Wednesday Rockpile: Are We Even Allowed to Win Four Games in a Row?
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 26, 2010 8:09 AM MDT
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PrintIt's amazing really. Forty-five games into the season and the Rockies haven't had a four game win streak, a four game losing streak, or a single day spent three games north or south of .500. Thanks to a solid pitching performance last night by Jhoulys Chacin, Colorado is in position to mark off the first one on that list.
With Bob Gibson Ubaldo Jimenez going tonight for Colorado. Prior to tonight's game, the longest winning "streak" leading to a Ubaldo start was one, so there's reason to be confident, especially with Troy Tulowitzki taking off and Brad Hawpe still raking.
By the way, how impressive was that home run last night by Brad Hawpe? It was so incredible that it has already taken on legendary status: to wit, no one agrees what pitch was thrown. Troy Renck said it was a slider, GameDay called it a changeup and I clearly saw a split-finger grip on the ball coming out of Kennedy's hand.
An aside on the preceding link: Miguel Olivo has played nine years in the bigs, never accruing more than 20 walks. After two last night, he's sitting at 14, ready to surpass his career high a third of the way through the season. A huge part of that is reversing his trend of swinging at pitches out of the zone (O-Swing%). It still ranks higher than every Rockie other than CarGo and Barmes, but it has been nowhere near the debilitating levels of years past. Someone deserves credit.
Davie Krieger and Dan O'Dowd are both mildly content with the Rockies mediocre start but recognize areas to improve. One interesting paragraph from Krieger touches on the subject that worried me most about the offseason moves:
O'Dowd blames himself for one structural issue that may need immediate attention. By signing two backup infielders better known for their bats than their gloves, he has left Tracy with few options. With Jason Giambi limited to first base and Melvin Mora largely limited to third after some horrific play at second, Tracy has no backup middle infielder. Second baseman Clint Barmes is struggling at the plate, batting .215, but Tracy doesn't have the option of resting him unless he wants to risk Mora at second again.
More after the jump.
Rockies Mailbag: Longtime fan in N.M. questions loyalty - The Denver Post - Troy Renck seems to field less informed questions than usual. One part worth noting - Renck has reversed his stance on Fowler turning in his left-handed batting helmet. I agree with him - once you give it up, there is no going back.
2010 Catcher Defense Rankings as of May 25, 2010 - Beyond the Box Score
Matt Klaassen rankes Miguel Olivo seventh defensively this season. The numbers seem to make sense. Olivo leads all catchers in caught-stealing runs, is below average at throwing errors and is bottom five at passed ball/wild pitch prevention. If he were merely average at blocking balls, he would be second defensively only to Yadier Molina.
The Little Eckstein That Could | FanGraphs Baseball
Eckstein has swung and missed just 2.1% of the time this season, making contact on pitchers out of the zone over 90% of the time. That is beyond ridiculous. As is his pace for 14 strikeouts on the season.
Success in Tampa Bay starts with the starters - The Boston Globe - Nick Cafardo suggests one of the most disappointing free agent acquisitions this past offseason was Garrett Atkins, who has zero home runs and a .282 slugging percentage. Cafardo goes as far as saying Atkins may be released before the season is over. The career arc of Atkins would certainly seem to point in that direction, and if Atkins can't hang on for a full season for Baltimore of all teams, we might just witness the saddest departure from the game by a Rockie since Ben Petrick.
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Happy Ubaldo Day!
"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!)
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Happy Ubaldo Day!!
With 18 Ks today Ubaldo will sit alone at the top of this list.
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he's totally gonna limit it to 17 just to piss you off
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 8:57 AM MDT up reply actions
Ubaldo will write 18 Ks on the snakes lineup card..
Just because he is TMIPINTU.
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by Charlie77 on May 26, 2010 9:40 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I would be happy with 15
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Kind of sad about Atkins, I really had hoped he could figure it out there.
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I'd say Atkins HAS figured it out,
he has a sloooooooooooooow bat and he knows it.
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by rockieprogress on May 26, 2010 8:48 AM MDT up reply actions
HA
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 8:56 AM MDT up reply actions
Even if we actually wanted nim as a backup infielder,
I think there is some bad blood now between Atty and the team, I doubt he’d come back. But you never know.
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I really doubt there is bad blood
we gave him more than enough opportunities last season, even starting him in the playoffs.
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I’m not sure he’s even a Texas League-caliber hitter anymore.
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I agree
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by rockieprogress on May 26, 2010 1:00 PM MDT up reply actions
too late the Astros need him
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 9:46 AM MDT up reply actions
It is sad
I never like to see a player (that isn’t a jerkface, which Attie most definitely is not) struggle so mightily.
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by bleedspurple on May 26, 2010 9:30 AM MDT up reply actions
how about these two fine fellows
or
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 9:36 AM MDT up reply actions
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2010-05-25-pitchers-sub-300-era_N.htm
Bob nightengale points out the crazy pitching this season, highlighted by ubaldo. Also, the dodgers see suing a comic for 100k. I suppose they breed whatever $ they can get.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 26, 2010 8:49 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
Eh, Lovitz
Did enter a contract to purchase those club seats. It would be better IMO if the Dodgers just try to resell the seats, but I guess if its money that they were expecting from Lovits, they should have got it when he inked the deal. IFF that is the case.
