Friday Rockpile: Zombieland
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 25, 2010 7:00 AM MDT
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Yesterday's game was exhausting. While I found it entertaining for the most part, you could just feel the pseudo-tangible fatigue setting in on each pitcher as they labored through their respective innings. Though the current use zombie comments are mostly referencing yesterday's conclusion to the Tennis Apocalypse, I fear the real zombies right now may be the Rockies (and us, their men fans). I wouldn't be surprised at all to see a little less bounce in the step of our team tonight, not because of any lack of motivation, simply because they'll still be stranded emotionally in last night's game somehow. Just thinking about it really does remind me of some sort of dreamy, sublime mental prison. Hopefully the team does not have to play tired tomorrow, but one thing is for sure, we're going to need Jeff Francis to pitch as much of the game as possible. Zombies supposedly have a strong weakness to Angels and their holy spells. Anybody have any cleansing tonics? Or an Esuna spell? The "key to tonight's game", if I may borrow from my friends at FSN, is to not fall asleep during the game (or go hunting for Brian Fuentes' brains).
Rockies News
To start things off, a brief nod to the rehab appearance of Taylor Buchholz last night. He pitched a clean sixth inning, three contact outs. Steve Foster of Inside the Rockies also highlights Tyler Matzek's performance last night. For more details on both outings, please see the Pebble Report.
MLB.com's John Barone gives a short preview of our final interleague series of 2010.
Our friend Troy Renck at the Denver Post gives us some quick tidbits. Jason Hammel's scoreless streak ultimately ended at 28.1 innings, making it the second longest streak in MLB this year, with only Jason's teammate Ubaldo "The Unimpressive" Jimenez pitching a longer streak. Further, Renck expresses concern for Franklin Morales' roster spot. While Tracy Ringolsby has claimed this past week that Morales has option years remaining, his transaction history says otherwise. Getting rid of Morales to open a spot for Buchholz could mean a trade, or it could mean a designation for assignment.
News from around the league after the jump.
Dave Cameron at Fangraphs analyzes the potential positive and negative effects of the Red Sox swapping Daniel Bard into the closer's role. While Bard's numbers against righty batters have impressed, Cameron believes Papelbon's ability to fool batters onj both sides of the plate should be reason enough to stick with him in the 9th. Jack Moore (yes, that Jack Moore) also provides a step-by-step breakdown of a dual Dodgers baserunning blunder that occurred on Wednesday night. Reed Johnson and Russell Martin both made significant baserunning mistakes that likely cost the Dodgers the game. Video of the play is also available in Moore's article.
Some former Rockies have been on the move. Shane Lindsay, whose up until now relatively consistent baseball career has been shattered by a series of organizational opportunities at the hands of waiver claims, as been designated for assignment once again by the Cleveland Indians, and may be on the move again. Lindsay was DFA'd to make room for another former Rockie, Jayson Nix. The Rockies had supposedly been linked to Nix before the announcement that the team intended to stay out of the business of player acquisition for the time being.
Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun believes the arrival of Brad Bergesen and Koji Uehara from the disabled list will likely spell the end of Garrett Atkins' time in Baltimore. Atkins struggled greatly there, producing only one home run and a sub .220 batting average. Atkins continues to be a sad story of great talent falling into a bottomless pit. Atkins will have trouble finding himself a major league when indeed he does leave the Orioles.
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Atkins has already been DFA'd by the way.
"Because I am a Rockie." - Todd
by phishbate on Jun 25, 2010 7:08 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
Nevermind, I misread the story earlier this morning.
Not official still but it’s pretty sad how he’s declined so quickly.
"Because I am a Rockie." - Todd
by phishbate on Jun 25, 2010 7:16 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Along these lines, how about Kaz Matsui?
Yikes. .237/.298/.301. Welcome to Zombieland. I’m sad that the hope I had for a Rocktober resurgence from him is quickly dying.
It makes you feel even more for guys like Eldred, Koshansky and Murton that Atkins and Kaz will make a combined $11M this year.
yeah Kaz is toast
he couldn’t make it in Japan, nevermind MLB.
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:09 AM MDT up reply actions
I finally just had to go to bed when the game was tied 11-11
and dreamt that the rox won. i prefer my ending. :)
Of course, I also dreamt I was on an endless hike in Boulder teetering on the edge of a cliff. This may have also been related to the game somehow…
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
I went to sleep
at the end of the ninth. Glad it didn’t go 23 innings because I’d need to shoot myself for missing it.
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I still can't believe
that they pitched to Pedroia in the 11th! The man was on fire.
Great series against the Red Sox. I don’t think that there was a more exciting series this year in baseball. It nearly felt like a playoff atmosphere.
The only thing I regret was not seeing one of the games in person. Shouldn’t have to pay extra to see a regular season game.
Enough of this mediocrity...win the NL West title
VOTE: Hawpe for 1B! ---- Hawpe for 1B!
a plunk in the ribs
probably would have been more appropriate. You do not give someone who is 4 for 4 with two homers already another chance to do more damage…
Reminded me of that two-run shot Street gave up to Matt Stairs in the top of nine of a tie game against Philly early in the season last year.
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
Yeah...should have plunked him!
Enough of this mediocrity...win the NL West title
VOTE: Hawpe for 1B! ---- Hawpe for 1B!
I understand you don't want to face Pedroia but you can't walk him and put the winning run in scoring position for Ortiz
You just have to tip your hat to Pedroia.
Get well soon Tulo. The Rockies need you.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 25, 2010 8:38 AM MDT up reply actions
This
Pedroia needed an extra base hit to give Boston the lead. He may have been on fire, but that’s still less likely than a single – any kind of single – from Ortiz.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 25, 2010 8:51 AM MDT up reply actions
Youkilis was on deck
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, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
You're right
I forgot they switched him in. Either way, pitching to Pedroia was the right move, it was just a bad result.
Get well soon Tulo. The Rockies need you.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 25, 2010 1:43 PM MDT up reply actions
If I remember correctly
the pitch was down and he golfed it out. I can tell you it was in the air for a very long time. Pedroia got the best of us last night.
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, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
mmmm....
Kind of more under his hands that led to the upright golf swing. I think.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 2:34 PM MDT up reply actions
It's a lose-lose situation
I mean come on, 3 dingers? 3rd off of Huston Street? Nah, prepare to hit the pine, scrub-FLY BALL, LEFT FFFFFFFFFFFFFF
But if we’d IBBd him “JUST PITCH TO HIM TRACY DON’T GIVE THEM A BASERUNNER TRUST YER GUYS”
It was just one of those things. I never blame “one of those things”, there’s always a reason! But last night…it was just one of those things.
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 9:38 AM MDT up reply actions
did you get enough sleep?
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
enough...yes.
not the amount I’d REALLY like, but more than “4 hours and off to the gym!”
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:09 AM MDT up reply actions
Actually, there is one big reason...
