Monday Rockpile: The Doldrums of August Are In Full Swing
by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 7:01 AM MDT
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In the spectrum of baseball, there is nothing worse than August baseball when your team is out of contention. The Draft is over, so there's no longer that to look forward to. The Trade Deadline has passed, so there's no more trepidation about who is or isn't going to be moved. At this point in the season, we're kind of just going through the motions.
But the Rockies apparently aren't.
Tracy: Rockies won’t quit despite deep hole | On the Rox — Colorado Rockies news — Denver Post
I simultaneously get and don't get this. On one side, they can't very well say "yep, we sucked somethin' fierce the first 4 months of the season. We're just trying to get this over with". On the other side, it's just foolish at this point to think that the postseason is still an option. The best quote from the article comes from Troy Tulowitzki:
"You hate to look at the past, but if we would have just been OK the past week or two, this thing would really be close."
Really? 1 or 2 games, and suddenly the Rockies are back in this thing? Again, we're talking about posturing here to some degree, and I admire the Rockies for this particular form of delusion. I think everyone would be far more disgusted with them responding realistically. Players are supposed to say things like this so that we can sit back here in our golden analyst palace and tell it how it REALLY is.
Look, whatever happens the rest of the season, play hard and don't make it easy on the opposition, but for Pete's sake, don't freaking hurt yourselves either. Just play good baseball and make it fun to watch.
In other super important news, Josh Roenicke was called up from AAA Colorado Springs to take Greg Reynolds' spot. That was fast. Roenicke was a waiver claim from the Blue Jays, and in 22 Sky Sox games has a 3.64 ERA, a 3.14 K/BB ratio, a winning smile and has (used to have?) a smokin' hot girlfriend. This move adds depth for the Rockies' pen so we don't blow any other arms out as we head down the hot, boring stretch towards September.
Seriously, losing baseball in August is like driving through the Nevada desert. Or Kansas.
Veteran Millwood granted his release | | projo.com | The Providence Journal | Pawtucket Red Sox
So Kevin Millwood has been starting with Boston's AAA affiliate for the course of the season. He apparently has no shot at making the majors with Boston (and given Boston's general pitching situation, this kind of comes as a surprise), so he requested his release. Over 13 starts in AAA have resulted in a 4.28 ERA (3.70 FIP) with solid strikeout and walk numbers.
Millwood has been linked to the Rockies in the past, so it wouldn't be farfetched to see Colorado give his agent a call, especially if they're less than sold on the possibility of Mortensen/Reynolds/Friedrich/Whoever keeping the bullpen workload manageable.
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I drove through the Nevada desert in 2006 and was enraptured
400 miles in a day, and barely saw another person. So empty, so primal, so beautiful. I’m being serious btw.
I loved it.
And its not just the Nevada Desert. If you take I-15 north to I-70 toward Denver it seems peaceful that there is little evidence of human life between towns. Same thing going south on the I-15 until you hit Barstow.
Then I move to Iowa, and I find it depressing that there are people everywhere in this state. You can’t find an acre of land that is not protected that isn’t farmed or inhabited. I understand its a necessary evil to support our population, but it makes me a bit sad.
Get well soon Juan.
If you travel west from Denver in amtrak, you go through the Nevada desert through Winnemucca and Battle Mountain.
It’s realllllllly desolate out there.
FFFFFFFFFFF.
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 8, 2011 8:07 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Salt Lake to Reno is the worst drive ever.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 8, 2011 8:11 AM MDT up reply actions
Yes it was.
Part of me wishes it still was.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 8, 2011 8:17 AM MDT up reply actions
A lot of it still should be underwater if the Truckee river was not dammed up as much as it is
Look up the town of lovelock, nevada
FFFFFFFFFFF.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 8, 2011 8:44 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Well, only the basins recently.
(You don’t really want the full geologic history of the Basin & Range, do you?)
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Yes, actually.
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If an OT appears, I'll go there and post it.
If it were the geologic history of Colorado, I could play clueless and pretend that I didn’t know this was a blog about a baseball team rather than a mountain range, but that’s not going to work for Nevada.
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by glaucophane on Aug 8, 2011 10:31 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Here it is
OT for your geological history lesson
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
yeah I did NOT expect this discussion to take off like this
I’d have had one up earlier in the morning.
SORRY
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 10:51 AM MDT up reply actions
Newcastle, WY to Lusk, WY
Rawlins, WY to Table Rock, WY
Shoshoni, WY to Casper, WY
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 8, 2011 9:44 AM MDT up reply actions
Ugh, I am driving with my family this weekend up to Idaho and we will have to make this drive
Not looking forward to it. I need to find a good book beforehand
Yeah, Rawlins to Table Rock is the worst part of the Larmaie to Rock Springs drive
There are at least some interesting parts of Laramie to Rawlins and Table Rock to Rock Springs. Like a windmill, curve, or hill. Or if you’re lucky, all three within one mile.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 8, 2011 9:50 AM MDT up reply actions
Number three is the correct answer. Though if you’re making it in reverse, Shoshoni to Casper, the hideousness of that drive is slightly mitigated if you cut north and wind through the Wind River Canyon to Thermopolis and my old stomping grounds of Worland.
"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
Shoshoni to Thermopolis is a gorgeous drive.
As is the second half of Worland to Buffalo. And Lovell to Ranchester is the better than them all. There are flashes to be sure.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 8, 2011 9:49 AM MDT up reply actions
You should really write a Wyoming travel book of the best drives
or at least the Wyoming section of my planned book.
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I could totally do that
Unfortunately, we lost out on our bid for a project near Jackson Hole, so I haven’t been up in the Teton/Yellowstone area in a decade.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 8, 2011 9:51 AM MDT up reply actions
That's okay, I lived up there for a summer and can cover that section..
