Tuesday Rockpile: Rockies Have 99 Problems But Chacin Ain't One
by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 27, 2011 8:28 AM MDT
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The Rockies lost again last night, dropping them back into a tie for the 9th worst record in Major League Baseball. However, Jhoulys Chacin provided an encouraging effort, ending his up and down season on an upward run. In it, he walked just one and allowed two runs in seven innings, while inducing a season-most 15 ground ball outs.
Chacin's (11-14, 3.62) first full year has had bright spots to be certain, though regression and inconsistency ran rampant as well. His strikeout rate plummeted. His walk rate spiked to a ridiculous high before settling in September. His home run rate spiked. His BABIP dropped. His GB rate skyrocketed. His HR/FB ballooned. It's tough to know what we have in this guy. But at the end of the season, it is worth remembering two things. One, he is 23 years old. Two:
Jhoulys Chacín, only Rockies pitcher in franchise history besides Ubaldo Jiménez with ERA under 4.00, 140+K, 180+IP and opposing .240 or less ave.
Overall, that's pretty darn good, and the Rockies would take that from a middle of the rotation pitcher every single year. Even though Chacin pitched better in 2010 than 2011, Chacin was not the problem. Once Ubaldo Jimenez was traded, Chacin was forced into the "ace" role in his first full season in the bigs. Jhoulys did fine. The rest of the rotation did not.
Jhoulys Chacin's 2.4 fWAR is the 2nd lowest team-leading fWAR season in franchise history, better only than 2005's Jeff Francis (2.2), in Francis' first full season.
Right now, the rotation has 9.4 fWAR, worse than every full season in franchise history except 2002.
Rockies' starters are ranked dead last in MLB in K/BB ratio at 1.78.
Colorado has used 29 different pitchers this season, one shy of the franchise record set in 2007. That includes 13 different starting pitchers, tops in MLB.
So yes. It has been an unmitigated disaster in the rotation, and that must be addressed this offseason. In house growth from the youth in tow will inevitably help. But Mr. O'Dowd has his work cut out for him to stabilize the rotation, which was this team's strength not too long ago.
The Rockies must score 19 runs in their final two games to avoid being the lowest scoring offense in franchise history.
Oh yeah, there's that too. The offense is a train wreck. Good luck Dan. You'll need it.
Links after the jump.
Put a lid on speculation that Rockies will shop Chris Iannetta. Look for him to be behind plate when Rockies open 2012 season in Houston.
Manager Jim Tracy will announce Rockies' coaching decisions on Wednesday - The Denver Post Troy Renck suggests that bench coach Tom Runnels is a lock to stay, but that hitting coach Carney Lansford and pitching coach Bob Apodaca are in trouble. This brings no pleasure to me, as I have a hard time pinning the failures on this team to a first-year hitting coach or a long-tenured pitching coach who has overseen the best pitching staffs (by far) in franchise history. On the roster alone, he's overseen the transformation of several Rockies pitchers into better hurlers than when they arrived: Matt Belisle, Matt Lindstrom, Huston Street, Jason Hammel, Jorge de la Rosa... But heads must roll after this season, and if it isn't Jim Tracy's and it isn't Dan O'Dowd's (it will be neither), where would it start?
Tracy mum on Street's potential role in '12 | ColoradoRockies.com: News Dan O'Dowd must be regretting that huge contract given to Street. Jim Tracy won't say what Street's role will be in 2012, he just raves about Rafael Betancourt and Rex Brothers instead.
Rockies' Carlos Gonzalez has deep bone bruise on his injured wrist - The Denver Post That definitely warrants rest. Owed $66million through 2017, Colorado can't afford to wreck CarGo's wrists unnecessarily, making him an 80-game player.
BaseballAmerica.com: Prospects: Rankings: League Top 20 Prospects: 2010 Two very interesting lists will be coming out in coming days, with the South Atlantic League (tomorrow) and California League (Thursday) being published this week. Look for your Tourists and Nuts to get recognition.
THT’s top 100 prospects, part 1....THT’s top 100 prospects, part 2 Three Rockies made The Hardball Times top prospects list. Drew Pomeranz (18), Nolan Arenado (20) and Wilin Rosario (40).
Baseball Prospectus | Divide and Conquer, NL West: Is There a Draft in Here, or is that Just 2006? Geoff Young battled to find a fresh angle to Clayton Kershaw, and he believes he found it....the 2006 draft. Yeah...that's not so fresh around these parts.
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Sorry for the late rockpile this morning folks
Combo of chasing an idea down a long path and sleeping in
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 27, 2011 8:31 AM MDT reply actions
That THT prospect list is...a bit odd.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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I don't really know enough about other team's prospects.
What’s odd about it, aside from it being meant for fantasy projections instead of actual top baseball prospects?
Some guys get high rankings based on “a gut feeling” while others are placed high due to performance. It’s fairly disorganized and unstructured, imo
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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though I suppose it is a fantasy-only list
so my complants don’t really matter.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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What did you think of their statement about Nolan Arenado?
Most scouting reports consider his bat the best in the Rockies system.
Where would you place it in this list:
Wheeler, Arenado, Parker
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-- odowd apologist --
Overall bat? Absolutely Arenado.
Parker has the best power though.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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I'm interested to see Parker in person..
the best power I saw this year was from Kent Matthes and Harold Riggins.
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-- odowd apologist --
This prompts a musical reflection:
99 problems at Coors Field this year,
99 problems at Coors,
Stewart can’t hit.,
His swing looks like [excrement],
98 problems at Coors Field this year.
If you're having Ace problems I feel bad for you son.
The Rox got 99 problems but Chacin ain’t one.
Get well soon Juan.
98 problems at Coors Field this year,
98 problems at Coors,
another out at the plate,
it feels like fate,
97 problems at Coors Field this year.
"Are they called the Rockies because they rock?" - 7 y.o.
97 problems at Coors Field this year.
97 problems at Coors,
Junior’s in Left,
His bat has no heft,
96 problems at Coors Field this year.
"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.
96 problems at Coors Field this year.
96 problems at Coors,
Lineups come from a hat,
JT likes it like that,
95 problems at Coors Field this year.
"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.
95 problems at Coors Field this year.
95 problems at Coors
When DLR’s tendon snapped
the bed we crapped
94 problems at Coors Field this year.
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
94 problems at Coors Field this year.
94 problems at Coors,
Young ace fell down,
injured his crown,
93 problems at Coors Field this year.
"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.
93 problems at Coors Field this year
93 problems at Coors.
Cargo hit a big wall
His wrist is injured that’s all
92 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
92 problems at Coors Field this year.
92 problems at Coors
a one thousand OPS with RISP
on the bench with no wrist
91 problems at Coors Field this year.
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
92 problems at Coors Field this year
92 problems at Coors
There’s this player named Ty
All his At Bats make me cry
91 problems at Coors
Get well soon Juan.
by Thnikkaman on Sep 27, 2011 10:26 AM MDT up reply actions 5 recs
91 problems at Coors Field this year.
