Bleaker Street: Rockies can't build a big league, watch small one collapse against Diamondbacks
by Rox Girl on Aug 20, 2010 11:21 PM MDT
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PrintThe Rockies August seesaw ride ended Friday night, but not in a good way, as the team's win one, lose one streak terminated at 16 games with a 4-3 loss to the Diamondbacks. The offense mustered just three runs on a dozen hits, and stranded multitudes of runners on their way to the loss. Huston Street blew another save, and clearly still doesn't seem to have his game back from his stint on the disabled list earlier this season. Joe Beimel
Starter Esmil Rogers was effective, composed and at times dominated the Snakes in six and a third innings. He allowed six hits and a walk and struck out six, frequently showing an ability to come up with a strikeout in critical moments, squashing Arizona rallies before they could get off the ground.
Having a pitcher that effective was a necessity, as the offense simply wasn't able to execute well with runners on base, and could never quite come up with a crushing blow. Troy Tulowitzki drove in two of the Rockies runs, Dexter Fowler scored twice and drove in the other. In addition, Eric Young Jr. proved a spark at the top of the order with three hits. Besides that trio, there were varying degrees of letdown in the performances of the other position players tonight, Ian Stewart perhaps delivering the biggest with a zero for five performance, but he was not the only player to not come through.
This inability to make the killshot finally reached a head in the ninth, when Huston Street allowed the first two batters he faced aboard, the eventual tying runs, before striking out Adam LaRoche and Mark Reynolds. Almost out of the woods, perhaps he let his guard down against Miguel Montero, who laced a two run double into left to tie the game. After another opportunity went up in smoke for the Rockies offense in the tenth, Joe Beimel allowed back to back hits to Justin Upton and Kelly Johnson, the latter a walk-off RBI double, to seal the Rockies fate.
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if this isn’t the nail in the coffin idk what is we continue to blow games and lose to below .500 teams….this team just doesn’t have it this year…i will watch the rest of the way and not hang on every game and just try to enjoy the rest of the season…if some miracle happens and we do make it then so be it…but i am not expecting it at all….and btw it sucks that i predicted Heilman to win tonight’s game in the Weekly Prediction Game…i didn’t think it would come like this though ugh
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."
Doesn’t help that Street hasn’t been able to put the nail in the opposition’s coffin lately
by walkoffcycle5 on Aug 20, 2010 11:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Tomorrow is Santo Ubaldo Day
…and he’s going up against the Game Show Baron. Should be fun.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:36 PM MDT reply actions
Well, despite the outcome of the game
I had fun tonight.
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Same here. The game thread was damn near epic in its entertainment value
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:37 PM MDT up reply actions
I guess that makes us
not real fans, huh?
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/snort/
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Wouldn't be my first time being accused of that
You know, being a bandwagon-jumping east coast snob and all.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:40 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't jump on the "GET RID OF EVERYONE" train
every time a L comes around.
How can I live with myself?
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Hey, I'm a Yankees fan!
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I KNEW IT!!!!!!!
/points and screams
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No one is listening.
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Alan Thicke is
Alan Thicke hears all
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:45 PM MDT up reply actions
of course he's listening
isn’t that part of his job?
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:46 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, he isn't doing much else lately
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:47 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm a Mets fan who just happened to jump on the Rockies' bandwagon when they got hot in '07
Nice to see a kindred soul!
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:43 PM MDT up reply actions
Hmmmm.
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...and now you know the reason I took the "Recovering Mets Fan" line out of my sig
The year was really just a coincidence (as I moved to Denver in early 2007), and it was meant as a joke, but I didn’t feel like leaving myself vulnerable to constantly correcting knuckleheads.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:46 PM MDT up reply actions
(Once was too much)
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:47 PM MDT up reply actions
that's why people shouldn't make assumptions... you know what that does.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:48 PM MDT up reply actions
i was thinking makes an ass out of you and the ump ;-)
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Or Oprah
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:52 PM MDT up reply actions
oh, like you need assumptions to do that...
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:54 PM MDT up reply actions
I may have recently spent way too much time on the east coast
but I’m really a midwestern girl at heart.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, I know what topics not to discuss any longer here.
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IKEA, Shiva Hut, Alan Thicke?
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Shiva Hut should always be discussed.
Pictures in the future.
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... Uh, Sorry PR
but I think I need to take a hiatus.
Of the permanent variety.
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NO!
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:44 PM MDT up reply actions
huh?
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:44 PM MDT up reply actions
I was joking, I was joking!!
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Don't screw around with us tonight.
It’s been a rough couple of days here….
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I will always be here for you, Cat
to be a beacon against the darkness.
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Her original whie knight
isn’t around much these days,
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Okay, my heart rate is almost back to normal now
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:52 PM MDT up reply actions
If, heaven forbid, this team loses another game
there’s going to be so few of us left!
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I don't know what Shiva Hut is...
… but reminds me of an amusing rumor that got started about me, where apparently my father owned Pizza Hut.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 20, 2010 11:43 PM MDT up reply actions
Your father owned Pizza Hut?
Dude…that’s awesome! Think I could get some free P’Zones? I love P’Zones.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:44 PM MDT up reply actions
what's a p'zone?
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Pizza calzone lovechild
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 20, 2010 11:45 PM MDT up reply actions
so... it's its own grandpa?