I figure I’ve driven through 45 states, many of them multiple times. Since I never take the interstate, I’ve stumbled into some pretty remarkable stretches of road.
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I still need Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota
then I’ll have all 48
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Im sure he was impressed
With our flat lands, crops and cows
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by nodakroxfan on Aug 8, 2011 10:57 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Crap
I almost put he/she too.. my bad
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by nodakroxfan on Aug 8, 2011 2:37 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Impressive....I'm only at about 30
My cousin once spent five consecutive days in all four continental US time zones while also spending at least four hours at my house in Colorado. In all five days.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 8, 2011 11:04 AM MDT up reply actions
Have/Had some family from Worland
No comment
Time for some of this Rockies: "One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something." Nolan Ryan
They sure are proud of Pepsi
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 8, 2011 10:05 AM MDT up reply actions
My cousins grew up in Worland
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Denver to St. Louis is the worst drive ever.
Kansas has to be the longest most interminable state ever. And seriously, is the state tree telephone poles?
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Oh, I'm gonna disagree there.
At least Utah has some pretty landscape as you get towards St George. But then there is Green River with one of the best old atomic signs…at least it used to be there.
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There is some amazing scenery out past Green River
but the drive can still be excruciatingly long…
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by Junction Rox on Aug 8, 2011 10:48 AM MDT up reply actions
I still hold my position that
that Kansas is far worse until you get to Lawrence. But then it just gets bad again until St Louis
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I think it's pretty.
The Alabama part of the country is terrible, because the only scenery is a never-ending tunnel of trees.
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Maybe I have biased viewpoint
because I drove it after Christmas and the wind was never ending.
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The wind is pretty terrible.
And it’s bleak in winter. But when the crops are growing, it’s not bad at all.
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
I could see that
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I haven't driven across Kansas
so I really can’t debate the comparison.
Then again, Kansas isn’t sitting there taking up 5 hours of driving time I could otherwise be spending in Vegas, so that’s a plus for it right there…
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by Junction Rox on Aug 8, 2011 10:54 AM MDT up reply actions
and our state bird is the mosquito
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO DROP UBALDO AND NICASIO FROM MY FANTASY LEAGUE? I'VE HAD UBALDO SINCE 2008.
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.
Neebraska
has got to be even worse. Atleast Kansas doesn’t have that smell.
NO
We just got the smell of cow manure(even though saying the other word is the better explanation of it), smell of sewer ponds, smell of slaughter houses, feedlots, and old rotting soybean meal after it got wet and it is 100 degrees outside. That smell alone is worse than anyone of those other ones. Yea, I know, most of it has to deal with cattle. But, when you live there all of your life, you get used to it.
But, last month when we went back after being gone 2 months since we moved. We come across feedlots, and the 1st thing that popped into our minds. WE DON’T MISS THE SMELL OF COW SHIT WHATSOEVER. We was ready to turn around and come back home. We had to deal with it for 3 days. It is so nice to be at 6,500 ft and hardly a cow in sight.
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO DROP UBALDO AND NICASIO FROM MY FANTASY LEAGUE? I'VE HAD UBALDO SINCE 2008.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
I am mainly talking about the western part of the state. Liberal, Dodge City and Garden City area
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO DROP UBALDO AND NICASIO FROM MY FANTASY LEAGUE? I'VE HAD UBALDO SINCE 2008.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
I spent a summer in Winnemucca because my dad was working there.
This was when I was 18 or so. And oh. man. What a boring town. I got stuck babysitting some of his coworkers kids and the most exciting thing we had happen was having to vacate the hotel pool every morning when the johns would come by with their “friends” as I resorted to calling these ladies.
by bix on Aug 8, 2011 8:17 AM MDT up reply actions
yeah that amtrak stretch to Reno through Elko is awful
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 9:13 AM MDT up reply actions
I took that train last August going to San Francisco (when I saw the Rox-Giants out there).
(See, on topic!)
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Aug 8, 2011 11:18 AM MDT up reply actions
The same can be said of Kansas
If you get off I-70 and hit the backroads. The rolling plains are inherently gorgeous.
by Prospector on Aug 8, 2011 8:08 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
What is wrong with Kansas? Its not flat. Its uphill all the way from east to west.
Not saying anything bad here but western Kansas looks like eastern Colorado. Boring. Its when you get at the point where you can start to actually see the mountains that it doesn’t become boring.
His girlfriend is really smoking hot.
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO DROP UBALDO AND NICASIO FROM MY FANTASY LEAGUE? I'VE HAD UBALDO SINCE 2008.
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.
Agree completely with the KS/CO comparison.
I grew up in Eastern CO with Pikes Peak in view. It’s exactly like western KS, but seeing the mountains is what wins it.
Being in CO is what wins it
(From Eastern CO without mountains, but, by the Grace of God, not in Nebraska)
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I can answer that - we currently get pick #10 in the 2012 draft
Barring any signing failures of top draft picks by those teams who are even worse than us.
does anyone (I'm looking at you Muzia)
know how this draft stacks up player wise?
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I haven't even bothered looking towards the 2012 draft yet
Russ, Rox Girl, or mkorpal would probably have a much better idea.
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From what I've heard
It’s gearing up to be about average. not nearly as good as last year. The college ranks look very thin, but the high school ranks look pretty deep. Some players to watch are prep bats Nick and Trey Williams (no relations), prep pitcher Lance McCullers, and college pitcher Mark Appel.
If the Rockies pick in the back end of the top 10
or the early teens, Denver native Kevin Gausman could be there for the taking—as things stand now.
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That’s Denver native and former Grandview High School Wolf Kevin Gausman. Would be sweet if he ended up a Rockie. I watched him a lot in high school when he played with my brother.