91 problems at Coors,
Tulo’s injury-prone,
can’t quite get in the zone,
90 problems at Coors Field this year.
Everybody is going to have to pitch in if we are taking this to 0!!
"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.
90 problems at Coors Field this year.
90 problems at Coors,
RIRFsadface
posted all over the place
89 problems at Coors Field this year.
"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.
89 problems at Coors Field this year.
89 problems at Coors,
The magic’s all gone
Only 38 victories won
88 problems at Coors this year.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 10:32 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
90 problems at Coors Field this year
90 problems at Coors
Saint Ubaldos burnt out
Pitched us into a rout
89 Problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
*cough cough*
We’re at 88.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions
You blew it.
Just an average guy with exceptional hair. Nothing more, nothing less.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 27, 2011 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions
You doubled up 92 as well...
One mistake we can see…two?
/smh
"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.
That's the issue with people updating the list concurrently,
And having no ability to edit posts.
PR is hard to navigate.
Get well soon Juan.
Fair enough...
Get back in the game!
"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.
88 problems at Coors Field this year
88 problems at Coors
Seth can’t hit lefties
Giambi’s gettin’ hefty
88 problems at Coors Field this year
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 10:46 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
87 Problems at Coors Field this year
87 problems at Coors
A winning streak is secure
Until the rain starts to pour
86 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
86 problems at Coors Field this year
86 problems at Coors
Every move we make
Turns into Poo Cake
85 problems at Coors Field this year
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
85 Problems at Coors Field this year
85 problems at Coors
A championship team is not made
When AAAA players make the grade
84 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
84 problems at Coors Field this year
84 problems at Coors
Blackmon was fun
When he could run
83 problems at Coors this year
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 10:52 AM MDT up reply actions
83 problems at Coors Field this year
83 problems at Coors
We started by calling up some fillers
Now we’re sending out the Drillers
82 Problems at Coors Field this year
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 10:54 AM MDT up reply actions
82 problems at Coors Field this year
82 problems at Coors
our depth is so narrow
we’re using JC Romero
81 problems at Coors Field this year
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 10:57 AM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
81 problems at Coors Field this year
81 problems at Coors
Nicasio was the best thing we had found
we couldn’t breathe with him on the ground
80 problems at Coors Field this year
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
80 problems at Coors Field this year,
80 problems at Coors,
Nelson’s a bust,
he betrayed our trust,
80 problems at Coors Field this year.
"My eyes! The goggles do nothing!" - Rainier Wolfcastle
by BittenAnkles on Sep 27, 2011 11:10 AM MDT up reply actions
79 problems at Coors Field this year,
79 problems at Coors,
Dex’s leg kick looked great,
only it happened to late,
79 problems at Coors Field this year.
"My eyes! The goggles do nothing!" - Rainier Wolfcastle
by BittenAnkles on Sep 27, 2011 11:14 AM MDT up reply actions
78 problems at Coors Field this year,
78 problems at Coors,
Tulo chokes with RISP too much,
he just isn’t clutch,
77 problems at Coors Field this year.
by DesertTurtle on Sep 27, 2011 11:16 AM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, his .305 BA with RISP is not clutch at all.
And his .353 BA with RISP and 2 outs is even less clutch.
Get well soon Juan.
And a .188 average when the game is “late and close.” Super clutch!
by DesertTurtle on Sep 27, 2011 11:38 AM MDT up reply actions
Five months of 2011 for the .188. His career average in late and close games is .224 and .259 in “high leverage” situations.
Pretty big sample size.
by DesertTurtle on Sep 27, 2011 11:50 AM MDT up reply actions
.259/.388/.450 for a .838 OPS as opposed to his total career .869 OPS
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
So 5 months is how many plate apperances in "high leverage" situations.
If you are going to prove me wrong, do it. So far this is hand waving from an article that says it gets its stats from BR.Com. When you go to BR.com, you get what looks like a spanish google interface. If he has had 16 PA in “High leverage Situations” in that 5 month period, that’s a pretty small sample size.
Get well soon Juan.
And you ignore the .224 line for his career.
BR.com = baseball-reference.com.
by DesertTurtle on Sep 27, 2011 11:57 AM MDT up reply actions
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=tulowtr01&year=Career&t=b
.222 late and close. He hits .300 when it’s a tied game, so that’s good. Obviously that can be 1-1 in the first inning, so the “late and close” stat line is much more telling of his clutch hitting.
Also, a career .259 average with two outs and RISP isn’t amazing.
by DesertTurtle on Sep 27, 2011 12:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, but I'm sure you're intelligent enough to know that batting average doesn't tell anything even close
to the whole story.
Just an average guy with exceptional hair. Nothing more, nothing less.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 27, 2011 12:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Of course, but are you really going to dispute such low averages? Even his SLG and OBP is significantly lower during late and close games. OPS is only .678.
by DesertTurtle on Sep 27, 2011 12:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Right but his .264 BABIP is 42 points lower than anyof his other
“clutch stats” BABIP add 42 points and his Late and Close line looks a lot closer than every other one of his statsl.
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
Just to clarify, I’m not saying Tulo is a bad player. He just isn’t clutch when the game is on the line. If he can get better at that then this team would improve substantially. Tulo is also a pretty young player in baseball terms so he can still improve this.
The Phillies game early in the year is a testament to this. Smith leads off with a double in the 9th inning, down 2-1. Up next: Cargo, Tulo, Helton. Cargo Ks, Tulo Ks, Helton is walked.
by DesertTurtle on Sep 27, 2011 11:53 AM MDT up reply actions
Tulo has even said he's going to work on that aspect of the game.
So you’re not off base.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 11:54 AM MDT up reply actions
77 problems at Coors Field this year
77 problems at Coors
Jose Lopez? Who’s he?
’Nother bust at 2B!
76 Problems at Coors Field this year
by Shoemaker on Sep 27, 2011 11:21 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
76 problems at Coors Field this year
76 problems at Coors,
We like Huston Street,
But he was pretty effete
75 problems at Coors
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 11:22 AM MDT up reply actions
75 problems at Coors Field this year
75 problems at Coors
Todd’s off the first sack
His poor, aching back
74 problems at Coors Field this year
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 11:24 AM MDT up reply actions
74 Problems at Coors Field this year
74 problems at Coors
Dinger’s our mascot
And that says alot
73 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
by Thnikkaman on Sep 27, 2011 11:25 AM MDT up reply actions 3 recs
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
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by Andrew Martin on Sep 27, 2011 8:40 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
74 problems at Coors field this year
75 Problems at Coors
This ‘Checo Kid hits well
But with no position he’s still a tough sell
73 problems at Coors this year
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 11:25 AM MDT up reply actions
Shoot!
