Rockies 7, Giants 4: Backed by Rox Rally, Clayton Mortensen Beats Tim Lincecum
by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 16, 2011 10:07 PM MDT
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PrintClayton Mortensen went six innings and allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four. He was pretty darned good until his last inning, when he allowed soul-crushing home runs to Andres Torres and Nate Schierholtz. It was certainly a valiant effort for a seventh/eighth starter going up against a two-time Cy Young Award winner, but it just wasn't enough as the offense wasn't able to get back in it after getting a couple of runs off of Tim Lincecum early.
Nope, that's not right....how about this:
Despite being given a late three-run lead on the strength of seven runs on nine hits and six walks from the offense against one of the league's best pitchers, the Rockies' bullpen imploded once again, sending the club into even more of a downward spiral in another vomit-inducing loss to the Giants.
That doesn't sound right either...
Screw all that - this time, the Rockies won. Clayton Mortensen BEAT Tim Lincecum. The Rockies finally hit a home run with somebody on base (Carlos Gonzalez's big three-run shot in the sixth off of The Freak). And, the bullpen held the lead with relative ease, although Matt Lindstrom had to get a huge strikeout of Pat Burrell to get out of the eighth unscathed. And perhaps the best part? We finally saw a little bit of that Coors Field magic that has been MIA so far in 2011.
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I like that graph better than the last couple.
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by glaucophane on May 16, 2011 10:11 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
From Grant:
That game was gross. Figured the Clayton Mortensen game was a loss anyway.
From Lincecum, told that Bochy said he threw well:
“I wouldn’t use that word. I can think of a whole bunch of other words to use.”
Also, Tracy did say the fifth inning CS was a called double steal by himself, and he took responsibility for Fowler getting caught stealing in the eighth. The boys at TrueBlueLA tell me Tracy never takes the blame for anything. At least he did this time
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 16, 2011 10:11 PM MDT reply actions
Helps explain
Fowlers nightmare night on the bases
"Don't give up, don't ever give up" - Jim Valvano
by nodakroxfan on May 16, 2011 10:17 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, I think it’s fair to criticize Tracy’s over-management of the game tonight, although I understand the mindset behind it – runs are hard to come by against Tiny Tim, you want to try and manufacture them if you can, but I thought Jim went way overboard on that tonight. Best you can say about it was that it didn’t cost the team the victory.
"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
by Franchise26 on May 16, 2011 10:19 PM MDT up reply actions
I really, really like beating Tim Lincecum at our yard. He helped dig his own hole – and frankly, we can always use the help – and then CarGo made him his bitch. Very satisfying.
This win feels like a palate cleanser. Doesn’t guarantee anything moving forward, but it’s a lot easier to feel good about the Rockies tonight than it was last night.
"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
Great game
Still hate playing small ball, but glad to see the bats come through
by oxsnard on May 16, 2011 10:16 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Disagree
I think small ball is way more fun to watch. There’s always something going on, there’s always a chance to move runners or even score, and the defense is always under a threat of giving up yet another run.
A 3-run jack to put things to bed does the job, though.
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
I enjoy
Seeing a win the most. Hundreds of thousands of innings of data have shown that small ball = less runs. And less runs means less wins.
by oxsnard on May 16, 2011 10:36 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Can you post said data?
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See
“baseball beyond the box score” on run expectancy using historical data
by oxsnard on May 16, 2011 10:56 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I thought you might be so kind as to provide a link or something
I seem to remember the Rays winning quite a bit playing small ball.
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Most of said data is in a notebook in somebody's locker..
with a j.biebs heart on the cover. It’s difficult to post on the interwebz.
Oh Baby Baby Baby
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
by Mondogarage on May 16, 2011 11:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Chicks dig the longball.
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
This is the best book
Its like five bucks on amazon and challenges a bunch of conventional wisdom. Easy and fun to read.
by oxsnard on May 16, 2011 11:10 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
That's what I've been waiting to see from this team
No quit. Get lead, give up the lead, but don’t quit just because an All-Star’s on the mound. We’re not out of the woods yet, but tonight was a nice step in the right direction. Let’s get a mini-sweep tomorrow.
Get your purple on.