"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
2013 draft for Gausman, right?
Just completed his freshman year at LSU.
Still, put me down on the watch list. His freshman numbers were pretty salty.
13 GS, 89.2 ip, 70 h, 23 bb, 86 so.
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by butterfly on Aug 8, 2011 7:31 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
I was going to post this.
They mentioned on the ROOT broadcast that he and Ian Desmond are now brothers-in-law.
This might be a stupid question but...
Since Greg Reynolds got sent down, who is our fifth starter now? Can someone please just list our rotation? I have:
Chacin
Hammel
Cook
Rogers?
…….
Who am I missing?
They'll call somebody up when it's needed.
I’m thinking a day off somewhere during the week will reduce the rotation to four for the time being.
Oh, there isn’t a day off this week?
Well then. I’m sure we’ll see Clayton Mortensen (or maybe even Christian Friedrich) sometime soon.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 8, 2011 8:14 AM MDT up reply actions
Thanks.
Hopefully we’ll see Freidrich to see what he can do. I’m concerned that by September we’ll have run so low on pitchers that Ty Wigginton will be doing it.
by bix on Aug 8, 2011 8:21 AM MDT up reply actions
Friedrich has allowed 17 ER in 5.1 IP in his last two AA starts
15 H, 4 HR, 7 BB, 4 K.
This is probably not a good time to bring up Friedrich
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 8, 2011 9:46 AM MDT up reply actions
he'll need a few more rehab starts
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 9:14 AM MDT up reply actions
Isn't he the guy
that had the same finger problem that JDLR had? It’ll take more than a couple of starts to develop the feel he had before. Maybe 6 starts or so. 3 in rehab at a minimum, then some with the big club. IMO, look to next year for him to be really effective but I hope I’m wrong…
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by rockieprogress on Aug 8, 2011 10:57 AM MDT up reply actions
that's kind of what we're looking at
I’m being optimistic.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 10:58 AM MDT up reply actions
Isn't it better for us long term if we leave him in the monors until September so he doesn't get to the 50 inning number and lose his rookie status
That affects when he can get arb and become a free agent down the road right?
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 8, 2011 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
After this season
WTH is optimism? This has been the anti-optimism if ever there has been one.
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by rockieprogress on Aug 8, 2011 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Alex White and Drew Pomerantz are optimism.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 11:03 AM MDT up reply actions
Friedrich has had a couple rough starts in a row after a long string of consistently decent starts
White could be up in the next 10 days or so. I think he’s making another start for Tulsa tonight, with a third start in five days. He could be a callup candidate by then, so around the 18th.
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or I could be completely wrong
White’s last Tulsa rehab start would be the 18th. His Coors debut would be either the 23rd or 28th
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Either way, they need a starter for Wednesday's game in Cincinnati.
My money is on Mortensen, but as I profiled in Saturday’s Rockpile, they could go many different ways.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 8, 2011 8:59 AM MDT up reply actions
I've said this before, but
The Rockies would be better off to stop paying lip service to the pipe dream that is the 2011 postseason, and just drive the point home that a strong finish can help make them a better team in 2012. The 2009 Padres and 2010 Dbacks are good examples of this.
Sadly the only thing I’m seeing that really has me fired up for 2012 is the emergence of Dexter Fowler. Otherwise there’s a lot of treading water, and more of the same crap that’s made this such a disappointing season.
Sorry AMart, but I feel like this Rockpile is off a bit.
The Giants have absolutely tanked in the last 11 games (2-9 in that stretch). This was the Rockies chance to make up significant ground, but they failed to as they have gone 5-6 in that stretch, losing a few very winnable games.
If the Rockies had come out of this 11-game stretch 6-7 GB, that’s a deficit that could be made up within 2 months (Rockies play the Giants 7 more times in September). The season would’ve looked much different had the team played better the last 11 games.
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and if we do happen to make the postseason
we’ll face off against the Phillies with a Chacin, ?, Cook rotation
No thanks. I’d rather save us the embarrassment.
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Wonder if Cardinals fans said the same thing in 2006. #justsayin
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it'll be required that Friedrich come up and close or something
and then become a dominant starter
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 9:15 AM MDT up reply actions
So you're saying there's a chance...
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Herrera will have to Pokevolve into David Eckstein as well.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 9:17 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
this is great
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
right, that's probably better
although I’d rather get the guaranteed “Friedrich Dominates” stamp, because I feel like Pom has a better chance of doing it without magic.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 2:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Irrelevant, really.
Who cares who’s pitching, we’re in the playoffs. Who knows what could happen.
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by CentralCaliRox on Aug 8, 2011 9:03 AM MDT up reply actions
Better than being ok the last week
would have been being ok in May. 14-15 instead of 8-21 means you’re only three out. You probably are buyers at the deadline. You also aren’t experimenting with different guys in the lineup everyday. It all came undone with that poor May.
Or if they play on Sunday
to the same winning % as they do the rest of the week. If they’re 9-9 on Sundays rather than 2-16 (and they’re actually a hair over .500 the rest of the week), they’re 3 back right now, and not that far off from where we expected them to be.
Or if they’re close to .500 in one run games, they’re right in this thing. So many strange little things you can point at that put them where they are, but the bottom line is that they did lose all the games they lost, and they are 10 games out with less than 50 to play…
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Bad on Sunday, bad in May, bad in day games, bad at home....
the list continues.
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HEY! We are not bad at Petco Park!
