Tuesday Rockpile: Maturity and the Rockies
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 26, 2011 8:06 AM MDT
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PrintOn August 21, 1990, the Dodgers suffered an excruciating loss at home to the Phillies, allowing nine 9th inning runs to a below .500 team in a 12-11 loss, highlighted by a big home run from John Kruk. The script was in danger of repeating itself last night at Dodger Stadium, with four runs in, the Rockies down three, the bases juiced with one out and the Rockies best hitter - Troy Tulowitzki - at the plate.
The pressure was all on rookie Javy Guerra, in relief of Mike McDougal, who just walked in a run on a 9-pitch at-bat to force in a run. It was walk number nine on the night by the Dodgers, and three of them went to Tulowitzki, but in this at-bat, Tulo was eager to do some damage. So instead of leveraging the situation into getting the perfect pitch, Tulo misfired on a first pitch fastball up and out of the zone and popped out. Tulo doesn't think he did anything wrong:
"I have hit that pitch out before. I took a whack at it and just missed," Tulowitzki said.
Tulo has indeed hit some ridiculously high fastballs for home runs - that doesn't mean it is the best pitch to swing at. While baseball is often a disconnect between process and result, Tulo absolutely cannot afford to be at the mercy of baseball's whims in that situation. Hindsight rules - you simply cannot be wrong if you get the green light. Jim Tracy wasn't happy with the swing.
"It was out of the zone. If the count goes to 1-0 there, you know what's coming," Tracy said.
The disconnect between star player and manager isn't encouraging, and the play really is symbolic of the 2011 Rockies in many ways. The opportunity is there, the talent lined up perfectly, but an immature approach led to disappointment.
Having a young core is great in many ways, but a young core is also not fully mature, and the Rockies have been bitten by that this year. There's Tulo's overanxious ways in late situations. CarGo had a spat of that as well, predictably expanding his zone to include completely unhittable pitches. Ubaldo Jimenez struggled with how to deal with a relatively minor injury, and his ensuing struggles might have been avoided by a veteran hurler. Ian Stewart completely fell apart when put outside the most comfortable path in April, and Dexter Fowler has shown an inability to keep hold of the positive adjustments he has made.
This adversity has given the Rockies' core a chance to grow, learn, and mature. If they do so, next season will indeed be better, even without a roster overhaul. Dan O'Dowd will be banking on it - building around youth forces him to.
Links
Manager Tracy thinks Smith's problems stem from injury - The Denver Post When a player struggles in one aspect of their game as Seth Smith has defensively of late, it can almost be a relief to find out an injury is to blame. I don't think that necessarily applies when the injury happened, oh...four years ago, before he even made one defensive play in the major leagues in his career.
Rockies 50/50 on trading Jimenez - Scoop Du Jour - MLB Blog - Yahoo! Sports This headline is thanks to Fox Sports Jon Paul Morosi. While his BS detector failed (or he ignored it to get the page views), yours should not. Trades are rarely as high as 50% odds of occurring, and all the buzz and common sense about the situation all along has indicated Dan O'Dowd's high asking price will not change. It is not likely the Reds or Yankees become desperate enough to offer such a deal. Certainly not as likely as 50/50. That terminology more likely stems from someone giving a non-committal "I don't know - it might happen or it might not, could go either way" type response. Ladies and gentlemen - welcome to the trade deadline rumor mill.
Colorado Rockies trade talk: Jimenez deal unlikely; Giambi might be moved - The Denver Post See this makes more sense. Apparently, the Rockies have asked for Devin Mesoraco, Aroldis Chapman and Chris Heisey from Cincinnati, which is intriguing, but not enough for me. Don't count on it happening.
Baseball Prospectus | Fantasy Beat: The Two Sides of Jhoulys Chacin This is a couple days old, but Jason Collette has a fantastic piece on tonight's starter, as he tries to diagnose the Walkapotamus. As it turns out, all of his pitches have gained velocity since June 1, an indication that he might be throwing too hard and losing control. Collette's hypothesis is that Chacin will find more success if he dials down his velocity a bit.
Ian Stewart is now "an afterthought" in the Rockies’ plans | HardballTalk What an ugly headline. I'll leave it at that.
CarGo giving wrist more time before swinging | ColoradoRockies.com: News It will be 4-5 days before Carlos Gonzalez even swings a bat, which is good news. There is no reason to rush, with him already on the disabled list anyway.
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We would break Chapman so badly here...
That package simply isn’t enough of a return. The Reds would need to add another top prospect like Alonso or Grandal
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I don't even think we would break Chapman
I’m quite sure he will break himself, like a brick tossed into a dryer.
I think you mean
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by Muzia on Jul 26, 2011 8:34 AM MDT up reply actions 4 recs
That be the one.
I wasn’t going to spend the time to find that one.
A Ty WIggington Home Run is a Rockies Death Sentence.
So, when I get fired next week
And I have to explain why I never showed up to work, I can point to this and say this is all I watched.
tracy is criticizing Tulo
and defending Seth Smith…
I hear bells tolling….
That comment about Garry kind of pissed me off
is he really tentative because of an injury that happened four years ago? Not the way to go through life son.
Also what is with him turning from Seth to Garry after about 275 PA the last couple years?
Starting to hope he isn’t in the Rockies future plans.
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
Tracy thinks that Seth is tenative because of a dive in 2007? I think its just cuz Seth Smith can’t dive. Like if I thought he was at a swimming pool, I think he would try to slide into the pool.
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 26, 2011 8:51 AM MDT up reply actions
CANNONBALL!!!
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Trade him this offseason.
Unimpressive.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 26, 2011 9:46 AM MDT up reply actions
I really think the Wheeler/Dex/Blackmon/Cargo OF could work next year.
Trading Smith should be a strongly considered option. Unless he’s moving to 1B, and his timing is off by 2 years for that.
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by black_knight101 on Jul 26, 2011 10:26 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Not sure I quite get Smith moving to 1b
Do the Rockies really want a platoon lefty 1b who has regressed to hitting 12 homeruns in a projected 500 PA? If they do I am sure Lyle Overbay will be available… If they want to contend they have to do better than that
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
oh yeah I agree
I’m don’t think Smith’s bat is good enough for 1B. It’s just something to throw out there.
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by black_knight101 on Jul 26, 2011 11:02 AM MDT up reply actions
Really Andrew
I would do Giambi for Devin Mesoraco, Aroldis Chapman and Chris Heisey in a heartbeat.
YOU SO CLEVA MKPRPAL
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 26, 2011 9:11 AM MDT up reply actions
I think you have hit on a key word that describes this team this season
Immature. Last night I listened to the first two innings of the game while doing dishes when I heard on of the KOA announcers talk about how well the Rockies do in opening games of a series vs how horrible we are at closing out a series. Not only are the Rox having issues with adjusting to in game situations, but making series adjustments.
