Rockies 4, Brewers 5: Rockies score early, lose later in game
by Russ Oates on Apr 7, 2010 2:58 PM MDT
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PrintThe Rockies started off hot in this contest during the first at-bat. Carlos Gonzalez hit a single and moved over to second on a wild pitch. After a Dexter Fowler walk, Troy Tulowitzki unleashed his hit stick with an RBI double. Fowler, who moved over to third on that play, eventually scored on a second wild pitch in the inning. Melvin Mora rounded out the scoring with an RBI ground out. In the third inning, Miguel Olivo hit his first homer as a Rockie. Not much else happened with the offense after that.
In the fifth inning, Dexter Fowler started the inning off with a double and advanced to third on another wild pitch. However, Troy Tulowitzki followed that up with a strikeout, and then Jason Giambi received an intentional walk once two non-intentional balls occurred. Miguel Olivo ended the inning with a double play. The offense managed to put a runner on third in the seventh inning, but nothing came of it.
Aaron Cook peaked in the third inning of the game when he struck out the side (Rickie Weeks, Carlos Gomez, and Prince Fielder). Cook pitched in six innings, allowing five runs (four earned). Things finally unraveled in the sixth with back-to-back singles to start the inning. George Kottaras hit a sac fly to tie the game at four. Randy Flores entered the game to face Jody Gerut, who promptly doubled down the right field line. The Brewers took a 5-4 lead.
On the bright side, Manny Corpas looked good out there, striking out Rickie Weeks to end the sixth and K'ing Ryan Braun in the seventh. He also got Prince Fielder to fly out. Rafael Betancourt struck out two in his eighth-inning appearance.
So, did Tracy make the right decision in changing the lineup today? If Todd Helton played first today would he have been able to get that Jody Gerut double to right field? Questions, questions, questions. But, hey, we're only three games into the season.
Home Opener on Friday.
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Sad Day...
left for a meeting and came back to this :( boo…
"Ninety feet between a hot dog and my mouth is too far" - Maria M (SDCAT09 is awesome for coming up with this fake quote for me!)
With expectations high....
the Rockies have always disappointed. Let’s hope this start isn’t portending another letdown. Good news – it’s early.
Cook was pretty good too.
Quite happy to see Manny returning with force.
"Because I am a Rockie." - Todd
Countdown 2010:
Home Opener vs San Diego
His line would look better if he had better defense behind him.
And he was pitching well considering where he’s at health & age wise (and first start of the season). I was happy with it overall.
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Countdown 2010:
Home Opener vs San Diego
as long as we learn
From our mistakes (lineup booboos) we’ll be ok. I expectto see helton and barmes in there next time will aaron. And hawpe
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by ColoRocks on Apr 7, 2010 3:11 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
I had to come & go on following the game due to work
… but the things to be learned from this game are:
1. Jason Giambi is not a good defensive 1B. The first unearned run continued a streak
of poor defense going back to the start of Spring Training & discussed in the Rockpile
earlier today.
2. Letting a fading pitcher at 80+ pitches bat in the 6th inning with RISP is not generally
a good idea. Cook’s AB was wasted & he promptly got shelled in the bottom of the inning.
Such decisions relate to confidence in the bullpen & not being afraid to use a long reliever.
The Rox bullpen does not inspire confidence so far; the Brewers’ pen was better.
3. Randy Flores isn’t looking very good. Joe Beimel, are you ready?
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Agree across the board
The pen is an early concern, though Corpas looks solid. But this game was lost in failed scoring opportunities.
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You need to post better than an orangutan, as that is his excuse for posting misfires.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 7, 2010 8:14 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
This is a joke.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 7, 2010 8:41 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
ok, well, Oldfoagie is a greater ape capable of posting on the internet
/beats joke to death
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 7, 2010 9:23 PM MDT up reply actions
I am very frustrated by this game. This should have been an easy win for the Rockies.
Easy. Shoddy lineup and defensive construction didn’t help.
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Well, that's on the players...
which is what it is. However, it’s the manager’s job to put us in the best position to win and I feel that Tracy fell far short of that today (and with his strategy so far this season, to be honest).
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I have been second guessing managrs longer than you...
