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Walk-off wild pitch caps Rockies sweep of Astros

Real Rockies fans know to bring protection for the baseball sized baseballs that will be pelting the outfield seats whenever Cargo or Tulo come to the plate.

Troy Tulowitzki scored the winning run on a bases loaded wild pitch in the tenth inning as the Rockies walked off with a 7-6 victory and three game sweep of the Astros on Wednesday. Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez both hit two run home runs off of Wandy Rodriguez. The core of the Rockies is alive and well. The man the Rockies would like to trade for, Houston's Rodriguez, perhaps not so much as he wilted under the glare of trade rumors and distractions.

Dexter Fowler had two extra base hits off Rodriguez, a double and a triple. If Fowler finishes the season without a home run, he's already ahead of Juan Pierre's 21st century record (set in 2007) of exclusive 2B and 3B extra base hits in a season (Fowler's currently at 37, Pierre had 32.) Fowler would need 20 more doubles and triples to match Nap Lajoie's MLB mark of 57, set in 1906, which would take a lot of doing, but Ozzie Smith's high mark of 44 XBH's without a HR in 1987, or even Dave Cash's 49 in 1977 might be within Fowler's reach at this point. Those represent the most since the start of the early expansion era.  

The walk-off wild pitch itself was thrown by Aneury Rodriguez, and today marked the first time Rodriguez and Jason Hammel both pitched in the same MLB game, both in relief. The Rockies traded then prospect Rodriguez to the Rays for Hammel prior to the 2009 season. 

A little Gen-R trivia too. The first time Aaron Cook and Clint Barmes both appeared in the same game was nearly eight years ago on September 6, 2003. Barmes went three for three and Cook got two fly outs in mop-up relief of Darren Oliver. This is the first time the two long time teammates faced each other as opponents, and Barmes got the better of Cook with a home run and two hits today. Cook was a bit ineffective all around this afternoon, but Hammel and the rest of the Rockies bullpen did an admirable job bailing him out, with five innings of scoreless relief.

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"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker

by Resolution on Aug 24, 2011 6:03 PM MDT up reply actions  

They wanted Rosario or Pomeranz

I’m not so sure Pomeranz isn’t better than Wandy right now.

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by free7694 on Aug 24, 2011 6:06 PM MDT up reply actions  

yeah the very idea of trading drew pomeranz for wandy rodriguez is retarded enough

let alone without the stros paying his whole contract, and him getting rocked today

the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox

2012: get ready for White Pomz!

by papality on Aug 24, 2011 6:09 PM MDT up reply actions  

Ed Wade's mentality re: this potential trade with DOD

‘It takes one to know one’

"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
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by Resolution on Aug 24, 2011 6:13 PM MDT up reply actions  

woo

one more win and Belisle is tied for first on this team!

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by Resolution on Aug 24, 2011 6:03 PM MDT reply actions  

He's having a great year.

And his numbers would look even better if not for stupid Tracy leaving him in there against KC, to get shelled for 6 er, when he clearly didn’t have anything that night. His era should be under 3 right now.

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by Cargo's Ball Sack5 on Aug 24, 2011 6:05 PM MDT up reply actions  

But you don't warm up two relievers in the 3rd inning

You warm up one, and hope against hope that he gives you some length. Belisle didn’t have it that day, but there was really no way to get him out of there before most of the damage was done.

by Northsider1964 on Aug 24, 2011 6:27 PM MDT up reply actions  

He actually didn't come in until the 6th inning

And he came in at the beginning of it, so he had already warmed up prior to it. He then gave up consecutive doubles to score a run. It would be one thing if it were a blow out in the 3rd inning, and you just want him to save the rest of the pen. But at that point it was still a two run game, pretty late. Personally I would have pulled him after that, but certainly after he gave up a single and another double to score two more runs. At the very least, someone should be warming up in a hurry.

But nope, he was allowed to keep going. He then hit a batter, gave up another double, and then another single for the 6th run of the inning. Obviously he should have been pulled then, right? Nope. He got to face two more batters and give up a seventh hit before being removed.

There is no way it takes 10 batters and about 20 minutes of real time for another reliever to get ready. Especially since it was pretty obvious to everyone watching (after about two or three batters) that he simply didn’t have anything that day. Maybe he would have still given up 4 or so runs if he were removed after the first four hits, but the fact that he was left in there to take a beating beyond that, for no apparent reason, was absolutely terrible managing.

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by Cargo's Ball Sack5 on Aug 24, 2011 8:16 PM MDT up reply actions  

Oh yeah, that's right

Stults was first out of the pen that day. I knew Hammel made a cameo appearance, but I thought Belisle relieved him. It was Stults who came on in the 4th.