Despite scoring 11 runs and 18 hits….we left 13 FRICKIN RUNNERS ON BASE.
And of our 18 hits, a grand total of one went for extra bases.
How many times were we in a bases loaded, no out situation and not score a run? By my count, three.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Oh damn that one hurt
He hits that 10 feet to either side, it’s gone.
Hard to get too pissed about last night. I mean, we won 2 out of 3, we made Papelbum look like the turd he is…but damn, we really really could have had this one.
And there were a couple of defensive plays where, if Tulo’s in the game and Barmes is at 2nd instead of Herrera, I really think Barmes makes those plays.
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true dat
but I don’t waste the chance for Giambi to hit that double
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:11 AM MDT up reply actions
Why didn't Stewart score on that?
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 10:13 AM MDT up reply actions
I mean, it was deep enough for Giambino to make it to 2nd
I can only think Dauer held him up to not make the 3rd out at home?
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 10:17 AM MDT up reply actions
Giambi barely made it to second
Cameron actually bobbled the ball in the outfield and I think Dauer held him up.
Stand by your man.
we've loosened the ball from catchers a lot recently
that would’ve been a good place to cash it all in for gold
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:20 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, saw the bobble, and that's why I expected Ian to score
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 10:20 AM MDT up reply actions
The replay I saw,
He was just getting into third when Cameron gained full control. I was thinking it was the right call to hold him, just the wrong guy running there.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 10:44 AM MDT up reply actions
It was a good call
to hold him there. The only problem was Melvin Mora was on deck
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, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
Fowler would have made it ...
In leadership,sometimes it comes strictly down to courage. We have to have courage within our organiztion today. It takes courage to be a Colorado Rockie.
....Keli McGregor 2007
But we're
not comparing Ian Stewart to Dexter Fowler, and at that point you can’t remove Stewart from the game because Giambi had to be removed for Mora to play in the IF anyway.
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, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
as a pinch runner for Giambi
In leadership,sometimes it comes strictly down to courage. We have to have courage within our organiztion today. It takes courage to be a Colorado Rockie.
....Keli McGregor 2007
didn't matter
Mora struck out in his at-bat to end the inning
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, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
I had a great time
4 best game I’ve ever been to (or at least since I started keeping track of best games I’ve been to)
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, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
I know,
I was being facetious….Fowler is just really fast and if cicumstances were different…..etc.etc.
Anyway, thanks for your comment.
In leadership,sometimes it comes strictly down to courage. We have to have courage within our organiztion today. It takes courage to be a Colorado Rockie.
....Keli McGregor 2007
circumstances+
In leadership,sometimes it comes strictly down to courage. We have to have courage within our organiztion today. It takes courage to be a Colorado Rockie.
....Keli McGregor 2007
he would have been
dead at the plate from where I was sitting
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, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
Thanks, I wasn't criticizing him (since I was focused on Giambino)
I didn’t know if maybe he had stumbled, or gotten held up, etc.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:12 PM MDT up reply actions
yeppers
I got the “I’ve got a bad feeling” about this game vibe after only getting two runs in the first that just didn’t go away. Seemed like one of those old-fashioned CF slugfests with the rox getting the short end of the stick from the get go…sadly.
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
I'm going to kind of look at it this way:
11 runs, no homers is a good thing. I’ve seen a lot of swings that are trying to knock one of them 6 run home runs. If station to station is good for tacos, I’m hoping the hitters are willing to just work on driving the ball instead of Shaq-Fu’ing it.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 9:50 AM MDT up reply actions
how many punchouts did we have? anyone remember? just so I don't have to go look it up?
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:12 AM MDT up reply actions
11 (6 by Dice K)
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 10:13 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm going to look at it this way:
2 of 3 from the Sox. 2 of 3, and we move on to take 2 of 3 from the Angels.
Francis is my homeboy. Matt Daley back in black.
oooohhhhhhh a 4-2 road trip would be sweet.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 10:42 AM MDT up reply actions
I want a 5-1 road trip
2/3 from LAA and 3/3 from SD
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, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
yeah that was obnoxious
my father is impossible to watch games with. He takes every strikeout, every LOB, every opposing walk PERSONALLY, as if he went down and talked to our guys and they all ASSURED him that they wouldn’t do that to him….and then they did anyhow.
“THAT’S NOT RIGHT” – Mr. RMN
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:10 AM MDT up reply actions
LOL.
That sort of reminds me of my dad. He starts calling guys “bums” or “terrible.” A few weeks ago he was ready to dropkick Betancourt to the moon.
Whenever I’m at home and we’re watching a football game or something (since my parents don’t have cable and thus baseball is never on tv) we often have to kick him out of the room.
I'd rather just leave than cause a scene
my dad is even more blustery than I
and I’m turning into him
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 11:16 AM MDT up reply actions
ooooooohhh, that's scarey! :)
In leadership,sometimes it comes strictly down to courage. We have to have courage within our organiztion today. It takes courage to be a Colorado Rockie.
....Keli McGregor 2007
It's funny to me...
The Docs think I stress with baseball. I’ve seen this movie so many times before that I don’t stress it. If you’er in the hunt the last two weeks before the playoffs you can stress. The Rox are three back to the Mets for the wild card with philly and everybody in the NL west minus AZ. So far so good.
I still think the Rox need to get a RH clutch hitter. A power bat would be nice; I’ll take somebody who just gets hits with ducks on the pond. At this point I’m really down on Stewart, Ianetta and Todd. Todd may have a few hot streaks left, but he is done.
I agree with PHLP that the Rox as an orginization is not teaching players how to adjust well. If Baylor can’t communicate a way; he should be bumped upstairs and replaced.
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
you would have Don Baylor killed?
wait, sorry, read it wrong.
Stewart 3-10 in the series, Helton 6-12. I’ll take. Stewart hit some balls real hard, and I was very impressed with his single that he just served into center last night. Hoping they can keep it up in CA.
OT kind of, I think a ball hit to the warning track in Petco should net a run.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 11:39 AM MDT up reply actions
Todd has showed up lately a little...
Stewart has walked into some fast balls. Even Sox fans agreed Paplebon grooved the one he hit out.
Ianetta just hasn’t shown up and at this point I’d trade him for Cervelli, but the Yanks aren’t that stupid.
Barmes is Barmes and at least I know he tries.
Herrera is doing exactly what Tracy wants him to do. May be we should try Herrera at third Barmes at ss and Nelson at 2b for a few days and see how that shakes out?
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
May be we should try Herrera at third Barmes at ss and Nelson at 2b for a few days and see how that shakes out?
Exactly. This is what I’ve wanted to see since Nelson was called up. Herrera is earning his starts at the moment, play the man.
Stand by your man.
We discussed
this at the BBQ game a little, I agree. I want to see them play people who are swinging the bats well and have some decent defense. Herrera fits that category, Nelson we will have to see and Barmes is the only person I want starting at SS with Tulo out.
