Friday Rockpile: Rockies ready for home opener against Padres
by Russ Oates on Apr 9, 2010 6:53 AM MDT
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Rockies' CarGo will have brother in crowd for first time - The Denver Post
Carlos Gonzalez's brother and his mother will attend today's home opener to watch our beloved CarGo play.
"A lot of kids in Venezuela are born with the love for the game, but Carlos was born with the talent," [CarGo's brother] Euro Jr. said. "I wanted him to play baseball so I could teach him."
Put on a good show for your family, Carlos.
De La Rosa finds a home with Rockies | ColoradoRockies.com: News
Jorge De La Rosa has finally settled into an organization after having bounced around the baseball system. It turns out that he and Troy Tulowitzki are good friends.
Rockies' "other" ace: De La Rosa - The Denver Post
Why is Jorge De La Rosa a better pitcher now than in the past?
"I'm more confident," said De La Rosa, when asked to compare himself to the pitcher he used to be. "I've never gone into a season with this much confidence. I was too young before. I didn't listen to people. Now I listen more and I've learned a lot more things about how to pitch."
There are few better stages in baseball than starting your team's home opener. Go get those Padres, Jorge!
Inside scoop is little help to Padres catcher - SignOnSanDiego.com
Yorvit Torrealba makes his return to Coors Field this weekend. Remember, no blasters! Anyway, Torrealba downplays that he knows what to expect from each pitcher because there will be a different catcher behind the plate when the Padres bat. Seriously, no blasters!
The Business Of Baseball - Forbes.com
Via Inside the Rockies, the Rockies came in 19th on Forbes' The Business of Baseball rankings.
Goose Gossage: Hall of Famer likes the game the good ol' way - The Denver Post
In the DP's latest fan mail installment, Goose Gossage discusses his thoughts on Carlos Gonzalez and let's us know who his favorite Rockie is.
Rockies starting pitching options - MLB Daily Dish
MLB Daily Dish offers its take on which pitcher the Rockies could look at.
Brew Beat: Gallardo gets five-year, $30.1 million deal
Another young ace gets locked up through his arbitration years and possibly a season or two of free agency.
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The Rockies aren't the only ones ready for the home opener!
Is there still a plan for a Rowbot meet-up at the park for those attending? I vaguely remember someone suggesting 30 minutes before first pitch near the FSN booth behind CF…
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 with my family, so probably not
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:14 AM MDT up reply actions
thought the Rowbots were your family.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
I have parents and everything, it's really great
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:30 AM MDT up reply actions
cool.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
you win at internet today
I didn’t think anyone would catch it
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:36 AM MDT up reply actions
Great articles in today's Rockpile.
Loved reading about CarGo’s family. And I’m a little misty about Torrealba. His acknowledgment that his best years are behind him, made me a little melancholy. I know he wasn’t a homegrown Rockie, but I only remember him in a Rockie uniform. It will be weird to see him in a Padres uniform.
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It will be very
weird to see him in a Padres Uniform:
"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!)
It really will. I hope he does really well with the Padres
just not when we play them. :)
"Because I am a Rockie." - Todd
Countdown 2010:
Home Opener vs San Diego
Indeed!
"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!)
+1
Yorvit’s one of the good guys, and even if he has little power and little arm, he’s still a major league catcher. I always enjoyed seeing him in a Rockies uniform, and he’s a big part of some of our biggest moments.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Have fun with the wife today
I know it’s been a long time coming, enjoy!
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
Indeed!!! I second this fun motion
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Oh yeah, if there is an unofficial meetup in Coors Field, plz txt me I'll try to join
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I don't have tickets to the game today, unfortunately. You my ask RMN
going the rest of the series though
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
that's cool, I'll probably text him when we get in
We have to go uber early to get disabled parking, so we’re leaving here in about an hour or so….
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Enjoy!
Just think, for once I will be stuck at work while you are out having a great time…
/sigh
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And after the game...
…I have to work. And all weekend.
/sigh
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Ugh Maria, I went from Misty to full on sad after this pic...:(
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It is sad -
that was from Opening weekend last year…I will miss him for sure!
"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!)
Ahhh, were you at the game last year?
And are you going today?
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I was at the game last year - I took the picture :)
Can’t go today, but my lovely partner suprised me with tickets to see Ubaldo pitch on Sunday!
"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!)
NICE!!!!!
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Yes
I was jumping up and down with excitement when I found out!