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 11:25 AM MDT up reply actions
I really need to stop calling people my senior "kids"
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 4:17 PM MDT up reply actions
73 problems at Coors Field this year
73 problems at Coors
Tracy loved him some Alfonzo
but for 100 games he’s gonezo
72 problems at Coors Field this year
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 11:26 AM MDT up reply actions
72 problems at Coors Field this year
72 problems at Coors,
Made the catch? Does it matter?
CarGo’s wrist gonna shatter!
71 problems at Coors Field this year.
This is totally killing work productivity today.
But if it makes it all the way through, I might cry.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 11:28 AM MDT up reply actions
71 Problems at Coors Field this year
71 problems at Coors
Ty Wiggington hits a dinger
And puts this team in the wringer
70 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
by Thnikkaman on Sep 27, 2011 11:29 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
71 problems at Coors Filed this year
71 problems at Coors field
With Kouz, our problems would linger
We picked up another free swinger!
70 problems at Coors Field this year
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 11:29 AM MDT up reply actions
Impossible Maths!
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 11:31 AM MDT up reply actions
70 problems at Coors Field this year
70 problems at Coors
It really is stunning
all the crappy baserunning
69 problems at Coors Field this year
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 11:31 AM MDT up reply actions
69 problems at Coors Field this year
…..
…..
…..
Heh. 69.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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by Muzia on Sep 27, 2011 11:32 AM MDT up reply actions 5 recs
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
REC’D. Just leave it at 69
Thank you Cookie for many years of service. Hope all goes well with you in your continued career.
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 Sep 27, 2011 11:34 AM MDT up reply actions
A troublesome number
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
Meh, it can go either way...
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 11:36 AM MDT up reply actions 5 recs
LOL. REC'D
Thank you Cookie for many years of service. Hope all goes well with you in your continued career.
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 Sep 27, 2011 11:40 AM MDT up reply actions
Hey turnaround is fair play
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
68 Problems at Coors Field this year
68 problems at Coors
Our bullpen looked great
When we were losing by eight
67 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
by Thnikkaman on Sep 27, 2011 11:33 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
67 Problems at Coors Field this year
67 problems at Coors
Hammel started a Family
Then started to pitch real crapily
66 problems at Coors field this year
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 11:36 AM MDT up reply actions
Read “started a family” as “knocked up his wife”
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 2:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Actually that might have been better, if less classy
“Hammel knocked up his wife
couldn’t pitch to save his life…”
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 2:49 PM MDT up reply actions
67 problems at Coors Field this year
67 problems at Coors,
Alex White (from the trade!)
Gives up a dinger parade.
66 problems at Coors Field this year.
66 Problems at Coors Field this year,
66 problems at Coors,
Copper Bell brought Spilly no luck
now he just sucks,
65 problems at Coors this year.
"My eyes! The goggles do nothing!" - Rainier Wolfcastle
by BittenAnkles on Sep 27, 2011 11:38 AM MDT up reply actions
64 Problems at Coors Field this year
64 problems at Coors
What to do with EY2?
His glove, balls go right through
63 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
65 problems at Coors Field this year
65 problems at Coors
We won the division in the Spring
Now we can’t win a thing
64 problems at Coors Field this year
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
64 problems at Coors Field this year,
64 problems at Coors,
Hammel Time ran out,
The rotation’s in doubt,
63 problems at Coors Field this year.
63 problems at Coors Field this year
63 problems at Coors
Our problems just mount
and our fans just can’t count
62 problems at Coors this year…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 11:43 AM MDT up reply actions
62 Problems at Coors Field this year
62 problems at Coors
But at least the farm is much deeper
Story looks like a Keeper
61 problems at Coors Field this year
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
62 problems at Coors Field this year,
62 problems at Coors,
Hammel was wild,
until he had a child,
61 problems at Coors Field this year.
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by BittenAnkles on Sep 27, 2011 11:43 AM MDT up reply actions
Well, no
When I said “started a family”, I meant, like, the actual beginning
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 11:46 AM MDT up reply actions
SurfaceThought believes that life begins at conception, not at birth.
Give him a break.
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Well, I think its a bit more nuanced than that
but if you are planning to start a family then I would say that you probably take the first step at conception
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 11:56 AM MDT up reply actions
61 problems at Coors Field this year
61 problems at Coors
crappy network named Root
Drew, Jeff & Fraz in the booth
60 problems at Coors Field this year
Showing extreme symptoms of Rocky Mountain Baseball Fever since 1993.
I'm not happy.
by WalkInRight on Sep 27, 2011 11:50 AM MDT up reply actions
Can't we get Corrigan on TV?
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 11:59 AM MDT up reply actions
60 Problems at Coors Field this year
60 problems at Coors field
He said “Ty loves the Game”
But he just bought DOD some shame
59 Problems at Coors field this year
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 11:50 AM MDT up reply actions
59 Problems at Coors field this year
59 Problems at Coors
“LRLRLRLRL,
LRLRLRLRL”
58 problems at Coors this year
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 11:52 AM MDT up reply actions 4 recs
WooHoo! my first rec'd post on the row!
I think… is there someway to check that?
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 3:12 PM MDT up reply actions
By the looks of things,
I believe you had two or three others.
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Did you use special mod powers to divine that?
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 3:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Black magic.
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58 Problems at coors filed this year
58 Problems at Coors
57 Problems at Coors
Get well soon Juan.
by Thnikkaman on Sep 27, 2011 11:56 AM MDT up reply actions 11 recs
rec'd
make this green please
Showing extreme symptoms of Rocky Mountain Baseball Fever since 1993.
I'm not happy.
by WalkInRight on Sep 27, 2011 12:08 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
57 problems at Coors Field this year
57 problems at Coors,
Our teams walks leader hits number 8
because our pitchers hit great
56 problems at Coors Field this year.
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
I kept hitting the wall...
while trying to make this stanza. Well done!
"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.
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it would help if we hadn't lost about 6-7 posts to doubling up
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56 problems at Coors Field this year
56 problems at Coors
Stop doing the damn wave!!
Please just go live in a cave!!
55 problems at Coors Field this year
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 12:00 PM MDT up reply actions
56 Problems at Coors Field this Year
56 Problems at Coors
For spot starts we got Esmil
To bad his movement is nil
55 problems at Coors Field this year
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 12:01 PM MDT up reply actions
55 problems at Coors field this year
55 problems at Coors
Hurling at Coors is a bitch
When you ain’t got an out pitch
54 problems at Coors
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 12:05 PM MDT up reply actions
55 problems at Coors Field this year
55 problems at Coors
With Smith only playing platoon
he just tries to hit balls to the moon
54 problems at Coors Field this year
Showing extreme symptoms of Rocky Mountain Baseball Fever since 1993.