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:47 PM MDT up reply actions
Pizza...West Virginia style
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:48 PM MDT up reply actions
rofl!
it’s from one of their commercials.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:47 PM MDT up reply actions
(She's ninja-ing her clueless husband)
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:47 PM MDT up reply actions
rofl!
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:49 PM MDT up reply actions
(She's quoting the ad)
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:47 PM MDT up reply actions
Rule #1
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 20, 2010 11:47 PM MDT up reply actions
Rule #47d
Destro will be totally clueless at the most inopportune time
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Rule #1
Take everything at face value.
Based upon the facts that:
a. people will never fail to make sarcastic remarks and obscure references just for the sake of doing so
and
c. … when people realize you’re setting them up to waste time explaining remarks that are already understood, you can frustrate them into stopping.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 20, 2010 11:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Format fail.
Hehe
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 20, 2010 11:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Yep...and Rule #47d ensures I will continually forget this
Rule #47e: WM is no fun.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Not in the way you want me to be.
:p
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 20, 2010 11:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Nah, you're fun in other ways
Everyone knows Russ is the real killjoy
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Shiva Hut is a pizza place
where we serve hot dogs on pizza.
And the waitresses are dressed up like slave girls from Star Wars
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Why not like Shivas from various Final Fantasies?
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 20, 2010 11:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Because I have final say on
all the waitresses.
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Then it should be called Russ Hut.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 20, 2010 11:47 PM MDT up reply actions
C'mon, Russ
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Sold.
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Or this one, which is borderline NSFW
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/cb20070906082652/finalfantasy/images/4/49/Shivaff8.jpg
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Hence why it is NSFW?
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She (the image I've posted) probably is the most 'clothed'
of the entire set.
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Excuse me for a moment
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:54 PM MDT up reply actions
It was decided that Sharia Hut and waitresses with burqas
didn’t really have market appeal..other than you know Saudi Arabia…
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...where they would never eat pizza with hot dogs anyway
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Perhaps those would be okay
Hebrew Nationals would be right out, though
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:00 AM MDT up reply actions
I would have a usual table
and my table and chair would be retired upon my death
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Waitress in 2326:
“Welcome to the Shiva Hut. Thank you for calling ahead, we’ve reserved the Destro Corner for you.”
I’m totally coming to this restaurant!
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 20, 2010 11:54 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
SWEET!
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Ditto. My stomach still hurts. From laughing.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:39 PM MDT up reply actions
I assume that should say “Big LEAD”?
Is it hockey season yet?
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Some may argue that it's correct as written
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:38 PM MDT up reply actions
awwwwww...
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Sad but true
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:41 PM MDT up reply actions
zzzzzzzzing
Is it hockey season yet?
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by UZ on Aug 21, 2010 1:44 AM MDT up reply actions
ok, it's been a blast, but long-ass day tomorrow... I should get to bed. Night all!
I’m gonna go dream about what AT said… ;-p
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:41 PM MDT reply actions
I just want to go into a corner and cry at this point
It’s not even about the standings anymore, it’s just that I’d actually like to go into the 9th inning with a lead and think we are going to win. Not really possible with the way Street is pitching right now.
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 20, 2010 11:45 PM MDT reply actions
As much as this loss sucks
I felt that besides Street, there were a ton of positives, and rather than us filing to put them away, the Snakes got lucky. We only struck out 5 times, and besides Barmes, there were several times where we hit the ball hard but it just went to the wrong place.
I wonder if Rogers can put together some more 6 inning QS, will he be guaranteed a roster spot next year, because he looked flat out awesome today.
Wonderful comment about the positives.
Especially about the strikeouts.
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Well said
I become more positive about Rogers with each start
A 1-2-3 of Ubaldo, Chacin, and Rogers? Yes, please.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:50 PM MDT up reply actions
This would be beautiful
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Future possible rotation that makes me drool:
1. Ubaldo Jimenez
2. Christian Freidrich
3. Jhoulys Chacin
4. Tyler Matzek
5. Esmil Rogers.
Me likey very much
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:55 PM MDT up reply actions
If this happens heads are gonna roll
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 20, 2010 11:49 PM MDT up reply actions
One head a day until the zombie Rockies are left?
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I'll come up with a plan later
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 20, 2010 11:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Sounds like Baylor's is already through Canadian customs and halfway up Highway 401
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:51 PM MDT up reply actions
at the moment, they still have a legitimate shot
at the postseason, too. how about we just watch the games and enjoy the team for what they are.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:50 PM MDT up reply actions
I was actually enjoying this game quite a bit before the 9th
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 20, 2010 11:54 PM MDT up reply actions
me too
fortunately, I was having such a laughing fit, it didn’t hurt quite so bad
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:57 PM MDT up reply actions
I think I'm in shock...
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that may also be a part of it
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Well of course we'll do that, too, but
it’s more a commentary of how far they’ve come from pre-season expectations and, more acutely, from the promise of their pre-ASB promise.
this is true
i guess i just tire of the comments that seem to imply that there’s a rox fan out there that doesn’t know this.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Did you know this team sucks on the road???
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Good night, everybody.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:00 AM MDT up reply actions
That's true, too.
I wasn’t going for anything profound, just pointing to the progression of the possible ‘low points’ that had once been thought entirely unrealistic.
Barely under .500 is always realistic for a potential 90 win team
at the beginning of the year. Entirely unrealistic would be something like the Pirates season. 100+ wins was also realistic. The spread of what’s “realistic” goes about 25 games, or 13 in either direction from the projections. Once you get out of those zones (like the Padres are) that’s when you know you’ve screwed up the projections.
