Miguel Olivo's Errant Throw Allows Giants To Score Winning Run
by Russ Oates on Sep 1, 2010 9:43 PM MDT
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PrintWho or what does Ubaldo Jimenez need to sacrifice to the baseball gods to get his 18th win? This loss isn't on him nor is it on Jim Tracy. The offense still can't hit on the road, except for that Coors Creation, Carlos Gonzalez. I hear he went 3-for-4 with a home run. Oh, and Miguel Olivo made a terrible throw that sailed into the outfield and gave the Giants their second run of the game.
From Keith Law:
As much as I'd like to bust out the #poseyed tag again, I think tonight the Rockies got #olivoed ... or just #jimtracyed
All except that last part.
And another one from Keith:
BTW, Olivo, since August 1st: .133/.148/.150.
Oh well. There are still baseball games to be played.
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This team just can not keep momentum going every time they get a big come from behind win or just a flat our gritty win they can not follow it up….especially on the road…it is embarrassing to watch this team play ball away from Coors
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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Why would Jim Tracy have anything to do with tonight’s loss? I mean, seriously?
I think there are 24 guys in that locker room who should personally apologize to Ubaldo Jimenez right now. He should AT LEAST be 20-2 right now if not 21-2.
I’m as happy as anybody that we stole that game Monday but this offense continues to be absolute horseshit (OH NOEZ). Just disgusting to watch them piss away another great outing from Jimenez, who was as awesome as he’s been since April/May today. Just phenomenal. And they waste it.
I hope Miguel Olivo fell down a flight of dugout steps on the way to the clubhouse tonight.
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by Franchise26 on Sep 1, 2010 9:46 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
If he keeps starting, I'll be beyond pissed.
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 1, 2010 9:48 PM MDT up reply actions
I have kind of accepted over the last two months
that the guy can’t hit an f’ing beachball, and probably won’t the rest of the season. But I will never, NEVER accept the fact that we insist on playing a catcher who can’t catch the damn ball.
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Sep 1, 2010 10:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Yep Jimenez
is never going to get to that elusive 18th win is he
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 1, 2010 9:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Honestly, he can’t pitch any better in his pursuit of it. I half expect him to throw another no-hitter next time and then lose on a hit batter, a passed ball, a ground out and a sac fly.
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He'll allow 8 runs and get the win
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 1, 2010 10:05 PM MDT up reply actions
That would be bizarrely appropriate at this point.
Baseball’s like that.
(I mean, in this series the key plays included two bad throws to third base and a balk that scored a run. WTH?)
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It isn't completely out of the realm of possibility, as I mentioned in last weekend's Rockpile.
He certainly isn’t getting to 20, and it tears me to pieces.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 2, 2010 6:26 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh he certainly can get three more
He has, what five more starts?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 2, 2010 8:14 AM MDT up reply actions
He can, but I seriously doubt he's going to.
The baseball gods are making him pay for all of his good luck earlier in the season.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 2, 2010 8:24 AM MDT up reply actions
He's 0-4 with a 3.00 ERA and 2.67 FIP in his last five
I think the baseball gods have given him enough payback as is. The only one he wasn’t saddled with the L was the Barmes popup drop
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 2, 2010 8:28 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah he's definitely been good,
but that run support has completely vanished for the most part.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 2, 2010 8:34 AM MDT up reply actions
His next two starts are at home
That should help
OH NOEZ YOU USED THAT WORD, HOW DARE YOU!
Yeah, for the most part I agree with you. Especially about the Jim Tracy thing.
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I wouldn't
have the faintest clue why anyone would blame Tracy, but there are torturous stretches of logic in the game thread on it.
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Not starting Ianetta, I guess?
I mean, if Ubaldo wants Olivo then you let Olivo play.
Even if Ianetta has vastly superior starts against Lincecum.
Pretty sure Jimenez has said he doesn't care. Can't source it though.