Tracy may have been over confident from the rockies past record against Davis. I agree that Mora and Gthong on the same side of the infield is not a good idea; but Tulo did not exactly shine either. Nor did Spilly today. I thought he should have batted Spilly second and Dex ninth.Spilly’s long AB’s would have made up for the lack of Todd’s and Dex would have been in front of some of Cargo’s Hits.
Batting fowler 9th?
I might just love you
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 7, 2010 8:16 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I think the game could have been won if the defensive issues with Giambi, Olivo (and to a lesser extent) Mora weren't there.
I just hope the loss is a quick wakeup call to Tracy about fielding your best players.
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Exactly. Play the best players, give your team the best chance of winning. Simple as that.
Yes, down the road some of those players are going to need a little rest, but at this point everyone is fresh.
If Tracy had wanted to rest Helton, he could have done it last night and fielded a superior defensive lineup with the pitcher who relies more on groundball defense. Why Mora was in there at all is beyond me.
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I never thought I'd be fighting to get Barmes in the lineup but there was no excuse to sit him today.
Barmes can play every day (and in the small sample so far isn’t looking quite as horrible at the plate). I’m fine giving one or two spots to a bench player on a day like this but downgrading C, 2B and 1B defensively in the same game, with Cook on the mound is going to bite you in the ass, it isn’t rocket science.
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exactly - being only the third game with a day off
and with Cookie/Davis pitching I think there was zero reason to compromise our defense with bench players. We should have played our standard lineup and gone for the throat of Davis (our past success giving us a boost). We should have subbed in our bench after a 5-7 run lead and Cookie was pulled (5-6th inning)? Then it would have been up to the bullpen to hold on and some additional offense from the subs would have been nice but hopefully not necessary…
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
First off, Greg Smith is pretty much a sacrificial lamb. We'd be happy if he gave us 6 innings of 4-run ball.
Secondly, no pitcher on this team, even U-Ball, relies on the groundout as much as Cookie does
posting failure on my part...
…and thus, you want your best d behind the sinkerballer with a shot, not the normal pitcher with very little hope
I agree
it was unlikely Smith (or Francis for that matter) would be highly successful given it was his first real game for some time. I was thinking they would go 2-1 (W-L-W) in the series from the get-go.
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
Actually, what I originally said in the Rockpile was that,
…with a day off tomorrow, and this only being the third day of the season, Helton shouldn’t be sitting at all.
When I was informed that with the ‘day game after a night game’ factor going, he was going to sit one day, that’s when I started saying that we should have flip-flopped Helton and Giambi’s starts.
As for the Barmie/Mora issue and the Hawpe/Spilly issue…
I actually, until today, thought that Spilly would be the superior defensive fielder, but was quickly disabused of that notion when he tried throwing home at a time that the run scoring was a given, and should have thrown directly to second (forget even the cutoff man!) instead. As I’m the major defender of Barmie on here in the first place, I particularly support him being in there unless he’s begging for a day off.
The catchers?
Doom can defend better; Olivo can actually hit; they may actually be six of one, half a dozen of the other. I was fine with that change even today, but I may be alone among Rowbots that way.
I think Spilly realized he was making a mistake as he released the ball..
He didn’t follow thru all the way which is unusual for him. Mora is going to be an offensive upgrade over Q long term. As for defense I’ve been saying for a long time that I wanted Hawpe spun up as 1B again to relieve Todd. Giambi is a known defensive liability. I don’t think you should rest Hawpe and Todd on the same day. Nor do I think you rest Todd and Barmes on the same day unless you have no choice
i wasnt able to watch the game
did mora and olivo have defensive mistakes?
Passed ball by Olivo, don't remember anything too glaring from Mora but he's not as good as Barmes.
Hell, Spilly’s noodle arm throw from RF was probably a downgrade from Hawpe, heh.
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terrible decision by Spilly to heave it home. He's never going to make that throw. Smart play is to the cutoff man
and keep the runner at first.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
The players on the field
still should have brought home the “easy” win.
I agree that there seems to be no reason to give Todd a day off this early, but otherwise there was much ado about nothing. Mora was fine on defense, and getaway-day start for Olivo is not really a big deal, though his defense was not good. As for Spilborghs, an uncharacteristic mistake by him, but hard to really disagree with giving him a nod v. a lefty.
But despite that, the win was right there if the guys make plays, and/or if Cook holds it together longer than he did. Oh well. Sweep SD.
