Nobody will ever blame Jim Tracy of insider trading, manager fails to foresee Rockies eighth inning crash.
by Rox Girl on Aug 27, 2010 10:38 PM MDT
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PrintOkay, let me get this out there before anybody gets too far into a Jim Tracy bashfest. This loss wasn't completely on his shoulders. Once again, for what feels like the billionth time this season, there were large portions of the offense that were exposed by Dodgers pitching, and the two runs the Rockies scored might not have cut it regardless of which Rockies pitcher started the eighth inning.
What's more, Ubaldo Jimenez and Matt Belisle, as great as they've been for the Rockies in 2010, failed to execute in the eighth. If they stop the Dodgers, we don't question Tracy. Unfortunately they didn't. Ubaldo allowed the first three batters he faced in the eighth to reach base, and one to score, and Belisle allowed the rest in plus two more on a Casey Blake grand slam, and the Rockies wound up losing 6-2.
Todd Helton hit an opposite field home run off Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw in the second for the Rockies first run. Carlos Gonzalez doubled and was driven home by a Melvin Mora single for the other run in the eighth. Samuel Deduno made his major league debut and recorded the last two outs of the ninth inning after allowing one inherited runner (from Franklin Morales) to score.
Let's win one tomorrow for Chacin the machine.
So I'm going to bed, but I have some idea of how this thread will look in the morning. A lot of hyperbole about the worst managerial decision in the history of everything costing us the game. The decision was terrible, but this stuff happens occasionally no matter who's on the bench.
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watch out Rox Girl they might come in a say you're throwing Ubaldo under the bus
like when i said the same thing in the game thread
Correction...
…Ubaldo gave up 3 of the runs in the inning…
the man on first for the granny was all Belisle’s
Meh.
I honestly don’t have the energy to get worked up.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 10:43 PM MDT reply actions
Sorry, but this one really is on Tracy.
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
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"If they stop the Dodgers, we don't question Tracy."
We were questioning it the moment Ubaldo stepped up to bat in the 7th.
by mkorpal on Aug 27, 2010 10:47 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Thank you!
I was just about to say. How many pitches had Ubaldo thrown by that time?
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see this is what i thought too but mondo convinced me it was 110 in the gamethread
by purplesocks on Aug 27, 2010 10:50 PM MDT up reply actions
It was 114
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 27, 2010 10:53 PM MDT up reply actions
I gave him a pass on the at-bat
1-0 game, 2 out, no one on, why waste one of your rounds on the bench in that situation in such a close game?
Sending him out to pitch again, however…. /beating horse
Yeah, we figured that too.
The reason we were questioning the at-bat was only because we thought it meant Tracy was gonna send Ubaldo back out there.
This
If it was a bat-n-pull, that would have been just fine
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Yes, because we used the bench so much?
Look, when you have Smith, Stewart, and Giambi there, you can afford to not waste an at bat and use one of those guys.
I didn't have a problem sending him out. But when the first batter singled and Tracy did nothing, that's when I questioned his move.
And I’ll usually back most of Tracy’s moves. But last night was one of his worst. However I do agree with RG that our offense didn’t give any help to ’Baldo.
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This is a new tack
blaming the other team ;-) “A very professional hitter took a very professional at-bat and hit one out of the ballpark.”
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 10:47 PM MDT reply actions
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I'm not going to call it the worst decision in baseball history.
But Tracy’s managing was completely unacceptable tonight.
Yes, the offense didn’t do its part to support Ubaldo, but given Kershaw’s history against us, Tracy should have EXPECTED that this would be a very low scoring game, and planned his decisions in order to preserve a one-run lead.
Instead, his mismanaging turned a very winnable game into a loss.
And we cannot afford those at this point in the season.
Exactly!
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 10:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Pitcher's duels happen. We all need to accept that fact and move on.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 10:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh, and the wrap makes it appear
as though the Rockies were predetermined to score two runs.
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Oh, apparently he believed the bullpen still needed rest after the Atlanta series
wonder what the bullpen had to say about that.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 10:48 PM MDT reply actions
wonder what the bullpen had to say about that.
Horsepucky, is what they said
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I am over being mad
I still and trying to find the logic at leaving him in at each step.
1. Giving him a chance to start the 8th I understand. I WOULDN’T have done that, but I could see why you would try it.
2. Leaving him in for the guy who is bunting made sense all he had to do was throw strikes not even good ones. Then you could play matchups the rest of the inning
3. Not bringing in Joe B. to face the lefty is where it is Inexcusable to me he couldn’t get the trying to make an out to get out why leave him in at that point.
If Tracy is all about the matchups which is what I have been hearing all year that last move just makes no sense
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Read my mind.
I was totally okay with sending him out to start the 8th (thought I wouldn’t have done so myself).
My only real issue, and it’s a huge one, is letting him face the 3rd batter of the inning, though I actually would have pulled him after the first batter.
not as punny as SDcat00
I gotta disagree RG. If we would have won, it would have been in spite of Tracy leaving Ubaldo in..
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This
I usually am one to defend Tracy but this is the worst call he’s made as Rockies manager by far.
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 27, 2010 10:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Hey, Cat, gotta disagree here. If the 8th would have worked out the sentiment would have been
“I’m never gonna doubt Tracy again”. It’s happened here several times.
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Like Ron White once said
“You can’t fix stupid”
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 27, 2010 10:49 PM MDT reply actions
I laughed..
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I was watching the game with some friends and we were all SHOCKED Ubaldo came out
to bat in the 7th considering he had over 100 pitches at that time….
I don’t know what the game thread was like….but we certainly were questioning that move.
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Oh we were plenty annoyed
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There is some happy news
The Pads have the bases loaded and Lidge is trying to blow the save
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And he does
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 27, 2010 10:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Tracy didn't really take responsibility
He said the inning turned when Ubaldo couldn’t get the out when Theriot was trying to bunt.
I can't believe what I'm hearing.
He’s literally blaming Ubaldo and Belisle.
I should have anticipated it, but I honestly thought he’d say something about how he regretted leaving Ubaldo out.
My blood is boiling right now.
Because we keep thinking he'll realize it....
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He won't take
the blame for getting fired one day down the road?
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But with the Pirates is it really his fault?
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What did he say exactly?
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Well, he did, but then in the same breath tried to justify it by saying the other decision was just as wrong
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 10:53 PM MDT up reply actions
*Ahem*
The only words that come out of his mouth are going to be “Ubaldo didn’t make his pitch” and “Belisle missed his spot” and you know it :-(
I really wish I could’ve said I was wrong, but Tracy may be required to toe a party line the way anyone in the Nugget FRONT office is…
Mostly Ubaldo
blaming him for not saying he had to come out of the game. He did say Belisle pitched well. But apparently we just can’t be expected to get out very professional hitters with our very professional pitchers.
Sorry Jim, but if you’re going to take the stance that you’re going to keep “riding our horse” even when he’s over 100 pitches and you know you have no margin for error, you’re basically saying that you’re going to leave him out there until he loses the damn game. So don’t try to tell us you don’t want to put him in a position to lose, That is EXACTLY what you’re doing.
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Aug 27, 2010 10:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Yup......
Tracy once again doesn’t blame himself.
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
His name is Dan Uggla!
OMG....Lidge just balked in the tying run
extra innings
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I thought only Franklin oes that
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
His name is Dan Uggla!
by Colsportsfan on Aug 27, 2010 10:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Nope Lidge did. Manuel didn't argue
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at least FrankieMo's didn't really matter.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 10:54 PM MDT up reply actions
word
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after hitting Ludwick
on an 0-2 pitch lol…turrible
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 27, 2010 10:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Tracy: "I'm kicking myself either way."
re: Ubaldo in the 8th.
Say what you will, but I wouldn’t say he’s completely deflecting responsibility. Note emphasis on completely. He’s still doing an excellent job of throwing Ubaldo under the bus. Maybe Belisle a bit too.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 10:52 PM MDT reply actions
I just want to hear the magic words
“I screwed up”
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 27, 2010 10:58 PM MDT up reply actions
You might want to call
and check the temperature in hell. The only people who say that are people like, I don’t know, Huston Street or Clint Barmes.
Just sayin’.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:01 PM MDT up reply actions
Or Matt Belisle.
Or Ubaldo Jimenez.
Everybody else on this team will admit when they make a mistake.
Except for its manager.
by Shoemaker on Aug 27, 2010 11:02 PM MDT up reply actions 5 recs
rec
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
2010 Rockies - It can happen!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:03 PM MDT up reply actions
This
"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
Chief Engineer of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:05 PM MDT up reply actions
You, my friend, are now green
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:07 PM MDT up reply actions
I think this is the maddest I've ever been at Tracy's game mismanagement.
And at his post game interview.
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
2010 Rockies - It can happen!
Lets trade Baylor foe Mickey Hatcher strait across.
Halo’s haven want to run him out of LA; for the opposite reason I want to run Baylor. They say Hatcher is too contact happy and can’t develope sluggers. I want the Rox to make more contact to balence their slugging. There is a hilarious fan post by Suborbital about the thought process of Brandon Wood’s brain at the plate. I can’t get the link to work. I thought of Barmes while reading it.
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Of course they want sluggers
Arena football with sticks likes that approach.
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:01 PM MDT up reply actions
The Big A has always been a pitchers park...
They want to know why they can’t hit homers in the bandboxes.
"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
Until this year, the approach seemed to be working spectacularly
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:08 PM MDT up reply actions
They forget That they did not replace Vald in kind and as good as Matsui has been; he's no VLAD!
Kendrick has been hurt all year and Abreu and Hunter are older and can’t carry the team. Napoli has been playing out of position all year and niether he or Mathis are everday players and Aybar has regressed.
"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
This
Losing Vlad and Kendrick was really a 1-2 gut punch, and you’re right—the team as a whole skews older this year
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:16 PM MDT up reply actions
Could you put up that link for me?
It’s funny enough to expel some of the gloom.
"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
Which link would that be?
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:21 PM MDT up reply actions
In Halos Haven's fanposts recommended...
There are two fanposts about hitting coaches and the second one by suborbital is the one.
"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 ya go, Foagie!
Paleface Destro, Infield Butcher: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Thanx...