Tracy, however, has emphasized how important Olivo has been to Jimenez plenty of times. Even if he wanted Olivo to start this game for that reason, he could have sent Iannetta out there yesterday.
I’m not really on a side here. Just tossing it around in my head.
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 1, 2010 9:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Tracy
apparently knew beforehand that Olivo was going to make a bad throw that would cost the Rockies the game, and started him anyway.
Wow....really wishing harm on a player?
I’m assuming you’ve lost your mind and leave it at that.
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I’m guessing you won’t like my tattoo that says “The Olivo, The” in German, then?
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I forgot, sometimes you don’t get my admittedly esoteric Simpsons reference, so I’ll just say it’s a hyperbolic reaction to a very frustrating night at the old ballpark. My mind’s still in it’s proper place.
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“Der Olivo, Der”?
“Den Olivo, Den”?
“Di…… Oh, I see what you did there….
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Sep 1, 2010 10:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Really. Who was it that was criticizing the rest of the Row for the Tracy-bashing Friday night?
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There were several games in the first half that Ubaldo didn't deserve to win
and the offense bailed him out.
As this game often does, it tends to balance out in the end. Unfortunately for those of us here, we’re on the wrong end.
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You want Miguel Olivo hurt?
Who is going to take his place? Iannetta?
Like they say, “shit happens” you’ll learn to fight another day.
23-7 in September, and the Rockies are 92-70, going to the playoffs.
Suspend disbelief, open your eyes and see the world as new.
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Chris Nelson NEEDS to play 3rd until Stewart comes back I think.
I love Mora, I think he’s really good and everything. But nelson needs the starts.
It's time to figure out what the hell is going on with the road offense
And why it’s so drastically different than home offense.
Cole Garner will fix this.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 2, 2010 6:29 AM MDT up reply actions
Main things to look forward to this last month
Development of Nelson?? hopefully….Cargo chasing the batting crown….Jimenez trying to get to 20 wins(if this team ever helps him out again)…and if a miracle happens and we make the playoffs so be it…if not enjoy the ride i guess….
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
Troy Tulowitzki: "When people think of the Rockies, I want them to think of a winning organization."
That’s about where I’ve wanted to be at – but I can’t help it. This team continues to light cinnamon-roll flavored incense some nights so that I wake up in the morning with false hopes.
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The Rox CAN comeback though.
That juicy home schedule… Just gotta win the next 4 games. If they lose any one of them, I’ll stick a fork in it.
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 1, 2010 9:52 PM MDT up reply actions
yep thats what irritates me at times
they continue to hang around just enough to give me hope…i wish they would juss go on a 10 game winning streak or a 10 game losing streak….either get in the thick of this race or just fall out completely i hate this back and forth crap….
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 1, 2010 9:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Don't they though?
I told myself I was not going to withdraw the fork unless they won this series and tomorrow night’s game. But then tonight in a 1-0 and then 1-1 game you just had to think “maybe they really will pull this thing off”, and then not only losing, but the manor in which they did it… Ugh!
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*manner. Depressing loss. Can’t think straight.
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Let's sacrifice a goat for Ubaldo's next win.
Or just make something like green chile goat stew.
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Ubaldo's favorite food is goat, though. So goat might be more appropriate.
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Let's get some perspective here though.
This is one game. Let’s stop overreacting to one game, okay? The Rockies didn’t blow their playoff chances by losing tonight. They blew their playoff chances by losing a bunch of games before tonight, and putting themselves in a position (again) where they basically need to win at an incredible clip the rest of the way, and not only that, but needing a few other teams to start playing poorly just to make the playoffs.
And yes, Miguel Olivo made a bad throw. That was a tough throw to make, after having to block a pitch in the dirt. I mean, yeah, he screwed up, but let’s not call for the guy’s head just because of it.
Did you see his line in the second half of the season?
I think we have merit (and plenty of it) to call for his head. Tonight just put the cherry on top.
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 1, 2010 9:54 PM MDT up reply actions
We can't really blame our performance the second half of this season
on one particular person.