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I love Jon Lovitz!
Newsradio, The Critic, SNL. The man deserved a much better career
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Especially with such great
ACTING
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 8:59 AM MDT up reply actions
If you were a gay bee, and I was a flower,
would you pollinate me?
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on May 26, 2010 9:03 AM MDT up reply actions
I didn't love him on News Radio
Just because it was after Phil was gone. Hartman was perfect for that role and then they tried to shoehorn Lovitz in.
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by frightened inmate #2 on May 26, 2010 8:59 AM MDT up reply actions
second half of Season 5 he really made the character his own
not to mention the two other characters he played on the show before Hartman died
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Name a song that reminds you of hearing that Phil Hartman was killed by his wife.
Go. I distinctly remember going to soccer practice and hearing “Real World” by Matchbox 20 come on after the dj made an announcement.
You’re forgetting the highlight of Lovitz’s career – any time he was on The Simpsons.
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I hated the Artie Ziff episodes though :(
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 9:17 AM MDT up reply actions
Wow, that opinion of yours is so wrong. The Artie Ziff snore converter alone made all of his appearances on that show worthwhile. Can’t possibly do that scene justice unless I find it on Youtube.
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they had their moments
but the whole “oh man he’s gonna try and woo marge” just didn’t interest me.
I was far more amused by homer’s brother’s babytalk converter.
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 9:23 AM MDT up reply actions
And to make Lovitz more relevant to the game...
….remember him playing the scout in League Of Their Own? Appropriately crusty.
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by Mondogarage on May 26, 2010 10:12 AM MDT up reply actions
oh he was great
I was totally thinking of that earlier
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 10:41 AM MDT up reply actions
Erm
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by Mondogarage on May 26, 2010 11:32 AM MDT up reply actions
you clearly haven't seen the movie
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 12:29 PM MDT up reply actions
i posted a fan shot
on this the other day – but the real life woman who inspired the lead of Dotty died recently.
Also my favorite baseball movie.
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I saw that report. :(
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Ohh haha.
Yeah I haven’t seen the movie yet. Ignore the face :P
by CentralCaliRox on May 26, 2010 1:31 PM MDT up reply actions
pretty good movie
you should watch it some time
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it is one
of the best babeball movies – a much watch!
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And don't think it's some chick movie
Because it’s awesome, and hilarious. Don’t be ashamed to cry a little bit too.
There's always crying.
Just not in baseball.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 12:59 PM MDT up reply actions
oh agreed
But who can resist a financial stab at the dodgers?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 26, 2010 9:04 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
In that case
It Lovitz’s fault for being a Dodgers fan. :D
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by Thnikkaman on May 26, 2010 9:05 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wow, voting for NL OF all stars is really, really hard
I stared at the list for about 5 minutes.
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Need to get the ballot stuffed, though.
Did you see Rollins leads the voting for shortstops? What has he had, 7 ABs this year?
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by frightened inmate #2 on May 26, 2010 9:10 AM MDT up reply actions
Burn him at the stake!
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I voted a pretty honest ballot
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 9:17 AM MDT up reply actions
I tend to vote for the best player who’s having the best year, not just the guy having the best year.
With that in mind:
AL: Mauer, Cabrera, Cano, Jeter, Longoria, Hunter, Ichiro, Wells, Guerrero
NL: Rodriguez, Pujols, Utley, Tulowitzki, Zimmerman, Ethier, Braun, Heyward
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I think I voted Guttz in the AL
and I just couldn’t bear to let myself vote for Vernon Wells.
I think I homer voted for Olivo, but the rest of that ballot looks pretty similar to mine. Although I don’t remember if I voted for Heyward or not. That bad-glaus-call-plus-heyward-walkoff game really soured his awesomeness for me :-(
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 9:31 AM MDT up reply actions
Kinda know what you mean on Heyward, but then I saw the E:60 piece on the kid and now I’m ready to buy a jersey (and not just because 22 was my number when I played). That’s a good dude who will be a great face for the game for the next two decades.
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Honestly I agree completely
it’s waiting for the homerishness in me to kind of settle before I can be rational about the kid.
Also it’s the “OMG ITZ JASON HEYWARD EVERBODY LOOK” and I’m like “pfff conformists”
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 9:37 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, that’s a nice fantasy, isn’t it? I’m actually kind of a jersey collector, I like to get the shirts and stuff of players I like on other teams. I figure as long as I’m not wearing them while that team plays the Rockies – I didn’t wear my Greinke shirt last weekend – then I’m good.
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he's pretty awesome though
I voted for him.