Everybody CHECK OUT THE ABOVE LINK IN DESTRO’S REPLY TO ME. we all could use the laugh!
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
I have to agree...it is pretty funny
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:30 PM MDT up reply actions
that was hilarious :-D
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:35 PM MDT up reply actions
"No room for Error"
Now he figures that out!
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
2010 Rockies - It can happen!
well as bad as our night is
Lidge just balked in the tying run in the 9th lmao
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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Off the Tracy topic
I think I know who the new shirt pimp is in the clubhouse…
"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 27, 2010 10:56 PM MDT reply actions
Indeed...
He’ll dazzle you with his shirt. Or his fastball. Whichever.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:01 PM MDT up reply actions
Who?
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nice
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The shirt was awesome
a white number with some green plants… eh, I’m not doing it justice. I mean, it was no rhinestone dragons, but it caught my attention :-D
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions
sigh...rhinestone dragons....
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Best. Shirt. EVAR.
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. :-)
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:08 PM MDT up reply actions
I just miss it...I don't do goodbyes very well.:(
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I hear ya...
might have to start following the Rays. ;-)
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:11 PM MDT up reply actions
I always have, now I have more incentive
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I haven't.
but 3yo might appreciate it. I might too. ;-)
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Only thing better than that would be
rhinestone unicorns
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
2010 Rockies - It can happen!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:09 PM MDT up reply actions
no no no no
unicorns are NOT pimp
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Oh, come on, Ringolsby.
We all love Ubaldo, but he’s not going to tell you to take him out of a game unless he has a broken limb.
You can’t just take him at his word. He’s too competitive to admit he’s fatigued.
Yep. Tracy needs to figure that out.
(Both Tracys)
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 10:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Meh, he'll say it's just a flesh wound.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:02 PM MDT up reply actions
so are you saying that you only believe a pitcher when he says he's gassed?
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. ~Toby Harrah, 1983
Can we lay off the offense for once?
Pitcher’s duels really do happen sometimes. Not every game is going to see 10 runs, even at LOLCORZ…BOTH offenses were made to look stupid tonight for most of the game. To the Rockies’ credit, Kershaw was getting hit fairly hard, just to the wrong places.
Maybe the result would have been the same if Ubaldo doesn’t go out in the 8th, or if he was pulled after the first batter. So many things can happen—I understand that. That said, it’s the manager’s job to give the team a fighting chance in that kind of situation. I don’t care if Ubaldo said he was fine. Jim, you’re the manager. You are the adult supervision, Jim, NOT Ubaldo Jimenez.. It’s your call, not his. That’s what it means to be a “manager”. It’s your job to see through adrenaline-fueled competitive machismo and realize when your guy really is done. Just because a guy has velocity doesn’t mean he’s not too fatigued to control it. Even Ubaldo Jimenez is a human being and has limits.
If you need lessons on this, maybe Ron Gardenhire could tutor you after the Twins are done playing deep into October, whenever that is.
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 10:57 PM MDT reply actions
Agreed. The offense hit the ball well several times.
It just seemed like every single time, some damn Dodger was right there.
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 10:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, I really got the feeling that we more BABIPed to death than truly putrid at the plate
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Thank you
for saying this better than I did.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:02 PM MDT up reply actions
I hate th Dodgers.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 27, 2010 10:58 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
/secret handshake
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 27, 2010 11:00 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
*sigh*
But more importantly,
I love the Rockies.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 27, 2010 10:59 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Who doesn't?
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 10:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Ray?
MCC?
/duck
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Didn't think that was possible!
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
2010 Rockies - It can happen!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions
You are, of course, aware of the EXTREMELY bitter rivalry between the Giants and Dodgers
It really is the Yankees-Red Sox of the West Coast. :)
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:10 PM MDT up reply actions
this it's pretty vicious really
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Yeah...and it goes back almost as far. Heck, maybe farther
It has its roots in their earliest days in New York…and yes, the Giants were asses even back then.
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:11 PM MDT up reply actions
MCC: “I almost hate these rockies fans as much as I hate the dodgers”
“#%&*@! Yeah”
“I (bleepin) hate the dodgers”
“I hate John Elway”
Haha.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 27, 2010 11:09 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
ROFL!
had to rec this
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:11 PM MDT up reply actions
F***ing hillbilly Jeebus freek Rockies fans...
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:12 PM MDT up reply actions
I hate everything
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:12 PM MDT up reply actions
No
he’s not drunk enough.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:13 PM MDT up reply actions
I usually hate everything more when I'm drunk
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:13 PM MDT up reply actions
that's possible?
/duck/
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh my goodness, yes
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:16 PM MDT up reply actions
You know who posted that, right?
I’m very familiar with your hate. ;-p
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:17 PM MDT up reply actions
O HAI DEAR
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Jerks. Why do they have to bring Elway into it?
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Because he went to Stanford?
and it’s not like it was a Bay Area school or anything?
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Most of them?
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh, I figured
That’s an…interesting dichotomy, to be sure.
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:19 PM MDT up reply actions
hehe
I don’t know. Its quite humorous, that all the insults they were throwing at me (douchebag, etc), “I hate John Elway” was one of them. Like that’s supposed to make me mad or somethin’.
/rolls eyes
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 27, 2010 11:18 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Considering he married a former Raider cheerleader
isn’t hating Elway a sign of good moral character for Donkeys fans now?
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:20 PM MDT up reply actions
No.
That would be hating McHoodie.
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2010 Rockies - It can happen!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:20 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh, RIGHT
Not having adopted the Donks the same way I adopted the Rockies when I moved to Denver, I really wouldn’t know.
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Uh, this isn't really the place for this debate.
But I’d be interested to discuss this with you at some point.
(I just haven’t met a Broncos fan who actually hates our coach in a while.)
Sorry for the OT, everybody.
I've been right here
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Aug 27, 2010 11:25 PM MDT up reply actions
/raises hand
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Huh, well. This is interesting.
We probably shouldn’t discuss it here, but I’d be really interested in hearing everybody’s mindset on this.
…Not sure how, though. Unless we make another OT thread.
SB Denver?
I’m not signed up over there, but it seems like the best place.
Although, the riffraff could come out of the woodworks and infiltrate the thread.
Still gotta be better than the Denver Post
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:31 PM MDT up reply actions
That's what I'm afraid of.
I sort of avoid MHR a lot of the time because, even though I’m a hardcore Broncos optimist (and I actually really like McDaniels), they’re so hostile towards any dissenting viewpoints that I really don’t like to post over there.
I worry they’d see any post discussing the team rationally and come running.
You've been looking in the wrong places...
…you’ll never find them at MHR; they get dogpiled as soon as they suggest the org is going in the wrong direction
(and as soon as Hoodie is sent packing, any remaining defenders will be dogpiled—it’s not merely ‘management is always right’ over there, it’s ‘I don’t see you owning a team, so the owner is always right". Had they been in Detroit in the ’00s, they would have been defending the Millen Error—errrrm, Era against the thousands of Fire Millen bags and shirts, and then, the second that he was run, they would be right there saying the team had been pointed in the wrong direction for years.)
You WILL find them here and to a lesser extent at Denver Stiffs—they’re rare at SBNation Denver because it’s even harder to find that blog’s comments than to navigate ours, AND because of the ever-present risk that commenting on an article there will wake up the MHR regulars.
Trust me, I know exactly how MHR is.
But the only exposure I ever get to people who hate McDaniels are basically of the DenverPost.com quality.
Which is why I’d like to discuss it with rational people like you, SDCat, Yokel, and Junction.
Pity there’s no place for rational Broncos discussion on the internet.
I'm not rational...haven't you heard?
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Hope they don't catch you! :-)
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YOU are not rational?
weird.
Cooler than a polar bear's toenails...
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Actually I'm very rational...
I’m just passionate
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I take offense to being called such things...
it’s like nobody is listening to a word I say, goshdarnit!!!!
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Aug 28, 2010 12:03 AM MDT up reply actions
What? I was busy dying alone
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You should have lived together. :(
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:14 AM MDT up reply actions
How do you live together
with somebody who doesn’t exist?
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Aug 28, 2010 12:32 AM MDT up reply actions
Ask the residents of the house in Amityville.
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My bad...I thought she was responding to loving the Rockies, not hating the Dodgers
I has a fail.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:09 PM MDT up reply actions
It worked both ways actually!
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
2010 Rockies - It can happen!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:10 PM MDT up reply actions
P.S. Jim
That’s called “accountability” and “responsibility”
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:10 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 27, 2010 11:51 PM MDT up reply actions
The more I think about this....the move I believe Tracy is mostly to blame for the 8th
because while Ubaldo had shut out the Dodgers to that point, he threw ALOT of pitches and he kept having innings with two hits. So while he wasn’t in “trouble” all night, he definitely was living on the edge. Wouldn’t it stand to reason that after 110 pitches you have to take him out??
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This is exactly what we were all saying.
But apparently Tracy isn’t smart enough to figure this out unless Ubaldo comes up to him and says “Hey, I’ve thrown 100-something pitches. I’m a bit tired right now. Maybe you should put somebody fresh in to protect the lead?”
"Ubaldo said he felt good to keep pitching in the 8th"
well of course he does Jim! What pitcher wouldn’t tell you that? Its your decision to make the right move, not the players.
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
His name is Dan Uggla!
And this is Jim Tracy throwing the player under the bus. Ubaldo is not about to think he can't continue.
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Ubaldo: "I'm just going to pitch as long as they'll allow me"
Tracy said the choice was Ubaldo’s.
It seems everyone but Tracy and Apodaca know Ubaldo’s a gamer and needs them to know when to shut him down.
This is the biggest load of BS since the Red Sox game.
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No this is bigger
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 27, 2010 11:01 PM MDT up reply actions
somebody needs to be the adult.
I’m about to go down there and knock their heads together. ;-p
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Giants lose
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 27, 2010 11:02 PM MDT reply actions
Silver lining!
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Belisle is taking full responsibility (even though it's not his)
Hmmm, Tracy could learn from this guy.
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
2010 Rockies - It can happen!
Hawpe took responsibility,
Barmey takes responsibility.
Belisle will take responsibility
Ubaldo will take responsibility.
All the players will take responsibility, because that is what they are taught to do.