I agree
When I say “entirely unrealistic,” I’m speaking more colloquially than clinically. Just sayin’ that once the slide got going, we kept having to recalibrate the potential ‘low point’ to levels that previously wouldn’t have entered our (or most people’s) minds.
Well, what they are is horseshit, and that’s not very enjoyable at the present.
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by Franchise26 on Aug 21, 2010 12:01 AM MDT up reply actions
watch your verbs
if horseshit is what they are, why are you here? if it’s how they’ve been playing lately, well, I don’t think you’ll get much opposition there. but that means you have to take how they play in more of a dynamic fashion. which is what I’m advocating here.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:05 AM MDT up reply actions
(in other words...STFU? I'm kidding!!!)
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ROFL!
that would be far too concise for me, I’m afraid.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:08 AM MDT up reply actions
You’re advocating enjoying the team for what they are, and I’m expressing my belief that it’s impossible to enjoy watching this team play such horseshit baseball. It’s excruciating to watch this team at the plate right now. I do it because A) I love this team and B) what the hell else am I going to do on a Friday night.
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by Franchise26 on Aug 21, 2010 12:07 AM MDT up reply actions
Your language.
Watch it.
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by Franchise26 on Aug 21, 2010 12:11 AM MDT up reply actions
More people will be inclined to take you seriously and/or listen to you
if you lay off the cursewords.
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w/e
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by Franchise26 on Aug 21, 2010 12:15 AM MDT up reply actions
That’s the mentality of a 2nd grader.
Attack the argument, not the language or eloquence of the argument. You wouldn’t have given his post any more credence had he put "The Rockies are one of the worst teams in baseball, horrid performances by these “baseball players”, if that’s what you want to call them." and it’s a hell of a lot easier to convey all that if he just calls the team ‘horse-ahem-dung’.
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by UZ on Aug 21, 2010 1:52 AM MDT up reply actions
One is acceptable in the terms of service, one is not.
End of discussion.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 21, 2010 1:56 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm not a 2nd grader, thank you very much.
Attack the argument, not the person. Ad hominem. Stop it.
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Totally cool
but after so many zeros in my team’s box score line and I start toying with the remote.
are =/= play
anyway, i think every fan needs to find their own peace with their team at any given time. you can care about and support, and yes, even ENJOY, your team without thinking they’re perfect – especially when they’re, well, not – and that doesn’t mean you need to go all negative when they’re slumping. good thing we’re not in pittsburgh, hey?
btw, there are plenty of things I could be doing on a Friday night.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:13 AM MDT up reply actions
my 5yo knows that distinction - if you didn't pass kindergarten, I can't really help you
for more on the question I think you’re actually asking, see below
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:17 AM MDT up reply actions
I don't understand the distinction and I passed kindergarten....
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Yeah, that confused me, too
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:19 AM MDT up reply actions
See below where?
All I’m asking is if the team doesn’t “play” well, then “are” they well? What other criterion are there by which to measure a team?
much better question
for me, it’s about more than that – again, probably because of where and how I grew up. there are certain teams that are beloved because of their dominance (real or perceived) on the field. if they start sucking, they lose a lot of their bandwagon fans. there are some teams that are chronic losers and have a diehard mustard seed fan base, well, because. Usually geography or inheritance or some such. then there are teams that are rather changeable in performance (even with vastly similar rosters), but are a team that keeps loyal fans because they are a fun team to watch. Fans are drawn to sticking with them through ups and downs. You don’t always go in expecting them to blow out the other team and snark if they so much as get into a save situation; you don’t always go in expecting them to lose but steel yourself and watch the game anyway. Yes, you’ll get frustrated. Yes, you’ll get delirious when they’re on. But win or lose, they’re worth watching (even if you have to walk away for a few minutes and scream into the freezer). That’s the kind of club that I grew up with. That’s the kind of club the Rox have been for me. Off-the-field character has a lot to do with it, too, I think. If you’re looking for dominance to make your nothing better to do on a Friday night worth it, I’ve got a couple of teams I could recommend for you.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:29 AM MDT up reply actions
Eh, that's fine for you
I just think it’s kind of futile to talk in absolute terms about how fans should root for teams. I have no problem whatsoever with so-called fairweather fans. They’re not morally obligated to feel one way or another about any sports team.
I don't have a problem with fair-weather fans per se
I do have a problem with obnoxious fair-weather fans who then get their negativity all up in my face when a team’s performance is less than stellar.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 9:31 AM MDT up reply actions
Well then thank your lucky stars you don’t live in Western Nebraska – haha.
I enjoyed watching Esmil Rogers pitch tonight. I liked what I saw from Reynolds. I like EY a lot too. But then, there’s Clint Barmes being completely useless with runners in scoring position again, and I am beyond tired of that crap.
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by Franchise26 on Aug 21, 2010 12:16 AM MDT up reply actions
I think Casbah is trying to refer you to a thesaurus.
learn to be more colorful with your invective. To be monotonously profane diminishes the effect and multipyies the disgust. Next time you call somebody an SOB; say “I hope when you come home your mother exits from under the porch and bites you sir!” foe example.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:30 AM MDT up reply actions
I said it last night and I mean it...
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This precisely :-D
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:37 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm just here for the baseball...