I'm not happy.
by WalkInRight on Sep 27, 2011 12:06 PM MDT up reply actions
54 problems at Coors Field this year
54 Problems at Coors
Our 2B are scrappy
to bad their production is crappy
53 problems at Coors Field this year
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
Next one should actually be 44
We’re up to about 10 doubles…. lol
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 12:08 PM MDT up reply actions
53 problems at Coors Field this year
53 problems at Coors
The Dbacks look scary
NL West should be wary
52 problems at Coors Field this year.
52 problems at Coors Field this year
52 problems at Coors
The Giants are sucky
But still they get lucky
51 problems at Coors Field this year.
42 problems at Coors Field this year
42 Problems at Coors
Michael Young would have raked!
But then Nolan said “Snaked!”
41 problems at Coors Field this year
54 problems at Coors field this year,
54 problems at Coors,
Rosario is Opening the Hip
His productions is taking a Hit
53 Problems at Coors Field this year
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
by wolf213 on Sep 27, 2011 12:14 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
You're one funny guy.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 12:46 PM MDT up reply actions
40 problems at Coors Field this year
40 Problems at Coors
Willingham? Napoli?
Nope! Lopez and Wiggy.
39 problems at Coors Field this year
40 problems at Coors Field this year
40 problems at Coors
Ian excels at tweeting and stars at X-Box
but slopping some hogs would be more help for the Rox
39 problems at Coors this year…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 12:19 PM MDT up reply actions
/ninja'd!
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 12:19 PM MDT up reply actions
39 problems at Coors Field this year,
39 problems at Coors,
13 starters used
almost all were abused
38 problems at Coors Field this year.
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
37 problems at Coors Field this year
37 Problems at Coors
You know September’s no good
When your best pitcher’s Millwood.
36 problems at Coors Field this year
by Shoemaker on Sep 27, 2011 12:21 PM MDT up reply actions 4 recs
38 Problems at Coors Field this year
38 Problems at Coors,
Everyone had a Herrera Man Crush
until he started to suck
37 Problems at Coors Field this year.
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
38 Problems at Coors Field this year
38 problems at Coors
A new good luck charm is required
Since the Golden thong has grown tired
37 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
34 problems at Coors Field this year
34 problems at Coors
Greg Reynolds was there
with both long and short hair
33 problems at Coors Field this year
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 12:24 PM MDT up reply actions
33 problems at Coors Field this year
33 Problems at Coors
Our DH gives ‘em hell.
Wait…we’re in the NL!
32 problems at Coors Field this year
32 problems at Coors Field this year
36 problems at Coors
We say goodbye to our Dear Cook
On the mound he really got shook
31 problems at Coors Field this year
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 12:28 PM MDT up reply actions
woops
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 12:28 PM MDT up reply actions
31 problems at Coors Field this year
31 problems at Coors
For RH hits we were counting on Spilly
Turns out that was really quite silly
30 problems at Coors Field this year
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 12:29 PM MDT up reply actions
30 Problems at Coors Field this Year
30 Problems at Coors,
We traded our best pitcher
and still didn’t get a hitter
29 Problems at Coors Field this year.
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
FIFY
We traded our best pitcher
andstill didn’t get a hittergot Matt Mcbride
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 12:32 PM MDT up reply actions
I call it a "slant" rhyme
its what the real poets do
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 12:33 PM MDT up reply actions
I Matt McBride
doesn’t rhyme with Pitcher, and he’s not much of a hitter anyways.
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
No, and I just wanted to point out the sad irony. yours was clearly better
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 12:34 PM MDT up reply actions
29 Problems at Coors Field this year
29 problems at Coors
Winning in our division:
Harder than nuclear fission!
29 problems at Coors Field this year.
by Shoemaker on Sep 27, 2011 12:35 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
29 Problems at Coors Field this year
29 problems at Coors
Rodgers can’t hide his pitch
Making sluggers quite rich
28 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
27 Problems at Coors Field this year
27 problems at Coors
Chris Nelsons been freed
But he’s not what we need
26 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
28 Problems at Coors Field this Year
28 Problems at Coors
But the Dodgers Owners Went Broke
So there is some hope
27 Problems at Coors Field this year.
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
24 Problems at Coors Field this year
24 problems at Coors
We got few quality starts
Still the Bullpen falls apart
23 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
23 problems at Coors Field this year
23 problems at Coors
Got some news about ‘Dac
He ain’t coming back
22 problems at Coors Field this year
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 12:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Just pessimistic speculation
I would be pissed
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 12:52 PM MDT up reply actions
23 problems at Coors Field this year
23 problems at Coors
I want a tornadough
let’s bring on Arenado!
22 problems at Coors Field this year
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 12:49 PM MDT up reply actions
28 problems at Coors Field this year
28 problems at Coors
Dexter sure has great wheels
But won’t learn how to steal
27 problems at Coors Girlfriend this year
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 27, 2011 12:50 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
um....damnyouautocorrect
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 27, 2011 12:50 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
ATF... do you need to talk about anything?
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 12:51 PM MDT up reply actions
I got 99 problems
and Coor’s Girlfriend is exactly 27 of them
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 12:53 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
20 Problems at Coors Field this year
20 problems at Coors
Tracy will be here one more year
There’s no end in sight I fear
19 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
19 problems at Coors Field this year
19 problems at Coors
We played Alfredo Amezaga
Nothing rhymes with Amezaga
18 problems at Coors Field this year
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 12:56 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
18 Problems at Coors Field this year
18 Problems at Coors
Tracy’s Management Style is Curdled
BUT AT LEAST HE AIN’T HURDLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
17 Problems at Coors Field this year.
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
17 problems at Coors Field this year,
17 problems at Coors,
Bettis, Matzek, Rosario, Rutledge, Wheeler, Arenado and Blackmon
Story, Mende, Cabrera, Herrera and Parker 2014 should be fun
16 problems at Coors Field this year.
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
17 problems at Coors Field this year
17 problems at Coors
Franklin Morales is gone
Now whom to blame 2011 on?
16 problems at Coors Field this year.
15 problems at Coors Field this year
15 problems at Coors
home dominant no more
damn that humidor
14 problems at Coors Field this year
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 1:09 PM MDT up reply actions
14 problems at Coors Field this year,
14 problems at Coors,
if the problems are fixed
will they win 156?
13 problems at Coors Field this year.
"Are they called the Rockies because they rock?" - 7 y.o.
13 Problems at Coors Field this year
13 problems at Coors
A black hole at third base
Where our dreams go to waste
12 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
12 Problems at Coors Field this year
12 problems at Coors
The Fans Coors field brings
Root for the visiting teams
11 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
11 problems at Coors Field this year
11 problems at Coors
this team plays in heaven
#*$% 2011
10 problems at Coors Field this year
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 1:19 PM MDT up reply actions
10 Problems at Coors Field this year
10 problems at Coors
our fundamental baseball
is simple disgraceful
9 problems at Coors Field this year
[back to the parent thread]
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No, we skipped #10
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 1:33 PM MDT up reply actions
9 Problems at Coors Field this year
9 problems at Coors
Toyota talk is some crap
Root Producers should get a big slap
8 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
by Thnikkaman on Sep 27, 2011 1:19 PM MDT up reply actions 4 recs
Same thing just happened to me.
