Wednesday Rockpile: I'm Calling It -- This Series is Colorado's 2011 Low Point
by Jeff Aberle on Jul 6, 2011 7:01 AM MDT
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Okay, I'll admit that watching the Rockies is pretty depressing right now. I mean, both Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki are hobbled, the team is four games below.500 and 6.5 back in the division, and everywhere you look the Giants are finding new ways to win in ridiculous fashion. It's not a pretty situation at all.
I mean, I'm one of this team's biggest cheerleaders, but they have rewarded my belief in their talent with 11 straight losses on my game wraps. Okay, so it's not exactly Job-ian suffering I'm going through, but the fact remains that this team has underperformed lofty expectations so far...again.
So why am I declaring that this point (of all points) is the nadir of the Rockies' 2011 season? As in, the Rockies will turn everything around starting now-ish (by Friday). There are several reasons for this, very few (if any) of them rooted in logic. First and foremost, in my experience I have found that optimists have more fun than realists. As someone that considers himself a realist, it's good to be optimistic about something. I'm also something of a numbers guy so I'll change tacks and de-emphasize that part of it. The gist is that I'm doing my best to be optimistic despite some pretty depressing signs lately. The comeback starts now!
Secondly, while a few things have gone right for Colorado so far (Seth Smith, Jhoulys Chacin, and Todd Helton come to mind), a lot more things haven't (pick a failed 2B, 3B, OF or injured pitcher). Despite all that has gone wrong, Colorado's run differential is hovering around 0. I am a big believer in talent and with Colorado's complement of superstar talent (and even their supplementary above-average talent) it's hard for me to conceive of a scenario in which this team doesn't put together another monster 20 game stretch to get back in the hunt.
Third, Colorado's divisional opposition is hardly inspiring. The Giants' hitters struggle against all pitchers who propel the ball in a forward motion toward home plate while the Diamondbacks are playing well above expectations -- and while expectations aren't everything, there is a reason that the D-Backs were cellar dwellers in 2010 and were picked to repeat in 2011. As a result, the barrier to the playoffs is likely closer to 85 wins than 90.
Fourth, I expect the Rockies to explode out of the gate after the All-Star Break. They've got an eight game homestand followed by a nine game road divisional swing (everyone but the Giants). Over those 17 games, I expect at least an 11-6 record. By the end of this stretch the divisional deficit will be at least halved. Part of this confidence is derived from the fact that I will attend at least two of those home games, and Colorado is undefeated in games I attend this year. Part of it is a combination of health, confidence, and banking on a collapse by Arizona, LA, and San Diego.
Remember, this is a Jeff Aberle guarantee -- they have been accurate before (just not lately), but are not accepted by any FDIC accredited institutions.
Yesterday's Rockpile turned into a pretty negative place. In these Rockpile comments, I'd like to see your own justifications as to why the Rockies are primed for a turnaround. Logic is optional, but appreciated.
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Jason Giambi is all about the Vote For Todd movement. Todd Helton is currently running third in the Final Vote standings, which is about what I expected, given that Victorino has Shaq on his side. Nonetheless, none of you shall have your supper until you vote at least 30 times for the Toddfather. It's easy -- vote now!
Tulowitzki isn't going to be rushing his injury comeback...which means we can expect him starting by Friday and hitting the game-winning HR in the All-Star game next week.
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by nodakroxfan on Jul 6, 2011 8:07 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Umm...
In these Rockpile comments, I’d like to see your own justifications as to why the Rockies are primed for a turnaround.
Does this mean I’m not allowed to post today? I guess it’s okay. I have a lot of meetings.
You can post -- I just think that there was going to be a lot of the same "we're doomed" or "this team isn't very good" posting today.
I can certainly see why people post that. Often, it’s constructive and leads to good discussion. I’d just like for it to be done tastefully if possible.
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Now you want tasteful, too? Sheesh!
I’m not negative on the team. I just don’t see how the existing issues get solved quickly enough to make a run. I would be pleasantly surprised if they do make a run.
In general, I still like the team, its players, and its general direction. I’d like to see the coaching staff changed, but not until the end of the season.
I also love baseball, whether my team is winning or losing. This has served me well as I grew up a Pirates fan. I haven’t seen them win since I hit puberty.
It's tough for me to see it too, but I'm doing the best I can to be hopeful. After all, it doesn't do much good to fret from where I'm sitting.
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tastefulness and optomism?
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by AbsenteeRoxFAn on Jul 6, 2011 8:37 AM MDT up reply actions
Dear Troy,
I love ya, I really do, but I don’t want you playing in the AS game with this recent injury. Please stay off the field and get your additional rest for this thing. We need you more in the second half, mmkay?
-Sincerely,
Rockies fans.
We Fear NO ONE.
Because We Know: WE ARE THE ROCKIES.
by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 7:13 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
If he's not full-speed for the Nationals series
He definitely shouldn’t play in the All-Star game. I know it would stink to miss two AS games in a row with injury, but sitting out for a week and then playing would not be right. I’m guessing that’s Tulo’s feeling as well.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 6, 2011 7:56 AM MDT up reply actions
Missing back-to-back all star games...
Wonder where the national media gets the idea that Tulo is “injury-plagued”?
"Your classless organization in your unholy city accused our Team of an unspeakable act. It was baseless, the Giants are classless, and I have no sympathy for your eternal damnation."
Yep, Tulo has a ways to go before he hits Jeter status.
My autocorrect knew " Jeter". How sad is that?
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 6, 2011 10:42 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I want to punch your
autocorrect in the face.
True story – my autocorrect doesn’t like the word autocorrect…
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Turnaround? Yeah, sure. I don’t think this is a sub-.500 team, talent-wise. They’ll play better.
Magic carpet ride to an NL West title? Not happening. This just isn’t a championship-caliber baseball team. I’ve felt that way since de la Rosa went down.
"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
Well, I don't think they'll have to be much more than a .500 team to win the West this year.
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I'll wait until September before I start chanting the
“There’s always next year” mantra.
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A good point.
The Giants Pythagorean Wins have them at 44-43, even though their record is 48-39. Last year, they won 92, but their Pythagorean Wins were at 95. There’s definite potential for a drop off.
The complication is the Diamondbacks. Trying to beat two teams to the top is three times harder than just beating one team. Arizona’s PW are at 45-42. That’s a couple games better than the Giants.
For the record, the Rockies PW is 43-43, That 2.5 back of the PW Diamondbacks.
Any chance MLB will change standings depending on PW
anytime soon? Cuz I could go for that
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 8:21 AM MDT up reply actions
no one in the division has a strength-of-schedule higher than -0.1
the division is theoretically wide open, but the smoke and mirrors routine is working for the giants, and it’ll probably continue, whether we like it or not, and whether it should or not
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
maybe firing tracy isn't the answer, but something's just not clicking out there
Huh?
Even at your conservative estimate, they need to be about 15 over the rest of the way. For my money I think it’s more like 23 or 24 (to finish with 90 or 91 wins). Not being mr doom and saying it won’t happen but saying “not much more than .500 the rest of the way” doesn’t tell an accurate story.
Wait, what's his real name? We should make a joke out of that.
by BrandonHawpe on Jul 6, 2011 10:11 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
3 important componets are key to our turnaround.
1. Tulo
2. Cargo
3. Ubaldo
Tulo needs to get rid of his injury. Cargo needs to get back. Ubaldo is starting to come around. Patience needs to be displayed at the plate, all they have to do is watch Todd. Remember just last week in that 12 pitch at bat by Tulo that yielded that big homerun? If the pitcher gets into a battle like that, he will eventually leave a ball that will get tatered on. He will throw it down the middle. He gets pissed and aggrevated and says fine. Hit it or get out. These 1 pitch outs are ridiculous, it just gives less time for the pitcher to settle down in the dugout. Give them a break, take some pitches, get a good quality at bat and that should lead to more hits and runs. Ellis has been a great pickup so far. I hope he continues doing what he is doing. There are many things that this team needs to get going on. I would say that we do need a LHP. It will be tough to get a power name without dumping the farm. Maybe just maybe, and I know I will hear it on this, its time to bring Friedrich up. They did it with Nicasio, who has seen some success, and he is getting better everytime. LIke I have said before, you bring up a guy who isn’t quite ready to the majors and he will figure it out its the big time and he will progress further faster. We have the bats to it, we all know this, but the rotation is what is iffy. Hammel and Cook are struggling, Chacin has a couple of bad outings in the last 2. It just seems to me that Nicasio is the steadier hand in all this right now. Stats may show different, that’s fine, but he has held his composure and fought threw it. I have faith, some of us don’t right now, there is still virtually half a season to go. I’m going to be like the Rockies should be at the plate. PATIENT.
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.
Maybe, but..
The problem isn’t just the Big three names. The word “talent” keeps coming up. The honest answer is that the Rockies have 1 Big star in Tulo, a couple of small stars in Cargo and Ubaldo. Chacin has shown that he can be a future small star. Everyone else is middling talent that you find on the free agent market every year.
The approach this off season will have to change. The past has made the Rockies shy about throwing free agent money after big names. The same could be said for the Brewers, who have mortgaged their future to win this year. The Rockies need a big time bat and a big time pitcher.
Waiting for talent to come up isn’t working, it takes a more balanced approach. The Rockies need to get involved in discussions for some of the premeire talent out there. This build from within process is flawed, the Rox minor league system is depleted through failure at the mlb level. The good teams take risks with their minors. A semi-reasonable person knew that EY2 had great value on the market as a trade chip, but would never have the defensive skills for 2b…
I think the FO has to re-think its philosophy of thinking that have two average players at a position somehow makes that a stand-out position. Depth does not multiply talent, and that depth has been nothing but a let down. Time for a philosophical change.
Be honest, the talent is not what anyone thought it was. Defensively…average. Offensively… average to below average. Pitching…average.
the pitching is much better than average
Especially if “true talent” staff includes de la Rosa
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 6, 2011 8:33 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Q?
Better than the Phillies?
Better than the Braves?
Better than the Brewers?
Better than the Giants?
Better than the Cardinals?
With him, they are at best 6…upper middle = average. The Marlins with JJ and Reds might have something to say about that 6 spot as well. How is that not average. Average for Colorado is great for pitching. That’s not the big problem.
I know pessimism won't be swayed
But seriously:
Ubaldo when he’s right.
Chacin with a “Greg Maddux” ceiling that’s not a stretch.
JDLR when he’s healthy.
Nicasio with some seasoning.
I take those four against any playoff rotation in the league.