If they don’t, they’ll end up on the bench etc…..
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Street
"Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa." ~Bob Veale
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:04 PM MDT up reply actions
sorry I left him off
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Helton
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
His name is Dan Uggla!
by Colsportsfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Note my ALL THE PLAYERS WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
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you win :-D
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions
haha I was just following Casbh trend there...
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
His name is Dan Uggla!
by Colsportsfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:07 PM MDT up reply actions
I started it.
You just took the heat. ;-)
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:08 PM MDT up reply actions
THAT sounds familiar. ;)
/duck
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:13 PM MDT up reply actions
that was the point, Captain. ;-)
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:13 PM MDT up reply actions
You are, of course, aware that I got stars many years ago?
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:14 PM MDT up reply actions
you got busted ;-p
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:16 PM MDT up reply actions
Only my ass
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Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:16 PM MDT up reply actions
No comment.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Of course not
You’re too busy gasping for air
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:20 PM MDT up reply actions
still not commenting. ;-p
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:22 PM MDT up reply actions
That's really too kind on Belisle's part
He didn’t start the fire, he just couldn’t put it out.
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 27, 2010 11:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Really just one bad pitch at the worst possible time
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
2010 Rockies - It can happen!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:05 PM MDT up reply actions
He should have started the 8th...plain and simple
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Yep.
We’d have won the game.
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
2010 Rockies - It can happen!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, there's no guarantee.
But we certainly wouldn’t be sitting here saying “Tracy should have left Ubaldo in! What an idiot!”
Which I think he was forced to throw by the situation Tracy set up
I really think Belisle was good and the runs he gave up were a product of the situation he entered
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 27, 2010 11:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Definitely.
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
2010 Rockies - It can happen!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Just one bad pitch in a mess that isn't his
that was definitely really nice of him to the heat
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
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His name is Dan Uggla!
by Colsportsfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions
It's sad because they can't call out Tracy...because they're asses will be grasses
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What did the media do?
Did they grill Tracy at all?
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 27, 2010 11:12 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't know. I don't get the postgame
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Now see if Tracy was managing in an I-95 city he would never get away with that because the media would crucify him
The media really needs to hammer him for 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 27, 2010 11:16 PM MDT up reply actions
Unfortunately, the only ones in Denver who will do so
are cranks who are wrong much more often than they’re right, so no one listens to them.
(I’m looking at YOU, Woody and Kiz)
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Nope.
Asked him what his thought process was on sending Ubaldo out for the 8th.
One did actually asked him why Ubaldo still stayed in to face Ethier.
But they didn’t press him at all.
brown nosers!
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
2010 Rockies - It can happen!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:14 PM MDT up reply actions
One did actually asked him why Ubaldo still stayed in to face Ethier.
What was his answer?
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I call BS on this.
Dac and Tracy need to know when their ace is in trouble.
And as much as we love and trust Ubaldo, he isn’t going to say he’s not fine EVER.
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My reply Would be
Its late in the season my ace is tired and we need to win games.
Not this trust the ace crap.
by nightninja13 on Aug 28, 2010 1:36 PM MDT up reply actions
there you go
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Poor Ubaldo.
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come on Yorvy hit the walkoff dinger
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Oof Yorvy almost tossed... Got a bad strike 3 call
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So...
is the season over yet?
Cooler than a polar bear's toenails...
Metrosexual: It's like being gay, but not being into guys.
Shoemaker...
I don’t know you…but I was trying to be funny…kinda
Cooler than a polar bear's toenails...
Metrosexual: It's like being gay, but not being into guys.
Eh, I sorta figured.
We haven’t really met yet, by the way.
I show up for the occasional gamethred, but I’ve read a lot of your posts in the Rockpile.
I’m a big fan!
Thanks boss...
I’ve lost my funny since I’ve taken a new position and have NO time to waste on Rockpile. So bad that FI Deuce texted me and said “I hate your new job”…
Cooler than a polar bear's toenails...
Metrosexual: It's like being gay, but not being into guys.
You had funny?
(you’ve missed me, huh?)
Dear Rockies - Please finish ahead of the hated Giants
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Missed you like a hemorrhoid
…I mean, why yes…yes I did…
Cooler than a polar bear's toenails...
Metrosexual: It's like being gay, but not being into guys.
see! you did miss me!
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Of course I did...
I EVEN missed biondino…y’all are fun. Like me or not, I’ve enjoyed the banter and now I can’t do that on a daily basis like I used to. I’m just fortunate enough that I’ve met enough of the Row in person to know that I’ve been lucky to have been accepted into such spectacular group of people.
Cooler than a polar bear's toenails...
Metrosexual: It's like being gay, but not being into guys.
We WILL now return
to your normally scheduled asshole.
Cooler than a polar bear's toenails...
Metrosexual: It's like being gay, but not being into guys.
Speaking of which....
….OH HAI!
;-)
Dude, is Muzia hasn’t said anything to you, save September 29th on your calendar, we’re going to see Ted Leo, he will change your life.
not as punny as SDcat00
Man, I understand completely.
With school/work, I barely have any time for the Row anymore.
I always miss the Rockpiles, and rarely get to post in gamethreads.
I’m not sure I’m around enough for people to actually miss me, though.
Helooooo jdub.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 27, 2010 11:21 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
/Jerry Seinfeld voice, if you couldn’t tell
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 27, 2010 11:23 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Oh, yeah!
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 27, 2010 11:26 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
What up kiddo?
Cooler than a polar bear's toenails...
Metrosexual: It's like being gay, but not being into guys.
Your not doing it right, your supposed to go:
“Helloo PIP.”
Haha, you’re Newman!
Anyways, nothin, I’m on vaca in SF, goin to the game Mon. I don’t miss you.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 27, 2010 11:40 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
PIP, you're the best
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It was for me 3 weeks ago....
unless the Rockies tells me otherwise. I really feel like tonight lost killed w/e momentum we had, it just infuriates me.
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
His name is Dan Uggla!
by Colsportsfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:16 PM MDT up reply actions
I feel like we just missed such a great opportunity
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 27, 2010 11:17 PM MDT up reply actions
THIS
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
2010 Rockies - It can happen!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:18 PM MDT up reply actions
yeah definitely
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
His name is Dan Uggla!
by Colsportsfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:21 PM MDT up reply actions
MASS DFA
TRACYTEGERY
FIRE ODUD
LOLCHEAPFARTZ
/amidoinitrite?
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Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:18 PM MDT up reply actions
eh, throw in a LOLHUMIDORZ for good measure...
keep ’em on their toes
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Damn! I always forget one!
Usually it’s FIRE ODUD that I forget
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HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:24 PM MDT up reply actions
So wait, the DP is saying the Beimel was ready to go when Ubaldo got into trouble? This really makes me mad
Jimenez had thrown 114 pitches though seven, but Tracy let him come out for the eighth. The gesture backfired when Scott Podsednik led off with a single to center and stole second base. Jimenez walked the next hitter, Ryan Theriot, bringing the left-handed-hitting Ethier to the plate.
Lefty Joe Beimel was ready in the bullpen, but Tracy elected to leave Jimenez in the game, but he served up the game-tying double before getting the hook.
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Oh yes. Beimel was plenty warmed up; he probably could have come in at any point.
Why they elected to let Ubaldo face Ethier, I’ll never know.
Belisle was too, was he not?
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:20 PM MDT up reply actions
I miss 2009 Jim Tracy
He was WAY better than 2010 Jim Tracy
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
by free7694 on Aug 27, 2010 11:19 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
2009 Jim Tracy: Trying to get full-time gig and a nice contract
2010 Jim Tracy: Has full-time gig and nice contract, so mask can come off.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:21 PM MDT up reply actions
this
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Pre-September and pre-playoff Tracy was better..
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Ya know, that game when Ubaldo was sick
and I said it was Tracy’s job to know his player and take him out even though he claimed he was fine…
It’s really just more of the same. There are a lot of good things about Tracy, but knowing when his starter is done in close games is not one of them. Maybe it’s part of this “be aggressive, all the time, no matter what” strategy he’s pushed on the team all year or maybe I’m just angry and reading too much into it.
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by RoarFrom112 on Aug 27, 2010 11:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Exactly.
When Ubaldo’s mentality is “I’ll pitch as long as they’ll allow me,” it’s Jim’s job to take responsibility for allowing him or keeping him on the bench.
Here's the problem
Ubaldo’s mentality is “I’ll pitch as long as they’ll allow me.” and Tracy’s is “I’ll let him pitch until he blows the game.”
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
Some of it is the pitching coach too
he should know his pitchers better than the manager does. I would love to have been a fly on the dugout wall in the 7th and 8th innings to know if Tracy and ’Dac discussed it and what ’Dac said.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." ~Earl Weaver
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by RoarFrom112 on Aug 27, 2010 11:31 PM MDT up reply actions
This is true
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
2010 Rockies - It can happen!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:33 PM MDT up reply actions
agreed
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2009 Jim Tracy was an anomaly
created by the situation the team was in when he took over the job.
They were in such a big hole that he basically had to set a lineup and play it every day in an effort to catch up.
This is the real Jim Tracy. This is who he’s been in the big leagues his whole career. We’ve had him around since the playoffs.
I don’t like him much.
If this is the real Jim Tracy
I don’t like him. At all.
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
This is the real Jim Tracy.
My mom had his number all along. She was mad when they hired him. She also did not like Hurdle, for the record.
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I was really hoping it wasn't the real Jim Tracy
Because the guy managing the team this year needs to be fired yesterday.
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
I really feel like one of the players should call Tracy out on this
This is total BS
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:28 PM MDT up reply actions
I have a theory about this...but I'll get annihilated.
It has to do with Brad Hawpe.
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ok, I'm burningly curious
/tosses over flame-retardant suit/
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Nice hat!
Shiny!!
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Aug 28, 2010 12:05 AM MDT up reply actions
Lemme guess
Hawpe did just that and that’s why he was benched and eventually released?
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:30 PM MDT up reply actions
And not DL'd like he should have been
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:31 PM MDT up reply actions
pretty much
He came out before Hurdle was fired and openly complained about the article that DOD posted in the clubhouse. I think he goes about things quietly.but does speak his mind. I think Tracy rode his bat through the ASB and when Hawpe starting tiring.
