Saturday Rockpile: Dexter Fowler is Really Good at Predicting the Future

by Bryan Kilpatrick on Nov 26, 2011 10:21 AM MST in Rockpile

Very early this morning, the NBA tentatively agreed on a deal that should put the players on the court on Christmas Day. As that news broke, Rockies CF Dexter Fowler was all over Twitter, patting himself on the back (along with many others), as his tweet from a couple of days ago about the NBA being back has now been validated.

Since Dex has shown himself to be quite the predictor of the unknown, here is a list of five (technically) things that I hope he DOES NOT predict for the upcoming Rockies baseball season (with Twitter character limits enforced, of course):

@DFowler24: Word is the Rox have signed my friend and teammate Kevin Millwood to a 3-yr contract! Let's go get 'em!

@DFowler24: My magic 8-ball says I'll be back in AAA by May 15th! Let's get ready to paint the streets, Colorado Springs!

@DFowler24: We're going to turn around this 10-35 record in no time now that our old buddy Garrett Atkins is back on board!

@DFowler24: Good news - I'm going to set the major league record for triples in a single season!

@DFowler24: Bad news - I'll be hitting from the 8-spot in the order and Jonathan Herrera & vs-LHP-only Seth Smith will be hitting in front of me.

@DFowler24: It's sad that Drew Pomeranz and Jhoulys Chacin are going down in June, but I really think that bringing back Cookie will help. Solid move.

Links after the jump...

Terence Moore: Looking at what teams are thankful for this year | MLB.com: News
Terence Moore thinks the Rockies will be in good shape as long as they have their two superstar players in the fold.

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I'd like to thank Dex for his prognostication abilities.

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by Jeffrey Morton on Nov 26, 2011 10:31 AM MST reply actions

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by jrockies on Nov 26, 2011 10:55 AM MST reply actions

Great news for small business owners!

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RT @DFowler24: Remember to go out today & support your favorite local businesses. #SmallBizSat is going to be HUGE! aexp.co/ULI

Dex has spoken. Small business owners can go put down the deposits on those new Mercedes right now….

We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!

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by Junction Rox on Nov 26, 2011 11:04 AM MST reply actions

What about those of us who work for large American businesses?

I guess I’ll just post my house for foreclosure now.

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by Charlie77 on Nov 26, 2011 11:08 AM MST via mobile up reply actions

Don't know what to tell you....

I don’t think Dex has told us the future of large American business yet. Unless you work for the NBA, in which case the news is good!

We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!

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by Junction Rox on Nov 26, 2011 12:48 PM MST up reply actions

Nice article by Renck on Jordan Pacheco..

I’m really excited about seeing Jordan on the big league roster next year. One thing him and Nolan Arenado have in common is how they don’t give away at-bats, especially with RISP. Their VOW (Value Over Wiggi) is infinite.

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by Charlie77 on Nov 26, 2011 11:06 AM MST via mobile reply actions

Well, when the value of Wiggy is zero...

My brother-in-law works with Pacheco’s aunt. Not sure what that means, but I just think it’s pretty cool.

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by Yokel on Nov 26, 2011 11:50 AM MST up reply actions

You’re a sick man, Bryan.

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by Andrew Martin on Nov 26, 2011 12:09 PM MST via mobile reply actions 2 recs

Dex actually does have NBA contacts. So it wasn't a total blind guess.

by holly96 on Nov 26, 2011 2:28 PM MST reply actions

And he told someone who asked him that that was how he knew.

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by Since1993 on Nov 26, 2011 3:36 PM MST up reply actions

Ha! Thats funny!

I assume you meant to make that pun.

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by Charlie77 on Nov 26, 2011 4:54 PM MST via mobile up reply actions

Heh, no.

by holly96 on Nov 26, 2011 5:14 PM MST up reply actions

Whatever wordsmith ;)

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by Charlie77 on Nov 26, 2011 7:17 PM MST via mobile up reply actions

he actually heard it from alanna...

who heard it from PR, who heard it from dexter, who…

the phillies signed papelbon, and are now #1evilorg. the rockies have signed no one, but trading wiggy to the phillies totally makes it okay
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by papality on Nov 26, 2011 5:27 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs

Who heard it from Casey Weathers.

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by Greg Stanwood on Nov 26, 2011 10:41 PM MST up reply actions

who heard it from Stu Cole

Who heard it from some outfielder’s Twitter, which had been hijacked by Todd Helton

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