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by Yokel on Jul 6, 2011 9:58 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
didn't greg maddux have excellent control?
and it’s always pretty easy to argue that a best case scenario would go well. Sure, I think if everything goes perfectly this team would be very good, but everything doesn’t go perfectly (for us or for any team) in baseball.
by AbsenteeRoxFAn on Jul 6, 2011 10:18 AM MDT up reply actions
First of all,
I agree that you can’t say “Greg Maddox ceiling without a stretch” without being full of it, because becoming a top five pitcher ever will always be a stretch, if you can’t say it about Roy Halladay, you certainly can’t say it about Chacin, but at any rate at the same ages, they actually aren’t that far off from each other. Chacin’s BB rate will be higher due to pitching in Coors Field and the style that the Rockies adopt. Chacin can be very special pitcher, let’s just put it that way.
"Without a stretch" was a poor choice of words
What I meant was “Without being out of your mind or making stuff up.” It’s not unrealistic.
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
I think the concept you are looking for
is “not impossible.” It is wildly unrealistic to think that Chacin will every be anywhere close to as good as Maddux. But, to be fair, its not literally impossible.
Did you just say Chacin
has a realistic Maddux comp? I know today is optimism day, but come on. Chacin is pretty good now, he might be really good some day. Let’s not go crazy.
i dont think you realize just how good greg maddux was if you think chacin has him as a ceiling
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maybe firing tracy isn't the answer, but something's just not clicking out there
rockies pitching stats and ranks
K/BB: 2.06, 22nd
WHIP: 1.35, 23rd
ERA-: 100, 15th
FIP-: 99, 13th
xFIP-: 101, 17th
ERA: 4.14, 22nd
FIP: 4.08, 23rd
xFIP: 3.82, 13th
tERA: 4.80, 27th
we’re only above average in 2 categories
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maybe firing tracy isn't the answer, but something's just not clicking out there
I say bring up Friedrich for one start
Just before the All-Star break, give him one start, just to get his feet wet.
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Would that create a 40 man roster issue?
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
He’s not unready.
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Friedrich > Ethelred
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by Yokel on Jul 6, 2011 10:21 AM MDT up reply actions 7 recs
I don’t think I can rec this hard enough. Someone else help.
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Doube green now...
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by Junction Rox on Jul 6, 2011 11:05 AM MDT up reply actions
Double, too...
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by Junction Rox on Jul 6, 2011 11:05 AM MDT up reply actions
OT: The Off Topic link points to the Tulowitzki article.
A Ty WIggington Home Run is a Rockies Death Sentence.
Right.
We’re supposed to be filling the Denver Post board with comments about Casey Anthony and Torchwood.
I think he should link it to the Helton voting
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Did he use a gator as a cannon?
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I clicked on that link expecting it to be a VoteHelton link!
Still I managed to submit another 10 votes while listening to it :)
by Britbronco22 on Jul 6, 2011 12:13 PM MDT up reply actions
We're gonna be just fine.
Also, the OT link take us to the Tulo article. Was that intentional?
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but....
there is nothing suggesting this team is primed for a turn around. Other than some minor moving parts, this is virtually the same team that finished 83-79 last year. They have shown a minor flash coming out of Spring Training this year but other than that there is nothing to suggest that the Rockies are primed for a turn around. I guess one thing that would suggest that the Rockies are primed for a turn around is that it really can’t get much worse. With Hammel, Cook, and Nicasio in our rotation and minus a Stellar Ubbaldo and De La Rosa I just think we are a worse team than we were last year.
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My concern is that the excellent pitching earlier in the season is evaporating.
Ubaldo – still hasn’t quite got it. Chacin – 2 rubbish starts in a row, not panicking but worrying. Hammel – consistently vulnerable. Cook – unlikely to provide above average pitching for a while. Nicasio – great when he’s on but we can’t rely on it. Mortensen – whatever he had, he’s lost. JDLR – ;_;
No games leap out as easy wins when your pitchers aren’t delivering, and treading water is probably the best we can hope for right now.
Talk about the Phillies being slump proof because of their rotation
Right now we don’t have a pitcher that we can depend on to make a slump come to a screeeching hault. Chacin has been that way and had the stuff earlier this year, but has struggled with command lately.
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 8:18 AM MDT up reply actions
A turnaround requires consistently good starting pitching
There’s no other way to do it.
Getting that will require Nicasio improving with experience, Cook rediscovering how to be vintage Cook, and Hammel rediscovering how to be early-season Hammel. Each of those is possible, but all 3 happening is unlikely. And there’s no margin for error: there are no SP’s in AA or AAA ready for a major league role, with the possible exception of Friedrich — but I’m not that impressed with his AA-level performance.
I think Ubaldo (who’s looking better ) and Chacin (who’s throwing fine except for his control issues) will do OK, but those other 3 have to come through for the team to get anywhere.
2011 Rockies -- what the hell?
Absolutely true
The fill-ins and spot starters did a good job for the most part, but that took its toll on the bullpen. So many missed opportunities in May when the pitching kept the team in a game, but they couldn’t push across any late runs. Stick 4 or 5 of those in the Win column, and this road trip wouldn’t look as if there’s a cliff at the end of it.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 6, 2011 8:23 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Kicked an anchor on the river this weekend and my foot feels better today.. Rockies fell on their faces they’ll play better today.. seems logical enough
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by nodakroxfan on Jul 6, 2011 8:12 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
dang anchors just pop up out of nowhere
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 8:19 AM MDT up reply actions
Haha
Yep water was knee deep on the sandbar and didn’t see it.. sure a little bit of drinking was involved but the damn thing still jumped out and got me
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by nodakroxfan on Jul 6, 2011 8:21 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
have to say it…that could not have felt good. Even with some liquid pain killer at the time
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 8:24 AM MDT up reply actions
The pain was far worse after the liquid pain killer had worn off in the morning
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by nodakroxfan on Jul 6, 2011 8:39 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
It's always good to know where those anchors are
that’s why Tracy has been so dedicated to keeping them in the #2 spot in the order. So you know where to look out for them….
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Last night's anchor got two hits and a walk.
"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
Silly me, what was I thinking?
I guess the 2 hole has actually been raking all season.
I’ll take a lap…
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Hahah...I think I pissed off AMart when I called it yesterday
/just having fun with it
/knows Johnny’s inadequate over a season
/but he always steps up when everyone complains when he gets a start
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I wouldn’t say “always”, considering we always complain when he starts and he’s sucked for awhile now.
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"considering we always complain"
Oh yeah, I forgot
/purplerow’d
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Crap. Aberle just guaranteed this is the low point of the season.
We’re definitely getting swept.
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I'm guessing swept for the road trip now.
I’ll try and un-jinx us by guaranteeing that the Diamondbacks and Giants will be 10 games ahead of us by the ASB tomorrow, but I’m guessing the jinx gods will see through my ploy.
when exactly is the before?
Remember, this is a Jeff Aberle guarantee — they have been accurate before
2009 comes to mind. Several times, actually
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 12:56 PM MDT up reply actions
If we get swept and the Gints lose their next two games, and AZ one of the next two games
Then we’ll be in exactly the same spot we were in (6.5 GB) as we were the last several days.
"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
Pretty much have been...and treading water when behind is certainly not a good thing
But really, we won’t be in appreciably more trouble than we are in now.
"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 we get swept, and the Giants win both their games, we're 8.5 GB.
Which is just as likely.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 1:21 PM MDT up reply actions
We dug these holes we've crawled into
now they’re my home
A Ty WIggington Home Run is a Rockies Death Sentence.
Now here I can not feel the wind
Can’t feel the rain or cold
And I believe in Rockies harmony
Oh how I loathe this mediocrity
Is this the way this seasons got to be?
Will the Rox have an opportunity?
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I might be the only one
but it was good to see Stew in the lineup last night. Although Stew has always left me wanting more/feeling like I only got to see half of the show, I didn’t think he did soooo bad. He did get a walk and a run but also struck out looking silly and had a weak comebacker. My worry is that he will press so hard to prove himself over these couple of days that he won’t let the game come to him. What was everybody elses thoughts on Stew last night?
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Stew
He won’t press because he doesn’t listen. The uncoachable label will be his legacy.
Uncoachable?
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 8:38 AM MDT up reply actions
Big knock on him
its not just a Rockies secret situation either. There’s a fine line between swagger and misguided overconfidence and he crossed it a long time ago.
Have you evidence to support this idea?
I mean if a guy is uncoachable wouldn’t he have been released a long time ago?
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conversation
I got to hear a conversation last year I shouldn’t have…that’s why his leash is so short. They keep trying to get his attention.
Conversation with whom?
Do you work for or with the Rockies or another organization?
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No
Just an everyday guy who accidentally stumbled into a group of scouts hanging around the Rockies right before the trade deadline last year when it was being discussed if the Rox were buyers or sellers.
There have been a few statements by tracy and others to suggest its a problem.
I see.
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No reason
Yep, there’s no reason to believe me. Can’t prove it, don’t carry around a tape recorder. I’d probably have the same response.
Oh I'm not saying no reason - I don't know you to not trust you
I’m just saying that without corroborating evidence it deserves quite an eyebrow raise, is all.
No big
This is an open forum, not here to gain trust; just here to discuss a team of underachievers.
It's not the first time we've heard it on this blog either.
Score a goal. Unit. Basket. Go squadron! Do good! Defeat the opponents soundly in this...skirmish.
Didnt' the minor league manager
just make a comment to this effect last month? Following all PHLP’s stuff, how this can be surprising to anyone is the real shocker.
yep
There’s a Fanshot with the link
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by black_knight101 on Jul 6, 2011 10:45 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Here's what I don't understand
If all of these comments about Ian are true, why hasn’t DOD let him go?
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DOD doesn't let anybody go.
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Huh?
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He's never gonna give him up.
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Never gonna run around or desert him...
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by Junction Rox on Jul 6, 2011 11:32 AM MDT up reply actions
Never gonna make him cry.
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Never gonna trade you out
Never gonna DFA
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Because if could ever put it together
he probably has the skills to be a very good player. Hard to give up on that kind of potential, especially if you invested a #1 draft pick…
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by Junction Rox on Jul 6, 2011 11:18 AM MDT up reply actions
But how long do you wait?
Also, if he’s that uncoachable wouldn’t that be a problem in the clubhouse?
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Not necessarily
You can be uncoachable from an “inability to actually learn” standpoint, but still be a really good teammate and nice guy.
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Aside from the lack of system depth?
He’s still really talented.
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Yeah
no reason at all to let him go for nothing, there’s a difference between being uncoachable/lazy/underachiever and being a real cancer.
Even though we deride Stewart around here, he’s been a league average bat at 3B.
Not his potential, but not black hole either.
(Of course, this season is a different story…)
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exactly...
Not just PHLP, but from his minor league days and before. The label has been with him a long long time. I think part of it’s actually his family, they defend him and prop him up and seem to have convinced him that he’s better than he really is. One of them sometimes posts here, but hasn’t much this season.