"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!)
I would have been screaming my lungs out!!
You got a keeper there methinks.
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yeah pretty much what happened
and yes. yes i do!
"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!)
That story about Cargo & his family is really great.
"Because I am a Rockie." - Todd
Countdown 2010:
Home Opener vs San Diego
The real opening day is here!
They’ve put a big purple line down Blake St. Need to find a photo.
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Home Opener vs San Diego
YAY!! I so want to go!!!
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were you able to
get tickets to any games this weekend?
"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!)
No, I didn't try.
Everyday something new developed and my days imploded. Got some bad news about my mom, could be worse but not what we wanted to hear. And now everything has changed again.
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I'm sorry to hear that Cat...
you and your mom will continue to be in my prayers.
"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!)
Thank you Maria...
Like I said it could have been worse, but still not great. At least we know what we’re dealing with now.
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You have such
a positive outlook in the face of a really hard time in your life – you are a fantastic person!
"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!)
Aww..thanks.
But my mom is really the one facing the hardest of it. I can’t imagine how one day you’re independent mostly, and the next day and maybe for the rest of your life, you have people in your face 24/7, go hear, do this, don’t do that and then you forget things. Ack, just kills me.
But this is not the Debbie Downer blog
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I'm very sorry to hear that, and hope it's not too serious...
…setbacks aren’t really that uncommon, she’s got a LOT of fight in her, and will overcome this. Just remember, she needs you to be as strong as she needs to be.
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I was going to go downtown and prowl around the stadium with all the fans
and maybe go to Jackson’s but I think I’ll watch the festivities and the game with my mom instead.
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That sounds like a wonderful way to spend it
Watching baseball with someone you love >>>>>>>>>>>> watching a game with 350 random drunks.
My baby and I watched the DVR’d Helton special and voices of summer together last night, and she was beaming. Makes it all worthwhile.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Hey, one of the 350 random drunks
could be my future spouse….
/shoots self now
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by SDcat09 on Apr 9, 2010 9:06 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
You can do better than that!
"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!)
lol, twas a joke...
as little as I get out and about these days….lol
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Hey, there are some really nice random drunks out there.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
But most of them are posting in game threads
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ha ha ha ha ha ha
"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!)
Thank you thank you very much
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Well, at least you know they're Rockies fans!
Which is clearly the most important quality in a prospective spouse.
I’d rather marry a random drunk who is a die-hard Rockies fan than a completely sober person who hates baseball.
hmmm...I'm hoping for a
random occasional imbiber who is a Rockies/Nuggets fan……but I see your point
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PLAY BALL!!!
for those of us not attending today but have access to FoxSports RM, today's schedule:
11:00 AM - Voices of Summer
11:30 AM —-Rockies All Access
12:00 PM —-Rockies Double Play
12:30 PM - Rockies Pre-Game
2:00 PM - Rockies Baseball vs. Padres
I CAN’T WAIT.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
But it's only seconds away!
"Because I am a Rockie." - Todd
Countdown 2010:
Home Opener vs San Diego
twhs?
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twss
"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!)
twss?
because someone had to do it
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lol
yes…someone had to do that!
"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!)
I still chuckle
every single time I see that picture of yours.
"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!)
it is awesome
on so many levels.
"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!)
LAZORS
I have at least 3 pictures of me in elementary school with this background. And it works for Greg, you know?
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
It really
does work for Greg. I remember those Lazor backgronds…they were the most awesome ever!
"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!)
Seems like it'll never get here.
I’ll have to content myself with MLB TV until eleven.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
I unfortunatly
have to work today :( Won’t get to watch the game – but will be listening on the Radio!
"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!)
Today's forecast at Coors Field
61 degrees
Clear
Wind out of the SE at 12 mph
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
sounds perfect!!
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wind out of the SE?
then I am calling a Tulo bomb to Left Center. Mark it down.
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
I think
CarGo is gonna knock one out today….5th inning.
"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!)
I'm calling a TuloRocket, a CarBomb,
a HeltonHomer, a HawpeFenceScraper, a StewySmash,
maybe even a BarmesBlast
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Excellent!
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wouldn't that be a FlowersFireball....?
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PLAY BALL!!!
lol....how could I forget!
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SuperMario 3
always reminds me of this:
"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!)
This movie does not hold up at all.
Jenny Lewis rocks though.