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Olivo isn't really a homer pick, IMO
Rodriguez is a good story, but in terms of value, Olivo is far ahead of any other NL Catcher.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 9:50 AM MDT up reply actions
true
I guess with the mindset of “who is a superstar” it becomes a homer pick
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 9:52 AM MDT up reply actions
I stubbornly vote for the ASG in terms of who has been providing for their team.
Ethier maybe was skipped over intentionally (which is funny, because I like Ethier, and the DOdgers, more than most Rockies fans), but when I use the rest of my votes, I may have a change of heart.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 9:54 AM MDT up reply actions
I can't hate Ethier - I like him too
I hate what he does to us, but he seems like such a cool guy, good teammate, and this
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 9:56 AM MDT up reply actions
FFFFF Ethier and his smugitude
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I voted:
AL: Mauer, Morneau, Cano, Andrus, Longoria, Crawford, Cruz, Rios, Guerrero
NL: Olivo, Votto, Utley, Tulowitzki, Zimmerman, Byrd, Soriano, Werth
I’ll probably save the rest of my votes to spam my preferences near the end of voting.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 9:49 AM MDT up reply actions
our infield votes are identical for both leagues
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You voted for Votto too?
I assumed I was going to be the only vote not for Pujols. lol
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 12:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Votto deserves some love, he's having a great year when Pujols looks merely very good
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is that worse than burrell being fourth in dh voting?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 26, 2010 9:18 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
hate to admit it
But Ethier is a gimme
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 26, 2010 9:14 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I still didn't vote for him.
I voted for Byrd, Soriano, and Werth. Olivo and Tulowitzki were the only Rockies I voted for.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 9:20 AM MDT up reply actions
Because the Phillies need all the help they can get
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Olivo and Tulo were the only Rockies I voted for too
I went Werth, Ethier and Heyward on the outfield. I don’t believe in selecting by outfield position….definitely didn’t mean to take three RFs intentionally though. haha
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 9:38 AM MDT up reply actions
I just saw that Tulo isn't even in the top 5 at the moment.
Wonderful.
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who are the Rockies?
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 9:41 AM MDT up reply actions
Are we at all surprised??
I am gearing up to send in my 25 ballots with not a single Phillie (except maybe Utley) on it… Old Charlie will stock the bench with all of his players anyway.
Tulo might be my only Rockies selection, although Olivo might slip in.
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by BittenAnkles on May 26, 2010 10:48 AM MDT up reply actions
I only
submit one ballot. This isn’t a presidential election where we have dead individuals still voting.
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It’s also not a presidential election where they limit you to one ballot by law. By all means, we should vote an All-Rockies ballot until they tell you you can’t anymore. Then, change email addresses. If you don’t have another one, make one up.
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by Franchise26 on May 26, 2010 10:51 AM MDT up reply actions
No voting system is perfect.
I’m all for gaming the system, but just don’t have the time.
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"Rockies Mailbag: Longtime fan in N.M. questions loyalty"
Anyone read this? This angers me: “Do you have any recommendations for fans like me to get through these trying times?” This is my recommendation for you, Dave White of Albuquerque: YOU ARE A FAIRWEATHER FAN, GTFO. How can you say this is a TRYING SEASON AFTER 1997-2006, 2008??
I’m sorry, but this is just ridiculous. I’m not buying the ‘expectations coloring judgement argument….’ What a crock. If a 95 loss season doesn’t make you feel the pain, you chose to ignore it completely.
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 9:26 AM MDT up reply actions
I saw this too but got distracted by Artie Ziff and All-Star talk and you beat me to it. I don’t even have the right word to describe that guy, but I know that he sucks. So, Dave White in Albuquerque, my recommendation to you is to quit being a Rockies fan because you embarrass the rest of us.
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I actually think it's a decent question as it speaks to the issue with high expectations and a team underachieving.
During the lean years no one expected much and we didn’t get much. This year the Rox were hyped endlessly heading into the season, so .500 ball has been disappointing. Even if I don’t agree with the guy I understand the point he’s making.
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by phishbate on May 26, 2010 9:32 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
2001
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 9:32 AM MDT up reply actions
I can't buy the argument at all
If he was truly the faithful fan he claimed to be, he should be able to deal with this season without whining to Troy Renck.
Oh, and 2008. Many picked, including Keith Law, picked the Rockies to win 93 games that season.
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 9:34 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm not sure the question was quite as serious as you're making it out to be.
Other years are pretty much irrelevant, people had higher expectations heading into this year than probably any other year for the team including 2008. So far there have been a number of frustrations, the question just illustrates that.
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He's not a bad fan..
Just doesn’t understand the roller coaster of the season and how the hot team at the end wins the cheese. See: Rockies, dBacks and Marlins WS.
ps – add the CWS into that list.
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by Charlie77 on May 26, 2010 9:45 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
and cards
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 26, 2010 9:52 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't know about the CWS.
They were the best team in the majors for most of the season, and had the best rotation 1-5. Their offense wasn’t very good, but they were good at manufacturing runs. You could make the argument that the offense got hot at the end, but the starting pitching and bullpen were good all season.
And yet, when the Rox are four games up in September....