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rec'd so hard I fell out of my chair.
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I just called out his family.
It’s not uncommon for star prospects to have stage parents or other family members that become less helpful the more the player develops. My impression is that Stewart’s fall into this category. Some prospect family members read and post and defend their kids to the end of the earth, which is fine, but most seem to also have an idea of their limitations and that the minor leagues are an opportunity for growth. Some don’t.
not well enough to call them out.
I know just those that post here and their posts. The rest is based on hearsay, from sources that I personally deem reliable, but I’m just a baseball blogger and bound to be reckless with stuff like this. So you know where it’s coming from.
Okay Rox Girl
I was just trying to find out your information. I never inferred you were being reckless with stuff like this. If you took it that way I am sorry , it was not my intent . It seemed as harsh to me to bring in a players family, that’s why I asked about you knowing them. I feel I have insulted you and I am sorry.
Just as an example, note the last comment on this FanGraphs article
I’m pretty sure this is likely a family member that’s posted here as well. In it we learn that all of the trouble with Ian is the organization’s fault, that when he gets to another organization he’ll be an All-Star (note that he doesn’t say “World Series” team leader, or otherwise emphasize what Stewart brings to a team) that the Rockies are bad-mouthing Ian, that they should have just sucked it up and let him play through his slump and taken the losses to help Ian achieve all this, etc..,
interesting article
funny that they bang on Tracy and DOD for trying to ruin Stewart…without identifying any possible motive for doing so. You see that theme around here sometimes too. Tracy and DOD make tons of mistakes, but its beyond the pale to suggest that either is actively trying to ruin assets.
SoCal and all
maybe they socialize with the Forciers or the Marinovich family.
It's hardly unreasonable that a family would want to defend their own
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no, and like I say, we have that on occasion
For some really obscure prospects, too, sometimes, but there’s defending your own and there’s propping them and their egos to the point of hubris, and Ian’s supporters seemed to fall into the latter camp.
so far, Balcom-Miller’s dad has yet to be wrong…
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a 5.51 ERA in AA suggests the time might be coming soon.
I thought his dad felt he could be there with the Rockies already.
Yeah, I just looked up his most recent starts. He’s not shining nearly as bright the past month or so.
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I wasn't saying anything one way or the other.
Just sayin that I see what he is saying. Not saying whether I believe him or not. He said what he heard so with that being said I said, I see. You see?
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The other
It was the post after yours, not really yours that brought the I see to issue.
Coachability at the major league level is never an issue until you don’t produce; especially when you can hit a ball as hard as Ian Stewart.
I really didn’t think I was starting a firestorm, sorry I ever said anything.
You didn't start a firestorm
I was just trying to understand where you were coming from and why you were saying what you were saying.
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Ian’s always been a center of controversy around here. There’s a reason that ATF’s opus this offseason was a 3 part piece on Stewart.
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I'm not saying its not true
But is there any public substance to this or is this a fueled blog rumor? Because I have seen evidence of it on other blogs, but not much in terms of the papers or anything else?
Uncoachable and reaching his peak and hard to coach to get better because he has reached his ceiling are a big difference.
It seems he has worked hard to change his swing through his struggles over the last year or so.
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 8:45 AM MDT up reply actions
Stewart, EY2, Dex
I wonder what we could have gotten for them 3 years ago?
Even 2 years ago
I think we could have gotten a pretty darn good player
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 8:49 AM MDT up reply actions
then
we probably could have gotten Rickie Weeks
and a PBTL
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 8:56 AM MDT up reply actions
yes, but hindsight is 20/20
We also could have gotten a good player for Tulo when he was a prospect. But then we wouldn’t have Tulo.
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by black_knight101 on Jul 6, 2011 10:15 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
yes and no
I never thought EY@ could play 2b, and most had reservations, but we were too enamored with his possibilities…there was a market there.
Hindsight is perfect, but the right risks are needed. The “small market” we have to do it all from within and only sign lower tier free agents is bogus.
Maybe that's true
Perhaps he has worked hard this year to change, I hope so. His extremely short leash though leaves me questioning.
My mom was happy.
She asked when he got called up: “Huh? Why do you say we’re doomed?”.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 10:38 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Also, Mark Ellis continues to Rake
great acquisition so far.
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bWAR has him at 0.7, all alone for sixth on the team. 0.5 WAR behind Cargo.
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And thats in what 25 plate appearances?
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 8:41 AM MDT up reply actions
We only have 10 players producing any positive WAR
and two of those are at .1
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 8:48 AM MDT up reply actions
D’Backs have 14
Giants have 16, but many are producing very low amounts
Padres have 10
Braves have 13
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 8:55 AM MDT up reply actions
Tracy finally addressed something in the postgame
That I had never heard him bring up before. He said the starting pitchers need to stop “giving back the count” – and it’s about time. This is not to say that you groove one down the middle 0-2, but time after time our guys throw two waste pitches so far outside the zone that nobody – not even Derek Lowe – is going to chase them. So next thing you know it’s 2-2, and you’ve lost your advantage. Then it’s 3-2, it’s advantage hitter, and you’re on your way to a triple-digit pitch count by the 5th inning.
You have to trust your stuff and make good pitches when you’re ahead in the count. Veteran MLB hitters are not going to chase crap that’s two feet out of the strike zone. This is not the only reason our starters aren’t getting deeper into games, but it’s near the top of the list.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 6, 2011 8:38 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
I could agree with that very much so. Just finish guys off. Or is it the lack of an out pitch or the confidence to throw an out pitch?
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 8:42 AM MDT up reply actions
But whatever out pitch you have
Is going to be better on 1-2 than it will be on 3-2.
Even that “mistake” that Chacin threw to Lowe would probably have gotten him out earlier in the count, because he was looking for something low and away. But at 2-2, he’s sitting on a fastball.
Betancourt is the one guy on this staff who would always go right after the hitter on 0-2 and 1-2 counts. But now that he’s struggling, we have a house full of nibblers.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 6, 2011 8:48 AM MDT up reply actions
Definately agree…Lowe would go right after our hitters last night with his deceptive slider to RH bats when he got up on the count. Chacin would throw a line out there for 3 pitches and see if he got any bites and then try to come back on the 4th. Just go for the juggular and if you give up a hit so be it.
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 8:50 AM MDT up reply actions
This.
I can’t count how many times that I have seen our starter get an 0-2 count and think “Great, this will end up in a walk or a bloop single”.
A Ty WIggington Home Run is a Rockies Death Sentence.
"Veteran MLB hitters are not going to chase crap that’s two feet out of the strike zone."
The ones that will are all behind you.
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
We wont have a chance until our lineup looks like this for more than two days in a row.
Cargo
Ellis
Helton
Tulo
Smith
WIggy
Iannetta
Blackmon
Keep sippin' the Rockohol
by Jamie Hollowell on Jul 6, 2011 8:42 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
...we're doomed
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
maybe firing tracy isn't the answer, but something's just not clicking out there
Wanna get back in it?
Here’s what it needs to be:
Cargo
Ellis
Beltran
Tulo
Helton
Wiggy
Smith
Ianetta
BELTRAN?
is he from Transformers 3?
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 8:55 AM MDT up reply actions
That would be BelTRON
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And Cargo is the head
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by Jamie Hollowell on Jul 6, 2011 8:56 AM MDT up reply actions
ohh i would <3 voltron hitting at coors
but if people think wandy is too expensive, there’s no way mr postseason is
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Here is mine
Cargo
Ellis
Helton
Tulo
Longoria
Smith
McCutchen
Ianetta
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put McCutch up top somewhere
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and Ellis 3rd
Keep sippin' the Rockohol
by Jamie Hollowell on Jul 6, 2011 8:58 AM MDT up reply actions
We somehow acquired Longoria and Cutch
but Ellis is still our 2B?
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by Greg Stanwood on Jul 6, 2011 11:58 AM MDT up reply actions
Would we even have a AA or AAA team left?
Plus you have to put Tulo or Longoria 3rd
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 9:01 AM MDT up reply actions
Leave Tulo in the 4 spot
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Look I love Helton
but can’t have Longoria AND Tulo hitting after him. So therefore you split the Righties up and place on at 3rd and one at 5th
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 9:04 AM MDT up reply actions
so who bat 4th. Cargo or Helton?
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I would say
McCutchen
Ellis
Tulo
Cargo
Longoria
Helton
Smith
Ianetta
or you go
McCutchen
Cargo
Tulo
Helton
longoria
Smith
Ellis
Ianetta
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 9:49 AM MDT up reply actions
Henderson
Morgan
Gehrig
Ruth
Mays
Schmidt
Bench
Wagner
CHAMPIONSHIP. Make it happen, Dan O’Clown!
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by Franchise26 on Jul 6, 2011 8:59 AM MDT reply actions 2 recs
where is Hammerin Hank?
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Wagner
you can’t bat him 9th and switch out Henderson for Cobb.
Rickey Henderson was the greatest leadoff hitter of all time. I’m trying to fill a hole, here.
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Cobb
Leading off with a .400 hitter who steals bases and hurts the other team sliding makes for a pretty good lead off guy.
“They send one of yours to the hosptial…send one of their to the morgue”
ty cobb wasnt a leadoff hitter
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didn't Schmidt play 3rd? If so, take him out and replace him with George Brett
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see the fangraphs article about a-rod passing schmidt on the all-time WAR rankings
schmidt is the best 3B of all time, and it’s not really as close as you might think
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maybe firing tracy isn't the answer, but something's just not clicking out there
Also, pitching staff:
Old Hoss Radbourne
…
…
That’s all I need, pantywaists. Complete games every day. If Radbourne’s too drunk to pitch, we’ll run George Herman out there.
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by Franchise26 on Jul 6, 2011 9:04 AM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
George?
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Ted Williams?
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 9:13 AM MDT up reply actions
Williams declined
Tracy couldn’t sell him on platooning.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 6, 2011 10:07 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
If he wanted to play, I guess
but honestly, I’m not sure where his head is at these days…
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by Junction Rox on Jul 6, 2011 11:07 AM MDT up reply actions 4 recs
/groan
Showing extreme symptoms of Rocky Mountain Baseball Fever since 1993.
"Master has given Stewie a Sock!!! Stewie. is. FREEEEE!!!!!!!"
Beltran is realistic
Beltran can still play some left field and he is that RBI guy the team needs. Trade for him now sign him for a 3 year deal in the off season. If he doesn’t work out, pawn him off on the Yankees later.
3-year deal?
Are you high? I know its not shark week. But he is 34 and extremely injury prone
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 9:03 AM MDT up reply actions
THIS
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We already have Beltran, only his name is Cargo
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I guess it could never hurt to have a couple
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 9:06 AM MDT up reply actions
and the point...
you’d rather have what we have?
