Giants 10, Rockies 0: Ugh. Whatever.
by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 3, 2010 9:55 PM MDT
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Aaron Cook struggled out of the gate, mostly dealing with some control issues in getting his team into a 4-0 hole in the first inning. In the third inning, the Giants actually started smacking him around and after batting for himself in the bottom of the third, he exited trailing 5-0. The relief wasn't a whole lot better - particularly Taylor Buchholz and Manuel Corpas, who combined to allow the remaining five runs the Giants scored in the romp.
I should also mention that the Rockies only had three hits (one of which came off the bat of Buchholz) and struck out 13 times. Todd Helton went 1-for-3 with a walk in his first game back from injury.
There really isn't much of anything else to say about this one. Sweep it under the rug and go get 'em tomorrow.
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Ubaldo Jimenez pitches tomorrow. He'll face Madison Bumgarner, who has already lost to the Rockies once this season. As long as Travis Ishikawa doesn't come up with the bases loaded, I'm betting that Ubaldo will fare better than Cook did tonight.
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That was absolutely pitiful. Appalling that this baseball team was so unready to play tonight.
Tomorrow’s the season, folks.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
people were saying that after the Philadelphia sweep, and then after the first two against Pitt too
However, it would help considerably to win that game
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It probably was the Philly sweep IMO
Some teams have recovered from 2 and 9 stretches or something similar, but we also just floated around .500 for most of the first half so we couldn’t afford a road trip that bad. Thats why we’re in bad shape, just like the dodgers. Sure we could go about .750 the rest of the way and squeeze in. I’ll watch but i’m not holding my breath.
We were 11 games over .500 at one point
I don’t consider that floating around .500
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:10 PM MDT up reply actions
We were up until mid June
They haven’t been really bad at any point until the road trip, but besides late June and early July when they really started picking it up they weren’t going any many streaks. So we couldn’t really go on a prolonged slide and survive it in my opinion.
I thought you already waved the white flag on the season?
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:08 PM MDT up reply actions
that game was AWFUL.
No bones about it.
by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2010 10:15 PM MDT up reply actions
See this one didn't bother me as much
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:21 PM MDT up reply actions
just kinda empty
I miss having a pennant chase.
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we're still IN the chase
it’s just getting to the point of magic
by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2010 10:24 PM MDT up reply actions
I wouldn't call us in it atm
though I don’t call us out of it either
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Every game is like a playoff game
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:28 PM MDT up reply actions
We're not eliminated, but we're not even on the fringes of it
And it’s okay, because we’re not playing like we deserve to be in it, either.
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We're in the WC hunt still
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Yes, but more in a mathematical manner....
….not so much in a “playing good baseball and moving up the standings” sort of way.
Don’t get me wrong, we’re not Houston, and we’re still above .500. We’re not a “bad” team by any stretch. But we’re certainly not one of the 4-6 best teams in the National League, and thus not really a legit WC threat.
Not without some help by having a couple teams in front of us start playing worse than us.
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...and it's time to accept that the Padres are likely for real
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:01 PM MDT up reply actions
I've already accepted that, and Hoyer did great at the deadline
Which doesn’t mean I’ve given up on the division….you can be real, and still fall off.
But the way the team is actually playing right now….no, we’re not going to catch them, and probably not the Gints, either.
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What can I say?
I’ve been taking a leisurely canoe trip down an Egyptian river. :) I do think this is probably a third-place team we see before us.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Right now yes
But what place team will it be after 162 games?
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:11 PM MDT up reply actions
That's my point
I have trouble seeing anything higher than a third-place finish. I would love to be wrong (Casbah would tell you I do it often enough to be an expert), but yeah…just too much inconsistency this year. The miracles have to run out sometime.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:13 PM MDT up reply actions
On July 10th the Rockies were 3 games ahead of the Giants
That means that in just 19 games the Giants have picked up 9.5 games on us. Why cant we pick up 7 games on them or 8 games on the Pads in the last 56 games of the sesaon?
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:17 PM MDT up reply actions
because we're playing like horse excrement
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So were the Giants before July 10th
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:19 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm not giving up, but I'm getting sick of watching games like tonight that are supposed to matter
and the team doesn’t even show up
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I think tonight was more Sanchez that the Rockies not showing up
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:21 PM MDT up reply actions
no, they didn't show up.
It wasn’t pretty.
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So you think Sanchez was hittable with the stuff he had tonight?
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:23 PM MDT up reply actions
we swung at some terrible pitches
Buchholz had the best at bat of the night
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I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree on this one
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:25 PM MDT up reply actions
How many times can we really expect that to happen?
When it comes to miracle runs, this team was playing with house money even last year. Again, it’d be great to see, but I’m not sure we will.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:22 PM MDT up reply actions
If there's one team we should expect to do this it is the Rockies
(Now with that said tomorrow is a near must win game)
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:24 PM MDT up reply actions
wasnt today a must win game?