As frustrated as I am with the team; I am not a “sunshine patriot” about them. I haven’t lived as a Mets fan so long as otherwise too.
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by Oldfoagie on Aug 21, 2010 12:09 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Of course, I did a lot of my growing up in Cincinnati
I loved the Big Red Machine, and I loved the Big Red Latrine. It’s all about what your motivations are for liking the team, and how you’re going to respond to your feelings about performance over a play, a game, a streak, a season. Not saying I never get frustrated! At some point, though, I just get sick of excessive negativity, especially when fertilizers are brought into the discussion. I don’t think anybody will sit there and say “woooo! We’re #1!” at a time like this, really.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:16 AM MDT up reply actions
No, but there's a lot of "We're #2!"
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:17 AM MDT up reply actions
We're #3
we don’t try at all ;-p
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:17 AM MDT up reply actions
That’s a fair approximation of how the Rox are playing right about now.
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by Franchise26 on Aug 21, 2010 12:17 AM MDT up reply actions
Pretty much, yep
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:18 AM MDT up reply actions
Certainly playing like it, at least. :)
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:31 AM MDT up reply actions
That's kind of why I posted my "Oh, hello, 2008" comment in the gamethread, but it came so late maybe people missed it...
Oh, Hello, 2008!
I didn’t miss you…why did you have to come back to me?
actually, I was thinking that I spent the second half of the season pregnant and too tired to stay up to watch a night game
unless I had insomnia… but even then it hurt.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:53 PM MDT up reply actions
This team is waaaaaay better than the 2008 team
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 20, 2010 11:54 PM MDT up reply actions
agreed
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by Colsportsfan on Aug 20, 2010 11:55 PM MDT up reply actions
SO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 20, 2010 11:58 PM MDT up reply actions
no kidding....
we had the momentum and everything looking good heading into the All-Star break then every everything crashed and burned after that.
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by Colsportsfan on Aug 20, 2010 11:59 PM MDT up reply actions
And I think the swiftness of it was what pissed me off the most
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:00 AM MDT up reply actions
I have lost all confidence in Street right now.
I have also lost my love for him.
We’re over, Huston. Someone else should close.
In other news, I have been getting ready for PIP’S JOURNEY INTO ENEMY TERRITORY that’s why I was in and out a lot today. That and celebrating Todd’s /koff coff/ I mean my little sister’s birthday. I ate a huge mushroom burger with Coke and I’m so full.
Also, I wore my glasses for the first time today. And….it didn’t help the Rockies : (
I still believe...
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 20, 2010 11:49 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Wait, did you break up with Street before or after the game?
If it was before, THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING.
after.
I DON’T CARE IF HE PLAYS HIS GEETAR WHILE WEARING HIS GLASSES ANYMORE!
/sob
/sniff
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 20, 2010 11:53 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
:-(
oh, this makes me sad…
maybe you could try closer counseling? :-\
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:54 PM MDT up reply actions
counseling...
I don’t know. Maybe we can stick it out.
Maybe I should go give him some counseling to help him get that FINAL STRIKE…naw, there’s no way that would go well…
I still believe...
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:02 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
well, he clearly needs counseling to get over his 2-phobia
2 run lead, 2 outs, 2 strikes, seems to be a serious derailing point. I’d trust him more in a 1-run game. ;-)
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:06 AM MDT up reply actions
Don't fear the deuce!
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:07 AM MDT up reply actions
oh, the places I could go...
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:17 AM MDT up reply actions
no, no, I'm telling you, it's the damn Barbies!
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:53 PM MDT up reply actions
This is all YOUR fault!
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:56 PM MDT up reply actions
no, we can blame my aunt katie
and oh… where does she live? (SD area)
it’s a conspiracy!!!
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 20, 2010 11:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Katie got them driving race cars?
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:00 AM MDT up reply actions
PIP, I am dismayed that you are giving up on Huston.
If you break up now, you can’t keep going back when he starts doing better. Maybe you should just take a break. But not end it all together. Think about it..
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FWIW
I still think Street is our closer long term. I just want him out of that roll right now because something is clearly wrong
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 20, 2010 11:56 PM MDT up reply actions
*sigh*
You’re right.
But my poor heart can’t take it much longer…
AUGH!
Yeah, I’ll think about it.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 20, 2010 11:57 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
You lived through Brian Fuentes didn't you?
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It was only 3 years ago...She would have been a tween
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Two years ago?
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:05 AM MDT up reply actions
Good point.
It’s Chacon she’s never had to live through, and HE’S probably—or maybe Darren Holmes—the real standard for closer-ineptitude around here…
Ed Wade nods approvingly
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:08 AM MDT up reply actions
yes yes
I remember Fuentes vividly.
But I am too young to have ever known Chacon.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:09 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Fun fact: I actually did not live through Brian Fuentes.
He finally got me after one too many close calls.
I’m actually a zombie.
But
I didn’t love him. He was easier to live with because of that. I thought OH WOW WE GOT THE LEAD WE ARE GONNA WIN THIS THING BABY! Then I thought Oh, crap FUENTES is up. Watch him blow it. Then he did.
But yes I lived through that relationship. I will survive.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:05 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Love hurts. It doesn't make sense.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:01 AM MDT up reply actions
I think Street is just in a bad place right now......
and can still be a good closer but at the moment it is time to let someone else close
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
His name is Dan Uggla!
by Colsportsfan on Aug 20, 2010 11:57 PM MDT up reply actions
We are on the same page tonight :-)
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 20, 2010 11:58 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm really annoyed at him...