Also, you all were saying that Hawpe was having a pretty heated discussion before the Dodger series.
Maybe I’m wrong, but I just think there is more to the story. Sure, Hawpe didn’t do himself any favors by getting injured, but really no DL?
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I think you may be right.
The whole thing is just strange.
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:35 PM MDT up reply actions
If this is true than someone like Todd or Tulo need have a meeting with Tracy
because if it comes down to Tracy against Todd or Tulo, Tracy will lose.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:38 PM MDT up reply actions
I just think it's weird
that an acknowledged clubhouse leader is the one out the door. I like to think that they said well Brad you get the bench or you get nothing after his name was leaked as being on the waiver wire. And he said screw you guys, I’m outta here :) And they made nice with each other before departing.
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If it comes down to Tracy against Tulo we have a fractured clubhouse
probably for the rest of this year and all of 2011. Tulo could demand a trade. This would not be pretty.
Todd, sadly, may not have the clout anymore.
These things need to be handled tactfully, and by those in the organization above Tracy, not those below him.
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by RoarFrom112 on Aug 27, 2010 11:41 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm not saying they should call him out in public
I just want one of them to have a talk with Tracy and say that if you expect us to take accountability for our actions you should take accountability for yours.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:45 PM MDT up reply actions
The worst part is, that was BEHIND CLOSED DOORS!
The Rox clubhouse is like MHR, and that’s just wrong on so many levels!
And the worst part is, if that’s true, it goes up to the front office and while the Monforts aren’t cheap, the idea that they’re another Kroenke regime—any news is bad news—is almost as bad
Interesting theory
I truly don’t know if that’s the case to say one way or the other, but I def agree that it looks kind of odd…
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Anybody saying that discussion was "heated" was greatly exaggerating.
Hawpe looked sad and O’Dowd looked defensive. Not a pleasant conversation, but it was clearly civil.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 27, 2010 11:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Maybe it wasn't exaggeration, but the viewers interpretation?
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I think the point is clear that I disagree strongly with that interpretation.
And I wouldn’t rely on anybody’s testimony who considers two people standing still, talking softly and looking sad to be having a heated conversation.
You have the right to think somebody with a big smile on their face is sad (or perhaps in your case, that somebody with an emotionless expression is disapproving), but that doesn’t mean I’d consider it valid.
People have every right to interpret it as heated if they so choose. That’s not up for debate. But I think they’re exaggerating.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:06 AM MDT up reply actions
FWIW, I mentioned at the time that it didn't look heated to me either
but I was overruled by others who also saw it and decided to drop the point. I wish I could share the dang video but I think I deleted it already and the copyright goons would probably come after me.
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by RoarFrom112 on Aug 28, 2010 12:12 AM MDT up reply actions
They're free to come to their own conclusion.
I just can’t relate to that conclusion. The conversation was certainly not pleasant, but “heated” is a far cry from an apt label IMO.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:15 AM MDT up reply actions
Well that was my understanding. One person's heated could be
another’s unpleasant….you know what I mean?
Heated =/= zambrano in all cases :)
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No need to explain this to a relativist.
I think you’re reading too much objective intent into my statement. I do not expect everyone to come to the same conclusion, but that also doesn’t mean I don’t keep a particularly strong stock of belief in my own position.
To put it another way, with the degree of bad blood that would be involved in your hypothetical scenario in which Hawpe angered Tracy, I would not assign anywhere near that level of distrust or anger into the conversation you are referring to.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:25 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh I think bad blood between Hawpe and Tracy happened LONG
before the discussion I was referring to. Sorry if that wasn’t clear.
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I never saw that conversation but
I always thought the whole no DL thing was really weird. I still can’t figure out why they didn’t put him on it. Now Tampa Bay is immediately starting him in the minors to work on his swing. Something the Rockies should have done but didn’t. Why?
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 28, 2010 12:31 AM MDT up reply actions
I still think they probably tried.
Not right away, mind you, because he would absolutely have gone on with the bruised rib. But once the bruising had gone, they may have been unable to convince MLB that it was still DL worthy.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:37 AM MDT up reply actions
I would describe it as intense
but not necessarily heated….
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Aug 28, 2010 12:32 AM MDT up reply actions
This game really open my eyes about Tracy.....
I really liked what he did last year and was excited about him being our manager. But now seeing all the micromanaging, constant changes in the line-up, and driving our pitchers in the ground, mainly Ubaldo. I just had enough, I don’t to see this guy ever again.
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
His name is Dan Uggla!
by Colsportsfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:30 PM MDT up reply actions
THIS times 10000000000+
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
His name is Dan Uggla!
by Colsportsfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:22 PM MDT up reply actions
I think this is a good time to use this
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:22 PM MDT reply actions 6 recs
rirfmadface.jpg?
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Yes
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 27, 2010 11:25 PM MDT up reply actions
That's sort of awesome :-D
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:24 PM MDT up reply actions
awesome.....
How long have you been waiting to use that one? And the fact that it’s purple is perfect.
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I was hoping I wouldn't have to use it but after that garbage I had to bring it out
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:26 PM MDT up reply actions
It should be green by now!
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:28 PM MDT up reply actions
It is...and is that a weird combination of colors:)
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I can't really brink myself to rec that post.
No offense to you at all, RIRF.
But if this kind of game is what brings it out, I’d really rather never see it again.
I don't understand
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made perfect sense to me
I don’t want to see a need to post that face.
But as it’s here, it’s a riot :-D
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 27, 2010 11:31 PM MDT up reply actions
ohhh. I see what you mean
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No offense taken
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 27, 2010 11:30 PM MDT up reply actions
I think we all looked like that in the 8th.
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Actually, mine was more dumbfounded than anything.
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yup
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I didn't get to watch the game, I was covering a soccer game
But my brother texted me the situation and my reaction was /sigh/ “This won’t end well…”
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
Oh wow
Nicely done.
I still believe...
This is R year!
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I give the Padres credit
They have some pretty sweet ads using
“The Bravery’s- Believe” maybe the Rox need something similar
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Tejada with a 2 out single .....bottom of the 11th
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I was at the game --
And I don’t get it either.
I turned to my sister and said, why exactly is Ubaldo coming to bat?
And then later, I said, two guys on with no outs, a tired Ubaldo, and Ethier up? This is not going to end well.
I don’t pretend to understand.
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Aren’t you supposed to be all European or something?
Cooler than a polar bear's toenails...
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I'm in CO for a week
I fly out a week from today.
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Now that you have mgt experience...
Do you think you could have arranged the deck chairs better than Tracy tonight?
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The Captain of the Titanic could have arranged these deck chairs better
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What mgt experience?
but probably. :)
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I thought you were the stage manager?
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Ah, right
Assistant, actually. But yes. I was. (What do you mean, remember my own life?!)
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Just trying to get your less vorcifous perspective.
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I was just kidding, I should remember these things
But yeah, I was confused. I’m still confused. Why not send someone else up there to bat and try to pad the lead a bit for the bullpen? Why not pull him with two on and nobody out? Why walk the bases full to get to Casey Blake? I just don’t get it.
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Relax...
Niether did I. I’ve seen HOF managers pull this same bonr hrad stunt numerous times. M akes you want to throw the infamous managers book at them every time.
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at the game as well and just got home
The bestest good thing — I had awesome free seats 11 rows up just between home plate and the Dodgers dugout. I haven’t sat that close at a game since….well spring training.
Other good things: rox were hitting well off of Kershaw but as mentioned above right at people.
Yelling ‘Philly’ and Cheesesteak’ seemed to work on Broxton — he gave up two hits after I started yelling. Wish I had started sooner.
Bad thing: Every time Kershaw got in a jam with lefties (3-2 counts) his hammer pitch was an 83 mph slider a foot outside. And EACH player fell for it.
Bad Bad thing: The entire crowd was in shock when Ubaldo went out to hit and sat in dumb silence when he came out to pitch the top of the 8th. I mentioned to my guy it was like everyone in the crowd had seem this movie except Tracy and knew what was coming. All energy in the entire stadium went Poof! It was obvious U was labouring to get out of the 7th and just looked completely and utterly spent during the first AB in the 8th.
Worst bad thing: had obnoxious Dog fans in front of me the whole game and they started gathering in a group after they went ahead like bad pennies.
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by WalkInRight on Aug 27, 2010 11:45 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm going tomorrow, I'll try to remember the Broxton cheesesteak thing :)
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Well I'm glad my tivo screwed up
and I didn’t have to watch that live. I don’t know why I even try. Likewise,
I don’t know what tracy is thinking these days.
I don’t know why Uball suddenly can’t not give up 3+ runs.
I don’t know why Belisle throws a meatball to Blake with the sacks full
I don’t know why I expect this team to ever beat LA. Clearly, the are not up to it.
Ubaldo pitched a 7 inning shutout before being hung out to dry by his manager.
You really can’t blame him for what happened.
I blame tracy, no doubt
I also blame Uball (and Belisle). Tracy made a bad decision, sure. But then…you know what? Ubaldo had the ball in his hands, and he did not come through. Players play. Jim Tracy didn’t get charged with any earned runs tonite, as much as he might deserve it. Uball and Belisle gave up 5 of them. I know nobody here can ever bring themselves to blame the players for failures, and perhaps they were “hung out to dry.” But you know what? He gave up a hit to Podsednik, a guy too crappy to play for our 2008 nightmare squad, a guy that makes Dodger fans contemplate wearing bags on their heads. He walked Theriot, a guy people around here think is worse than Barmes. Sometimes, you gotta just get it done. The guys standing on the mound tonight did not get it done.
I know nobody here can ever bring themselves to blame the players for failures
Where were you when Street blew those saves?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:51 PM MDT up reply actions
I've been generally avoiding
the game threads, given that they have turned into nightmares of nonsense and OT garbage. I haven’t seen much Street heat in the regular threads lately.
Street was nearly crucified to Barmes levels in some cases.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:00 AM MDT up reply actions
exactly
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Good
so suddenly, WM, we have what you might refer to as a “double standard” going on. Saint Uball can do no wrong.
what? No one has ever said that...
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Nobody said this.
Why are you generalizing about everything?