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I didn't think so
A spilt here is not terrible. Now falling 7.5 games back after a sweep? That’s a different story.
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:26 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm not sure we will, either.
But it makes watching baseball far more fun for me if I hold out hope and don’t focus too much on the improbability of it happening.
Agreed
They have a shot until they have to use imaginary numbers to calculate the difference. It’ll be interesting to see how they attack the remainder of the season, to be sure.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:27 PM MDT up reply actions
This one pisses me off a LOT
Why? Because I spent a lot of hard earned money attending this game, and got what felt like zero effort back. Players swinging at balls in their eyes. First pitch popups with bases loaded.
Cookie clearly being no longer able to get major league hitters out on a consistent basis. He has zero trade value right now, and is still owed roughly $14m. I’m finally on board with the “pull Cook from the rotation” brigade, though I also know we can’t DFA him .
And the worst part, those fukin’ douchenozzles over at the MCC get to lord this over us.
That said, they don’t get to whine about the humidor anymore. They just dont.
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If I payed to see this game I'd be way more pissed so I can completely see your point there
That game was torture to watch
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:53 PM MDT up reply actions
I can totally see that, too.
After the first inning I left work, and when I got home I ended up fast forwarding through large chunks of it.
First time I've left a game early in years
Even forced myself to stay after the 6th, when I first decided to leave. Between club tix, parking, concessions, probably spent close $80….and now, I’m too pissed off to attend the day game tomorrow, even though I expect to have time to do so. The whole idea of throwing good money after bad…
Maybe I’ll feel diff in the morning.
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I'm with you...
I was at the game tonight, too. Really a miserable effort and all 43.5K of us deserved a lot better. A few cheap hits off Cook, but he continually fell behind and Giants took full advantage of the numerous hitter’s counts.
Think of it this way
You helped make Cook’s salary just a teeeeny bit more payable.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 3, 2010 11:01 PM MDT up reply actions
MCC Douchenozzle here
I too have blown a paycheck on tickets only to see a horrible loss. Deep breaths, dude, deep…breaths.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2010 11:08 PM MDT up reply actions
I found this quite awhile ago. It gets me EVERY time I click on my user page.
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I accept you, my child.
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Does Purple Row have communion after games or something? You may want to pound down some sacramental wine and forget this one!
"Skillet, we just spent $64,000 in that bar. So we're gonna have to get jobs to cover up the fact that we rob banks" -Mouse Fitzgerald
I think we're gonna need something stronger than that...
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:13 PM MDT up reply actions
we've seen this team more often than not this year
I’m becoming comfortably numb about it
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Will Ubaldo mercifully put the feeling back into your limbs then?
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it's not televised :-(
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Yes it is
I already have it recorded
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:18 PM MDT up reply actions
It may be on CSN Bay Area, but not FSNRM
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Yes it is on CSNBA, but if you have EI is it still blacked out?
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in Colorado it is, yeah
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I don't have Extra Innings, so I don't know the answer to that.
At any rate, I’ll be at work without even a radio. Sucks, because I’m sure the game will still be on KOA.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Ah that must be it
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Actually it will be...
http://twitter.com/FSNRM/status/20311779088
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Yeah, the booby prize
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Chacin won a spot in the rotation
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:27 PM MDT up reply actions
...which is much better than a booby prize
Thanks for the reminder. :)
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:28 PM MDT up reply actions
He won that tonight
I’m wondering about the recording you have of tomorrow’s game. :)
Bazinga!
by Junction Rox on Aug 3, 2010 11:32 PM MDT up reply actions
You can stop by to watch it you want :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:35 PM MDT up reply actions
You’re telling me Altitude has something better to broadcast than all the Rockies games? What are they showing, Avalanche reruns?
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one of the 15 or so they choose not to televise before the season.
Division rivals in August, yeah who would want to watch that
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...yet they televised last week's afternoon game against the Pirates
/shrug
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:34 PM MDT up reply actions
According to my channel guide
the game is listed at 1 PM tomorrow on FSNRM. “Live”. Looks to me like it will be on…
Bazinga!
by Junction Rox on Aug 3, 2010 11:38 PM MDT up reply actions
You're right...
Rockies website confirms. Looks like it’ll be televised after all, unless they’re all lying (heh).
(and now I’m actually going to bed)
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:44 PM MDT up reply actions
ZOMG Jamey Wright sighting in Seattle
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Cook, please GTFO
We kept this guy over Chacin for WHAT reason again?
Ubaldomania.
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 3, 2010 10:00 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
VETERAN
So no, there is no good reason. Christ, tonight that pitch was a sinker in name only.
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VETERANNESS
Is the stupdiest goddamn excuse. Cook flat out has f*****g sucked.
Cook needs to go, yesterday.
Ubaldomania.