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, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
I'll take umbrage with the qualifying "a little."
With Stewart, we’ve seen a lot of those grooved fastballs fouled back to the screen or flat out swung under. So the fact that that one was krjikistanned into the night sky is a good sign.
And then to go down and get that single last night, instead of swinging for bear on a two strike pitch, color me impressed.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 12:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Todd is doing what he can; but he's a shadow of what he was.
If the Rox wish to continue contending; he needs to step aside from everyday
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
and step aside for who?
I agree this is now something the Rockies need to address alot sooner than they’dve liked, but I also think anything monumental before the season ends is unlikely.
Francis is my homeboy. Matt Daley has a boo boo on his shoulder.
Where is his respect for the future of the org?
Defering money is one thing and I understand the passion still burns Channel it in another way.
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
I say his last three weeks have earned him some more playing time
he’s starting to look like the Todd we remember, or at least a shadow of his former self.
He’s creating 10 pitch at bats, fouling off hard pitches, and has been making solid contact.
Stand by your man.
he had two very long, very hard hit singles.
little backspin on them, homers easy.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 12:31 PM MDT up reply actions
According to O'Dowed
They are letting him make the call. As soon as Helton feels like he can’t perform to his expectations anymore, he will step aside.
I don’t have a problem with that as long as he can get on base.
My name is synonym for win.
The lineout Stewart had
in the 10th couldn’t have been hit harder. It was just right at Youkilis
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, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
Same for Spilly's 2nd AB in the 7th, or 8th, whenever that was
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Yup, that one
So unfortunate, that was a “nail in the coffin” hit if it goes over Scutaro
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:19 PM MDT up reply actions
Sounds like my house growing up...
…only substitute “Mets” for “Rockies”. The old man is impossible to watch a game with…
Paleface Destro, RISPy assassin.
The NL plays baseball. The AL plays arena football with sticks.
Recovering Mets fan since 2007.
by Paleface Destro on Jun 25, 2010 3:04 PM MDT up reply actions
"That little f***ing Keebler Elf!"
Quote from a friend of mine who is a Yankees fan.
Beating the competition, 4 tacos at a time
I like that!
It's not just luck - it's The Ghost of Tulo's Mullet!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Jun 25, 2010 10:22 AM MDT up reply actions
I like this.
So we could have Scrappy Doo, Pedroia… who would be the third Keebler Elf?
"Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa." ~Bob Veale
"I hope this game isn't horrible. Because if it is, we're going to have to wait until tomorrow to see the Rockies win." ~5-yo
"Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug."~Mitch Williams
by Rox the Casbah on Jun 25, 2010 5:56 PM MDT up reply actions
well it's Saturday?
still doing that?
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 9:31 AM MDT up reply actions
Sounds like you need a new job
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 25, 2010 9:37 AM MDT up reply actions
Sounds like someone didn't get a piece of cake
Plz not to be burning down the office today
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Yeah, it was red. Have you seen it?
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 10:14 AM MDT up reply actions
No, but I saw the squirrels playing outside my window and they were merry. . .
It's not just luck - it's The Ghost of Tulo's Mullet!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Jun 25, 2010 10:23 AM MDT up reply actions
I can listen to my radio if I keep it at a reasonable level.
On another note, the guy that Lumbergh was based on works for my company.
My name is synonym for win.
I think there's a Lumbergh at every company
It's not just luck - it's The Ghost of Tulo's Mullet!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Jun 25, 2010 10:51 AM MDT up reply actions
True but.
This is Ron Livingston’s home town, and his father who works here at Rockwell is the guy that Lumbergh was based on.
If I seem snappy or snarky, its the lack of sleep. Stupid Red Sox.
My name is synonym for win.
Oh, I didn't realize you meant it literally. Cool!
It's not just luck - it's The Ghost of Tulo's Mullet!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Jun 25, 2010 12:03 PM MDT up reply actions
downstairs in storage B
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
by WalkInRight on Jun 25, 2010 10:24 AM MDT up reply actions
I'll write you a letter, from someplace where they don't have telephones
I’ll send you a postcard, a postcard’s better cause you can see where I sent it from.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
oh and I listened to Aloha to Steve and Danno again today
Jailbreak iphone + Grooveshark = Grooveshark Mobile
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:12 AM MDT up reply actions
what's a jailbreak iphone?
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 10:14 AM MDT up reply actions
really?
it’s an i-phone that he “jail breaked” to work on another network outside of att.
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
that's unlocked
jailbroken is just for software
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:16 AM MDT up reply actions
a jailbroken iphone
it’s sneaky computer stuff that lets you do all sorts of extra non-apple approved things with the iphone
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:16 AM MDT up reply actions
Like use it on the Sprint network?
I’d like one if I could get it to do that…
But it’d be weird, because then I’d be carrying an iphone and ipod at the same time.
“mondo, who are you trying to call on your ipod?”
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 10:18 AM MDT up reply actions
only tmobile I'm afraid
it’s a simcard phone; sprint and verizon are non-simcard networks
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:20 AM MDT up reply actions
not sure if that's true (the "only tmobile" part, not the simcard part)
I have a friend whose husband cracks iphones. I think he does it on multiple networks, but frankly I love my pre and I’m not interested.
"Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa." ~Bob Veale
"I hope this game isn't horrible. Because if it is, we're going to have to wait until tomorrow to see the Rockies win." ~5-yo
"Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug."~Mitch Williams
by Rox the Casbah on Jun 25, 2010 5:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, T-Mobile is the other big GSM provider in the US
But, once jailbroken, it’ll work on any GSM network that the radio supports (and I believe the iPhone is quad-band).
Not sure about data, though…I don’t believe the iPhone supports T-Mobile’s data band.
Paleface Destro, RISPy assassin.
The NL plays baseball. The AL plays arena football with sticks.
Recovering Mets fan since 2007.
by Paleface Destro on Jun 25, 2010 6:00 PM MDT up reply actions
...and by "jailbroken", I mean "unlocked"
Brain fart…my bad.
Paleface Destro, RISPy assassin.
The NL plays baseball. The AL plays arena football with sticks.
Recovering Mets fan since 2007.
by Paleface Destro on Jun 25, 2010 6:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Book 'em Danno, Murder One
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 10:14 AM MDT up reply actions
I might do that tonight
Get well soon Tulo. The Rockies need you.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 25, 2010 3:23 PM MDT up reply actions
The end of the Red Sox post game show was funny last night
Tom Carron: “Looking ahead now to the Giants series what’s gonna be the key for the Red Sox there?”