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 20, 2010 11:59 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
You need a double shot of Rockahol
"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
Yes, yes I do!
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:10 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Line up a couple for me will ya
"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
Theres plenty!
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:16 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Need a few more
"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
Some for everyone!
Drink up, my friends!
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:20 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
At some point, what we need is a Rockahol keg, I think
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:21 AM MDT up reply actions
You just want to do a kegstand
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Not really
I just want to be sure there’s enough. If I tried a kegstand, you all would be laughing as my newly-broken body is hauled to the ER.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:23 AM MDT up reply actions
I can arrange that
GWAHAHAHAHAHA
/evil mind planning
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:28 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
PiP you are a hoot
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aww
Thanks!
/glulugluglugluglugllug
/HIC!
Let mee tel u sumthin sdcat
/HIC!
i luv yu
/Hic hic!
and u too evryun ii luv u i. Luv pR
/HIC!
/gluglugluglug
/barf
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:27 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
You do that WAY too well
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:27 AM MDT up reply actions
I am concerned about your future under the influence of these Rowbots.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 21, 2010 12:27 AM MDT up reply actions
I bet that RIRF guy is right at the top of your bad influence list
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:30 AM MDT up reply actions
Do you regularly find yourself uttering noices that resemble the above?
If so, then yes.
PROJECT LIBRA: Depth / Transactions
"The highest form of human excellence is to question oneself and others." - Socrates
by Greg Stanwood on Aug 21, 2010 12:31 AM MDT up reply actions
noises*
PROJECT LIBRA: Depth / Transactions
"The highest form of human excellence is to question oneself and others." - Socrates
by Greg Stanwood on Aug 21, 2010 12:31 AM MDT up reply actions
Wulfmrowder i luv rowbot radio i luv it but i git sad when its short.
: (
/glulugluglug
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:37 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Next episode will have to come with an anti-alcohol sponsor message.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 21, 2010 12:37 AM MDT up reply actions
ROKUHOL
Dis is hi kwally ROKUHOL. therisa difrens
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This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:44 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
PIP's gonna be calling us all at 2 in the morning :-D
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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
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:39 AM MDT up reply actions
This is why I don't give people my phone number.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 21, 2010 12:40 AM MDT up reply actions
It depends if the Rockies win or not :-)
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:32 AM MDT up reply actions
/HIC!
ruiorf i luv u too man i luv toolow too i luv teh rokees i luv pR
/Hic!
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:33 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
You're gonna be a hell of a lot of fun in college, I can tell already
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:34 AM MDT up reply actions
wow, that was a fair imitation of UZ typing drunk
still a bit too understandable, though ;-)
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:34 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh, that has to be one of the most memorable nights of my life...
…the question is, why is it typing drunk makes it look like you typed up someone’s drunken SPEECH anyway?
^5
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:34 AM MDT up reply actions
You're killin me PIP..
You have no idea how really funny this is..
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hehe
thanks im laffin too. at mysef.
u no, this is all oldfogees fallt.
/Hic!
/blehhhhhh
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:49 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
The sad part is that I'm totally saying in my head
what you have written. Believe me, I’ve been on the receiving end of conversations that pretty much went exactly like this.
Too funny PIP, too funny..
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also, I picture you avatar drunk...
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
/stumbles
woe.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:56 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
PIP: Heeeeey...who put this floor here where my face used to be.?
Brad Hawpe - I'm going to miss you most of all. Please don't kill us wherever you play....
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Hey, I didn't pour it down your throat lightweight.
"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
Clearly you've already been to college
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but im homeskul, memer?
/Hic!
0h…my stomack
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:40 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Can your parents account for everything you do?
I distinctly remember something about Nerdland and School of Mines…..I’m not sayin’ I’m just sayin’
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yesh
an i go to clases on toosdae. ther wus no bad drinx at teh partees in nerdland. rmn gets mad wen i call it dat.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:46 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Toosdae.
<3
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 21, 2010 12:47 AM MDT up reply actions
: (
frydaes wer bettter. thay changd it to toosdae. Idonno wie.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:52 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I went my entire undergraduate education without a Friday class.
PROJECT LIBRA: Depth / Transactions
"The highest form of human excellence is to question oneself and others." - Socrates
by Greg Stanwood on Aug 21, 2010 12:54 AM MDT up reply actions
I feel like I’m reading the comments at I Can Haz Cheezburger?
"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 Aug 21, 2010 12:47 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah but at least these are in the proper order....but good call
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I see what you did there
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:22 AM MDT up reply actions
Looks like the stuff I drank last night....
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This is a good start
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:20 AM MDT up reply actions
I think giving up on Huston is the wrong plan
If his issues have to do with confidence, which I fully believe it does, I think it would do more damage than to remove him from the closer’s role. He has issues to work out, he’s afraid of going inside on hitters and he can’t locate the last pitch of an at bat. These issues can be fixed, like with time. There’s no need to blow up on another investment (and a bigger one) like Corpas and wreck his career. We aren’t the Dodgers or the Giants.
And he can work on this in the 6th inning instead of constantly blowing saves in 9th
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:01 AM MDT up reply actions
And you know maybe we get some GD runs after the 6th inning too..
