Rockies 2, Pirates 4: Yeah, About Getting Better When Returning To Coors
by Russ Oates on Jul 27, 2010 9:49 PM MDT
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PrintLately writing game wraps for the Rockies has been a bit demoralizing. Who really wants to write about losing all the time (answer: Pirates and Detroit Lions bloggers)? Seven straight losses for the Rockies, 2-8 in the last 10 games. It's a bad stretch, or maybe the beginning of the end. I really don't know.
Brad Hawpe and Clint Barmes hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning. Where is the offense the rest of the time? RISP tonight: 0-for-6. Also, six hits against the Pirates just isn't going to cut it. Hey, Ryan Spilborghs, what was that double that you tried to stretch into a triple? You made the first out at third base!
I just don't have much else to write.
Oh, wait. Doing the game wraps lately, it seems I always choose the one that makes the pitcher sad and demoralized after something bad happened.
GO ROCKIES!
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Alright!
Who washed their jersey?!
I wanna know…
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This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Jul 27, 2010 9:51 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
maybe this would be a good time to wash ours...
"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
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by Rox the Casbah on Jul 27, 2010 9:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Reverse jersey washing?
I dunno, it could be risky…
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 27, 2010 9:54 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
seems like a nice theory
but could backfire…
"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
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by Rox the Casbah on Jul 27, 2010 9:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Hopefully it will be a RISPy theory
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 27, 2010 9:57 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
hawhawhaw
Well, I ain’t tryin it. My jersey is a Tulo jersey, and that might translate over to bad luck for him, and he barely got back….its gotta be a Helton or a Stewart, Hawpe maybe, Fowler..
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 27, 2010 10:00 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
eh, i've got more to do than worry about watching our jerseys anyway
"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
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by Rox the Casbah on Jul 27, 2010 9:58 PM MDT up reply actions
god bless you pip
I haven’t washed either of mine since July 4.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 27, 2010 9:53 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
What!
July 4th? I never wash my jersey during the season.
But it couldn’t have been you…whoever did it had to have done it July 9 or later.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 27, 2010 9:56 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
i spilled a bunch of monster nachos on it
Didn’t want to give it another stain
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 27, 2010 10:00 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Ah, I see.
Yes, a stain might prove more harmful than a wash.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 27, 2010 10:02 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
3yo stained my jersey in 08
hmmmm…
"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
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by Rox the Casbah on Jul 27, 2010 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions
That pre ASB winning streak
did last through July 10. (Memmer winning streaks? They were nice.)
I hate to be nitpicky, but July 9 was my birthday, and you had me a bit scared we might be in for a year of this crap.
Bazinga!
by Junction Rox on Jul 28, 2010 12:19 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh, yes, thats right.
In my mind, I still think I went to the July 10 game, even though it was the July 11 game, so yep, someone washed their jersey on or after July 10th after the game.
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This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Jul 28, 2010 12:51 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I just can't believe that we just lost to the Pittburgh ******* Pirates at home
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 27, 2010 9:52 PM MDT reply actions
I miss good baseball
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 27, 2010 9:55 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
be here tomorrow ;-)
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"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
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by Rox the Casbah on Jul 27, 2010 9:55 PM MDT up reply actions
IAWTC
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 27, 2010 9:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Gotta PH for Dex...
We should have used Giambi in the 7th, and instead the slumping Dex left the tying run on third. Stewart would have been the PH in the 9th, but instead did not appear in the game.
Throughout this losing streak, we have made a ton of mental miscues. The manager letting someone who’s something like 3 for 47 hit in that crucial situation is one of them.
Dexter shouldn't be playing everyday
He is our 5th best OF, and should see playing time that a 5th OF would get. Why have an almost automatic out at the top of the order every night.
I Hate the Giants
He does draw walks....
and can have an OBP of .350 even with his average being challenged.
However, I agree that Dex has no business playing everyday while Smith gets spot duty. In fact, I’d use Dex as trade bait given CarGo’s outstanding CF defense. We don’t need him, and only hope for his potential to be realized. Perhaps he should be dealt before that potential is no longer believed by GMs in the league.