As long as he's healthy, I still prefer Wright
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 9:07 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I would think we are more likely sellers than the mets are
standings….sad but true
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This team doesn’t sell at the All-Star break. Too much second half history to give up hope.
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LET’S DO IT
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Who else?
He is injury prone, but he rakes, is available and is less likely to get hurt playing lf than center as he did for way too long.
Look
at the right price I would not be opposed to this for this year….but not for a 3 year deal unless the 3 year deal is extremely club friendly. Such as 1 mil per year
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 9:07 AM MDT up reply actions
No way am I giving a guy that had microfacture surgery
Against his team’s wishes btw, more than a year or two
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 9:20 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Rotation
Ubaldo
Wandy
Chacin
Cook
Hamel
Keep sippin' the Rockohol
would you say cooked?
Keep sippin' the Rockohol
by Jamie Hollowell on Jul 6, 2011 9:08 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
BURNT
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Cook or Hammel add Kuroda
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 9:08 AM MDT up reply actions
Ubaldo, Romero, Chacin, Hammel, Nicasio.
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brb, need to change pants.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 9:11 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Our rotation next year would be
Romero
Ubbaldo
De La Rosa
Chacin
Nicasio
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 9:15 AM MDT up reply actions
Hammel
aka 4.75M long relief man
Keep sippin' the Rockohol
by Jamie Hollowell on Jul 6, 2011 9:17 AM MDT up reply actions
DO. WANT.
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Ubaldo, Josh Johnson, Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and Felix Hernadez
Any takers? Never in a million years would this happen.
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Only if we can do it
without having to give up Alan Johnson…
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It'll happen if the Rox, Marlins and Marlins make trades with the Phillies
I’m sure we’d get Shane Victorino back.
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this may sound stupid and I may get ripped for it.. We had Victorino?
Would anyone take Ichiro???
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I think Ichiro can still play, but I don't see where he fills a need here, really
Now, if Ichiro could play 2B, that would be something.
And no, we never had Victorino.
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Felix
Chacin
Ubbaldo
Nicasio
DeLaRosa (pitching right handed)
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 9:11 AM MDT up reply actions
Wandy had another bad game on the road last night
As I’ve posted before, he’s not a good pitcher away from Houston
and is likely to be Mike Hampton II at Coors Field
2011 Rockies -- what the hell?
YES!
Can we pay him $121 Million too?
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 12:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Maybe the Monforts will win the lottery
and decide to put it straight into the team
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thats actually what would propel the team to a turn around
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 9:10 AM MDT up reply actions
and mark ellis
Keep sippin' the Rockohol
by Jamie Hollowell on Jul 6, 2011 9:11 AM MDT up reply actions
Hold up a second
Lance Painter was ENGLISH???
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/birthplace.php?loc=England
Not our Lance Painter, but the player was, yep.
and Jeff Baker is German.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 9:25 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I think his point was that Lance Painter was as English as Jeff Baker is German – which is to say, by birth only.
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Ah okay. I like the thought of Jeff Baker
Goose-stepping round the dugout shouting “For you, ze Giants, ze season ist over!”. Not that I like to stereotype.
Tom Mastny is Indonesian
And Danny Graves is Vietnamese
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by Hollidayrain on Jul 6, 2011 10:16 AM MDT up reply actions
OT link goes to a Denver Post story today?
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Yes, but I brought cider and fried chicken.
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Put it in the cooler next to the 90 minute IPA.
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What 90 minute IPA
/looks around suspiciously
/puts the bottle opener down
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No worries,
I brought enough to share.
I was in Elgin, IL over the weekend and my buddies local liquor store was selling it. I bought their stock since Dogfish doesn’t have a distributor here in Iowa.
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Smart man
I know their 90 minute is like the best IPA ever, but my favorite Dogfish is actually their seasonal Punkin, because it’s the best pumpkin ale anywhere ever, and there’s lots of IPA I like.
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I am not a fan of Pumpkin
But after seeing the Discovery channel show, I would not pass it up if I ran across it.
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I wouldn't drink it year 'round, but man, the new pumpkins in the fall for me...
….are like the Beaujolais Nouveau for grape juice drinkers.
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mmm...fried chicken
me gusta.
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The man to his left is a 102yo veteran from my wife’s work. He was, “tickled pink to be there.”
by Charlie77 on Jul 6, 2011 9:55 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
At age 102, I’d imagine he’s ‘tickled pink’ to be ANYWHERE.
Though to be fair he doesn’t look a day over 87.
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by Franchise26 on Jul 6, 2011 9:56 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
God Bless a 102 year old veteren
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.
He gets around pretty slow..
but he stood up and sang along for the Star Spangled Banner and he knew all the words to the song “Soldiers Last Letter”. There’s a part in the song where he describes how cold a foxhole is, and the old man shivered and whispered, “they are cold”. It sent shivers up my spine.
Your son has an actor name. Nice
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cargo and tulo definitely wont play today
According to renck. Not that surprising
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by black_knight101 on Jul 6, 2011 10:13 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
June GIFS released.
Tulo and Cargo prominently featured.
(This is seriously the best part about SB Nation)
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the commentary makes it even better
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by black_knight101 on Jul 6, 2011 10:41 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
OMG the bat talking to CarGo
I laughed til I cried. I don’t remember that happening. Too funny
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yes specifically that one was fantastic
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by black_knight101 on Jul 6, 2011 10:50 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
it would be awesome
if it was in spanish.
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Aw, crap.
And I wanted to be negative today….
Alright: I love this team. Neglecting recent performance, well rather, performance after April 15th, we are really a talented team. On paper, we should hav been killing. But even now, the guys who have come in have shown flashes that amaze me, (Nicasio, Ellis, home Blackmon) and thus we should be killing.
I fully believe in my heart that the NLWORST will almost be in our reach and we’ll go on a run again…
The biggest problem I have with 2011 is that it just isn’t fun. Now, I don’t want everyone to think “Oh ’cause chicks dig the walkoff homer”. No, and yes. We’ve only had one walkoff, but it’s more than that- we haven’t found our Magic yet. Come-from-behind wins and late inning rallies have been few. Plus the whole mentality of the season, with injuries and unmet expectations has made it, well not that fun.
Don’t get me wrong- baseball is always fun, but going through this season makes me miss 07 and 09 even more. 2010 was even fun for a while. But I still think we will go on a run, even if it is little, to remind us all how fun it is to be a Rockies fan. And if they don’t, I’m still gonna be there and watch, because my love for them is not conditional.
So that’s about as optimistic as I could get, forgive me. I kinda just woke up.
But, uh, yeah Go Rockies.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 10:36 AM MDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Pretty good point really
re the lack of “fun” provided by this team vs. prior years. I’m trying to think of a game this year that was truly enjoyable to watch and memorable for that reason. There must certainly be a few out there, but nothing jumps to mind right away.
This is a good point – I’ve felt the very same way, just haven’t verbalized it.
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the rox are playing uptight and expecting the other shoe to drop
not surprising this mood has infected the fanbase as well.
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Last Friday and Saturday, for two
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The game when we scored 5 runs in the 8th against the Giants jumps out at me
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by Hollidayrain on Jul 6, 2011 10:48 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh...yeah....
As was at both those games. They were amazing. Had we not turned around and started losing after that, they would’ve been more memerable.
I think because we eventually lost the division lead, those games became less “the night we turned it around and took the division back” to more “that two game series we swept in the middle of losing”.
But yes, it was fun.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 10:57 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
nicasio's debut
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
maybe firing tracy isn't the answer, but something's just not clicking out there
magic = playing consistent no-excuses good professional baseball as a team :)
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magic = card game for non-hipsters
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magic = greatest point guard ever
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magic = inside
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Intel = inside
/dated commercial
//wut
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 10:49 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I thought there was a crunchy frog?
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/for fellow pythonites
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magic = illusions
illusions =/= tricks
tricks = what whores do for money.
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Denny Neagle
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by Hollidayrain on Jul 6, 2011 10:51 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ugliest. Hooker. Ever.
Dude literally stole millions from our franchise, he should have found himself someone attractive
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 10:56 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Hugh Grant would like a word.
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And that word is
“can I have a job”?
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I am job.
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You are patient.
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I am job.
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...
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people still play that?
/not judging…just a bit confounded
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shockingly, yes
I mean, I passed by a coffee shop/game store the other day and they had a sign in the window advertising tournaments.
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Fort Collins
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when you were busy
not having lunch with me.
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Yeah, passed it on the drive home (I think)
Either that, or I passed it on Monday driving back into town…no, I think it was Saturday. God I’m getting senile. Speaking of, where’s this big news ya mentioned?
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I'd miss it, but damn it's been like 14-15 years
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I'm so non-hip I've never even heard of it :(.
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my optimistic thought for the rox today
they managed to get to .500 (5-5) in games I’ve attended after being 2-5 ( a significant number of these games being Hammel starts go figure). I’m hoping for .500 in the remaining 15 games I have left (so 12.5 and 12.5).
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Can our messiah please report to our team now?
We’ve waited patiently enough.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 10:48 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
Our messiah
can’t hit a curveball. And his spitter was outlawed.
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our messiah was Gaylord Perry?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 10:53 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Not since they put in a humidor up there
and the curveballs actually break at that altitude…
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idk about hitting a curveball but he can play hockey
by purplesocks on Jul 6, 2011 2:14 PM MDT up reply actions 5 recs
I just LOL'd for real
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REC'D!!!!!
How do you get your kids to behave? Threaten not to take them to a Rockies game. They straighten up REAL QUICK.
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ty cobb couldn't, how on earth could he?
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maybe firing tracy isn't the answer, but something's just not clicking out there
i think we're going to have to wait till after the AS game
At the earliest
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by black_knight101 on Jul 6, 2011 10:52 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
He's too tired to report, he just flew east from the Springs.
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Mark Ellis?
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My optimism:
I’ve seen worse days.
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Aww poor Scott Dohmann. I thought he could have made a great closer if there had been a league rule that fences could be no closer than 600 feet from home plate.
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D'OHHHHHHHHHmann
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by Hollidayrain on Jul 6, 2011 10:52 AM MDT up reply actions
/throws worst hanging slider ever
//ball is hit onto the surface of the sun
///Simpsons joke
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Fixed:
/ball is hit onto surface of sun by career .230 hitter that averages 3 homers a season.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 11:05 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
/link to our favorite obscure rockies discussion the other day
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haha yes
My favorite was Bubba Carpenter
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by Hollidayrain on Jul 6, 2011 10:51 AM MDT up reply actions
Craig House!
Wait, what's his real name? We should make a joke out of that.
by BrandonHawpe on Jul 6, 2011 12:39 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Since I started this...