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Wouldn't that be nice
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:05 AM MDT up reply actions
I just think it's a rough patch he's going through
I have a hard time thinking he’s done after what he showed us in the first few weeks since he came back. Remember, he wasn’t good at all coming out of the gate in 2009 with similar problems, but they were fixable and he was awesome afterwards.
I think he came back to soon from the injury....
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I don’t think his stuff’s gone, I just get sick of watching him nibble instead of challenging hitters. Throw strikes, for Christ’s sake. It’s the walks that are just killing him.
"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 Aug 21, 2010 12:09 AM MDT up reply actions
And what will you say if Punkton
clocks the strike right over the wall?
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Well, I can't speak for F26,
but I would say that he probably threw a bad pitch or Upton did a good job of hitting.
I’d still much rather Street go after these guys with his best stuff.
That's fine with me...but I just don't want to hear...oh he grooved the fastball
you know what I mean?
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It’s a whole lot more tolerable to get beaten by the batted ball than it is to get beaten by the walk. There’s no defense against the free pass, 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 Aug 21, 2010 12:14 AM MDT up reply actions
I agree with you about the walks 100%
But then there’s people who jump on the “why did we pitch to him” boat.
When a pitcher is struggling, it really can turn into a no-win situation.
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But we're a bunch of wannabe GMs
Surely we know what we’re doing!
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:25 AM MDT up reply actions
But we must be wannabe GMs
The commenter and the banner up top told me so!
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:27 AM MDT up reply actions
The thing that galls me the most
is that Street has been nibbling when it would be the winning run coming to the plate (Uggla for the Marlins, Jones for the Pirates, and Johnson tonight were each the tying run).
I don’t care who you’re facing, you should never, ever risk bringing the winning run to the plate.
That’s where I’d draw the line, anyways. Even the best hitters in the game only get a hit about a third of the time; I’d throw everything I had at Pujols, and if he beats me, then he beats me.
Now, this is an honest question, because I will admit, I haven't been paying great attention.
How much of it is Street nibbling, and how much of it is him just not pitching well?
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Honestly, I don’t think his stuff is bad right now. He’s not lost velo. His slider still has bite. But I do think he’s been hesitant to pound the zone for whatever reason. It’s not like he’s fighting his command that bad, either. It seems like it’s one walk per outing and that walk is coming back and burning him every time.
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by Franchise26 on Aug 21, 2010 12:35 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah
He’s just tentative, for whatever reason. It’s…odd.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:35 AM MDT up reply actions
We had a saying for it in high school and college, but since I’m already being hammered by the Don’t Be A Potty Mouth Brigade tonight, I’ll save it.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
by Franchise26 on Aug 21, 2010 12:36 AM MDT up reply actions
more like the "be more subtle and change it up" brigade
everyone who’s said something in that regard is not precisely straitlaced… just the repetitive blatant profanity gets old.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:38 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh I tend to save it for when it’s necessary, I think you’d find. And it just happens to apply to this team they way they are playing.
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by Franchise26 on Aug 21, 2010 12:39 AM MDT up reply actions
I'll admit I was a little fed up with the abundance of uh, potty-mouth comments, as it were
and you kinda took the brunt of it. I apologize for that, but my point about repetitive profanity being detrimental still stands—and not just toward you, so don’t worry.
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It’s cool. I care a lot, and I get frustrated, and instead of yelling at my TV and waking up my neighbors, or calling my dad and waking him up, I come here.
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by Franchise26 on Aug 21, 2010 12:45 AM MDT up reply actions
It's not about don't ever do it...
It’s about doing it with a bit more class. And if you do it more spareingly; it’s much more effective when you use it.
"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
f that...
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For you it's "Congress" that!
"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 did not see what I did there
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But I did...
You use F too often. Try useing Fubar, Snafu and others to change up.
"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
meh...f is pretty good word....
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But over used it loses it's effectiveness and just be comes crass.
Your Mom wouldn’t want you to become a show biz horror mouth.
"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
My Mom is already mad at me
so doesn’t matter now…
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But is she mad about this?
"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
No...also I don't actually use that word
around her.
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But she knows you use it this frequently.
"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
No, not at all...
I use it here in jest typically. It’s infrequent IRL….and really at my age…..yeah….
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Good to know, thanks.
If it is a mental thing, that certainly worries me more than if it’s a problem with his delivery or something to that effect.
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Exactly. His pitches look the same,
but he’ll get a guy down 0-2 and then won’t throw another pitch near the strike zone because he knows the guy will be swinging.
Well, kind of.
I mean, I’d still be mad if we lost because Street threw a gigantic meatball to Upton for him to hit out.
But you’re going to get beat by hitters sometimes. That, I can live with much more than Street being tentative and not going after people.
If he does it with nobody on base because he challenged the stiffs hitting in front of him instead of walking them, then tough shit – he got beaten by a good hitter. That is going to happen. But I am sick of the guy getting beaten because he’s walking guys and getting behind hitters.
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by Franchise26 on Aug 21, 2010 12:12 AM MDT up reply actions
That's the problem
He’s looked completely rattled since Murphy and the Pirates took him deep.
I never said he was done and I've stated that I still believe he's our long term closer
But he needs a break from the closer’d role right now to get back on track
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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So three people were responsible for almost half the comments
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 20, 2010 11:56 PM MDT up reply actions
And I only double posted twice.......dammit
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and had the words Alan Thicke, apprently
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Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
His name is Dan Uggla!
by Colsportsfan on Aug 20, 2010 11:58 PM MDT up reply actions
36%
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Okay
Over a third of the comments
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:02 AM MDT up reply actions
Dear gord...