This is a young immature team. We have seen flashes of greatness throughout the season, but we have an arrogance that gets in our way. Weather it’s Nicasio not adjusting after the first time through the line-up, Chacin throwing harder to fix control issues, Ubaldo being unable to shake off a bad pitch, Tulo trying to win the game by himself, Cargo coming back from injury too early, etc…
I’ve given up on this season, but as our core matures, we will become the team we expected this year.
A Ty WIggington Home Run is a Rockies Death Sentence.
The first words out of my mouth
last night after Tulo’s at bat were “grow the f up, Tulo”. That was an unbelievably bad AB, but it was so predictable. Pressure situation, get in the box, try to hit the first pitch (regardless of where it is) into the next state. The fact that he’s defending the approach just makes it worse. Until he can come up with an approach beyond “me hit ball far” in those situations, he’s going to be less than the player he can be. Of course, overall he’s still pretty dang good, he can just be better…
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 9:04 AM MDT up reply actions
I've been hoping this since that 09 Philly series
He completely cam undone twice against Lidge. We’ve seen him do the same thing multiple times since. You think he would’ve learned by now.
On more thing
If my memory serves me right… Tulo is about the only one of core our guys without a walkoff or game tying bomb in the 9th. Maybe he feels like he needs to have one before he can be a true Rocky.
He has one career HR in the 9th inning
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Nope. We were were down by 5 and ended up losing in extras
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If I remember correctly we lost in 9
I think Tulo’s HR gave the Rockies the lead but the Cubs got two in the bottom of the inning. It was a long time ago now though so I could be wrong.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 26, 2011 9:41 AM MDT up reply actions
I was thinking about the Toronto game
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I just remember the Cargo cycle game
Tulo seemed a little dissapointed after Cargo hit that ball.
He was smiling.
Not disappointed. That’s ludicrous to say something like that.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 26, 2011 9:48 AM MDT up reply actions
Seriously?
He we grinning from ear to ear.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 26, 2011 9:49 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, you can really see the disappointment all over his face at the 1:14 mark here. Ridiculous.
"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
You don't see it in that clip
but there’s another angle which shows Tulo right after Cargo connected. He just kind of shrugged and dropped his bat.
That was my reaction right after seeing the replay on the jumbo-tron.
That’s not to say he was angry, but not nearly as enthused as some of the other big walk offs we’ve seen.
Muzia, can't you just stop hating Tulo?
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 26, 2011 10:19 AM MDT up reply actions
And while your at it Muzia can you jump on the hate Garry Smith bandwagon
I could use some help
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 once saw him crush one off Lincecum
while at my best seats ever at Coors. Tough to hate him
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Was that the grandslam?
If so, I was at that game too but I had nosebleed seats. It was awesome nonetheless
by purplesocks on Jul 26, 2011 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Nope
the Ubaldo v Timmeh matchup around Labor Day a couple years back
Splurged and got tickets 5 rows behind home plate. He crushed it, I loved him for it
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Late August, 2-run second-deck bomb by Smith
On the day before the Spilly slam.
Why does all of this seem like a million years ago?
by Northsider1964 on Jul 26, 2011 11:12 AM MDT up reply actions
That is the game I was talking about, I just totally misremembered it into being a grand slam
It was only a 2 run bomb.
by purplesocks on Jul 26, 2011 11:55 AM MDT up reply actions
Same problem the Rockies are having - a once bright shining star - not living up to those few moments
They need understand you don’t win with mediocrity.
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
No one likes Garry.
He’s Seth’s evil twin.
Walk-off wins never get old no matter how many times they happen' - Jeff Francis
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Jul 26, 2011 11:25 AM MDT up reply actions
I think he was surprised that it happened so quickly
He immediately smiled afterward.
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Obviously that was the only angle you saw because what that video also doesn't show is the look on Tulo's face after the pile at HP clears a little
And if that look was fabricated emotion and he was truly feeling anything other than complete joy for Cargo and the success of the team that night, then Tulo needs to stay in LA when the team leaves for San Diego because he’s an even better actor than he is a baseball player.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 26, 2011 10:29 AM MDT up reply actions
I've seen his TV ads
He’s not a good actor.
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Cargo OTOH
is freakin’ Brando. He’s got your tacos, right there.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 12:00 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
No problema.
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
When your favorite player only has one HR in the 9th inning
It’s easy to remember how it unfolded :-)
- Oddly, that Toronto game was in the same week.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 26, 2011 9:50 AM MDT up reply actions
koa announcers
total base ball knowledge wouldn’t fill a thimble….
Jack Corrigan knows baseball.
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a ton.
I remember he came into the restaurant I worked at one night, and every time I went by the table, he was spewing more and more knowledge. Baseball is this guys life.
This.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Does not verbally assaulting the bus driver count?
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
Wrong dude.
That’s the guy he replaced—Jeff Kingery.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 3:08 PM MDT up reply actions
I know
That’s his value – not pulling a Kingery.
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
Yeah, by all accounts Schemmel is an incredibly nice guy
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by Paleface Destro on Jul 26, 2011 3:09 PM MDT up reply actions
I think Schemmel is leaps and bounds above where he was last year.
he’s still on the learning curve as far as I’m concerned.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 3:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Eh screw it
let the dudes play out the season, learn, and we’ll come back next year (only to be undone by horrible injuries)
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Never have been a fan of Tulos plate approach
I mean his stats are good, so I can’t really harp on the guy too much, but I feel they could be better with a better approach to the plate.
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
Sometimes he is patient
and works the count like he should… and sometimes he’s the biggest free swinger I’ve ever watched. It’s frustrating ebcause he’s easily the most talented guy we have.
So is Giambi hurt pretty bad?
Probably can’t trade him now. Or maybe he did it on purpose so we can’t trade him
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we could always waiver trade him?
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It would be tough
I imagine he wouldn’t get past a lot of teams, really hurting our chances of making a trade. It would be best to trade him before the August deadline.
Teams out of playoff contention would claim him? You really think so?
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No,
But the first real contender would probably claim him (White Sox or somewhere along those lines). Considering we only plan to trade him to a team he wants to (in effect, we have given him a virtual no trade clause), only having one team we can trade him to is going to make it very tough (as in, if the White Sox to claim him and he doesn’t want to go, not trade would happen). It’s best to trade him now considering all contending teams are in the running.
This was really funny to me
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Cardinals # 1
Rival executives are convinced that the Cards are looking to swing a trade for Luke Hochevar, which will allow Dave Duncan to move Hochevar’s grip one-eighth of an inch to the left. This will result in a top-three Cy Young finish for Hochevar in 2012.