Welp
It’s just not our year. I hate it with all my heart, but I have to admit that it’s how I feel and what I see on the field. I’m not giving up by any means, but we’re in a really bad spot right now. Cargo looks as lost at the plate as Dexter. DLR wasn’t bad, but got no help. Spilly turns a potentially game changing hit into an out. What a mess. I’ve got no answers. Arrrggghhh.
Get your purple on.
I knew we were done
with the tag out at 3rd.
Seth Smith's beard looks on in anticipation.
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So lets fire Tracy
It worked last year.
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Of note.
The Rox 3 playoff appearances have come with 3 different managers.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jul 27, 2010 10:11 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
At least several people hit the ball hard...
I really want someone to teach hitting discipline differently and an orginizational change on that. Base running has been atrocious too. Knock some heads together please.
"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
For some reason I still think this team is going to make a big run soon
Am I an idiot?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 27, 2010 10:07 PM MDT reply actions
No
I feel the same a little bit. This losing streak just sucks.
Seth Smith's beard looks on in anticipation.
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I'll join
you in thinking that.
I’m still not changing my sig…
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This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Jul 27, 2010 10:09 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
No
it’s just hard to look at the big picture when you’re frustrated ;-)
"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
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by Rox the Casbah on Jul 27, 2010 10:36 PM MDT up reply actions
Matt Daley has been shut down from his rehab assignment, per Renck.
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Today is just chock full of good news, isn't it?
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jul 27, 2010 10:12 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Well, in this case, Daley wasn't going to be activated straight to the team anyway after rehabbing.
Though it does represent one fewer depth option for relief in the minors.
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by Greg Stanwood on Jul 27, 2010 10:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Ryan Spilborghs in the eighth inning… that was the goddamn dumbest baseball play any Rockies player has made all year. Just absolutely retarded.
I’d also like to thank Brad Hawpe for driving his trade value up a notch tonight. Somebody get one of those wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube men – we’re looking at a sale.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
I find it difficult
if not impossible to disagree with you. I don’t like saying that by any means.
Get your purple on.
I think they've got to sell any spare parts that don't fit long term.
And Hawpe is one of those. Betancourt, Beimel, and Cook or Francis could also be worth something. And the thing is, with the exception of the two relievers, none of those players’ absence would make the team much worse in the short term.
Betancourt has a contract next year
I’m not sure why we’d sell him. Cook does too, but salary relief could help
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 27, 2010 10:36 PM MDT up reply actions
I dunno - I think there have been some moments of pretty dumb baseball that would like a word.
but it’s up there.
I like Hawpe at first – I’d like to think he could have a future there, with Helton seeming to decline more rapidly. Unless we could get a really good 1B in a very reasonable trade, why not develop that?
"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
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by Rox the Casbah on Jul 27, 2010 10:38 PM MDT up reply actions
Disagree on both counts
sure, he’s no 23yo, but at 31 is hardly decrepit. I’d argue he could be a good 1B while we develop someone younger (because, well, he isn’t a 23yo). If you can find someone better for that role in a good trade deal that is an overall win for the team, well, by all means. But right now I’d say he’s an asset.
"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
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by Rox the Casbah on Jul 28, 2010 11:07 AM MDT up reply actions
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 27, 2010 10:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Being at the game made tonight even more frustrating
I have never been around a more bored group of 46,000 fans (except maybe at Folsom Field lately, Yeah Dan Hawkins Era!)
BTW, very nice crowd…
"My eyes! The goggles do nothing!" - Rainier Wolfcastle
I'm all for whoever's ahead getting beat up by whoever's behind. ;-)
"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
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by Rox the Casbah on Jul 27, 2010 10:40 PM MDT up reply actions
I love the talent on this team
I really do and I know it’s there because I’ve seen it. As of now THE ENTIRE TEAM is in a slump and freaking sucks, perhaps soon EVERYONE will get hot?
by actionjackson06 on Jul 27, 2010 10:43 PM MDT reply actions
THE END IS NEAR!!!
LET’S SHOOT THIS TEAM INTO THE SUN!!!!
Making facetious trade rumors since 2012AD
I was there, and I was disgusted
Given this recent tumble coupled with what seems like a serious Huston Street injury, I think that we should REALLY consider selling at the deadline. We can get some nice pieces for Hawpe, Cook, Barmes, Mora, Betancourt, Beimel, and Spilly, and we have the depth for addition by subtraction (free Seth Smith, Jhoulys Chacin, Chris Nelson, etc etc).