If Ubaldo had given up 8 runs in the first inning, we wouldn’t be blaming Tracy for starting Ubaldo tonight, we would have blamed Ubaldo for not pitching well.
We are not blaming Ubaldo for what happened tonight because we feel he was asked to do too much by his manager who should have known better.
And I'm saying
Blame goes everywhere. This team has failed this year because Tracy has failed to make the team greater than the sum of its parts. But the parts themselves have failed too.
I dunno. Mostly I’m just angry because we flat out suck v. LA. Pre-Tracy, and undoubtedly post-Tracy. The Dodgers are a joke in their own town, except when playing Colo and Casey Freaking Blake is hitting grand slams when the fanbase wants him DFA.
You're absolutely right that the parts have failed and failed spectacularly this year
We could start and end that discussion at their road performance, not to mention how terrible they are against LA.
The frustration tonight is with a specific situation in a specific game. Snarky MATCHUPZ comments aside, I think we know the players aren’t playing up to what we know they should be.
Also, reviewing my comments, I’ve been more than a little bit of an ass to you. Especially the LL crack—that was way over the line. I’m sorry.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:16 AM MDT up reply actions
No need to apologize
I expect tempers to flare after a night like tonight. Mine certainly are. I was all looking forward to pouring a scotch and enjoying a Dexter episode and yet, here I am, whining on the internet about sports. So it goes. We all love the Rox,its a Friday night and yet we’re all here…
I hear that
This team certainly doesn’t do anything half-assed*, does it?
*except hitting on the road
At least you have scotch. I have to envy yours. :)
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:24 AM MDT up reply actions
You have scotch too
but this is not an appropriate occasion for that kind of scotch
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:27 AM MDT up reply actions
True
Winning a WS, on the other hand…
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:28 AM MDT up reply actions
I can get behind this ;-D
as long as I can have some too. Should be kosher this post-season at this point, Rox, are you on board? ;-p
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:34 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm actually pleasantly surprised by the behavior in this thread.
Being the generally least upset by losses like this, I often inadvertently inspire feelings of malcontent in people who are angry and not capable of rationalizing my intent at that particular moment. So far, everyone seems rather lax. I appreciate this.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:26 AM MDT up reply actions
I don't we are lax..
We are disgusted..(not speaking for everyone)
We are disenchanted
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I'm f'in tired, actually.
why am I still here? ;-)
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:34 AM MDT up reply actions
misery loves company?
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Perhaps. But this misery loves a bed.
I’m bagging on a family picnic tomorrow because I dn’t think 40% of my family is healthy enough to go, and if I don’t catch up on sleep, that may go to 60% ;-)
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:37 AM MDT up reply actions
oh, i figured it out
still trying to install drivers and capture a printer for stuff for my 0800 appt tomorrow.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:42 AM MDT up reply actions
Ithought you were enjoying the popcorn?
"Why are they outlawin' the spit pitch? The curveball is a cheap 'n easy pitch; the spitter aint" Ty Cobb
"When I was pitching 90's in the seventies; I never thought I'd be pitching 70's in the nineties!" Frank Tanana
I always enjoy popcorn :-D
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:45 AM MDT up reply actions
But you're behaving like a civil human being.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:38 AM MDT up reply actions
READ the link I asked Destro for...
It gave me perspective!
"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
LEARN to laugh?
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:29 AM MDT up reply actions
That you have to take things with a certain grain of salt(or sugar)
"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
That, too
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:32 AM MDT up reply actions
I already did.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:38 AM MDT up reply actions
I have to take some responsibility
I picked this fight, and now I feel the need to finish it. Its all good. I don’t blame anyone for the feelings expressed here. I just needed to grind out my stuff…but as you note, this discussion has been fairly productive (or, at least, not just vitrol and nonsense)
No worries. You are definitely making some valid points here.
We’re all pretty frustrated and, frankly, shell-shocked at how it all turned out.
I mean, really…Casey F’ing Blake?
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:30 AM MDT up reply actions
There is absolutely a double standard against Jimenez, and any player of his calibur, and you'll find it in any sports fanbase, IMO.
But whatever role it plays in this discussion is minimal, in my opinion, because it seems to me that the responding attitude is genuine angry at Tracy for a suspicious decision, and not some out of left field excuse to diffuse blame from Jimenez.
I actually take your position here and agree that some amount of blame deserves to be sprinkled about. However, I don’t feel comfortable getting involved in the discussion about Tracy because I don’t think any of us have any idea of how blame should be properly divvied. Frankly, I think that’s a non issue.
In other words, to me all we have here is Tracy riding Ubaldo too hard, and Jimenez and Belisle failing to execute. It sums up the game without any pretensions of blame assignment. I don’t care who is “most” responsible.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:11 AM MDT up reply actions
I actually completely agree
with everything you just wrote.
And I don’t want to be seen as somehow anti-Uball, watching him pitch this year has been one of the pleasures of my sportsfan life. But it gets cheapened when people fall all over themselves to make excuses for him. He deserves what he gets. And generally, that is excellence. Not tonight.
7 shutout innings
is pretty damn excellent in my book. Unfortunately he couldn’t maintain that excellence after 114 pitches. It seems that most of us think it was unfair to expect him to.
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Aug 28, 2010 12:36 AM MDT up reply actions
Let's see
7 inning, 0 runs, 114 pitches. Sounds like a pretty good night to me. Tracy tried to hit on 20 and not surprisingly got burned for it.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 28, 2010 12:13 AM MDT up reply actions
Probably true.
But so what? This isn’t a random card from a deck. THis is an elite athlete making plays. Or not.
wow..so he's a machine that should never get tired?
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No
he’s an elite athlete that should get credit or blame for what happens when he’s holding the ball.
So do you blame Strasburg for blowing out his elbow?
Or do you blame the Nats for maybe pushing him to far to fast?
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So you blame Strasburg?
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as pete venkman might say
sometimes shit happens.
Man, I don't follow you..
You’re saying that Ubaldo and I assume you apply this to any MLB player is an elite athlete and they should never fatigue or make mistakes…..
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of course I don't expect them to be perfect
But I just won’t dig for excuses for them when they aren’t.
I think he's saying that fatigue and mistakes are valid explanations of a player's contribution to a loss...
… but not reason enough to ignore their contribution to said loss.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:28 AM MDT up reply actions
It's about porbability
The longer you let a pitcher go the more likely they are to give up runs. Ubaldo, despite not giving up any runs in the first seven innings was not completely dominant tonight and did an awesome job to fight threw it, pitch a gem and put his team in a position to win.
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 28, 2010 12:21 AM MDT up reply actions
also, he's ERA went up when if he had been taken out might not have
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now if only
we can change the rules so that we don’t have to have our guys pitch so many innings…
They're called 'relievers'.
Just about every team—O HAI PHIGHTINS—assumes that they’ll be needed virtually every night for 3 innings at least…
What are you talking about
making sure they don’t pitch too many innings is Tracy’s job and that’s exactly where he screwed up
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 28, 2010 12:26 AM MDT up reply actions
Then don't speak of what you don't know
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:02 AM MDT up reply actions
I didn't say that
I am saying you’re making a statement without much to back it up.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:06 AM MDT up reply actions
No
but there’s obviously worthwhile discourse there that you missed, and now you are making statements that you probably wouldn’t be if you had any idea of the discussioin that was going on.
Blah blah OT blah blah. That’s what the Z button’s for, dude.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:11 AM MDT up reply actions
I've stopped participating in most game threads as well unless an erxtra moderator is needed, to be honest.
Sometimes the power of Z isn’t enough. :(
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:12 AM MDT up reply actions
Seriously
I’ve tried skimming. Its pretty insufferable.
It tends to get worse around this time, though surprisingly, the difference really isn't as large this year.
We’re getting a lot fewer new strangers and trolls barging in. You already know I have no problem with OT discussion (ESPECIALLY not in the game threads), so that isn’t my problem. I just find the general commentary to be becoming a lot less conversational and productive and a lot more “three word game comment / inside joke / meme / three word game comment / repeated rant / meme / repeated rant / meme / inside joke / three word game comment / repeated rant”, rinse repeat. It’s not so much the content as the predictability.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:19 AM MDT up reply actions
Well, if that's how you feel, I'm not gonna tie you down, clamp your eyes open, and force you to read a GT
just don’t be surprised if you come out looking a bit like a bozo when you insinuate things that have quite the evidence to the contrary on the game threads. And it might not all be repeated here for you in pre-digested, what-you-consider-relevant fashion.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:20 AM MDT up reply actions
No
but I don’t consider the game threads to be a place for serious discussion/thought. Because they aren’t. I expect more from rockpiles and postgame threads. And I doubt I’m wrong about that.
Well, then you shouldn't really criticize them for being exactly what you thought they would be.
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I wasn't criticizing them
I was ignoring them. And I was criticized for that.
No, you were criticizing
for saying the comments found in them don’t exist, then attacking people here for not making them.
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Aug 28, 2010 12:38 AM MDT up reply actions
criticizing criticized
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Aug 28, 2010 12:39 AM MDT up reply actions
not really
moreso saying that I don’t really care about them. Which was probably over the line, but whatever. Game threads are an animal entirely separate from the normal give and take on the blog. In any event, i probably am wrong to entirely discount them. But I don’t feel too bad about it…
and with that, I’m out. Sorry for the thread explosion to everyone. Go get ’em tomorrow.
Good night!
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:45 AM MDT up reply actions
Depends on what you consider serious discussion/thought
Seriously, some of the stuff you came in here and said with guns blazing after having not read/participated in the GT really looked bad and annoyed several people. So if you consider those topics serious discussion/thought, well, there may be more of it to be found on the GT than you think.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:31 AM MDT up reply actions
Not wrong at all...
… because they’re less social. I agree with Cat’s reply below (above mine) that just popped up. I totally empathize with your distaste in them, but we just have to let them be.
My contributions to the game thread are usually minor league or transactions notes that are completely ignored. But I’m not upset about that. It’s not what’s on everyone’s mind at the moment. I’d rather it was, but hey, what am I gonna do?
