Tuesday Rockpile: Who Will Be Colorado's All-Star(s)?
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 21, 2011 8:00 AM MDT
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The All-Star Game will take place exactly three weeks from today, and in-stadium voting has already ended at 11 of 16 NL stadiums. We should have a pretty decent idea of who the Rockies will send to Phoenix to represent the purple pinstripes in the battle for World Series home field advantage. I currently see only one Rockie getting the honor - here is how I see it:
Locks
Troy Tulowitzki - SS
The Rockies' clean-up hitter has been a relative disappointment, but he remains a man among boys at his position, still legitimately deserving to be an All-Star. He is a distant second to Jose Reyes in WAR, wRC+ and slugging percentage among NL shortstops, but he leads all MLB shortstops in UZR and ISO. At last count, Tulo was projected to be the NL's starting shortstop via the fan vote by over 400,000 votes, a margin he should hold barring a massive collapse in the next couple weeks. At worst, he would be selected as a reserve.
Likely Snubs
Every team has at least one All-Star by rule, so the multiple selections are harder to come by. This rule might directly affect the Rockies most via the Florida Marlins, ironically. With Florida's horrible record, they will likely send just one representative, with that player likely blocking a potential Rockie All-Star.
Jhoulys Chacin - RH SP
Tonight's starting pitcher owns the NL's 8th best ERA and 2nd best ERA+. He's 3rd in the NL in LD%, 1st in GB%, and 4th in rWAR. He certainly has an All-Star resume, but he isn't even mentioned as a potential snub by Jeff Passan. It isn't because Passan is a pusbucket (not totally); there is just that much good pitching in the National League, and when in doubt, Bruce Bochy is likely to select a "safer" name fans recognize. As for the Marlins tie, Anibal Sanchez (6-1, 3.02 ERA, 10th in fWAR) is probably deserving, and his selection to one of the fringe spots could block Jhoulys Chacin if Anibal is Florida's lone representative.
Todd Helton - 1B
The ToddFather is having a marvelous, surprising season, but first base is an incredibly stacked position, especially in the National League. Prince Fielder and Joey Votto are going for sure. The squad would employ two or maybe three first basemen, but not four. With Albert Pujols injured, there is one potential opening. Here's the Marlins' connection again - Gaby Sanchez has been better than Helton, and if Gaby makes it instead of Anibal, there will be no Helton. Their lines are incredibly similar: Gaby - .304/.382/.500 vs Todd - .311/.389/.505, but park adjustments gives Gaby the boost. It would be a nice story for Helton to be an All-Star, but he is facing difficult odds.
Huston Street - RH RP
He currently leads all MLB pitchers in saves, is 3rd in BB rate and 3rd in K/BB. It's a solid resume, one which might entice the National League staff to include him. Still, Street has given up way too many home runs, and his ERA/FIP hardly screams "All-Star." If he makes it to the NL bullpen, it is saves that will carry him there. I'm rather dubious on that front.
Dark Horses
Carlos Gonzalez - OF
On Opening Day, CarGo likely had a spot with his name written on it in pencil, but his struggles in April find him just 12th, even behind Raul Ibanez. He has no prayer of making the top 3 in fan voting, so his inclusion would come solely from management selection. If he continues his current hot streak but adds several home runs, he might stand a chance of leapfrogging some undeserving players ahead of him in the fan vote.
Chris Iannetta - C
Iannetta really doesn't stand a chance of going to Phoenix, even after Buster Posey's injury. His rate stats are fantastic - he's 1st in the NL in OBP, wOBA and ISO. His counting stats aren't bad either - 2nd in HR and R and 3rd in fWAR. Frankly, the only thing keeping him from deserving an All-Star nod outright is the Rockies' treatment of his playing time. Brian McCann and Miguel Montero will be the All-Stars, and deservedly so.
LINKS
- Six-run rally with two outs keys Rockies' win at Cleveland - The Denver Post Six run rally....on the road....with two outs. Regardless of Fausto Carmona's wildness or the opportune bounce on Tulo's double, that's exceptional.
- Rockies using interleague play as a spark | The Salt Lake Tribune I always like including out of state coverage on the Rockies. Here, Salt Lake Trib's Martin Renzhofer profiles Colorado's exceptional run in recent years against the American League, 2007 World Series notwithstanding.
- Visiting Cleveland 'weird' for Rockies' Rafael Betancourt | All Things Rockies — Colorado Rockies news — Denver Post The Rockies' set-up man played in Cleveland for seven years before being traded to Colorado two years ago for RHP Connor Graham. Cleveland promoted Graham to AA, where he struggled enough to repeat the level in 2010 as a reliever. His 3.43 ERA in 2010 was better, but his 4.60 FIP was still problematic. He has not pitched in 2011 yet after leaving an exhibition game April 6 with shoulder discomfort.
- There's no June swoon: Tulo continues his red-hot streak - The Denver Post Tulo is quietly turning it on again.
- Beyond the Box Score Power Rankings: Week 12 - Beyond the Box Score The Rockies rank 8th, ahead of eight teams with winning records. BtB uses team statistics to formulate rankings, so this ranking suggests Colorado is underperforming in the W/L column according to their formulation.
- Fowler reinstated from DL, optioned to Triple-A | Inside the Colorado Rockies In need of re-working his left-handed swing, Colorado unsurprisingly kept Fowler in AAA after his rehab assignment concluded. In his first game after his official demotion, he went 0-for-5 with 3 K's to lower his batting average in Colorado Springs to .091.
- Stewart remains work in progress | ColoradoRockies.com: News Ian Stewart was producing Little League numbers for a while in AAA, but that has slowed. After striking out in a PH appearance last night, he is hitting .293 with a 28% K rate in the minors.
- Scott Sizemore and Chris Nelson: Deep League Waiver Wire | FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball Zach Sanders suggests Chris Nelson might be a good low-risk waiver wire pick up in fantasy leagues.
- Security Service Field Reviews, Colorado Springs Sky Sox | Stadium Journey Rich Kurtzman of Stadium Journey reviewed the venue of the Rockies' AAA affiliate, grading it on every aspect.
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For the uneducated...
What should Ian’s SO% be before he should be called up again?
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I don't think there is a finite threshold
But consider his highest K rate in the minors (back when he was young and experiencing a level for the first time) was 22%.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 21, 2011 8:14 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
This.
I think they are more focused on how he is striking out than how many times he is striking out.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jun 21, 2011 8:19 AM MDT up reply actions
Given that it will likely be higher in the majors, I could live with 18-20%
That’s still rather high, but I think if he got it to that level, you’d almost have to conclude he’s improved his plate coverage
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I'm just hoping Stewart
can just be a Ryan Howard or Adam Dunn type. Where the SOs will be high but still produce big powers numbers and RBIs.
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by Colsportsfan on Jun 21, 2011 11:39 AM MDT up reply actions
not a bad floor
And hope Dexter can “just” be Kenny Lofton…
J/K. Not trying to take a shot here…but comparing Stew to those guys (and I know that’s not realy what you are trying to get at) is pretty amusing.
hilarious ryan howard article on fangraphs now, btw
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Why is it so amusing? Because unlike those guys Stewart can actually flash some leather?
by Britbronco22 on Jun 21, 2011 2:21 PM MDT up reply actions
No.