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 3, 2010 10:07 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I mean, yeah, he’s always been a pitch to contact guy, but so is Jeff Suppan and nobody’s afraid to admit he sucks.
We’ve crossed that line between ‘aw, bummer, man’ to ‘welp, we have to have our bullpen on call pretty much every night this guy takes the bump’.
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yeah, pretty much
the optimist in me says he could bring it back, but his control has been falling off for a couple of years now
by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2010 10:16 PM MDT up reply actions
if you're a pitch to contact guy, and you're walking more than 2.5/9, you're ineffective
I’m sorry, it’s how it is.
I’ve vehemently defended him because groundballers live and die by the groundball, but he’s missing anywhere and has to hang fastballs to throw strikes, or at least so it seems. So excusable groundball singles are being compounded by extra base liners.
by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2010 10:20 PM MDT up reply actions
The FO is eating crap right now for not having made a move with Cook earlier
And sending him to the BP improves the rotation, but weakens the pen in my estimation. Having him provide 3-4 innings of that stuff we saw last night will not solve any problems.
Bleed purple
To be fair, there wasn't a good move the FO could have made with him this year
Seriously, we could have sent him and 1/2 the $$$ to pay the rest of his contract, to get back a C- prospect.
Sending him and $6-7m does the franchise no good, really.
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Why do people have to be so harsh against the guy?
It wasn’t his decision, and he didn’t want to be bad. Cook is a good guy and has been great overall for the Rockies over his career.
I think something needs to be changed, too. But I don’t particularly appreciate the level of vitriol directed at the guy. But maybe that’s just me. Whatever.
by holly96 on Aug 3, 2010 10:09 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
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Aw, he didn’t want to suck. Cute, but that doesn’t win ballgames. And this team kind of needs to win them, in bunches, starting… well, today, and we shouldn’t be giving this guy a pass just because he didn’t want to get his titties lit again tonight.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
Well I felt like the question was “Why are you so mad at Aaron Cook?” and I’m answering “Well, we’d sure like to see this team win and that man expressly prevented that tonight with yet another horseshit performance in a string of them. That’s why we’re so mad at Aaron Cook.”
I shouldn’t have suggested you were giving him a pass, but I’m telling you that nobody else is and that he doesn’t deserve one. I apologize if I came on too strong in your direction.
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
I guess it's just a difference in points of view.
I certainly understand being angry at his performance. I’m not pleased myself. I just don’t like feeling or reading such harsh expressions of that toward a player that I still quite like (if not in a “want him in the rotation” way).
But no worries. I suppose everybody approaches their fandom in different ways.
in fairness to Cook (and im not willing to give him too much)
You lose 100% of the games your lineup scores 0 runs on two hits. He didn’t expressly prevent it all on his own
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 3, 2010 10:25 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
3 hits
not that it matters
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Bucky's doesnt count as "offense"
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"hai guys you haven't batted yet"
“you can put up 4 right off the bat right?”
I wonder how well the Rockies are responding to massive come-from-behind demands this late in the season
by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2010 10:27 PM MDT up reply actions
thats fair, but it doesnt excuse completely going into a shell
I don’t even care how hot Sanchez was
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 3, 2010 10:35 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
oh I agree
we should’ve at LEAST gotten like 3
by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2010 10:36 PM MDT up reply actions
how good**
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 3, 2010 10:37 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
It's all inter-connected
Who knows what the offense do if they aren’t 4 down in the bottom of the 1st? Now it’s pressing time, and this team flat out sucks when it has to press (one spell in July notwithstanding).
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Couldn't agree more
Who knows how the other 24 guys feel when 1/5th of their rotation is constantly putting them in a big hole early. Any pre game adrenaline was likely sucked out while they stood on the field and watched Cook get knocked around.
I highly doubt any of these people intend to make it personal against Cook.
They just don’t have the clairvoyance we do, and turn their game related frustration into personal attacks. I don’t really consider that a legitimate excuse either, but good luck stopping them. They certainly have every right to vent their frustration in any way that follows the TOS.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 3, 2010 10:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh, I'm not saying they don't have a right.
Just expressing my feelings on the matter. For me personally, Cook has always been one of my favorites and I’m far more sad than angry at the position this team is in with him.
Well, I'm certainly not angry either, as I just don't care enough to let it make me angry.
And sorry if I implied you were saying they didn’t have the right; I was more trying to justify the behavior to myself than to you. :)
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 3, 2010 10:16 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm actually not that angry either because this game was not winnable with the way Sanchez pitched and therefore Cook's outing really wasn't costly at all
In fact it may have been a blessing in disguise if it gets him out of the rotation and improves the team.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:18 PM MDT up reply actions
agreed
The decline of Cook has been tougher to watch, for me, than Atkins or Helton. Cook was our franchise runs leader, our poor man’s Brandon Webb.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 3, 2010 10:28 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
very much that
every once in awhile I’d compare the two, just for kicks
and webb always won
by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2010 10:30 PM MDT up reply actions
wins** leader
I’m no more effective than Cook
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 3, 2010 10:39 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
There's lots of great guys in the organization.
