Rockies 3, Braves 6: Team Leaves Atlanta with Broken Spirits, Bones
by Greg Stanwood on Jul 7, 2011 2:39 PM MDT
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Le sigh.
As if the first three games of the series weren't ugly enough, the Braves chose to pound down on the Rockies one more time before they got a chance to escape North to Washington DC. After minor but debilitating injuries to Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki over the past few days, rookie outfielder Charlie Blackmon fractured his foot while rounding second base in the third inning. This will sideline him for at least a month, and likely more if you consider rehab assignments and potential setbacks with healing. This is the second straight season where the Rockies have dealt with several significant injuries in a row. Cole Garner had been traveling with the team after his optional assignment in case the health of Gonzalez or Tulowitzki turned for the worse, but was sent back to AAA this morning. Looks like he may be getting right back on the plane.
As for the game, it won't be pleasant to summarize. The Rockies got an early run as first baseman Jason Giambi knocked in shortstop Jonathan Herrera, who had walked earlier in the top of the first. The Rockies managed another run in the third inning, as Ty Wigginton (pinch running for the injured Blackmon) scored, also off the bat of Giambi. Unfortunately, Atlanta starter Tim Hudson was mostly effective through the rest of the game, giving up five total hits and three walks over seven and a third innings pitched. He struck out three. A third earned run was charged to Hudson in the eighth when second baseman Mark Ellis scored from third base on a wild pitch.
The Braves overtook the Rockies in the bottom of the third, as Rockies starter Juan Nicasio had a meltdown that would send him out of the game after only throwing two and a third innings. The inning began with six straight hits, including a three run home run from Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman. Nicasio would only net one out in the inning (officially, as it appeared that he had successfully executed a pickoff at second base on center fielder Jordan Schafer) before being replaced by Eric Stults. Five runs would score in the inning, all charged to Nicasio, with Atlanta putting up a sixth in the fifth inning when right fielder Jason Heyward hit a solo home run off of Stults. Stults threw three and a third innings before yielding to Matt Reynolds, who threw one and a third.
The Rockies threatened in the eighth, with the bases loaded and one out, but were only able to score the one aforementioned wild pitch run. After pinch hitter Todd Helton walked to load the bases again, this time with two outs, Wigginton struck out on a check swing against Jonny Venters, who bailed out Hudson and Eric O'Flaherty from being charged with further damage.
Rafael Betancourt allowed one hit and struck out two Braves in the eighth inning. The Rockies went quietly in the ninth against Atlanta closer Craig Kimbrel in the ninth, who got his third save of the series. Nicasio gets the second loss of his season/career.
I don't usually add a Comment of the Day, but I found this one particularly apt.
Moving on.
Yeah. My Transactions Notes article for the week will be posted at 4:00. The Rockies move on to Washington for a game tomorrow at 5:05 PM Mountain Time, with Jason Hammel taking on former Rockie Jason Marquis John Lannan. Battle of the Jasons!
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Crudmonkeys!
On the plus side, I got to listen to a ballgame for a good part of my work day.
"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." - poster Every6thDay at MCC who has been uncredited for too long!
by RdRnnr on Jul 7, 2011 2:43 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
well done.
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Based on the how the game went.....
I hope you’re not a surgeon.
LOL. All sick people everywhere...
are glad I’m not a doctor-especially today!
"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." - poster Every6thDay at MCC who has been uncredited for too long!
At least the Cleveland Spiders 20-134 worst record of all time is safe
Although we still need to win three more games to pass the Tigers measure of fail in the modern era. I think its likely, but after the past five days I am taking nothing for granted.
If we don't get 3 more wins this season...
it will be a lot more of “Welp that was the opposite of fun”
"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." - poster Every6thDay at MCC who has been uncredited for too long!
i wouldn't even be upset if that happened
that would be such epic fail that it would frankly be an amazing achievement
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
I agree with this
proud? No, but at least the team would fulfill the basic function of sports – entertainment.
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On the plus side
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well done
"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." - poster Every6thDay at MCC who has been uncredited for too long!
Not really I forgot something
On the plus side
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OT: Dick Williams died of a brain aneuryism
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That's a shame
One of my earliest baseball memories was him managing those dominant Oakland A’s teams.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 7, 2011 2:52 PM MDT up reply actions
RIP
"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." - poster Every6thDay at MCC who has been uncredited for too long!
Well, there goes one name off the "better than Jim Tracy and available" list
RIP, you were one of the good ones.
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So. Pissed. Off.
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Because We Know: WE ARE THE ROCKIES.
by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 7, 2011 2:50 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Better to be pissed off than
…
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X(
Oh I’ve been thoroughly both of those this season
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 7, 2011 2:53 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't think we need to know what goes on late at night at LDMM's
"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
Fine then, you're never going to get invited with that kind of attitude
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 7, 2011 2:59 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
This needs to be tagged with Maria's "Pro Tip" headline...
"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." - poster Every6thDay at MCC who has been uncredited for too long!
Radfio just reported that John Lannan is starting tomorrow's game
So not battle of the Jasons.
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Well that's no fun
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I read that as John Lennon
I couldn’t imagine that was right…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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Imagine
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Fine, I'm Starting Over....
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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We'll start the corpse of John Lennon
So it can’t be the battle of the LaLennanons
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Jul 7, 2011 4:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Kinda sucks right now....and blows
it sucks and blows at the same time
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Maybe it would be better to blow and suck
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Remember kids...
It pays to listen to the voice of experience!
"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." - poster Every6thDay at MCC who has been uncredited for too long!
indeed.
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its MegaMaid!
She’s gone from “suck” to “blow”!
He's been like a yo-yo this week
Up and down and up and down.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 6:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Hey!
On the plus side, I’m part of the game wrap; though I wish it were for different reasons…
by MissR on Jul 7, 2011 2:56 PM MDT reply actions 3 recs
I've always wanted to be part of a game wrap...
as the guy who hit the game-winning HR.
I may have been a Comment of the Day once.
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For guys whose tires are bald and tank is empty
The bullpen actually did quite well today.
They went 5.2 innings, 4 hits, 1 R, 1 Walk, 5 Ks.
Nobody in MLB can be looking more forward to 3 days off than this crew.
I'm renewing my call
For Stults to get a start. It’s not likely to lead to anything, but let’s see how he does with the score 0-0.
Still 11-12 months away from JDLR’s return, so give him a look. Nothing to lose at this point.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 7, 2011 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions
I kind of think you might need to stretch him out a bit more first.
Otherwise you’re not really going to get a true picture of what he can do.