Because Ryan Howard and Adam Dunn have eight 40-homer seasons, and nearly 600 career home runs, between them, and .891 and .936 career OPS’s.
Ian Stewart has a career OPS of .761, and even in 2009 when he got over 450 plate appearances, has not exceeded 25 home runs in a season. The comparison is completely unfounded.
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More like Mark Reynolds, in my eyes.
But even that is pushing it.
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by Cargo's Ball Sack5 on Jun 21, 2011 2:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Actually, that's not really a bad comparison
"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
Especially if you consider Mark Reynolds was hitting dingers in a non-humidored Arizona
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Speaking of Power Rankings
Fangraphs has the Rockies ranked 4th
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why?
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It's based on expected W-L via WAR, mixed with a fan-derived true-talent estimate
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seems legit
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 9:27 AM MDT up reply actions
they've been doing it all year...we havent dropped low
Even in the deepest parts of our misery in May we were usually 6th or 7th
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by black_knight101 on Jun 21, 2011 10:27 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Its a true Honor to be an All Star
and I want all Rockies to have that honor, but at the same time I would love for a young arm like Jhoylys and an old Vet like Todd to get a solid 3-4 days of Rest for the back end of what should be an exciting finish for the Rockies
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This
Is why I voted for the Sky Sox as our All-Star representatives. I really want to see Willy Taveras and Brad Emaus in the HR Derby.
Yep. I'm not too upset that Jhoulys and Todd are likely to rest.
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Will Tulo be in the home run derby? I have not heard how they pick the players to do it.
How do you get your kids to behave? Threaten not to take them to a Rockies game. They straighten up REAL QUICK.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
No. No. No. No. No. Do not want.
Tulo can get on streaks that are up and down enough as is. I do not want the HR derby getting him all pull happy again.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 21, 2011 9:01 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Happy Graduation Day to Rockies 2nd round selection, Carl Thomore!
He should be signing with the Rockies within the next couple of days.
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by Muzia on Jun 21, 2011 8:48 AM MDT reply actions 4 recs
I can't wait
to see this in a couple years (maybe with a different hat though)
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this image quickly went from over my head to my favorite PR photoshop ever
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 21, 2011 9:02 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
It's my favorite creation.
I’ll post it any chance I get.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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I still think Mannyzilla was pretty amazing.
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 9:27 AM MDT up reply actions
Slightly off topic - My friend's Mom was hit by a Tulo foul ball
She’s 81 years old and had to go to the hospital and ended up with stitches above her eye and a lot of bruising. She was told that the only way to get Tulo to sign the ball that hit her was to send it in with a self-addressed, stamped envelope and $25. Is this common practice? Just wondering…..
Was this on Saturday night?
I remember seeing lots of medical personal in the lower area after a foul ball…
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 9:04 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah - I think so
It’s so fun to catch a foul ball, but certainly not with your face!!
Talking with a buddy after that happened, man, the lower deck is simply dangerous. If I had my druthers, if you’re under 12 you couldn’t sit there without a glove.
I hope your friend’s mom is okay.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 9:14 AM MDT up reply actions
I was there saturaday a couple sections over
Though it was Helton that hit the foul ball. It looked really scary.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 21, 2011 9:18 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I was there on Sat. As well
I sat above the Mountain Ranch Club, or whatever its called…. and Man that Ball was smoked…. But I’m with you Andrew, I thought it was Helton that Hit that one.
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
I'll trust you both on this
I wasn’t there and didn’t even get to see the game at all. I got the story second-hand, so maybe my source, who is not a big Rockies fan, just got confused.
I tweeted immediately after the event that Helton hit it
And I remember it being a LHB for sure, pulling it down the RF line. I could he mistaken (I was pounding fat tires) but I’m 99% sure it was Todd
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 21, 2011 9:57 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I know that there are certain players who get to be so inundated with autograph requests that they request an SASE and a donation to ensure that it gets sent back. That 25 bucks would go to a player’s favorite charity or cause. It’s not the first I’ve heard of something like that.
"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
Thanks - good info
My friend thought that the money would just go to the Rockies organization – I had hoped that wasn’t the case. Giving it to charity changes it. I also understand about being inundated with autograph requests.
The $25 benefits the Colorado Rockies Foundation..
for little league baseball and other kids-related activities. PR Cares donated money to it recently when we raised money auctioning signed memorabilia.
The only way I know of to guarantee a players autograph on something is to mail it.
I’m sure if you got to a game early enough for autographs and told one of the other players what it was for, they would get him for you, if Troy wasn’t out there already.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 21, 2011 9:08 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Thanks everyone!
I knew this was the place to get info. I don’t post much because I’m not very knowledgeable, but I’m learning by reading!
Welcome to the Row.
This is a really good place to learn about the Rockies. Don’t let the lack of knowledge keep you from posting ( lord knows it hasn’t stopped me haha) !
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 9:28 AM MDT up reply actions 3 recs
That's what I told Chris Iannetta when his HR ball hit my son in the face..
this has been a funny year. I’ve attended probably a hundred baseball games and never had a ball close, but this year my son was hit with a HR ball and I was hit with a linedrive last week. One of the Las Vegas players hit a screamer at me and I knocked it down with my hand. Incidentally my son who had been hit by CDI ended up with the foul ball. The usher came over and asked if I needed ice or anything. I told him an ice cream cone would make my hand feel better, but he just laughed and walked away!
Knowing the Rockies organization.....
I’m certain that if someone contacted the team PR dept on her behalf they’d get her the autograph, plus a personal visit with Tulo. That’s the way this organization works.
Quick example:
Few years back, the Rox held an instructional camp for kids at Coors on the morning before a game. Time was set for 10:30. Got down there with my kid to see the entire thing ending — turned out they moved the time to 9:00 but didn’t contact everyone who registered because of some glitch. The head of marketing was there and saw my kid’s disappointment. Bottom line: 3 tickets to that day’s game, a personal tour of Coors Field and an invitation to hang out on the field during batting practice.
I later sent a letter to Keli McGregor telling him how proud I was to be a fan of this team and how his employees’ actions reflected on his leadership. Glad I got the chance to do that.
The June turnaround.
That collapse by the Diamondbacks and Giants we’re all waiting for? It’s happening. Not only are the Rockies 1 game up and leading the division in June, they’re the only team in the NL West with a positive run differential for June and the only team with a winning record (in the month of June) for both home and away games.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 9:07 AM MDT reply actions
Being the only competent NL team in Interleague works wonders
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Right? God, I love Interleague.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 9:09 AM MDT up reply actions
BUT THE AL IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE NL
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It would be even better if we switched leagues....
‘just saying. But your point is taken. Except for Boston, they are better than everybody. They’re hitting .300 as a team this month. That’s insane.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 9:15 AM MDT up reply actions
i think you fell into my sarchasm...
but yeah, we are having a good month of June…thank Goodness…and we are much like an AL team with really good deep pitching, and a DH in Giambi.