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while I would rather have the Rockies in the playoffs than not
nothing in the past homestand showed me they are anywhere near making a run at this.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Aug 8, 2011 9:17 AM MDT up reply actions
I’m a little bit concerned that the best single week that EY Jr. is likely to have as a professional baseball player probably bought him two months of playing every day in left field, leading off, and killing the team in both capacities. At the same time, I will grant that his at-bats have looked better – he’s seeing more pitches and hitting the ball harder, anyway. Might as well ride it out. Even if he does hit, though, it’s not like he’s ever going to be a good outfielder. What’s the harm in putting him back at second base, Nelson at third, and putting Smith back in the team in right? That’s probably the best offensive lineup for the team right this second, even if Smith in right’s as brutal as Young in left.
I also think this team needs to send Stewart down to AAA and bring up another pitcher. Yeah, it’s silly to carry 13 pitchers. It’s also silly that the rotation right now includes The Mystery Of Jason Hammel, Daisuke Chacin-zaka, a guy who was a long reliever a week ago, and a big fat blank. I think we’re gonna need a bigger boat in the bullpen, is what I’m saying, unless we want Matt Belisle to become Facebook friends with Dr. James Andrews.
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I really like what we're seeing from EY offensively
but the defense is a huge problem. I don’t think I like him a whole lot better in the infield than in the outfield. Despite his speed, I’m afraid he might just be a career minor leaguer.
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by Michelle Hoag on Aug 8, 2011 9:26 AM MDT up reply actions
Well, he's effectively a 1-tool player with flashes of other tools.
I concur with your assessment.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 9:29 AM MDT up reply actions
Well, he has the one tool that’s worth a thousand chances, in the eyes of decision makers. They can teach you how to hit and field and throw, they figure, but they can’t teach that speed.
"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
They can teach you how to hit and field and throw, they figure, but they can’t teach that speed.
They should totally start doing that.
Filling up your senses like a night in the forest since 1992.
by frightened inmate #2 on Aug 8, 2011 9:35 AM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
better speed coaches
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 9:52 AM MDT up reply actions
But you can get it for free
He just doesn’t know how to do that.
speaking of pitchers, I forgot something I needed to add to the rockpile this morning
if you refresh, it’s super exciting news at the bottom of the page.
Oh, and would anyone like an OT?
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 9:28 AM MDT up reply actions
sounds like Livan Hernandez 2.0
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oh totally
but I’d rather put Millwood out there rather than wreck the collective arms of the Mattpen.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 9:33 AM MDT up reply actions
But how will we ever make the playoffs with Millwood starting?
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see: Redman, Mark
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 9:52 AM MDT up reply actions
I would, but nobody talks to me anymore.
/em Looks in the mirror and notices the emo comment above has caused his bangs to grow out over his eyes.
Get well soon Juan.
MOTHER OF GOD
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Aug 8, 2011 9:46 AM MDT up reply actions 3 recs
for reasons I cannot describe, this may be my favorite post in the history of PR
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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that excited to see your tat on the interwebz?
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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Also why is this not green?
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Not enough people have recced it
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 10:14 AM MDT up reply actions
Gee thanks :)
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To be continued......
cause they think it isn’t worthy
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hey hey, don't you put words in my mouth
I state the FACTS! THE FACTS
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 10:22 AM MDT up reply actions
TIDBMTID!!!!!! ^5
You hate me so much now that you are stalking me at PR!??
LOL.
needs more rainbows.
Good Lord that’s hideously hilarious. Also is it yours?
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Actually it just needs to be Unicorn Spam
(I hate unicorns) but I like Seth Smith
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LOL
I saw that and had to post it for you. Since you aren’t on Stiffs anymore…
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Aug 8, 2011 10:12 AM MDT up reply actions
Thanks for thinking of me.
I poke my head around the Stiffs every now and then…..In fact I made a couple of comments today. Just hard to get to excited with the whole lockout business :(
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No problem.
Baseball is still boring on TV, though.
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Aug 8, 2011 10:19 AM MDT up reply actions
Obligatory LOOK HOW WRONG YOU ARE
Although the Rockies have been kind of painful to watch lately.
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yeah, it's got nothing on the last 2 minutes of a basketball game
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 10:23 AM MDT up reply actions
There is little as exciting
as the last two minutes of a basketball game and George Karl is the head coach.
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Aug 8, 2011 10:25 AM MDT up reply actions
My problem with basketball is more the first 3.5 meaningless quarters
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There should be a handicap system set up
and the game should start with the dog team getting x points based on the handicap, then the game consists of 6 minutes of basketball.
Get well soon Juan.
This? I rec'd it.
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by Junction Rox on Aug 8, 2011 11:27 AM MDT up reply actions
I dunno. Baseball can be boring sometimes, like all sports.
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The claim of Baseball is Boring
tends to have the assumed “other sports aren’t” attached to it.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 11:28 AM MDT up reply actions
The soccer season is starting here
And I really, really want to enjoy it. But I just don’t think I can! I might try and go to a game or two (my local team, Queen’s Park Rangers, have just been promoted to the EPL) but, you know, I probably won’t.
Come on, while in Rome
Been to Craven Cottage, great experience.
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Me too, it was pretty great
And it’s only 2 miles from my house. And Fulham are my EPL team. I just don’t find live football that exciting :/
I'll give you this
Baseball is less boring than golf.
Formerly KS and CS
by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Aug 8, 2011 1:37 PM MDT up reply actions
That's not much you're giving me.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Aug 8, 2011 5:02 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Is that Carl from ATHF as a unicorn?
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That's what I thought.
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Pretty sure it is Ron Jeremy
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Aug 8, 2011 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Your being so late in posting this news
is extremely disappointing.
If you had posted it in, say, 2003 – it would be far more compelling.
by Northsider1964 on Aug 8, 2011 9:32 AM MDT up reply actions
I know, I know
2003 was an off year for me, alright?