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The Pirates one absolutely killed me
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that bit about orcs and lord of the rings?
Totally from the podcast.
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 26, 2011 9:14 AM MDT up reply actions
haha found that one funny as well
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 26, 2011 9:16 AM MDT up reply actions
D'Backs signed Bauer
Bauer’s deal includes a $3.4MM bonus, $4.45MM in guaranteed money and the potential for $7MM in earnings, according to Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic
Better hope his arm holds up
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starting him in Hi A Visalia as well
he could move quickly
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And the A's locked up Gray
For near slot, and are sending him to AA. God Damn, we were so close to getting him too.
straight to AA? Wow.
I really hope we sign Anderson soon.
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man, that Blue Jays GM sure is crafty at stealing draft picks
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 26, 2011 9:40 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
maybe we should really tank the rest of the season
so we could get a guy like that
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 26, 2011 9:43 AM MDT up reply actions
we called up Esmil Rogers
and are giving Spilly plenty of at bats.
Aren’t we already tanking?
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We currently have the 10th pick in next year's draft
and only three games out of tied for a top 5 pick
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In fairness, Spilly was thrown off his game last night
That wild pitch cost him an opportunity for a tailor-made GIDP.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 26, 2011 9:49 AM MDT up reply actions
ha!
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 26, 2011 9:51 AM MDT up reply actions
solid point
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 26, 2011 9:53 AM MDT up reply actions
I thought Esmil Rogers was the savior?
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 12:38 PM MDT up reply actions
extra innings?
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 12:40 PM MDT up reply actions
our sins?
specifically, pride in our rotation?
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 12:41 PM MDT up reply actions
but now I covet other player's pitchers :-(
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Rafbet joke in there somewhere . . .
Walk-off wins never get old no matter how many times they happen' - Jeff Francis
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by DAWNMARIE01 on Jul 26, 2011 12:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Bettie Envy
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nice!
Walk-off wins never get old no matter how many times they happen' - Jeff Francis
In mourning for Jorge's ulnar collateral ligament and Charlies left foot.
Still a member of the Jonathan 'Scrappy Doo' Herrera Fan Club - Puppy Power will prevail in the end.
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some more groundballs. Its more democratic. - Crash Davis
by DAWNMARIE01 on Jul 26, 2011 12:53 PM MDT up reply actions
We were supposed to get a different Ninja Turtle
Is there a relief pitcher out there named Donatello?
A Ty WIggington Home Run is a Rockies Death Sentence.
You mean Dongatello?
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
Walk-off wins never get old no matter how many times they happen' - Jeff Francis
In mourning for Jorge's ulnar collateral ligament and Charlies left foot.
Still a member of the Jonathan 'Scrappy Doo' Herrera Fan Club - Puppy Power will prevail in the end.
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some more groundballs. Its more democratic. - Crash Davis
and the way you want to get around this is trading Ubaldo?
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 12:52 PM MDT up reply actions
I also covet competent MLB hitters :-(
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I covet the Red Sox lineup
I stay up late at night photoshopping Rockies jersies on them.
A Ty WIggington Home Run is a Rockies Death Sentence.
you'll get a broken ladder and you'll like it!
Filling up your senses like a night in the forest since 1992.
by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 12:55 PM MDT up reply actions
I also covet teams with top tier prospects :-(
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You're doing a lot of coveting.
Something tells me you haven’t been attending the Church of Tulowitzki at all.
Filling up your senses like a night in the forest since 1992.
by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 12:58 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm confessing at it right now.
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Say 3 Hail Ubaldo's
and light a candle in memory of the 2011 season. This is your penance…
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 1:03 PM MDT up reply actions
We don't have enough
things going up in smoke already?
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 1:09 PM MDT up reply actions
And recite The Toddfather's Prayer...
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 1:36 PM MDT up reply actions
I didn't know Cracker Barrel had a slogan.
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Yeah
You have to say it before every meal.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 2:04 PM MDT up reply actions
depends on the size of the wood
Walk-off wins never get old no matter how many times they happen' - Jeff Francis
In mourning for Jorge's ulnar collateral ligament and Charlies left foot.
Still a member of the Jonathan 'Scrappy Doo' Herrera Fan Club - Puppy Power will prevail in the end.
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some more groundballs. Its more democratic. - Crash Davis
smart ass.
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by Mondogarage on Jul 26, 2011 2:07 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
OK. That just cracked me up.
Walk-off wins never get old no matter how many times they happen' - Jeff Francis
In mourning for Jorge's ulnar collateral ligament and Charlies left foot.
Still a member of the Jonathan 'Scrappy Doo' Herrera Fan Club - Puppy Power will prevail in the end.
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some more groundballs. Its more democratic. - Crash Davis
he was picked just two spots ahead of us
We are already on pace to draft higher than that spot next year
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 26, 2011 9:46 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Yep
10th right now. Too bad the next draft is projected to be fairly average, compared to this years lights out draft.
dang…go figure the years the Broncos and Rocks are horrible the drafts are horrible
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 26, 2011 9:53 AM MDT up reply actions
The Broncos will have a few more chances the next few years
"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
very true
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 26, 2011 10:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Now that I actually look at it
That proposed Reds deal is crap. I really like Mesoraco, but really, he is no better than Rosario. Beyond that, Chapman is a fun player to watch who will light up radar guns, but he isn’t all that useful (he will never start, and will never have control). And Heisey is a 4th outfielder. His value is somewhere in between Spilly and Smith.
There is no way in hell I make that trade. The Yankees idea’s were much better. I’m not a huge fan on Monetro, but I prefer him to everything rumored from the Reds. But, considering this is all retarded non-sense created by sports writers, I shouldn’t get too worked up by it.
oh thats an absolutely horrible deal IMO considering what we were dreaming of with the Yanks
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 26, 2011 9:52 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, I don't even consider that.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 26, 2011 9:53 AM MDT up reply actions
You could drop any one of the 4 players
DO’D asked for from the Yankees from that deal and still beat the Reds offer, hands down…
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 9:56 AM MDT up reply actions
of course
I’m being blasted on mlbtr for calling Chapman a high strikeout, high walk, hold your breath closer. Which, of course, is what he is.
Im sure most people think he is a Cy Young waiting to happen…If we got him I would be very tempted to turn him into a starter
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 26, 2011 10:12 AM MDT up reply actions
I wouldn't
I don’t think he will have the stamina to do so. Really, there isn’t enough of a sample size yet to determine what type of a pitcher he will be. But, they short term has not painted a bright picture of this guy. So far, his value has been really just showing off record breaking heaters.
the thought of his arm falling off after a year also creeped into my head as well. Sells tickets maybe
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 26, 2011 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions
we'd be adding salary if we took back Chapman
Which is why that deal makes no sense.