This Mortensen gentleman appears to be a keeper
I’m looking forward to whether he can stay consistent until Cookie comes back. That would free up some valuable assets for a trade mid-season. Love that herky-jerky, jump at you delivery … not sure it will age well as he sees teams for the third and fourth times, but I’ll take it for as long as it lasts.
And for goodness sakes, Dexter, learn how to run the bases. The 8th inning bad-news bears was Tracy’s fault clearly. You don’t call a hit-and-run with a wild, hard thrower up there. He’s liable to throw it in Jonny’s eyes at 98, which is nearly impossibly to make contact with. And of course he did. With Cargo on deck, no way. Bad call. But the 6th inning … come on! Baserunning 101: Know where the guy in front of you is and don’t run up his butt!
Anyway, yeah team!!!! Big big big game tomorrow. Biggest of the year so far. Ubaldo needs to show up.
by BostonTransplant on May 16, 2011 10:18 PM MDT reply actions
At the very least
he seems to be solidifying a case for being a long man out of the pen once Cook comes back.
He was seriously cracking me up in his postgame interview
They asked him about that big walk he worked and he responded by saying how frustrated he was that he couldn’t hit Lincecum’s fastball, I mean, it was right there in the strike zone. And then said he was out of shape and tired from running the bases.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 16, 2011 10:23 PM MDT up reply actions
love this kid
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by Jeffrey Morton on May 16, 2011 10:24 PM MDT up reply actions
So, the big question is
Does this stay as my desktop wallpaper or do I find a generic Gints design since Timmeh isn’t pitching tomorrow?
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
It worked, don't change it
Thank you for enduring for all our sakes
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by RoarFrom112 on May 16, 2011 10:25 PM MDT up reply actions
If we win tomorrow
A Phillies wallpaper is going up for Wednesday
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
Don't mess with a streak.
I broke out my purple-billed cap with World Series decal tonight, after my 05-06-era BP cap seemed to have lost its magic. The purple bill is staying on my head at least until it stops working.
Your wallpaper should follow the same rule.
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
I'm gonna wear the same clothes to the game tomorrow as I did today.
Chicks dig the purple jersey.
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by prettyinpurple on May 16, 2011 10:46 PM MDT up reply actions
Likewise. Same jersey, same hat, same 3/4 sleeve t-shirt
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by Mondogarage on May 16, 2011 10:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Same socks
Same shoes with Rockies laces.
I don’t think I’ll comb my hair, either.
Chicks dig the purple jersey.
"We believe in this team. Our best is still to come." ~ Huston Street
Does this signature make me look fat?
by prettyinpurple on May 16, 2011 10:53 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't have that choice...
Have to wear suit/tie to work tomorrow…and changing at noon for the game….
But I’ll replicate as much as possible ;-)
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
by Mondogarage on May 16, 2011 10:56 PM MDT up reply actions
hahaha
Definitely not young. Definitely not upwardly mobile
/pout
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
You need to change it to a picture of Sanchez
Notice how when you had Lincecum up there he gave up all 7 runs after not giving up a run since April 29th but the Giant bullpen didn’t up any runs? If you want Sanchez to struggle, I suggest you change it to a picture of him.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on May 17, 2011 8:39 AM MDT up reply actions
I spoke to the Mayor of Winzville earlier today
he guaranteed a win. I must speak with him more consistently
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by Jeffrey Morton on May 16, 2011 10:21 PM MDT reply actions
Lindstrom
I just get the feeling that he is going to be in more and more high leveraged situations as we move forward. He got the biggest out of this game.
Betty has really been unable to put hitters away of late which is troubling. So many deep counts and look at bats vs him.
The good news is if Betty is actually starting an age reated decline, we seem to have the additional guns in reserve.
I agree...I like Lindstrom
any word on Daley or Brothers? I’m out of the loop a bit but I was hearing rumblings they may be called up.
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by Jeffrey Morton on May 16, 2011 10:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Paulino pitching like doodie will necessitate a move.
We Fear NO ONE.
Because We Know: WE ARE THE ROCKIES.
by The Lodo Magic Man on May 16, 2011 10:27 PM MDT up reply actions
+1 for the apt use of "doodie"
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by Jeffrey Morton on May 16, 2011 10:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Could it finally be ...
that the league has figured out that Betancourt only has one pitch, and he throws it in only one location?
by BostonTransplant on May 16, 2011 10:40 PM MDT up reply actions
eh, neither of the hits against him were hit all that hard.
he’s had some tough BABIP luck the last couple times I’ve seen him.