And I don’t seem to be able to unflag it….
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PR is buggy today.
I saw a post that I had recced earlier as being flagged. I hit refresh and all was well.
Get well soon Juan.
This is what happens after 99 bottles of beer.
And the weird decision to code in Subject (Optional) Message.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 2:29 PM MDT up reply actions
I keep seeing that as well.
I’m all cornfuzzled
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8 Problems at Coors Field this year
8 problems at Coors
Well things could be worse
We could have the Cubs’ curse
7 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
7 Problems at Coors Field this year
7 problems at Coors
It seems on most nights
Our arms won’t pitch strikes
6 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
6 Problems at Coors Field this year
6 problems at Coors
The D-Baqs owned us hard
In theirs and our yard
5 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
That's #4...
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 1:35 PM MDT up reply actions
5 Problems at Coors Field this year
5 problems at Coors
Now were 20 games back
We were in first? When was that?
4 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
6 problems at Coors Field this year
6 problems at Coors
High hopes for Chacin
until the walkapotamus was seen
5 problems at Coors Field this year
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 1:35 PM MDT up reply actions
3 problems at Coors Field this Year
3 Problems at Coors field
Our reserve batters hit like hell
Screw the PCL!
2 problems at Coors Field this year
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 1:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh wow, was there a four or not?
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 1:39 PM MDT up reply actions
My 6 right above this one
or Thnik’s 6 a little ways above – one of them was the 4…
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 1:41 PM MDT up reply actions
3 problems at Coors Field this year
3 problems at Coors
Our fWAR is so tiny
Even Barmes looks shiny
2 problems at Coors Field this year.
2 Problems at Coors Field this year
2 problems at Coors
No playoffs this year
/em wipes away single tear
1 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
1 Problem at Coors field this year,
1 problem at Coors field
And despite all our talk
we still love the ROX!
0 problems at Coors field this year
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 1:41 PM MDT up reply actions 3 recs
That was cathartic
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 1:42 PM MDT up reply actions
it felt good, too....
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 1:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Heh.
I just entered the thread in time to see this end.
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 27, 2011 1:42 PM MDT up reply actions
We made it!
NIce work folks. Who knew poetry could be so fun?
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by BittenAnkles on Sep 27, 2011 2:42 PM MDT up reply actions
HAHA
this RP is epic!
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by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 4:18 PM MDT up reply actions
0 Problems at Coors Field this year
0 problems at Coors
Rocktober will have to wait
Till 2014 at this rate
-1 problems at Coors Field this year
Get well soon Juan.
by Thnikkaman on Sep 27, 2011 1:43 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
For the record,
that took EXACTLY five hours to complete.
Good work, folks.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 1:46 PM MDT up reply actions
I am so sad I saw too late to contribute
But thanks Rowbots for many LOLs during lunch.
I’m sure those around me have ben wondering why I’ve been repeatedly giggling for the past half hour or so as I’ve been staring at my phone.
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by trekinaz on Sep 27, 2011 2:07 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
glad i got here late
and had the pleasure of reading straight down it
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
I went through this quick but did we really just go through 99 problems and not even mention JDLR?
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 5:10 PM MDT up reply actions
I was going to, but I never had time to contribute after the first round.
It was confusing trying to keep up. I’m not sure how they did it.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 5:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Ah there it is
That’s what happens when I skim
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 5:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Just remember: whole tastes better than skim.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 5:40 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm super curious who JT will pick for his coaches next season.
I wish I could have voted for more than one. I guess I missed that Tom R. will be back for sure.
In all things, it is better to hope than despair.
If they fire Apodaca
and keep Tracy, I will be livid.
2011 - not even light can escape
by Rosenort on Sep 27, 2011 9:07 AM MDT up reply actions 5 recs
DOD should go before Tracy
They have strategic problems at Coors. Tracy can take the blame for a lot of stuff, but most of his mistakes have been tactical in nature. From my perpsective, DOD did not leave him with enough to work with.
There have been a lot of team changes throughout the year. Most of the injuries are not ascribable to anyone. But the sum of all is that with the lineup and rotation always being in flux, the team seems to have lost synergy.
I don’t think Tracy is blamable for all that. He was working with what he had. The team as a whole did not perform.
They could not fix Ubaldo, and someone chose to hang on to Stewart too long. There were some mistakes made on who they borught in to augment the team, then there was churn at several positions on the team. It’s hard to put the blame on JT for all that.
I note that Frankie Morales is doing better now. Why couldn’t he pitch when he was with the Rox?
by Real Perspective on Sep 27, 2011 11:10 AM MDT up reply actions
Starting Herrera through June is pretty inexcusable.
Starting Alfonzo as much (or more) than Iannetta is inexcusable.
Using Giambi only twice a month is inexcusable.
Ignoring platoon splits when they are actually applicable is pretty inexcusable.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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by Muzia on Sep 27, 2011 11:14 AM MDT up reply actions 16 recs
If it doesn't
it’s inexcusable…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 11:27 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Greened
"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.
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REC'D
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by Roxman4ever on Sep 27, 2011 11:34 AM MDT up reply actions
Real Perspective is GoRoxGo
it all make sense now!
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
by papality on Sep 27, 2011 2:35 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't disagree with any of these points
But what are we talking, a handful of games difference in the W-L record?
Tracy may have mismanaged a 3rd place roster into 4th place, and for that I agree with the calls for his head. But then you’ll just have a 3rd place roster with a better manager.
by Northsider1964 on Sep 27, 2011 3:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Any improvement is still improvement.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 27, 2011 10:39 AM MDT up reply actions
If that happens
I’ll have to drive out there and egg Tracy’s house, then his car, then him, and then after egging him yell “Next time, these eggs will be frozen”.
"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
Sounds like it time for you to get livid
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by Roxman4ever on Sep 27, 2011 12:50 PM MDT up reply actions
word has it that Apodaca will not be with the team next year.
Read the green comment above
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by Roxman4ever on Sep 27, 2011 12:56 PM MDT up reply actions
It's in one of the links above from Renck.
Keeping Runnels is almost a guarantee. Tracy knows he is under the gun and isn’t going to bring in anyone who could replace him, like he replaced Hurdle.
I’m ok with this though. If he does fail in 2012, the whole thing needs rebuilt, including Dac. As I’ve posted before, the Tracy hire was not a complete rebuild though one was probably needed to transition the players to another set of expectations.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 9:14 AM MDT up reply actions
Thanks on the Runnels thing...
Who would you bring in to replace Dac.?
In all things, it is better to hope than despair.
I really don't know.