I do agree with you Teek, though, that people shouldn’t expect you to have seen said Street vitriol. Heck, I don’t read anywhere close to every comment on the blog, and realize I put a substantial effort into trying not to repat information (before I make any post I’m unsure about that isn’t breaking news I search the comments and posts for people’s comments on that subject, and I totally don’t expect everyone to have to do that)
Everyone should take Rox Girl’s Rockpile theis yesterday into account here. Not all Rowbots will have put together the same information from the blog itself.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:33 AM MDT up reply actions
The sad thing is
I used to take in most of this blog’s content. I did “get it all”. But this year, explosion of posts and OT stuff has simply made it impossible.
Jeff Aberle finds a way.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:39 AM MDT up reply actions
Hell, I read everything except gamethreads/overflows.
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Eh, I've always been told I have a higher tolerance for BS than most
(which is odd, I tend to think the opposite). I guess I just pick my BS and ignore what I choose not to read about. Like the football discussions. ;-p
Ask Destro how many times I’ve told him to get his football out of my baseball season…
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:17 AM MDT up reply actions
I'll so back you on that one.
I have no love for the foot ball.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:20 AM MDT up reply actions
After 20 years, I've started watching again
but I don’t appreciate its intrusions on my baseball season. Time enough to appreciate football in November.
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:21 AM MDT up reply actions
"get his football out of my baseball season"
Is that what sports fans call birth control?
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:21 AM MDT up reply actions
Well, we had a baby right before opening day last year
you do the math ;-p
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:22 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm a bit like this..
I get annoyed when the game is over in the 2nd inning (leaving out the Braves game)
I get annoyed when the criticism of the player becomes vitriolic
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 27, 2010 11:56 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
He sure did.
Nobody needs to say it, its obvious.
Yes
but it’s about accountability
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Is it just Tracy's refusal
to fall on the sword that bothers you? I dig it, it bugs me too. But managers don’t do that. So be it.
Uhh
Terry Francona does it all the time
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 28, 2010 12:06 AM MDT up reply actions
If Ubaldo had done all that in the first inning or even the fifth,
I would have agreed with you that he didn’t get it done tonight.
But he had already thrown 114 pitches going into the 8th. Of course he’s not going to be as sharp as he was earlier.
Tracy’s whole JOB is to recognize when a pitcher is struggling and take him out of the game before gets into trouble.
I don't disagree
I’m not absolving Tracy. Clearly, he played the wrong hand.
But…Ubaldo’s job is to get guys out when he’s handed the ball. I don’t buy that pitchers must necessarily turn into pumpkins and can’t be held accountable for what they do after 100 pitches. The man is paid millions of dollars to get guys out. Should he have been pulled? Sure. Fine. But he wasn’t. And then he gagged. And then Belisle gagged worse. Players play.
It's the manager's job to know when his players are done
Tracy utterly failed to do that job. It doesn’t matter how good anyone says he feels. The manager needs to be the adult, and that didn’t happen tonight.
You’re right that Ubaldo didn’t come through. It may be because…oh, I dunno, he was SPENT?? Yes, Belisle gave up the GS. HRs happen. If Tracy decides to be the adult here, does Ubaldo put those extra two guys on base? That’s a good question that we’ll never answer for sure.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Again
Tracy didn’t do his job. He failed. But his failure DOES NOT MEAN THAT UBALL SUDDENLY LOSES THE POWER TO GET OUT CRAPPY HITTERS. Uball is a big boy, he is a guy that wants to win a Cy Young. Stop making excuses for him, those that he doesn’t make for himself.
He does when he's obviously spent. Like any pitcher does.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Maybe he wasn't obviously spent
2 guys (Tracy, Apodaca) who get paid a lot of money, and who’s jobs are based on this, didn’t think so. Nor did he, evidently. I agree that he probably was, incidentally, but so what?
According to Tracy
He and Dac didn’t make that assessment – they asked Uball. Who is on record as saying he’ll pitch “as long as they allow him to”
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:12 AM MDT up reply actions
this isn't exactly
something i care to go by. Media nonsense. Which is a Tracy dodge, and a shameful one, for sure. But hardly the “reason” something happened.
And since the Tracy dodge is exactly what people are criticizing...
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:23 AM MDT up reply actions
Criticize the dodge
sure. I hate his post-loss interviews (didn’t see tonight). But my point is that I don’t really care if he takes the bullet or not. I care if we win or not. And we lost, and he should get stung. And so should the guys who actually played and lost.
So what? Ubaldo is not about to say he should leave the game.....
The pitching coach and the manager get paid a lot of money to be able to distinguish between a young competitive guy thinking he can go further than he can and saying, “Sorry, Son, we’ve done enough for us tonight.”
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sorry *you've done enough...
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Neither Tracy nor Apodaca gave their own opinion on Ubaldo's condition.
They simply said that they asked HIM, and he said that he was fine.
But he’s always going to say that. He’s never going to tell his manager to take him out. No player will.
Why could WE all tell that Ubaldo was having a hard time and shouldn’t go out for the 8th, and Tracy and Dac couldn’t?
I don't know
for reasons probably entirely unrelated to the ease of being on the internet v. getting paid to manage a baseball team, I’m sure. Not trying to be a jerk. But come on.
DOES NOT MEAN THAT UBALL SUDDENLY LOSES THE POWER TO GET OUT CRAPPY HITTERS.
That might be exactly what happened. He was fatigued leading to a loss of power and control. When that happens it doesn’t matter if it’s Albert Pujols or David Eckstein.
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Oh, and pointing out a basic fact of human physiology is not making excuses
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:00 AM MDT up reply actions
How much are we to expect from him?
Personally, at 115 pitches I don’t expect him to be at 100% strength anymore. And I expect the manager to understand that and account for it.
How many pitches does Ubaldo have to throw before we put more responsibility on the manager to make a change than we do on the pitcher to pitch like it’s the top of the first? 125? 150? 200??
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Aug 28, 2010 12:11 AM MDT up reply actions
You are probably right
he was probably asked to do too much. Actually, evidently, he was asked to do too much. But he had the ball in his hands against some weak hitters, I expect him to get those guys out, no matter what the pitch count. ANd I’m sure he does too.
Then you're being unrealistic
“no matter what the pitch count”? It simply doesn’t work like that.
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Aug 28, 2010 12:42 AM MDT up reply actions
I will just point out that even though these are crapy hitters
They are still professional players in MLB that makes them good enough to hit ubaldo even when he is at his top they should be able to hit him at least once.
by nightninja13 on Aug 28, 2010 2:00 PM MDT up reply actions
hmmmm
I know nobody here can ever bring themselves to blame the players for failures,
Clearly, you haven’t read any of the Morales discussions, or even Hawpe discussions or Barmes discussions. And most everyone blaming Belisle for losing the Padres game. Yeah, no, we do blame the players plenty.
But in this case, Ubaldo shouldn’t have been in the situation to fail to begin with.
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I have not seen
one comment here suggesting that anyone other than Tracy is to blame.
Putting a player in or taking him out is the manager's decision
Is this true or false?
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:59 PM MDT up reply actions
You're statement seemed to reflect more than just tonight's game....
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Well
its true. Tracy takes the heat every night someone doesn’t perform. That’s part of the manager’s job, I don’t feel sorry for him at all. I’m just sick of this team getting let off the hook for failing to perform. Whining about the manager isn’t going to make the team play better.
And really, this isn’t even a Uball failure. We’ve played the Dodgers 4 times in the past 2 weeks. How many runs have we scored? 4 ER? In 4 games? Horrifying.
I'm really not sure where you're getting this perception.
The offense gets blamed for not producing runs all the time.
When pitchers blow close situations, they usually get lambasted.
I don’t see us letting players off the hook at all.
POPCORN is done...
Who wants some?
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Throw on some coconut oil and some sea salt an I'm in...
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:13 AM MDT up reply actions
make mine brown sugar and sea salt....
I can eat popcorn and debate at the same time….
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Sorry; allI have is Jalepeno Jack and Garlic Parmesean
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garlic parm it is :-D
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:24 AM MDT up reply actions
that sounds yummy
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:24 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm not sure how many times I can say this.
I blame Tracy for what happened tonight because I feel that he put Ubaldo in a position to fail by asking him to get too much tonight.
Are you really suggesting that we get mad at Ubaldo for not being able to throw 8 shutout innings against the Dodgers over some 130 pitches?
No not really
Tracy screwed up. But as I noted, every decision that doesn’t work is the wrong one for a manager. There are still guys on the field that can overcome. And we didn’t tonight.
Sorry, I'm a little confused.
Did you not read my entire post? I pointed several occasions and not nearly all the occasions, where we have roundly called to task the players not doing what the needed to do. You seem to be disregarding this…maybe I’m confused.
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I dunno
isn’t this entire thread about not blaming players for playing poorly, and instead blaming the manager (and, to the point, I haven’t disputed?)
You seem to be pointing to todays game and Tracy's serious failure in the7th and 8th
as your only example of us not blaming the players. You can’t cherry pick the games you want to pick apart without considering the discussions in several game threads…..
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Well,
I could go thru the archives and pick out all the times that you (and others) blame Tracy for everything wrong with the team, but that might take too much time. Are you seriously suggesting that you don’t blame Tracy more than the players? Rhetorical.
Actually you can't really ask me a question like that and then leave it as rhetorical
I blame Tracy quite a bit. But I definitely acknowledge when Huston makes a bad pitch…he makes a bad pitch. Or Ubaldo blows up. Or Hawpe striking out looking, Or CarGo flailing. (just a couple of examples)
I do give Tracy the brunt of the criticism because he is the manager. He has to put his players in a position to succeed. IMO, he doesn’t do this enough. So, since he is at the top of the food chain and is ultimately responsible for what happens on the field…I think it’s fair levee more criticism his way.
As they say, the buck should stop there.
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In general I agree
the buck does stop with him. But somehow around here (and really, everywhere, this is not a PR phenomenon) when we win, its because of the players. When we lose, its on the manager. I’m more about blaming everyone.
I generally don't try to blame any one player, coach, etc for a loss - it's a team sport after all.
But this one really was on Tracy.
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 28, 2010 12:41 AM MDT up reply actions
Was it here or in the *game thread*
that I said that one of the great things about baseball was that there’s always enough blame to go around? ;-)
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:44 AM MDT up reply actions
Yet you say you avoid the game threads
So, again, how on God’s green earth would you know this??? It really is not computing here.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:06 AM MDT up reply actions
why are you so angry about this?