Poor Dave will be telling all his friends how he was always behind this team and knew they’d be there in the end, and he’ll be complaining about how he can’t get playoff tickets.
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by Mondogarage on May 26, 2010 10:25 AM MDT up reply actions
Won't everyone
be complaining that they can’t get playoff tickets. Oh, this isn’t 2007.
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Oh, I'll probably complain
I go to enough games to count as one of those 15 game mini season ticket guys, but since I can’t plan well enough and actually get a plan, I’ll be in the back of the bus like everyone else.
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by Mondogarage on May 26, 2010 10:30 AM MDT up reply actions
I suppose I see what you're saying
But we’re 23-22 on May 26, and contrary to his opinion, our pitching hasn’t been dreadful. Frustration to me though———>Going on a road trip that blowing 4 saves to go 1-9, winning opening day, then losing 11 straight, getting swept by Cincinnati when they were BAD after the all star break to fall out of contention, Jose Jimenez, Tulo smashing a bat and lacerating his hand after getting pulled from a game, Todd needing back surgery, John Thomson, Jamey Wright, blah blah blah.
I guess we just have to agree to disagree man…I have a hard time coloring this otherwise in my mind.
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 9:53 AM MDT up reply actions
thanks for reminding me of a dozen events I would rather forget
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I'm still trying to forget game 3 of the last D'backs series.
I may need therapy on that subject.
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by Mondogarage on May 26, 2010 10:26 AM MDT up reply actions
What bothers me is that notion that being a faithful fan means you can't have doubts or feel
apprehension. Maybe his question was a bit hyperbolic, but I agree that these lofty expectations have lead to disappointment to a degree early on.
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the question was phrased as if we were sporting the Astros' record
and every game was just pitiful, when the reality is that neither of those things are true.
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 9:47 AM MDT up reply actions
this is exactly what it comes down to for me
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 9:48 AM MDT up reply actions
I understand, but I think calling him a bad fan
is a little unfair.
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It's absolutely fair.
Being a fan means sticking with your team through thick and thin. You can rail against failures, you can lose sleep and shout and curse and start a “DFA Barmes” petition, but you can’t transfer your affections elsewhere. That’s not how it works.
I have a convession.
I haven’t been a good fan until the 2007 season, but I’ve always been a Rockies fan. I wouldn’t follow another team, I’d just find something else to do with my summer.
My name is synonym for win.
it's cool, haha
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 9:58 AM MDT up reply actions
That's not disloyalty, that's just disinterestedness
Not really the same. If you were to, say, look at the Cards and say hell, the’yre always in it, I’ll support them instead…that would be disloyatly.
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by Mondogarage on May 26, 2010 10:28 AM MDT up reply actions
I never said I was ashamed.
The Colorado mountains are in my blood. I have always claimed to be a Broncos/Nuggets/Avalanche/Rockies fan, and I would never spend a dollar on pro sports apparel that does not have their brand.
Unless Vegas gets an NBA team. And I almost bought a Chris Drury Buffalo Sabers jersey.
My name is synonym for win.
And I still want to see Vegas get an NBA team
But it ain’t gonna happen.
My name is synonym for win.
Vegas will get an NBA team the same time Washington DC allows gambling..
I’ll wager $5k on Obama placing nuclear sanctions on Iran.
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by Charlie77 on May 26, 2010 12:38 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Good point mondo..
Just like now I’m not a disloyal Broncos fan. Just disinterested and more interested in the Broncos who play for the Redskins. nbd
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by Charlie77 on May 26, 2010 12:35 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm a disloyal Broncos fan
WHO DAT
(I rooted for AZ until Warner retired. Now I root for Drew Brees.)
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 12:36 PM MDT up reply actions
As long as you dont root for another AFC West team..
amirite?
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by Charlie77 on May 26, 2010 12:39 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
nope
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I don't change teams
and I don’t root for denver (in football)
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I am 100% absurdly bandwagon about the NFL
because it and the NBA could both burn to the ground and I wouldn’t care a lick.
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 1:04 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm with you on the NBA
and even to some degree the NFL. Although I do follow the Jets even more now than I did 10 years ago.
I think there are a few reasons to change allegiances to a team, but being around .500 7 weeks into the season is not one of them.
I consider myself a Rockies fan despite growing up a Mets fan from the time I was 5 (and this was in Oklahoma, not NYC) and I went through some really, really bad seasons. The only reason I now relate to the Rox is because I now live in Denver and Tulsa (where I lived 11 years prior to moving to Denver) is the AA team.
I am proud to say I have never been a Broncos fan
It would be disloyal of me to ever become one.
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by Mondogarage on May 26, 2010 1:08 PM MDT up reply actions 3 recs
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I was at one point
but I just don’t like anyone on the team anymore, so meh
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 1:48 PM MDT up reply actions
I disagree that the writer said every game was pitiful.
To me it read as an over the top expression of frustration.
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There’s a difference between being apprehensive and ‘OH MY GOD I CAN’T STAND THE PAIN OF WATCHING A .500 TEAM, HOW WILL I EVER GO ON?"