That would be fine, but it would have to come after a stretch where our starters can go at least 5-6
Because he’s only going to go maybe 4.something, tops, his first time out, so we’re going to need the same innings from the bullpen that he’s been giving 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
Yes but if I thought we were going to get that kind of length
From the existing starters, I wouldn’t want to audition Stults in the first place.
A planned 4-inning start won’t burn up the pen any worse than an unplanned 4-inning start. Give it a shot right after the break when the pen is less frazzled, and see what he have. Probably nothing much, but worth a look.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 7, 2011 3:12 PM MDT up reply actions
No, but a planned 4 inning start after one or two unplanned 4 innings starts, together, will.
As for reording our rotation after the break, maybe the smart idea is to line up our best pitchers first, so that we’re facing other teams’ aces.
"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
Yeah I would probably go Ubaldo and Chacin first
Then try something different in the Saturday (July 16) game, assuming those two guys get wayyyyyyy deep into the game – like 6 complete!
by Northsider1964 on Jul 7, 2011 3:24 PM MDT up reply actions
It would be one thing for JT to just announce rotation for first two games
However, other guys have to schedule throwing in between starts….but it could still work out. I sorta like this idea.
"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
Any lefty who throws strikes
Is worth an audition, when he’s already on the roster anyway.
For example if Morty was a lefty, I’ll bet he would still be starting.
I’m not delusional enough to think it will pan out, but the downside risk isn’t much.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 7, 2011 3:43 PM MDT up reply actions
On the plus side
I’m leaving town and not taking my computer with me.
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On the plus side
tell Jen I say hello!
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Will do! Will see her in about seven hours.
"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
Yeah!
My lady is also out of town – get to see her tomorrow night for the first time in a week!
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I'm trying not to think of the down side which is
that she won’t be back here until 3+ weeks after I am
"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
Boo.
IS she enjoying herself?
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She most definitely is.
"We have done everything possible to be set for this day, for this season. It's time to go. We are ready. I can promise you that." - CarGo
So, I'm going to ATT Park to see Giants-Mets on Saturday
Never been to that park before and I’m looking forward to it. Got tix in the arcade on the right field wall.
I’ll quietly root against the home team.
Yeah it is a good park to catch a game.
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10 LOB. Sweet.
At the Michigan football blog I go to, when things get depressing, they post a picture of ‘Henri, the otter of ennui’. I kinda feel like Henri right about now myself.
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Whatever happened to
Tate Forcier’s “X Factor”, which was allegedly “off the charts?” We could use some of that.
To go back to a discussion from the game thread....
From Renck:
Tulo tells the Post he will not play in all star game if he doesn’t play this weekend. Rockies are his main focus
This is pretty much what I assumed would be the case.
That's our Tulo. :)
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Well, at least we know for sure
he’ll be playing this weekend.
Or he won't.
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He will.
And he’ll be starting the ASG. I have no doubt. He’s not going to miss this chance.
Well I hope he doesn't put his season at risk just to play in the ASG
That’s what I’m getting at.
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And I'm getting at...
its a huge deal and he’s not going to miss it.
I understand.
However, I think if he is at risk to further aggravate his injury, I hope he doesn’t. He’ll be in about 10 more ASG
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whats this season have going for it at the moment?
I woudl take the ASG start
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 7, 2011 3:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Bah. I think you all are misunderstanding me.
I’m not saying Tulo shouldn’t play in the ASG. I’m saying if he has even a twinge of a problem in that pesky quad, to forgo the ASG because he’ll certainly have many more opportunities.
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I'm not misunderstanding
just disagreeing. I think someone’s going to have to shank him in the yard to keep him out of the ASG.
that's both NL shortstops not playing at all
that’s not going to happen; tulo would take the start in the ASG if only so he could give the rockies the chance to have home field advantage in the world series
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
I mean, it’s the only meaningful game he’s going to have a chance to play in the rest of the season. I’d play in it, too.
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I don't want him playing in the ASG at this point.
get the rest.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 7, 2011 3:55 PM MDT up reply actions
He'll probably only play 4-5 innings, anyway.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Jul 7, 2011 4:56 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm so sad about this rockies loss today
that I just bought a bunch of fried chicken and am only eating the skins.
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You've just made the day of every cardiologist in
Fort Collins WYOMING
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Turkey skin is still better btw
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 7, 2011 3:13 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
oh man turkey skin is so good.
I love me some turkey.
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I just realized
it is chesters. but made @ King soopers.
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ooooohhhh
I buy mine at Kings as well. I’m a southern boy, and Chester’s is the best commercial fried chicken I’ve eaten since I migrated west.
Get your purple on.
What do you think of Church's?
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Used to LOVE Church's growing up
Strikes me (rockhead may or may not agree) to have gone downhill somewhat. Or maybe, Popeye’s has just gotten better.
Both still pwn KFC, though.
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Haven't been to a Church's in ages
There’s not one anywhere nearby. Popeye’s isn’t bad. I wouldn’t feed KFC to a jackal. Stuff is disgusting.
Get your purple on.
KFC gravy
makes up for so many other sins.
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Oh, are we talking fried chicken? Because BOOM ZAXBY’S ARGUMENT OVER
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wrong
Zaxby’s only serves chicken fingers.
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I'mma gonna have Bojangles this weekend.
And Bojangles might just pwn all.
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Oh man....
You’re breakin’ my heart here. Ate there when I was back in NC in May. And yes, Bojangles pwns.
Get your purple on.
Not a fan of sweet tea, though.
Fortunately, there’s a Bojangles about five miles from where I’m staying…hope it’s open uber late, but probably not, so I’mma have to wait for lunch 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
Funny
I’m one of the few southerners I know that can’t abide sweet tea. A slice of lemon is the only extra iced tea requires.
Get your purple on.
by rockhead on Jul 7, 2011 3:34 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
Rec'd so hard
"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
When my sister moved to Houston, she was totally baffled by sweet tea.
Didn’t have any idea how common it was. And since she wasn’t going to drink it, it was actually a struggle to get water at a couple work meetings she went to.
I like not quite sweet tea.
Just a taste of sweet
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Right, I like sweetENED tea
using just a little bit of artificial sweetner. I do not like that glorified syrup they call sweet tea….
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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It's much more popular in the deep SE, not as much so in most of Texas
Though yeah…in east Texas…
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amen
I can’t stand sweet tea.
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I am not sure I can be friends with any of you, now. Sweet tea is the nectar of the gods. Particularly the sweet tea at McAlister’s.
"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
/smh
sweet tea is disgusting.
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In the parlance of this blog, ‘Look how wrong you are.’
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton
you spelled "right" wrong.
But seriously – go and enjoy your syrup.