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No, I did get it.
Just saying that it looks like the Sox are in a league of their own right now. And as for Giambi, I made the point very late last in the the game thread, but I’m officially rooting for the AL to win the All-Star Game. Our best lineup is clearly with him in it.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 9:24 AM MDT up reply actions
I hope that's sarcastic
To think that 3 or 4 bats from Giambi is more important than a game 7 home game is silly.
Would you really want to play game six/seven at Fenway just so Giambi could some ABs….with a stadium full of obnoxious Red Sox Fans breathing down your neck???
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by Jeff Francis Day on Jun 21, 2011 9:29 AM MDT up reply actions
Dead serious.
And It would be more like 7-8 ABs, minimum. Maybe as many as 15 ABs in an extended series. That and home field doesn’t count as much in baseball as it does, for example, in Game 7s of the NBA. And I think the idea of ABs with Red Sox fans jeering gives guys like Giambi wood.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 9:34 AM MDT up reply actions
Don't under-emphasize home field for the Rockies
1. The team with last ups has a competitive advantage, the only sport where this is the case.
2. The Rockies are historically one of the best, if not the best home teams in baseball. I’m not ready to throw that out based on less than half a season.
3. The Rockies are historically one of the worst, if not the worst road team in baseball.
4. We’ve played 1 game in an AL park this year.
5. Ha on Giambi Boner
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by Jeff Francis Day on Jun 21, 2011 9:40 AM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
Recced ultimately for point 5.
Not to take away from the other 4 valid points.
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But they lead to small hard non-humidor balls in play
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by Mondogarage on Jun 21, 2011 10:43 AM MDT up reply actions
I also hate playing with hard balls.
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I also hate playing withhardballs.
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He looks like he might prefer the swollen ones...
Long hair and all.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
MMJ card and all
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by Mondogarage on Jun 21, 2011 11:13 AM MDT up reply actions
Well if you want to see RedSox fans with Giambi
wood, you’ll see about 1/2 of those at Game 7 in Coors Field.
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I get what you are saying
but you never want to give up home field.
Second,
Without one good game from Giambi this year he might not be on the team anymore. Im still not sold on his abilities to be a regular in a lineup
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by waterboy31321 on Jun 21, 2011 9:48 AM MDT up reply actions
He wouldn't have to be a regular in any lineup.
Just have a great WS for two weeks.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 10:03 AM MDT up reply actions
okay
then I’ll rephrase that, I am not sold on his abilities to really play much anymore
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by waterboy31321 on Jun 21, 2011 10:29 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm hoping he stays for the rest of interleague play
And then we say “Thanks for everything, Jason,” and bring Dex or Ian back up. Giambi taking up a roster spot on this team has gotten to be the most ridiculous thing ever – he’s useful in an AL park, but outside of that, it’s very sily
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by The Toddfather's Goatee on Jun 21, 2011 10:37 AM MDT up reply actions
Right now, neither Dex nor Ian are prepared to face major league pitching
If they get to that point, then yeah.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 21, 2011 10:38 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah I agree
But who knows – in a few weeks? Idk I’d like to see Dex come up solely because Ty Wigginton and EY2 are NOT outfielders.
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by The Toddfather's Goatee on Jun 21, 2011 10:41 AM MDT up reply actions
Agreed, but with Blackmon up, you won't see either EY2 or Wiggy in the OF
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by Mondogarage on Jun 21, 2011 10:44 AM MDT up reply actions
I guess not
They’ve been treating Blackmon like a true athlete who can play baseball every day, unlike all of our other non-Tulo players who are made of china.
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by The Toddfather's Goatee on Jun 21, 2011 10:45 AM MDT up reply actions
Ive been pleasantly surprised
With Nelson being a regular.. in fact the line ups have been pretty consistent minus Smith :(
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by nodakroxfan on Jun 21, 2011 11:58 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
People always say that Giambi is taking up a roster spot
I actually view EY2 as the player “taking up the spot”
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by Junction Rox on Jun 21, 2011 10:42 AM MDT up reply actions
There are.
I’m thinking if anything, there’s a greater likelihood of EY2 being moved via trade for a bullpen arm, than there is of Giambi being DFA’d this year.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 21, 2011 10:45 AM MDT up reply actions
Package deal
You can only get EY2 if you also take Giambi off our hands ahaha
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by The Toddfather's Goatee on Jun 21, 2011 10:46 AM MDT up reply actions
EY2 and Giambi for a bullpen arm..
and a package of liniment for Helton’s back would make a good trade.
It rubs the liniment upon its skin
or it gets the Ubado fastball again.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 21, 2011 11:13 AM MDT up reply actions
I concur.
My dad and I were making fun of him because the other day (I can’t remember what game it was) he was in the on deck circle, and then he walked back down the steps and they sent out someone else (I think this was the night of the Brothers AB), and we started laughing just because he NEVER gets to play.
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by The Toddfather's Goatee on Jun 21, 2011 10:43 AM MDT up reply actions
its only 3-4 ABs
Since there’d be only one extra game in the AL park
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by black_knight101 on Jun 21, 2011 9:56 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
We're both right.
I meant total ABs in an extended series.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 10:02 AM MDT up reply actions
Right
But you’re rooting against home field advantage for a potential one extra game in an AL park….so it’s only 3-4 more AB’s for Giambi. Is that worth it?
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by Jeff Francis Day on Jun 21, 2011 10:05 AM MDT up reply actions
Also, what happens if
Giambi is injured? We’re without him anyway. I’ll take Game 7 home field everytime.
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Or if we just leave him at Yankee Stadium
After the game Sunday?
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by Jeff Francis Day on Jun 21, 2011 10:12 AM MDT up reply actions
it's tough to get injured
(when you get one AB per week)
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by Jeff Francis Day on Jun 21, 2011 10:13 AM MDT up reply actions
I suppose in an ideal world it wouldn't even matter.
But clearly, we have an AL style lineup with him at DH. It’s not like we’re running out Aaron Rowand to hit. I think this year is demonstrating that we don’t really have THAT much more of an advantage at home, regardless of our history, than we do on the road.
I guess if I had to choose, I’d pick home field for the Rockies, if for no other reason because I’d get to see more games in an extended series.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 10:15 AM MDT up reply actions
There ya go
We may only be .500 at home this year, but if we end up making the playoffs, that number will be significantly higher.
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by Jeff Francis Day on Jun 21, 2011 10:21 AM MDT up reply actions
I want the AL to win the ASG
so when we sweep the World Series, Game 4 will be at Coors ; P
I'm gonna change my sig because the last time I did, we had a little winning streak. Then I changed it back, and we started losing again. It's the least I can do.
by prettyinpurple on Jun 21, 2011 11:06 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
also would be
the only walk off win we get all year…
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Don't say that.
I'm gonna change my sig because the last time I did, we had a little winning streak. Then I changed it back, and we started losing again. It's the least I can do.
by prettyinpurple on Jun 21, 2011 11:21 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
True.