You can do it Ian! You can do it Ian! Help the Rockies out! That is what I me-an.
by frightened inmate #2 on May 16, 2011 10:43 PM MDT up reply actions
True, but what has to be a bit worrying
is that hitters are increasingly able to sit on that outside fastball and foul it off if it’s in the strike zone, or else drive something the other way. And unlike last outing he was hitting 93 tonight. He’s either got to get the slider over occasionally, or pitch inside a little … but what do I know, he hasn’t thrown a strike with anything but an outside fastball since he’s been on the Rockies. And he keeps getting guys out …
by BostonTransplant on May 16, 2011 10:46 PM MDT up reply actions
I think he was just rushing his delivery.
by Charlie77 on May 16, 2011 10:52 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
He's been a little screwed up since that game in AZ
I think he’s just thinking about his mechanics a bit too much and not just letting the muscle memory take over. Betancourt is a strike-thrower. Seeing him in 2-0 and 3-0 counts is disturbing, but I’m confident he’ll settle back down.
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by RoarFrom112 on May 16, 2011 11:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Wait, wut? As in the game is on ESPN??
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The Phillies are on ESPN Wednesday
The Rockies just happen to be their opponent
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
by free7694 on May 16, 2011 10:27 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh that makes more sense
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Well, the Phillies game is on ESPN
I forget who they’re playing. Some team from out west.
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by RoarFrom112 on May 16, 2011 10:28 PM MDT up reply actions
(ninja’d again)
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by RoarFrom112 on May 16, 2011 10:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Hamels de la Rosa
It’ll be a goodie
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 16, 2011 10:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Are they playing the Yankees or something?
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
Yes
The NL versiomn
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 16, 2011 10:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, the NL Yankees at least...
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on May 16, 2011 10:29 PM MDT up reply actions
for those not in the blackout area
The game will be free on espn3
Attempted murder? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?
The Three Run Homerun
“God Bless the Three Run Home-run”
Offensively, this was what we thought we had all along. Baserunners all night (helped by uncharacteristic wildness by Timmeh), and finally CarGo came through when it mattered.
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+1 for the win
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Got a job today
and the Rox won
Ef Yeah
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by SurfaceThought on May 16, 2011 10:30 PM MDT reply actions
Go Rockies
You can do it Ian! You can do it Ian! Help the Rockies out! That is what I me-an.
by frightened inmate #2 on May 16, 2011 10:30 PM MDT reply actions
The Elephant in the Room
Ok, I’ll bring it up: Dexter Fowler’s baserunning. What the heck?
Ok. Jim Tracy said one of the calls was a mix-up in signs between him and Glenallen Hill, but what about the rest? This is something Dex has to get figured out real quick. You can’t afford to give up outs and baserunners at the same time against good pitching most of the time (thank goodness Lincecum had control issues tonight).
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I dunno, the play in the 6th was confusing.
Dauer was giving Morales the hold, then changed his mind on the bobble and tried to send him. If Dex sees the bobble, then looks to Dauer and sees him waving Morales home, it makes sense for him to go. Makes the Rox look bad but it’s tough to really pin that on anyone.
You can do it Ian! You can do it Ian! Help the Rockies out! That is what I me-an.
by frightened inmate #2 on May 16, 2011 10:34 PM MDT up reply actions
If it was just tonight, that'd be one thing
but he was 2/5 stealing going into tonight as well. I don’t think you can blame the CS in the 1st inning on anyone but Dexter. That was just a godawful early jump.
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by RoarFrom112 on May 16, 2011 10:36 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, didn't see that one but his stealing def. needs work.
You can do it Ian! You can do it Ian! Help the Rockies out! That is what I me-an.
by frightened inmate #2 on May 16, 2011 10:37 PM MDT up reply actions
Basically he was a third of the way to second base while Lincecum was still set
Simple step-off and throw to 2nd and Dex was a dead duck. It’s like he overcompensated for all the late jumps he’s been getting lately. Bottom line is he’s having a lot of trouble reading pitchers’ motions and getting his timing right. Either he needs to figure it out or they need to stop sending him. It didn’t cost us the game tonight but eventually it will.