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On the plus side
I’m all about celebrating the diversity of tea and tea drinkers in this world. If you like it, have at. It’s just not for me.
Get your purple on.
by rockhead on Jul 7, 2011 3:43 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
well done rockhead.
well done.
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youre not alone
Hate unsweetened tea, love sweet tea
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by black_knight101 on Jul 7, 2011 7:21 PM MDT up reply actions
I used to worship at Church's
sad when they closed here
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Soopers has good fried chicken
Though it’s sad that grocery store chicken is among the best around. Doesn’t speak well for the diners in these parts.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 7, 2011 3:26 PM MDT up reply actions
This is a fact
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I've heard White Fence Farm is good
But I never go to that part of town.
Otherwise, I’ve found very little in the way of good fried chicken at local haunts. My favorite greasy spoon (20th Street Cafe) doesn’t have it, and the soul food places in Five Points are overrated in my opinion.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 7, 2011 3:46 PM MDT up reply actions
Wait.
Is White Fence Farm that family style restaurant with a petting zoo? I totally remember going there as a kid!
I think so
Haven’t actually been there, just hear the fried chicken is tasty.
The petting zoo I can do without, I just care if the food is good.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 7, 2011 4:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, yeah.
But for families, it’s fun. I don’t remember anything about the food—I mostly just have memories of the grounds and what the interior looked like. I’ve only been once, and it was decades ago.
They've added a slide since you've been...
Inside the big barn…and it’s sized so adults can go down as well as kids!
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New Belgium has a slide
you get to go down it on the tour.
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heck yes!
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Did I see in Grant's power rankings this week...
that Bernie Brewer no longer slides into a vat of beer? Sacrilege!
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I'm all for restaurants appealing to kids and families
As long as they also feature a take-out counter. :)
by Northsider1964 on Jul 7, 2011 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
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The Farm does offer takeout...
with a separate entrance.
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I think you'd like it...
remember that they are closed for most of January. The family that owns it takes a vacation that month!
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stupid music playing
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I should have included a warning on that.
Sorry!
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it's ok
just a huge pet peeve of mine.
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Not just you
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Love White Fence Farm
Worth a trip if you’re craving fried chicken.
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sadly true
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Popeye's baby!
With some red beans & rice on the side.
Popeye's is a second close after Church's
Man I’m hungry now
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As my second-favorite team just swept my first-favorite,
I guess I should be happy, somewhat, but I’m not. Not happening this way.
They don’t play the game on paper, and in baseball more than any other sport, unexpected and fluky things happen every day.
However, sometimes exactly what you expect happens. This series is now Exhibit A.
RUNNING AWAY EH? YOU BLUE & RED B****RDS!
AH, C’MON! IT’S ONLY A FLESH WOUND!!!
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by WalkInRight on Jul 7, 2011 3:35 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
This ship be sinkin'
Wait, what's his real name? We should make a joke out of that.
Well, it's certainly listing
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I'm at bargaining.
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Is that like:
Just let them win the wild card. OR I know they won’t make the playoffs, but at least let them keep the GIants out.
Something like that
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sorry, still stuck at denial personally.
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So you'd accept Snakes instead of Gints?
Just want to be sure there is consensus on who PR wants if the Rox can’t take the West. Though all five equate to that proverbial snowball in hell in an NLDS versus the Braves or Phillies.
at least if arizona makes it they'll have earned it
it’s not at all implausible for the giants to get outscored in the second half too, especially with sanchez down
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By the numbers:
Road to 85 wins: Win 44 of 74 or 3 out of every 5 games.
Road to 92 wins: Win 51 of 74 or 2 out of every 3 games.
Totally doable
….gulp….no but really it is. Don’t know exactly why we would all of the sudden start winning, but it definately is possible and not insane for it to happen
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 7, 2011 3:54 PM MDT up reply actions
It's been done before.
The 1989 Toronto Blue Jays were 42-46 and won the AL East with an 89-73 record.
The 1973 New York Mets were 38-50 and won the NL East at 82-79.
At least we are 1 game up on the Fathers
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You mean the Padre?
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Victorino won the largest media market popularity contest
big surprise there
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I'm shocked. Shocked.
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he will never be half the player Todd was
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 7, 2011 4:01 PM MDT up reply actions
victorino's a pretty good player
now if we were talking about ryan ‘K looking to end the 2010 NLCS’ howard…
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maybe firing tracy isn't the answer, but something's just not clicking out there
They don't even release
everybody’s total votes….sketchy
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 7, 2011 4:01 PM MDT up reply actions
Nah
Victorino and Ethier at least have SOME talent, unlike certain other final 2 pairings…
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 7, 2011 8:58 PM MDT up reply actions
The "certain other pairings"
I was thinking of referred back to the American Idol comment.
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 7, 2011 9:19 PM MDT up reply actions
Did he end up on the DL?
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 7, 2011 4:05 PM MDT up reply actions
didn't he get hurt?
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ya he is hurt…but they aren’t sure if he will be DL’d or not yet….to my knowledge
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 7, 2011 4:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Pretty sure.
With that and Reyes on the DL, they’ll need a couple more replacements. I think Helton still has an outside shot of making it there. Though being a 1B might hurt him.
That and the fact that
Bochy is a certified grade A – Asshole
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
by wolf213 on Jul 7, 2011 4:04 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
he will probably select
Buster Posey and Cody Ross and Fredy Sanchez and Nate Scheierholtz as his replacements.
Or he will take McCutch just to satisfy Hurdle…I am forgetting who else criticized him
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 7, 2011 4:06 PM MDT up reply actions
I think Bochy is a good baseball man
Who answers to a certified Grade A asshole GM, who suddenly thinks he invented baseball.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 7, 2011 4:09 PM MDT up reply actions
they should logically take the 2 runner ups for the last vote
fair
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by waterboy31321 on Jul 7, 2011 4:04 PM MDT up reply actions
That seems right to me
if the idea of the last 5 vote is “One of these guys deserves to be there”, then use one of those guys to replace Victorino. Don’t leave it to a guy who is just as likely to hand the spot to Mike Fontenot or Santiago Casilla….
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seems like it should just be whomever
is next in vote getting
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Yeah, I agree.
Maybe it would be, at least if Victorino can’t play. But other guys, you probably have to go by position (i.e., with Reyes out, you need another middle infielder).
The "final 5" guy is kind of a unique situation
because by definition it can be any position. Otherwise, you’re right, and most of the time the replacement for an injured guy will play his position…
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by rule, Ethier replaces Victorino
Bochy has no power there. He also does not have the power to choose who replaces Tulowitzki if he doesn’t play, as Tulo was a players choice, so the next highest vote getter (Drew) would go.