Dennis Eckersley: “They fact that they are going to be the hell out of Colorado. I don’t want to play this team anymore”
Get well soon Tulo. The Rockies need you.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 25, 2010 8:41 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Oh I love this
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 25, 2010 8:52 AM MDT up reply actions
I distinctly remember Eckersley facing the Rockies
He gave up a game-winning 3-run home run to John Vander Wal in St. Louis. That’s when I decided never to shut off a game we trailed late.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 25, 2010 8:53 AM MDT up reply actions
I almost chose Pinch Hit John Vander Wal as my screen name.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 9:35 AM MDT up reply actions
now hitting...in place of the pitcher...
John VAN DERRR WALLLLL…
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
play what?
what are we talking about?
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 9:53 AM MDT up reply actions
you know, ball
did you ever stretch a double into a triple or stare down the mightiest of texas leaguers?
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:12 AM MDT up reply actions
Kind of reminds me of the time I was rooming with Brooks Robinson and Ty Cobb.
We were having a discussion about how best to hit Cy Young, we were facing him the next day, as part of a double header. Dave Stewart was going to pitch the second game. And I said “you know, Corn on The, (that was our nickname for Ty), I think it’s best if you open your stance a bit, I’ll show you in BP tomorrow.” But Ty couldn’t do the extra BP, he was volunteering at the local hospital the next morning. Brooks and I were a combined 6 for 11 in the first game. I left the second game on a stretcher after I hit the wall in left center trying to catch a pop up from first base.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 10:18 AM MDT up reply actions
did you also wear an onion on your belt?
cuz it was the style at the time?
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
by WalkInRight on Jun 25, 2010 10:21 AM MDT up reply actions
it was 19 diggity 2.
We had to say diggity because the Kaiser had stolen our word for twenty.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 10:23 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
what are you cackling at fatty? too much pie, that's your problem.
(I don’t think you’re fat.)
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 10:26 AM MDT up reply actions
perfect answer
and i knew 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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
are you guys telling jokes?
I love jokes
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
five bees for a quarter
you’d say…
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
by WalkInRight on Jun 25, 2010 10:25 AM MDT up reply actions
wow thats incredible your insight seems so much more valuable than anyone elses now
what do you do with yourself nowadays?
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:21 AM MDT up reply actions
You know, if I didn’t know any better I’d almost think there was a bit of nastiness behind this thread of posts…
"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
by Franchise26 on Jun 25, 2010 10:25 AM MDT up reply actions
i was goaded.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 10:26 AM MDT up reply actions
come on it's hilarious
let us gen z statheads have us some gen z brand of fun
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:29 AM MDT up reply actions
what with our iphones and computers and clouded music and robot servants
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:29 AM MDT up reply actions
I just figured maybe I missed something in a game thread somewhere down the line, but I should have expected you all are just being a bunch of goofs. This is a Rockpile after all.
"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
by Franchise26 on Jun 25, 2010 10:30 AM MDT up reply actions
you know if I didn’t know any better I’d almost think there was something hidden in that last sentence there…
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:32 AM MDT up reply actions
We need to start tipping
our lifetime series against the Halos from Orange County in our favor.
My name is synonym for win.
So Wolf,
Are you going to title all of your Rockpiles after movies? That would be interesting.
Get well soon Tulo. The Rockies need you.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 25, 2010 9:01 AM MDT reply actions
I have been so far.
Made references to Raising Arizona, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Two for the Road these past three weeks.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 25, 2010 3:21 PM MDT up reply actions
I've enjoyed it
Get well soon Tulo. The Rockies need you.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 25, 2010 3:24 PM MDT up reply actions
Last night proved what some of us have been saying for awhile
besides stop throwing the ball inner half to Pedroia, and that is Morales should be a starter. He is not meant to be in the BP, he has great stuff, but not necessarily great command. It seems to take him a little bit to get feel, and he looked much better in the 2nd inning of work last night.
"Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny."
Jack Handy quote
A starter in AAA maybe.
It's not just luck - it's The Ghost of Tulo's Mullet!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Jun 25, 2010 9:09 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I agree that there isn't a spot in the 5-man rotation right now
although the way Cook has pitched, that is debatable, and he would need to be stretched out, but that is where he should have been all along IMO.
"Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny."
Jack Handy quote
If we're talking about trades
I say trade Cook and keep Frankie for rotation insurance
Francis is my homeboy. Matt Daley back in black.
That wouldn't make sense
He’s owed a lot of money for marginal ability.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 25, 2010 2:33 PM MDT up reply actions
channelling my Inner RMN here
(TRADE HIM DO IT DO IT NOW DONT WASTE THE ROSTER SPOT ON HIM ANYMORE TEAMS WILL TAKE A CHANCE ON A LEFTY WITH HIS STUFF DO IT DO IT NOW GET TO THE CHOPPA)
Stand by your man.
by Muzia on Jun 25, 2010 9:13 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
It would definitely be selling low
Though that doesn’t mean this won’t be his peak value going forward………..
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 25, 2010 9:18 AM MDT up reply actions
and honestly, he's using a roster spot we definitely need
if we want to be considered a playoff team.
I would love for him to stay on as a devastating LOOGY, but when you walk every single first batter you see…
Stand by your man.
so bring him in to pitch to the righty before the lefty you want him to get out.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 9:36 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
sigh
Believe I agree with PHLP’s first assessment in the gamethread last night which is that he hasn’t shown much ability (if any) to change/improve. His issues are exactly the same — initial and then sudden bouts of wildness that lead to quick 2-spots and 4 spots on the board. Doesn’t really matter how great you are in between in you consistently give up runs…
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
While I can no longer defend Morales
because he really hasn’t been very good, to say the least, I think our entire BP is in shambles right now, and yet every comment seems to go back to him. Corpas is back to being awful over the last few days, and I just don’t think his slider has enough bite any more to be dominant. Betancourt has mostly been bad all year long, Belisle’s work load is starting to cath up to him and he has not looked good. So there are plenty of issues to go around right now. I just hope Weathers can move quickly.
"Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny."
Jack Handy quote
Betancourt has been awesome when not down with the flu
Belisle still rules, Corpas is just fine as a 7th inning option.
Weathers is definitely not coming up this year, he’s too far back of the pack
Stand by your man.
I'm sorry, but I disagree w/ most of this
Betancourt, has had 1 clean outing in his last 7, not giving up runs, but at least 1 baserunner, and that was 2/3 of an inning that was clean. I think he might be on the rise, but he has still been very inconsistent for an 8th inning set up guy. I still think Belisle has good enough stuff to be a 7th/8th inning guy, but Tracy has overused him, so that might be the problem, but he has been real shaky in last 10 outings or so as well. Corpas being a 7th inning guy is a possibility, but he is certainly not ready to be a closer again.
And as far as Weathers is concerned he is rehabbing in Tri-City and might still be a month off or more, but I am not ruling him out as an option for this year.
"Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny."