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by RoarFrom112 on May 16, 2011 10:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Tracy should just put the stop light on Dex for awhile..
he’s struggling reading pitchers and is more valuable running as the lead RBI, not stealing bases.
IAWTC
Tonight really was a sad affair on the bases in so many ways, and sounds like there was plenty of blame to go around (I missed the real post game show, as Jenn and I were yelling at Helmer, Alanna, and the Cowboy).
Fortunately, it didn’t cost us. Though from my seats, the double steal actually looked like a good call, and that it took a great Posey throw to get CarGo (and a fortuitous outside pitch to throw on…I think the call was okay).
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
by Mondogarage on May 16, 2011 11:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Dexter hasn't been the greatest baserunner this year
But if he keeps getting on base at the rate he has been, I’ll live with it
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
I'm inclined to believe it was coaching brain farts
Particularly the one with Morales. What was Dauer doing? Morales was already heading back to the bag when he told him to go.
Didn’t cost the game though. That’s all that matters
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by Jeffrey Morton on May 16, 2011 10:36 PM MDT up reply actions
No!
Dauer is irrelevant on that play. Dex has Morales in front of him and he stops when Jose stops. Period. You learn that in little league.
by BostonTransplant on May 16, 2011 10:42 PM MDT up reply actions
But if the guy in front stops, then starts,
the base coach puts up the stop sign, then starts sending people? confusion reigned on that play.
You can do it Ian! You can do it Ian! Help the Rockies out! That is what I me-an.
by frightened inmate #2 on May 16, 2011 10:45 PM MDT up reply actions
I partially disagree here
Dex messed up by running with his head down, but I think Rich Dauer shares the blame. Why did he stop Morales right at the bag? I think in that situation, the 3B coach slides down the line and waves the lead runner around 3B – then you throw up the stop sign if the ball is handled cleanly. If Dauer does that, Morales scores on the bobble and all is well. I’m fine with the decision to hold Morales up, but I think Dauer was too conservative in stopping him at the bag.
by Northsider1964 on May 16, 2011 11:01 PM MDT up reply actions
That's how I saw it too
Dauer changed his mind slightly at the last second (actually, slightly after the last second) and should have been using two arms to signal to two baserunners. Dex also should have glanced up at some point.
It’s the CS in the 1st and the aggressiveness in general from the bench that upsets me the most though. I’m glad we got the win tonight, but those mistakes coupled with a pitch in the wrong spot to Burrell or CarGo missing that ball could have easily cost the game. I hope lessons were learned but I suspect they weren’t.
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by RoarFrom112 on May 16, 2011 11:20 PM MDT up reply actions
Dex was doing his best impression of EY2 tonight.
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
by Mondogarage on May 16, 2011 10:52 PM MDT up reply actions
rockies have come back to life?
sweep em tomorrow
LETS GO RED WINGS!
2011 will be the year....better be....
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That would be huge for the division
I know it’s early in the season, but the Giants have been running all over us this year. Whoever wins tomorrow leads the division too, so that would make for a much more fun flight east.
That and I’ll be at the game and I already stomached one loss to the Giants this year, which is one too many. :-)
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by RoarFrom112 on May 16, 2011 10:45 PM MDT up reply actions
MLB Tonight guys raggin on Angel Hernandez pretty hard.
You can do it Ian! You can do it Ian! Help the Rockies out! That is what I me-an.
by frightened inmate #2 on May 16, 2011 10:35 PM MDT reply actions
AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
: D
: D
: D
I went to the game! And it was AMAZING!!!
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by prettyinpurple on May 16, 2011 10:44 PM MDT reply actions
Sweet! You saw a good one
I’ll bet it was crazy after the CarGo home run. 31,000 on a Monday night is pretty decent too.
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by RoarFrom112 on May 16, 2011 10:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh yeah
It was rockin’. The Tulo hit was awesome too.
But…the wave in the 8th…yeah…
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by prettyinpurple on May 16, 2011 10:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Happily I missed any sign of the wave watching on TV
but I was also putting 2yo to bed during the 8th. Amazing what one can get done between pitches when Raffy is on the mound.
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by RoarFrom112 on May 16, 2011 11:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Okay. I cannot find CarGo's homerun on the Rockies website
Am I now blind?