Bochy DOES get to pick who replaces Reyes though.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 7, 2011 6:40 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Well I'm a little unsarcastically surprised
that Ethier didn’t get it
Wait, what's his real name? We should make a joke out of that.
nobody in LA
is paying attention to the Dodgers anymore.
that's for sure
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Well....
Boy….
Get em tomorrow.
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At some point soon, we will see a lineup of....
Wiggy, Splly and Garner in the OF, Stewart, Herrera, Ellis and Helton in the IF and Pagnozzi behind the plate.
The expansion Rockies opening day lineup was better than that:
Girardi
Galarraga
Young
Hayes
Benavides
Clark
Cole
Bichette
Strange, strange season this is.
Freddie Benavides
would be like the 4th best player on this team. Or, not…but still you had to think about it, and that’s sad.
I just puked.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Jul 7, 2011 5:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Gotta hand it to Gebhard, though
That’s a really solid expansion lineup.
The pitching staff, OTOH…..
considering cargo.is coming back tommorow
I have a hard time seeing that OF actually happening
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Trivia Time!
Can you name the Rockies opening day starting left fielder in 2004 (against AZ)?
If you know this without looking it up you are a world-class Rockies fan.
DANG, so close! - yeah he also played some CF that year
As hard as that is to imagine.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 7, 2011 4:47 PM MDT up reply actions
Pellow
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Yeah he did.
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If you knew that cold.....
I am deeply, deeply impressed.
Bryan wrote a feature on Pellow at one point
That may have helped
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 7, 2011 6:43 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
We, as a community, could probably use another "It Could Be Worse" article.
http://www.purplerow.com/2009/5/15/877076/rockies-retro-it-could-be-worse
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Jul 7, 2011 8:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Rockies 2004 Opening Day lineup
by position, not batting order:
Johnson ©
Helton (1b)
Gonzalez (2b)
Castilla (3B)
Clayton (ss)
Pellow (LF)
Wilson (CF)
Burnitz (RF)
Estes (p)
By 2004
Charles Johnson was already well past the point at which he was willing to run hard, slide, or even think about blocking the plate. Talented guy, but with all the heart of a Tin Man.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 7, 2011 4:58 PM MDT up reply actions
If you're stumped....
go to http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/COL/opening.shtml
Where you’ll also learn:
- The Rockies had 6 different opening day 3B between 2001-2006 (Cirillo, Zeile, Baker, Castilla, Stynes, Atkins)
- they had 7 different starters at 2B from 2006-2011 (and will have another next year)
- They’ve had 14 different starting 2B
Chris Stynes
Had some good years w/the Reds. Didn’t have any with the Rockies.
I thought he'd be a good fit here...
but he wasn’t. Hardnosed player, but he swung at everything.
"but he swung at everything."
That would make him a good fit now.
'hardnosed player who swung at everything'
we could probably say that about more people than not who have donned the purple pinstripes
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Really weird open batting stance
reminded me a lot of softball where the girls run up to hit the ball.
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And here is the Rockies all-time lineup based on.....
….most games played at the position by one player:
Girardi C
Helton 1B
Young 2B
Castilla 3B
Tulowitzki SS
Holliday LF
Fowler CF
Walker RF
Not that’s a lineup I’d like to have seen on the field together…..
Yep, he has 311 games in CF
Burks had 303
Pierre had 353 games w/ the Rox, but some of his starts were in LF
What this all means....
Except for Cargo and Tulo, O’Dowd has taken this team on the field exactly…..nowhere.
I'm pretty sure Iannetta has played more games than Girardi
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 7:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Yep, I read that wrong.
Iannetta is #1 (386 games)
Number 2, however, is Jeff Reed w/ 324
Torrealba had 306
And finally.....
here is the Rockie’s all time pitching staff based on appearances (in a particular role)
Starters:
Cook
Wright
Jennings
Jimenez (we forget – he’s already appeared in 133 games!)
Ritz
Closer:
Fuentes
Non-closer relievers:
Reed
Leskanic
Munoz (this one surprised me but, yeah, Mike Munoz appeared in 300 games as a Rockie!)
needs more Bohannon.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 7, 2011 5:28 PM MDT up reply actions
*Bohanon
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 7, 2011 5:29 PM MDT up reply actions
not upset at all to have not watched this game, or even that i didnt know the start time
i wish there were better rotation options, because i think nicasio’s cameo needs to end soon or he might turn into greg reynolds… maybe we swap him and friedrich? i dunno.
to sum: we’re doomed.
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So you're saying CDI will save us?
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frankly i wouldn't at all be surprised if he had the best second half of anyone on the team
so sure, why not?
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Cool.
( I was just going for the cheap CDI = Doom joke)
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yeah i got it, just went the serious route
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Who are you, Greg?
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flash flood sirens in my neighboorhood.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 7, 2011 5:54 PM MDT reply actions
whoa....aren't you downtown?
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no.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 7, 2011 6:09 PM MDT up reply actions
OT: Holy crap. Scary situation going down in Grand Rapids, MI.
Some guy killed 7 people at two different locations in city, then a police chase (apparently wrong way on highways, etc.), now a possible hostage situation at some apartment complex, reported shots fired.
Yikes that's awful
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I'm watching a live feed of their local news, and some guy called
who was driving with his cousin earlier today (before the police chase) and the suspect cut them off and shot at them, hitting his cousin (who is okay). And some other woman was injured by a bullet at another intersection. The guy was just shooting randomly. And the guy has a lengthy police record.
So tired of Wigginton...
Has he had a clutch hit all year? His average with RISP and two outs must be below .180 at this point.
Obviously he’s not the only thing wrong with the team, but I’d like to have a third basemen/utility/whatever that can actually hit when someone’s on base.
his splits are up in like the rockpile or game wrap from yesterday
he is so unbelievably bad in those situations. it’s not even 2out/RISP, it’s with anyone on at all, and just gets worse the more leverage you add
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OT: John Mackey is dead.
NFL HOFer who was a leader in trying to get better health benefits for former NFL players. He suffered from dementia for years.
per MLBTR:
Whomever Joe Mather is, the Rockies just signed him
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 7, 2011 6:49 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
/fail
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 7, 2011 7:02 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Sounds German for "Joe Mama"
That aside, he’s an almost 29 year old utility guy (has played all 3 OF spots, 1B and 3B). 3rd round draft pick by the Cards in 2001, put up some pretty good minor league numbers in their system. Finally got called up by SL in 2008, had his best big league season (54 games, .780 OPS, 8 HR, .241 average). Started 2009 as the favorite to win the starting 3B job in SL, got hurt and ended up missing most of 2009 with 3 wrist surgeries.