"Because I am a Rockie." - Todd
Countdown 2010:
Home Opener vs San Diego
it is a classic
good bad movie.
"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!)
No, it's just classic bad-bad.
And this is coming from someone who loves “bad” movies. :)
"Because I am a Rockie." - Todd
Countdown 2010:
Home Opener vs San Diego
I haven't but I've heard good (bad) things.
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Home Opener vs San Diego
I think it would be better with people/alcohol
I was thoroughly unimpressed during my viewing of it this past weekend.
It’s the Midnight Movie at the Esquire tonight.
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
wow haven't thought of that movie in like 20 years
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
"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!)
I was watching some mediocre movie this weekend
and in the corner of the screen, there is a box sitting on the top shelf of some kid’s closet. I immediately point and yell “PowerPad”
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
I miss my old NES
"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!)
Hey, it's the wizard! I hope you don't get nervous like last time.
We wouldn’t want you to…"wiz" on someone!
"Because I am a Rockie." - Todd
Countdown 2010:
Home Opener vs San Diego
love it!
"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!)
Kevin!!! I loved the Wonder Years
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Good one!
"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!)
this works too
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IannettaICBM
made me laugh.
"Because I am a Rockie." - Todd
Countdown 2010:
Home Opener vs San Diego
Think I'd just go with a Chris Crush.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
you are on
fire today!
"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!)
Is that your call for first Rockies home tater?
Think I’ll go with Stewart in the 2nd into the bullpen.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
Just saw this
Eri Yoshida, Female Pitcher, To Play Pro Baseball In U.S.
"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!)
Hope they let her wear a helmet on the mound. Full facemask, too. Have a feeling she’ll need it.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
Comebackers Galore!
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men's faces break just as easily as women's
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:26 AM MDT up reply actions
Not many 5 ft, 114 lb male pitchers. I'd worry that a hard hit ball will destroy her.
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If it were a male 18-year old knuckleballer about to play in a men’s league I may make the same joke. But the male would probably have, you know, a viable fastball, and, you know, not be 4-foot-nothing like she is, and probably have much better reaction time.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
Wake doesn't have a viable fastball
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:31 AM MDT up reply actions
OK, maybe we could tussle over the definition of ‘viable’, but Wakefield can hump it up there near 80 miles an hour. Not that different from the Jamie Moyer’s of the world. I’d be stunned if Ms. Yoshida could break 70 with her ‘fastball’, which would get you killed even at the high school level.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
Fair enough, but if she can shake it, I hope she makes it.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:34 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, I mean, it’d be a hell of a story if she pitches well, but she’ll be playing against grown men. I think it’s a bad idea – it’s not even worth discussing whether it’s a publicity stunt because it so blatantly is – but the knuckler can be an equalizer if the wind’s blowing just right.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
It's not like
this is the first time she wil be throwing against “grown men”
Yoshida spent the winter pitching for the Yuma Scorpions of the Arizona Winter League. In her second start, on February 11, she threw five shutout innings against Team Canada.
"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!)
She has a really interesting
delivery,
I think this does a lot of good for young girls out there who like baseball – not everyday they get to watch someone at least try to make it!
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:31 AM MDT up reply actions
So what Padre is going to inexplicably mash this weekend?
I’m thinking either Headly or Yorvit
Scott Hairston, obviously
he always kills us
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shudder .... shudder.....
still gives me nightmares
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Would Yorvit mashing really be
inexplicable?
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.704 career OPS? Yeah, it would be.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:27 AM MDT up reply actions
Game 3 NLCS 2007...this is how I think of Yorvit
/puts purple-colored blinders back on
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I'll have you know I have that exact clip downloaded on my computer
one of my all time favorites.
Issue is that he’s turned into such a drastic singles-only hitter since 2007 that I just can’t see a mash occurring.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:34 AM MDT up reply actions
LALALALALA
I can’t hear youuuuu :)
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none.
Rox pitchers hold Friars to 12 hits over 3 games.
How’s that for drinking the purple koolade early in the morning???
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
I see the Milwaukee pessimism has already lifted
pedal, didn’t your mother ever tell you that drinking before noon makes you an alcoholic?
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
Wouldn't that be Rockaholic?
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my mom always said alcoholic
maybe she wasn’t aware of rockahol
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
Hey give me an off day to let the clouds lift and I'm fine.
I doubt we’ll lose another game during the whole month of April.
