Rockies Back on Track with 9-5 Win Over the Cubs

Hopefully he can go tomorrow. We need our hot bats against Lincecum

Especially that 8th inning battering. I hope it carries over tomorrow against Timmy. This Giants series is (in my view, as I sit here, surrounded by people in Giants gear) the most important of the season thus far.

He finally seems to have it all together.

over the next 3 days and would build a nice 5 game cushion…GO ROCKIES

But wins are wins. Have to agree with you Jeff, the game seemed interminable at times. I was working on a new quilt with the radio going, and it seemed like an inning took an hour each. I’ve got give a shout out to to the call-ups who pitched us through this early hiccup though. Johnson was pretty bad, but we got the win. Reynolds held his own in two starts. Thanks guys, for the effort. I said last night that we’d rebound and take the series. The rebounding took until the 8th inning to happen, but when it did, it was awesome! Onward and upward. Looking forward to a sweep of the Gints!

I think Alan Johnson might have the worst ‘stuff’ of anybody the Rockies have ever put on the mound in franchise history – with the possible exception of Zach Day (whose one pitch was an 86 mph ‘sinker’ that only occasionally sunk). Johnson is living proof that if you grind and stay healthy and use the lower half of the zone then maybe, just maybe, you can end up getting a big league look, and I give him a hell of a lot of credit for doing all three of those things. But man, there was just nothing to write home about in that arsenal of his.

Still, he didn’t get blowed up, the bullpen did their thing, and Dex delivered – bless that skinny SOB. Had to win this one to go into Monday on a high note. Now, bring on the Giants – can’t remember being this jacked for an April series before.

Have you seen his HAR? Off the charts

Another key with todays game is that Street and Betty had quick innings. Low pitch counts which will not affect their availablity for tomorrow. However, Belisle is likely down for tomorrow and Reynolds might be good only for 1 hitter. Still to get the win and not completely obliterate the bullpen is a big deal heading into the Giants series.

Aren’t we 5-0 in series? Or am I totally blanking on something?

I was fairly pleased with the overall ratio, however.

He’d have received the obligatory IBB in that spot. Remember, 1B was open. Tracy didn’t want to burn Giambi without him actually getting pitched to.

I thought it was great when Bob Davidson screamed at Quade to “shut up in there!” I love when the microphones pick up that kind of stuff.

Isn’t that more than the Rockies had in the entire month of April last year?

/you should be dancin’ yeah!

….even in the event of the worst possible outcome against the eff the Gints, we’re still assured first place at the end of the series.

“I take great comfort in that.”

‘Those purple jerseys look black from up here’
‘I hope this game doesn’t go into overtime’
‘My hat is giving me a headache’
‘The hat or the beers?’
‘I really like them micro beers’

From the DP

The reliever with the least experience must carry water to the bullpen in the [small, pink] backpack.

I was unaware of this. When I saw Reynolds with that stupid pink backpack on Opening Day, I thought “are you serious? Matty..”

Whew.

So Tulo called in to BBTN this morning, and I recorded it to watch later. After they talked to him (nothing really new or interesting there) they were talking about the Rockies in general, and then specifically mentioned the bullpen. Buster Olney said that he was talking to Matt Belisle the other day, and Matt said that he loves the culture and attitude in the bullpen, that anybody can say anything to anyone else. Matt told how there was an instance where another pitcher had bad body language on the mound, and after the game Matt told him basically, “Hey, I saw that, you don’t want that” and the guy adjusted. He said that’s how they all treat each other, everyone leaves their egos at the door.

Thought that was really interesting.