2010 he had decent numbers at AAA for the Cards, but only .525 OPS with SL in 36 games, and the Cards let him go after the season. Atlanta picked him up, put him at AAA, then called him up at the end of April. Put up a .578 OPS in 36 games (.764 OPS in 20 games at AAA). When they tried to send him back down in June, he opted for free agency. And here he is.
Viva el Birdos had a pretty decent write up about him a couple years ago, comparing him to Chris Duncan. Also, apparently his nickname there was “Joey Bombs”, so that’s kinda cool. Even cooler is that his Wiki page says that another of his nicknames was Cotton Mather…
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Oh, he also pitched the 19th and 20th innings of a game a couple years ago
Took a loss against the Mets, giving up 1 run.
So maybe he’s coming in as bullpen help? We’ve seen worse this year…
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We play the Giants a couple times in September
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biants? Is that the word?
I don’t follow…
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Actually, he has been signed for a couple days
has been playing for the Sky Sox since Tuesday or so. Probably since Garner was called up. Used to play for St. Louis
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 7, 2011 8:29 PM MDT up reply actions
I seem to recall his name being mentioned in a couple of sloppy pebble reports...
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 7, 2011 9:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Watching the Cubs-Nats
Its been a great game so far.
Reed Johnson strikes me as a player the Rox should take a look at.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 7, 2011 7:49 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
A lightly regarded journeyman OF
Who can play circles around Spilly at less than half the price.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 7, 2011 7:57 PM MDT up reply actions
maybe that's what Joe Mather can do?
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Because We Know: WE ARE THE ROCKIES.
by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 7, 2011 8:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Seems like a solid acquisition.
Battles every AB, tough player, having a good season.
He’d come cheap. Stick him in left, CarGo in CF, Smith in RF.
Why not.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 7, 2011 8:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Cubs may want to keep him
If they have the opportunity to shed some of their more expensive OFs. We’re probably a year too late on getting Johnson at a six-figure price. But hey – we were all set on RH hitting OFs this season.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 7, 2011 9:53 PM MDT up reply actions
I hope it goes to extras
And I mean DEEP into extras
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 8:30 PM MDT up reply actions
20 or so innings
And tomorrow night the bullpens will be about evenly gassed.
by Northsider1964 on Jul 7, 2011 8:33 PM MDT up reply actions
That's all I ask
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 8:36 PM MDT up reply actions
We won't see nasty Henry Rodriguez tomorrow.
So, yay.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 7, 2011 8:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Go Padre
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Padres lose and Rockies drop to 8.5 GB.
That’d be BAD.
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by CentralCaliRox on Jul 7, 2011 8:43 PM MDT up reply actions
Either way we're in huge trouble
As I see it, this ship has alredy hit the iceberg because the back of the rotation is rapidly becoming a disaster, the bullpen is being drained, and the schedule over the next month is an absolute beast (Monday started a 38 game stretch where 32 of the games were against teams with a winning record – not to mention that 23 of them are on the road where the Rockies are not 9-22 in their last 31 affairs).
If we can somehow get to August 15th, 5 or 6 games back, I’ll change my tune – but at this point, I just expect it to keep getting worse until that juncture because there are so many things crumbling with this team right now and it is in no position to make a run. By the time things start to turn, (and is still do believe they will turn at some point) I fear we will be too far back when we make our run.
I fully expect us to be about 13 games out by the time we finish this brutal stretch.
In short, we didn’t take advantage of the early part of the season where we A) started off hot and B) were getting outstanding pitching on a nightly basis. The penalty for throwing all that away is extremely severe I’m afraid – as in we won’t come out of mid August alive (unless you count mathematically).
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 9:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Ah
where the Rockies are not now 9-22
(and is I still do believe they will turn at some point)
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 9:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Well
You can always grab a lifeboat and get away. I’m not willing to give up this ship just yet.
Get your purple on.
Oh I'll still be on the ship when it goes down
I’m just now very certain it’s going to sink.
I try to be as realistically optimistic as possible but even I can’t ignore the cold reality that is the daunting task that now stands in front of this team. It’s not just the 8 games they trail by, (8.5 if the Padres don’t come back tonight) – it’s the favorable conditions that will be in place for that gap to widen, possibly by several games over the next five weeks. Either one of those problems by themselves is not a death blow, and I wouldn’t so glum if one existed solely; but together…….let’s just say it’s not good.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 9:53 PM MDT up reply actions
I think you're wrong
But I’ve got to leave it alone before I post something I’ll regret. Good night.
Get your purple on.
Were you going to tell us about that one night back in college?
I would have liked to have heard that story.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 7, 2011 10:16 PM MDT up reply actions
not college, band camp
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
I'd like to hear it
I need something I can cling to right now that will make me feel better about this situation. I REALLY want to be wrong
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 10:23 PM MDT up reply actions
WE are heading for a 90-loss season...
The second half won’t be any prettier for us than the first half has been. We aren’t trading for any “savior” as PHLP has hinted, even if we do pull off a trade for a solid player or two. This part of the schedule is a killer for us at the worst possible time as you’ve pointed out. And the way this team has a habit of throwing in the towel when out of it, as we did in our 1-13 ending to 2010 has me completely convinced we will go around 72-90 this year.
Last time this sort of thing happened when we had high hopes based on splashy megacontracts? 2001, after Hampton, Neagle, and Helton were given the combination to unlock the Rockies bank vault. Common thread here? O’Dowd, M&M. They don’t build a complete team, and neglect weak spots on the roster while overrating the players they do put on the club.
90 losses = O’Dowd’s Waterloo. That is my prediction, and I root that I’m wrong.
CarGo and Tulo are far better than Hampton and Neagle
and weren’t pitchers that could have a bad time at Coors. I think the CarGo and Tulo signings were also done not with only winning this year as well. I believe this team has a 3-4 year window. Sadly, that won’t be enough for Helton but you can’t look at the CarGo and Tulo signings in the same way as Hampton and Neagle.
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That wasn't my point...
Where do I compare HampNeagle to Cargo and Tulo? Any idiot knows our current two stars are much better.
My point was that when this front office and ownership start puffing their chests with big contracts, they neglect other key spots on the roster and leave us with fatal holes. We were more concerned with giving Tulo, Cargo and the franchise long-term certainty that we totally forgot that there’s a 2011 season coming up, and we didn’t make the adjustments and additions needed for THIS season.
That is a front office sin that should hold somebody accountable.
This team's current record has far more to do with the talent on this team not performing than the holes O'Dowd didn't fill
This is on the players as far as I’m concerned.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 10:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Poor development is a big factor.