And come to think of it, not sure she ever gave me advice on when to drink.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
Here’s the important question of the day – who is going to catalog the hitting music selections this afternoon? I want to get all the songs right on MLB 10 The Show.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
I'm thinking this is Muzia's bailiwick no?
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I dunno. You just seem like the right man for the job.
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but I'm not at the game.
tomorrow, I will figure it out as best I can. (Though I’m sure someone will beat me to it)
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
OHHH durrhhr...
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It's way too early for words like bailiwick.
"Because I am a Rockie." - Todd
Countdown 2010:
Home Opener vs San Diego
lol...I haven't even had my coffee yet.
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A complaint about bailiwick...and you throw out papyrus....
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Speaking of walkup music...
I finally heard “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”. Awesome tune. It’s featured in a video game ad that was on during the Nuggets game last night.
And I want Joe Beimel to pitch even more now.
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I love
Cash – that song is on my mp3 player – i get all tingly everytime I hear it!
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Johny Cash all the way
Dex Knows
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. -C.S. Lewis
Kind of a wierd music video but still awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJlN9jdQFSc
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I'll try
shazam can’t pick them up fast enough
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:27 AM MDT up reply actions
Jeff Sullivan at Lookout Landing can be extremely funny.
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lol, that's funny
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ha funny
Dex Knows
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. -C.S. Lewis
I was thinking
“DO SI DO to your left, DO SI DO to your right”
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"I'm the man, you're supposed to let me lead!"
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3 hrs 19 minutes till first pitch
In case anyone’s wondering
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
well, hell. let's make that 4 hrs 19 minutes. Classic time FAIL
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
255 minutes or 15319 seconds
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I'm heading downtown now
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GOOOOO Rockkkiiieesss!!!!
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Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
Eat monster nachos!
Drink beer!
CHEER TODD UNTIL YOU ARE HOARSE
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Does anyone buy burritos from those folks outside the stadium?
I’ve always been a bit concerned about buying those things.
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They are actually
very tasty.
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GRUB
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:29 AM MDT up reply actions
Have fun!
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OT but
NOOOOOOOO
http://screenrant.com/arrested-development-movie-dead-kofi-53180/
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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I have no opinion since I've never seen the show
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this is what I hear
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i think you
would enjoy it…
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I imagine so...I hear its somewhat like
Curb Your Enthusiasm, as far as the type of humor
and improvisation..
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one warning though
you have to watch it from the start – can’t really jump into a random episode a lot of the jokes come from earlier episodes…
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good to know...
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So its a serial comedy
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yes.
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I adore Curb
and it’s far and away better than Curb. It’s all scripted, and there are running gags that you don’t even catch until your 5th viewing.
Incredibly complex and smart
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It is awesome
Another great defunct comedy I recently rediscovered is NewsRadio. Awesome cast (makes me miss Phil Hartman), great writing. You can stream Seasons 1 and 2 on Netflix.
There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~ Al Gallagher
Dude, I bought every season Newsradio the day it came out on DVD
I watch an episode basically every night while I make dinner
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I've introduced the show to several people.
I’ve never met anybody with good taste in TV who doesn’t like it.
(You watch Lost, so you automatically have good taste in TV.)
lol...thanks...speaking of LOST
OMG DESMOND!!
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I just LURVE Desmond and Sayid...
that’s alot of badass hair right there.
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Agreed.
If we’re talking favorite characters, this week’s episode reminded me of just how much I miss Daniel.
Yep...just when I think I know for sure who my favorites are
the writers go and create a fantastic character-centric episode and then I get confused all over again. I started hating Jack, and now I like him again. Kate…well that’s a different story. She was cool at the beginning…
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Yeah, nobody really likes Kate.
And with good reason: her character basically hasn’t changed since the first season. She’s still running from stuff.
I just hope they’re finally done with that Jack-Kate-Sawyer love triangle stuff. I got tired of that in Season 2.
hey you gave up in Season 3, I'm telling you
if you watch Season 3 and the finale, you will completely go back to watching the remainder.
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Early-mid Season 3 was the weakest the show has ever been.
I completely understand some people giving up on the show then.
But near the end of that season, they finally got ABC to commit to an end date for the show, so they knew how long they had to tell their story.
Ever since then, the show has been amazing.
like I said before
if I hear that they actually figured things out by the end of the series, I MAY go back and finish
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I absolutely believe they had it figured out all along.
And this season is definitely proving it, at least for me.