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I suppose I interpreted "calling for his head"
different than you did. Apologies.
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No need to
Apologies if I seemed snappy.
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 1, 2010 9:58 PM MDT up reply actions
It's okay.
It’s the internet, it’s hard to communicate things like tone in text.
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I'm just very frustrated.
I get too mad about this damn team. Ugh.
But thanks for understanding<3
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 1, 2010 10:00 PM MDT up reply actions
It's cool.
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We're not blaming the second half on Olivo.
We just don’t want him getting half of the starts anymore.
We just don’t want him getting
halfALL of the starts anymore.
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 1, 2010 9:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Understandable.
Iannetta’s line in the second half: .197/.333/.311.
That’s better, but I wouldn’t call that “good.”
Maybe (maybe) it's the lack of PT.
But it’s starting to get to the point where we need to turn the page on him.
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 1, 2010 10:07 PM MDT up reply actions
At least he can take a walk when a walk is needed
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Yeah
And did you know that Iannetta has made two fewer errors than Olivo this year in less than half the playing time?
There is more to defense behind the plate than the error total will show
Catching the damn ball, for one thing. Olivo is not strong in that area, to say the least…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Sep 1, 2010 10:29 PM MDT up reply actions
I'll bite on this.
Olivo has a 43% CS this year, Iannetta’s at 24%. Olivo is stronger in some areas than Iannetta, Iannetta is stronger than Olivo in others.
by Tom (RFTN) on Sep 1, 2010 10:31 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
Yes, Olivo has a good arm
I won’t argue he’s not good cutting down base stealers. OTOH, if he just doesn’t allow that pitch from Ubaldo tonight to get through him, he doesn’t have to make a throw at all.
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Sep 1, 2010 10:32 PM MDT up reply actions
OTOH
if Ubaldo doesn’t walk the leadoff hitter that inning, Ford probably isn’t on base to begin with. Or if our offense scores some runs, maybe that play doesn’t matter.
There’s lots of blame to go around for the loss tonight.
Walking batters hasn't been a season long problem for Ubaldo, though
Olvio’s inability to catch or block the ball or the offense’s ineptitude on the road have been, though….
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Sep 1, 2010 10:46 PM MDT up reply actions
Uh, didn't he walk several even in his no-hitter?
It has been a problem, just hasn’t come back to bite him until the last month.
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time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 1, 2010 9:54 PM MDT up reply actions
I don’t mean to be rude as to your first point, but… well, duh. That’s why tonight’s loss and every one until the team is mathematically eliminated is going to suck so freaking much.
And I’m not killing Olivo because of a bad throw – that’s just been the cherry on the shit sundae that his entire second half has been.
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Just about every baseball game is followed by an overreaction by the fans.
It annoys the Living Daylights™ out of me, but good luck stopping them. It’s as if it’s in their DNA.
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 1, 2010 9:55 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
You trademarked Living Daylights?
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 1, 2010 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Well in that case, I want to trademark
Living Nightlights
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You could just not come into the wrap threads. I’m happy for you that you don’t get way too upset about losses. A lot of us are wired differently, myself included, and sometimes we gotta vent somewhere. Sorry you don’t like it.
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Sorry to make it sound like I thought you were doing something "wrong".
I’m sure people all over do things you don’t like all the time, and feel perfectly free to express disappointment. That’s all I’m doing. You’re free to react however you’d like. I disapprove, I do not disallow.
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 1, 2010 9:59 PM MDT up reply actions
I’m not trying to be a dick (shocking, I know) I just am surprised that you would subject yourself to something that disappoints you – in this case a fairly typical reaction to a wrenching September loss. Actually it’s tamer in here than I expected.
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I subject myself to things that disappoint me all the time.
Not because I’m a masochist, just because I don’t see any reason why I should only read or participate in discourse that will make me “happy.”
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 1, 2010 10:16 PM MDT up reply actions
Fair enough. You do you, I’ll do me, and we’ll both watch the game tomorrow.
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Certainly.