But that has nothing to do with offseason moves.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 7, 2011 10:34 PM MDT up reply actions
It's not just about development
It’s a about a disturbing trend we’re starting to see with Rockie players where they develop and then regress big time out of nowhere. Look at Fowler and Stewart this season – If they developed that would be great but even if they could have just held their career lines our record would be much better
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 10:37 PM MDT up reply actions
The regression is odd for sure.
I wonder if that is more on coaching? So weird. But then you have other players that come up and do okay.
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The talent has not performed up to expectations...
but those expectations were really set by O’Dowd when he keeps Fowler and Stewart as our starting CF and 3B for this coming season. HE and his staff should more properly evaluate the talent, better than we the fans do, and better than the media pundits do.
The fact that O’Dowd has stacked the roster with underachieving and unclutch performers is an indictment, at some point, on him.
This is O’Dowd’s roster. He has to take ownership of it.
Was there any reason at the end of last season to
not have Stewy and Dex starting? I don’t think they were sooo horrible last year that you wouldn’t give them opportunties to continue to compete for the job.
Whom would you have preferred over those two? Also, if you want FA signings to feel those positions that is easier said they done. Would we have gotten Carl Crawford? No way.
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Read my comment below about flipping them...
in trades. We could have ordained Cargo as our CF for the next many years, and filled a corner OF spot with a decent power bat. Who knows, maybe we could have pried away Juston Upton or someone like that with a package of a couple MLB players and/or prospects. Trouble is O’Dowd holds onto our young talent too long until their weaknesses are exposed and trade values collapse. He falls in love with the wrong ones too easily. He’s not a bad GM, just not a great one.
I don't think we intended for CarGo to be our everyday CF
I think we intended him to be our everyday LF but we were forced into it by Dex’s bad performance this year. Upton if he continued improving was likely going to resign with the Dbacks or make a lot more money in FA.
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How was O'Dowd supposed to know Ian and Dex would be THIS bad?
Sure they had their ups and downs but they were NEVER this bad. The coaches can lead these guys to the watering hole but they can’t take the drink for them too.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 10:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Fair comment.....
but that is precisely what winning organizations with top flight GMs do all the time. They make trades that may look strange when they are done, and yet they come out smelling like a rose later on.
There were yellow flags with both players after last season, though both could be considered up-and-comers still. They had trade value and we had holes. Seems trades should have been considered , at the very least.
These statements are nice, but
hat is precisely what winning organizations with top flight GMs do all the time. They make trades that may look strange when they are done, and yet they come out smelling like a rose later on.
Which organizations? When? I can think of one organization that has been doing this over the last few years. I’ll give you a guess at which one. If you name the right one, I’ll buy your argument.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 7, 2011 11:13 PM MDT up reply actions
tampa bay
exhibit A is scott kazmir
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
Winner, winner.
Chicken dinner. That being said, they’re able to take a lot of risks because they have been loaded with prospects for years. Friedman has been masterful though, and he really doesn’t get the respect for it.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 7, 2011 11:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Can you honestly list moves that should have been made in the offseason
that aren’t hindsight moves? I’d like to know them.
The general consensus across baseball was that the Rockies were going to compete for, if not win, the West.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 7, 2011 10:34 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm not the GM....
but for years O’Dowd has had the chance to fill the 2B hole, and has failed to to it adequately. That’s a sign that he can’t evaluate talent, or his staff can’t. Remember Jayson Nix being handed the starting 2B job in 2008 after we let Matsui go? Just one example.
But if I can just pick one trade, it was the Michael Young deal. Maybe we should have gone the extra mile to get it done. Or, if that failed, come up with someone a little more likely to produce than Lopez.
Also, he should have brought in more starting pitching depth and not counted on Cook for ANYTHING. That he didn’t, and even let Francis leave, suggests he wasn’t preparing for realistic scenarios. And, no, Clay Mortenson is not a realistic alternative to Cook. Nor is Greg Reynolds. They should never have been alternatives or high enough on the depth chart to be relied upon to step in and help.
Still, this roster is the accumulation of many years of front office work. It has some real talent, but real failures, and that is the result of O’Dowd & Co’s overall body of work. His teams have averaged 77-85 per season over 11 1/2 years.
In a results-oriented industry, that’s not good. Not good at all.
Texas is the one who backed out of the Michael Young trade
Not O’Dowd.
And Francis is not a good pitcher anymore, so you really can’t blame O’Dowd for that.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 10:54 PM MDT up reply actions
I blame O'Dowd for being over 80 games under .500...
over 11 1/2 mostly disappointing seasons (save two wonderful ones). The Monforts may share in that blame, but ultimately it’s the baseball men that build an organization, and O’Dowd has had one too many disappointing teams when expectations were high.
As for Young, we don’t know what conversations went on. Maybe we could have offered one more prospect and gotten it done.
When you say expectations were high
You spoil your own argument. If expectations were so high, then most out there had to think the moves O’Dowd made were pretty strong. That leads me to believe it’s the players who have the talent to win and are not getting the job done that’s the real issue here.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 11:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Not really....
MY personal expecations for this team were not that high, even if I was hoping this would be the year we win the NL West. I felt that the big signiings and the PR value swayed a lot of fans and media into thinking we are better than we really are. I questioned whether we had done enough to fills holes, and improve on our 3.5 runs per game and .226 average on the road.
In truth, I did not share the same expectations. A lot of this was not falling for the hype, being troubled by our 1-13 finish, and understanding that this team NEVER performs up to expectations when expectations are high.
Where is this starting pitching depth coming from?
Who should he have been brought in?
I understand your frustration. I just don’t see any validity in your arguments. The Michael Young situation did not fail because of a lack of effort from theRockies. The Rangers pulled out to avoid the mounting PR disaster.
The starting pitching depth only became an issue after the season began due to injuries and sudden drops in effectiveness.
I’d be willing to back you on this is you had some better facts.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 7, 2011 10:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Injuries happen...
and O’Dowd didn’t bring in anyone other than Clay Mortenson and Felipe Paulino to provide depth. John Maine? I wouldn’t say that was very likely to succeed.
Also, O’Dowd should have at least tried to make Morales a starter again in spring training. Even if he isn’t needed at the end of camp, his arm is stretched out and he may be able to be a long-man. Instead, we kept this wild reliever for two months and dumped him. Good riddance, I say, but who knows if Morales or even Paulino could have thrived a little more as starters? Or at least starter-ready relievers.
But you still need facts? Look at O’Dowd’s 11 1/2 year record. Look at how his highly regarded teams did in 2001, 2008, 2010, and now 2011. I see a pattern based on facts, even if you don’t.