I was too distracted by Greg Norton’s mediocrity.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 9:35 AM MDT up reply actions
hey, you guys could have been kansas city A's fans in the 60's....
if you wanted dismal in august.
well, in march, for that matter.
and then, they show hopes – hunter, campy, green, bando, etc – and they fricking move to oakland and turn all world….
luckily, the royals came along – who were more than decent until 88 or so.
then i move to denver, and wait….
OT ish? A documentary, "Out. The Story of Glenn Burke" will be on Versus tonight
Looks interesting.
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sorry forgot the link
about the story. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/44059614/ns/sports-baseball/
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Where is the pebble report so we have something to be excited for.
Like, Nolan Arenado hitting .333/.370/.692 last ten games
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Itll be up soon.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 8, 2011 11:05 AM MDT up reply actions
hero
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 11:17 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Apparently Todd Helton should be drawing the ire of all Denver fans.
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Hack writer, hack magazine, no clue. Don’t dignify that assclown with your mouse click.
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well, I get to discuss it on Wednesday with the guys from 1440AM KRDZ
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 10:37 AM MDT up reply actions
I disagree.
There is a comments section. I think we should take a moment and debunk his whole article.
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this was my response
I blame Todd for not leaving the Rockies when he had the chance to go play for a team that allowed him to play in the world series more than Once. I blame Todd for showing loyalty to Denver and the Rockies. And I also blame Todd indirectly for having me be interested enough to read this tripe.
But I don’t blame Todd for this disappointing season. He’s not swinging the bat for the 9 guys that get lined up there every day, he’s not making the bad decisions that Jim Tracy makes day in and day out, and he’s not the starting pitcher on the mound every day.
Stick to writing about football.
Get well soon Juan.
by Thnikkaman on Aug 8, 2011 10:52 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think mine would look something like this
- **** **** ******** * ** ** * * ********* * * You,
by mkorpal on Aug 8, 2011 10:48 AM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
what swear words have only one letter?
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
Wow. I'm glad I stopped listening to that station
That’s just silly. Todd has been the lone bright spot this season.
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but not 19M worth!
Awful!
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 10:39 AM MDT up reply actions
I lost any residual respect I had for that station
or that magazine. Disappointing
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Highest paid = best. False equivalencies FTW.
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not an All Star!
Don’t you know ANYTHIGN?
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 10:41 AM MDT up reply actions
You know I got so angry
two paragraphs in I had to turn away. I’ll go back and finish it in bits and pieces. I just got my laptop working again and really don’t want to throw it at the TV
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right?
I twitched a couple of times
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 10:45 AM MDT up reply actions
I usually don't get that mad about bad sportswriting
but good God this was just so overly biased and had a rather nasty tone aside from ignoring everything it takes for a player to get to an All Star game (voting HELLO).
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Seriously.
Take a look around baseball and tell me how many teams’ best player is also their highest paid.
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I expect this guy to really rip into Carl Crawford and the $20 million he'll be getting for the next seven years.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 8, 2011 10:45 AM MDT up reply actions
www.milehighsports.com
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the Rockies didn't sign Crawford?
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 10:46 AM MDT up reply actions
They should take a stab at something else
It can’t be worse than that
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 8, 2011 10:48 AM MDT up reply actions
Top 10 Crochet Knots and Why The Slip Knot Is The Worse Knot
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You but
Helton’s contract has prevented us from getting the high paid free agents. So, the fact that we don’t have Crawford’s crappy contract is Helton’s crappy contract.
Damn you for loyalty and being awesome, Todd!
You and your crappy .304 batting average!
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Except after the 6th inning :)
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Tulo actually hits better in the 7th inning than he does in the 6th
8th and 9th, pretty bad
Oh, What A Loser!!!!
This seriously may be one of the worst 10 articles I’ve ever read.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 8, 2011 10:42 AM MDT up reply actions
you have a top 10?!
how many times am I in there?
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 10:45 AM MDT up reply actions
well, everytime Aberle makes a guarantee, it automatically goes on my list
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Only 9 now
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 8, 2011 10:47 AM MDT up reply actions
/fistpumps
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 10:48 AM MDT up reply actions
remember when the Giants won the world series last year
with Albert Belle at first base? Or was that Aubrey Huff?? I always get them confused…
"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
Aubrey Belle
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
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Isn't it though?
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Joey
hides from a punch
FFFFFFFFFFF.
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 8, 2011 11:06 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Okay I finished the whole thing.
I’m of the opinion that Helton refused them an interview so now he’s pissed off and doing a hit piece on Helton. I mean he can’t really be serious with that drivel can he???
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He's worse at writing about the Rockies
than Ian Stewart has been at getting on base this season.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 8, 2011 10:56 AM MDT up reply actions
BOOMroasted
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Dearest Jackass:
A 37 year old with a bad back putting up the numbers he has this year, is the LEAST of this team’s problems
FFFFFFFFFFF.
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by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 8, 2011 10:58 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
This is depressing
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A little bit.
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This is depressing 2011
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by Junction Rox on Aug 8, 2011 11:08 AM MDT up reply actions
you keep missing that Helton is getting paid 19M
that should be the ultimate everything, right? best paid = everything.
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 11:04 AM MDT up reply actions
For that kind of money
He needs to be on all of the bags at once, while hitting a grand slam at the plate.
Get well soon Juan.
And never let a ball past him on defense
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Helton likes Cracker Barrel, not Denny's
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Except his salary this season is technically $6million, not 19
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 8, 2011 11:07 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah
But he’s got all those greenbacks coming to him at some point over the next few years so lets count it all towards this season. Why use reason with that one little piece of the article when the antire thing can be ludicrous?