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Like I said,
I think he was being a bit hyperbolic…hey, it got his question printed :)
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I would have found it funny
if I didn’t take offense to it. The 1999 team was what made me fall in love with the Rockies…..the 1999 team that won 67 games.
But indeed, props to him for getting his questioned answered. Perhaps Troy put it best though: “So how do you get through the tough times? I suggest long walks and perhaps even a Snuggie for naps when high-leverage situations arise.” (BUURRRRRN)
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 9:56 AM MDT up reply actions
yeah I laughed at that as well
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 9:56 AM MDT up reply actions
essentially this
How does a “long-time rockies fan” get uncontrollably frustrated at a .500 season?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 26, 2010 9:59 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
this
Yes, I actually do like cricket. I'm Indian.
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"I mean come on, you can’t be from Nebraska and go to school at CU, I think they take away your overalls or one of your last remaining teeth for that."
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 10:03 AM MDT up reply actions
He should probably call himself an "observer" instead of "fan".
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+1
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by Charlie77 on May 26, 2010 12:40 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
You can have doubts about your team
But if you actually have doubts about your fandom that cause you to doubt your loyalty…then you’re really not a loyal fan.
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by Mondogarage on May 26, 2010 10:27 AM MDT up reply actions
this * 10E10
Yes, I actually do like cricket. I'm Indian.
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions
New Mexico
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Good fans complain about their team
all the time. I know loyal Indians fans who have thrown in the towel this season and are rooting for the Cards. I don’t blame them the Indians are unwatchable. If the Indians were .500 they would be ecstatic and have season tickets. I don’t know exactly how you define a “loyal fan” , but someone who can’t watch their team with a .500 record is certainly not. Yet if I was an Indians fan I would be spending significant time watching other real teams play
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Quit shaming my name. I hear the weather’s pretty fair in Boston and New York. That is all.
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by Mondogarage on May 26, 2010 10:23 AM MDT up reply actions
this is gold
How did the Rockies ever contend with such impatient hitters?
we’re right about NL league average at 3.86 P/PA
insignificant figures below average ranked against MLB
I don’t think we’re nearly as bad as they make us out to be.
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It seems like the idiots are out in full force in the mailbag this week
Yes, I actually do like cricket. I'm Indian.
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"I mean come on, you can’t be from Nebraska and go to school at CU, I think they take away your overalls or one of your last remaining teeth for that."
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 9:43 AM MDT up reply actions
There's a difference
between being an idiot and not actually researching the answer to a question.
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touche
I’m a little frustrated right now with the first question. haha
Yes, I actually do like cricket. I'm Indian.
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 9:46 AM MDT up reply actions
But they aren’t mutually exclusive.
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by frightened inmate #2 on May 26, 2010 9:48 AM MDT up reply actions
research is for nerds..
with Master’s Degrees
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research is for nerds...
/enough said
/defines self as nerd
/walks away
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research IS nerds
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 1:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Not researching is for the uneducated.
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 1:05 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey, I have one of those!
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at least we are only league average
There were complaints last year, and at least an hour b****fest on 104.3 FM about how impatient we were. And we led mlb in p/pa then.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 26, 2010 9:56 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
You can't put
informed opinion on the radio!
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blaaaasphemy
Yes, I actually do like cricket. I'm Indian.
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 9:57 AM MDT up reply actions
104.3 spent more thsn 10 minutes talking about the Rox?
I am calling b.s.
by cocainelips99 on May 26, 2010 12:05 PM MDT up reply actions
it was last September
When we took hold of the wild card. I emailed them about the p/pa. Clough read it on the air then they went to a break. Clough said they weren’t actually wrong after all. The Rox were first in p/pa but not first in pitches seen. Or some junk. Can’t have listeners thinking the hosts are blatantly ignorant.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 26, 2010 12:47 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Nice link via Rockies' website
Dante Bichette will rep the Rockies at the draft this year. The cool part about the link is the walkoff homer vid though, hehe.
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Is his son draft eligible this year?
Ubaldomania.
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 26, 2010 10:34 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Next year, I believe
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 10:36 AM MDT up reply actions
That would be HILARIOUS though
“The Colorado Rockies select….DANTE BICHETTE JR! SON!!!!!”
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 10:39 AM MDT up reply actions
Very funny in my head...
I see O’Dowd running up as Dante make this announcement…yelling, “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Not in the 1st round!!!!” and tackling Bichette.
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I laughed at this as well
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 10:42 AM MDT up reply actions
No, we aren't.
We’ll just win 3 out of 4 for the rest of the year. This works for me.
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
.750
acceptable ;)
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 10:39 AM MDT up reply actions
Let's not get too full of ourselves.....
I know we are fans, but this win streak of 3, maybe 4, games is against KC and AZ. You all can start talking after putting a win steak against LAD, or SF, or SD. We have a long way to go, people…..