If and when I make comments as written above, they are meant to be received and understood as entirely my own personal opinions and not rigid expectations.
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 1, 2010 10:18 PM MDT up reply actions
In the end,
it’s just baseball. As furious as I am right now with this team, I keep reminding myself that no country rose or fell as the result of this particular game. Still, I wish I could be as mellow about it all as Wolf seems to be.
Get your purple on.
The war in the Pacific was actually settled through
a baseball game.
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Okay Wolf, you're just different.
Not everyone can be like you. This is how fans are.
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 1, 2010 9:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Of course they can't.
I have no such expectation, as should have been clear in the post.
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 1, 2010 9:58 PM MDT up reply actions
if you don't take games to heart sometimes
you are not a true fan…how can you not vent ever or anything like that?
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 1, 2010 9:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Because I'm not a true fan.
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 1, 2010 9:58 PM MDT up reply actions
notice i said if you don't take games to heart sometimes
you are not a true fan then my next post said i am sure you get upset also you just try not to show it
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 1, 2010 10:00 PM MDT up reply actions
No no, I think you're right.
My commitment to baseball is probably paper thin compared to yours. I’m not trying to be seen as a Rockies patriot, so I promise, it doesn’t matter to me if you don’t consider me a true fan. It’s okay. :)
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 1, 2010 10:02 PM MDT up reply actions
you are a true fan
i see you here a lot i can obviously tell you are lol…just venting
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 1, 2010 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Then why blog here?
Why spend so much time writing stories about the team if they’re not intertwined with you?
I think deep down you love the team as much as anybody else here.
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 1, 2010 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Why not blog here?
I have the internet, social media, audio editing and writing skills they need, and I was available. I’m not trying to imply baseball means nothing to me. Baseball transactions, for example, are amazingly entertaining to me. But I’d throw baseball out of my life in a heartbeat if I had to lose another, more passionate interest of mine.
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 1, 2010 10:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Wolf, you are a true fan.
Some people have different feelings/react different, some fans are all just sentimental (Omg, I luv the Rockies! What’s a triple?), some are just really technical (STATSNERDZ and TRANZACTIONZNREDZ ; j), and the majority of us are percentages of both.
Wolf, you are different. Some may say you are weird (Hey, you LIKE the offseason!!). But I respect your opnions and know you are a “true fan”.
I still believe...
This is R year!
by prettyinpurple on Sep 1, 2010 11:37 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm honestly not so sure that's true.
I don’t take it as an insult at all.
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 1, 2010 10:00 PM MDT up reply actions
It just sets a bad trend, I think.
Even if you don’t take it as an insult, it was meant as a negative accusation.
And we really shouldn’t be leveling negative accusations at people just because they react to a game differently (and more healthily) than us.
Negative accusations are legitimate.
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 1, 2010 10:02 PM MDT up reply actions
everybody gets upset at times
i am sure you do too your just trying not to show it
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 1, 2010 9:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh, I do get upset at times.
Just not generally about baseball.
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 1, 2010 10:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Can we please not start the
“because I don’t live and die on one game and react thus on the internet that I am not a true fan.”
You can’t paint every fan with the same brush.
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I'm calling for the guy's head
Because of his .298 OPS over the last month
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
anyway as a side note
how about that Nyger Morgan hahah…crazy
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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He's on a tear.
Of vengeance.
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 1, 2010 10:04 PM MDT up reply actions
how about Gaby Sanchez
clotheslined the crap out of him after he attempted to punch Volstad
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 1, 2010 10:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh he definitely punched Volstad.
He had to jump to do it even. Hahaha.
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 1, 2010 10:05 PM MDT up reply actions
lmao
hilarious
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 1, 2010 10:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Watching him get decked in slow motion was--ok, I feel terrible for admiting this:
HILARIOUS.
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All’s fair in a basebrawl. The best part was Volstad getting blitzed by the third base coach.
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Cheap, maybe
but still hilarious!