Apparently these will be decisions by Tracy. His guy is Jim Colborn. Colborn is pretty terrible. Anybody but Colborn at this point.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 9:32 AM MDT up reply actions
Pittsburgh
made Tracy dump the awful Colborn. Whhat a disaster he would be here.
After he screwed up half their priming young staff.
I don’t think Maholm ever recovered.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 12:18 PM MDT up reply actions
ideally, we'd prefer a guy with experience and success, particularly with the challenges of elevation and low humidity
Who best fits that description?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 27, 2011 9:44 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I think Jim Wright may be due for a promotion.
He’s handled the bullpen well and was a roving pitching instructor before that so he knows the organization.
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I wouldn't replace Apodaca, that's why I was asking Petro who he would replace him with
just because of those two issues that we have(elevation and low humidity).
Mike Butcher or Kevin Beirne don’t have these issues.
In all things, it is better to hope than despair.
For some reason, it just hit me that Jim Tracy has management decisions over his staff next year.
Oh god.
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I just don't understand what they're seeing in him.
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by Andrew Martin on Sep 27, 2011 9:56 AM MDT up reply actions
A small part of me is hoping that DO'D is just feeding the media a line and JT gets canned after tomorrow's game.
Get well soon Juan.
that would be
a dream come true. I feel bad for wishing for someone to lose their job, but I really think Tracy is a terrible manager, and the fact they are toying with firing a competent coach and keeping JT around, it blows my mind.
2011 - not even light can escape
Scene: O'Dowd's office
Jim Tracy walks in with a bounce in his step, and carrying a stack of papers covered in highighter and Post-It™ notes.
Tracy: Hey Dan, I got that list of recommendations you asked for! There’s this guy named Colborn that I’ve worked with in the past, he’s a pretty special coach…
O’Dowd: Have a seat, Jim, we need to talk.
Jim Tracy sits down and begins spreading the papers across the desk.
Tracy: Colborn will fit in quite nicely, we’re always on the same page and even play golf together in the offseason. I mentioned the job and he can’t wait to fix Shaseen and Palmarants this offsea—-
O’Dowd: Jim, you’re fired.
Pause. A silence fills the room.
Tracy: Oh. Probably a good career move.
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by Muzia on Sep 27, 2011 10:03 AM MDT up reply actions 10 recs
That even looks like Jim Tracy.
Walking past O’Dowd’s doghouse.
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If only...
Instead, it’ll probably something like:
DOD: Well. Is he a good character guy?
Tracy: Absolutely. He’s been to Japan like me. Discipline and all.
DOD: Sign him up!
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 10:14 AM MDT up reply actions
O’Dowd: Jim, you’re fired.
from your computer to God’s ears.
The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient.
by rockieprogress on Sep 27, 2011 10:27 AM MDT up reply actions
another comment of the year candidate right here
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
He's very special.
Is it 2012 yet?
by DAWNMARIE01 on Sep 27, 2011 10:01 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
now that we have talent
we need to disassemble, dismember, or otherwise destroy it. How else can we remain a mid to high 70’s win team?
"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
keep jim tracy
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be happy, because 2012 is coming.
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by Charlie77 on Sep 27, 2011 9:15 AM MDT reply actions 5 recs
Oh look, Alex White’s rainbow is tracing the average trajectory of all those HR we allowed!
Coincidence!
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by Muzia on Sep 27, 2011 9:17 AM MDT up reply actions 3 recs
Well in fairness the winds blowing out..
look at the flag.
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I hope those two stabilize the rotation next year..
1. Chacin
2. Pomz
3. White
4. Nicasio
5. Bettis/JDLR
has a lot of potential.
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I'm not sure we can count on Nicasio...but it would be nice:)
In all things, it is better to hope than despair.
It's encouraging that his brace is off so soon..
and that he’s walking around without any limitations. Obviously that’s a long way from pitching, but we don’t need him to throw for 4 months.
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Yeah, is recovery is no less than a miracle.
When I posed this question about Nicasio before, Amart didn’t think he was any where close to be ready to being in the line up for anytime next year. BUT,as we know with him, miracles do happen…:)
In all things, it is better to hope than despair.
This is the best thing evar.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 9:38 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
With the recent trade of Guillen,
what are the chances we can get someone to take Tracy AND Wigginton?
I’m looking at you, Houston.
Interesting that Bichette Jr. was BA's pick as best player in the GCL
I seem to remember a lot of people calling that pick a reach
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So who else thinks that Shields will go to Reds this offseason for 3 good to great propects?
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No one.
He’s under team control until 2014.
They wouldn’t move him before next year.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 10:16 AM MDT up reply actions
Maybe but with his value at an all time high
a Mes/Grandal, Alonso, Hamilton and an arm would change their mind
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I'd be surprised but could see it happening
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 27, 2011 10:35 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
He went from a .344 BABIP to a .263 BABIP and his Career is.302
Not saying he will flop next year but this is clearly a career year
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by Charlie77 on Sep 27, 2011 10:26 AM MDT reply actions 7 recs
Well deserved!
"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.
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by RoarFrom112 on Sep 27, 2011 10:33 AM MDT up reply actions
Hmm, why does it say "PR is a site for Rockies fans only!"
Not only excludes welcome visitors but it sounds like something an 8-year-old would scrawl on the outside of his treehouse. Poor form.
OT: By the way bonding,
thanks for the Downton Abbey recommendation. It’s awesome!
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 10:55 AM MDT up reply actions
This was supposed to say bonding... Damned autocorrect.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 11:06 AM MDT up reply actions
indeed
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 27, 2011 11:09 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Crap. I'm on a call and not paying attention.
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by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 11:17 AM MDT up reply actions
Thanks!
I think we have to wait until January for it to be on TV here. Probably even later for it to be on the internet, It’ll be worth the wait.
I’ll probably wait for the review. I don’t want to know.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 5:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Trying to keep the Gints fans out?
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 10:57 AM MDT up reply actions
YAHOO! REC'D
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by Roxman4ever on Sep 27, 2011 11:31 AM MDT up reply actions
I like Street
But if he’s not going to be used as the closer in 2012, they need to trade him. They might be able to get a nice return (maybe package him with Smith?) and it will also dump some of that large salary. They can use Bettancourt as the closer until Brothers is ready for that role (assuming he develops quickly). Street gave up way too many home runs this year…
Also, I’m pretty much tired of Dex. I hope Blackmon and Wheeler get a chance to beat him out in Spring Training.
by DesertTurtle on Sep 27, 2011 10:40 AM MDT up reply actions
You’re pretty much tired of the guy who was our second best hitter in the second half of the season?
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by Franchise26 on Sep 27, 2011 10:42 AM MDT up reply actions
When the season is already over? Let’s see if he can do that in the first half. We’ve been waiting on Dex to be consistent for a few years.
by DesertTurtle on Sep 27, 2011 10:44 AM MDT up reply actions
Young players need patience, it’s part of the game.