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Oh, and because it can't be said enough...
we beat Timmeh’s ass tonight. Soulcrushed him.
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
bwahahahaha
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by prettyinpurple on May 16, 2011 10:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh, and yes I will say it...
Tracy played matchups with the bullpen. And it worked.
And Doom got the night off and it didn’t cost us.
And I found Coke Zero at Coors somewhere other than club level.
I like this night.
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
SSS
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No, not really a small sample...
I’ve had plenty of Coke Zero.
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by Mondogarage on May 16, 2011 11:00 PM MDT up reply actions
I meant that you could find it at the stadium
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say it's playoffs or bust"- J. Hammel
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Well, a bunch of the service areas there don't carry it...
…I’ve only now seen it on Club Level and now at the stand behind the 200 mezzanine sections. Not sure I’ve seen one concession stand on the main concours that carries it. Doesn’t mean there isn’t one…but I haven’t found it yet.
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
by Mondogarage on May 16, 2011 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Doom
They said on the radio that Jim wanted Iannetta to catch Ubaldo tomorrow and with a day game after a night game didn’t want to use him in both, so he sat him tonight.
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by RoarFrom112 on May 16, 2011 11:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Awesome win
those juiced balls sure came in handy tonight.
Attempted murder? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?
For the Giants too
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say it's playoffs or bust"- J. Hammel
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CarGo's newest commercial
“I got your juiced balls right here….”
While Timmeh sits in the booth crying the tears of Scott Tenorman.
“Get your Rockies Taco Juiced Balls Special after any game where the Rockies score seven runs and beat Tim Lincecum’s ass.”
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
by Mondogarage on May 16, 2011 11:16 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Last night it wasn't the juiced balls
It was the fact that Tim Tschida had the audacity to call the same strike zone for Lincecum that he used for everyone else. (In fact, it looked like Betancourt, Belisle and Runzler got squeezed far worse than Lincecum.)
Timmy must have picked up that whiny little leaguer pantomime from staff patriarch Barry Zito, who becomes indignant whenever curve balls that stay within the opposite batter’s box are not called strikes.
by Northsider1964 on May 17, 2011 7:25 AM MDT up reply actions
According to the box score
Timmay’s run counter automatically stops at three, no matter how bad he is getting torched.
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by Cargo's Ball Sack5 on May 16, 2011 11:40 PM MDT reply actions
Three runs scored in the sixth with two outs after an error was committed
So those were all unearned
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2011 5:43 AM MDT up reply actions
Have to use quotes though, because it was Timmeh's beautiful strike to 2nd that made the runs possible
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
Man just watched the replay
Street simply SMOKED all nine pitches he threw.
He looked super pissed.
I think I found my new fave version of Street. No smiles. Just tears your soul out with strikes.
Lots of soul-ripping and -crushing tonight.
Against the Giants, I especially approve of this turn of events.
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Most of them don't know what the word sacrifice means, however,
They want to move the runner over and still try to beat it out for a hit. Sure it’s great if that happens, but actually focusing on getting a good bunt down first is most important. They want their cake and to eat it too.
Alanna Rizzo is my dream girl.
by Cargo's Ball Sack5 on May 17, 2011 12:41 AM MDT up reply actions
Have you ever tried to bunt?
It’s a lot harder than it looks
The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.
Major League Baseball players should not bunt.
Fixed it for you.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 17, 2011 8:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Apropos of nothing
I was just perusing Baseball Reference, and without checking, can anyone tell me who’s leading the Rockies in 2011 WAR at this point in time?
I'm going to guess Chacin
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by Andrew T. Fisher on May 17, 2011 6:46 AM MDT up reply actions
I'll go with Todd Helton.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on May 17, 2011 8:01 AM MDT up reply actions
We haven't won Back-to-back games since...
April 25th and 26th against the Chicago Cubs. Know thats almost a month. If we can win this game today, then we can start building some confidence and get back to kicking some a$$. That and we will take back our rightful spot atop this division.
LETS GO ROCKIES!!! LETS GO ROCKIES!!! LETS GO ROCKIES!!!
Hmm, so Coors Field hosts both Faith Day and Science Day?
I guess I should be pleased they’re so even-handed rather than worrying over the philosophical paradoxes involved in supporting both :)
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