I’ll continue, as Law certainly wants to:
Jason (St Louis)
Can’t say I’ve ever seen this before. Matzek was given the ok to leave Low A Asheville to go home and work with his old pitching instructor from high school for two weeks. Any chance it’ll help? It sure can’t hurt.
Klaw (1:48 PM)
Can’t hurt. But if the change the Rockies made to his mechanics last year wrecked his shoulder, it won’t help, either.
ESPN should just go ahead and work on Klaw's writing mechanics, while they're at it
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he sounds so bitter towards the Rockies….like law had some sort of stock invested in Matzek
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 10:57 AM MDT up reply actions
He was a HUGE Matzek supporter
so either (a) he was wrong about the guy; or (b) he was right, but the Rox ruined him. Not hard to see why he’s choosing option (b) here. To be fair, he may not be wrong.
There are a few options in between those two, though..,
And the truth is likely to be somewhere in there. Either way, though, the bizarre thing is how he’s fixated on (b) to this point that it shows up every single week. I don’t blame only Law for this, it’s like he gets a new batch of readers every week too.
My choices were in terms of current status
certainly the book is not closed on him yet, with tons of other possibilites. BUt its clear its a point he wants to get across and get across often, or he wouldn’t select the questions every week.
As a couple of examples of other options
A) He was right about the guy, but the shoulder was already damaged goods by the time the Rockies drafted him. Labrum issues don’t really show up in physicals, oftentimes MRI’s miss them. The Rockies tweak his mechanics, and they get blamed for a pre-existing condition because correlation is assumed as causation.
B) Drops in velocity are somewhat common in 18-21 year old pitchers, and not necessarily a sign of anything mechanical, but could be simply physiological, muscles losing elasticity, etc.., Alex White was as big as Matzek when he was a HS senior and a freshman at UNC, two years later, he’s a mid-rotation project prospect in the draft.
That’s just two options where Law could have been right about the pitcher initially but wrong about his status now that don’t require blaming the drafting team, there are several others that can hold the pitcher himself more responsible for what’s happened, there are some where the team is as culpable as Law holds them or more. That Law has fixated on this Rockies as the nefarious element in destroying poor young Matzek’s career story despite the correlation is not causation issue seems to indicate some sort of grudge against the organization, which of course you can’t say, because everybody says that he hates their team.
I don't really see him truly grudging against the Rox though
he certainly hates Tracy but seems OK with DOD/the Org., etc. Had nice things to say about Blackmon recently. I think he honestly believes the Rox have ruined Matzek somehow.
"he certainly hates Tracy"
but that’s all it takes for him to grunch against the Rox generally.
"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
Oh, I think he honestly does believe that, too
I just think that he’s jumped to this conclusion too swiftly without corroboration and by pressing it week after week, he’s painting himself into a corner if it proves unfounded. That said, it’s not an easy thing to prove, one way or the other.
I guess what I’m saying is that he’s usually more careful about things like this, to so easily fall into a faulty causation/correlation argument this time suggests to me that there’s more to this than meets the eye. I really don’t know how he is with the organization on the whole, even though he’s usually fair about our prospects.
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That's the issue I have. It's either his reason, or the wrong reason.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 11:07 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
He may be arrogant, but he’s also really good at his job.
I really like Law’s stuff, but I wouldn’t grab a beer with him.
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He might be interesting to chat with
if you can get past the fact that he once derisively queried “when did Alice in Chains become aggro-metal?” Which, years later, still makes me want to punch him in the face. Or if you like cooking shows and board games. Or, you were right at first and, while I read him a lot, I definitely would not want to get a beer with him.
Why doesnt ESPN work on their not employing Keith Law mechanic?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 10:58 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Because he’s one of the best in the business?
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wait…is that Peyton?
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 12:13 PM MDT up reply actions
:smugmanning:
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 1:01 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Did I miss something here?
Is there reason to believe Matzek has a shoulder issue, aside from the command/velocity issues? Or is this just idle speculation by Law to throw a little more gas on the fire?
More like he’s trying to direct his fastball instead of showing confidence in it.
My opinion is that the control and velocity issues are linked, but they aren’t the result of an injury.
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"More like he’s trying to direct his fastball instead of showing confidence in it."
Very early season Ubaldo-ish, sounds like.
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That's been my take, as well
With his velocity reaching 94 at times, then dropping down to 88-89 at others, I would say he’s just struggling to find any sort of rhythm than an injury.
Apparently, Law sees it as his job to throw gas....
….since Matzek isn’t throwing any.
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by Mondogarage on Jul 6, 2011 1:28 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
We've officially teamed up with the Royals on Final Vote.
Everyone add Alex Gordon to your ballot.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 11:04 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
We sure know how to hitch our wagon to a winning horse.
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the pony express?
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He was the only one left ...
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by Michelle Hoag on Jul 6, 2011 11:15 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
He's been on my ballot the whole time :)
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same here
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what did we trade in return?
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by Junction Rox on Jul 6, 2011 11:10 AM MDT up reply actions
The team up is mutual-
I don’t have to go post about the Royals.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 11:17 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
What would you even post?
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Jeff Francis love, of course.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 3:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Aberle was our first choice...
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but they couldn't keep him down.
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Well, we did demand seven pints of Gatorade in trade
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She’s still a prospect.
Aberle posts are like Wigginton HR.
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by Muzia on Jul 6, 2011 3:55 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
You just blew my mind.
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
Bahahaha
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 4:02 PM MDT up reply actions
sizzle.
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 6, 2011 4:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Turn on the grill, we're having a
BOOMROAST
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At least they're valuable on paper
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 12:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Don't you know
that using the term “dumb” is offensive to the intellectually disadvantaged?
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yeah but they won't know
that it bothers them…
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Tommy knew
and he was deaf and blind, too.
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he played the hell out of that
pinball machine though.
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that's because he learned how by dropping quarters in the Sloppin Hogs machine
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and being deaf
he didn’t have to listen to his parents giving him an overinflated ego.
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and being blind
he never had to read Toyota Talk
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by Mondogarage on Jul 6, 2011 2:14 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm beginning to think
Tommy had it pretty good…
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He also never had to listen to Fraz.
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Here's some logic
I’ve seen the Rockies at 3 different ballparks this season. They won their series against the Mets at Citi Field in April. They lost their series against the Padres at Coors in May. They lost their series against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in June. Now it’s July, and I’m going to see them at Nationals Park. I’m a believer in symmetry. They will win this series.
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Wow- three different parks in one season.
That’s impressive.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 11:19 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
or four, rather
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 11:19 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Not really
I live in New York so those were no-brainers. DC’s only a few hours away and I have a free place to stay. One benefit (perhaps the only benefit) of living on the east coast is that there are a lot of ballparks in close proximity. But I am pretty dedicated :)
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by Michelle Hoag on Jul 6, 2011 12:22 PM MDT up reply actions
I'd just like to point out
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by Michelle Hoag on Jul 10, 2011 8:47 PM MDT up reply actions
that my logic worked.
We got the series. Sorry I couldn’t deliver the sweep :(
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by Michelle Hoag on Jul 10, 2011 8:47 PM MDT up reply actions
It was cute. Needs some Byrnes.
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I think it was just for the Final Five
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Also, Helton punching Victorino would have been particularly outstanding
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hahaha
I’m betting this is the first time Todd’s ever been JibJabbed
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Oh, I dunno, I mean he does have a couple kids already.
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Huh?
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Whoosh!
/entendred
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I've never heard of JibJab being used in that context
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Actually, me and my brother did a Rockies themed one a few weeks ago.
(And my bro sent me a Juston Bieber one with Tulo jib jabbed. It was quite disturbing)
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 12:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Juston, Justin, whatever
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 12:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Why haven't you shared these?
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I just looked in my email and couldn't find the whole Rockies one...
the jib jab link has been on the Rockies website for like a month…
I lost the link, and the pix are on the other computer…
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 12:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Okay no worries
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Epic
But Helton catching? Now I feel weird.
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by Michelle Hoag on Jul 6, 2011 12:25 PM MDT up reply actions
These are strange times we live in...
who knows what we’ll see in the next Rockies game…
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 12:32 PM MDT up reply actions
Aaron Cook perfecto.
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If we ever see Helton catching
it means it’s the 40th inning and Tulo is pitching
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God help us all.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 1:02 PM MDT up reply actions
And Wiggy has already rotated around the entire field
and collapsed from exhaustion.
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by Michelle Hoag on Jul 6, 2011 2:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Helton hitting right-handed
Looked even more odd. Though on his off days, Helton would still probably be the Rockies’ best RH hitter off the bench.
In fact, if Helton straddled the plate and held the bat over his head like an axe murderer, he might still be the Rockies’ best RH bat off the bench.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 6, 2011 1:09 PM MDT up reply actions
if Helton straddled the plate and held the bat over his head like an axe murderer
Like Tony Batista’s goofy-ass batting stance?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 1:28 PM MDT up reply actions
So I think this weekend is going to be the nadir, and there is only one way to turn it around
Vote Helton
That is all
Amen
Side note: I was just reading the updated standings and the stuff teams are sweepstaking.
I want a meet and greet! And an autographed jersey!
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 12:30 PM MDT up reply actions
GO ROCKIES . Bye Rowbots,
I’m a real slow learner but I finally realized that I don’t belong on here. Thanks :)
Whaaaa????
: (
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 12:31 PM MDT up reply actions
What? How do you figure butterfly?
You absolutely belong here!
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This x2 butterfly wings
one of the only posters not to go nuclear during a random Rockies loss.
and yeah, she’s right, everything is flammable here. And it’s because the Rockies aren’t winning. Which doesn’t make it right, but it tends to make it what it is.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 1:20 PM MDT up reply actions
guys, guys,
C’mon.
It’s Optimism Day.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 1:22 PM MDT up reply actions
I haven’t aired my grievances yet.
But I did vote for Helton 20 times.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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Even Peyton Manning wants you to #voteforhelton http://yfrog.com/kiw18p Text “N2” To 89269 And Vote For Todd Helton #rockies
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So what is the quickest way to vote
My online voting is about 15 votes per minute. Is there a way to increase that?
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You got a phone with a copy paste function?
I average about 10 votes a minute.
A Ty WIggington Home Run is a Rockies Death Sentence.
I gots an iphone
actually typing in N2 over and over again is much quicker, gracias.
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this is what I do too.
I’ve already voted about 150 times today
Newton's laws say that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, proving he knew nothing about women.
My goal is to end up at 1,000 before voting ends, I am about 3/4 the way there
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Is there a way to get your count?
or do you just keep track yourself?
I’ve gotten way too fast at left-handed 10-key over the past few days….
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Wow, left-handed 10-key?
I’m left-handed and I don’t think I would stand a chance at that. But I’m super quick with my right hand.
One of the first things you learn in Accountant school
so you can write with your right hand and ten key with your left.