I haven’t skipped every game thread. Point me to a game thread where i might have missed some valuable discussion, and we can discuss this point. Unlikely.
My point is that there is plenty of blame that is handed out where it is deserved
Players, manager, the beer man, you name it. However, you, by your own admission, more often than not choose to avoid a large chunk of where much of this happen
You really are on a strawman kick tonight.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:10 AM MDT up reply actions
Sorry the game threads aren't intellectual enough for you
…because, I dunno, they tend to be more like what a bunch of people watching a game would actually do, rather than being academic about baseball 100% of the time.
If you’re looking for that high a standard, Lookout Landing is that way -——————>
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:11 AM MDT up reply actions
The initial point
was that relevant discussion took place in the game threads, no? Anyway, we’re not even arguing a coherent point here. I’ve seen probably 65% of the game threads this year.
Yeah, this was way over the line comment I was referring to, sadly...
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:37 AM MDT up reply actions
I blame several members of the offense for not executing
it seemed pretty likely that one run would not win the game, and there were opportunities even though Kershaw was pitching well.
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by RoarFrom112 on Aug 28, 2010 12:01 AM MDT up reply actions
Again, Kershaw was getting hit hard
It’s not like they put targeting sights on baseball bats.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:03 AM MDT up reply actions
Don't talk about Morales
Because we obviously give him too short a leash and don’t deserve him.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 27, 2010 11:58 PM MDT up reply actions
oh my
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Let's see
I’m making excuses for Ubaldo, I give Morales way too short a leash…hmm, how can I go for the “YOU SUCKZ DESTRO” trifecta? :)
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:02 AM MDT up reply actions
Even I'm not that much of a jerk
QUIET, RtC!
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:04 AM MDT up reply actions
/whistles innocently/
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:08 AM MDT up reply actions
Fair point, especially when applied to Belisle
but a part of it is that a manager’s job is to put his team in the best position to succeed. Yes, he could throw the most braindead lineup out there and it’s the player’s job to succeed. He could fall asleep and let the pitch count get to 180 and the pitcher could still succeed.
Belisle could have gotten out of the inning before giving up the slam, but it would have been a lot easier for him if he came out with no runners on.
I think Ubaldo did succeed. He matched Kershaw in a pitchers’ duel to a reasonable pitch count. However, Torre beat Tracy in a managers’ dual (notice Torre going to his closer for 4 outs, including sending him out to bat for the first time in 3 years probably with explicit instructions to not remove the bat from his shoulders under any circumstance. This is understanding the game situation.)
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by RoarFrom112 on Aug 27, 2010 11:55 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Phils take the lead in the 11th
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 27, 2010 11:39 PM MDT reply actions
bottom of the 12th
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Yeah my bad
They took the lead in the 12th
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 27, 2010 11:48 PM MDT up reply actions
game over Pads lose
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I wasn't disputing...just adding on saying it was the bottom of the 12th....
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down to their last out
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Jim Tracy:
Not my homeboy.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Aug 27, 2010 11:52 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
He needs a little more focus in the dugout.
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 27, 2010 11:53 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
HA!!!
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A Jim Tracy cut out
does not help me at home
Ubaldo "Iron Arm" Jimenez
Seth Smith’s beard looks on in anticipation.
His name is Dan Uggla!
by Colsportsfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Except when he or his team does something stupid
And I take out my anger by punching it.
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
Can we move the Dodgers back to Brooklyn so they will be the hell out of the NL West and we won't have to face them 18 times a year?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 27, 2010 11:53 PM MDT reply actions
Nope. One of these years we're just going to have to beat them
Payback will be sweet and prolonged…
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by RoarFrom112 on Aug 27, 2010 11:59 PM MDT up reply actions
I hate the Dodgers.
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Well, I’m tired. Goin to bed now.
Putting this loss behind me, hoping we can beat the dodgers, looking dorward to the game Monday.
Good night.
I still believe...
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 28, 2010 12:04 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
Very little talk of Deduno with the blame game going on.
Certainly my favorite part of the game. I love seeing new players get a go.
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You liked seeing Deduno more than the first seven innings?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 28, 2010 12:16 AM MDT up reply actions
Yes, actually.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:20 AM MDT up reply actions
And that is not meant to be any sort of denouncement of the first seven innings...
… and much rather a suggestion of my own personal, continually clearly unusual qualities of baseball enjoyment.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:21 AM MDT up reply actions
You? Clearly unusual qualities?
You MUST be joking.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:22 AM MDT up reply actions
Sigh.
I’m a pariah.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:34 AM MDT up reply actions
Everyone's gotta have a talent
Being an annoying smartass is mine, being a pariah must be yours…
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:36 AM MDT up reply actions
All that study of film and television for nothing!
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:41 AM MDT up reply actions
I dunno...I actually find some of your film and TV posts fascinating when I'm able to get on and read them.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:42 AM MDT up reply actions
When I launch my blog, I hope you'll be a reader. :D
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:43 AM MDT up reply actions
All I need is an address
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:43 AM MDT up reply actions
I sure did
I love an MLB debut.
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by RoarFrom112 on Aug 28, 2010 12:21 AM MDT up reply actions
I’ve seen Ubaldo pitch well before and I expect to see him pitch well again, but you only get to see a guy’s debut once.
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by RoarFrom112 on Aug 28, 2010 12:22 AM MDT up reply actions
You know, I admit I had forgotten this in my rush to be an ass
But yeah, Deduno looked pretty darn good out there tonight.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:17 AM MDT up reply actions
Actually I think he's doing OK without the net so far...
Wish I could say that about Frankie. Know anybody in a similar boat as him who needs the change of scene with similar stuff? Should we hire David Cone to mentor him?
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I think we're long past the time making any predictions about what Morales can do for us, or anyone.
I know this because I have a completely conflicting sense that we are somehow simultaneously jumping the gun with and also giving too much patience towards Morales.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:22 AM MDT up reply actions
Wow. yeah, you're going to have to explain that one a bit
I say “too much patience”. Tonight he tried his best to walk a pitcher who didn’t take the bat off his shoulder. You just can’t have a late inning guy with control problems. There’s no room for it.
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by RoarFrom112 on Aug 28, 2010 12:24 AM MDT up reply actions
Joe Carter knows what that word will be
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:31 AM MDT up reply actions
GONE!!!!!
Strangely, the same word came up big tonight.
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Aug 28, 2010 12:43 AM MDT up reply actions
It's and inexplicable contradiction.
I have nothing close to one for you.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:35 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm just asking if there is smeone else being given up on with potential we could trade straight across.
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A Kim/Julio type arrangement?
Probably.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:35 AM MDT up reply actions
I hit against a lot o Frankies on the fringe...
You never know when the light will come on in the closet if ever. Look how well JDLR turned out after others gave up.
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As much as this made my head hurt, on some level it actually made sense to me
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:36 AM MDT up reply actions
Doesn;t it?
I mean, not logically, of course. But Morales has somehow managed to be given more than enough opportunities to show himself, yet I still feel like we haven’t seen it all.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:41 AM MDT up reply actions
Exactly
This is kind of why I think his future lies in being a JDLR-style reclamation project for someone else.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:42 AM MDT up reply actions
The key words being 'someone else'
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 28, 2010 12:43 AM MDT up reply actions
Sadly, yes, but that's just how it works sometimes
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:45 AM MDT up reply actions
I think he needs a change of scenery.
I think somewhere in his head, he doesn’t have the confidence to pitch at Coors anymore. Like a mental block. I think he might need a fresh start somewhere else.
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He did look great
particularly after Morales wildness, round 4242890952539
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by Junction Rox on Aug 28, 2010 12:30 AM MDT up reply actions
Guess I'll be watching planes rather than the rox tomorrow
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Why are you watching planes? Is that your job?
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air show
The boy goes to the game; i go to the airshow. :)
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by WalkInRight on Aug 28, 2010 12:25 AM MDT up reply actions
Nice! Where is the airshow? Watkins?
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uh, it's at whatever they now call the old Jeffco airport in Broomfield
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by WalkInRight on Aug 28, 2010 12:28 AM MDT up reply actions
ohhh...cool...
I love going to the Miramar AirShow here in San Diego. It’s huge. It’s 3 days of events and is generally awesome. I’ve not gone for the past 2 years, but I went every year before.
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this show has been mentioned before in my presence :)
and I wouldn’t mind a nice trip to SD if the Pads are in town at the time (I’ve been to JM but haven’t made it back to Petco)…
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by WalkInRight on Aug 28, 2010 12:51 AM MDT up reply actions
It's Oct 1, 2 and 3rd.....
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Rocky Mountain Airport
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:31 AM MDT up reply actions
fyi url
http://www.cosportaviation.org/
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by WalkInRight on Aug 28, 2010 12:33 AM MDT up reply actions
We used to sit on our roof and watch that one.
Or at least, the planes that would fly over us when they were circling around.
And just for the record
I could forgive Tracy for this decision if he took accountability for it. Every manager is going to screw up once in a while. But the fact that he tried to deflect blame toward Ubaldo and Belisle is ludicrous and almost makes me more angry than the actual call itself.
It tells me that he’s not going to leard from this experience which is quite sad.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 28, 2010 12:31 AM MDT reply actions
He is who my Mom said he was...:(
rirfsadface.jpg
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And also 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 28, 2010 12:36 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
That mad face still makes me giggle :-D
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:38 AM MDT up reply actions
It's quite awesome
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angry face is ANGRY
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by WalkInRight on Aug 28, 2010 12:39 AM MDT up reply actions
Angry face gonna choke a bitch
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:40 AM MDT up reply actions
Or Jim Tracy
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 28, 2010 12:42 AM MDT up reply actions
Isn't that what I said?
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:43 AM MDT up reply actions
BURRRRRRRN!
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:44 AM MDT up reply actions
I see what you did there :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 28, 2010 12:45 AM MDT up reply actions
heh....sneaky
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His
specialty in Pittsburgh was throwing players under the bus.
by DieHardRox on Aug 28, 2010 1:20 AM MDT up reply actions
Weird factoid:
The Rockies have not won a game after a day off since July 6. 0-for-the-last-5.