Call up Keith Weiser.
I <3 Aaron Cook, I heard vague rumors that he might have started attending my church.
Point is he’s getting shelled regularly now and there’s only so far we can let the “fan favorite homegrown great guy” rope out before it’s taut.
by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2010 10:18 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm definitely not saying we should let that
affect our views on the baseball decisions that need to be made. It’s just a difference on how I prefer to see criticisms of his performance or his spot in the rotation expressed, that’s all.
But whatever, I’m sure no one truly hates the guy and would shank him in a dark alley or anything.
Man,
I am always havin dreams that one of the Rockies and his family attend our Thanksgiving program or something.
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He is, by all accounts, a perfectly good guy
And he’s been one of my favorite Rockies forever. Hell, one of my most prized possessions is his 2003 road jersey.
But that doesn’t alter the cold hard truth, which is that he is no longer an effective major league starting pitcher. Who knows, maybe he can get it back someday. I’m not entirely negative on that idea.
But he is not, in 2010, an effective major league starting pitcher, and no longer has any business in the starting rotation of a team with playoff aspirations.
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I don't disagree with this.
I just didn’t like the “GTFO” and all that type of posting. It was a style disagreement, basically.
he's going to become the sacrificial lamb
by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2010 10:56 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't think it's being a "sacrificial lamb" if it's your performance that brings it about
If he were pitching 5.2 innings and giving us a chance to win, then I wouldn’t care what his salary were. The fact his salary is what it is, simply makes it impossible to get rid of him. But he still can’t pitch.
That said, I’d rather be in our shoes than be stuck with Zambrano, any day.
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Attendance: 18,261
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Wooooooow.
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But it's really hard to watch a game in that dome
So that makes it OK. I’m sure their attendance would be better if their fans could be outside in the humidity.
One other factor is the actual location of the dome in that metro area
It’s a lot tougher to get to Tropicana for a large % of that area’s population than it should be.
That monstrosity was poorly designed and poorly conceived in the first place, and was built nearly a decade before the franchise was even awarded.
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So do you want him out of the rotation now?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:16 PM MDT up reply actions
if we want to win this year, Chacin has to be the guy
Cook’s control has been slipping for awhile and it’s no longer major league caliber. He doesnt have the pure stuff to survive without that control
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I agree with every word you said here
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:20 PM MDT up reply actions
I've been defending the guy all season, he's one of my favorites
but there’s a time when it just isn’t good enough anymore.
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I actually gave him some slack too after the Reds game but tonight was one bad start too many for me
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:24 PM MDT up reply actions
This
I hate to say it, but I really think he’s done.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 10:49 PM MDT up reply actions
He better at least be done for this year (In the starting rotation that is)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Hell yes
This team is too far back to basically concede every fifth game.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 10:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Just win tomorrow and this game never happened
A series with no blood lost is not a disaster.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:15 PM MDT reply actions
whoah Renck has news
@TroyRenck No decision on Cook. Tracy discuss it further tomm. But Cook admitted, "Every team is giving me trouble. I have been pitching bad.’’
@TroyRenck Cook talked like a man who had been told he was out of rotation. I expect a decision tomorrow.
I'm genuinely sad.
Not ready for a Rockies team without Cook or Helton yet.
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Or Hawpe.
Where have you gone, 2006? ATF texted me something very similar earlier tonight
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I actually have a bit less emotional attachment to Hawpe for some reason.
But yeah. To at least some degree him too.
I loved that 2006 team
That was the first Rockies team I really got into
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:32 PM MDT up reply actions
I love the 2005 team.
That team won the right to draft Greg Reynolds in 2006!
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funny story
I’m playing OOTP and it’s 2013 and I give Reynolds a sept callup
he’s incredibly effective so I leave him on the playoff roster as the longman
gets hurt his first game, out 4 months
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Art imitating life
or life imitating art?
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how is Reynolds even around in 2013
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Wheat grass juice
taken the correct way.
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Score a goal. Unit. Basket. Go squadron! Do good! Defeat the opponents soundly in this...skirmish.
I think Francis has really helped his case to stay for next year
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:33 PM MDT up reply actions
before the season, i would have given 1000 to 1 odds
That the prevailing opinion would be to get rid of Cook and keep Francis next year.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 3, 2010 10:41 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
And that's why they call it baseball :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:46 PM MDT up reply actions
before the season, i would have given 1000 to 1 odds
That the prevailing opinion would be to get rid of Cook and keep Francis next year.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 3, 2010 10:43 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Also, Helton's back was tight.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 3, 2010 10:20 PM MDT up reply actions
no foolin?