Jack Handy quote
Belisle in June
10.8 K/9
7 K/BB
.408 BABIP
Dude’s been awesome, just a little unlucky
Stand by your man.
just a lot of unlucky
if we were talking a .350 BABIP, I’d be down with a little lucky, but dude’s been hittable
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:04 AM MDT up reply actions
but when you're only talking about 11 IP
isn’t the difference between .350 and .408 like, one or two batters? It’s not incredibly significant
Stand by your man.
shhhhh
don’t you bring back facts and conjecture
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:13 AM MDT up reply actions
FINE
that .408 BABIP over the past 11IP tags on to the prior 33IP and suggests to me that his BABIP during those 33IP was low enough to make the .408 kind of get deflated a bit, but there’s a good chance that Belisle was somewhat lucky in his hittability
Check out his LD% by month: 11.9%, 14%, 25%
something’s up there. Seems like April and May were good but a little TOO good, and now June is bad but a little TOO bad, you know?
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:18 AM MDT up reply actions
I counted 11.
"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
by Franchise26 on Jun 25, 2010 10:31 AM MDT up reply actions
you see now boys are different from girls because
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:33 AM MDT up reply actions
getting weird...
I think it is already 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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
I had to hunt for that screencap, alright
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:56 AM MDT up reply actions
good find.
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
yesterday
and this entire week has been exhausting.
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
close your eyes tight and cover them with your hands
then you will see all that sally can see.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 11:11 AM MDT up reply actions
Red and Yellow and Pink and green.
Purple and Orange and Blue.
I can sing a rainbow.
Wait, that’s what I see.
My name is synonym for win.
Last night proved what some of us have been saying for awhile…and that is Morales should be a starter
While I can no longer defend Morales because he really hasn’t been very good, to say the least…
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:03 AM MDT up reply actions
Let me clarify, in his current role, he has not been very good
and I can not defend his ability to be in our pen. However, 2 things, no one else has been completely dominant in our pen either, yet after every game Morales gets dumped on and all our other pen members who also contributed to last night’s issues get a pass, like Betancourt, who also gave up a 2 run jack. Secondly his 2nd inning of work was very good, 11 pitches, 1 ball, it seems to show that he might start getting a feel for pitches as he throws more of them, does that help? This leads me to believe, he might be better suited as a starter.
"Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny."
Jack Handy quote
I'll defer to David Ohno's comment below
I’m still in the camp of “welp, there’s a wasted pitcher, nice work team”
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:13 AM MDT up reply actions
Not sure how you blame the organization here. I don’t believe they’ve tinkered with his mechanics much if at all. The guy just can’t throw strikes. Shit happens. Sometimes you get a Ubaldo, sometimes you get a Daniel Cabrera.
"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
by Franchise26 on Jun 25, 2010 10:22 AM MDT up reply actions
you're right
and I’m trying to back down from it, the stance of “DAMN YOOOOOU”
I’ve just wanted to trade him for like 2 or 3 years now and just watched him tank his own value.
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:24 AM MDT up reply actions
Maybe we should be trying to tweak his mechanics? I will always belong in the camp that says “You don’t give up on a lefty that throws 95 until he either kills somebody with a pitch or you find him in bed with a dead girl or live boy.”
"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
by Franchise26 on Jun 25, 2010 10:28 AM MDT up reply actions
at the risk of too much simpsons
It’s still good, it’s still good.
Dad, it’s gone.
I know.
I don’t fault anyone really. How excited were folks in 07? “Just wait until he learns HOW to PITCH!” But it just does not seem to be a light on. I think Bob A is great, but it could just be someone else that figures out the way to get through to him.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 10:29 AM MDT up reply actions
It was more 08 my spidey sense started tingling
granted my spidey sense tingles when day-old bagels are involved too, but the spidey sense is hard to ignore
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:30 AM MDT up reply actions
the poor command actually speaks AGAINST him in the rotation
stuff, sure, but the lack of command would balloon his pitch counts to the point where he’d be a 4-inning starter
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 9:48 AM MDT up reply actions
I agree, but I think the poor command, is at least partially
due to lack of work. He seems to get a better feel as the game moves along. He is not a guy that comes out of the pen throwing strikes, as we’ve seen. I think it takes him a little bit to get a feel for his pitches, so while he may take a couple hitters staring the game to get going, I think he could settle in.
"Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny."
Jack Handy quote
well here's my issue
if we do put Morales into the rotation to get into his groove (and we’ll pretend for the sake of discussion that there is a slot for him) and he does start to get that feel, if he can only max out at like 5 innings in 90+ pitches, that means we have to crack into the pen early. For 4 innings, I’m not COMPLETELY horrified, because a combination of Flores/Belisle, Beimel/Corpas, Betancourt, and Street should be able to swallow 4 innings no problem.
But what if Morales has a rough night and can only muster 1 out into the 3rd? We’ve basically lost our longman.
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:08 AM MDT up reply actions
We've all seen plenty of starters, especially against us
who have a long 1st inning, and even might throw 25-30 1st inning pitches, and then end up going 6-7 pretty good innings, and he even might surprise and every now and again have a quick shutdown 1st inning, then you have a dominant start. As he throws more innings in general it might even help that problem all together.
It is certainly not guaranteed that he will be a great starter, I just have a hard time giving up on a LH arm like his, especially if I think there is any way to salvage it.
"Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny."
Jack Handy quote
that's the thing
other starters have histories of being decent and wriggling out of trouble
Morales gets into trouble and can’t wriggle out, it’s more like the explosion goes off and he gets blown out of the warehouse. But he’s a cool guy.
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:19 AM MDT up reply actions
And as Franchise said
some never find their command, and I’m sure Orioles’ fans feel our pain w/ Cabrera, I guess I am just late to the party on giving up on guys. I’m loyal to guys that have come through our system, probably to a fault.
"Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny."
Jack Handy quote
aren't we all
and I do mean all, including the organization
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:31 AM MDT up reply actions
Does anyone else think we did him an injustice by
thinking he was ready for the bigs, then shuttling him back and forth between AAA and the majors and then just moving him to the bullpen?
At no point did it really look like his control was ready for MLB work. I always felt like he would have just benefited most from another season or two in the minors working as a starter.
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
The disservice was heightening expectations of Morales after 39 good (but not great) innings in ’07. He was much needed relief in the rotation, but there were things that stood out as anomalous at the time. In particular, the 3.2 BB/9 was far below his minor league numbers to that point. His control never got better during his ’08 and ’09 time in the minors.
It should have been worked out in AAA or below. He shouldn’t have been used as a spot starter/long man if the organization felt he was a top prospect. You don’t just graduate to the majors and magically solve your control problems.
This is just the bad side of becoming a playoff caliber team I guess.
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
That's typically the inverse solution
Control issues (which suffers from more than command issues) are only magnified in the rotation as it takes more pitches to complete an inning, and exposes the issue over a greater number of innings/outcomes.