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So is Stewart your starting 3B next year? >.>
by DesertTurtle on Sep 27, 2011 10:47 AM MDT up reply actions
What happens when the Rockies are contending
Is Fowler’s 2nd-half-itis (assuming it’s a thing, which it probably isn’t) a bad thing then?
His .458 wOBA in AUG of 09 sure helped
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I'm not commenting at all on Dex NOT having issues.
He has issues. But those issues are not at all related to the types of issues that Stewart has. Comparing the two doesn’t make much sense to me.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 10:55 AM MDT up reply actions
The only comparison I’m making is that they’re both young, and as Muzia said, teams need to be patient with young players.
by DesertTurtle on Sep 27, 2011 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Considering the GAWDAWFUL market out there, I don’t see a way around it.
But that has absolutely nothing to do with Dex.
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This is his 3rd YEAR
I don’t care if he is 25 if he didn’t do it all year it didn’t happen!
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
I’m not saying that he should be traded during the offseason. Setting up a competition during ST may light a fire in him and get him going early in the season. It means nothing if he sucks again in the first half, gets sent down, then returns in July and hits .300 when the Rockies are already out of it.
Plus, a competition would let them see what they potentially have in Blackmon and Wheeler, which may be better options than Fowler. If you hit 33 HR at any level, you can flat out hit.
by DesertTurtle on Sep 27, 2011 10:50 AM MDT up reply actions
If you hit 33 HR at any level, you can flat out hit.
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You are a little sick of the guy
who since changing his batting stance in late July has a .300/.392/.524 with a 162 game average of 55 2B, 27 3B, and 14 HR?
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Leads all NL hitters in XBH since the ASB..
All hitters not named Braun.
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by Charlie77 on Sep 27, 2011 12:52 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Matt Reynolds gave up the same number of Home runs as Street this year
And in fewer innings. Doubt anyone realized that.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 27, 2011 10:53 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Reynolds is young and cheap
Street is expensive and highly visible, and not awful… Just unneccessary on a team with three better options
~ Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too ~
Street also has a far more important role than Reynolds. I understand he had a great save percentage, and I’m one of his biggest supporters, but if there’s a market and if he’s not going to be used as the closer they need to trade him.
by DesertTurtle on Sep 27, 2011 10:58 AM MDT up reply actions
I actually agree with you wholeheartedly on this
Unfortunately, the market is going to be flooded with good relief pitching options, so I’m not sure how much value we’ll be able to get out of Street during the offseason. He’ll likely be a better midseason trade candidate, so hopefully he holds up for the first couple months of 2012.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 27, 2011 11:39 AM MDT up reply actions
I certainly did
ugggggh
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 27, 2011 11:38 AM MDT up reply actions
There once was a manager named Jim Tracy
his Winning strategy was a little hazy
“I’ll bat my keystone two-hole,
And my catcher eight-hole,
I don’t care who is on-basey”
Okay, that was a bit of a stretch, but thats all I got
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 10:43 AM MDT reply actions
OT: When does the PuRPs list unveiling start?
"My eyes! The goggles do nothing!" - Rainier Wolfcastle
ask Jeff
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 27, 2011 11:09 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Can Tracy just fire himself?
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by Roxman4ever on Sep 27, 2011 11:12 AM MDT reply actions 3 recs
No because
/2011
If he tried to fire himself, it would result in a new 5 year extension.
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That's almost as unlikely
as ineffective players leaving the roster voluntarily.
Both changes call for some action from the man upstairs, and he apparently has a very slow trigger finger.
by Northsider1964 on Sep 27, 2011 3:32 PM MDT up reply actions
I will admit I'm a bit concerned about Jhoulys.
His last 3 months haven’t been very encouraging.
He’s become much more hittable and walking a lot more guys.
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by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 11:24 AM MDT reply actions
I think there are a lot of extrinsic factors in play here...
I’m very interested in seeing how he performs next year with a little less pressure (and hopefully, less burnout).
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 27, 2011 11:41 AM MDT up reply actions
Less pressure next year?
How do you figure? He’s slotted in as the “ace” right now.
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by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 11:47 AM MDT up reply actions
No, he's "one of many young arms"
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Not to mention, I'm sure the team's expectations will be a lot lower than they were this year.
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Sep 27, 2011 11:54 AM MDT up reply actions
2012 Expectations: Don't Hold Your Breath!
I don’t have the skills to be a staff writer, but I may be able to fill in with headlines….
"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.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 27, 2011 11:42 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I know.
Still very young.
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by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 11:46 AM MDT up reply actions
that first-half BABIP in the low .200s was way unsustainable
regression happens. however i agree about the walks being of concern
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be happy, because 2012 is coming.
This footnote from the CarGo article cracks me up:
In the final leg of the hazing, the Rockies’ rookies, outfitted in “Star Wars” costumes, were dropped off roughly a mile from the team hotel Sunday night. Dressed as Chewbacca, Edgmer Escalona spent the walk scaring onlookers. . . . Said Wilin Rosario of the experience, “I am definitely going to watch the movie now.”
by holly96 on Sep 27, 2011 12:02 PM MDT reply actions 2 recs
Wait, what?
He’s never seen Star Wars? I don’t understand
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Last night as I was putting my 5yo in bed...
she asked me to tell her a princess story. So I told her about the beautiful princess who had to use a robot to send a message to her friend, Obi Wan Kenobi…
Some day, she may remember it, and know I stole the entire story; but last night she just thought I was a good dad.
"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.
by RdRnnr on Sep 27, 2011 12:57 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
You are a good dad.
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by Charlie77 on Sep 27, 2011 12:59 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Most of A New Hope...
She asked if the princess kissed the boy “on the lips” at the medal ceremony.
"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 didn't have the heart to let her know they were brother and sister!
"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.
Did you point out the racism in that scene?
Chewie doesn’t get a medal. Introduce her to the unfairness of the world now.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 1:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Here's a story princess
Life will take every opportunity it gets to punch you in the face.
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Nighty-night!
"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.
/2011
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 1:16 PM MDT up reply actions
Chewie
told them he didn’t want one.
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No. Chewie said," RRPPWWGRRWOOWWW."
Han translated it as, “He doesn’t want a medal.” When he actually said, “You’ve got to be kidding me. I totally save all their stupid butts.”
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 1:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Wookiee honor code. . .
Wait, this is a trap! You’re trying to have me bring this Rockies blog down and turn it into SB Nation’s first sci-fi blog.
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Star Wars isn't Science Fiction.
It’s Space Fantasy.
/just sayin’
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 1:47 PM MDT up reply actions
Space opera.
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There need be no qualifier.
It’s straight fantasy.
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by Greg Stanwood on Sep 27, 2011 1:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Really. At this point, after the 99 Problems at Coors,
no one is going to see it if we talk about Space Fantasy/Opera/Fantasy anyway.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 1:52 PM MDT up reply actions
IT'S A TRAP!!!