Learning how to type on the internet with my toes was the hard part, though…
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 6, 2011 3:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Eh, not really
but the parties are always under budget…
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debit left credit right
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 6, 2011 3:43 PM MDT up reply actions
Haha!
Another Holly’s dad joke. He got his Master’s in accounting and originally wanted to get his PhD so he could teach at the college level, but decided he didn’t want to do the research required. His joke is always, “I mean, there’s only so much you can research. Debit left, credit right; credit left, debit right.”
It's always debit left, credit right...
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Oh.
And it’s a good one……
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Reminds me of a Dilbert strip my family always talks about.
My dad is an accountant, so it was particularly funny. Dilbert is at lunch, and a couple accountants are at the table. One is saying something like “Darn, this is my Tuesday lunchbox” and the other says “I like to type the number 7.” That last line is a bit of a family joke now.
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Meh. It’s ok, but it’s no 4…
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Left handed 10-key is easier than left-handed mouse
and they make the voting page very keyboard-navigation unfriendly. Can’t spend time moving my hand between the keyboard and the mouse, so I just 10-key with the left hand and keep the right hand on the mouse.
I’m starting to think the whole thing is a gimmick to increase hit counts at mlb.com and there really is nothing tallying the votes though.
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Keeping track myself
but more of an estimate than actual counting; minutes multiplied by times per minute type stuff.
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Got to about 22 per minute using the iphone
so much better.
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
luckily its my "off" 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
this
Newton's laws say that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, proving he knew nothing about women.
Newton
Knew a lot about math, not so much about women.
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But he just got drafted, he's got a few years to learn
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Also my strategy.
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Yep- I can do 100 in less than ten minutes.
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 2:00 PM MDT up reply actions
I find voting via text is faster.
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where were you yesterday when I needed this info
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I was busy texting
helton into the ASG
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by hotdoglady on Jul 6, 2011 1:53 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
Optimism
is nothing but pessimism with a smile on it.
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he has had
several nice things to say about the community here.
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Thats an oxy moron
you can’t say Go Rockies and not belong on here. If you like the Rockies you belong on here. Don’t let a few sour apples get you down…its a blog and you can express yourself however you want.
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 12:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Don't go, butterfly
We need sanity around here now, more than ever.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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by Muzia on Jul 6, 2011 1:10 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
So many times this
Please reconsider Butterfly…
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You meant you were going to lunch, right?
Right???
/sniff.
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I'll vote for Helton 1000 times today if you stay
If you go…I’m voting for Victorino 2000 times
Newton's laws say that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, proving he knew nothing about women.
Let me echo what everybody else is saying.
I really hope you stay. And I really hope you’re not leaving for my opinions on Stewart’s family’s influence, as I definitely appreciate your guide to my conscience up there. Loose lips sink ships, and I should be more careful to not be catty like that, it could get me in trouble.
Don't leave Butterfly
We all love you
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 6, 2011 2:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Sorry to see you go
But I understand.
I’ve signed off a couple of game threads lately and may just skip them for awhile
due to the unnecessary personal attacks and insults that have been posted as to
various people for commiting the unpardonable sin of expressing a different opinion
than someone else. That plus the repetitive “Tracy is an idiot” messages when things
don’t work (even if there’s a valid reason for him to try A or B) are getting old.
I put up a long post near the first of a gamethread the other day asking that the level of
discourse get raised a bit back to where it used to be. Didn’t seem to help. So I’ve
decreased my gamethread participation and hope I don’t have to do the same for
PR generally.
2011 Rockies -- what the hell?
by maris61 on Jul 6, 2011 3:06 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I consider gamethreads to be a different animal from PR.
Sometimes amusing, mostly boring/useless, occasionally annoying…and rarely informative or provocative.
Well, I for one, do enjoy having a place to actively
watch a game with other Rockies fans even if the comments are useless, annoying, uninformative etc. Otherwise it’s just me talking to myself for like 3 hours. Which becomes just as annoying, useless uniformative.
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Yes, this is me.
If I lived with people who were also watching and rooting with me, I might feel less inclined.
I agree with this too.
It’s nice to know that gamethreads are there. They’re especially great in the happy and fun moments that come along throughout the season. They’re especially tedious at its low points.
Even during the low points
it’s nice to have a place to commiserate. I guess I got used to super bipolar gamethreads at DenverStiffs. This is like a picnic compared to those.
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It just gets old when they make the same mistakes over and over and over
It’s hard not to lose it a little when that happens.
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
Commiserating would be fine, but it usually turns into bitching and whining here
Of course, I don’t hang out at Stiffs at all, so I don’t have a comparative baseline.
But there’s plenty enough games where we’re down 3-0 before I even get home from work and say forget it, not even worth going into the GT, because the big nasty’s already started there.
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I've done football GT on other sites
trust me, the most negative folks here are rank amateurs compared to a few folks I’ve run across…
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Of that, I have no doubt
after all, I did used to pop in on MCC once or twice….but some places really do require USMA* cards to enter.
.
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.
.
*United States Masochists Association
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I still maintain that MCC has a core of really good posters who can have an objective discussion with a flair for sarcastic hilarity
and then a mantle and crust of absolute jackanapes that drown out the core.
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 6, 2011 3:41 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm sure you're right
After all, I do enjoy Grant’s writing. But what we walk on and see on this earth is the mantle and crust…the core is just something that makes itself more prominent in varying qualities of sci-fi disaster movies.
And left with the crusty mantle…gack.
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Meh
I’ve had a couple of runins at MCC , but overall I really don’t think they are the scum of the earth.
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It's a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
They've also probably never outwardly wished you physical harm.
"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 don't recollect that I was wished physical harm
however I was called some nasty names. And I also think it’s a matter of knowing when to retreat before it’s really ugly. I learned my lesson. But I just think there is no point is saying an entire community at a blog is evil. Because it’s just simply untrue. And not everyone that posts here is perfect either.
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Not perfect, no
But it’s clearly a different level. And that’s not homer-ism: I like the Broncos, too, but there’s a reason I don’t hang out at MHR.
And for that, I’m grateful.
Come back, butterfly!
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Oh I don't hang out at MHR either
for the most part.
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I don't know about the posters,
but I don’t get the attraction of Grant’s writing. He’s a poor man’s Bill Simmons. I really dislike Bill Simmons.
He’s not bad. I’m just not a huge fan. I’d take a few folks here over him.
a lot of people really, really like Bill Simmons though.
probably just personal preference on style of writing.
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by black_knight101 on Jul 6, 2011 3:56 PM MDT up reply actions
So is Woody Paige
not sure what that means….
No, I think I know what you mean…and if I were reading Grant for actual sports news or anything in depth, I’d probably be exasperated, but I like to laugh once in a while, and that’s what I like about Grant’s writing.
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I find Grant to be quite funny.
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I agree with this assessment entirely
But when the Rox are winning handily, they can be entertaining. Otherwise, they’re really rather bipolar.
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too right, mate
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
maybe firing tracy isn't the answer, but something's just not clicking out there
them
1. Jordan Schafer (L) CF
2. Alex Gonzalez® SS
3. Brian McCann (L) C
4. Chipper Jones (S) 3B
5. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
6. Eric Hinske (L) RF
7. Dan Uggla® 2B
8. Nate McLouth (L) LF
9. Jair Jurrjens® P
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Us
1. Blackmon (L) cf
2. Herrera (S) ss
3. Helton (L) 1b
4. Wigginton® lf
5. Smith (L) rf
6. Ellis® 2b
7. Stewart (L) 3b
8. Pagnozzi® c
9. Cook® p
For the predictive juju power, I'mma say this....
I’m going to laugh if Herrera gets two hits and a walk tonight.
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good luck guys
Give em hell
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by nodakroxfan on Jul 6, 2011 1:58 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Last one alive, lock the door.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 2:13 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
us
. Charlie Blackmon (L) CF
2. Jonathan Herrera (S) SS
3. Todd Helton (L) 1B
4. Ty Wigginton® LF
5. Seth Smith (L) RF
6. Mark Ellis® 2B
7. Ian Stewart (L) 3B
8. Matt Pagnozzi® C
9. Aaron Cook® P
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ahhhhh hell
why doesn’t herrera just bat cleanup for us while hes at it……..mark ellis is raking…yet hes still batting 6th. WTF i don’t get it. Yes herrera had 2 hits last night, they probably were bloop singles that went about 200 ft at 25 mph
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 2:31 PM MDT up reply actions
It's not the order of the batters that's the problem with that lineup
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 Jul 6, 2011 2:33 PM MDT up reply actions
batters 2,7 and 8? Is that the problem?
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The problem is the lack of Cargo, Tulo, and Iannetta
Not that we can do anything about the first two but without them, our lineup is pretty poor.
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 Jul 6, 2011 2:37 PM MDT up reply actions
Using CDI instead of Pagz is not going to be the difference maker in this game, tho
"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
It only makes matters worse.
I can see why Tracy wants Iannetta to sit after that game in the humidity last night.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:39 PM MDT up reply actions
probably not
given we are likely to get squished either way, but asking CDI to step up and skip a breather this week when we are short seems like the better approach to me. Especially with the ASB coming up. Unless CDI asked out, Tracy needs to write his name on the card every day this week.
Besides, Cookie's pitching against Jurrjens.
CDI being out’s not a surprise. Helton being in is, though.
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Helton will sit tomorrow.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:41 PM MDT up reply actions
If you sit Helton today, then wow.
That’d be one horrible lineup.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:41 PM MDT up reply actions
Cookie vs. Ace
That’s the strategery lately, right? Waste your horrible lineup on the game you have no chance of winning?
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
This is kinda ridiculous
You’re suggesting put the crappiest lineup possible out on the field, and pretty much forfeit before it even starts?
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:43 PM MDT up reply actions
Was it a shot at Tracy?
I dunno.
But yeah, sorry that I misunderstood the sarcasm.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, I was unclear
Definitely sarcasm. I’m just annoyed that Cookie always gets the Ace lately, and always seems to get backed with the worst lineup imaginable to go against that ace.
He might not be great anymore, but that’s no way to treat your franchise wins leader. Have a little faith; give him a small shot at salvaging the win.
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
I think they pretty much did that with this lineup
notwithstanding some minor batting order issues.
Sitting Helton tomorrow instead of today gives him the defense at 1B, in case his sinker is working and he gets ground balls like he should.
Of course, Tracy ran out of options to do it today
He can’t play the scrubs, because the scrubs have to start today anyway.
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
It's sorta unfortunate, but it's how things shook out with offdays
and not anything specific to Cook
"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
That also means you don't get Helton and CDI sitting on the same day.
Probably a good strategy to sit one today and the other tomorrow.
if we're just talking batting, at least we have a good replacement for helton
as Giambi still has the highest wRC+ on the team of those players that have been here longer than a week.