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 8, 2011 11:11 AM MDT up reply actions
err.
antire entire
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 8, 2011 11:11 AM MDT up reply actions
see somebody gets it
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 1:09 PM MDT up reply actions
This column is so stupid
that I momentarily thought that Mark Knudson was still writing for them…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Aug 8, 2011 11:26 AM MDT up reply actions
Ain't even gonna read it.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Aug 8, 2011 11:27 AM MDT up reply actions
this was the worst article I have ever seen
and I should know….having written several bad articles myself
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by Jeffrey Morton on Aug 8, 2011 11:44 AM MDT up reply actions
You've never written that bad.
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My retort:
There are more than a few glaring flaws with your article. Here’s a list:
1) $13.1 million of the $19.1 million you’re claiming Helton will make this season is deferred. He agreed to this to allow the club to have the money to be competitive in their prime contention window. Don’t blame Todd for the Rockies’ failure to take advantage of this – blame management.
2) You’re really using RBI’s – a stat that is dependent on a player’s teammates’ ability to reach base – to argue against Helton’s effectiveness? The RBI is an ancient stat that needs to have a whole lot less weight put on it. Do some research.
3) It is a whole hell of a lot easier for small-to-mid-market teams to compete in the NFL due to the salary cap. I’m really not sure if you know this or not after reading your article, but Major League Baseball does not have a salary cap. The Monforts, like them or not, don’t have an endless supply of money to throw at free agents (and I’m sure you complained vocally when they did and it didn’t pan out). So, I’m not sure why you’re blaming the lack of playoff appearances on Helton.
Simply put, Helton’s season has been nothing short of outstanding. The same can be said in the previous two seasons where he didn’t deal with nagging injuries (2007, 2009). Injuries, poor player evaluation, and awful in-game management are much more relevant reasons as to why the Rockies are under-performing than a soon-to-be 38 year-old first baseman with a bad back who has been among the best hitters in the National League this season.
This article is a massive failure, which, from what I understand, is pretty par-for-the-course for Mile High Sports. Stick to writing about football and leave baseball to those who actually know what’s going on.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 8, 2011 12:25 PM MDT up reply actions 4 recs
Love it.
Too bad it won’t get published.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 8, 2011 12:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Rec'd this. He doesn't even have any business talking about this.
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO DROP UBALDO AND NICASIO FROM MY FANTASY LEAGUE? I'VE HAD UBALDO SINCE 2008.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
He does cite the deferment, but doesn't care
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 1:10 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah I saw that, but you can't just "not care."
So I figured I’d review the reasons for the deferment.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 8, 2011 8:11 PM MDT up reply actions
What a freaking joke.
Wow.
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by CentralCaliRox on Aug 8, 2011 12:26 PM MDT up reply actions
i stopped reading once he said helton hadn't driven in 100 runs in years
what a moron
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
Not only is the content of the article complete hackery, there's this
But they can survive because they’re highest paid player isn’t manning that position.
Nice editing, clowns.
Anxiously waiting the arrival of Drew Pomeranz.
Oh good
Our responses are up now.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 8, 2011 2:41 PM MDT up reply actions
Is that you, Todd Helton's Bat?
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Aug 8, 2011 5:16 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Yes
I talked to it last night – It’s not happy.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 8, 2011 7:24 PM MDT up reply actions
It's begining to sound like congress..
A billion here; a billion there; pretty soon were talking real money!
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Rockies Magazine cover shoot
Here is a behind-the-scenes video of the Giambi/Helton photo shoot for an issue of the Rockies Magazine.
Such an unexpected bromance
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I mean really the least likely pair to be best buddies.
Also, Giambi has beautiful blue eyes. I never really noticed that before
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
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Given that nothing seems to make sense anymore
How bout we sign Eric Chavez to play 3b next year?
"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
sure, why not?
we could use another moneyball-era As player
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
I wonder if he could hold up for a season.
I always liked the guy and he probably wouldn’t cost much…
"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
he's doing well enough in new york this year
.336 wOBA and good UZR numbers, but he’s only been in 26 games, and will be 35 next year. if we signed him that would be some ballin defense though.
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
Between him and Helton
Wigginton would have a full season of work filling in days at the corners.
"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
sure, I'm in
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 1:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Boy I read that as Endy Chavez the first two times.
And then I read it again more closely
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The Rockies need to obtain a fired up a-hole to be on the field to balance the nice guys
Cleveland had Albert Belle
Yankees had Paul Oniell
Reds had Dibble and Sabo
O’s in the mid 90s had Alomar and Tarasco
/I don’t care if the guy is the biggest of a-holes on the field or to the media, as long the team wins and some of his bad-assery rubs off on some of our soft guys.
FFFFFFFFFFF.
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 8, 2011 1:21 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
butbutbut
good character is more important!
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
If my team is winning, I could give a flying f to whomever else was out there supplementing our top guys
FFFFFFFFFFF.
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 8, 2011 1:27 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm okay with a jerk/intense guy on the field.
But I don’t particularly want a Zambrano type that’s just going to cause clubhouse problems or a guy with off-field issues.
I thought we already have Tulo for that
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Winning fixes all.
FFFFFFFFFFF.
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 8, 2011 1:35 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Not always.
I don’t want some guy who drives drunk or beats up women or something in his free time. No matter how good he is.
you wouldn't want (insert name of player from before the 70s) on your team?
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
what if he did it and you didn't know about it and there was never any mention of it in the press
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
That's a silly question, because if I don't know about it
I won’t know that I don’t want him on my team. But that doesn’t mean I don’t still want him off my team.
he was the friggin man
and that 1 start where all did was just try to hit batters on the Reds? So his line for the start is zero innings with like 2 or 3 hbp and a walk
"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
I haven't heard about that one.
To Baseball Reference…
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
I think it was in 1974 but I could be wrong
wikipedia may be more helpful here…
"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
Yep
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
google provided this
The story goes that Ellis believed the Pirates had lost their aggressiveness and were easily intimidated so he went out to the mound that day to prove a point.