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by black_knight101 on Jul 26, 2011 10:23 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Tulo
For Cano, CC, Montero, B & B, and PBTL
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Didn't one of the B's get hurt?
Oh, and the PTBNL can be Tulo.
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thats kinda what I was hoping
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 26, 2011 10:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Monday Night Football segment Come on man?
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 26, 2011 1:21 PM MDT up reply actions
that would kinda suck,
CC would opt out of his contract and just go back to NY
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
i dont care if it's tracy's fault or not, i want heads to roll
I am again reminded of the best part of Denver Post UMS all weekend...
….not having the time to get caught up in Rockies disappointment.
Found a few really cool bands I hadn’t heard before, though, too.
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One of my buddies played
several gigs at UMS this weekend.
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Which bands did he/she play in? Wonder if I may have seen them or not...
We played Thursday night, and not only had a fun and decent gig, our band’s growing by two members as a result.
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by Mondogarage on Jul 26, 2011 10:07 AM MDT up reply actions
He played with 6 bands
Chella Negro, The Dendrites, Aenka, Paul Riola and Cellar Door, Panal Sa de Cv, and Tender Glances – He plays jazz trumpet.
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Oh...I didn't see any of them this time...I've seen Aenka before
But I may know who you’re talking about…does he have a big tattoo of a G clef on one upper arm? Because if so, I saw him sit in on a song with Achille Lauro at the Brass Tree Sessions house show on Saturday.
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by Mondogarage on Jul 26, 2011 10:15 AM MDT up reply actions
I used to play jazz trumpet- is he from foco?
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by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 11:59 AM MDT up reply actions
I played at a jazz competition in Greeley my senior year of high school
A week after I broke my left arm in half in A car accident. My last improv solo was also mid-nosebleed. It all sounds strange reflecting on it now.
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Yeah, jazz in Greeley DOES sound strange...
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 12:34 PM MDT up reply actions
This is true
they have an amazing jazz program at UNC. Probably the best in the country.
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Maria said something nice about Greeley?
Stop the presses!
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They have a gorgeous perfomance venue
that I have been lucky enough to play on. Also got to see one of my idols perform live there.
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I thought the flood was in Fort Collins, not Greeley
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by Mondogarage on Jul 26, 2011 12:48 PM MDT up reply actions
I used to play some live jazz when I was young.
I also played rock and soul. I didn’t have enough trumpet skills to do much with the live jazz. I played bass and sang instead.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 12:27 PM MDT up reply actions
No he is from my hometown of Brighton
we went to highschool and some college together.
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Did you see the Generationals?
I really like them, but I didn’t want to buy a ticket for a one-hour set.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 10:25 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, I saw them and they were, frankly, great
Saw them once before at Monolith back in 2008 or 2009, and the two main dudes had a different band behind them. Both excellent shows, but I heard their Larimer show last year was crap. They played a lot off of Con Law, not so much off the new one, iirc.
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by Mondogarage on Jul 26, 2011 10:36 AM MDT up reply actions
Found a few really cool bands I hadn’t heard before, though, too.
Good stuff man.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 26, 2011 12:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh, I always do, I always do.
Actually, no…some years at UMS, I spend way too much time digging on my already local favorites. Of course, I did some of that this year, too…but saw some really impressive bands I hadn’t seen before, like Port Au Prince, Lil’ Slugger, Roommates, The Reckless Nights, The Dont’s and Be Carefuls, and others like Le Divorce, that I’ve hardly ever been able to get to before.
That doesn’t includes the impressive touring acts like Finn Riggins, Generationals, or Pictures of Then.
Of course, enough of my friends had multiple bands of theirs playing UMS that, by Sunday, I was jealous that I only got to play on Thursday night…I wanted more stage, by far.
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by Mondogarage on Jul 26, 2011 12:53 PM MDT up reply actions
There's too much hipster-speak
in this post for me to process.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 1:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Some very non-hipster bands in that group
The Reckless Nights were just plain old badass barroom hero rock and roll. Finn Riggins were, if anything, kinda jazzy and progressive. The rest? I suppose can be part of your hipsterification.
/Muzia’d
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I'm just kidding with you.
I have no idea. I retired from being hip over a decade ago. I started wearing shorts. I stopped wearing patchouli. I got married and had kids.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 1:30 PM MDT up reply actions
FYI: Patchouli was never hip.
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And that's what makes it ur hip.
It will never become popular or sell out.
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wrong.
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You're just not committed enough to the hipster lifestyle
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I prefer to not smell like dirty.
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Patchouli smells like dirt that a hobo did naughty things with.
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You forgot that in the 90s
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by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 1:43 PM MDT up reply actions
I have never been hip.
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and they don't lie.
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Did I really type thug instead to though?
Wow.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 1:46 PM MDT up reply actions
i bet it feels good to be a gangsta
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pimpin' ain't easy, playa hata
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But is it necessary?
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It's hard out here for a pimp
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Damn, it does.
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'cause nothin' is more thug than back to school blues.
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Hey!
Best thing Cleveland ever produced.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 1:53 PM MDT up reply actions
This is a slow RP
Rumor: Ubaldo’s getting traded to Kansas City, Tulo’s going to Seattle, and CarGo’s going to the Mets.
Discuss.
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Football season started.
Didn’t you hear?
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 1:59 PM MDT up reply actions
eh, what's that?
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Thankfully.
No one really searches for the Rockies.
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TEBOWTEBOWTEBOWTEBOW
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clapclap clapclapclap clapclapclapclap
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 2:01 PM MDT up reply actions
Not enough Tebow.
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TIEBOWTIEBOWTIWBOWTIWBOWTIEBOWTIE
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by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 2:02 PM MDT up reply actions
PASTAPASTAPASTAPASTA+
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KC goes on
to win World Series.
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Unless it is coming from a new york news outlet
it isn’t worth discussing.
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I read that in the Columbia student paper.
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Or maybe not.
I could have anagrammed that from the labels on a Columbia jacket.
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New York never flushes when news starts pouring out of its outlet.
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I bet you could find prospects in each of those deals that would make it worth it.
Well maybe not the Mets….
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
This is where
the Mets should be allowed to trade their next four 1st round draft picks.
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Why can't they do that again?
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Bud Selig.
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Ford Frick
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Peter Piper
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"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
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He's a nice guy. Put me in the sleeper hold once
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Gave me some bubblegum.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 2:11 PM MDT up reply actions
I got to ride shotgun in his hot rod.
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Pretty damn close
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 2:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Good thing I'm a Royals fan.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 2:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Didn't you get traded to the Royals a few weeks back?