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awesome
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 1, 2010 10:08 PM MDT up reply actions
yep
wish they played again tomorrow lol
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 1, 2010 10:10 PM MDT up reply actions
Do you mean:
MLB probably is glad.
Otherwise they’d probably have to install metal detectorsat the gates.at the clubhouse.
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It's the Natinals and Marlins, not as if anyone would actually come through the gates
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man i hope we beat the living crap out of the Phillies tomorrow
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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They're prolly already asleep.
While the Rockies prolly aren’t even on the bus to the airport yet.
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if we are going to win 1 game
the rest of the week i hope we beat them like 20-1 tomorrow it would make me happy i just really really really can not stand the Phillies
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Sep 1, 2010 10:10 PM MDT up reply actions
I think I heard the Rockies are flying in tomorrow
and then on to San Diego after the game.
That’s one looooong day
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I think I remember hearing somewhere
that the Rockies are sleeping in SF tonight, flying back to Denver tomorrow morning, playing the game at Coors, and leaving right after the game in CO and flying out to SD.
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I assume Chacin was probably sent back today, though
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Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Sep 1, 2010 10:12 PM MDT up reply actions
One would hope
Also, some starting pitchers are going directly to SD tomorrow
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Our team is going to be in three different places for a few hours.
Wild.
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How many of them will be in a really bad place?
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Bazinga!!
by Junction Rox on Sep 1, 2010 10:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Hopefully all of them.
Well, the ones at Coors, anyway.
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What time is the game tomorrow?
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Shadows and sun angle could really have an effect on the game
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Yes, I remember hearing that as well.
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Yeah. If I remember the logistics correctly
the Rockies will arrive just a few hours before game time.
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Yep
Rockies charter is sitting in Oakland with no flight plan filed yet.
If anyone wants to see what time they get in tomorrow follow http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N17773
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Wow -- they fly a 727??? Didn't know they were still in use in the U.S.
An antique! I hope they’ve upgraded the engines. I HATED sitting in the back rows of a 727 flight back in the day.
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Yep
Apparently the Monforts bought it from Continental a few years ago. The Chicago Bulls use it in the winter. 727s are still used for charters when they don’t have to go coast-to-coast often. I have no idea about the engines though.
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night all
Crush the Phils tomorrow and oh yeah College Football starts tomorrow as well…will be switching back and forth with our game and da buckeyessss
time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!
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we play idaho tomorrow
taking on an fbs team should be fairly entertaining
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 2, 2010 6:37 AM MDT up reply actions
the crazy thing about baseball is that
you never know how it is going to end. The Rockies are lucky to be sticking around, but they are. I hope this coaching staff lambasts Young and Fowler, they HAVE to get on base in front of CarGo, no question. It can’t be just him driving in runs, producing base runners and hitting the ball hard.
It’s simple, the opposing pitchers know that the Rockies hitters are agressive, causing swings on pitches not in the strike zone. They need DISCIPLINE.
Suspend disbelief, open your eyes and see the world as new.
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So maybe the answer is to have Ubaldo pitch 2nd or 3rd
So that we won’t be facing their aces and maybe we can get Ubaldo his 18th win. This was a heartbreaking loss. Miguel should have just eaten the ball, and let the newbie steal 3rd.
Let’s please kick the ever loving cheese out of those Philly meatheads.
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Evidently, Dex is at Cheesecake Factory
with Eric Young Jr.
They are “discussing some things that need to be discussed.”
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The guys know the lineup needs to step up
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At the cheesecake factory in SF wit my guy @EYJr…discussing somethings that need to be discussed! :-|
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 1, 2010 10:49 PM MDT reply actions
I was JUST going to post this.
I’m very happy to see these two do this.
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 1, 2010 10:51 PM MDT up reply actions
They know damn well what they have to do.
Let’s see if it helps.
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 1, 2010 10:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Completely OT but
I wonder if they are having cheesecake….
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They will sleep well if they do.
I’m not fat, but I feel like a fat slob after eating cheesecake there.