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 20, 2010 11:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Me? Verbose?
Oh, right.
That’s how I rack up…hmm
/checks profile
12K??? /low whistle
Wow…uh…
Everyone’s gotta have a talent. Failure to shut up is mine. :)
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 20, 2010 11:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Don't you have
parenting to do?
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perhaps
but then, he has a wife… ;-p
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:01 AM MDT up reply actions
You both have parenting to do.
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Something I'll never have.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 21, 2010 12:02 AM MDT up reply actions
It's remarkably easy to parent when the kids are in bed
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:02 AM MDT up reply actions
or playing outside or watching the game
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:02 AM MDT up reply actions
or you just ignore them...:P
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Eh, they're surprisingly good at entertaining themselves
I only make an effort to ignore them when they start whining
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:04 AM MDT up reply actions
well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad
you should see more of their outside antics
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:03 AM MDT up reply actions
Sounds like lack of parenting.
You need to learn how to enter their dreams.
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If I did that, it'd be their nightmares...and that creeps me out
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:05 AM MDT up reply actions
Geeze, and made it over 100. That hasn't happened for a long time.
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Time for
Street to be moved to the BP with light duty.
I’m tired of playing ‘decent’ having a lead and him either A) blowing it or B) all most blowing it. Time for him to take the walk of shame.
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well on the bright side....
the WLWLWLWLWLWLWLWLW STREAK IS OVER!!!!
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
His name is Dan Uggla!
Good golly, is this team ever bad. I like seeing good things from guys like Rogers and Reynolds and EY, guys who are going to be factors in ’11, but this bunch is just playing out the string. What a disgusting offensive performance tonight.
"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
yea from here on out...
I just going to at the rest of the season as if spring training came early. It’s fun to watch the younger guys and seeing how the future holds for the team.
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
His name is Dan Uggla!
by Colsportsfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:09 AM MDT up reply actions
Yep
And I also want to see if Ubaldo can win the Cy or if Cargo/Tulo can win the batting crown
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:12 AM MDT up reply actions
Ubaldo won't win the CY considering at the rate we're going that 18 to 20 win target
is not looking too good. I hope like hell he throws another no=no maybe a perfect game even…but I think that is not going to happen now..
/bummed
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Regarding Street… what are we supposed to do with a 10-million-per-year ROOGY who is afraid to throw strikes?
"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
he didn't have this problem last year....
so I still believe can turn in around, but if I was the Rockies I may consider looking for another closer for next year just in case.
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
His name is Dan Uggla!
by Colsportsfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:11 AM MDT up reply actions
If Street truly can't turn his cold streak around
They will give a nice hard look at Matt Belisle.
Huston Street
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:13 AM MDT reply actions
It needs an arrow: pointing 2 outs, 2-2 pitch.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:18 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
"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 Aug 21, 2010 12:19 AM MDT up reply actions
Huston Street = Highway to hell
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:21 AM MDT up reply actions
Time for bed
Tomorrow’s another day
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:16 AM MDT reply actions
unless it isn't
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:22 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I've never seen you this angry
I must be a bad influence
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:23 AM MDT up reply actions
She might even say "horsefeathers"
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:25 AM MDT up reply actions
or "gummyworms"
"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 Aug 21, 2010 12:31 AM MDT up reply actions
Or "motherfather"
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:32 AM MDT up reply actions
That one's mine, dammit.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 21, 2010 12:32 AM MDT up reply actions
Did I ever tell you guys the story behind it?
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 21, 2010 12:32 AM MDT up reply actions
if you did, I missed it...
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:33 AM MDT up reply actions
In my Sophomore year of high school....
… a friend was in a heated but friendly debate about something with another friend. After about 10 minutes, he went nuts, started pulling gummy worms out of his jacket pocket and threw them in the air shouting “gummyworms! gummyworms!”
Random and hilarious. From then on, "oh gummyworms: was the curse of choice.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 21, 2010 12:36 AM MDT up reply actions
ROFL! That's awesome
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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
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:38 AM MDT up reply actions
Trendsetter
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:32 AM MDT up reply actions
are you saying you can't be a bad influence too?
I thought it was cute, and applicable here
"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 Aug 21, 2010 12:33 AM MDT up reply actions
When the worst curse word I utter is "gummyworms", then I can't say I'm too bad of an influence.
Heck, my unusual and unpredictable personality and ideology should only be seen as a good influence if you ask me. Shows people don’t come prepackaged with a label. :p
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 21, 2010 12:34 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh, I'm behind that one ;-)
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:35 AM MDT up reply actions
Feels like that Nine Inch Nails song… “Every Day Is Exactly The Same”,
“I can’t remember how this got started…
But I can tell you exactly how it will end.”
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
by Franchise26 on Aug 21, 2010 12:23 AM MDT up reply actions
Like "Groundhog Day" but with more cutting and stuff?
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:24 AM MDT up reply actions
That’s a fair approximation, I’d say. It’s one of the only Nine Inch Nails songs I can stand.
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by Franchise26 on Aug 21, 2010 12:35 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, Trent gets really whiny really quickly
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:36 AM MDT up reply actions
If only
/wait, what?
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:23 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh man, PiP, if you get nihilistic on us...