Starting doesn’t solve his issues.
by David OhNo on Jun 25, 2010 9:50 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
OT to RMN
What was that website you told me about yesterday? I wanna check into some Iron & Wine, and yeah, try some Appleseed Cast (though I’m a bit more skeptical about that one…)
Probably going to listen to mostly Kinks today, though. :(
rirfsadface.jpg
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
grooveshark?
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
nice
I hadn’t heard of it before yesterday – surprising amount of good music on there. Any Suggestions?
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
I'm rockiesmagicnumber on there (shocker)
what are you
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:08 AM MDT up reply actions
just joined today
mmontano81
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
i'm on 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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
Will join (mebbe at lunch, if not, then this weekend)
Will be mondogarage, obv
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 10:16 AM MDT up reply actions
yeah, get my list from RMN and Muzia, lol
Though some of it’s not on there, apparently…
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 10:16 AM MDT up reply actions
See, that seems unnecessary for me because....
1. I almost never take my laptop out of the house, so my playlist’s already there
2. My ipod has all my music on it
Though it would be helpful at work, I guess…save ipod battery juice
And to see what others are playing, that would be the really huge part
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 10:20 AM MDT up reply actions
my iphone could always use more music is the thing
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:25 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh, very true, as can my iPod
But it’s a 64gb, so I can’t see ever getting in iPhone and transitioning music to it, because I’d hate to run the batteries on the phone doing something I already have the ipod for.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 10:27 AM MDT up reply actions
oh yeah my iphone holds 8GB total
hence the groovesharking
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 10:31 AM MDT up reply actions
Ya, that one
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 10:12 AM MDT up reply actions
Iron & Wine
I probably like his early stuff best…check out his debut The Creek Drank The Cradle or if you can find it some of the unreleased demos are really nice.
Also definitely recommend his collaboration EPish thing with Calexico “In The Reins”
That I would totally dig
Oh, and for RMN, I’m pretty sure the dude from Iron & Wine may have collaborated with The Sadies at one time. I do know the Sadies have worked with Calexico a bit.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 11:34 AM MDT up reply actions
Iron and Wine did an EP with Calexico
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 11:41 AM MDT up reply actions
as ejskater already said
but to emphasize,
“He lays in the reins”
“Prison on route 41”
AMAZING
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 11:42 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm gonna make you a mix just you wait
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 11:42 AM MDT up reply actions
Listening to Rooms and Gardens right now
And digging it. Totally not what I had been led to believe it was.
Gonna listen to more of Low Level Owl Vol 2 during lunch.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:05 PM MDT up reply actions
drum fills and swirling layered guitars
and I don’t care if you’re singing about making mashed potatoes
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 12:09 PM MDT up reply actions
For the incidential stuff
Like the “non-word” words in Morricone’s spaghetti western stuff
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:11 PM MDT up reply actions
They keep me interested
if I’m going to actively listen to something, I need lyrics to kind of pace the song
instrumentals are great for background music
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 12:12 PM MDT up reply actions
I like jazz and let the instruments do the talking.
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
It's to out of date for you guys but an alltime fave of mine...
Return to Forever’s Romantic Warrior
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
I also like the spagetti western music
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
I'm thinking we need a daily OT post so we can keep the rockpiles OnTopic
but OffTopic must not discuss HotTopic
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 12:21 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I could agree with this, but the game's not till
….like….tonight.
BTW, I’m looking at your Grooveshark playlist…and some of it concerns me ;-)
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Which one(s)
Backstreet Boys
Gino Vanelli
Styx….
But you do have American Analog Set and The Twilight Singers, so you are very much redeemed.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Promise of Love is one of my favorite albums ever
I always have it with me.
I actually saw his side project at SXSW this year, they played “Fool Around” and I almost fainted
Stand by your man.
When you mean "side project", you mean The Wooden Birds?
Because AAS broke up, The Wooden Birds is the follow-on band
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:28 PM MDT up reply actions
You'll like this, then...
We opened for Wooden Birds last year. One of the most sublimely quiet and beautiful bands I’ve ever heard.
Their album “Magnolia” is very special.
Also, the first time I’ve ever seen a bass player use a capo. That was cool.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Wooden Birds was pretty special
probably my favorite memory of SXSW was sitting on the patio in the sun watching them and “We Were Promised Jetpacks” back to back. Highlight of the trip
Jealous you got to open for them
Stand by your man.
Jealous you got to go to SXSW
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:34 PM MDT up reply actions
oh right my library
1 backstreet boys song “Larger than Life” because it’s funny
Gino Vanelli because it’s a nostalgic song
Styx because I love cover songs and that album is all cover songs – albeit terrible ones
American Analog set was recommended to me as well as The Twilight Singers (Bonnie Brae is such an incredible song)
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 12:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Just giving you flack...
I think Gino is the ultimate in cheeze (well, Styx, too), but his “Black Car” was a badass 80s dance cut that even I could listen to.
The Twilight Singers are so amazing, because Greg Dulli is pretty much a deity.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:31 PM MDT up reply actions
I guess I mean in rock music
Jazz is great to just hang out and listen to, but it’s not nearly as engaged of listening.
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 12:16 PM MDT up reply actions
LOOK HOW WRONG YOU ARE
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
Yeesh, it really depends on the situation
If I go to Dazzle, I’ll sit there staring for an hour and lose track of time
If it’s a recording, it’s background music but it creates an ambiance
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 12:18 PM MDT up reply actions
If you like drums
check out Rich vs. Roach – amazing album recorded by two of the best drummers in Jazz History.
They recorded at the same time – in the same studio – amazing album. IF you can’t find it let me know and I can upload to grooveshark later.
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
Hahaha
In that case, you HAVE to listen to my old band, The Jet Age.
One of the two major reasons I helped put that band together was to get to play with Pete Nuwayser, the most phenomenal drummer I will ever play with. Unfortunate that I had to move out here during recording of the first album. He’s amazing.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:10 PM MDT up reply actions
This song is SOOOOOO good
I’m thinking you’d really like that d.biddle stuff I recommended, based on this. Maybe or maybe not the actual songs I listed, but d.biddle generally
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:16 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, they only have two on Grooveshark right now
Of the two, I’d recommend O Calendar for the drums emphasis
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Wait, that was The Jet Age I was referring to (O Calendar)
As for d.biddle, they’re not on Grooveshark at all
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:19 PM MDT up reply actions
I was referring to calexico/iron and wine
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 12:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Ah, the Route 41 prison song
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:23 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm making a Rockies Music playlist on grooveshark.
Everyone check the fanposts for the AB music fanpost and help fill like everything ever in
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 11:52 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh man, that sounds delightful, but no way...three games at Coors, I'm bloody exhausted tonight
Am going to see Jim McTurnan & the Kids That Killed the Man tomorrow night, tho.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 10:54 AM MDT up reply actions
On the former Rockies theme
Cory Sullivan DFA’d by Astros, rejected minor league assignment, and is now an FA
Francis is my homeboy. Matt Daley back in black.