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Yeah
My alter-avatar is floating around here somewhere.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 2:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Hey now, that's not very nice
She got traded to the ROYALS. She’s suffering enough as it is.
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by Paleface Destro on Jul 26, 2011 2:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Wait, I thought you weren't
rooting for any other team?
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I don't root for the Royals.
I am a pathetic fan who hates everything.
GAH MY TEEAM SUXXXXXX
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 2:04 PM MDT up reply actions
I HOPE WE LOSE FOR HI DRAFTPIX
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 2:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Hosmer, Lamb, Montgomery, Pineda, Hernandez, Smoak, Beltran, Meijja in return?
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Can we get Ackley too?
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Doesn't matter, the organization will just ruin all of them
I MAD
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Jul 26, 2011 2:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Maybe we can trade for some coaches/organizational people too?
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From the Mets/Royals/Mariners?
NO THANKS
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Jul 26, 2011 2:26 PM MDT up reply actions
I think if you look at the list below you will find they have done a better with their high draft picks than the Rockies have lately
I am guess you have gone from mad to sad….
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I think if you look at the team names, you will find they have done a worse job with their major league club than the Rockies have, for more than "lately"
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But now that the Rockies MLB team sucks (in some people's perspective)
and they don’t have any high end prospects (in some people’s perspective) things are bleak at Blake St…
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How about doctors?
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by Paleface Destro on Jul 26, 2011 2:35 PM MDT up reply actions
i'll take alderson, depodesta and ricciardi
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
i dont care if it's tracy's fault or not, i want heads to roll
Starting point:
Mike Moustakas
Eric Hosmer
Danny Duffy
John Lamb
Felix Hernandez
Dustin Ackley
Jose Reyes
Jennry Mejia
Matt Harvey
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 2:14 PM MDT up reply actions
I like the new infield
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You mean
Helton/Ellis/Herrera/Wigginton? :=)
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 2:24 PM MDT up reply actions
I really wish we could get the Rangers to bite on Ubaldo
they have some appealing pieces
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Yep...another day and this team is still sliding into oblivion
Already sick, and this fact isn’t making me feel any better.
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by Paleface Destro on Jul 26, 2011 2:36 PM MDT reply actions
You're right
Trading Orton is going to blow up the team. There’s no way Tebow is ready.
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We're not
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Or are we?
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Rockies = Despair
What’s left? Muzia’s ice dancing?
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there's lacrosse.
/foreshadowing.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 2:41 PM MDT up reply actions
We traded him
for 2 rythmic gymnasts, 1 badminton player and 1 synchronized swimmer…
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 2:43 PM MDT up reply actions
No ribbon dancers?
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those are rhythmic gymnasts....
they also have to bounce a ball and do some tumbling…
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 3:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Just different flavors of suck
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by Paleface Destro on Jul 26, 2011 2:42 PM MDT up reply actions
“I have hit that pitch out before. I took a whack at it and just missed,” Tulowitzki said.
You know what’s most disappointing about that quote? The idea that Tulo thinks he needs to go yard there…….“I have hit that pitch OUT before”.
That approach tells me that Tulo is ignoring the single most important thing he should be thinking about in that situation – DON’T MAKE AN OUT!!!!! In a spot where just a soft single or a walk would have pushed the tying run into scoring position and put the potential winning run on first base with just one out, that MUST be your mindset.
.______________________________________________________________________
Dear Rockies shortstop,
You are Troy Freaking Tulowitzki!!! – You’re good at not making outs. If you think you have to hit a HR there, you are making this so much more difficult than it needs to be. Look at it from the Dodger’s point of view. They are trying to get an out if at all possible – And they have just failed to do it seven out of eight times this inning. The #1 thing you can do as a Rockie to help them achieve that goal is to swing for the fence. Sure you can hit that pitch out, I’ve seen you do it; but it’s a horrible percentage play when you consider what just trying to not make an out would give you in that spot.
I know you like to put a lot pressure on yourself in those situations but you don’t NEED to hit a HR there. The Dodgers on the other hand do NEED to get an out. Next time, please don’t make their job so easy.
Signed,
A concerned but loving Rockie fan.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
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Mountain Man is here.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 2:41 PM MDT reply actions
Get me some chocolate covered raisins
and if they’ve got the pretzel balls, I’ll take 2 bags…
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 2:44 PM MDT up reply actions
alright Mr. Moneybags.
at Mtn man prices, that’ll be like $90.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 2:45 PM MDT up reply actions
I thought you were buying?
never mind, then…
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 2:46 PM MDT up reply actions
just the messenger.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 2:46 PM MDT up reply actions
Mountain Dan?
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Grizzly Adams?
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Jon Heyman just tweeted
#redsox, impressed by josh reddick, are strongly considering ryan spilborghs to be 4th OF. Seem off beltran. #tradedeadline
what is a realistic return for spilly? anything more than a PTBNL type of trade?
A bag of balls and a couple of tankers full of clam chowdah
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by Paleface Destro on Jul 26, 2011 2:48 PM MDT up reply actions
or Pedroia.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 2:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Ah, so we're going from "realistic" to "flights of fancy". :)
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by Paleface Destro on Jul 26, 2011 2:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Maybe they'd throw in a few lobstah?
that would be wicked pissah….
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 2:49 PM MDT up reply actions
And in case anybody is wondering
the lobstah would be to hold us over in case our current glut of LOBsters runs out if we trade Wiggy…
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 2:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Not likely
We’ll still have Tulo.
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A week's worth of Dunkin' Donuts coffee
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by Northsider1964 on Jul 26, 2011 3:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Spilly a Red Sock?
: (
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 2:49 PM MDT up reply actions
boo!
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I will cry. I swear.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 2:54 PM MDT up reply actions
think of it this way:
remember the end of toy story 3, where andy found a new home for the toys that he wasn’t going to use anymore? kind of like that.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
still boo!
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But he didn't give his toys away to the Red Sox.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 3:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Exactly!
Boo!
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Ha, yes.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 3:37 PM MDT up reply actions
The island of misfit toys
would be more appropriate for Spilly.
Showing extreme symptoms of Rocky Mountain Baseball Fever since 1993.
"Master has given Stewie a Sock!!! Stewie. is. FREEEEE!!!!!!!"
by WalkInRight on Jul 26, 2011 3:16 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
not the red sox, that's like playing for whatever your religion's villain is
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
i dont care if it's tracy's fault or not, i want heads to roll
This is just a horrible thought.
On the plus side, he wouldn’t be a Giant.
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"Stop sucking or we'll trade you to Boston!"
That would be an effective motivator if you ask me.
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by Paleface Destro on Jul 26, 2011 3:09 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm sure Spilly would hate
winning a WS.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 3:10 PM MDT up reply actions
I think the sarcasm was a little too subtle
My bad.