I mean why should we not feel bad? I’m not worried about his daughter being able to afford college, I feel bad because Helton is awesome and he’s circling the drain
by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2010 10:23 PM MDT up reply actions
circlin the drain
what a depressing phrase
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And one of the most iconic (but recognizable) cinematic devices of all time.
Including use on the Wire.
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 3, 2010 10:26 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm just saying they could have it worse
I still love the guys too, but I still want to see them replaced because they’re not getting it done (i’m mainly referring to Cook, not Helton)
Speaking of Helton… great to see him get a hit and all, but what the hell was “Mr. Always Gives a Professional At-Bat” doing swinging at the first pitch with the bags juiced in the fifth? After Sanchez had just walked Spilly? What the holy hell was that?
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i just listened to Cook's interview
It included ever quote the Renck tweeted. He sounded frustrated but I have no idea where cook talked “like a man who had been told he was out of the rotation”. Really, he seemed to indicate the opposite. I’m curious to know if there was something outside of that interview
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@TroyRenck Helton mad about his fifth-inning pop with bases loaded. Was seeing ball well. Said he should have been more patient.
@TroyRenck He did say that his back tightened up late in the game. So I am not sure if he will play in day game tomorrow. But was encouraged by swings
bahhhh these are spring training quotes not August quotes
couldn't agree more
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TroyRenck Some drunk fans giving grounds crew mini standing O. How they are still in the stadium is unclear.
Wahaha
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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 3, 2010 10:23 PM MDT up reply actions
At least San Diego is behind 2-1 in the 8th?
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no clue, I just put on Vin though
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Lilly retired 20 in a row
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Dang.
I’m fine with that against the Padres. But hopefully he doesn’t do that once they’re facing teams out of the division.
Jerry hairston at 2B with 1 out against Broxton
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yeah
A-Gone up and then Ludwick on deck
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Watch that fat hick blow another one.
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Would you walk Gonzalez here?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:34 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't know anything about baseball anymore. It's become obvious
I normally don’t walk the go ahead run, but that’s exactly what they are doing.
runners on 1st and 2nd, Ludwick up
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GIDP Dodgers win
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I normally agree but there are two really good reasons to walk Gonzalez there
One you can’t let AGone beat you and two you can get a game ending DP.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:38 PM MDT up reply actions
Like that
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:38 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm watching it on Extra Innings?
Bazinga!
by Junction Rox on Aug 3, 2010 10:35 PM MDT up reply actions
Guess it doesn't matter now.
Every so often there’s a game that’s not available. It doesn’t seem like it’s always the same in every area. I don’t get it.
Game number?
I have channel numbers, but don’t know about game numbers.
The only feed they had was the Sandy Eggo feed, though. Not sure why they didn’t have the LA broadcast.
Bazinga!
by Junction Rox on Aug 3, 2010 10:41 PM MDT up reply actions
On my cable system, the channel names are like Game 1, Game 2, etc.
And that corresponds to the schedule that shows up on the channels. I also don’t always get both feeds. I think it might be that I don’t have HD or something. I don’t know.
Ah, I have Directv
they did have both HD and SD feeds, though…
Bazinga!
by Junction Rox on Aug 3, 2010 10:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Ah, okay.
It’s probably a different plan altogether. I still don’t get why the rare game isn’t available for me. And the few times I’ve noticed it there were channels available. Luckily I’ve never had that problem for the Rockies games, though.
Both central teams lost too
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Or at least the ones that matter
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Also Andrew McCutchen was injured against the Reds tonight so we might not see him in the series against the Pirates this weekend
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:26 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't like to root for injuries
but not seeing McClutch this weekend would not bother me a bit.
Bazinga!
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I love watching that guy play baseball
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Just not against us
I’m hoping he’s out about a week and then comes back strong
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:41 PM MDT up reply actions
I do too
against anybody but us
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@TroyRenck Cook had no answer for command issues. Said his side sessions have gone fine, making results "aggravating.’’
and on a lighter note
@TroyRenck Some drunk fans giving grounds crew mini standing O. How they are still in the stadium is unclear.
Watching him in the pen before the game he bounce 2-3 pitches to Olivo.
But didn’t look horrible…then he went to the mound and…
Well........this game blew chunks
/bows for dated Waynes World reference
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I refuse to throw in the towel
We have Ubaldo going tomorrow and we have another game in which to make McC heads asplode. Then four against the Pirates and Mets….Imma hold out hope
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This game makes me wanna barf.
That’s all. Ill feel better tomorrow.
/bleh
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 3, 2010 10:28 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Obvious move....
is to waive Flores (or trade him), demote Cook to the bullpen to serve as long reliever, and call of Chacin to start. Oh, and if they want to do a waiver trade with Corpas and call up Matt Reynolds, I’m all for that too.
I am with this plan.
Especially agree that Corpas needs to go somewhere else some how, some way.
LoDo Magic, The Ghost of Tulo's Mullet or Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
So who do we want to buy the Rangers?