Luckily there aren’t any days off for quite awhile.
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A possible upside of that annoying Philly game.
Cancels out an off day.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:44 AM MDT up reply actions
"Luckily there aren’t any days off for quite awhile."
I’ll take “Things you do NOT hear every day” for $2000 please, Alex.
Seriously, that’s an odd and very sad factoid.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:44 AM MDT up reply actions
Yep
just happened to notice this while marking tonight’s loss on my calendar and thought it was interesting enough to mention. Maybe they need a curfew, or a simulated game.
And it was after the 4 straight days off at the ASB that the season went into a tailspin. hmmm…..
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by RoarFrom112 on Aug 28, 2010 12:47 AM MDT up reply actions
Hmm indeed
At this point, I just want them to show some shred of respectability and at least have a winning season. They can build from there for 2011.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:48 AM MDT up reply actions
I just want them to stay in contention for as long as possible and make it interesting for us!
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 28, 2010 12:50 AM MDT up reply actions
This
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:52 AM MDT up reply actions
Don't forget the World Series.
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 28, 2010 12:49 AM MDT up reply actions
too many tulopaloozas on their days off?
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by WalkInRight on Aug 28, 2010 12:45 AM MDT up reply actions
Too many late nights of meals, Xbox and Twitter for Ian Stewart.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:45 AM MDT up reply actions
Who cares what you're playing on the Xbox?
You’re basically still a rookie.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:46 AM MDT up reply actions
What the heck is an Xbox?
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 28, 2010 12:47 AM MDT up reply actions
Well, he's sure hitting like he's a rookie again...
bazinga!
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OUCH
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:48 AM MDT up reply actions
Dex went to a concert and the movies
And EY2 went to the movies….
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Movies. Which are made in Hollywood.
Where is Hollywood? LOS ANGELES.
That cements it. LA is the nexus of evil in the known universe.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:47 AM MDT up reply actions
I can vouch
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:48 AM MDT up reply actions
I thought that was Eckstein?
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Who plays baseball a mere 120 miles from
LOS ANGELES
The Black Heart of Eckstein™, while powerful, is simply an arm of this evil.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:51 AM MDT up reply actions
The Black Heart of Eckstein (TM) extends its evil around LA
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:51 AM MDT up reply actions
Not intentionally, considering I never watched that show
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:58 AM MDT up reply actions
ooooh, good call.....
Definitely could be Angel-ic
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even mopey mostly good vampires need love
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oh, come on...
mopey mostly good HAWT vampires ;-)
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 1:04 AM MDT up reply actions
but there are no ugly vampires
not according to tv/movies.
/ugly vampires gonna rise up!
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The ubervamps would like a word with you...
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by Junction Rox on Aug 28, 2010 1:16 AM MDT up reply actions
true and nosferatu
it’s late…
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Oh, yes, THEY were DOWNRIGHT FUGLY...
…’specially if you mean the prehistoric ones from the final few eps of Buffy…
Them's the ones...
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by Junction Rox on Aug 28, 2010 1:41 AM MDT up reply actions
I really liked Angel
And it was so much better the final 2 seasons…I was bummed when it was cancelled
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I hated the fourth season of Angel, with the exception of the final four or so episodes.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 1:05 AM MDT up reply actions
I like the first season best
but then i like broody mystery and noir detective shows rather than grand overreaching story arcs. :)
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The second season was my favorite of the series.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 1:16 AM MDT up reply actions
I celebrate the whole catalogue
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Me too
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never really got into Angel, mostly due to logistics
love, love, loved Buffy – the writing on that show was to die for! ;-D
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 1:05 AM MDT up reply actions
Largely the same writing staff on both shows.
Though they technically existed as independent productions, they were housed in the same facility and the staff division was pretty much in name only.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 1:08 AM MDT up reply actions
Fun! May have to pick it up sometime then
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by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 1:09 AM MDT up reply actions
he survives the last battle y'know ;)
and tames the dragon…
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Dex went with EY to that movie.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 28, 2010 12:48 AM MDT up reply actions
really?
See, I get confused reading “The Twitter”
I knew they each went, but didn’t realize it was date night(I’m kidding)
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"You can learn a lot just by watching"-Yogi Berra
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Oh I'm not surprised..
Just more annoyed at myself that I can’t follow “The Twitter” better…
Dear Rockies - Please finish ahead of the hated Giants
Brad Hawpe - Thanks Brad, you were a class act. 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 don't know what the heck you're talking about.
But then you’re basically still just a rookie :)
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
2010 Rockies - It can happen!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 28, 2010 12:53 AM MDT up reply actions
Weren't they like roommates thru the minors?
LoDo Magic, Tulo's Mullet or The Ghost of Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
2010 Rockies - It can happen!
by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 28, 2010 12:52 AM MDT up reply actions
It can get lonely on the road
Paleface Destro, Infield Butcher: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:51 AM MDT up reply actions
But they are at home....
Dear Rockies - Please finish ahead of the hated Giants
Brad Hawpe - Thanks Brad, you were a class act. 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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No one told them that, obviously
Paleface Destro, Infield Butcher: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:52 AM MDT up reply actions
Not really home for either of them though, I think
Dex lives in Atlanta. Not sure about EY.
It gets quite boring when your on a business trip and all your coworkers go home to their families. Probably a similar situation for them when in Denver.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." ~Earl Weaver
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by RoarFrom112 on Aug 28, 2010 12:54 AM MDT up reply actions
Dex owns a loft downtown......
Dear Rockies - Please finish ahead of the hated Giants
Brad Hawpe - Thanks Brad, you were a class act. 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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Pancakes is ready! :-D
of course, quite a few of the players that don’t have new babies…
have toddlers.
just thought I’d point that out.
"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 28, 2010 12:47 AM MDT up reply actions
I think this is the problem
They are trying to live normal lives with babies and such. This must be stopped going forward.
Dear Rockies - Please finish ahead of the hated Giants
Brad Hawpe - Thanks Brad, you were a class act. 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
If the Rox want you to have a baby
they will issue you one. It will come in a purple-pinstriped duffel bag. With a pack of Pampers, a stroller, and a teddy bear.
"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
Chief Engineer of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
Proud Member of the PR Gynocracy
by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:50 AM MDT up reply actions
...and a miniature humidor
Paleface Destro, Infield Butcher: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 12:51 AM MDT up reply actions
To keep their balls from getting small and slippery? ;-p
"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
Chief Engineer of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
Proud Member of the PR Gynocracy
by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:53 AM MDT up reply actions
won't touch that
with a ten foot pole.
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
"I've swallowed the Little Book of Calm..."
by WalkInRight on Aug 28, 2010 12:55 AM MDT up reply actions
Good thing the Rox could touch it with 3 foot bats
Dear Rockies - Please finish ahead of the hated Giants
Brad Hawpe - Thanks Brad, you were a class act. 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
ROFL
"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
Chief Engineer of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
Proud Member of the PR Gynocracy
by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:58 AM MDT up reply actions
darn babies
Players trying to have families and stuff – the nerve!
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
"I've swallowed the Little Book of Calm..."
by WalkInRight on Aug 28, 2010 12:55 AM MDT up reply actions
They need a little less focus at home...
(I’m kidding BTW!!!!!!! I don’t hate families, I don’t hate children)
Dear Rockies - Please finish ahead of the hated Giants
Brad Hawpe - Thanks Brad, you were a class act. 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
it was funny
for what it was. says the mom. ;-)
"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
Chief Engineer of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
Proud Member of the PR Gynocracy
by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:57 AM MDT up reply actions
^
/but I hate babies
//no, no more sarchasm
Tornadough! Tornadough! Tornadough!
"I've swallowed the Little Book of Calm..."
by WalkInRight on Aug 28, 2010 12:58 AM MDT up reply actions
As opposed to some of us here, who have acted like babies*
*read: me
Paleface Destro, Infield Butcher: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 1:00 AM MDT up reply actions
of course, then there's poor Todd
getting into the tweens…
"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
Chief Engineer of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
Proud Member of the PR Gynocracy
by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:56 AM MDT up reply actions
Speaking of this...
I should be in bed. 1yo will be screaming in far too few hours as it is…
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." ~Earl Weaver
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by RoarFrom112 on Aug 28, 2010 12:57 AM MDT up reply actions
our 1yo has already been up once
he’s been a bit under the weather, poor kid…
"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
Chief Engineer of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
Proud Member of the PR Gynocracy
by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 12:59 AM MDT up reply actions
Ours might have a stomach bug
Oddly enough, I initially missed the debacle that was the 8th inning due to checking on him after he was up. Left thinking “Ubaldo did a great job, finish it up, bullpen”. Heard cheering, figured the Rockies did well. Came back, saw the score, realized it was Dodger fans cheering. Rewound on the DVR to see what in the blazes happened….
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." ~Earl Weaver
Yankee Haters Encouragement Group Member #3
… and really leaving now. ’night.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." ~Earl Weaver
Yankee Haters Encouragement Group Member #3
good night
Dear Rockies - Please finish ahead of the hated Giants
Brad Hawpe - Thanks Brad, you were a class act. 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
good night
and good luck with 1yo!
"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
Chief Engineer of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
Proud Member of the PR Gynocracy
by Rox the Casbah on Aug 28, 2010 1:05 AM MDT up reply actions
OK, gotta restart the computer to finish the printer install. If it works, I can go to bed.
Night all!
"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
Chief Engineer of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
Proud Member of the PR Gynocracy
good night!
Dear Rockies - Please finish ahead of the hated Giants
Brad Hawpe - Thanks Brad, you were a class act. 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 like this idea...
Paleface Destro, Infield Butcher: Resident Smartass of the Ubaldo Lovers Club
HEAR YE: Tremble (with laughter) at the sight of Sir Preening Fauxhawk, BS, of the Clan of the Great Pumpkin
Jason Hammel, Unsung Hero warns us all: Beware The Black Heart of Eckstein(tm)!
by Paleface Destro on Aug 28, 2010 1:09 AM MDT up reply actions
Night everyone...we'll get em tomorrow?!
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"You can learn a lot just by watching"-Yogi Berra
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but for everybody getting on Tracy…come on people there is a reason why this guy doesn’t hang onto managing positions long for a reason and we are seeing it come out this year.
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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