/sips the Island Kool-Aid along with the Rockahol
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Just to let everyone know...
G. Atkins, 1B of the Baltimore O’s thus far…
.333 BA
.916 OPS
3 doubles
3 K’s
3 RBIs
0 Errors
I really hope Garrett turns it around.
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I do too, still getting comfortable at 1B from the little I've seen though.
Glad he’s hitting.
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I’ll bet he had a three-game stretch or two where he approached competence in a Rockies uniform last year, too.
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ha
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:29 AM MDT up reply actions
So far so good, it seems
yay for Garrett. I wonder how many fans of other players who go to other teams really wish them well.
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I think it depends. Case by case. Yorvit Torrealba gave us three years and some very memorable moments – I’m sure lots of fans will remember him fondly and he’ll get a good hand when he comes to bat this weekend.
You only get booed when returning to your old stomping ground if you either a giant waste of money or if you bitched about the team/fans/city on your way out. So, basically, if you’re Milton Bradley.
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For me, everyone on the 2007 run will be held in high regard no matter what.
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excellent call.
I"m on-board with this plan.
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I don’t know, I’d listen to arguments from people who wanted to boo Willy Taveras.
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He only has partial credit in my book anyway.
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Good for GA
I think it was the right move for him to be ushered along to another team, and I’ll never understand how someone with so much to gain would let his conditioning suffer so badly, but I still am a fan of the guy and what he gave to this team for many years. Hope he can be productive in Baltimore.
Renck brings the lineup
LF Carlos Gonzalez
CF Dexter Fowler
1B Todd Helton
SS Troy Tulowitzki
RF Brad Hawpe
C Miguel Olivo
3B Ian Stewart
2B Clint Barmes
LHP Jorge De La Rosa
DINGERZ catching (which we knew already but still kind of bothers me).
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Outside of
Dingerz catching I really like this lineup.
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what do you suppose this does for Chris' confidence?
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cute and bizarre...and
what are people doing to all these cats!!!
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Well, it certainly flies in the face of...
his new contract extension and all the talk of management’s “confidence” in him as the starter.
Ugh, Chris. WE appreciate you, buddy.
If Iannetta doesn't start 90 games
Trade him. If we’re going to operate with managers that refuse to see talent and play mild hot streaks at every possible opportunity, and show no confidence in the guy, trade him. There are teams that could seriously use Iannetta and rule all over.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:37 AM MDT up reply actions
I want to play the best team possible.
If we’re not going to play the best players, trade them, save money, hopefully get talent back, so then we CAN play the best team available.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:59 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm not saying it applies to CDI & Olivo
but what if the difference in “best” is virtually indistinguishable between two players. You wouldn’t split time, particularly at a position like catcher, where playing 162 games can grind one guy into the ground?
There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~ Al Gallagher
Honestly, since they told him this was coming at the beginning of the season, I don’t think it does, or should do, anything to his confidence. I think it’s a little silly but I also think you all are overreacting JUST a bit because of the rampant Iannetta idolatry present at this site. (Wait, I’m not sounding like Redhawk, am I? I like Iannetta too, you know. I’d like him better if he’d, you know, hit better.)
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It's the home opener though, he should be starting today.
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I think that’s pretty overrated, frankly. Who cares who starts the ‘home opener’?
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the guy not starting?
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I do. With such a homegrown team I think it carries a lot of meaning to start your best homegrown players.
It’s not that big of a deal but to me there’s only two starts with any symbolic meaning and I’d prefer the career Rockies, as long as they’ve earned playing time, to get them.
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the fans
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:59 AM MDT up reply actions
damn the .800 OPS
damn it I say
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:58 AM MDT up reply actions
Hey, remember, I’m on your side of that particular debate. But I want him to hit better. I want fewer strikeouts and some gap power.
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well, being platooned is a sure way to get fewer strikeouts
but yeah, leveling his swing would do wonders I’d wager.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 11:04 AM MDT up reply actions
Well, if you want fewer strikeouts out of the catcher position,
Miguel Olivo is not the man to turn to.
Not the point I was trying to make, but yes, I do realize that Olivo isn’t likely to be terribly productive.
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Rereading your post, I realize I missed what you were getting at.
My apologies. I agree about wanting Ianetta to hit like he know he can.
I am not an Ianetta idolator. In fact, I preferred Torrealba.