FALSE
We have won what we needed to! We are unstoppable machine of terror. U betta bakup!!!!111OEN
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by A.J. Haefele on May 26, 2010 10:42 AM MDT up reply actions
We’re 4-2 against San Diego…
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by Franchise26 on May 26, 2010 10:42 AM MDT up reply actions
Are you "Dave from N.M"???
There is no questioning by TRUE fans!!!
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Not watching it but apparently Joe West called a bad balk
Ozzie came out and got tossed. West called another balk and Buehrle got pissed and threw his glove down. Ejected.
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Joe West is a gigantic douche
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 10:55 AM MDT up reply actions
Don't you remember
the rule when calling someone a douche?
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Isn't the rule, that you need to include an appropriate reference?
Say, this one?
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by Mondogarage on May 26, 2010 11:15 AM MDT up reply actions
Close.
DBS was the only one to turn a player into one and then show us the image. Andrew posted a “censored” picture that also works.
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I for one would like to see it disappear from the Row !!
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You'd like to see the rule disappear?
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by frightened inmate #2 on May 26, 2010 11:17 AM MDT up reply actions
No, the entire referrence disappear!
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well, tell Joe West to stop being a gigantic one and we'll all be happy
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no and I don't care
MLB umpiring needs to get knocked down a peg.
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 11:22 AM MDT up reply actions
Seriously,
they’re more self-righteous than Selig. It’s like when sportswriters kick a dead horse because they need to defend the “integrity of the game” like they have any idea a) what integrity is and b) any vested interest in athletes acting like code-based robots.
Further
When they complain about the speed of the game: the rules are there for umpires to enforce. If they don’t like the speed of the game, they can enforce the rules. Otherwise, they’re not employed to make new ones or complain about the existing ones in public. So STFU West.
More baseball in GB?
I’m not really familiar with British tv beyond Ricky Gervais, but Stephen Fry has put out a call for greater interest/dedication to baseball in Great Britain. If not for it being an American game, I’d think it would be a natural fit for Brits. It’s a collectivist, community-oriented game, and it has to be less confusing than cricket.
We should
get them to play in the next WBC.
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cricket isn't confusing
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Cricket is awesome!!!!
yeah
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by Hollidayrain on May 26, 2010 5:13 PM MDT up reply actions
haha
Sports talk up here today is all about the twins yanks game getting postponed last night..they must not have realized there is bad weather in minnesota when they built a stadium without a retractable roof
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by nodakroxfan on May 26, 2010 12:07 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Watching the highlights from last night put a smile on my face.
Now that high school baseball finished for me last night =( and I’m graduating next week, it’s time I make see every game! WOO! :)
by CentralCaliRox on May 26, 2010 12:18 PM MDT reply actions
Congrats on graduating
Keep up with playing/watching/enjoying baseball though.
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Oh I will. :)
College will present opportunities I’m sure. But for now summer is approaching (although here in Central Cali it doesn’t feel like it with all the 70/80s weather) and it’s time to sit back and enjoy Rockies baseball in the game threads with all the Rowbots and watching via Gameday or if lucky enough, tv.
by CentralCaliRox on May 26, 2010 1:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Going to Ubbaldo day!
I want to go above the bullpen and watch him warm up before the game. Does anyone know how early before first pitch he will be out there?
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Crazy weather going on this afternoon.
Tornadoes touching down & massive amounts of hail in some areas. Hope it doesn’t affect the game.
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There is no way it can affect the game
On a normal day, sure. But not on Ubaldo Day.
Ubaldo can reverse the course of the winds with a single warmup pitch.
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by Mondogarage on May 26, 2010 2:53 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
So, this would be Ubaldo
throwing his 95 MPH Splitter?
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where is your place?
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Belcaro, about 20 minutes SE of Coors.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 3:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Is this near Colorado Blvd...around Cherry Creek?
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Just South of Cherry Creek.
Colorado Blvd. is the East Border street. It’s the square inside Colorado, Alameda, University, and Mississippi
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 3:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Ahh...okay...I thought so
I was trying to find the Rubio’s on Colorado Blvd and thought I remembered seeing something called Belcaro.
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Hehe.
That’s at Colorado Bld. and Exposition. I live mere blocks from that.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 3:16 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm jealous that you are so close to Rubio's :(
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I don't like Rubio's.
I’m a Chipotle guy.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 3:18 PM MDT up reply actions
But Chipotle doesn't have fish tacos!
Man, I love fish tacos!!
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How close are you to an Illegal Pete's?
They got some good fish tacos.
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by frightened inmate #2 on May 26, 2010 3:19 PM MDT up reply actions
No idea.
My mom lives in Aurora. I’ll have to google.
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There's one on 16th, right by the Market Street Station.
If you are going to any games sooon.
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by frightened inmate #2 on May 26, 2010 3:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Cool, thanks!!!
I’m contemplating going tonight…….but doubtful…maybe tomorrow PM…we’ll see
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I'm there tomorrow
as is Holly96
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i wish
i could get out of work and go tomorrow…that would be nice…
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Co-president of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
I'm only working a half day tomorrow
with my family coming up to Denver and wanting to go out for food, I thought a game and then dinner would be great. The game being the key part.