Woody's plan is coming to fruition.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 11:08 AM MDT up reply actions
Anyone with time on their hands want to put together a team of former Rockies who have been DFA-ed in 2010
And work out how many wins they would project to get?
and then send
it to woody paige
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, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
poor bastard
good for him for even sticking around the bigs this long
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 11:15 AM MDT up reply actions
He at least made the ride...
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
Great series.
All the anger and bitterness and hate came back to me…..
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Jun 25, 2010 11:55 AM MDT reply actions
I agree with this sentiment.
I couldn’t sleep because of the rage. And I was thinking very unkind things about Pedroia.
You're a little young for that PIP...
Wait till you’ve been in a situation for years where you just can’t get by that one team. Then you can really hate.
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
Been a Mets fan scince '62...
The current NL east standings are a nightmare revisted.
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
I was just thinking that it's 1999 all over again...
Paleface Destro, RISPy assassin.
The NL plays baseball. The AL plays arena football with sticks.
Recovering Mets fan since 2007.
by Paleface Destro on Jun 25, 2010 3:32 PM MDT up reply actions
Screw it
time to go eat Santiago’s and lounge in the sun for the next hour. I’m the boss today anyway
Stand by your man.
You're Not the Boss Of Me Now
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:25 PM MDT up reply actions
and you're not so big
am I allowed to like TMBG
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 12:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Dude, I'm all about the Ana Ng.
TMBG are a treasure.
You’re allowed to like anyone you want. I may razz you just a wee bit once in a while. ;-)
But I’m also the one with not one, but two, Communards albums and a Bronski Beat album in my collection. So laugh along with me.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:33 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Both Communards? Yeah, so are mine
Wait, that was backwards. Two Bronski Beat albums and one Communards. It was intentional. It was also like 1984 or something.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:35 PM MDT up reply actions
well, if you are looking to buy them off me
I’m definitely trying to sell them :-P
Stand by your man.
yeah, thanks
erm
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 12:59 PM MDT up reply actions
That's right Mr. Manager.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 12:32 PM MDT up reply actions
anyone see this artcile on BTBS?
Basically FIP should be used for Projecting the future not describing the past. I totally agree with this statement and will have to start using the Rally WAR for pitchers now.
In fact, looking at the Rally WAR leaderboards it looks about right to me and I don’t say that just because Ubaldo is #1 but the rest of the ordering looks better to me too.
Rally WAR: 1- Ubaldo, 2- Josh Johnson, 3- Gallardo 4- Halladay 5- Garcia compared to Fan Graphs 1- Lee 2- Liriano 3- Halladay 4- Ubaldo 5- Josh Johnson
by purplesocks on Jun 25, 2010 12:45 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Great find.
Interestingly, Dave Cameron argued that FIP should be used for the exact opposite during a Fangraphs chat the other day:
Dave Cameron:
The only difference between FIP and xFIP is the way HRs are treated. FIP uses HR rate as the variable in the formula, while xFIP uses flyball rate, under the presumption that variances in HR/FB rates are mostly luck and not true skill. FIP is a better representation of how many runs a pitcher should have given up in the past, while xFIP is a better representation of how many runs a pitcher will give up in the future. tERA is like FIP with more granular batted ball.
I think this is what I’ve been missing about FIP. It relies almost exclusively on the core things that can make a pitcher great: low walks, high strikeouts, low HR. Those are great building blocks, but there’s so much more in talking about how someone actually performed. FIP as a tool to analyze past results nets how the designer thinks someone should have performed, which is like revising the past based on pre-determined idea of how the past should look. In other words, it’s not at all like the past.
OT: It's almost the end of June. Why is it freezing outside here?
Gah. Sometimes I really hate this place.
Hotter'n crap downtown denver.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 1:47 PM MDT up reply actions
It's cold, misty, and windy outside here.
And with the humidity, feels even colder.
How about you guys send some of that heat this direction?
i would love to
have to wear a jacket out doors this evening.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 2:04 PM MDT up reply actions
See you Monday with a suitcase full of heat
Francis is my homeboy. Matt Daley has a boo boo on his shoulder.
same in Boulder and Golden
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, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
my crap tends to be somewhere about body temp, maybe a bit colder
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 2:24 PM MDT up reply actions
so hotter than that.
They'll play what I tell them to play...for I am the mayor of Albuquerque!
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 25, 2010 2:35 PM MDT up reply actions
and you keep a thermometer in your pants pocket just for that purpose?
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I was accused of being hot blooded
so I checked it to see.
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 2:53 PM MDT up reply actions
you had a fever of a hundred and three?
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you're willing to sacrifice
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So do you think they ever sang about
rirfsadface.jpg?
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did you see that ATHF where Carl gets the Foreigner belt or whatever it was
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 3:05 PM MDT up reply actions
gave him the lyrical powers of Legendary Supergroup Foreigner
one of the few episodes of that show I enjoy
Stand by your man.
oh and check your inbox - there's a mix of mellowness for you
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 3:06 PM MDT up reply actions
I'd have to wait for the rest of my music to upload this weekend maybe
I don’t want to limit myself
Stand by your man.
Working on one now, because I just remembered how much I love Morning After Girls
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OMG
It would take me FOREVER to actually load up my music
Trying to make a playlist by exploring what’s on there that I don’t actually have.
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I just queued up about 4000 songs before I came into work
they are slowly showing up throughout the day
Stand by your man.
Maybe I'll find a way to get that going sometime this evening
I know they only allow stuff on certain labels, though. I mean, I could just cue up everything, but 1/2 would get rejected and I’d lose my account.
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oh and keep it in order, I kind of went all mixtape on it
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 3:11 PM MDT up reply actions
I really want to come and observe
you and Muzia in real life sometime…
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
oh I think the two of you are somethin
special…
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
dony deny the TROOF
It can only come back to haunt you
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is that why this Bob Marley fellow keeps following me around?
something about freedom
Stand by your man.
Go to a game with them
and that would give you a great idea of them both
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, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
I'm super sad I missed the BBQ
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
Muzia at a BBQ = Mora in the 10th inning?
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ha ha ha ha ha ha
Mondo you are hillarious.
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
Now THAT is rirfface.8legjpeg
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I hear the sun rose in the east today, too.
roflcopters all around.
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The Cubs are such a mess
(Not that this is new)
Get well soon Tulo. The Rockies need you.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 25, 2010 3:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Okay
Who loses first; the White Sox or the Rangers?
Get well soon Tulo. The Rockies need you.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 25, 2010 3:27 PM MDT reply actions
White Sox
Doing it with more smoke/mirrors
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white sox
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
I think I'm digging the start of this playlist.
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excellent
it’s not too long, it should take you through the end of the day. Maybe.
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 3:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, I keep having to leave my desk to do projects...