However, if Chris is going to be the main catcher, and he’s been with the team longer than Olivo, but like, YEARS, he should get the home opener. Its disgraceful
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Why are you annointing CDI
as the “main catcher?” Why don’t we let him earn the job, which he evidently has not done? (I know, I know, “he can’t earn it if he’s not starting!”). (I know, I know, “Tracy is an idiot for not seeing his brilliance!”)
Let’s just all see how this progresses.
maybe it has something to do with the 3 year extension he signed this offseason?
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I'm not sure
why getting extended made him the automatic starter, considering they nearly paid Yorvit the same money and are paying Olivo a decent amount to be a “backup”, barely less coin than CDI makes.
And for the record, I want CDI out there. Hell, I’m taking crazy flak from my fantasy partner for talking him into drafting CDI as our catcher probably a few rounds too early. I want him to succeed, to be the man. But I also am fine with making him earn it.
I didn't annoint him This was more or less said last year and through the off--season.
and his nice big contract leads me to think this….
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yep, my sentiments exactly...
and yes it chaps my hide that Ianetta is not starting.
“Hey Chris, here’s your big contract. Now, go sit down at the home opener. Don’t worry, everything will be fine.”
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Yay backup catcher on opening day
Iannetta’s earned the right to start at home. Nice job, Clint. Throw your catcher under a bus for 2 poor games.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions
It isn't punishment for his games, they said this was happening a while ago.
Still lame for the home opener.
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I'm calling Tracy clint, because this is the crap he pulled in 2009.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 10:38 AM MDT up reply actions
He didn’t get thrown under a bus. Tracy told both his catchers that he’d give them each two starts in the first four games of the season, and that they’d be back to back. You’re overreacting.
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I am overreacting
but starting the newcomer catcher on the home opener? The fans want to see the homegrown guys.
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
The fans want the team to win. Can you remember who started any previous home openers in Rockies history? No? But I bet you can remember if they won or lost.
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also, starting Stewart over Barmes on opening day
“Can our manager, just for once, not be a complete jerk?”
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
I just don’t see the equivalency between “Hey, I talked to Dexter and explained to him that he’s still struggling against righties, so while he’s still our every day CF, we’re going to go with Smith on Opening Day” and “Clint, you wanted to see me? Oh, yeah, about that, I decided to go with Ian instead.”
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
My point being, the issue last season was a communication issue – a big gap between Clint and the players. I don’t sense that with Tracy and this team at all.
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this is kinda harsh...
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I'm going to give him a bit longer than 3 games but
I’m going to be monumentally pissed if he goes the platoon route deep into the season.
Seems he would just look at last season to see the benefit of a set lineup.
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Word.
Hitting’s so much about rhythm. Never been platooned myself, but I can’t think it would help with one’s rhythm.
by MarshallMcCard on Apr 9, 2010 10:43 AM MDT up reply actions
I remember reading an interview at the beginning of the Spring,
where Tracy said that, because we were so behind when he got the job last year, he pretty much “had to play his best lineup every day” in order for us to catch up.
However, he said that since he was starting the year fresh, and since we have the best Bench in Baseball, he was “planning on using all his tools.”
That interview gave me a sinking feeling.
Hopefully it won't take being behind like last year to play the best lineup every day.
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Playing your best lineup every day is totally overrated.
by MarshallMcCard on Apr 9, 2010 10:47 AM MDT up reply actions
I'd like for you to expand on this thought a bit.
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I just really like to hear your explanation as to why playing your best lineup is overrated.
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Sorry. I forgot to turn on my sarcasm meter. :)
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There needs to be a special font we can use to denote sarcasm. It’d be way easier. My vote is for Courier New.
by MarshallMcCard on Apr 9, 2010 10:59 AM MDT up reply actions
I think you did fine
what with saying it twice
shame, pedalpusher!
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by Andrew Martin on Apr 9, 2010 11:01 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm terribly ashamed of myself. I'll go sit in the corner for oh, about 9 minutes.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
ThInK i'Ll StArT cApTiAlIzInG eVeRy OtHeR lEtTeR.
mAyBe NoT tHoUgH. iT’s AwFuLlY.
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Wait a second
so since it’s a new year, it gives an excuse to NOT play your best lineup everyday???
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the reason we turned it around last year IMO is that the players knew what to expect when they got to the park.
There is no endeavor on earth where uncertainty is a good thing.
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YES!
More catcher/Tracy drama, in Game 4! This is going to be a fun, fun season. Can we change the name of the site to FireJimTracy.com yet? Emotions! So much fun. Man I wish Redhawk was here.