Nolan Ryan or Mark Cuban?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:31 PM MDT reply actions
Ryan
That way, Cuban might one day buy the Rockies.
what
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I prefer to think we have cheap owners
but one hell of a great GM…both things can be true
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cheap intimates stupid moves for the sake of not spending skrill
by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2010 10:40 PM MDT up reply actions
cheap indicates cheap....it's the same way they run their meat company
but DOD does a fantastic job working within the borders he’s given. You can call the owners cheap but still think the team can go to the world series. I’m quite happy with what DOD has done.
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The Monforts are who they are and they don't pretend to be different
and complaining about WHO they are is foolish. I prefer to accept that fact and know that we have a GM who’s given us more than a fighting chance with great moves and trusty plan.
Like I said….two things can be true.
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I'm fully onboard with you on DOD.
But I still don’t quite get the Monforts being cheap. They still approve the payroll. Which has been steadily going up.
They have the ability to "spend" more
quite a bit more in fact….I’m not saying I disagree with the business model. I’m not going to criticize them for being frugal business people. If the Monforts had and inclination….it would be to operate with a small market payroll even though the Rox are essentially a mid market team. I remember Charlie Monfort said something to that affect about 4 or 5 years ago.
It’s ok. I’m glad they increased the payroll. I just don’t have illusions that they are anything but they said they are. Dan O’Dowd has done a fantastic job and quite frankly I’m glad the Monforts hired him.
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They are right in the middle of payrolls in MLB
I have a feeling they are in a similar range in revenue. You say that they have the ability to spend “quite a bit more” – how do you know this with such certainty?
Bazinga!
by Junction Rox on Aug 3, 2010 11:28 PM MDT up reply actions
GOD no
I hate Cuban—I’d vastly prefer our ownership group at this point to Cuban.
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Hollidayrain Music
by Hollidayrain on Aug 3, 2010 10:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Agreed
LoDo Magic, The Ghost of Tulo's Mullet or Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
Hmmmm...
the meteor?
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Nolan Ryan, hands down
Cuban owning a baseball team could be ugly. Keep that clown away from the MLB
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by Hollidayrain on Aug 3, 2010 10:32 PM MDT up reply actions
I think Cuban could be highly entertaining though
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:35 PM MDT up reply actions
In a "Dancing behind home plate in the ninth like Dinger" kind of way
Bazinga!
by Junction Rox on Aug 3, 2010 10:38 PM MDT up reply actions
No he would have outbursts
I would love to watch those
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:39 PM MDT up reply actions
He'd also not hesitate to say what we all think about the round guys in blue
Angel, CB, and Cowboy Joe would be like red meat to him.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 10:55 PM MDT up reply actions
but imagine him owning the Mets...
with Ozzie has his manager – Omar keeps his job as GM.
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Chone Figgins turned a SWEET GIDP to end a corners, 1 out chance for Texas
Always liked him……wish we didn’t have to trade him for friggin Kimera
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I wish we had to trade him for Kimera
that would be easier to take than knowing we did it voluntarily
Bazinga!
by Junction Rox on Aug 3, 2010 10:39 PM MDT up reply actions
It's not the top keyword search
for Purple Row, but I’ve never seen it off the top 15 for keyword searches over the last couple of years: Harvard Degree.
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And there was much rejoicing
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:40 PM MDT up reply actions
yay-z
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by Hollidayrain on Aug 3, 2010 10:42 PM MDT up reply actions
thats it time for MST3k
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yayyyy a Joel episode
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TV or video?
And I really could have used Tom Servo and Crow commenting on that disaster of a game tonight…
Bazinga!
by Junction Rox on Aug 3, 2010 10:46 PM MDT up reply actions
netflix streaming ftw
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Too bad
when you didn’t seem to know what epi you were getting, I was hoping somebody put it back on TV….
Bazinga!
by Junction Rox on Aug 3, 2010 10:47 PM MDT up reply actions
that'll be the day
I love just clicking on random episodes though, seeing what happens
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Hate to say it Matt
but I much prefer the Mike episodes. I kinda like the more “acerbic” humor.
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I just prefer Joel
I like the goofiness
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that's ok by me
Pod People is great. So is Mitchell….