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Okay, now that I'm actually *into* it, I have a weird reaction
I’m about halfway through, and I generally love the Iron and Wine stuff, but really, nothing else I’ve heard (even DTR, which is sacrilege, since they’re from Denver, and all….)
I mean, it’s all really good, but mostly too country-ish for me. That said, I love that particular Lyle Lovett album (used to have it on vinyl). And I expect to like Tammany Hall and Caedmon’s Call. Not a fan of Nick Drake and The Wallflowers. Objectively, it’s good, I just don’t care for it.
Pretty good batting average, though!
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Man, Nick Drake is like the Van Gogh of acoustic folk style music
I’m not a huge DTR fan either, I was just attempting to keep a theme in the music. Like I said, Mix-tapey.
by Andrew Martin on Jun 26, 2010 8:44 AM MDT up reply actions
haven't looked yet
too busy listening to other stuff I forgot about from my library
Stand by your man.
I know most of those songs though
good work, especially the Austin Lucas + Drag the River
Stand by your man.
I'm not gonna lie, I'm not a HUGE Drag the River fan
but it’s awesome bar music
by Andrew Martin on Jun 25, 2010 3:38 PM MDT up reply actions
All this sudden grooveshark networking makes me feel compelled to join in.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 25, 2010 3:36 PM MDT up reply actions
Even I'm doing it
and I’m a nerd.
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
I'm putting together a Jazz Play list
sort of a walk through of the history of Jazz – but using some of my favorites instead of the “standards” out 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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
At some point I'll make three playlists of my favorite music.
One of regular music, one of soundtracks, and one of musicals.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 25, 2010 4:14 PM MDT up reply actions
this is awesome!
"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!)
Super Overlady Of the Ubaldo Lovers Club.
THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!! and rec'd
Quitter's People United Member #4
Brad Hawpe - Will pickup the slack for Tulo's bat
Todd Helton - 2HOLE to the World Series
Troy Tulowitzki - GET WELL SOON TROY WE NEED YOU
Ubaldo Jimenez- Saving the collective's bacon!
To rub it in a little more from last night
Dustin Pedroia’s game WPA was the third highest in MLB this year. One of the two higher performances also happened at the Rockies’ expense.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 25, 2010 5:10 PM MDT reply actions
I suppose I should be bummed about last night, but I just can't bring myself to do it
Won the series? Check
Showed up Papelbon in a big way? Check (Even though he got the W last night, that means he didn’t do his job properly the first time)
Kept fighting back until the very end last night? Check (That was the classic “stuff happens” game…sometimes when you’re battling, it doesn’t go your way. Oh, well.)
Seeing some dormant bats start to awaken? Check
I guess there were just too many positives to come out of this whole series to be too upset. Time to dim the Halos…and time for the Red Sox to take out their aggression on the Giants (and for the Yankees to do the same to the Dodgers).
Paleface Destro, RISPy assassin.
The NL plays baseball. The AL plays arena football with sticks.
Recovering Mets fan since 2007.
by Paleface Destro on Jun 25, 2010 5:22 PM MDT reply actions 4 recs
rec'd twice
In the moment, it was a real bummer, precisely because we came back so many times, and because a foot or two here and there, and we win.
But there were so many positives to take out of this series all, that it can still be the inflection point for our season.
Happy and tired. Probably too tired to watch tonight’s game, even on TV. Final ep of Treme instead, and a Rowbot recap in the morning…
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Well said
A sweep would have been awesome but this team showed more character in this series than they have all year long and that’s almost more important to me than anything. This is the way I expected to see the Rockies battle late in games.
Get well soon Tulo. The Rockies need you.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 25, 2010 6:05 PM MDT up reply actions
already green
but i rec’d it anyway :-D Agreed on all counts!
"Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa." ~Bob Veale
"I hope this game isn't horrible. Because if it is, we're going to have to wait until tomorrow to see the Rockies win." ~5-yo
"Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug."~Mitch Williams
by Rox the Casbah on Jun 25, 2010 6:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Re: Morales
Today was another chapter in the closest thing MLB has to a domestic violence situation: Carlos Zambrano and the Cubs.
There’s no way that Zambrano is done, and Morales likely isn’t done. Say the Rockies offer Morales + (B-B+ prospect) for Zambrano and cash. Do it?
There is absolutely nothing good that can come out of having Zambrano in our dugout or clubhouse
Yes, he’s very talented, but threats and waving bats around at such, at your own teammates and coaches, absobloodlylutely not.
Zambrano’s as big a reason for the Cubs’ annual failures as anyone else.
He’ll call it “intensity”.
Most of us will simply call it “douchebaggery”.
He not only is not a team player, he’ll take it out on his own team. We don’t want that here.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 25, 2010 5:55 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
He'll get winded too quickly here.
He’ll need oxygen before he has the opportunity to bash a soda fountain. :)
Seriously, though, I agree—I don’t want that psychopath anywhere near a Rockies uniform. Heck, we might as well trade for Milton Bradley while we’re at it.
Paleface Destro, RISPy assassin.
The NL plays baseball. The AL plays arena football with sticks.
Recovering Mets fan since 2007.
by Paleface Destro on Jun 25, 2010 5:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Another starting pitcher is not a pressing need for the club right now and I really woundn't like to see a hothead like Zambrono in our clubhouse
Absolutely do not want!!!
Get well soon Tulo. The Rockies need you.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 25, 2010 6:09 PM MDT up reply actions
I agree with the No-Z camp, but just thinking about what Morales would bring back.
It’s intriguing, in the way that horror movies are intriguing.
Morales is an interesting player because I think there is some team out there who would give up something good for him
He’s still only 24 years old and left handed so on paper there’s a lot of potential there. The only thing is though that I’d rather sell high than low on him.
Get well soon Tulo. The Rockies need you.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 25, 2010 6:18 PM MDT up reply actions
just like
Jorge de la Rosa
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, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
I watched that meltdown
I want no part of his attitude. No part. Period.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 25, 2010 6:45 PM MDT up reply actions
It's weird to see the DH used in Philly's ballpark
Get well soon Tulo. The Rockies need you.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 25, 2010 6:19 PM MDT reply actions
Oh, you mean that "home" game the Blue Jays have in Philly?
Paleface Destro, RISPy assassin.
The NL plays baseball. The AL plays arena football with sticks.
Recovering Mets fan since 2007.
by Paleface Destro on Jun 25, 2010 6:27 PM MDT up reply actions
That's the one
Get well soon Tulo. The Rockies need you.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 25, 2010 7:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Good outing from Buccholz
1 inning, 7 pitches, 6 strikes
via Ringolsby
http://twitter.com/TracyRingolsby/status/16995625378
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, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK
And pebble report
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 25, 2010 6:46 PM MDT up reply actions
I think I'm going to walk to the train station rather than deal with the crowded light rail
packed with fans going to the Giants game. Since this will mean walking past the ball park, I will attempt to take note of the proportion of Red Sox fans I see.
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