At any rate, I still don’t think pulling Belisle earlier would have changed the outcome. It would be better for Matt’s ERA, but given how gassed the pen was at that point I think the Rox still get banged around in that one.

Hopefully the Rockies management appreciates Belisle’s value without crunching too hard on the ERA or the BA against. He gets thrown into some awful situations, and generally handles them well.

by Northsider1964 on Aug 24, 2011 9:06 PM MDT up reply actions  

Wow. I take a pretty much mandatory nap and this happens

I can deal with this.

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by Paleface Destro on Aug 24, 2011 6:11 PM MDT reply actions  

These sons of bitches are going to suck us all back in again, aren’t they?

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by Franchise26 on Aug 24, 2011 6:18 PM MDT reply actions  

Of course they are, because 2011

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by Paleface Destro on Aug 24, 2011 6:19 PM MDT up reply actions  

I'm already sucked back in.

I paid for another month of MLB.TV

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by SDcat09 on Aug 24, 2011 6:20 PM MDT up reply actions  

Suck, or Sucker?

If you think we can go 24-7 the rest of the way, then go ahead and dream, cuz I don’t think either the D’backs or the Giants are going north of 500. But with our pitching staff … no way.

by BostonTransplant on Aug 24, 2011 6:39 PM MDT up reply actions  

No?

This year sucks.

by prettyinpurple on Aug 24, 2011 7:44 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions  

No. I won't be fooled this time.

I will keep voting for the minimum confidence until they’ve won the World Series.

(Because as soon as I believe in them, they’ll fall apart…)

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by glaucophane on Aug 24, 2011 9:16 PM MDT up reply actions  

It's the flippin' Astros...

and the Rox were only marginally better. Please tell me you are joking.

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by RdRnnr on Aug 24, 2011 9:37 PM MDT up reply actions  

s swing

the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox

2012: get ready for White Pomz!

by papality on Aug 24, 2011 6:22 PM MDT up reply actions  

s swing

the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox

2012: get ready for White Pomz!

by papality on Aug 24, 2011 6:23 PM MDT up reply actions  

s swing

"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker

by Resolution on Aug 24, 2011 6:25 PM MDT up reply actions  

Slowing it down like that only makes that swing look sweeter

Prediction----> Cargo and Tulo will both have over 30 homers this year
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.

by Roxman4ever on Aug 24, 2011 6:29 PM MDT up reply actions  

booooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

boooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker

by Resolution on Aug 24, 2011 6:36 PM MDT up reply actions  

why BOO?

Prediction----> Cargo and Tulo will both have over 30 homers this year
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.

by Roxman4ever on Aug 24, 2011 6:52 PM MDT up reply actions  

The word you're looking for is embiggen

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by Jeff Aberle on Aug 24, 2011 7:02 PM MDT up reply actions  

i have a great story - but i don't want to jinx the rox little run here

anyone have any good anti jinx stuff – or should i just keep it quiet???

by RMC7511 on Aug 24, 2011 6:27 PM MDT reply actions  

SHHHHH!

Prediction----> Cargo and Tulo will both have over 30 homers this year
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.

by Roxman4ever on Aug 24, 2011 6:29 PM MDT up reply actions  

Can you tell it without the jinxy part?

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by SDcat09 on Aug 24, 2011 6:31 PM MDT up reply actions  

not really

event in the story coincides with the start of the rox little run.

by RMC7511 on Aug 24, 2011 9:56 PM MDT up reply actions  

of COURSE the Rockies would win a walkoff today

It’s SIlverBloods birthday after all.

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 24, 2011 7:31 PM MDT via mobile reply actions  

She needs a birthday more often

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by SDcat09 on Aug 24, 2011 7:39 PM MDT up reply actions  

Would she be interested in being 60 by Thanksgiving?

We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!

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by Junction Rox on Aug 24, 2011 10:13 PM MDT up reply actions  

Nice

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by SDcat09 on Aug 24, 2011 10:16 PM MDT up reply actions  

Have the Rockies ever before beaten different pitchers with the same last name...

in back-to-back games? (Fernando Rodriguez last night, Aneury Rodriguez today)

In addition to knocking out today’s starter Wandy Rodriguez, of course.

by alex colfax on Aug 24, 2011 7:38 PM MDT reply actions  

Heh...

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by SDcat09 on Aug 24, 2011 7:40 PM MDT up reply actions  

ACHTUNG: I have written something for SB Nation Denver, and expect it to be published tomorrow morning. It’s either the best thing I’ve written over there, or my name isn’t Jonathan Livingston Seagull.*

*It isn’t.