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That sounds like
an awesome plan. Enjoy!
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Co-president of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
most definitely
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The Big Fish is the greatest thing ever invented.
Screw electricity.
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Hmm, I'm intrigued....
I’ll look into this…
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Renck just tweeted the lineup
Cargo
Smith
Helton
Tulo
Hawpe
Olivo
Stewie
Barmey
Ubaldo
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Glad Cargo is back, surprised CDI didn't get today's start.
With the afternoon game tomorrow I guess starting him then makes sense.
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 3:16 PM MDT up reply actions
Why did they even bring him back? criminy
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So he had a couple days to learn from watching Big O before he gets a start.
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WHY GOD WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO START THE NATIONAL LEAGUE’S MOST PRODUCTIVE CATCHER? WHEN WILL THIS ABSURDITY END?
"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
WHY GOD WHY are you yelling?
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well she raises a good point
why bring him back? We don’t care if Phillips sits every day, why not keep Iannetta swinging in AAA?
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions
This is exactly my point.
Why bring him back just to sit him? If he doesn’t start tomorrow, then I will really really wonder what is going on.
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I'd bet on him starting tomorrow.
But it’s another tiny nagging thing like a lot has been with Iannetta.
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If its really a platoon....at what point
does Tracy, actually, you know, platoon?
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I don't think it's a platoon any more.
Olivo’s hot start and CDI’s demotion changed how the time will be split. I bet they ease back into 50/50 time depending on how both are hitting going forward.
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Talk about an expensive backup catcher....sheesh...
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Actually, Olivo is making $750,000 more than Iannetta this season
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 26, 2010 5:07 PM MDT up reply actions
but over the course of his contract, this would not be so
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Of course not
But who knows what the situation would be next season. The Rockies don’t owe Olivo any $ or PT after this season.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 26, 2010 5:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Welcome back, Chris.
have you met Dan Haren?
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by frightened inmate #2 on May 26, 2010 3:18 PM MDT up reply actions
They needed an excuse to send him back down.
“He went 0-fer again!”
“Against Dan Haren.”
“Shutup.”
I'm not making a banana bread pastrami cottage cheese sandwich. That would severely ruin my reputation.
Edwin Encarnacion isn't scared of Dan Haren
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 26, 2010 5:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Just seems odd to me to bring Iannetta back to Denver only to sit on the bench for at least two games.
Sky Sox schedule doesn’t seem to be the reason for the timing so why not let him get a few more ABs. Not a huge deal, mostly nitpicking, but just wondering.
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The reason Iannetta isn't starting is the reason Rox Fever just stated
Olivo seems to manage game well, and Jimenez is having success with Olivo behind the dish. Let it stay that way I say, and plus Olivo’s been GREAT THIS YEAR! Iannetta will play tomorrow.
by CentralCaliRox on May 26, 2010 4:56 PM MDT up reply actions
But as has been pointed out several times, why bring him up to sit on the bench for at least two games?
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Holy Crap! Watching the news...
Northern Commerce City, has golf ball size hail, and people are digging out of about 2 inch deep hail!!
That’s crazy!!!
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looks like cars were attacked by 9 irons
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Yep that's what I"m watching right now
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wow, they had to bring out the snowplows!!
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not so awesome when your roof and car are ruined...no bueno..:(
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An awesome visual at least.
Up north where I am it hasn’t even started raining yet so it’s easier to chuckle. Last summer we got some heavy heavy hail though.
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YIKES!! They are reporting 6 to 12 INCHES of hail
nothern Commerce City….WOW
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wow is all I can say
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oh god
my jetta
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 3:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Ken Rosenthal tweeted that the Rockies are considering demoting Fowler
https://twitter.com/ken_rosenthal/status/14790229051
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Demote him, redesign him, call up Matt Miller.
I don’t agree with the Cole Garner plan for the same reason I don’t agree with the Matt Reynolds plan.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 3:56 PM MDT up reply actions
This organization really does have too many Matts.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 3:57 PM MDT up reply actions
I know from experience that there are a ton around in general, not just the Rockies.
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Sometimes it just seems like outr entire team is Matts and Jasons.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 3:59 PM MDT up reply actions
I agree
I’ve been talking to my dad about these two names for the last couple years. It doesn’t help that my name is Jason as well.
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I was going to be named Matt
until my mom’s high school friend used that name and the same middle name I was going to get. Good thing too. My cousin, roommate and stepbrother are all Matt.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 26, 2010 5:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Knowing us, we'll probably skip both and call up Payton.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 3:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Any chance they wouldn't call up another OF if he's sent down though?
Herrerra seems like an option considering the MI backup issues.
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Maybe, but of course, then we're left with four OFs.
Well, four and a half with Mora.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:01 PM MDT up reply actions
Given that all four are starter level do we really need to carry five for the short term?
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Nobody "needs" to do anything, really.