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by Paleface Destro on Jul 26, 2011 3:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, I don't like Boston all that much
I’d know I’m going to a good team, though…most players would likely find comfort in that. :)
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by Paleface Destro on Jul 26, 2011 3:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Spill the Bawston Baked Beans
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It would be funny watching Spilly try to do a Bahstun accent.
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Tyler Matzek is pitching right now
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struck out the side in the first
but run scores on a wild pitch
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struck out the side in the first but run scores on a wild pitch /klaw
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by Yokel on Jul 26, 2011 3:25 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
any velocity reports?
Still 92/93?
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by black_knight101 on Jul 26, 2011 3:26 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I'll let you know when I hear it
nothing reported yet
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i started listening. all the fastballs reported were 94
Maybe starting to creep back up?
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by black_knight101 on Jul 26, 2011 3:41 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
could be a confidence thing
feeling happy with his fastball and just throwing it, instead of holding back and aiming
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very true
He sounds like he has a much better mindset, even though there are still control issues
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by black_knight101 on Jul 26, 2011 3:54 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
...and that has made all the difference
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over 9000!!!!
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i dont care if it's tracy's fault or not, i want heads to roll
that's fast.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 4:00 PM MDT up reply actions
ludicrous speed!
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 4:01 PM MDT up reply actions
If he ever learns to locate better
He’s gonna be a beast
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 26, 2011 3:28 PM MDT up reply actions
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 3:30 PM MDT up reply actions
1-2-3 second inning
4 K so far
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run scores on two groundball singles and a wild pitch
5 K though, and no hard contact
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a walk in the first
3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 5 K, 1 BB, 2 WP so far
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He just struck out two more
painting 97 mph fastballs on the outside corner.
4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 7 K, 1 BB, 2 WP
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97?
Ok, now im starting to get excited. 7 K 1 BB is huge too
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by black_knight101 on Jul 26, 2011 4:18 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
My bad. I must have missed a couple walks.
Still listening at work, but sometimes have to focus on…work.
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Sometimes
means about 15 minutes every day.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 4:32 PM MDT up reply actions
another 1-2-3 inning
he’s through 5 innings with 8 K
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I really like seeing "through 5 innings"
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He's done after 5 IP
apparently still on a pitch count. Still, a damn good start by any measure
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yeah that is very promising to see
only 3 walks!!
that's like no walks for a regular pitcher!
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he's now one out away from his longest outing of the season
and has already matched his strikeout high on the season
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and Kyle Parker just murdered a ball over the CF fence
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he now has 6 HR in 20 ab against Greensburo pitching
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"Crushed the Grasshoppers", haha.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 4:45 PM MDT up reply actions
As bad as July has been at the major league level
It has been a very good month down on the farm.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 26, 2011 6:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Jim Tracy, Y U NO START SETH SMITH?!?!
#Rockies Fowler CF Herrera 3B Helton 1B Tulowitzki SS Wigginton LF Ellis 2B Spilborghs RF Iannetta C Chacin P
We Fear NO ONE.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 26, 2011 4:11 PM MDT reply actions
Ugh Kershaw is pitching?
I think I am going to skip the game tonight and go do something else
On the positive side
The Rockies hit Kershaw better than the Dodgers hit Chacin.
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
So...we're gonna have a lot of LOB and lose in extra innings.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 5:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Me neither
But I’m not really sure a good one can be put together with the pieces we currently have
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 26, 2011 6:32 PM MDT up reply actions
but stewart...
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 4:33 PM MDT up reply actions
...is awful?
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Good garden fertelizer, depending on the type.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 4:38 PM MDT up reply actions
2 girls 1 cup
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. . .
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Maybe if we called him "fertilizer"?
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 4:38 PM MDT up reply actions
Only if we can get a great player back
he’s like our position player Alan Johnson…
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 4:47 PM MDT up reply actions
he's better than johnson
johnny’s already got a nickname!
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TOP 5 DRAFT PICK
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Yaaaaaay!
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 4:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Used to select
a safe No. 3 pitcher who is really more of a No. 4/5.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 4:26 PM MDT up reply actions
the rays or blue jays will acquire it somehow, just you watch
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i dont care if it's tracy's fault or not, i want heads to roll
seriously WTF is wrong with him?
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Garry Smith versus Kershaw
You want him to ruin his trade value
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Plus you need to stack that lineup with Righties
Kershaw has struck out over 35% of the lefties he has faced this season
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and only 27% of righties... AAAA roster filler
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Should've started EY Jr
he has 3 hits and walked 4 times in 16 PA versus Kershaw… and hasn’t ever struck out
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Because it might keep somebody
from remaking Kindergarten Cop?
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 4:19 PM MDT up reply actions
KINDERGARTEN COP
IS ONE OF THE ALL TIME CLASSICS
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god what an awful movie.
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how did he get elected govenor?
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T2: Judgement Day
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or Predator
the movie that got two governors elected.
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I think wrestling had more to do with it.
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Batman and Robin?
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jul 26, 2011 4:40 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't think that particular demographic
is quite large enough to get anybody elected…
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 4:43 PM MDT up reply actions
winner.
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Maria was hot back in the day
Then she went on a hunger strike.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 26, 2011 5:30 PM MDT up reply actions
california
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this might be the worst debate ever.
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No chance in hell
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America disagrees:
Twins: $216,614,388
K Cop: $201,957,688
Stats, my friend.
Note that the budget for K Cop was also higher. Market inefficiencies and all that.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 4:41 PM MDT up reply actions
danny devito was the extra 2%, apparently
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Counting stats are lame...
I’m going to need to see those figures in inflation-adjusted dollars, based upon year of release. Ratio of viewers successfully entertained to total paid viewership would also be informative…
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 4:45 PM MDT up reply actions
GASP!
/swoons
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 4:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Because it might keep somebody
from remaking Eraser?
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Eraser >>>>>>>>> Kindergarten Cop
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by Junction Rox on Jul 26, 2011 4:22 PM MDT up reply actions
“Men have a penis and women have a va-gina”
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which would make rafael betancourt a man
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Don't get me wrong
Total Recall is a good movie. I just don’t see the point of remaking it. I just found out about this today. I am disgusted.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 4:21 PM MDT up reply actions
Also 'Footloose'.
Blech!
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Of course, Hollywood now remakes movies within six months of each other.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 4:25 PM MDT up reply actions
all that movie's doing is feeding the school of thought which says natalie portman and mila kunis are the same person
the same really hot person
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i dont care if it's tracy's fault or not, i want heads to roll
when I see movies like this
all I can think of is the last episode of South Park where everything is turds
how would you define "meta"?
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I meta strange lady.
