Sunday Rockpile: What the teams of the NL West said about themselves yesterday

“Sabean works his magic”? Really? Calling up Posey was not “a masterstroke”. It was the obvious move at a time when everyone and his uncle knew that Molina was an albatross on both sides of the ball. I also like how the Giants are legit but the Rockies aren’t. You know, even though the Giants went through their own really rough stretch only a month ago (with the Rockies’ help, even). I flat-out refuse to believe the Giants are so much better that they can turn it around and the Rockies can’t…because they’re just not, sorry. I like the FO’s message here…they have a sniper’s patience.

I wish the DP had more intelligent writers than just Renck. It must be hard for him to counteract that much stupid day in and day out.

i know they have good pitching but geez…hopefully they will both die down the next few months and the Rox make there move….Giants did fade down the stretch last year…i hope they do the same this year

So much.

Fowler8, Herrera4, CarGo7, Tulo6, Giambino3, Smith9, Iannetta2, Stewart5, DeLaRosa1

Whilst researching Ubaldo’s agent status, I came across this little funny tidbit. Maybe you’ve already seen it, I hadn’t, but wanted to share nonetheless. And Russ, please don’t ban me.

Ubaldo Jimenez is a Sith Lord.

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/extrabaggs/2010/05/31/postgame-notes-ubaldo-jimenez-is-a-sith-lord-lincecum-is-own-worst-enemy-upton-is-latest-tale-of-destruction/

however….it got me thinking about the differences in fan “bases” of the local teams. I’m not versed in hockey….so I can’t comment on that. But the Bronco’s fans are definitely more abundant in Denver….and extremely polarized. Look at the myopic sucking up that’s done on MHR and the utter contempt and whining about everything that the Broncos do on the DP forum….Remarkably polarized. Nuggets fans skew really negative but you won’t find a more devoted fan “base” even though we complain about everything they do.

Purple Row seems to represent the cross section of Rockies fans very well.

favorite baseball movie is the sand lot…favorite movie right now is Inception

I wad sitting next to Smitty and said cycle walk off

Aramis Ramirez gets a day off, and Soto moves from 7th to 4th in the lineup

The first name of all three starts with “C”
He’s the fifth player to hit a walkoff HR and hit for the cycle in the same game, the fourth to complete the cycle with a walkoff home run. George Brett hit a walkoff HR on a cycle, but he had already hit a home run earlier in the game.

Good luck with that

J/k RG, thanks for everything you do!

My brain hurts now. It seems he just decided that the last two games have been too much fun so he better sh** all over the rockies, thier fans and the city of Denver. What a prick.

just left the game with an injured ankle…don’t know how bad it is yet

 I think we could have done some modest buying and selling and not change the prospect this year a whit. I think the Rox are still in the race. The prospect of a 2007 type streak is unlikely. If they can win every series left and come close to running the table in the west then the dream is still alive. That’s a big if. The Dodgers as always will be the stumbling block. Past that hurdle the Rox have a fair chance. Stumble there and your fate is not in your own hands.

of another Venezuelan who played for the Rockies: Andres Galarraga. Both of them can hit for a pretty high average and both of had/have tremendous power. Both players fielded their positions extremely well. On a down not both of them also tend to strike out a bit more than they walk.

Wow. Makes you understand their moves and how rough the road ahead will be for Dodgers fans. They did the Lilly deal as he’s arb-eligible and all the Dodgers will do is not offer him arbitration (because they won’t spend the money on two high draft picks.) Frank McCourt plans to double ticket prices AND slash payroll. Coletti seems to be working on his resume and sort of passively-aggressively making the team (and McCourt) look bad. Kind of a “Oh-I’m-rowing-hard-but-this-ship-is-sinking” strategy. See the Zach Lee pick.

I’ve been impressed by his writing recently. I don’t like his obviously contrived use of the Tracy and Gonzalez quotes in his column, but I don’t necessarily disagree with what he wrote.

All the same, it didn’t seem like much of any worth was available on the market. Is Ted Lilly better than Jhoulys Chacin? No. Is Ryan Theriot better than Barmes or Mora? No. The Nationals wanted more for Adam Dunn than anyone was willing to give up, and he’ll be available this winter.

Long story short, I don’t see that the Rockies could have appreciably improved the team at the deadline, so don’t send away players that could help for the same or potentially worse players. Much as I would love to see Adam Dunn in the lineup today, if it would have cost a Chacin, then it’s not worth it.

come on now. Andrew Lambo, James McDonald, Kyle Smit, Brett Wallach, Lucas May and the other pitcher are never going to be solid big leaguers. They aren;t even solid prospects…..with the exception of Lambo…but he had his run in with drugs and the organization decided to trade him. I don;‘t think these are signs of panic. I was quite happy with what Ned accomplished yesterday. You decide to give the negative spin….fine….it was expected.
But, Ned pulled off solid deals for Lilly, Dotel and Podsednik WITHOUT giving up the LAD top prospects. Sure, he gave up Carlos Santana a few years ago….I blame McCourt for that.
I can’t wait for the team to be sold so the owner can start investing in the team rather than his personal items of interest.
Plus, should the LAD find themselves totally out of it come 8/31, they are well aware of the market for Manny.
LAD will have to sign 3 pitchers in the offseason, and they won;t be giving Martin any raise above what he is making now-$5 million. I am curious if they will deal Martin this offseason. I could see them dealing Broxton as well….would not surprise me, especially with how well Jansen has pitched this season. Ned has been quoted as saying he doesn’t like paying much for closers.