I’ve seen several disheartening losses this season (9-5 to the Phillies with Ross Gload’s 9th inning homer, 6-2 to the Astros with the Carlos Lee slam, 5-4 to the Dodgers after we had the lead, that game before the all-star break against the Padres), but this one was the biggest stinker of them all because we’re riding a 7 game losing streak.
I don’t know what to think right now, I was so optimistic, even at 5 pm. The talent on this team is still entirely present, and our core is fantastic, but….maybe we just need some new blood? I don’t know.
All I know is, they HAVE to win tomorrow. Or else……………..(dot dot dot)
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or else?
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 27, 2010 10:55 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
UM...on the bright side
Hawpe showed some signs of life.
And DLR seems to be going back to being a reasonably effective pitcher.
And it’s nice to see Tulo back at SS.
That being said: THIS IS THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES! DO NOT LET THEM BEAT YOU! ESPECIALLY NOT BY JUST SCREWING UP BASIC FUNDAMENTALS OF BASERUNNING AND FIELDING!
And I think it’s time to send Dexter back down to AAA for a bit more seasoning. Hopefully this move is made when Todd comes back. I’d rather deal with the occasional Melmo start in LF than continue to watch Dexter struggle.
hawpe always seems to show just enough signs of life
not to get traded.
by actionjackson06 on Jul 27, 2010 11:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Dexter Fowler =
Willy Tavares without the stolen bases….
by attackparrot on Jul 27, 2010 11:26 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Dex
has a better smile and a higher HAR rating.
But in all seriousness, I agree, though Dex could develop to steal more bases on day.
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This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Jul 27, 2010 11:33 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
He still gets on base one out of every three plate appearances
That’s still a lot more valuable than Taveras
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 28, 2010 8:08 AM MDT up reply actions
Well, this game
was frustrating. Again. I was pounding the furniture throughout and went straight to the freezer in search of ice cream to gain back those 3 lbs I lost in Nerdland.
Then I came here, and despite all the negativity, I began to feel happier….strange, I know…and more optimistic.
During this streak, I have been in denial that this is the end of our season and we should sell and forget about making the playoffs, and still am. And I’m not sayin that the statements “This is the end of our season” are true: I absolutely disagree!!!
Its just weird, I come here and am given a hope somehow, which is ironic, cause there is no hope being posted. Well, I guess I must be the hope and spread it, so…there is still hope left. Much. Keep the faith. Sweet dreams.
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This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Jul 27, 2010 11:11 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Awful
Just awful, horseshit baseball on display from the Colorado Rockies tonight. Flat embarrassing.
If you had told me after watching that game that one team fancied itself a playoff contender and one was 30 games under .500, I would’ve said the Rockies were 30 games under without hesitation.
The team needs to treat the last seven games of this homestand as elimination games, because if we go any worse than 6-1, our playoff hopes are finished.
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
THERE IS NO GOD
BLEARGLE WEARGLE OVERREACTION.
Seriously though. This blows. Hard. With a Vengeance.
by TheFightingFarsi on Jul 27, 2010 11:41 PM MDT reply actions
You know, I really need the Rockies to win. Preferably a few times.
Not only for the obvious reasons, but also because I haven’t talked to my parents since the early part of the road trip, and I’ve been avoiding calling them because I know it will mean talking about the Rockies. With my mom it would be bearable, but with my dad, not so much. He’ll definitely be of the “The Rockies suck, get rid of them all” ilk. And I certainly don’t need that.
So please Rockies, for the sake of familial harmony, win!
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okaaayy...
I don’t get it. But whatever.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 28, 2010 1:29 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
awwww... :-(
"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
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by Rox the Casbah on Jul 28, 2010 1:36 AM MDT up reply actions
Funny?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 28, 2010 8:08 AM MDT up reply actions
Maybe they break out the Purple jersey's just to change the mojo.
It could work, If they even have them anymore.
I don't believe they are officially in circulation for the team to use anymore
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 28, 2010 8:09 AM MDT up reply actions
I suspect this is easily enough remedied
Ubaldo Jimenez: He's still gonna win the CY
Brad Hawpe: Get it together!!!
Todd and Tulo: Ready to Rox and roll
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