She made me nervous. She took me in and gave me breakfast.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 4:33 PM MDT up reply actions
did you eat the vegamite sandwich?
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by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 4:35 PM MDT up reply actions
That reminds me...we're running low on Vegemite
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by Paleface Destro on Jul 26, 2011 6:21 PM MDT up reply actions
'conan' as well
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Robocop as well
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i already used 'as well'
get a new end of post thing..
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i dont care if it's tracy's fault or not, i want heads to roll
But but Colin Farrell!
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colin farrell?
he’s still a thing?
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Yep.
He’s in the upcoming Fright Night as a vampire.
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huh.
so he’s undead.
for some reason, that doesn’t strike me as odd.
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Colin Farrell is a good actor
I took note of him during Minority Report. He pretty stole every scene from Cruise. I think he’s great. He’s done a lot of nice work in some smaller pictures.
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sort of the perfect role, actually
Although I was actually thinking zombie’s a little more fitting the way his face seems only able to convey one emotion.
How much of his work have you guys seen?
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Miami Vice was kind of a bad remake
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BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Bahhahaha that's funny
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phone booth was weird
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
i dont care if it's tracy's fault or not, i want heads to roll
But he was good in it.
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it doesn't really strike me like he was acting all that much in it
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Well, considering he's Irish
and has a super thick Irish accent, he did a remarkable job playing a New Yorker having a meltdown.
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they'd probably make us take jackson
and DO NOT WANT
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
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and i dont even want the one we have anymore
it’s fun to get new toys, but not when they’re just the old toys with a new name
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
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From Renck,
Esmil Rogers said he wouldn’t cut his hair until the cancer was removed from his dad, Danilo. His dad has colon cancer. Renck says that Esmil cut his hair, so it sounds like everything went ok.
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beltran vetoes trade to the indians
they were even willing to take his salary
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that's an interesting thought
chris perez is not good. he’s so not good, in fact, that he’s arguably the worst reliever on their team, yet somehow remains the closer. street would definitely become their closer if he were dealt, i’m just not sure what they have that we might want
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
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But really, that is higgggggghhhhhhhhhllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyy unlikely.
Kipnis would be a great addition,
yeah, i doubt they give up a first rounder for a year and a half of street
nick weglarz has had an awful year, but outside of 2011 he’s got good numbers. we could probably wrangle cord phelps
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http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/07/indians-willing-to-deal-good-players-take-on-salary.html
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reply fail
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renck tweets rockies sore, likely to go on DL, miss rest of season
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
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I'm pretty sore at the Rockies. can I go on the DL?
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think you can play through it?
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Good point
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Red just traded Johnny Gomes to the Nationals and have promoted Alonso
I’m guessing he will play in LF?
yep, but speculation is that it might just to be to showcase that he can, in fact, play left.
You know, just in case they wanted to trade him for a pitcher or something.
Blue Jays latest team to express serious interest in Ubaldo. Jason Stark tweeted today that Jays ‘really want’ him.
I’d take any three of Lawrie, Drabek, Wojciechowski, Snider and McGwire, I suppose.
"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
I’d be cool with Snider in RF and Lawrie at 3B as soon as tomorrow afternoon, but the Jays don’t have that ace potential guy to get excited about. Drabek was but he’s scuffling this season.
"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
snider has good potential
he’s the jays version of ian stewart
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i'd take hechevarria over lowry
drabek is iffy, they thought enough of him to want him as the centerpiece of the halladay deal…
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
i dont care if it's tracy's fault or not, i want heads to roll
er not over lawrie, over snider
we get lawrie for ubaldo if it’s the jays
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I know it sounds a little crazy
But I keep thinking maybe the Braves get in the Ubaldo mix. In other words, they decide to go all in this year and get the pitcher that takes their rotation from very good to outstanding. And in turn, that provides some relief for a bullpen that’s brilliant but a little overtaxed. They get Ubaldo, a healthy Chipper, Venters and O’Flaherty’s arms don’t fall off, and suddenly the Braves might look like the NL favorite.
Probably a long shot, but the Braves seem like a team that might have the pitching depth to offer O’Dowd an attractive deal.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 26, 2011 5:46 PM MDT up reply actions
or out of nowhere, the BREWERS!!!
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I maintain
that if I had to actually pick a destination I would be ok with (gun to my head, because I don’t want him to go anywhere), it would be Texas. Perez is a top of the rotation lefty who can stick with the club from day one next year. beyond that, getting some combination of Erlin and Profar and some other odds and ends would make a good haul. But to me, Perez is that center piece pitcher that Dan needs to actually pull off a trade.
That, and I actually like Texas.
And, like the Braves
The Rangers are looking to get farther than last year, which for them would mean winning it all. So, they might overpay in order to have a shot at doing that. Likewise the Braves just won a Wild Card and went one-and-done in the playoffs. The prospect of doing that again isn’t really going to get anyone too excited in Atlanta.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 26, 2011 6:04 PM MDT up reply actions
2010 NLDS was extremely close
1-0, 4-5(11), 3-2, 3-2
that was fun baseball to watch.
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Danny Knobler of CBS Sports tweets...
DKnobler DKnobler
If Ubaldo gets traded, team with best chance to get him, according to sources: the Yankees #tradedeadline
No Giambi trade, he's on the DL now
per Troy Renck:
Giambi to dl
and
Tracy said “he’s sore enough today we are going to have to move off to side to let it quiet down” no corresponding move tonight
I got to say though
That the amount of smoke being kicked up by these rumors is quite daunting. Before I would have said no chance in hell Ubaldo gets traded. Now, I’m starting to get worried.
I feel like that's always the case as we get closer to the Deadline
Teams get desperate and are willing to offer more.
Thats true
But at the start I felt like it was just attention starved sports writers looking for a story and embellishing small tidbits of information. Now, it seems like there is more momentum.
It is interesting that at first everybody said no way that they'd give X or Y, and the Rockies were crazy to ask,
but O’Dowd never wavered and now it’s looking more likely he’ll get offered X,Y, Z and the number 12.
i'm not sure about 12, but if we get a chance at W to go with X,Y, and Z i think o'dowd takes it
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It's looking a lot more likely, that's for sure.
I’d say the 50/50 figure somebody said yesterday is closer to the truth than what Renck’s saying at this point.
I feel like that too.
I’ll go ahead and just blurt out a prediction. Ubaldo and Street plus cash traded on Thursday to the Rangers for Perez, Profar, Holland, and Miguel De Los Santos.
Throw in Erlin and a Chacin t-shirt to replace my Ubaldo one and you got a deal.
"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
That may be going over the top
I’d be more than ok with an A- bat, A- arm, a solid young 4th starter, and another B level arm. But, a B+ arm added on would be icing on the cake. Too much to turn down there.