Traditionally, five OFs are kept up, but there is certainly no obligation. It’s just more likely they’d look into calling up an OF, since they don’t seem quite ready to acknowledge they have a middle IF problem organizationally.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:03 PM MDT up reply actions
I figured the offseason trade talks for Uggla
the connection to Luis Castillo, and signing Kaz were acknowledgement
just without throwing Barmes under the bus
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 4:03 PM MDT up reply actions
I do not believe there were every any actual trade talks about uggla this offseason.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:08 PM MDT up reply actions
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&page=rumblings010122
scroll down to “Rockfish”
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 4:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Just like he reported we were interested in Freddie Sanchez, eh? ;)
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Point being, people get fed misinformation ALL. THE. TIME.
And report it anyway.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions
smoke, fire, etc
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 4:17 PM MDT up reply actions
stark didn't report that
some doucheknuckle with no source whatsoever reported that
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 4:16 PM MDT up reply actions
He didn't report it first.
He most definitely DID report it after it caught fire.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Proof?
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by frightened inmate #2 on May 26, 2010 4:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Too busy to go back now
But I linked all of that stuff at the time (re the myth of Sanchez trade talks).
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No, he has to prove the guy is a doucheknuckle.
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by frightened inmate #2 on May 26, 2010 4:21 PM MDT up reply actions
what is the difference between
a douchnozzle and a doucheknuckle….
or do I not really want to know?
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I think those who write about completely non-existent trade talks
In a continued attempt to get someone actually traded is, by definition, a douchenozzle.
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They ALL do that.
Sensationalism, sensationalism, sensationalism.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:23 PM MDT up reply actions
clickthroughs, clickthroughs, clickthroughs
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He was a Pittsburgh Gazette douchenozzle
And there was never anything to it whatsoever. He’d been reading Rosenthal and thought “hey, if I can make up stories out of whole cloth, too, maybe I can get picked up nationally”
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THere was also the false Ian Snell rumor.
But while these were started by nobodies, they spreedy quickly to legitimate people, all usign the same “Jim Tracy former Pirates” logic as justification.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Same writer, actually
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AH, I see where that got confusing.
When I said “nobodies”, I was generalizing about how this process works in general, not trying to refer to each of those two things as separate writers.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:37 PM MDT up reply actions
oh, nm, it was John Perrotto
so definitely not some random doucheknuckle
but he didn’t source anything
I still don’t know where Stark fit into this
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 4:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Stove writers report what they hear, and what they subjectively trust.
Point being, Stark saying “I had a guy tell me Florida and Colorado were talking about Uggla” doesn’t make it so. I heard absolutely nothing about it from inside the office.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:24 PM MDT up reply actions
I'd say the most likely thing that led to that assumption...
… is that Uggla’s name came up on a phone call somewhere, and somebody ran with it. Seems to happen a lot.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:38 PM MDT up reply actions
In the Pirates case, it was more likely....
Some one in the Pirates’ GM office whispering to a local hack writer “hey, if you start talking up Sanchez to the Rockies enough, maybe we can get someone somewhere to take a bite and we can dump that salary”.
With no basis to even claim the Rox were ever in on Sanchez (they weren’t).
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Or sheer assumption that old managers want all their old players.
That happens a lot too.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 5:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Where's EY2 when you need him huh
I'm not making a banana bread pastrami cottage cheese sandwich. That would severely ruin my reputation.
TRADE HIM 4 PITCHINQ1111!
but seriously, if Iannetta gets hot in the next couple weeks, watch it happen.
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by frightened inmate #2 on May 26, 2010 4:00 PM MDT up reply actions
I'd trade CDI for a good 2B.
I admit it.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:01 PM MDT up reply actions
define "good"
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 4:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Mike McCoy. *rimshot*
Fontenot/Weeks/Lopez level or better.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:04 PM MDT up reply actions
wow.
that’s pennies on the dollar
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 4:05 PM MDT up reply actions
I assume you mean in terms of talent and not money.
Our catching depth > our middle IF depth.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:07 PM MDT up reply actions
That's assuming Olivo doesn't fall off any more for the rest of the season
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by Andrew Martin on May 26, 2010 4:09 PM MDT up reply actions
One can only assume.
Like I always try and say, trying to predict these things is impossible. My scenario does assume this, and yours assumes Iannetta will return to form. Both could happen, neither could happen.
Arbitrary and impossible assumptions aside, I feel better with both Iannetta and Barmes out of the starting lineup than I do with both of them in. Iannetta’s potential future surely juicy, and I don’t deny it, nor do I expect everybody.anybody to be obligated to agree with my move, but It’s what I’m willing to pay.
Whether the trade involves Iannetta or not, I think Fontenot and Weeks are both players we should look into trading for.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:12 PM MDT up reply actions
problem is we would
have to put someone new on the 40 man roster, we have a little space left but not much (3 slots by my count).
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3 slots is more than most rwams have ever.
by Greg Stanwood on May 26, 2010 4:19 PM MDT up reply actions
true
we would only need to activate 1 OF to take his place so it could work nicely
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