Now if we keep failing at walkoffs this season, I’m just gonna assume we’re saving the magic for The Walkoff.
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by prettyinpurple on Jun 21, 2011 11:27 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
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(Just doing my job here)
You meant you want Helton to hit the walkoff.
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Helton hitting a walkoff Homerun
to win the WS makes him a lock for the HOF.
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I want this to happen.
Though between 2007 and that, it starts to really sound like a Disney movie.
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by glaucophane on Jun 21, 2011 11:21 AM MDT up reply actions
you mean johnny herrera
you’re giving nelson’s defense too much credit in the maz comp
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He hasn't hit a walkoff HR yet in his career.
Boy, that’d be something.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jun 21, 2011 12:09 PM MDT up reply actions
what if it's off franklin morales... how weird would that be
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If by weird you mean awesome.
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This.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 12:29 PM MDT up reply actions
certainly wouldn't be weird as in unusual
In mourning for Jorge's ulnar collateral ligament and lost season.
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home field counts a ton for the sox, they have some of the biggest h/r splits in baseball
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Let say we play Boston
Wouldn’t you rather have HFA and NOT have to face Ortiz in that potential game 7?
by purplesocks on Jun 21, 2011 11:39 AM MDT up reply actions
Or face Ortiz at 1B and A-Gon in LF?
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by Junction Rox on Jun 21, 2011 11:41 AM MDT up reply actions
If we take him out there in a golf cart, probably...
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by Junction Rox on Jun 21, 2011 11:51 AM MDT up reply actions
Correction
BUT THE AL IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE NL
at losing to the Rockies but not by much
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A gem from MCC:
It’s time to take Aaron Rowand to a farm that has a big field, where he can run around and play with other Vinny Castillas to his heart’s content.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 9:10 AM MDT reply actions 5 recs
I loved Vinny, but this is pretty hilarious.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 9:10 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh man
That was teh funnay
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On MCC
Is there a bigger discrepancy on SB Nation than the gap between Grant and the MCC posters? Grant has Bill Simmons talent, and I admit I read him every day, but most of the comments over there well…well they leave much to be desired.
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Is there a bigger discrepancy on SB Nation than the gap between Grant and the MCC posters?
Not sure. Check Baseball Reference.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 21, 2011 10:00 AM MDT up reply actions 5 recs
depends on the size of the bat.
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Ho-ho
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by Junction Rox on Jun 21, 2011 11:38 AM MDT up reply actions
Ding Dong
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Those are rousing!
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Danggit!
It looks like somebody already invented the Zinger cannon. I thought I was going to get rich….
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by Junction Rox on Jun 21, 2011 12:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, your Zingers are generally
richer, if that helps.
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smartass
In mourning for Jorge's ulnar collateral ligament and lost season.
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I agree.
I don’t want to talk too much smack though, we might have to get all “West Side Story” with them again.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 10:04 AM MDT up reply actions
Since we have a Maria,
does that make us the Sharks?
by DumbAndNerdy on Jun 21, 2011 10:05 AM MDT up reply actions
Sharks always choke in the playoffs.
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So why has the Cup stayed stateside since the Early 90s then
Are we in an Ice Age?
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Yes
However the Kings never won a cup to my knowledge.
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True
I’m not trying to start anything. And maybe it’s just too inside jokey for an outsider to relate. But every time I’m over there I go from being very engaged to very bored the moment the comments start. Maybe that’s just a compliment to Grant.
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by Jeff Francis Day on Jun 21, 2011 10:07 AM MDT up reply actions
You're not alone.
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/snapping fingers
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by waterboy31321 on Jun 21, 2011 10:30 AM MDT up reply actions
y'all are just old farts
telling kids to get of your lawns!
:)
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Hey you kids get off my yard
I am totally looking forward to being one of those people
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by waterboy31321 on Jun 21, 2011 10:31 AM MDT up reply actions
Sorry is this a rec or hack on Russ
#hardtonavigate
Time for some of this Rockies: "One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something." Nolan Ryan
I was replying to the far-above post asking
is there a bigger discrepancy on SB Nation than the gap between Grant & MCC posters?
My response: “Not since Russ left.” It’s a rec of Russ, but I wondered how many PR posters would get it.
2011 Rockies -- what the hell?
Y'all
are just waiting for “The Colorado Rockies and Political Economy During the Age of Jackson.”
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You're talking about Reggie, right?
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by Junction Rox on Jun 21, 2011 11:39 AM MDT up reply actions
Reggie
ain’t got nothin’ on Andy.
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I just wasn't sure if you were saying the gap at PR
was like MCC, a bad bad thing or a good thing… or I guess could just be a thing, no connotation added.
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So I just realized
that ’93 ’Til Infinity should be the Rockies Theme Song.
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but we were 67-95 in 1993 :-(
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Hmm,
I need to write a Rockies Centric version of the song to make it work right.
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That's a pretty awesome mark for a first year expansion team
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I don't even remember what happened after EY's HR.
That’s how awesome the season was much of a high I was on that first year.
Which one?
The one in Game 4 (Home opener), or one of the two in game 162?
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oh man I love that song
let’s get you an OT
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 9:29 AM MDT up reply actions
from 93 till infinity
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 9:32 AM MDT up reply actions
funny
My 2011 theme song for the rox is ‘Borderline’ by Madonna…
/I can’t help what pops into my head ;)
//in no way am I endorsing Madonna but you do have to dig her goofy big bow beret and her boytoy in the video kinda sorta looks like George of the Rose.
Showing extreme symptoms of Rocky Mountain Baseball Fever since 1993.
Just checked some fWAR leaders
Over the past 2 calendar years, Tulo has been 2nd to Albert Pujols (14.9 to 14.3), while having played 42 fewer games.
No question, Tulo has been the best player in baseball (or a rate basis) for two years now.
Rocktober is not a time of year, it is a religion.
And with Albert's injury
I expect Tulo to catch him soon.
Rocktober is not a time of year, it is a religion.
that's why it was suggested as such in April
His May completely squelched the buzz, but another hot month and it could be back. Btw, where is Bautista on that list? We are only two months away from reaching the two year anniversary of the start of his breakout
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 21, 2011 9:30 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
7th at 12.6 WAR
Tulo has a 5-win gap over Hanley now.
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man, what happened to that guy
Much as I prefer Tulo, Hanley and Reyes were the two super exciting young shortstops if you step into the wayback machine
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 9:34 AM MDT up reply actions
Hanley for 2B?
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Like Rox Girl pointed out during the discussion of Latos during his last start against us, attitude counts for a lot. Tulo > Hanley in all the ways that aren’t on the back of a baseball card.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 9:36 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh, undoubtedly
I was pulling hard for Hanley to win the 06 RoTY, and for a few years he was roughly the best 4 tool player in the majors. Well, I thought he was the best anyhow.
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 9:40 AM MDT up reply actions
I passed up Miggy to draft Hanley this year in FB.