And losing Street in that deal would be a win for us
I don’t know that the bullpen is a huge need for the Rangers as they make a point of pushing their starters really deep into games anyway
Are they?
My bad then — I don’t see why that’s an area of need though
feliz has been awful
a good closer is a must for the postseason, see rivera, mariano
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I wouldn't say awful
But I guess I can’t name any other guys in their pen except for Rhodes and Oliver, who are LOOGYs
his ERA is shiny because of a ridiculously low BABIP and a high LOB%
his mid-4s FIP and xFIP indicate awful, as does his -0.1 WAR
the rangers have been extremely fortunate with their starters, because their pen as a whole is just…. wow.
street and ubaldo go there, and the ALCS is almost guaranteed to be boston/texas
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Interesting stuff.
Thanks for the link; looks like I was completely wrong about their bullpen.
it's tough to think that a team 15 games over .500 that will probably run away with their division could have such a bad pen
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I just think the deal has to be a clear ‘hot-damn’ trade for O’Dowd to pull the trigger. The kind of deal that makes a GM react the way that one former (and current, now) NL West GM reacted after the Jason Jennings deal.
Yeah, that one doesn’t look so great now, but at the time… it was a story relayed to me by somebody who covered the team at the time and spoke frequently for O’Dowd. DOD got a phone call the day of that deal from that GM. A rough transcript follows:
Rival GM: "Dan, this is (Rival GM). YOU (compound word that rhymes with ‘sock-ducker’). (hangs up)
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by Franchise26 on Jul 26, 2011 6:28 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
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I’ll have to go buy a Chacin tshirt too.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 6:26 PM MDT up reply actions
i love derek holland
that actually sounds great
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This trade would break my heart, by the way.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 6:28 PM MDT up reply actions
True.
Technically awesome.
Sentimentally awful.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 6:31 PM MDT up reply actions
It'll hurt, for sure
But if the cards are played right, the future will be very bright.
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by Paleface Destro on Jul 26, 2011 6:34 PM MDT up reply actions
i suppose it would be sad, but
it improves ubaldo’s career by putting him on a contender, with money, and would improve us as well
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Starting pitchers of Ubaldo's quality
don’t come around often in trade deadline moves. Teams are going to make a play for him.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 6:18 PM MDT up reply actions
I would say quality AND cheap control for an extended period of time
I mean there’s always a Cliff Lee or Sabathia but this kind of deal is really unusual.
That's why I think writers/stenographers
who peck out “Yankees are the favorites” are just being lazy. Given the friendly contract, I frankly don’t see how the NYY are best-positioned to get him. They’ve just been repeating that line for so long it becomes routine.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 26, 2011 6:30 PM MDT up reply actions
cashman is probably the most desperate
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This.
They’ll give it up for him when other teams will not.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 26, 2011 6:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Unfortunately though his team has put some ground between themselves and the Rays
He would have been much more desperate if that didn’t happen.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 26, 2011 6:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Angels are actually closer
But still 6.5 back. I just think the factors that often give the Yankees a big edge aren’t present this time, and Ubaldo’s contract levels the playing field in a big way.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 26, 2011 6:56 PM MDT up reply actions
In news that doesn't matter one iota
Phillies are hammering the Giants 6-1 in the 6th
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It made me really sad how little I cared to see that score.
"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
I just found it ironic. Watch the Giants go on a major collapse.
Right when we blow up the team
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We could all fly to PHX for the playoffs
Getting tickets would be a breeze.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 26, 2011 6:32 PM MDT up reply actions
This would be fun- having the place full of Rockies fans.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 6:33 PM MDT up reply actions
But Zito started in Timmy Boy's place
so it would be like half a loss for SF.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 26, 2011 6:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Apparently this was due to a mysterious stomach ailment
My theory is he wasn’t expecting White House security to be quite so thorough, so he had a couple of “snacks” in his pocket that he had to swallow before passing through the checkpoint.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 26, 2011 6:37 PM MDT up reply actions
Maybe he just OD-ed on Doritos
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The 2011 Rockies: More extreme than Colorado's weather
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by Paleface Destro on Jul 26, 2011 6:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh it matters to me
My goal for the rest of this season is for the division to go down the wire between San Fran and Arizona and have the Rockies knock the Giants out of the playoffs on their own field during one of those last three games of the season.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 26, 2011 6:39 PM MDT up reply actions
I keep forgetting we close with three in San Fran. Man, everything about this season lines us up for the Hollywood finish, except for the fact that we’re horseshit.
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by Franchise26 on Jul 26, 2011 6:40 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
If we take the Giant's balloon down with our sinking ship
I won’t consider this season a TOTAL failure.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 26, 2011 6:43 PM MDT up reply actions
especially if we get a king's ransom of prospects
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CC Sabathia has a perfect game thru 5.1 with 11 K's
…and the game’s just been delayed by rain. Wow.
The baseball gods:
Spiteful to all, not just the Rockies.
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by Paleface Destro on Jul 26, 2011 6:35 PM MDT up reply actions
sounds like phil hughes, getting hurt in the 8th of his no-hitter
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alanna says we haven't even made a move to take giambi's spot on the roster
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Wow, I guess we really don't care anymore
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so now that the team has more or less given up, they can start winning again, right?
guys?
….guys?
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You'd think they have nothing else to lose
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But we want a top 5 draft pick.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 26, 2011 6:51 PM MDT up reply actions
that was just a clip from 'angels in the outfield'
it didn’t really happen
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Jake Taylor Jim Tracy: Well, I guess there’s only one thing left to do now.
Roger Dorn Ian Stewart: What’s that?
Taylor Tracy: … shit, I was hoping one of you knew.
"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 Jul 26, 2011 6:54 PM MDT up reply actions 3 recs
I'm gonna rec this for awesomeness and truth
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In the Rockies' version
Eliezer Alfonzo comes to the plate with Dexter Fowler on second, and strikes out. It was Sunday after all, and Jake Taylor needed a day.
And don’t even get me started on why Jake Taylor didn’t PH for him – it’s the catcher for god’s sake!!!
by Northsider1964 on Jul 26, 2011 7:01 PM MDT up reply actions
No, the Duke picks Fowler off at first.
Or Clu Heywood hits a Huston Street slider 500 miles to blow the game open.
Lot of ways you could go, here. God I hate this season.
"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
Green
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by Paleface Destro on Jul 26, 2011 7:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Hasn't been noted yet.
The Reds got some prospects for Jonny Gomes, perhaps auguring a bigger trade.
Don't think it's for-sadowing a bigger move
Considering the best player by far involved was the guy they called up to replace Gomes.
jayson werth?
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/werthlessjoke
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