…there’s not much hope for ANY of us keeping it positive.
Well the Rockies could start winning..............
Oh wait
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:26 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh golly,
I was half joking! It will be another day, but if it isn’t we’ll be eating hotdogs in heaven or sumthin.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:30 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
and the Rox will be winning the West! :-D
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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
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 21, 2010 12:32 AM MDT up reply actions
...and Jonathan Papelbon will be getting the Clockwork Orange treatment with his BS against the Rockies
For eternity
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 21, 2010 12:33 AM MDT up reply actions
wait, if I get nihilistic....then....
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then weel stil hav moozeea he sez hez an optimust.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 12:54 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah but he hates Tulo...
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/barrrrrf
ya. /bleh
i luv toolow. Moozeeas dum thet wai.
but thets al.
but how can he be a optimust if toolow makes evryun hapee? mind blown.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 1:01 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I know that Street's been bad when in order to not stay mad at him I have to revert to the
“well at least he’s not Papelbon” defense
The 2010 Rockies are done!!!!! Do you hear me Rockies? You have NO SHOT at making the postseason. In fact I guarantee you will not make the postseason. (Okay, now that I have removed all expectations go out and make me eat these words)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 21, 2010 12:37 AM MDT reply actions
You know, I'm starting to think Tracy is losing the team......discuss
http://blogs.denverpost.com/rockies/2010/08/20/tracy-again-closes-the-clubhouse-door/4599/?source=rsshomeblog
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I really think you’re drawing the wrong conclusion. If Tracy feels like he’s got to chew ass… er, hide for 30 minutes before a game, that doesn’t mean he’s losing the team. I think he senses what a lot of us feel – like this team has lost its competitive juice and is just playing out the string. That’s not necessarily an indictment of the manager – that’s an indictment of the players. Tracy ain’t playing the game for them.
"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 Aug 21, 2010 12:58 AM MDT up reply actions
But this is like the 4th time.....I'm just wondering...it's peculiar.......is all...
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I guess it’s all in how you read the tea leaves, but to me, if a big league manager feels like he’s got to close the door and dress down his 25 players four times during a regular season, that reflects more poorly on the alleged ‘professionals’ on the roster playing the game.
"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
Unless the professionals have begun tuning out the message from the leadership...
I also think the Hawpe departure rather shook the clubhouse.
Brad Hawpe - I'm going to miss you most of all. Please don't kill us wherever you play....
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Maybe it did. I have no doubt that it did. But that’s not an excuse for showing up the next days and not doing their job.
If my boss told me I had to work harder or do something different and I tuned that message out and continued to do my job in a less-than-acceptable fashion, guess who would get fired? Hint: not my boss.
"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
WHAT? Oh my gosh....
Brad Hawpe - I'm going to miss you most of all. Please don't kill us wherever you play....
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I told you he'd be a nonroster invitee.
If he doesn’t catch on elsewhere and if he will consider the concerns that PHLP addressed; there is a very good chance he’ll be on the team next year.
"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
Here's what I fail to understand
Hawpe was getting his groove back. We saw his ability to play 1B was fine….if we were serious about making a playoff run, why take that option off the table.? I think we are not serious about the playoffs….who knows…
Brad Hawpe - I'm going to miss you most of all. Please don't kill us wherever you play....
"You can learn a lot just by watching"-Yogi Berra
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I think they had to beat the status quo out of some people and he was the example....
"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
we're definitely not at this point.
Yes, I actually do like cricket. I'm Indian.
Hollidayrain Music
by Hollidayrain on Aug 21, 2010 2:03 AM MDT up reply actions
/hic cic!
i haf towwke wak up uřřlÿ tumoroe like 6 to pdractise for wkin up ůrły sundae ggggggggudnite and hav a plesent tůmóřœ.
/pip passes out, sprawled out on her king bed, cases of empty virtual Rockahol bottles scattered about to and fro. Across the blogoshpere people sigh, but take comfort in the fact that pip did not go on a drunk rant about the people she HATES….
To be continued?
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 21, 2010 1:20 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
lol...good night PIP...sweet dreams
Brad Hawpe - I'm going to miss you most of all. Please don't kill us wherever you play....
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Night PIP remember to lean into the bed spins
"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
or just put one foot on the floor
Brad Hawpe - I'm going to miss you most of all. Please don't kill us wherever you play....
"You can learn a lot just by watching"-Yogi Berra
QPU #4, YHEG #4, Proud Member PR Gynocracy
i always fell off when I did that
"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
Intensely depressing
Ubaldo, please kick some posterior tomorrow, and CU football please come here ASAP so that I can release some Rockies related pent up frustration in the form of cursing out opposing college’s fans.
Oh, and I still have 9 Rockies games left to go to this season, that should be fun. Playing spoiler ain’t so bad—it’ll still be better than past years (cough 2005 cough)
Yes, I actually do like cricket. I'm Indian.
Hollidayrain Music
While this team is frustrating, they aren't the Royals/Indians which I had "pleasure" of watching Thurs
But if there are guys(like Barmes) who are likely to not be with the team next year, htey need to stop playing regularly from this point forward. Hwether it be EY/Herrera or Nelson after Sept 1st. While it is a SSS the EY/Dex 1-2 is exiting. Seeing Barmes strike out/pop-out time after time after time in RISP situations is intolerabe.
And the fact that we will probably be an 86 win team and be disappointed is encouraging on some level.
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