Anyway, I hope ahead of time that you all get a hold of it and like it, since I may be too busy to come and whore it myself tomorrow.

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by Franchise26 on Aug 24, 2011 7:44 PM MDT reply actions  

I, for one,

will be looking forward to it. (As I do with all your writing.)

I miss the magic. (h/t papality)

by rockhead on Aug 24, 2011 7:46 PM MDT up reply actions  

look man

if you want it to get viewed on this blog, just make it into a .gif or give it to Mr. Martin to make into a .gif. Otherwise, no dice. Sorry homie.

"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker

by Resolution on Aug 24, 2011 8:05 PM MDT up reply actions  

OT: How will they pay the bills?

There was an unofficial headcount of 347 fans in the stands for the first pitch of Wednesday’s doubleheader at Sun Life Stadium. Cohen counted five sections with three or fewer people in it and three completely empty sections. The Marlins haven’t announced the official attendance, but it likely won’t challenge the record of the smallest crowd in modern history.
Link
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/347-fans-Hurricane-Irene-wipes-out-Marlins-atte?urn=mlb-wp17025

Prediction----> Cargo and Tulo will both have over 30 homers this year
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.

by Roxman4ever on Aug 24, 2011 8:17 PM MDT reply actions  

It does me also.

I think they have a good team and then they get treated like that. Granted, the hurricane had a huge hand in this but it always seemed to be empty like that

Prediction----> Cargo and Tulo will both have over 30 homers this year
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.

by Roxman4ever on Aug 24, 2011 8:24 PM MDT up reply actions  

Rescheduling maybe had something to do with it

But that hurricane’s going nowhere near South Florida.

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by Yokel on Aug 25, 2011 8:03 AM MDT up reply actions  

Have you seen the size of Irene?

The eye isn’t going anywhere near South Florida, but the outer rain bands caught it.

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by glaucophane on Aug 25, 2011 7:34 PM MDT up reply actions  

Wheeler HR #30

Finally! Only took about 3 weeks to get it.

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by Cargo's Ball Sack5 on Aug 24, 2011 8:26 PM MDT reply actions  

Should he be in Denver come September?

Prediction----> Cargo and Tulo will both have over 30 homers this year
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.

by Roxman4ever on Aug 24, 2011 8:27 PM MDT up reply actions  

A month ago I think everyone would've said no doubt

But his recent struggles make me a little hesitant. The big problem is that he would need to be added to the 40 man roster. I still would like to see him up, but I’m not really sure if it’ll happen.

Alanna Rizzo is my dream girl.

by Cargo's Ball Sack5 on Aug 24, 2011 8:31 PM MDT up reply actions  

August is too small of a sample size to sway DOD

I’m sure the decision of callup or no-callup will be made on the basis of this season. unless they think he is just tired. in which case he’ll play in the AFL.

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by black_knight101 on Aug 24, 2011 10:22 PM MDT up reply actions  

That could very well be it

He might be worn out. He’s at 125 games and 575 PA in the sweltering Texas and Oklahoma summer

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 24, 2011 10:46 PM MDT up reply actions  

I'd kind of rather he didn't

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 24, 2011 8:32 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions  

Go Padres

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by SDcat09 on Aug 24, 2011 8:31 PM MDT reply actions  

THIS

Prediction----> Cargo and Tulo will both have over 30 homers this year
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.

by Roxman4ever on Aug 24, 2011 8:33 PM MDT up reply actions  

I want Hundley to have a big game

Prediction----> Cargo and Tulo will both have over 30 homers this year
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.

by Roxman4ever on Aug 24, 2011 8:41 PM MDT up reply actions  

He only OPS's 1.015 against Lincecum

Prediction----> Cargo and Tulo will both have over 30 homers this year
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.

by Roxman4ever on Aug 24, 2011 8:42 PM MDT up reply actions  

For sure.

I’ve been doing some real scoreboard watching lately. Keep tanking, Giants.

@CentralCaliRox

by CentralCaliRox on Aug 24, 2011 8:56 PM MDT up reply actions  

JFK's Quote of the Day (corny and I've already taken some flack for it):

"The only difference between love and baseball is a G." (August 4, 2010) Jason Kauffman

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by jrockies on Aug 24, 2011 9:13 PM MDT reply actions  

Jose Lopez hit a home run today

This guy has looked pretty good lately, maybe we should start looking to trade…

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by SurfaceThought on Aug 24, 2011 9:16 PM MDT reply actions  

BANNED

Prediction----> Cargo and Tulo will both have over 30 homers this year
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.

by Roxman4ever on Aug 24, 2011 9:17 PM MDT up reply actions  

Yay, Padres back within a run

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by SDcat09 on Aug 24, 2011 9:54 PM MDT reply actions  

Well, Timmeh is on shutdown mode now. Bah

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by SDcat09 on Aug 24, 2011 10:25 PM MDT reply actions  

Worse yet, he drove in what would be the game winning run...