I also prefer Bill Corbett’s Crow….geh
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Dave Aardsma with a clean 9th to finish off Texas
Lame, I was hoping to see a lot of offense…..jk it’s seattle
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So looking at the grand scheme of things this was actually not a terrible night for the Rockies
1) This game might get Cook out of the roation which I think is a good thing (Also, it’s not like Cook’s performance cost us the game. We would have lost that game even if Ubaldo pitched; unless he pitched 10+ scoreless innings)
2) The Pads, Reds, Braves, and Cards all lost
3) We might not have to face McCutchen this weekend
Just win tomorrow and this loss doesn’t hurt that much
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:46 PM MDT reply actions
4) missed opportunity
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This game wasn't winnable though with Sanchez throwing a shutout
Isn’t it better that the Giants hammered him and knocked him out of the rotation to help us dawn the road instead of losing 4-0 or something like that?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:50 PM MDT up reply actions
him Cook
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:50 PM MDT up reply actions
dawn down
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:50 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm saying it wasn't bad
but even I can’t really find a silver lining. I came into this series demanding a sweep and a split is disappointing
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wasn't as bad as it could have been*
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I just found three silver linings and I usually get really really pissed
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 10:56 PM MDT up reply actions
it's August. I'm fed up with silver linings
I want a team that plays to their potential for more than 2 games in a row, I want a team that plays with energy and enthusiasm.
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Pirates and Cubs?
I want to see us play actual baseball teams
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Okay, I get that.
I was just disagreeing with the “more than 2 games in a row.” You didn’t qualify the caliber of the opponent. Hopefully this was just 1 stinker in the middle of an overall good stretch.
I'm just wondering where the team that played before the ASB went.
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That team was really only here for a couple of weeks
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions
which is precisely my point
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There's still 56 games left for that team to come back
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:13 PM MDT up reply actions
There are enough games on the calendar to come back...
….but there’s not enough fire lit under the ass of this team for them to take advantage of the number of games left.
I don’t know where we’re going to end up, but Paleface seems to see us as a 3rd place team in the division, and I can easily see that as the case (irrespective of whether the division’s 2nd place team earns the WC or not).
I’d very much love to be proven wrong by the end of the season.
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I'd love to eat my words, too.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:24 PM MDT up reply actions
It was shipped to the Springs to make room for Helton
And that is why he is the Answer
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Oh no!
Its August? Where does the time go? We only have probably two more months of baseball?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 3, 2010 11:00 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I disagree the game was unwinnable with Sanchez on the hill
He started out pretty rough in the 1st, and our boys pressed to hard all night to try to get 4 runs back on one swing, even with the bases empty.
I have a feeling that if Cook had managed to keep the damage to 1-2 runs in the first, our hitters’ approach may have been different.
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I don't know Sanchez was pretty dominant
I’m not saying that there wasn’t some bad at bats but I think Sanchez would have gotten a win in this game regardless of what Cook did
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Possibly, but he actually looked very shaky in the 1st
Spilly and Mora totally squared up their balls that became outs, and there was Helton’s hit and a walk. Sanchez definitely wasn’t dominant in the 1st.
And then we had to go and strike out 7 in a row, several of them in ugly fashion. We let him off the hook, and then he got a bit better.
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I agree he looked hittable in the first but the Rockies only had three hits in the game on one was a 13 hopper by the pitcher
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:23 PM MDT up reply actions
on and
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Looked in hittalbe in the first
because he prolly sat in the dugout for 45 minutes while Cook served up walks and hits on a silver platter
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by waterboy31321 on Aug 4, 2010 8:16 AM MDT up reply actions
Welcome to the Row
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 4, 2010 8:20 AM MDT up reply actions
Thank you
read the row for a while now but never joined…i always thought it costed money
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by waterboy31321 on Aug 5, 2010 10:52 AM MDT up reply actions
geez wtf guys
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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So just now I see on Facebook that my friend invited me to “be her neighbor” on Petville. I was all to myself, “are you serious? Those games are for losers.” But I was so bored that I accepted and made a dog.
Guess what I named it?
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 3, 2010 10:48 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Muzia
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hahaha,
No, sorry.
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 3, 2010 10:51 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Tulo
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Yes! That is correct!
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 3, 2010 10:52 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Not big reach on that one PIP..:)
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I approve :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:03 PM MDT up reply actions
I wonder how many people have dogs named Tulo...seriously
its a great 2 syllable dog name…
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I know, really.
At my dads job, there is a Cubs fan with a dog named Soto, and my dad calls him Tulo to make her mad.
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 3, 2010 10:57 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I wonder if the dog looks like this :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:02 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was totally picturing the dog with a mullet...
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eww, no!
It just looks like a normal purple dog, medium size, not scary, but with a frown, floppy ears, a patch over one eye (I’m not quite sure why), and some hair that kinda sticks up (a little shaggy), but NO mullet!
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 3, 2010 11:08 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Can we see a picture?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 3, 2010 11:10 PM MDT up reply actions
I will definitely
post a screenshot as soon as possible, the soonest being tomorrow : )
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 3, 2010 11:25 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I once had a dog named E.Y.
A friend of mine ran into EY one evening and told him about my dog being named after him. EY’s response was along the lines of “I’m not sure how to take that!”
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hehe, wow!
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 3, 2010 11:10 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
hehe,
I’m attempting to hang my laudry as well.
I’m not really fond of animals, but told myself whenever I get a dog, I’d name him Tulo. He’d probably be retired by then.