This still doesn't answer the questions:
Where is this starting pitching depth coming from?
Who should he have been brought in?
You’re not getting the point that I’m trying to make. I’m not defending DOD’s career record. I’m just trying to demonstrate the fact that there were no plausible trades last offseason that would have improved this team based on the knowledge that we had in the offseason.
This doesn’t mean that there is a problem with the FO or DOD, but the problem isn’t that they didn’t make more trades.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 7, 2011 11:37 PM MDT up reply actions
just because we as the fans didnt have an idea of it beforehand or didnt know who might have been available doesnt mean that nothing could have happened or that no one was available
look at the tigers-yankees-dbacks trade, were the fans of those three teams sitting there the whole time completely privy to it? or when the phillies literally swept in out of nowhere and signed cliff lee?
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
Hmm. I thought you were using Neagle and Hampton
examples of some bad decisions of lots of money. Guess I misread this. Not sure why you had to invoke idiot here. I wasn’t picking a fight.
It does seem are indicting DOD and the Monforts for giving two contracts to franchise players. We also signed JDLR to a 3 year deal (ithink) and he went down with a bad elbow. I don’t think that was anticipated. Jose Lopez was a shot in the dark that didn’t work out, but that happens.
Would you rather risk losing Tulo or CarGo to franchises that could pay them more in say a year? I have no problem with the two signings, because again I think DOD is looking beyond just winning this season.
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You know "idiot" was not...
directed to anyone in particular, least of all you.
Tulo and Cargo would not have been available to anyone else in say a year. How about after 2014?
I really am not complaining about those signings “per-se”, but the distraction such signings cause, and the apparent inability to fill many other holes properly that we knew about. Maybe, just maybe, Fowler and/or Stewart could have been traded while their value was higher for a more productive bat or two?
Ahh, but that requires good talent evaluation. Something we may be missing right now.
See my comments above about Dex and Ian
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This is hindsight.
Fowler and/or Stewart could have been traded while their value was higher for a more productive bat or two
Did anyone in baseball know that their value was not going to increase after this year? I would say that very few, if any, did. Now this seems like an obvious move, but it’s hindsight.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 7, 2011 10:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Remember when Matt Williams was dealt by Sabean?
Same type of situation. Fans thought he was nuts, but he ended up with a guy named Jeff Kent. This is what great GMs do. O’Dowd cannot be counted among them.
Yes, you can claim these only look good in hindsight, but I for one was thinking Cargo was a better CF and it was wrong to stick him in LF. I may very well have used our CF depth to trade him and someone else for a corner OF power bat.
I'm not following this at all.
How are Fowler and Stewart like Matt Williams?
Once again, I’m not defending DOD as a great GM, but you’re arguments don’t make any sense.
And if you’re trying to point to Sabaean as a great GM, you might want to read up on the path it took to get to 2010.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 7, 2011 11:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Also...
The Diamondbacks won a WS with Matt Williams. The Giants didn’t win one with Jeff Kent.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 7, 2011 11:10 PM MDT up reply actions
The point is....
GMs have to take calculated risks via the trade route sometimes, and dare to be great at the risk of being called an idiotic GM. Sabean did that in that case, and Kent had a HOF-worthy run with the Giants.
Yes, Williams later on went on to have good seasons, and won a ring. But that’s irrelevant to my argument, which is that O’Dowd is not a very good talent evaluator or dealer of talent. He’s just OK, but not that great overall as his medicore career W/L record with the team attests.
Sabean also traded Francisco Liriano, and Joe Nathan for AJ Pierzynski so it doesn't always work that well
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 11:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Giants fans have hated Sabean more often than they've loved him.
The fact that they were unable to win a world series with perhaps the best hitter who ever lived doesn’t really reflect well on his genius.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 7, 2011 11:40 PM MDT up reply actions
nathan's a good point, but liriano blows
he had a good K/BB last year, but the man is very hittable when he’s on, and terrible when he’s not, and injured the rest of the time
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
Not before he had TJ surgury
When the Giants let him go, they gave up an outstanding pitcher.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 11:57 PM MDT up reply actions
You realize there weren't enough lifeboats for everyone on the Titanic right?
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You should get out while you can
Women and children first.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 10:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Meh. I'm going down with the ship
Someone else can have my seat.
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Happy birthday to me.
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JFK
So I've got to hand it to the Rockeis. Before this series I said
This series, and really this entire road trip scares me to death because it’s exactly the type of voyage that can wreck the Rockies.
I fully expected to lose three out of four games in Atlanta and knew that if we failed to take game two that there was a decent chance of us getting swept. Clearly my expectations were not low enough!!!!! Not only do they get swept but they lose both Tulo to a quad tweak and Charlie to a broken foot.
I guess to avoid disappointment this weekend I should expext to get swept and have a least one more key player get hurt. Maybe this time I won’t be disappointed.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 8:36 PM MDT reply actions
I had zero expectations for this trip.
I wouldn’t have been surprised if it was winless.
That said, injuries suck. And when I thought it couldn’t get worse..
Hiding under my Rockies blankie
by prettyinpurple on Jul 7, 2011 9:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Let's hope the Nats can't bounce back well.
They blew an 8-0 lead.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 7, 2011 8:39 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Oh great
Nats blow an 8-0 lead against the Cubs. Now they are gonna be extra pissed going into tomorrow’s game.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 8:39 PM MDT reply actions
Could work for them.
But it also could work AGAINST them.
Latter, please.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 7, 2011 8:41 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Cleveland scores five in the bottom of the 9th and wins on a Hafner walk-off grand Slam (5-4)
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 8:43 PM MDT reply actions
that is the kind of magic that propels a team throughout the year
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 8, 2011 7:29 AM MDT up reply actions
cubs, cleveland....
man, whatever happened to the rockies doing cool stuff in the late innings?
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
there's obviously not a whole lot to add to this day,
so here’s a lunatic swinging a chainsaw.
We Fear NO ONE.
Because We Know: WE ARE THE ROCKIES.
by The Lodo Magic Man on Jul 7, 2011 9:49 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
that is awesome
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
And of course
You know it can’t be our annual road trip of death unless we lose one on a blown save walk-off HR so prepare for that sometime in that Nats series too. I just have this overwheming feeling that this is still going to find a way to get worse.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 9:59 PM MDT reply actions
Nats' last ten wins have been by one run or in extra innings...
so a walkoff is not out of the question.
They had tying and winning runs in scoring position with two out in ninth tonight, but Marmol got the last out.
I'll be expecting the worst
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 11:05 PM MDT up reply actions
I've often wondered if people fell trying to catch a ball like that
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JFK
I feel bad for Hamilton.