I’m feeling the hurt. I thought the guy was gonna have a monster year. Something is rotting deep in the heart of the Marlins franchise.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 9:42 AM MDT up reply actions
rotting you say
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 9:46 AM MDT up reply actions
Ahhh
That mustache is frightening.
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If he was pulling this crap with any other franchise in sports that had won 2 championships, people would be screaming bloody murder. He has a pretty sweet deal all tucked away in South Florida.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 10:00 AM MDT up reply actions
He didn't own the team during the first championship
And his sweet stadium deal was secured on outright lies.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 21, 2011 10:01 AM MDT up reply actions
I know he didn't own them for the 1st run.
But the fact they’ve won two series and are run like a 3rd rate independent team is heart-breaking. I wonder how many pennants they’ve left on the table with their penny-pinching and just out-right lunacy. At least 1, maybe 2.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 10:08 AM MDT up reply actions
But yeah, he's a monster.
He’s like the MLB version of Zorg from The 5th Element.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 10:09 AM MDT up reply actions
IMO, he should be in federal prison
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by Mondogarage on Jun 21, 2011 10:28 AM MDT up reply actions
Speaking of bad ownership
Dear Leader Selig has vetoed the Dodgers TV deal… (sorry if old news)
Looks like more divorce court drama upcoming.
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by BittenAnkles on Jun 21, 2011 10:14 AM MDT up reply actions
Next Dodgers series at Coors...
I’m bringing a sign that says “Rockies Fans Support Jamie McCourt”.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 10:17 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yup, and this time, Bud Selig's gonna haveta take a paternity test
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by Mondogarage on Jun 21, 2011 10:28 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
hahahahahahahahahah!
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 10:40 AM MDT up reply actions
Bautista hasn't had a very good June
Time for some of this Rockies: "One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something." Nolan Ryan
We have now reached the point where 2 calendar years of data include all info from post batting stance change Tulo
That was the moment where everything really changed.
He hasn’t played up to his potential yet this year (Damn you BABIP fairy!!!!!!) but he’s still on pace for about a 7.0 WAR season; which isn’t too low I guess. I still think he’s an 8.0 WAR player though.
NO, we are NOT going to fire Jim Tracy midseason!!!!!
The Rockies couldn't be any more offensive or less offensive all at the same time.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 21, 2011 11:57 PM MDT up reply actions
As much as Reyes deserves it, seeing Tulo start would be amazing.
Also, don’t count Chacin out on making it, he or Helton probably make the final spot voting, and its also pretty guaranteed that one or two of those pitchers won’t be able to make the game due to injury, or theyre scheduled to pitch right before the game. Besides, Chacin would garner major attention if he can win 2 more games before the 3rd; winning 10 games and keeping around a 2.80 ERA would get some major respect from TV networks bothering to look as well as the players.
As for Tulo, unless he captures attention by hitting more home runs or by “leading” the Rockies win streak, my guess is Reyes beats him out; he’s covered a lot of ground and at the same pace would beat Tulo by the turn of the month.
2011: A new year and a new chance at a championship.
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just looking forward at the interleague matchups
Cook v. Sabathia? Uh… and that after Cook v. Verlander… Poor Aaron.
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Who was our pitcher last year
He had to face Josh Johnson then Roy Halladay then Tim Lincecum 3 starts back to back? Was it Hammel?
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by The Toddfather's Goatee on Jun 21, 2011 10:44 AM MDT up reply actions
Haha poor guy.
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by The Toddfather's Goatee on Jun 21, 2011 10:46 AM MDT up reply actions
Aaron Cook, you sir, are no Josh Fogg.
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You're right
Only one of them has ever pitched in an ASG.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 21, 2011 11:14 AM MDT up reply actions
4.0 IP, 8 H, 5 ER
“pitched” in a game 163
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I was sitting in the Rockpile.
He was getting squeezed.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 21, 2011 11:56 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Man, I wish umps would get into a good position to make valid strike zone calls...
It’s usually obvious to me in the Rockpile…why they can’t see it, I just don’t know!
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And how accurately can you judge the strikezone from 550 feet away exactly?
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by Mondogarage on Jun 21, 2011 12:20 PM MDT up reply actions
better than an ump can from 3
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
fire jim tracy: if you can closer-by-committee, you can manager-by-committee
yep, that's the joke
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 1:16 PM MDT up reply actions
That was a meandering way of saying
The Ump is blind.
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well according to the fans I've been around up there,
pretty darn well.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 21, 2011 1:52 PM MDT up reply actions
I'll take 2 of 3 in that series and be thrilled
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by Mondogarage on Jun 21, 2011 10:46 AM MDT up reply actions
fascinating pitching matchups
Jimenez v Burnett
Nicasio v Nova
Each pitcher this season is a carbon copy of their opponent.
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yeah, 2 out of 3 would be euphoric
Not expecting it
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 21, 2011 11:21 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I miss Jorge :(
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We all do
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Yes
I'm gonna change my sig because the last time I did, we had a little winning streak. Then I changed it back, and we started losing again. It's the least I can do.
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This is awesome
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by hotdoglady on Jun 21, 2011 11:21 AM MDT reply actions 4 recs
Awwwww
I'm gonna change my sig because the last time I did, we had a little winning streak. Then I changed it back, and we started losing again. It's the least I can do.
by prettyinpurple on Jun 21, 2011 11:23 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I want a high rez version of this for wallpaper.
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probably not going to be able to pull it.
it’s a frame from a promo video about the team picture.
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Also this one is cute
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by hotdoglady on Jun 21, 2011 11:26 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
does spilly have a facial expression that isn't hilarious?
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
fire jim tracy: if you can closer-by-committee, you can manager-by-committee
Spilly's beard looks like cheap middle-school play charcoal rubbings.
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by squalene203 on Jun 21, 2011 12:44 PM MDT up reply actions
always better than a fake-looking shoe-polished beard
In mourning for Jorge's ulnar collateral ligament and lost season.
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And a personality stolen from a movie
called “The Hangover”
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You cant actually see where Carlos' left hand is at.....
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 21, 2011 1:15 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
gosh I want to go to team poster/photo day so bad.
I'm gonna change my sig because the last time I did, we had a little winning streak. Then I changed it back, and we started losing again. It's the least I can do.
by prettyinpurple on Jun 21, 2011 11:29 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Can you feel the love? I can feel it. Can you feel it?
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I don't like this :-/
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why?
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their smiles are creeping me out
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is this better?
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by hotdoglady on Jun 21, 2011 11:32 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Why I otter!!
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I don't think so?
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How about this one...
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Can I get out of this conversation?
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She's been banned.
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You banned Mary Ann?
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No me.
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Yes I know. I was making a lame joke
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Stop taking
my schtick.
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I wouldn't touch your schtick with a 10 foot pole
Not on purpose anyway.
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You have some kind of problem with his razor?
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Jun 21, 2011 11:43 AM MDT up reply actions
Only if it's a straight razor...cause that would be scary.
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Don't encourage her!
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Jun 21, 2011 12:15 PM MDT up reply actions
too late.
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That is the cutest
hotdog ever!