Ianetta’s replacement is far inferior to Iannetta
NEXT with the lineup!. LOL
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I loved Ringolsby's reason for optimism about tonight's game....
“Jurrjens is due for a bad game”
LOL. That’s looking at the bright side, Cowboy.
That reminds of watching the great Phil Rizzuto call Yankees games as a kid:
Bill White: Here’s Graig Nettles. He’s 0 for his last 20.
Rizzuto: That’s great, White. That means he’s due!
So, my official reason for optimism, as per this thread:
THE ROCKIES ARE DUE
I'm due
for a million dollars. Still waiting for it.
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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 have an idea if you want people to join us.
Split it equally among all of us. I know there isn’t a million on PR so we should each get a nice chuck.
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Check is in the mail
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Renck tweet on Stewart
“This will be interesting week… If Stewart does well, will help his stock with team or a trade. A few teams are asking about him internally”
a few teams are asking about him internally?
Would that mean the Sky Sox Nuts and Drillers are looking for a 3rd baseman?
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 2:32 PM MDT up reply actions
WOW
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that wasn’t meant to be a burn…but the fact that he said internally. So teams are talking about him internally? Or Asking themselves internally? Or are they asking the Rockies externally?
I was just being ….dumb
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 2:38 PM MDT up reply actions
I took it to mean that the Rockies are talking to other teams about Stew.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:38 PM MDT up reply actions
whoa…I didn’t get that….but I did get the jist of it….and I threw a minor little burn in there at the same time…
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 2:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, I'm not sure what else it could mean.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:40 PM MDT up reply actions
not much….
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 3:50 PM MDT up reply actions
That confused me when I read it, too
So you weren’t being THAT….. dumb.
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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I thought it was funny
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 6, 2011 3:36 PM MDT up reply actions
SHHHH
We’re not allowed to be funny here.
"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 badmouth Jim Tracy, right?
Man, a few vocal posters and we’re all wearing the same robes.
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 6, 2011 3:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Head-shaving is tonight
Kool-aid will be distributed thereafter.
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What I *meant* to say is
We’re I’m not allowed to good at be funny here.
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Hard to get that one across
Just making a bit of fun at your expense.
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 6, 2011 3:42 PM MDT up reply actions
And i have a hell of an expense account
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Yes well...
uh…
Jenn said I could overdraw.
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 6, 2011 3:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Yes, but what she meant was....
you were using too many colors of Crayola in your MS-Paint.
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 6, 2011 4:07 PM MDT up reply actions
That is so full of win.
And not too many details/colors…not overdrawn.
Nice work.
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I couldn't find my "Todd Helton Close Enough" picture
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 6, 2011 4:17 PM MDT up reply actions
I do not know of what you speak.
So have a cookie
"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
That's funny
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What we're also not allowed to do is defend Jim Tracy's decisions here.
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(see one post above)
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Nuts certainly don't need one
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Jon Heyman on Street
“Huston Street could hit the trade market if the Rockies keep losing.”
who could we get for him?
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If we become sellers, my guess is....
…we’d be looking for prospects. We’ve got to stock the system with good young players, especially position players.
But, like I said, I’m just guessing.
This is what I see as well
And we’ll know by the Sunday after the ASG, I imagine.
"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
as we we're mentioning in the Pebble Report, the system is thinner on pitching right now than position players.
We have potential AS caliber players at 3B, C and SS, a couple above average OF prospects and decent players elsewhere, what we’re really lacking is starting pitching.
err.. "as we were" that's supposed to say
I blame the superfluous apostrophe and all my other grammar issues on the heat.
If we actually toss in the towel on 2011, probably Brothers and Lindstrom
Mostly Brothers, some Lindstrom.
"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 reverse that ratio
The Rockies are a traditionalist team in a lot of respects, not giving the rookie the closer’s job would be one of those.
I can see that, too
"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 we sell wouldn't we trade Lindstrom?
I would
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 2:36 PM MDT up reply actions
Just signed him to a friendly deal
and he’s having a pretty good year.
I wouldn’t trade him, because I don’t think the Rockies would get good enough value. He’s better if he stays on the team.
He’s the closer if Street gets traded
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:36 PM MDT up reply actions
really we signed him to a friendly deal?
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 2:38 PM MDT up reply actions
In the offseason
2-year deal IIRC
/rockiesroster
2 year deal, option for 3rd year.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Not particularly team friendly, but not bad
# 2 years/$6.6M (2011-12)
* signed extension with Colorado (avoided arbitration)
* 11:$2.8M, 12:$3.6M, 13:$4M club option ($0.2M buyout)
$3.6m for next year for a setup guy who can close on occasion isn’t cheap, but it’s hardly crazy.
Unless a team is really looking at him to be their #1 closer, a more team friendly deal for a deadline team would be a deal that ends after this year, not next year. But it’s also hardly a bankbreaker.
And the 3rd year buyout is really really cheap.
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It's pretty team friendly.
Lindstrom has been one, if not the best, reliever on the team this year.
He has provided the team with a 1.2 WAR already.
i’d say that’s pretty darn team friendly.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:42 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm just saying the team didn't get an undervalued deal
he signed the deal to avoid 2nd year arbitration. And the dollars he signed for weren’t exactly a discount.
His performance isn’t really relevant to him having signed a team friendly deal or not….rather it would be relevant to us regretting the deal or not. Yes, I agree, his performance has been pretty darn team friendly.
He’s done a very good job. But his salary doesn’t stack up particularly favorably compared to similarly situated relievers (in other words, other primarily non-closers who signed 2nd year arb deals last offseason)
"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
With that, I'll agree with certainly.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:47 PM MDT up reply actions
That said, if a team in the hunt specifically needs...
…a RH late power arm and not simply as a rental player, Lindstrom would be pretty appealing, but he wouldn’t net us that much in minor league talent becuase he goes up to $3.6m next season. There’s not gonna be a war for his services.
Thing is, bullpen righties with hard gas aren’t truly that rare a commodity. GOOD ones aren’t uber common, but most teams can throw out one or two RH pen arms who hit 95+
"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 don't think the value we can get for Lindstrom
will be more than what he will give us in the next couple of years.
Based on this “hunch” (because it’s only a hunch), I’d keep him.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:55 PM MDT up reply actions
I agree with this
But he certainly won’t be untouchable in the right scenario…but we don’t have a lot of Lindstrom replacements in AAA either, right now, and there’s no way the club goes into actual fire sale mode.
"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 have no doubt we'd make him available, but...
….Street’s probably more in demand and would be the first to go. 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
Maybe Robinson Cano
but I’ll settle for a Ian Kinsler type
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 2:34 PM MDT up reply actions
We talked about this in the GT yesterday.
I’d trade him.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:34 PM MDT up reply actions
I would too
Sexy Rexy is our closer for cheaper….we need starting pitching prospects because we have whiffed on our last 7
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 2:35 PM MDT up reply actions
but but
I think our current closer is sexy.
Ah, nevermind. I know it’s coming.
Hiding under my Rockies blankie
by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 2:43 PM MDT up reply actions
Dead in the Water
The Rockies are floaters at the moment. No fire in their eyes, or burning in the gut. Cook will go 0-4 tonight while Reynolds and Mortensen are running sprints in Colorado Springs.
There is no patience at the plate, if I see 1st and 2nd with one out, and another double play on a first pitch I’ll pull my hair out.
Jim Tracy is a nice guy, but he needs to be treating these guys with some umpf. Christ, he’s more like a butler than a manager. Flip the buffet table over, watch some vid on youtube of Billy Martin or Earl Weaver Jim, kick these guys in the duff.
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How do you know what goes on or doesn't go on in the locker room?
Lou Pinella’s always been full of fire, and he didn’t make many playoff runs. Just sayin’.
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Name one manager that was a fiery personality in the locker room..,
That has never, never, ever, ever, shown it the dugout, not even once.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 2:15 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
/besides Jim Tracy
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 2:16 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Name me one manger that was not a fiery personality in the dugout....
that has never ever ever ever ever shown it in the locker room, not even once.
"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 have never heard a single report about him going off about anything in our clubhouse
granted, that may just be the info not being reported on, but in two+ years of managing, you would have heard about at least one.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 2:22 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, well no one talks about what happens in those "team meetings"....
….or even one-on-one in the manager’s office. Because to a ballplayer, what actually goes on in the clubhouse is sacrosanct, the last sanctuary away from the press, blogs, and whatnot.
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*has never not shown it in the dugout or on the field even once
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 2:18 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
How often does Bochy go off? Even though who he manages.
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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.
I've seen Bochy go off at least twice about something
during games against the Rockies
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 2:26 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I bet we are the only team he ever bitches about calls. I swear, the man thinks we are their biggest rivals. Or he is at least making it into that.
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You know what Tracy does when he's pissed off?
Sinks to the corner of the bench and puts his head down.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:38 PM MDT up reply actions
see, somebody else takes my Angels in the Outfield approach
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 6, 2011 3:38 PM MDT up reply actions
What, we should hire Danny Glover as our next manager?
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I would have to become a season ticket holder
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 6, 2011 3:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Of course, we'd also have to blow up the toilet in the manager's office
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Now this is a novel idea for a baseball book
http://deadspin.com/5818409/a-magical-infographical-tour-through-baseball
How cool does that look?
have you never seen his website before?
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Nope. just dicovered it.
Gonna have to spend some time there.
The comments are awesome
Q. Which town in the contiguous United States is the farthest from a major league team?
A. Houston.
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by Mondogarage on Jul 6, 2011 2:26 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I believe the correct answer would have to be
Opheim, Montana
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 2:46 PM MDT up reply actions
No, I think Houston is accurate.
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I’d say Houston, as currently constructed, is the farthest from a major league team.
Considering the poor state of their farm, bad contracts, etc…
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yeah
thats just a horrible answer….take a geography course once……
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 2:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Ah, but there is more than one way to skin a cat.
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no, matt.
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 6, 2011 3:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Wyoming.
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
WYOMING
is neither funny nor accurate.
"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 find it to be incredibly both.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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But it's so square.
"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've been waiting all day to say something positive
Brewers take a 3-1 lead in the 7th.
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 Jul 6, 2011 2:26 PM MDT reply actions
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A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 2:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Is there anyone in here that thinks we have a chance tonight?
Raises hand. I guess I’m just one of the few faithful that thinks we may win tonight. There is still a 50/50 chance we win or lose.
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.
50/50 chance?
No, it’s not 50/50.
But yeah, I’ll be watching the game as always, hoping the team wins.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:43 PM MDT up reply actions
EVERYTHING is 50-50, man. You do or you don’t. Yes or no. Two outcomes.
"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
Maybe their pitcher will take a dump tonight and have a bad game. WE can hope right, and maybe our guys can capitalize
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.