We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!

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by Junction Rox on Aug 24, 2011 10:26 PM MDT up reply actions  

I was on the phone and missed that one

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by SDcat09 on Aug 24, 2011 10:28 PM MDT up reply actions  

I'm not sure what I think about that look.

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by SDcat09 on Aug 24, 2011 10:33 PM MDT up reply actions  

As a straight man

I’m like DAMN he’s a good looking chap.

by biondino on Aug 25, 2011 3:53 AM MDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I'm not sure it works for him.

Not nearly as bad as Hawpe’s ’stache experiment though!

Is it 2012 yet?

by DAWNMARIE01 on Aug 25, 2011 9:17 AM MDT up reply actions  

I love the "Sorry I'm not sorry." line

owning it.

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by BittenAnkles on Aug 25, 2011 3:56 AM MDT up reply actions  

Stupid Giants

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by SDcat09 on Aug 24, 2011 10:39 PM MDT reply actions  

OT: Holy crap.

I just walked outside the door of my apartment because I worked out (okay, DDR) and I was hot. I wandered a few feet away to where the back fence of the apartment is. I was standing there, and I could something walking around on the other side of the fence. I assumed that there’s a dog that lives back there or something. Suddenly, I see a head poking through a hole at the bottom of the fence, and realized some animal was coming through to my side. I bolted for my door. I’m pretty sure it was a possum. Even though I’ve never actually seen one before.

by holly96 on Aug 25, 2011 1:21 AM MDT reply actions  

Hahahaha! Those things are weird to see at night.

 A friend was staying with me and the ex. Now mind you this guy was a 6ft tall buff med student. Well, we walked up to the gate, and he started screaming like a little girl. “What is that!!?’ It’s a (f’ing) RAT!!! Get out of here!!! Run!” He turns around and about ran me over running away from it.

Yeah it was a big ole possum,

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by SDcat09 on Aug 25, 2011 1:49 AM MDT up reply actions  

With 6 games against Arizona coming up

I believe we’re going to miss Ian Kennedy both times, and we’ll only see Hudson once. Granted, we’ll have Cook and Rogers going against them twice, and Millwood/White the other two games.

Man. As much hope as I’d like to have about a possible miracle run to the playoffs, every time I stop and look at what our rotation is right now…I die a little inside.

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by Cargo's Ball Sack5 on Aug 25, 2011 5:13 AM MDT reply actions  

I heard that.

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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 25, 2011 7:19 AM MDT up reply actions  

Pretty much.

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by Yokel on Aug 25, 2011 8:06 AM MDT up reply actions  

Rafael Betancourt has a 28/1 K/BB ratio in the 19 games since the AS Game

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by TomCat009 on Aug 25, 2011 7:26 AM MDT reply actions  

has has not allowed an earned run during that strectch

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by TomCat009 on Aug 25, 2011 7:27 AM MDT up reply actions  

Awesome

Raffy is not unlike Tulo and/or CarGo, in that if he gets in one of his patented hot streaks, watch out…

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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 25, 2011 8:06 AM MDT up reply actions  

considering what a Dotel rental cost LAD last year, what a Capps rental cost MIN

Connor Graham for Raffy was an incredible steal

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by TomCat009 on Aug 25, 2011 8:14 AM MDT up reply actions  

definitely one of o'dowd's top trades

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by papality on Aug 25, 2011 3:14 PM MDT up reply actions  

Those two strikeouts yesterday

offered a good illustration of why Raffy never walks anybody. Instead of dinking around when the count went to 0-2 and giving back the count – he just punched them out on the 3rd pitch.

Obviously you can’t do that every time, nor would you want to try. But predictably throwing an 0-2 pitch and a 1-2 pitch a foot or more out of the strike zone is a bad habit the Rockies pitchers need to break – and I’m talking mostly about the starters.

by Northsider1964 on Aug 25, 2011 8:47 AM MDT up reply actions  

Bets is even more amazing considering that he does it all without a plus offspeed pitch

~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~

by TomCat009 on Aug 25, 2011 9:08 AM MDT up reply actions  

And his fastball tops out at 94

Which, don’t get me wrong, is pretty fast. But it’s not like it’s Aroldis Chapman/Craig Kimbrel fast.

But when you can hit a misquito between the eyes at 60 feet, six inches, that makes all the difference.

by Northsider1964 on Aug 25, 2011 9:16 AM MDT up reply actions  

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