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I think it's a thing of beauty
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LAUGHING. OUT. LOUD.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jun 21, 2011 12:10 PM MDT up reply actions
I was totally going to post the link to the timelapse.
Here’s the video if it hasn’t been posted. (If I wait until I get through all the comments, I’ll forget.)
Also, the bottom is cut off so you can't quite tell
but Helton has his arm around Giambi. Like a prom picture.
Keith Law can be snarky, but he's hilarious at times
Brandon Crawford, SS, San Francisco Giants
Crawford stepped into the smallest imaginable shoes when he replaced the nonfunctional Miguel Tejada at shortstop
Dear Russ,
I am sorry for posting that picture. I promise to never do that again.
I have learned my lesson.
Maria
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Dear Russ,
Google image search ‘baseball is back denver’ and then scroll down until you find your picture. Then check out your neighbor.
Well hello
ladies of the LFL.
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Interesting post on Beyond the Box Score
Overall not bad – found it odd that none of our bullpen arms were selected.
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I cant argue with the team assembled
I would probably move Cargo to CF and Kemp to LF though
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Clicked this
My Droid responds with “you have opened the max number of windows”.. scroll out to close the others and they’re all open to purple row pages.. addiction
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by nodakroxfan on Jun 21, 2011 12:03 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Find it werid that was 0 mention of Chacin...
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by Colsportsfan on Jun 21, 2011 12:12 PM MDT up reply actions
I'd rather have him than Hudson for sure.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 12:13 PM MDT up reply actions
The Machine cares not for your human wants or desires.
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I'd apologize to it, but it desires not my feeble, human emotions.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 12:33 PM MDT up reply actions
This is a great idea for a series of articles
I hope they run simulations of the teams playing each other, see who comes out on top
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by squalene203 on Jun 21, 2011 12:58 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm guessing double-header tomorrow.
Sounds like Cleveland is getting pounded with rain, thunderstorms, etc.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 12:01 PM MDT reply actions
Jeez I hope not....
I hate weather delay/postponements!
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by Colsportsfan on Jun 21, 2011 12:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Wut?
I see nothing in or around Cleveland right now.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 21, 2011 12:47 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Comments in ESPN game thread from Ohio-ians.
They say it’s been dumping, lightening knocking out power, etc.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 12:48 PM MDT up reply actions
OT: Wimbledon
Isner and Mahut are playing. Seems like they might be up to their tricks from last year.
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Grampa has already benched HanRam....
this is going to be very interesting in Flordia
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
Links or it didn't happen.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 12:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Baseball Reference....
It’s the new Lemon Party!
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 12:40 PM MDT up reply actions
wow...
just wow…
wrong on so many levels.
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So does that make Fangraphs
Goatse?
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Thus ends the comparison
Of baseball sites to horribly bad internet memes.
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horribly bad?
In college we would set those sites as the homepages to anyone who left their computer unlocked. Also if you stupidly shared your personal printer over the dorm room network we would print off the images onto their printers.
hilarious
Horribly bad as in you can't unsee those pictures.
But I don’t disagree with the hilarity that ensues from telling others about tubgirl.
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oh yeah, doesn't even phase me
oh it’s the goat man. Sup dude.
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 3:58 PM MDT up reply actions
oooooh.
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 1:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Wait, it already happened. Huh. Wow. This is interesting...
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 12:35 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, there you go
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He benched him again?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 21, 2011 12:42 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
No
At least, not yet.
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by Mondogarage on Jun 21, 2011 12:43 PM MDT up reply actions
Bench him forever.
Then trade him for EY2.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 12:53 PM MDT up reply actions
I do not want Hanley Ramirez on my team.
I don’t care how talented he is.
"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
The guy is still young, there's time to grow and mature.
Here, he wouldn’t be the biggest fish in a small pond. It has turn-around story written all over it.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 1:12 PM MDT up reply actions
He'll be 28 this year. That's not really young for a ballplayer.
And given the coddling and entitlement that Mssrs. Loria and Samson have shown him over his entire ML career (to including firing managers he does not get along with), there is every reason to believe his me-first attitude is too ingrained for him to ever fit into the Rockies clubhouse.
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Oh, I agree he’s been coddled to the nth degree, but most of his sins are professional/baseball sins, not personal ones. Most people in life have to find it within themselves to change because of what happens at work: being relocated, department merger,etc. He wouldn’t be the first person in life or sports to get a second chance and succeed and the payoff would be pretty fantastic.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 1:25 PM MDT up reply actions
And that attitude also implies he'd be nothing but a malcontent if forced to move to another position
He’s never played a game outside of SS in the major leagues.
I"m not saying he’s a lagtard of a human being. But as you say, his sins are professional/baseball sins, and that is the problem. He’s a terrible teammate, he does not buy into organizational philosophy, and he’s selfish and petulant.
The Rockies don’t abide that. And that goes double when it would require the selfish player to make a selfless positional change.
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Baseball's littered with very talented players with awesome personal stats...
….whose teams don’t win squat.
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Let him demonstrate he's actually grown up first
I’m not taking on that contract on the come, with his history.
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I don't think he's going anywhere for the record...
But when All-Stars usually leave their respective teams, it is ONLY for two reasons: 1.) Money or 2.) because they are a malcontent.
The whole reason Michael Young was an airplane ride away from being a Rockie was because he was miserable and pissed off with the Rangers.
Players of the caliber of Young and Ramirez only see the trading block because there is inherent risk in acquiring them. And Ramirez is a punk, but he’s also not a Man-Ram grade punk. And going forward in the next 3/4 years, bats like his are going to be at a premium. $50 million for a potential HOF player looks pretty cheap.
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by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 1:46 PM MDT up reply actions
I also don't think he's going anywhere
He’s their centerpiece for the move into their new stadium, and Jeff Loria’s favorite toy.
And the difference between Young and Ramirez is that the Rangers really did jerk around Young. They demanded multiple position changes out of him, and then directly lied to his face about their pursuit of free agents.
Ramirez, on the other hand, has been the one to get everything his way, to the extent of having good managers fired. He’s not Man-Ram grade, I’ll absolutely grant you that.
But his bat, in the post-roids era, may also back down earlier than you think. Prior to roids era, a players’ peak was considered to be his age 27 or 28 year. Hanley’s already at that point.
And you still haven’t addressed…given his rampant selfishness, how are you going to convince him to accept a move to 2B? Because it ain’t Tulo what’s going to move.
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Maybe in 2017 or so....maybe.
"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
Obviously you couldn't trade for him unless he agreed beforehand to be moved.
It would take a massive concession on his part. I doubt he’d be willing to make the move tomorrow, but let’s see here in a couple years after the shine of the new stadium has worn out and he hasn’t been on a functional or winning team.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 3:50 PM MDT up reply actions
At that point, he's just on the wrong side of 30 and due $16m a year
At that point, he may want to move, but unless he completely avoids any kind of decline at all by then, the market may be smaller than he wants, other than as a rental piece in the last three months of his ’14 final contract year.