But, yeah, I just named my purple dog with a frown Tulo.
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 3, 2010 10:55 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I just got another (actual) dog a couple of weeks ago..
he’s an 11-week old Boston Terrier named Rockies.
Just an average guy with exceptional hair. Nothing more, nothing less.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 4, 2010 6:28 AM MDT up reply actions
Wow, it's late
Time to go dream of 100 MPH fastballs.
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:28 PM MDT reply actions
*fastballs with movement
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:30 PM MDT up reply actions
TTFN! Hehe, one of the only internet acronyms you’ll ever hear me use.
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 3, 2010 11:34 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Good night. :)\
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by Paleface Destro on Aug 3, 2010 11:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Finally decided to leave the bar and head home
What a sad sad spectacle to see the Rox lay a stinkbomb like that in front of 43,500+ paying fans. I’d like to say “it’s one game, we’ll get ’em tomorrow”, but it’s not. It’s a pattern. When the Rockies gave up 4 runs in the 1st against decent pitching they were done. Gave up. Play for tomorrow. 0-for-6 with RISP? Again? With the season on the line? Come on, guys.
I will say thanks to RoxFan24 for a good evening of baseball conversation which largely made up for this poor performance on the field.
Let’s win tomorrow and start looking for a miracle!
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Everyone,
Chris Warren just answered some q’s like an hour ago. Just thought Id let you know if you didn’t already or if it wasn’t mentioned earlier, if anyones still awake.
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 3, 2010 11:52 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Holy cow!
There’s like stinkin 3,000 comments in the game wrap at MCC! Those idiots don’t know how to use overflows? Took me forever, but I made it out alive!
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by prettyinpurple on Aug 4, 2010 3:28 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
Renck tweeted
that’s what he is hearing…
http://twitter.com/TroyRenck/status/20311480892
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I'd DFA Flores
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 4, 2010 9:36 AM MDT up reply actions
Tracy likes his lefties though
maybe he hits cook in the hand with a hammer so he can go on the DL
I Hate the Giants
The move won't be made until the next time that rotation spot comes around
which is Sunday.
So a lot can happen between now and then.
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Corpas, please.
LoDo Magic, The Ghost of Tulo's Mullet or Seth Smith's beard - call it what you will but it is neither unimpressive or unsustainable!
BTW...
It looks like today’s games is on FSNRM
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Man it's quiet here this morning
Ugh. Whatever. Indeed!
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I think it's because there's no Rockpile
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 4, 2010 9:34 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm still crestfallen over last night
In fact, I’ve decided not to go to today’s game, because I can’t justify the use of scarce vacation time on this team right now…I’m the opposite of excited today.
Of course, I’ll have Gameday up, and hope for a W….
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Look at it this way
Our rotation is now Ubaldo, Hammel, JDLR, Francis, and Chacin. With 56 games left Ubaldo has 12 starts while everyone else should have 11. Lets say our record looks like this in each of their remaining starts.
Ubaldo: 9-3
Hammel: 8-3
JDLR: 7-4
Francis: 6-5
Chacin: 6-5
That looks pretty doable right? Well if we can do this it means we finish the season with 91 wins and I think that’s enough for a playoff spot.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 4, 2010 9:42 AM MDT up reply actions
Yes, but....
While doable, less likely than it appears. Uball’s been pretty darn inconsistent the last month (though maybe he’s gotten his feel back, we’ll see). Hammel’s been a great #3/4 for us, but 8-3 seems like a stretch, more likely 6-5.
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Okay put Hammel at 6-5, get one more out of either Chacin or Francis and will end up at 90 wins and get the wild card in a one game playoff
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 4, 2010 9:56 AM MDT up reply actions
I think it's all doable, but sort of a longshot.
Playing 56 games at 36-20, when you’ve played 106 at 55-51….well, unlikely. But not impossible.
But the Rockies have done this before. Once.
Comparisons to 2009 are no longer valid, because that was a 100 game positive run. We’re more in a 2007 position now.
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Comparisons to 2009 are absolutely valid
The Rockies played the last 110 games at a 72-38 clip. That’s not one but two 55 game runs of 36-19 baseball. We just need one of those I think.
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 4, 2010 10:31 AM MDT up reply actions
You were up all night working on this optimism, weren't you :)?
And I appreciate it!
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I really trying to be optimistic with my post since that's what people seem to like
But I’ll say this right now, if the Rockies get beat today I’m going to be radioactive with anger because this is one we just can’t afford to lose
If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 4, 2010 9:59 AM MDT up reply actions
My position is that both Gints games were "can't afford to lose"
Because of the two we lost to the Pirates. We can’t go 36-20 when we go 5-3 on homestands.
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"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!" Ubaldo, Tulo, Hawpe and Spilly say "Germans?"
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Renck just tweeted
Closed door meeting in Tracy’s office with FO staff right now.
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