My biggest beef is that there's no reason to bench that many in the third game.
Each one individually doesn’t seem like that big of a deal but an infield with Giambi and Mora and Olivo is pretty bad compared to Helton/Barmes/Iannetta.
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I probably wasn't clear
insofar as I agree completely with this. I don’t really follow why this lineup was used so early. Olivo and Spilborgs are fine, but to me there was no reason to bench Todd, and its just odd to see a 4-backup lineup this early. That said, the lineup was not the reason we lost. If we’re going to brag about our superior depth, we probably shouldn’t throw it under the bus right away. The guys just didn’t get it done.
Great lede from Renck's game story today...
“This is the kind of baseball that got Clint Hurdle fired.”
Completely and utterly agree with Troy here
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We are a much better team than the one that played in Milwaukee today.
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That's because the Rockies didn't play today
The Varsity team had study hall, and it was also bring you dad to work day (Mora, Giambi).
Keep sippin' the Rockohol
by Jamie Hollowell on Apr 7, 2010 4:35 PM MDT up reply actions
Pitching, pitching, pitching
Never underestimate its importance.
The Giants are 3-0. True, it was against a AAA-level team (Astros, with
Lance Berkman injured), but nonetheless they got 3 solid performances
from their starters. The Rockies got 1 such performance, and are 1-2.
I thought before this series that “King of the Road” Jason Hammel should’ve
started Game 2 or 3, not Greg Smith. I continue to think so.
New decade, new result: time for a Rockies' division championship.
The Giants started Lincecum, Zito and Cain.
The Rockies started Jimenez, Smith (because Francis hit the DL) and Cook. JDLR and Hammel haven’t even pitched yet, they’re not bad.
The Giants played the Astros who are missing Berkman, they threw Brett Meyers today. We played the Brewers are very very good at scoring runs and kept it close.
Not trying to jinx here but pitching doesn’t score runs, let’s compare the standings at the end of the year (or heck, at the end of the month).
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Countdown 2010:
Home Opener vs San Diego
I was listening briefly to the morning show on one of the SF sports stations
and a caller was convinced that this year’s Giants team would win 96 games. The host was pretty skeptical, but I really, really hope that caller was just delusional.
Indeed.
Also, the Giants are certainly not a team the Rockies should emulate.
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Countdown 2010:
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they play Atlanta at home next, we get San Diego
They are throwing Wellemeyer, Lincecum, Zito
We are throwing JDLR, Hammel, and Ubaldo.
We will be, at worst, 1 GB by next Sunday.
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Jints are going with a 4-man rotation for now?
On the one hand, it shows they are going for the quick lead in the division; on the other maybe they’ll blow out one of their top arms by July… :)
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
that would make it Sanchez, Lincecum, Zito
most teams are getting away with a 4 man rotation with the off days in the schedule.
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Skipped Sanchez, but I like the idea of them going four-man, heh.
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Home Opener vs San Diego
Yes
with no help from the defense, our pitching was generally poor in this series, and you probably should not expect to win a road series against a capable team when your pitching doesn’t perform well. Really disappointed in how Cook let this one slip away, he was looking strong at the start. As for Smith, well, right now we have to hope Francis gets healthy very soon.
Really? I thought Smith looked fine (minus the first), especially for his first regular season start in about a year.
He’s obviously not going to be an ace but he should be a serviceable 4th/5th man while Francis rests.
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I hope you are right
but I saw a guy with very little “stuff” that might get eaten alive in Coors. As a replacement, I guess we could be doing much worse, but I think if Smith was in the Dodgers rotation we’d be talking about how much of a weak spot he is. Time will tell, and I certainly will be pulling for him.
I happen to agree w/ this
I was not high on Smith watching him pitch a little last year, and watching him this year I feel about the same. He pitched so-so, but I don’t see a guy w/ a whole lot to get people out w/. A below average fastball, a decent changeup and not much of a breaking pitch. I know everyone jumped on his bandwagon after ST, but I don’t see what he has that can get big league hitters out consistently.
I was also worried about our bullpen coming out of ST, and it has proven me right. I think, adding Street and Beimel will make a dramatic difference, but for now the pen is not instilling much confidence. If Corpas can have more days like today that will go a long way to shoring up the pen a little, but Flores is still a problem. I would like to see Reynolds get a shot soon in place of Flores.