Wiki mentioned it was retaliation
For a security guard who maced him in Cincy.
Definitely a character.
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
sometimes there's a man
I don’t want to say hero, ‘cause what’s a hero?
But sometimes there’s a man, he fits right in there. He’s the man for his time and place, and that man was Dock Ellis.
"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
Nicely done.
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
More context.
It was not about a security guard. Maybe Hammel should have started plunking the Giants back in May.
We call those people Denver Broncos
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
there's a lot i could put up with if we were winning a ton of games
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
It's Todd Helton's fault
That jerkface just isn’t a big enough jerkface…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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We did draft Michael Vick back in the day
…but I don’t think his issues are helpful in this instance…
"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
NEXT STOP OCTOBER!!!!
"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 8, 2011 1:58 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
REC
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
by papality on Aug 8, 2011 1:59 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
And a rec for you too, good sir!
"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
Oh good.
I guess we won’t be seeing Friedrich soon then.
FFFFFFFFFFF.
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 8, 2011 2:08 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
The way Friedrich has pitched lately, I don't think this affects his odds in the slightest
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 8, 2011 2:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Ugh, this has Livan Hernandez brief Rockies time all over it.
FFFFFFFFFFF.
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 8, 2011 2:13 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I'd much rather allow a vet to take a crap on the mound
than send a guy out there that has been treated like a BP pitcher by AA hitters
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 8, 2011 2:16 PM MDT up reply actions
Perhaps you remember our friend Tom Martin?
/shudders
FFFFFFFFFFF.
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 8, 2011 2:43 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
17 ER in 5.1 IP over two starts
isn’t good?
The strange part is, his numbers look pretty good before the last two starts. Makes me wonder if there’s an injury issue going on…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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He was pretty consistently decent for almost two months before these latest starts.
Not sure what’s going on.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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probably nothing
two bad starts is pretty meaningless, put more stock in the starts before that
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
I wouldn't say they are meaningless
Not when his two bad starts were THAT bad all across the board, and certainly not when he missed time on the inactive list in there, potentially from an injury
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 8, 2011 4:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Maybe he ran out of gas, how many innings did he pitch last season?
Time for some of this Rockies: "One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something." Nolan Ryan
only 87, but he had a 5.05 ERA and gave up 100 hits and had injury issues off and on
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
In terms of calling him up now
they’re absolutely not meaningless. In terms of long-term? Could definitely be a bump in the road that’s forgotten about by next year. I hope.
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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well he probably wouldn't get called up regardless, since we just signed millwood
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
Right
but there was discussion of why not call up Friedrich instead of signing DeadMillwood…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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see, told you it was a big deal
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 2:29 PM MDT up reply actions
:-(
Glad we’re playing for 2012.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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I like this plan
and am excited to be part of it
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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On further thought, I think this is very good news
if this is a thin draft class as we were discussing above, we need to move up as high as possible….
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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I smell a W!
"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
Wait, the lineup is out really early!
What time is the game?
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Well crap!
I better get stuff done!
I didn’t realize they were on the road again. Lame
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Screw you Jim Tracy
Lineups where Mark Ellis is hitting second in a lost season with Chris Nelson on the bench is why I won’t miss you when you are gone
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
by TomCat009 on Aug 8, 2011 3:21 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
Championship Caliber (R)
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
The sad part is
I think Nelson hit more hard line drives the opposite way in the Nationals series than anyone else has all year. (Yesterday they just didn’t fall in for hits.)
If that’s a really point of emphasis, they have a funny way of driving it home.
by Northsider1964 on Aug 8, 2011 3:38 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm really confused what year we're playing for at this point.
2011? 2012? There doesn’t seem to be a consistent approach to any of these roster moves/acquisitions/lineups
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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There is no clear strategy
that is for certain. Just livin day to day.
How good is Millwood? Is he big K guy? Or is he a groundball guy?
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO DROP UBALDO AND NICASIO FROM MY FANTASY LEAGUE? I'VE HAD UBALDO SINCE 2008.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
He's basically dead.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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by Muzia on Aug 8, 2011 2:53 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
this made me crack up.
"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
outstanding
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 11:04 PM MDT up reply actions
i wouldnt both picking him up
Really all that we can hope for is that he eats some innings down the stretch so we can make it to the offseason
OK. thanks. Guys I wont worry about picking him up for fantasy then.
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO DROP UBALDO AND NICASIO FROM MY FANTASY LEAGUE? I'VE HAD UBALDO SINCE 2008.
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.
Page your fantasy league manager - or maybe send him a fax - that says
you want to claim Millwood for 2002. Then you’ll be fine.
by Northsider1964 on Aug 8, 2011 3:08 PM MDT up reply actions
nah. Sounds like I dont want him
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO DROP UBALDO AND NICASIO FROM MY FANTASY LEAGUE? I'VE HAD UBALDO SINCE 2008.
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.
If you can get the 2002 Millwood...
you’ll be pretty happy. You might also ask if you can get the 1939 Gehrig, or the 1911 Ty Coob.
"Surgeons have determined that doing the wave will, yes, will cause tears to the suprapinatus muscle and the infraspinatus muscle from the throwing of an individual's arms rapidly into the air. In addition, any children doing the wave will be sold to the circus. Do NOT do the wave in the ballpark. Doing the wave is safe at pro football games and Miley Cyrus concerts.
-scoreboard announcement at Ranger Ballpark in Arlington via Baseball Nation.
Cobb, not Coob!
"Surgeons have determined that doing the wave will, yes, will cause tears to the suprapinatus muscle and the infraspinatus muscle from the throwing of an individual's arms rapidly into the air. In addition, any children doing the wave will be sold to the circus. Do NOT do the wave in the ballpark. Doing the wave is safe at pro football games and Miley Cyrus concerts.