Just kidding, a little. Go Rockies! Wish I could be there, haven’t been to an opening day since 2005. Watching on computer from work with my door closed isn’t the end of the world, but crazy jealous of you cats in attendance.
Okay, for all you Simpsons fans out there, this is incredibly awesome:
How good was the Springfield Power Plant team?
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cute
But I think the numbers should be adjusted – especially when Homer Simpson is your replacent player…
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Homer did have the game-winning RBI in the title game
by MarshallMcCard on Apr 9, 2010 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Yes.
Yes he did…it’s a shame he doesn’t remember it.
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I forget...
Why did Burns take out Strawberry? Was it a matchup thing, or was he trying to take advantage of his super sweet bench?
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It was a match-up thing
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Mike Rosen is live at Coors on KOA for the folks with radios.
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Politics aside, Ringolsby will be on soon I think.
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On now, "Who's on First" after him.
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According to Ringolsby, Cook is not bulimic.
Good to know.
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Mike Rosen is obsessed with players' pants and socks...
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"Who's on First" on now.
Never get tired of it.
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“Next on KOA, we’ll explain why Miguel Olivo getting the start today is all part of Barack Obama’s Maoist agenda.”
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Indians-Tigers on now, if anyone besides me cares
Porcello pitching for Detroit
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Exactly my thoughts
and it was to right-center, but still. Crushed.
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Yeah...
First (and only) game at Fenway…seats in the right center bleachers…place filled with Bostonians (and I mean BOSTONIANS). They all thought Youk took it to Porcello. They were wrong.
It was also the first (and only) time I’ve seen a brawl (either in person or on TV). Crossed it off my bucket list.
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This is awesome
I’ve never seen a brawl in person (unless hockey counts? Probably not.)
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What's your first Opening Day memory?
My first one was 1965, Astrodome. Phillies vs. Astros.
Dick Allen hit a Bob Brucel fast ball into the right center bleachers for a two run homer. Only scoring of the game..
Dick Allen was a beast.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
* Bob Bruce
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
Mine's easy
Rox first year. I was in LF seats just a section away from EY’s bomb. The place went from electric to explosive. Top 5 sporting event of my life. I was a Padres fan before the Rox started, but I don’t think I remember any opening days.
That was my first one as well...
I was in 6th grade, and my mom let me skip school so my dad and grandpa could take me to the game. First time I ever missed a day of school in my life.
Anyone else still have the program from that game, by the way? The one with the jersey on the front page and the button on the scorecard that played Take Me Out to the Ballgame when you pressed it?
by MarshallMcCard on Apr 9, 2010 12:01 PM MDT up reply actions
I have my ticket, but not the program, in a cool little frame that Rocky Mtn News gave out
Wish I would have been more about mementos back then, but I was like 15 and really didn’t think about stuff like that.
I have the ticket too...
Didn’t they hand out those ticket holders at the gate?
by MarshallMcCard on Apr 9, 2010 12:18 PM MDT up reply actions
I have at least 2 of those programs somewhere
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
On the scene reporting from Renck
There were people jumping fences to get in line for Rockpile tickets. They camped over night, some of them. Nothing says home opener like Natural Light at 9:30 a.m. Saw more than a few of those empty cans on my way into the ballpark.
"Because I am a Rockie." - Todd
Countdown 2010:
Home Opener vs San Diego
Nothing sayshome openerwicked awesome frat party, brah! like Natural Light at 9:30 a.m.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
when the temperature drops, Natural Light is there to keep you warm
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
I went to school
at one of the few colleges that didn’t seem to thrive off Natty Light. We were all about Keystone Light (3.99 for 12, beat that) or Bud/Coors if feeling saucy (though I did all I could to usher in the Fat Tire era). Everyone else I know has nothing but fond college memories of the Natty.
I've been out of college for seven years...
And I still love me some Natural Light. Says a lot about me, I suppose.
(By the way, anyone ever seen plain Natural? I feel like that would be the most terrible beer ever.)
by MarshallMcCard on Apr 9, 2010 12:03 PM MDT up reply actions
I have a friend who trained himself to love terrible beer, stocked his fridge with it
so whenever people would come over, they knew they had to bring their own beer if they wanted something to drink.
Actually quite the genius move.
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
Sort of mad-scientist genius, perhaps
though a lot of self-deprivation too.