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It isn't light
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 1, 2010 10:54 PM MDT up reply actions
I usually can't finish a piece on my own.
I don’t find their food nearly as good as their cheesecake.
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It's the only place I get a "to go" box.
I can usually eat everything on my plate, but NEVER there.
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They have this cheesecake there, I forget what it is called...
I think it was three different kinds of chocolate. It was white, brown, and dark brown stripes.
OOOOH THE BEST THING EVER.
Their whipped cream is something else, I tell you. They put crack in it.
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AGREED 100%
In fact, I’d go as far as to say that the place sucks, with the exception of their cheesecake.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 2, 2010 8:25 AM MDT up reply actions
Heeey.
Re: your comment. Absolutely the players know that things need to change. We absolutely can’t say that they are denying that.
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Wow, I'm tired.
My coherency is going out the window.
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You spelled coherency correctly and used it coherently
so that’s a good thing.
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I used 'absolutely' twice.
Adverb abuse. I AM ASHAMED. :<
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I am absolutely ashamed. It is absolutely impossible for me to feel worse than I do at this absolute moment.
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I'll bust out the V for Vendetta speech if I have to
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 1, 2010 10:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Absolutely! :D
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I appreciate the occasional baseball post from Dex
Especially in a case like this. He didn’t have to do that. He’s letting us know that the team takes this seriously. I like that.
And complete UNLIKE posts from a certain 3B on the DL who could only talk about football on the day after he was injured. I mean, really.
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Agreed
Taking responsibility is important. If either one of them gets on in front of CarGo’s bomb tonight, we probably have a completely different post-game thread. This is great to see. Them figuring out how to fix it will be even better to see. For one thing, Dex has got to stop hitting balls much more than 20 feet off the ground early in games.
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after all this congratulations
I hope they aren’t discussing something else. Like putting their emotions on the table over cheesecake because they need to vent about Hawpe leaving
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 1, 2010 11:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Fantasy Football trade :-)
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Some cute girl they saw in the stands.
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No, that would be
some girl in the stands they hit with a foul ball.
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Exactly!
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It's getting late and I just now got your joke.
I think that tells me it’s time to go to bed.
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During BP Monday, Esmil Rogers said something to one of the Giants female personel (maybe their alanna?) Then she giggled.
My respect for him went down one notch.
I still believe...
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by prettyinpurple on Sep 1, 2010 11:43 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
You don't respect guys that can make women giggle?
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eh
Not Giants personel ; J And it appeared he was flirting, but I may be wrong.
Don’t worry, my respect for him went up 100 notches when he threw me a ball.
I still believe...
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by prettyinpurple on Sep 1, 2010 11:49 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Ok so he's still up 99 in one day.
That’s pretty good.
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by prettyinpurple on Sep 2, 2010 11:01 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Scratch that. EY did get on ahead of the CarGo bomb, Dex struck out to end the inning.
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This is clear.
I’m sure all the guys are very down on themselves after tonight’s game. If they weren’t…
Just discovered something, to stir the pot a little more
Fact 1: Among hitters with at least 7 PA vs Tim Lincecum in their career, NO ONE has a better OPS off The Freak than Chris Iannetta
Fact 2: In the three games Lincecum has faced the Rockies this year, Iannetta has gotten zero at-bats
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 1, 2010 11:05 PM MDT reply actions
Are you just trying to rub salt in the wound here?
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Fact 3: Todd Helton had a 1.253 OPS against Lincecum entering tonight.
Fact 4: Dexter Fowler had a 1.016 OPS against Lincecum entering tonight.
Fact 5: Carlos Gonzalez had a .486 OPS against Lincecum entering tonight.
Which is to say
there’s really no guarantee that Iannetta would have done better than the 0-for-3 Olivo put up tonight. Lincecum was dealing.