He was just doing a routine gesture. It’s not his fault at all, but I don’t know how he’s not affected by it.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 7, 2011 10:11 PM MDT up reply actions
That's so awful
Poor Josh Hamilton too; I hope this doesn’t haunt him because that’s brutal.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 10:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Wait, isn't this the second time a fan has fallen at Ranger Stadium and died
or is this a repeat of last years story?
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The guy last year fell farther, but lived.
This guy just fell the wrong way I suppose. He apparently hit something on the way down, which may have made it so his body didn’t flatten out as what typically happens when you fall from that kind of height.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 7, 2011 10:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow. I can't believe that's happened twice at the same stadium. Bizarre
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Seems like there might be some oddity about the railings.
They seem pretty low to me. They are a little below waist high on the average man.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 7, 2011 10:30 PM MDT up reply actions
8.5 games back
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 10:29 PM MDT reply actions
Bah I had mine rewound. And thought how can this be over...lol
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Sorry
You didn’t miss too much
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 10:34 PM MDT up reply actions
It was just funny because I forgot I had rewound. I was just confused.
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I thought for sure
that it was going to be this.
by DumbAndNerdy on Jul 7, 2011 10:59 PM MDT up reply actions
How sadly appropriate
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions
So to review...
Today the Rockies lost, the Giants won, the D’Backs won, Helton didn’t make the All Star game, and Blackmon broke his foot.
What a smahing success!!!!
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jul 7, 2011 11:12 PM MDT reply actions
yay
/smashes head against wall
Hiding under my Rockies blankie
by prettyinpurple on Jul 7, 2011 11:16 PM MDT up reply actions
So that's what he meant by smashing
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
On the Plus Side
“Torchwood” is back tomorrow. I can resume drooling over John Barrowman
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Yes. And I find
it awesome. I think he and his husband are lovely.
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
On the Plus Side
Today is almost over. (MDT)
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
Sorry if this is trollish, but I can't find a discussion of it anywhere here. Why Not Tim Wheeler?
Question: Why hasn’t there been more talk of, at the very least, moving Wheeler up to AAA, especially given the situation with Blackmon’s injury and Garner’s call-up?
Is it possible that Wheeler, a plus fielder with speed, could provide the kind of punch from the corner outfield position that could help the Rockies make a second-half run?
Does the answer hide in the numbers? Does Wheeler strike out too much, does his swing translate at the big league level?
Tim Wheeler 316/398/603 K : 26.4 BB: 9.8 BABIP: 372
Dexter Fowler 2008 Tulsa: 335/431/515 BABIP: 405 K : 21.1 BB: 12.9 (called up to major leagues 108 games)
Chris Iannetta Tulsa: 321/418/622 k %: 16.7 BB % 13 (played just 41 games before moving up to AAA where all of his numbers went down)
CarGo: 286/330/476 K 22.5 bb 6.4 BABIP: 333
And just for fun comparison ( I know not all of these translate very well)
Todd Helton 1996 New Haven (AA): 332/425/486
Matt Holliday 2003 Tulsa: 253/313/395
Larry Walker 1987 Jacksonville (AA): 287/383/534
Jack Cust 2003 El Paso (AA): 293/440/526
Prince Fielder (AA): 272/366/473
Ken Griffey Junior (AA): 273/353/492 (18 years old)
Joey Votto (AA): 319/408/547
Matt Kemp: 327/402/528(AA) (moved to AAA after 48 games)
Joe Mauer (AA): 341/400/453
Chipper Jones (AA): 346/367/594
Mark McGwire (AA): 303/427/533 (moved up to AAA 55 games in)
Miguel Cabrera (AA): 365/429/609 (called up to big leagues 69 games)
David Wright (AA): 363/467/619 (moved to AAA 60 games)
Frank Thomas: 323/487/581 (called up after 109 games)
i think wheeler getting called up is more likely with a post-break collapse
that way we’ll have pretty much given up on the season, and can give wheeler a little bit of time in the majors, see how he deals with better pitching, since as you said his K rate is probably of concern. he’ll be in colorado springs next year for sure, barring injury or something
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
Wheeler's numbers are better than Dexter's babip inflated numbers in 2008
when Dexter was called up. From everything I’ve researched, he’s having the best 80+ game AA season of any legitimate prospect in franchise history.
by rururuland784 on Jul 8, 2011 1:54 AM MDT up reply actions
dont get me wrong, i think the kid's got great potential, more so than fowler, and probably has the highest ceiling of any non-pitcher not named rosario in the system
it’s just that with all the struggles dexter and stewart have had, maybe the organization is going to take a ‘let them cook a bit more’ stance with wheeler
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
You think Rosario still has a higher cieling
He’s had a very tough year at the plate.
I suppose I get that argument. But, I don’t see AAA aiding in his development at this point. To me, with his improvements hitting the ball to all fields, staying in longer against lefties and his remarkeable and consistent power display, he’s ready for the big leagues.
He’s done everything and A LOT more than what the organization could have asked if he was on a 2012 timeline.
Stewart was given a lot of time at AA and AAA, so perhaps it works both ways. I guess I’m not a big believer that bringing a great hitter up from AA who has a big-league approach (and an ideal Coors approach) is going to hinder his development— not when he’s shown basically all you could ask for (sure, his k rate is a little high but Cargo improved that at the big league level).
by rururuland784 on Jul 8, 2011 2:13 AM MDT up reply actions
wheeler probably has a higher ceiling as a hitter and basestealer, but rosario is an outstanding defensive catcher who can hit well too, and that's worth a hell of a lot
but i totally agree, and would love it if they gave wheeler a look up at the big club. garner’s performance might be the biggest obstacle to that, depending on how bad blackmon ends up being hurt
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
If Spilly can't put together a couple of hits soon
Why not just DFA him instead of the false choice between Garner and Wheeler?
The whole “Spilly is good for the locker room” doesn’t hold much water when the ship is sinking.
by rururuland784 on Jul 8, 2011 2:26 AM MDT up reply actions
special assistant to the gm
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
I don't understand the logic
If they’re wheeling to let him see big-league pitching this year, why should they wait until the collapse is in progress?
There aren’t any high-salary veterans blocking him. They could plattoon he and Garner/Fowler.
His numbers are too ridiculous to ingore.This was guy who was thought as a major league outfielder before the power explosion (which many thought was hiding all along). I mean, much less thought of prospects who’ve put up inferior league-adjusted numbers have gotten their shot and done well. At the very least, bring him up and let him start against right-handed pitching. What else can he prove at Tulsa? The all-fields batting approach has elevated him into an elite hitter and his splits have dramatically improved against LHP.
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