And for him to agree to change positions now will undoubtedly require the team trading for him to offer him a big $$$ extension through his age 35 year or so (though he actually does not have a no trade clause in his present contract)
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While I agree with you
if he thinks Larry Beinfest’s strategy (and thereby Loria’s strategy) is complete garbage, why SHOULD he fall in line? I mean, go out, play hard, but you don’t have to necessarily support the organization.
The counterpoint is that they are paying him money, so gratitude should be in order.
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 1:36 PM MDT up reply actions
Because baseball is a team sport, that's why
I mean, it’s no federal offense that he’s a complete douchenozzle, but ask yourself this…how many teams has he been a part of that were ever actual winners? He’s exactly the kind of player who splits apart clubhouses, in the same way that players like Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent did.
He’d be lucky if Tulo didn’t take him out back and beat the living crap out of him, the first time he whined about having to show up to a mandatory team meeting.
And I’m not taking on $50m in future salary obligations for that.
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Pittsburgh
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by Mondogarage on Jun 21, 2011 1:20 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I would not mind that
Do you think Nelson is the starting 2nd baseman the rest of the season (without saying depends on how he does from here on out)
I see him getting platooned with Herrera
With nelson getting 2/3rds of the starts from here on out.
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His line has dropped to .274/.292/.484
that has to change, and fast.
He’s batted .273/.283/.477 over the past 14 days
Not that the alternative is much better:
.083/.083/.083
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 1:39 PM MDT up reply actions
for a Rockies 2B anyhow
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 1:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Expansion
With all of the talk of realignment, I’ve heard expansion mentioned a few times. While I’m not particularly in favor of this, it does interest me. I would imagine that it will be at least 10 years before any further expansion. With that in mind, what cities will be the next to get teams?
Oof.
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what you did there
i sees it
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
fire jim tracy: if you can closer-by-committee, you can manager-by-committee
This is pretty amazing
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This really should have more than four recs
NO, we are NOT going to fire Jim Tracy midseason!!!!!
The Rockies couldn't be any more offensive or less offensive all at the same time.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 22, 2011 12:14 AM MDT up reply actions
More likely at least 20 years
Because right now, there’s no markets that can support a franchise that don’t already have one.
And when there are, baseball will need to set those aside as rumored destinations for relocating teams, in order to squeeze better sweetheart deals.
But when it does happen, probably something like San Antonio and Portland
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Baseball went about 40 years without expansion before.
"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
This is true
Though San Antonio is about the 10-12th biggest city in the US, twice the size of Austin, and won’t be overtaken in size by it, imo.
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Trust me, I'd rather see it in Austin, considering I grew up there
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Buffalo won't support a team
Maybe Indianapolis.
"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
So is Oklahoma City
They would go nuts for a team.
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They would go nuts, but their metro area is just too small
Not as big a deal re NBA, because their arenas and payrolls are smaller.
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estimated metro-area population of 1,252,987
according to 2010 census.
Which makes it the 44th largest MSA in the U.S.
Smaller than Richmond, Louisville, Memphis, Jacksonville, Nashville, Providence, Virginia Beach, and even Austin.
None of which are considered big enough to support a team.
Denver is 21st.
Indianapolis is 34th, but nearly 50% bigger than Oklahoma City.
The largest MSAs without a team are Riverside, CA (but that adjoins L.A.), which is 13th, and Portland, which is 23rd.
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Tulsa is less than 2 hours away
I would consider that within a possibly teams fan base. I bet they could make it work.
Maybe, but the other cities I mentioned are in the same boat, and are still bigger
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Not sure why MLB
would run out to add more uncompetitive midwestern markets a la KC.
the royals farm system is poised to bring them back into the thick of things shortly, especially given how bad the AL central is
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I always picked Indy in sim leagues as the next expansion stop
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 1:56 PM MDT up reply actions
I'd love to see a team in Vegas.
Hey Baseball Gods. FINE!!! IT HURTS!!! I HAVE SACRAFICED ALL MY TACOS TO YOU!!! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT!!!!
What would they be called?
The ‘Gamblers’? The ‘Slot Machines’? Would they all have ‘ching ching ching ching ching’ as their walk-up music?
In mourning for Jorge's ulnar collateral ligament and lost season.
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They would be located just north of Freemont street
the first couple years if they can add more seats to Cashman Field until a real stadium was built.
Hey Baseball Gods. FINE!!! IT HURTS!!! I HAVE SACRAFICED ALL MY TACOS TO YOU!!! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT!!!!
Slot machines in the stadium?
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Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some more groundballs. Its more democratic. - Crash Davis
Sure
There are slot machines in the grocery stores. I used to work at a 7-11 that had 8 video poker machines.
Hey Baseball Gods. FINE!!! IT HURTS!!! I HAVE SACRAFICED ALL MY TACOS TO YOU!!! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT!!!!
How about
The Aces
Silver Dollars
Dirt Devils
Flamingos
Hey Baseball Gods. FINE!!! IT HURTS!!! I HAVE SACRAFICED ALL MY TACOS TO YOU!!! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT!!!!
Reno already has the Aces.
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 1:57 PM MDT up reply actions
I like Flamingos.
Would their uniforms have to be pink though?
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Loose Slots.
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Boosh.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 2:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Just think of all the ads
they could run…and the team mascot…
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I think my ex-girlfriend would be a perfect candidate for the mascot job...
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 2:20 PM MDT up reply actions
ZING!
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a team called
“The Las Vegas Rats” would be awesome.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 21, 2011 2:07 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm sorry, but it must really be The Flying Elvi
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Their uniforms should at least resemble the white Elvis suits!
In mourning for Jorge's ulnar collateral ligament and lost season.
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Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some more groundballs. Its more democratic. - Crash Davis
Exactly
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That would be so awesome!
They should especially have the sequins and capes.
In mourning for Jorge's ulnar collateral ligament and lost season.
Proud member of the Jonathan 'Scrappy Doo' Herrera Fan Club - Puppy Power!
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some more groundballs. Its more democratic. - Crash Davis
is elvi really the proper plural of elvis, though
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
fire jim tracy: if you can closer-by-committee, you can manager-by-committee
Yes.
http://www.flyingelvi.com/home.html
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...wow.
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
fire jim tracy: if you can closer-by-committee, you can manager-by-committee
wow...
1995 called, it wants it’s geocities home page back.
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by hotdoglady on Jun 21, 2011 2:18 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Lol. it was the first link I saw. I thought it was hilarious
I just remember the Flying Elvi from “Honeymoon in Vegas”
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I like that.
or even ‘Rat-Pack’
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Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some more groundballs. Its more democratic. - Crash Davis
I think they should be called the Paigow Dealers
"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
Can't do Rats
Rats don’t live in vegas, but you could do the Vegas Roaches.
I did live there for 13 years.
Hey Baseball Gods. FINE!!! IT HURTS!!! I HAVE SACRAFICED ALL MY TACOS TO YOU!!! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT!!!!
Really after all the speak of contraction ~5 years ago?
Hey Baseball Gods. FINE!!! IT HURTS!!! I HAVE SACRAFICED ALL MY TACOS TO YOU!!! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT!!!!
Which could still happen with the A's.