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So
I was giving Tracy the benefit of the doubt when we had very few Spring Training games with our day-2-day lineup — even in the last week. But I think this is currently hurting our play (especially defensively). To be honest, today’s lineup seemed like another experimental ST lineup…
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
Have you ever thought people may not be playing up to his expectations and he's trying to compensate
You don't start punishing people the first three days of the season!!
That way is the path of Hurdle…
I honestly think this was probably his plan all along.
With Olivo at least we know that for certain.
well I know his philosophical bent
is to put ‘players in the position to succeed, not fail’ but i agree with Chrysicat, I don’t think this applies quite so early in the season.
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
This might be that overmanagement we started to see in the playoffs creeping in more often.
So what are the chances for an Avalanche vs. Sabres finals, eh?
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Donte Whitner sez: Camp Jauron is over!
Overmangement...
Yes but I’m trying to see it thru his eyes. I’ve watched Casey Stengle, Leo Duroucher Gene Mauch, Bob Lemon and plenty of others do the same.
Tracy has earned a lot of leeway with me
so I’m not quite on the edge of the cliff like many of the Tracy doubter/haters around here, but I do think its a bit early for the heavy hand. But its too early to read too much into everything. He tried something different today, and it didn’t work, so be it. Long season.
If you really want to know who Tracy reminds me of as far as moves...
The way he handles his staff reminds me of Booby V.
Dac is an excellent pitching coach, the onus is not on him.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 7, 2010 8:28 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I wasn't placeing onus...
Just noteing simularities. Haveing Dac around only enforces it from the stand point of a pitching coaches influence on a manager’s decisions. Neither Tracy or Bobby Valentine are the dictator who doesn’t listen to others input; they do accept the buck stops with them.
I know what you're saying
but I’ve been watching baseball for some time now too :) and I can’t remember the last time a manager rested almost half of his starters in the third game of the season…
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
Here's a big problem
Stringing hits together, One single per inning doesn’t get you runs. We need to start getting out hits in bunches, and I’m confident that’ll happen.
We also need the defense from 2007-’09 to come back.
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
To have the defense from those years, it’d help if Tracy was playing the players from those years.
So what are the chances for an Avalanche vs. Sabres finals, eh?
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by UZ on Apr 7, 2010 4:31 PM MDT up reply actions
IDK about this
I think I’d rather have guys sit en masse before an off day like today than be missing one or two guys from the lineup every day.
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
Someone alluded to it above, but...
Is Corpas’ work today the biggest thing we take from the loss? I thought he looked dang good (movement, command, etc.)…it’s only one game, sure, but I’m encouraged.
That being said, once Street comes back, what becomes of Corpas if he keeps throwing like he did this series (especially today)? He’s not throwing the 8th, probably not the 7th either. Is he going to be stuck as just a match-up guy?
Ugh...
Flores’ behind better beware regardless.
by MarshallMcCard on Apr 7, 2010 4:35 PM MDT up reply actions
A good problem to have, I say
7th inning duties and matchups, probably, which is just fine with me.
Anyone else going to watch the Dodgers-Pirates game?
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Garrett Jones 3 run HR off Kershaw in the 1st
3-0 Pirates
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I'll be eyeing the scoreboard
More to see how Ohlendorf does (have him in an 18 team dynasty league) at this point, though I’ll take a Dodgers loss any day of the week.
by avsfan4ever33 on Apr 7, 2010 5:18 PM MDT up reply actions
how sad
the Rays announcers just spent 5 minutes discussing how well Crawford will fit in with the Yankees next season…
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this is sad
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Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton - Time for his ring to come true
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doh...okay more sad
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton - Time for his ring to come true
PLAY BALL!!!
well, he'd be a Type A
so they would give up their 1st round selection.
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Oh joooy!
A whole 30th overall pick in exchange for a HOFer!!
…This is what’s wrong with an uncapped salary system…
Carl Crawford isn't a HOF player
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 8, 2010 12:20 AM MDT up reply actions
not yet
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton - Time for his ring to come true
PLAY BALL!!!
I just don't see it, period
he’s a Very Good batter, an EXCELLENT baserunner, and a Very Good fielder. Elite? I don’t see it.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 8, 2010 2:43 PM MDT up reply actions
I was wondering if anyone would post that.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2010 4:30 PM MDT up reply actions
true
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton - Time for his ring to come true
PLAY BALL!!!
how did everything go with your mom, by the way?