It's Jair Jurrjens.
Don’t expect a bad game.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:46 PM MDT up reply actions
Did everyone expect Ubaldo last year to have a bad game. NO. But, he did have them so yes it can happen to the good ones also.
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.
Well, of course.
But to EXPECT a bad game?
That’s a different story.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:49 PM MDT up reply actions
we can hope Jair has a bad game. THat's all I'm saying. That it COULD happen
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.
Exactly. If we win it will most likely be because Cook pitched outstanding
not because we tagged Jair.
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 Jul 6, 2011 2:48 PM MDT up reply actions
I hope Cook pitches good, and that we also tag the hell out of Jair.
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.
We've tagged Jair before
That doesn’t mean we should expect it.
iirc, we knocked him out in the 4th or 5th of a game last year…will have to check
"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
Jair is no the same pitcher he was a season ago
Not even close. Not team not named the Mets have gotten more than two runs off him all season.
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 Jul 6, 2011 2:53 PM MDT up reply actions
And no team got more than like 2 ER off Ubaldo for three months last season
Sure didn’t mean it couldn’t happen. Here’s some box scores to digest:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore;_ylt=AjC1dR8pJBbiViTJRiJz40WFCLcF?gid=300825127
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore;_ylt=AlzIq16LVdbmDVqMqH0MEI2FCLcF?gid=280911115
Which doesn’t prove anything, other than we have gotten to him before, so to assume we cannot is silly.
Of course, we probably will not, but this is not the Bataan Death March.
"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
Jair Jurrjens is 4-1 with a 4.02 ERA in seven starts against Colorado lifetime
So if he’s got a 4+ ERA, he’s probably had at least one or two mediocre-ish games against us.
"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
See there. LOL. He can have some trouble with us. I don't like 4-1 record though.
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.
I'm interested to see if those "mediocre" games were in Turner or Coors.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:51 PM MDT up reply actions
One in each.
The worst game was here. But 4 ER in 6 IP is certainly mediocre, and that was 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
Jurrjens has gotten some serious help from the luck dragons this year
84% strand rate, .257 BABIP, career high line drive rate (21.9%), career low HR/FB rate (4.6%), career low K/9 (5.4)
He’s bound to regress sometime, why not tonight?
IAWTC
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.
Good stuff.
But tonight, against the Rockies in their current state?
I’m not betting on it. I’d love for it to happen, but I’m certainly not going to expect it.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:57 PM MDT up reply actions
His BABIP is about 40!! points lower than his career average this year.
Time for regression
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Because We Know: WE ARE THE ROCKIES.
by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 2:57 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
This baseball game?
More like 25/75 that the Rockies win. Probably even less than that.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 2:46 PM MDT up reply actions
Definitely higher than 25/75.
We’d have to be almost a AAA club for odds that low. It’s definitely not 50/50, though, either.
Not 50/50
but you’ll see in my game thread in a little bit that I’m in your camp. Seriously, I hate these games when the situation’s reversed, say Ubaldo vs. the Pirates or something, just because there’s always at least a one in three chance that the inferior team can pull it out in any given game.
I think we will win
every game we play.
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The WPA graph will start at 50/50
So there’s that.
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
I think we have a chance in every game
Otherwise, why wouldn’t Houston be 0-84 this year, and the Red Sox 84-0?
"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
Red Sox would be 75-9
Since ya know those poor souls were put at such a disadvantage when they were forced to play by the NL rules on that last road trip.
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 Jul 6, 2011 2:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Of course we stand a chance
we suck right now, but its baseball and winning 60% of the time means your good, so there is always a pretty decent chance you win. However, we have to face Jair which sucks. But I will always loev and watch this team
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 2:47 PM MDT up reply actions
Is Carlos available at least as a pinch runner tonight?
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 2:54 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
From Renck
Cargo is available to play defense pinch run and possibly bunt but more of an emergency situation
"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 at least suggests to me he'll be in the lineup tomorrow.
"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
Tomorrow?
Hm.
If he’s in the lineup even tomorrow, I’d be surprised.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 6, 2011 3:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, I think if he weren't at least improved enough to have a reasonable shot at tomorrow...
…then he wouldn’t even be “emergency” available tonight.
iirc, that’s usually the status you’re in when you’re about another day today.
I’m certainly not guaranteeing he’s going to be in the lineup tomorrow, but I now think it’s probably 75-80% likely.
"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 hate the fact every time I see that day of the week it reminds me of.....
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
DONOTWANT
Or as Ian sings, he can’t decided whether to kick it in the bigs, or kick it in AAA
"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
But with his injury
swinging the bat is going to be the last thing to come back. They’re not really saying he can even do that on an emergency basis tonight. If he comes to the plate, he’s bunting.
I’m guessing it’s going to take another day, at least, to get from that point to ready to go back in the lineup full time…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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Okay, yer probably right
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
This just in from Renck
Cargo swung at 75 percent in bp. Looked good. There’s a chance he starts tomorrow if wrist feels fine in morning
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
Okay, yer probably right...
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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Hard to say, really, because most of his tweets aren't really sourced, necessarily
just observational.
"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
Observational?
The idea behind the tuxedo is the woman’s point of view that men are all the same; so we might as well dress them that way. That’s why a wedding is like the joining together of a beautiful, glowing bride and some guy. The tuxedo is a wedding safety device, created by women because they know that men are undependable. So in case the groom chickens out, everybody just takes one step over, and she marries the next guy.
Or, instead....
you just get married in Chuck Taylors and a band t-shirt, and make yourself unmistakeably unique.
"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 do they call it ovaltine?
I mean the mug is round, the jar is round, they should call it roundtine
what's the deal with corn nuts? are they corn, or are they nuts?
"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
Since when is going to the bank like being at a restaurant?
The tellers tell you their name and ask if they could get you anything. Then they ask how you want your cash- like it’s a steak or somethin’
Hiding under my Rockies blankie
by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 4:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Like mah-nure
Hiding under my Rockies blankie
by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 5:02 PM MDT up reply actions
That's it
NO SOUP FOR YOU!
"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
GIT OUTT!!!
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 5:06 PM MDT up reply actions
I have hand!
“and you’re gonna need it!”
"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
Don't give me the its not you its me routine, I invented that, if anything its me
“ok its you”
“you’re damn right its me”
giddyup
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by prettyinpurple on Jul 6, 2011 5:09 PM MDT up reply actions
D'Backs lose
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 Jul 6, 2011 2:54 PM MDT reply actions
Our division is terrible.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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but someone from the division will come back and raise trouble in the playoffs
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.
Rockies, please be that team, mmkay?
We Fear NO ONE.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 2:58 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Eh
I’d say it’s somewhere in the middle. It’s still better record wise than either the AL or NL Central.
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 Jul 6, 2011 3:01 PM MDT up reply actions
The NL West doesn't have any truly abjectly bad teams....
…no matter how much I like to think the Dodgers are one. They just don’t have any great teams, either. Every team in the division has at least one or two deep holes. Not just holes, but like Grand Canyon gaping maws of holes.
But any of the top three can still win a playoff series.
"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 it's the lack of a team like a Houston in the division that will make the winner of the divsion appear even worse record wise
When there’s no great team, as well as no team for everyone to beat up on, the winner of the divsion can’t get too far away from .500. I think that’s exactly what we have here.
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 Jul 6, 2011 3:08 PM MDT up reply actions
I just made the horrible
mistake of reading something on the Rockies website forum….
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oh do tell?
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.
lets just say
that I’m glad that most of us know more words than “numbnuts”
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by Russ Oates on Jul 6, 2011 3:11 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
someone ban this guy.
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So you
have a ’shop of me as Ginger as well as MaryAnn?
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I have a 'shop of you
as anything I want.
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Do you worst, but you can't post it here.
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no but I can post it to facebook.
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Needs a like button and a Farmville app!
"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
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"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
...
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Except now I'm hungry
"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
Tip o' the day:
-Go to YouTube
-search for corn nuts radio commercial
-laugh. Enjoy, possibly profit.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 6, 2011 3:43 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Oh, been there done that and laughed my ass off.
"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 do believe
I shared that with you.
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I do believe so
and I still can’t believe it aired. Makes Janet Jackson seem like Lawrence Welk
"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
worst. radio ad. ever.
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or the best.radio.ad.ever.
I mean, when your competition is Tom Martino.
"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
That title belongs to Tom Shane.
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
You must not have a friend in the diamond business.
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
You have to got be ******* kidding me
that was aired?
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
yeah on the radio.
isn’t it awesome?
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that is so awesome
bust a nut
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 3:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Absolutely flabbergasted
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
enjoy yourself
I wont tell.
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Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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This is absolutely amazing.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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by Muzia on Jul 6, 2011 4:03 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wow, I remember that ad.
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
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Yes, yes it was.
"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
Okay, now I have to check this out…
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you can do it in school
just don’t get caught.
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I’m learning so much today.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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what's the deal?
"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
Voting
Anyone get their Zip code yet?
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
I was 2 numbers off
yesterday I was convinced it was a reel of 46 different 5 digit numbers….today….not so much
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 3:51 PM MDT up reply actions
I've seen a few repeats, too.
And I’ve seen Holly’s 92010, too.
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
If you do, does that vote count x10?
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The Lewis and Floorwax of sports radio
unlistenable.
But not as bad as Ki…shall not finish naming.
"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 that guy named after the city in Italy
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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I didn't know there was a Cowherd Italy
that must be one sh***y town
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 6, 2011 3:53 PM MDT up reply actions 4 recs
HAHAHAHAHAHAH
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
Excellente.
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
I'ma gonna rec dis...
I can’t believe I forgot to mention that…. person.
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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not in my universe
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There's a ton of green posts in this Rockpile
and all of them are deserved.
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by Muzia on Jul 6, 2011 4:23 PM MDT reply actions 5 recs
If 4 = a ton
Then the Rox are going to need more than a ton of hits today to win this game.
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
by Mondogarage on Jul 6, 2011 4:26 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
But there's always Corn Nuts
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
I count 6
and I think Muzia’s rec whoring here makes 7…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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I rec'd it just because you said something. I noticed that also. Make it green for him also. Please?
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.
Why is this not yet green?
Get busy, people
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it's green
The Martha Stewart of processed foods.
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Fine here. Rec
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He doesn't need your pity rec.
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
Obviously he did
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Not quite my intention
but now it’s confirmed. I hate you all.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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not me though.
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Reds/Cards still tied at 8 in the 13th
There goes the Cards bullpen for the D’Back series.
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 Jul 6, 2011 10:14 PM MDT reply actions
Reds take the lead in the top of the 13th
Are the Cards really gonna come from 8-0 to force extras only to lose?
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 Jul 6, 2011 10:19 PM MDT reply actions
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