle study.
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The rebel victory in that battle IIRC..
leads to the appointments of US Grant and Sherman, which were pretty big turning points in the war.
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Sunny and 70 in Southern Utah.
You can keep your snow.
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You both suck.
I’m sitting at work, but I was all geared up for a day off this morning.
pretty much this with a bullet.
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 24, 2010 1:35 PM MDT up reply actions
Snow day for you young whippersnappers...
us college folks had class.
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JFK
class day for you damn college kids
Us real people had to still get to work.
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 25, 2010 9:22 AM MDT up reply actions
I had the day off
and found out I’m going to Sicily. So, ha!
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Sicily!! NICE!!
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More on this for everyone
once I have the details, but for now I will take part in a Canadian-American WWII Battlefield Study of Sicily run by the Gregg Centre for the Study of War & Society at the University of New Brunswick and the US Army Command and General Staff College. The First Infantry Division Foundation in Wheaton, Ill. is a participating institution and I was one of their two participants chosen.
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well you weren't in CO so it hardly matters.
Kudos btw. That sounds fun.
Actually it sounds boring as hell, but I know into that stuff you are, so coming from your frame of reference, it sounds really fun.
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 25, 2010 1:46 PM MDT up reply actions
Maaaan
I can really get used to this SoCal weather.
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Where are you?
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Huntington Beach
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by A.J. Haefele on Mar 24, 2010 2:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Nice. Have you moved there or are you just vacationing?
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Haha
I came down here to the Avs games in Anaheim and Los Angeles. Staying with a fellow MHH-er for a few days. Was supposed to leave last night but the whole snow thing meant canceled flights and I’ll hopefully be flying outta here tonight and getting back to work, assuming I still have a job.
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by A.J. Haefele on Mar 24, 2010 2:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Excellent!!
Good luck in your travels.
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Man, you lucked out on the timing.
I was in San Diego for the 03 blizzard. Well, just before. I knew the storm was moving in, but the airline said my flight home was still on. We got up in the air, then landed in Salt Lake and they said “no more.” Made it back to Denver 3 days later. Days I would rather just have spend in SD.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 24, 2010 3:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeeeeah.
Chances are I lost my job over this fiasco, so I’m not sure “lucked out” would be in the cards for me right now. Also, I’ve no car to go anywhere and this is a heavily residential area, so I have to walk a mile just to get anywhere with something to do. Great weather, though.
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by A.J. Haefele on Mar 24, 2010 3:37 PM MDT up reply actions
What's your job?
Surprised that they’d be so hard assed over someone being unable to fly back from vacation due to a blizzard :-/
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by ShadowPenguin on Mar 24, 2010 3:38 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh
I was definitely caught off guard by it. I mean, the hell am I supposed to do? Not make it snow…?
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by A.J. Haefele on Mar 24, 2010 4:30 PM MDT up reply actions
That's exactly what you're supposed to do. :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 24, 2010 4:33 PM MDT up reply actions
I deffff failed, then.
Firing well deserved!
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by A.J. Haefele on Mar 24, 2010 4:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Did Cookie really say “great actor like Charlie Sheen”?
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 24, 2010 3:13 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't even know what to say
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PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
"as baseball becomes more corporate"
it’s not like Tucson did much of anything to try and KEEP the teams.
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 24, 2010 3:34 PM MDT up reply actions
They should have installed high speed commuter trains between Tucson and Phoenix..
like this one:
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That's more of a Shelbyville idea.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 24, 2010 4:28 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Mono-
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 24, 2010 5:03 PM MDT up reply actions
meaning one, and rail, meaning rail.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 24, 2010 5:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Mono-
DOH
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 25, 2010 9:23 AM MDT up reply actions
Is there a chance the track could bend?
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 25, 2010 10:39 AM MDT up reply actions
But what about us braindead slobs?
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 25, 2010 1:47 PM MDT up reply actions
win!
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MLB is eliminating the off day between games 4 and 5 of the LCS
All I have to say about this move is Thank God.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 24, 2010 4:32 PM MDT reply actions
YES!!!
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton = Thanks +17
"I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-Chris Paul
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
But they're compensating by adding a day off between DS and LCS.
Not really improving the schedule any. It’s still a load of BS (Bud Selig).
If this in any way changes
Any DS games the Rockies would play from early afternoon to prime time, I’m for it.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 24, 2010 5:18 PM MDT up reply actions
I bet most of them use PSPs.
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 25, 2010 9:23 AM MDT up reply actions
I'll take this exchange in a second though
Now it will be a whole lot less inticing for teams to use the three man rotation. I hate the idea of having a five man rotation for the 162 game season and then only having to use three of them in a postseason series.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 24, 2010 6:37 PM MDT up reply actions
EY Jr on MLBN Tonight
discussing stealing bases.
Ubaldomania.
by The Lodo Magic Man on Mar 24, 2010 7:32 PM MDT reply actions
you see you run fast and
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 25, 2010 9:24 AM MDT up reply actions
get picked off first?
Caution: Colorado teams are better than they appear.
by ShadowPenguin on Mar 25, 2010 9:45 AM MDT up reply actions
hahaha...well played
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton - Thanks +17
"I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-Chris Paul
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
BURN
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 25, 2010 1:47 PM MDT up reply actions
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