-scoreboard announcement at Ranger Ballpark in Arlington via Baseball Nation.
dude coob just cobb without the racism, and the steals, he was almost as good
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
Did he invest early in Coca-Cola?
"Surgeons have determined that doing the wave will, yes, will cause tears to the suprapinatus muscle and the infraspinatus muscle from the throwing of an individual's arms rapidly into the air. In addition, any children doing the wave will be sold to the circus. Do NOT do the wave in the ballpark. Doing the wave is safe at pro football games and Miley Cyrus concerts.
-scoreboard announcement at Ranger Ballpark in Arlington via Baseball Nation.
RC.. :(
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
by papality on Aug 8, 2011 4:20 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well played!
"Surgeons have determined that doing the wave will, yes, will cause tears to the suprapinatus muscle and the infraspinatus muscle from the throwing of an individual's arms rapidly into the air. In addition, any children doing the wave will be sold to the circus. Do NOT do the wave in the ballpark. Doing the wave is safe at pro football games and Miley Cyrus concerts.
-scoreboard announcement at Ranger Ballpark in Arlington via Baseball Nation.
I am not sure I ould claim Millwood in a 12 man Rockies only league
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
I'm not sure I would claim Millwood
in a 10 player Rockies only league with 10 pitchers on each team…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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Best news I've read all day
@TroyRenck
Tracy “Juan is having very good day. He was up walking twice”
FFFFFFFFFFF.
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 8, 2011 3:11 PM MDT via mobile reply actions 4 recs
Great News
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
That's awesome!
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Oh fantastic
I’ve beeen thinking about him (the gf likes watching this aussie reality doco about an intensive care unit in Sydney) and I know we can’t expect regular updates, so to get such a positive one is great. Get well soon, Juan!
fan freaking tastic
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 3:53 PM MDT up reply actions
THANK GOD!!!!!
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 8, 2011 7:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Rox will have Millwood throw for them today.
They’re not saying for sure who will start on Wednesday.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 8, 2011 3:53 PM MDT up reply actions
I should just cancel my mlb.tv
I mean I’m thinking we might be free alot the rest of the season
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Oh but the silent cheering and victory arming that you have to
keep below the top of your cube!
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what is this cheering and victory arming you speak of?
as a 2011 rockies fan, i am not very familiar with those terms
Its not a Sunday so we should win right/
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO DROP UBALDO AND NICASIO FROM MY FANTASY LEAGUE? I'VE HAD UBALDO SINCE 2008.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
Well, it is a rare thing
but I have had occasion at very sporadic moments to let fly a “woot” whilst raising my arms in what some might think of as a “touchdown” signal. But don’t be confused, it was during a baseball in which Tulo did in fact hit a homerun or RBI’d successfully.
I know it seems like a big lie but it did happen. However, never on a Sunday.
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...you seem to be implying that such things COULD happen on a sunday....
i wonder what such a world would be like?
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
Well it did happen on April 17, 2011
when Alan Johnson was pitching…..I think he might have killed Sunday victories.
Huh. April 17, 2010 was also when Ubaldo pitched his no-no. That’s weird.
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And was also a Sunday...
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Pretty sure 2010 was a Saturday
day of my sister’s wedding.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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Oh well nevermind !
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I was at that Alan Johnson game...
the Rockies have decided to not win on Sunday until I attend again — which I will on the 21st. Mark it down.
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Eschew Obfuscation!
wow so this is your fault in more ways than we thought before
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
If someone is slugging .347, that means its not very good right?
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO DROP UBALDO AND NICASIO FROM MY FANTASY LEAGUE? I'VE HAD UBALDO SINCE 2008.
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.
in 259 at bats
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO DROP UBALDO AND NICASIO FROM MY FANTASY LEAGUE? I'VE HAD UBALDO SINCE 2008.
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.
ok I was just checking to see if I should play Stubbs tonight against Hammel
or Maybin against Pelfrey
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO DROP UBALDO AND NICASIO FROM MY FANTASY LEAGUE? I'VE HAD UBALDO SINCE 2008.
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.
maybin against pelfrey
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
maybin has been blah the last 2 days.
Stubbs has been decent
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO DROP UBALDO AND NICASIO FROM MY FANTASY LEAGUE? I'VE HAD UBALDO SINCE 2008.
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.
Now this is good...I think....This is Tulo's thing for tonight
Slugging .515 in 328 ABs against other top-tier, right-handed pitchers since last year.
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO DROP UBALDO AND NICASIO FROM MY FANTASY LEAGUE? I'VE HAD UBALDO SINCE 2008.
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.
Where is the game thread and the know your foe?
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO DROP UBALDO AND NICASIO FROM MY FANTASY LEAGUE? I'VE HAD UBALDO SINCE 2008.
Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES.
I don't know whose day it is for the game thread.
If it’s not up in the next 20 minutes, I’ll put one up.
ZOMG
Sunday’s Rockies @ Cardinals game is on ESPN.
FFFFFFFFFFF.
/it is a new beginning, right?
by The Lodo Magic Man on Aug 8, 2011 4:51 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
great, we get to lose on national television
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
Yup. We were pretty shocked when we figured that out yesterday!
It’s madness!!
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It's Aberle's fault
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BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
it's not SSS anymore, either
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
It could still be my fault, since I've not been able to watch an entire Sunday game all season.
But will this week.
if you do and we end up winning,
i vote you take all sunday duties from aberle
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
if i recall, we are terrible in day games in general
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
lets just use our 2012 money for something good and not another wigginton
Which boggles my mind because we were exactly the opposite last year in day games
"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
GT is up
"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
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