SSS abound with pitcher vs hitter career lines
I don’t usually buy into them…it’s just strange that the guy who tends to play every split has not done so in any of the three chances he got
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 1, 2010 11:26 PM MDT up reply actions
One wonders if Fact 1 would still be true if not for Fact 2, given Iannetta's slump earlier this year
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My jinx at AT&T is still in effect, apparently.
Only a couple things to say about the game:
-There was a dad and his son a few seats down from me that were Rockies fan. The kid yelled frequent encouragement to the Rockies players. It was pretty cute. Also, one he yelled at Lincecum to get a hair cut. LOL.
-I didn’t realize the pinch runner for the Giants in the 8th was making his MLB debut until after the game. That sorta helps explain the loudest cheer I’ve ever heard for a sac bunt. You would have thought it was a triple or something.
Renck seemed to think the sac bunt cheer
was directed at Lincecum, since he was batting in the eighth without planning on pitching in the eighth. Sort of as a “good bunt, and a heck of a gem on the mound” cheer
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 1, 2010 11:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Anybody else start feeling uneasy in the like the 3rd inning?
Typical Ubaldo game lately, Rox get an early lead then the bats disappear while you wait for the inevitable 7th or 8th inning slip up which kills them because they CANT GIVE UBALDO ANY FREAKING RUN SUPPORT!
Nope
I figured we were going to be the ones to win 2-1 until the Olivo throw. It didn’t seem like a game where a lot of runs were going to score and I still operate under the delusion that the Rockies are a good defensive team.
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It just seems like thats how his games have gone lately.
The Rockies get up by one or two and then put it in cruise control because they figure Ubaldo is on the mound. Then Tracy always leaves him in too long and he gives up a couple of runs with no margin for error.
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by prettyinpurple on Sep 1, 2010 11:47 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Olivo should sit
I see now why KC got rid of him. He was great to start the year and you can’t question his toughness. But he has just not been getting the job done for the last 2 months. He should be riding pine right now and used only when Iannetta needs a day off.
For all those blaming Olivo...
….I just saw the replay of Tulo not hustling to 1B after that third strike got away, and that was pathetic of him. If he runs out of the box, he probably makes it to 1B easily, and the inning doesn’t end on such a down note. Terrible mental mistake.
Yes, that only potentially cost us a run, and Olivo’s bad throw did lead directly to a run.
But both acts were equally egregious.
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Yeah I noticed that.
I wonder if Tulo was told to take it easy or something…he was running up the line like pitchers do when they hit a groundball.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 2, 2010 7:47 AM MDT up reply actions
That wasn’t Tulo not hustling that was Tulo thinking he fouled that ball off and not realizing he struck out until it was too late. Didn’t you see the surprised look on his face after the play when the ump told him otherwise?
That makes sense too.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 2, 2010 7:53 AM MDT up reply actions
In other words, that was Tulo not having all of his head 100% in the game
I didn’t say it was lack of hustle, it was mental.
It’s real easy to scapegoat someone else for the loss when he’s not one of the team’s 2-3 anointed heroes. Just saying there is more than enough blame to lay around, and to put this all on Olivo’s shoulder’s for an error of commission, as opposed to others’ errors of omission is silly.
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Is it possible that Tulo's groin is still bothering him
and he couldn’t quite get moving as fast as he would have liked?
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Yes, that is certainly possible, but not the reason he didn't break for first at all
not as punny as SDcat00
Actually you did say it was a lack of hustle
“I just saw the replay of Tulo not hustling to 1B after that third strike got away, and that was pathetic of him”
Don’t get on him for thinking he fouled a ball off when he’s out there playing not even close to 100%. Other that Jimenez and Gonzalez he’s the last guy I would criticize for last night’s loss.
From the ballpark, it seemed pretty obvious to me that he thought he fouled it off.
He stayed and talked to the ump until he had to go to his position for the bottom of the inning.
I just checked and the Rockies have scored 13 runs in their last 10 road games. At least I can say I know what it was like to watch baseball in the dead ball era.
I lol'd
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 2, 2010 7:51 AM MDT up reply actions
So, we are still mathematically in the hunt, right?
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