A long shot, but it’s an option.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 1:48 PM MDT up reply actions
No, it's not an option.
No contraction can take place without the union’s agreement. And that’s simply not going to happen.
"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
Doesn’t the “for the good of the game” clause override that? Not saying there wouldn’t be a court battle, but wasn’t that going to be the route when they were gonna knock off the Expos and Twins?
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 3:28 PM MDT up reply actions
That was going to be the route.
And notice the owners dropped any pretense of that as part of the strike settlement.
Killing off two clubs under the “good of the game” clause will cost MLB their antitrust exemption, and that is the one thing MLB will never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever willingly give up.
/needs more evers in there
"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
Or rather, not as part of the strike settlement, but as part of a later labor agreement.
"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
Why contraction won't happen
Even if MLB is seriously thinking about contraction, it won’t happen without the consent of the union, which is as likely to happen as Commissioner Bud Selig accepting any responsibility for the steroid era in baseball. Contraction is as much a fairy tale today as it was when the owners first proposed it in 2001. That’s one "C" word we won’t have to worry about.
"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
I would honestly rather see contraction than expansion
If the Marlins weren’t getting a stadium next year it would be simple, get rid of Florida and Oakland, and move Milwaukee back to the AL where it belongs.
I think massive relocation is more likely.
Oakland and Tampa Bay will certainly be playing elsewhere in less than 5 years. I could also see circumstances where San Diego, Toronto and and even Houston all move.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 1:50 PM MDT up reply actions
This is a very likely scenario, however.
"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
I'd like the Rays to actually play in Tampa
From my understanding they have a terrible location.
They do have a terrible location and a terrible stadium in a terrible location
"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
And Tampa's TV ratings are actually very good.
NO, we are NOT going to fire Jim Tracy midseason!!!!!
The Rockies couldn't be any more offensive or less offensive all at the same time.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jun 22, 2011 12:18 AM MDT up reply actions
Ours
1. Carlos Gonzalez (L) CF
2. Jonathan Herrera (S) 2B
3. Todd Helton (L) 1B
4. Troy Tulowitzki® SS
5. Jason Giambi (L) DH
6. Seth Smith (L) RF
7. Ty Wigginton® 3B
8. Charlie Blackmon (L) LF
9. Chris Iannetta® C
"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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by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 21, 2011 2:07 PM MDT up reply actions
butbutbut
bloopy and scrappy and THEANSWER
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by papality on Jun 21, 2011 2:01 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
i remain convinced that if you dont have a david eckstein equivalent on your roster you are not a major league baseball team
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
fire jim tracy: if you can closer-by-committee, you can manager-by-committee
i think the florida marlins did it twice
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
fire jim tracy: if you can closer-by-committee, you can manager-by-committee
I was more referring to the Gints
Between them, those two Marlins teams had Bobby Bonilla, Moises Alou, Gary Sheffield, Ivan Rodriguez, Derrek Lee, Mike Lowell, Juan Encarnacion and Miguel Cabrera. None of those guys call to mind David Eckstein.
All?
Excuse me.
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I can cite a zillion sources that prove otherwise
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ditto
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Likewise.
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 2:55 PM MDT up reply actions
/was not deceived at all
/was not listened to at all
/just another normal day on the Row.
"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
aw you poor thing
I can’t help but think that some (all) of the staff wrote something like that.
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 2:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh, I don't worry about it
You can lead ‘em to water, but you can’t make ’em think.
"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
no Chris Nelson?
You have got to be kidding me.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jun 21, 2011 3:06 PM MDT up reply actions
but it's herrera
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by Andrew Martin on Jun 21, 2011 3:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Theirs
1. Michael Brantley (L) CF
2. Cord Phelps (S) 2B
3. Asdrubal Cabrera (S) SS
4. Travis Hafner (L) DH
5. Shin-Soo Choo (L) RF
6. Carlos Santana (S) 1B
7. Travis Buck (L) LF
8. Jack Hannahan (L) 3B
9. Lou Marson® C
"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
Mark Kiszla is a goddamn fool, moron, idiot.....someone get me a thesaurus so I can think of some more words.
I didnt listen to it, but this did come across the 850KOA twitter feed.
Podcast: @markkiszla advocates the return of non-humidored baseballs at Coors Field
How in the blue hell does Kiszla still have a job writing ANYTHING on this town?!?!
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 21, 2011 2:56 PM MDT reply actions
Was this in his "Avs" article this morning?
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I believe he was on Mike Rosen's show on KOA
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 21, 2011 3:01 PM MDT up reply actions
I advocate trading Mike Rosen to an AL city.
"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
If by that you mean an Alabama city
I am on board…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Jun 21, 2011 3:37 PM MDT up reply actions
I was referring to an Albanian city.
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
even better
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Jun 21, 2011 3:55 PM MDT up reply actions
It's on KOA's twitterfeed.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jun 21, 2011 3:03 PM MDT up reply actions
i saw that headline but didn't read.
what was the gist?
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 21, 2011 3:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Trade Stastny for one of the LA Kings goalies. That way, the Avs can save the $6M we currently owe Stastny — mostly because he isn’t that great anyway.
/has never heard of the salary floor
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well he doesn’t score a lot of goals, and goals=good.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 21, 2011 3:11 PM MDT up reply actions
To be fair, the NHL playoffs reminded everyone how important netminding is.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 3:24 PM MDT up reply actions
They might have to sign a couple bad players to big contracts
just to reach that floor next season.
Time for some of this Rockies: "One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something." Nolan Ryan
They'll be looking at around $11-12 million after the draft
That’s feasible, especially if they actually sign a good starting goalie
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because he writes something inflammatorily stupid
gets hundreds of page views, emails, letters from old folks telling him how dumb he is. then his editors go “look at all the page views he gets!”
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 21, 2011 3:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Hey, remember when I was accused of being Kiszla-esque because I said the Nuggets should trade Melo?
That was fun.
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when were that?
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 21, 2011 3:04 PM MDT up reply actions
one of my first articles on SB Denver
and it said the Nuggets would be much better off in the long run if they traded Melo for a package of quality young talent and picks.
Good thing they didn’t take my advice, that would’ve been a disaster.
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No, you were very very wise.
And Melo’s going to win a championship in NYC in 3….2…..1…..never.
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
He’s not being serious, he’s using extreme sarcasm to drive home a point.
Oh, now be honest, NL West rivals, warriors to warriors. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
by jasontheuncatchable on Jun 21, 2011 3:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Kizla is hard to navigate.
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Kiszla is hard to stomach.
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
Kiszla sucks
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Jun 21, 2011 3:38 PM MDT up reply actions 4 recs
And we have a winner
Alanna Rizzo is my dream girl.
by Cargo's Ball Sack5 on Jun 21, 2011 3:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Everyone, take a lap
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by SDcat09 on Jun 21, 2011 4:01 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sure, lemme just tie Kiszla to my rear bumper before I hit the track
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by Mondogarage on Jun 21, 2011 4:14 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
there it is
gotta be the most kiszla-related comments sans lap taking
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