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Strikes out on a full count
but at least he looks sharp in that orange and gray uniform
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part of me does miss Atty :(
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton - Time for his ring to come true
PLAY BALL!!!
on a personal fan level, yeah, me too
he used to be awesome
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I hope, for his sake, he gets awesome again
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton - Time for his ring to come true
PLAY BALL!!!
there's a reason I am watching the Orioles this year
well, besides Wieters, Jones, Matsutz, etc… ;)
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wow nice play by Jones
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton - Time for his ring to come true
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Kershaw only makes it 4 2/3 innings
around 100 pitches, walked 6
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melted down before 6 huh
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton - Time for his ring to come true
PLAY BALL!!!
after the Garrett Jones HR in the 1st, the Pirates were 3 for 17 against him
and then there are those walks…
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Yea I just didn't agree with the line-up today...
Olivo and Spilly seems fine, but taking out our main infielders with Cook on the mound made no sense. Helton and Barmes should had played, resting is not a excuse where it is only the 3rd day of the season with a day off after. Tracy just needs to do what he did last year, stabilized the line-up, when you keep mixing it up and over manage, its gonna cost us.
Gosh, kind of a disappointing day all around.
But to come back to a 2nd loss, when Cookie was looking sharp, is just blech.
13 LOBsters in the past 2 games. This is unacceptable. Gah…I know its early but these were the issues we had at the end of the season and in the playoffs. How can we keep leaving men on base? Just turrible.
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
Todd Helton - Time for his ring to come true
PLAY BALL!!!
We just couldn't get good contact when men were on base.
I’m not sure why that was, but we need to fix it.
the failure to produce with RISP is the problem.
Rox had a chance to put the foot on the throat today early and often and they failed to do so. We can bitch and moan all we want about the lineup construction (and I agree with it as well) but all of these guys are major leaguers. They should deliver more in those situations.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
My thoughts
For the line-up…. Olivo and Spilly made a lot of sense. Helton sitting seemed a bit of a head scratcher and had me wondering about that dive he made on defense yesterday and the old back issues…. So I was okay with that seeing as it was a day after night game, and it’s far from back-friendly weather (cold/wet) here in the Midwest today. Playing Mora over Barmes with Cook on the mound didn’t make any sense to me though. Also leaving in Cook seemed a bit of a risk, but frankly our bullpen hasn’t gained my confidence either so far and I can see how a manager could decide to roll the dice on that one. Bottom line though is we lost and our players didn’t come through when they needed to. It’s gonna happen many more times this year, and over the course of a 162 game season I will gladly put my trust in Tracy to make more right moves than wrong.
DAY OFF AFTER 2 GAMES???
Anybody want to tell me who on this team needs a day off after playing two games into the season with a day off coming thursday??? Here’s an insight for ya, they already put alot of off days in the beggining of the MLB schedule already!!! You don’t need to lose on purpose ( Spilbourghs throw in rt and Giambi’s whiff at first) to get everyone rest when you have a day off the next day! Why don’t ya give the starters a whole week off and forfeit 6 games in a row? Maybe a nice cruise to Cabo?
Haha Dodgers
Down you go in the 13th. Is a Pirate sweep of LA too much to ask for?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Apr 7, 2010 9:18 PM MDT reply actions
Did that game just end???
I go to dinner for two hours and they are still playing. Wow.
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Yep
A few minutes ago. Losing in 13 is rough but losing in 13 to the Pirates is about as bad as it gets. I’m feeling a little better about our day now :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Apr 7, 2010 9:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Kershaw looked like Kershaw
the Pirates didnt beat him, he beat himself
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Actually the game was only 10 innings...
but certainly seemed a lot longer, didn’t it? Time of game was four hours even, and the result was indeed sweet.
You're right
I don’t know where I got 13 from. I’m having a bad day.
"If you mess with us, we are going to answer back." - Troy Tulowitzki
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Apr 7, 2010 10:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Yay I'm gonna watch the Mariners now
Purple Row: Take this personally
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finishing Royals-Tigers
then I’m in that game as well
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
yeah thats over
Scotty Pods arm hasn’t improved
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
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