Drinking “bad” beer is fun, back in my single days I used to frequent a famous LA watering hole that had PBR pitchers, always a fun thing to order, and actually cheap by LA standards. But my pet peeve is the allegedly “good” beer that is really not very good, like Amstel or Heineken, that is always stocked at my office functions. Cry me a river, I know.
At least push them to stock some Rolling Rock or Stella
I still drink PBR tall boys at concerts, but you have to race the beer. Hit the bottom before it hits room temperature, otherwise you lose
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
I don't mind
a PBR every now and again – it’s a good bad beer….there was this awful beer in college that was popular called “america beer” or something it was like 1.99 for a twelve pack…
"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!)
whoa...
that’s America at it’s best right there.
(I don’t think I could ever drink a beer that cheap. I just wouldn’t buy it…)
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
yes
yes it is.
"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!)
Rolling Rock came out with a bottle called the "Chug-a-Mug" one time.
The opening on that bottle was about like a milk bottle. Took no time to suck one down.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
wow...
that is just catering to the drunk party crowd there…
"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!)
I'm here to tell you it worked. :)
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
:) glad to hear.
"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!)
I never, ever see
Rolling Rock in LA. Stella is pretty omnipresent, its OK I guess.
I'm so
very happy to live in Fort Collins….
"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!)
I actually rather enjoy Stella, and I seem to remember Rolling Rock not being half bad either.
I forgot we had so many booze nerds on this board. What can of worms did I open up…
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
all the mods are gone to the game, I think we're safe
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
h ah ah aha ha ha
Hey it’s Colorado! If yo udon’t like beer —get out!
"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!)
mmhhmm
that reminds me, my friend is having a keg unveiling tonight at a local restaurant…
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
nice..
what kind of beer?
"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!)
according to his email
Belgian-American style Imperial IPA 9.6%
sounds delicious!
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
SOunds good!
Enjoy!
"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!)
I have Blue Moon and pizza today
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!!!
Incorrect, sir. Natty Ice would be the most terrible beer ever.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
Worse than Icehouse?
That (along with its sisters, Southpaw Light and Red Dog, were some good crap college beers). Now Molson Ice, that was the good stuff.
I'd vote for Old Bohemian. Terrible terrible terrible. I bought 2 six packs. Took one sip and threw the rest away.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
It was a long time ago in Northern Virginia. I really really hope it's no longer brewed.
It was brutal stuff.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
I'm getting some old results for "Old Bohemia"
but nothing currently in production
Co-Captain of the Greg Lovers Club (along with Silverblood)
great. Hope they blew up the brewery. It was that nasty.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
If I had any idea how to post an image of the label, I would.
But I’m a bit computer illiterate when it comes to doing that stuff.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
Do you mean National Bohemian?
Or, in my best Bawlmer accent, “Natty Boh.”
by MarshallMcCard on Apr 9, 2010 12:17 PM MDT up reply actions
WAH!
How could something terrible come “from the land of pleasant living”? Natty Boh is great.
by MarshallMcCard on Apr 9, 2010 12:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Life on the rough and tumble Baltimore streets, I guess...
by MarshallMcCard on Apr 9, 2010 12:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Drank one too many of these...
"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!)
Bought Natty Ice on accident...
A 30 pack, no less. Thought it was Natty Light. I was wrong. So, so wrong.
by MarshallMcCard on Apr 9, 2010 12:17 PM MDT up reply actions
I haven't read all the other comments yet
but I just had to mention that KOA is currently playing a totally hilarious reading of Casey At Bat. I hope they do Who’s on First? later.
They already did.
This is probably the worst reading of Casey I’ve ever heard, heh.
"Because I am a Rockie." - Todd
Countdown 2010:
Home Opener vs San Diego
And darn about missing Who's on First?
I’m positive last year they played it right before game time either before the season opener or the home opener. I was hoping they’d do the same thing.
MLB Opening Day Marred By Strikeouts
“I know players can be a little rusty, but there were strikeouts in literally every single game,” said Selig
"Because I am a Rockie." - Todd
Countdown 2010:
Home Opener vs San Diego
God Bless the Onion.
"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!)
OPENING DAY AT COORS!
Too bad I live in Central Cali and don’t travel :/ Go Rockies, please win today. And yeah I agree its very interesting that Miguel Olivo is starting in front of CDI today, but whatever. I don’t agree with Tracy on that one for sure.
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