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 1:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh,
and not enough "K"s in there.
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Story of our 2011 season right there.
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haha that is awesome
now the important question is, did you have han shooting first?
If he didn't
he is a horrible father.
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You sir
are a good father.
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At one point we were considering Luke as a name for a baby...
that went away the first time my wife heard me practice saying, “Luuuuke, I am youuuuur faaather.”
"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.
Would he have had..................
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. a SISTER??
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 3:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, he's young.
And is it as popular in other countries? I have no idea.
Mostly I was amused by Escalona trying to scare onlookers.
I would say that it is well known every place that I have been.
It’s probably more of an age thing though.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 1:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Aww Holly you could have given them a ride..
How many people, not named Russ, have had that many Princess Leia’s in their car?
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by Charlie77 on Sep 27, 2011 12:56 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
The fact that Giambi has access to that many Princess Leia outfits...
tells me he might the current record holder!
"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.
russ?
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Doumit will probably be on the open market this offseason.
http://blog.triblive.com/dejan-kovacevic/2011/09/26/wakeup-call-nowhere-to-run/#.ToH-6Xs3fUA.twitter
This puts an interesting wrinkle into the value of Rosario and Ianetta in trades.
Doumit is an awful catcher
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They really, really dislike him at the Buc's dugout
or at least I remember reading something to that affect.
Its sort of like when we asked the guys from Camden chat about Wiggy, and they said something like “He has some pop but not enough to make up for all his other deficits, you will find yourself hating him by the end of the season”
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 1:21 PM MDT up reply actions
Boy, don't they look silly now???
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 1:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, I was optimistic like everybody heading into the season
But I wasn’t a big fan of signing Wiggy just based on his stats, and after reading that Wiggy was probably the only player I didn’t have high hopes for going into the season. Hell, he’s basically done as well as I ever expected him to.
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 1:25 PM MDT up reply actions
With Doumit
the hate is primarily because he never lived up to his promise. And he’s a bit of a lollygagger.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 1:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Besides that,
he is an average catcher bat with below average defensive skills.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 1:31 PM MDT up reply actions
and his creepy eyes
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those sexy sexy eyes.
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It's why I want all of him.
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Is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome sexy where you are from?
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Nothing hotter.
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by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 1:36 PM MDT up reply actions
Only really unusual ones.
And it’s really only a handful of guys. The great majority I have no feelings (strong or otherwise) one way or the other.
DOOM and DOUM-IT
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 1:38 PM MDT up reply actions
Heres that link
http://www.purplerow.com/2010/12/7/1862910/insight-into-mr-wigginton
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 1:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Dude can RAKE though.
Always have liked the bat. The defense……………………….
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by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 4:19 PM MDT up reply actions
/stands up
/slow clap
There is so much win in this RP today…I’m sad I missed so much of it.
Well done kids. Well done.
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Only 30 now
and I’m sure at least 15 of them can revolve around hot dogs…
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 12:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Well thank god the RP is win
Because theres probably four people who are going to get fired tomorrow because of it
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 12:30 PM MDT up reply actions
There are very few places where
I could have posted that first post expecting people to follow it without prompting them to do so. Then, on top of that, have it become a mission to actually get all 99 in.
You people are great. Even that one guy.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 12:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Hahah! you mean ed the ump?
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 12:32 PM MDT up reply actions
I told you I’m working on it!
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Truly, truly a sad day for many people on PR
Omar Infante is now off the market. Now what are we going to do?
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 12:43 PM MDT reply actions
I for one would be really pissed if we gave him anything close to what the Marlins did.
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
Best RP in a long time. Well done
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by Charlie77 on Sep 27, 2011 12:58 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Hmm several dozen new posts in the RP today, I wonder if a coach was fired or a trade occur...........
Oh.
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I thought it was an excellent recap
of the various complaints made during the season.
"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.
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Who is pitching against White tonight?
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He mad?
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 1:52 PM MDT up reply actions
I gotcha.
So that probably means no Sith Smeth tonight
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Nice orange background today
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You
wandered into the water?
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Apparently
and sank straight to the bottom….
Where I found The McCovey Chronicles….
/amazing recovery
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 2:03 PM MDT up reply actions
BANNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oh My God.
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You can just call him A-Mart...
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 2:03 PM MDT up reply actions
No seriously
it’s a good thing this is really damn funny and quite brilliant, because the fact that there are 99+ problems at coors field this year is tragic.
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Really, for the most part, they were actually 99 distinct problems too.
I thought we would have to start rehashing at one point, theres only a couple that really describe the same thing
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 3:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Athletics acquire Kila Ka’aihue from the Royals in exchange for Ethan Hollingworth
You may remember Hollingsworth as the player we traded to Oakland for Clayton Mortensen.
Ergo, Ethan Hollingsworth = Kila
I wish we would have known this three years ago.
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Glad I didn't hit the post button
was just going to point this out.
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Also known
as Philip, in case anyone has seen that report floating around.
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the reason Dan O'Dowd is in San Francisco for this series
Is that he is conducting 1-on-1 meetings with players today, a source tells me. If Tracy is to be fired, it seems like the only chance is for Tulo to request it today.
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whoa
tulo does not realize what a sacrifice muzia would be making, or this would be done already
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Tulo being pissed off about all the Sunday lineups
among other issues, gives us hope I think.
Totally assuming
it just seems like something he’d be pissed off about.
Is he on records saying that?
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by BittenAnkles on Sep 27, 2011 2:41 PM MDT up reply actions
Like, what sort of input is he looking for?
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 3:04 PM MDT up reply actions
it is a pretty standard procedure
Not seeking input from every player really. Just touching base most times.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 27, 2011 3:07 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
go tampa bay!
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Great job on this whole thread
I hope someone takes the initiative and put this all together into one coherent post. Here’s my late contribution, in case we’re short one somehow:
X problems at Coors Field this year
X problems at Coors
Today is sunday
The whole bench must play
X-1 problems at Coors Field this year
by webgem14 on Sep 27, 2011 2:51 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Why jeopardize ROY eligibility?
My apologies if this has been discussed ad infinitum already, as my PR participation regressed quite a bit this year… But why would the Rockies throw away White’s chance for 2012 ROY with a start tonight? Is it really going to make that much of a difference to his career trajectory to give him a start against a bunch of minor leaguers in big league uniforms tonight?
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by trekinaz on Sep 27, 2011 2:56 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
I'm guessing it's because White probably won't be the ROY on his own team next year...
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we could have worse problems
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99 of them, to be exact
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 4:04 PM MDT up reply actions
As much as I love the 99 problems at Coors Field drinking song/game
I can’t help but feel like it should be 2,011 problems.
But we’d all be dead of that drinking game.
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Arm = Functional
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by SurfaceThought on Sep 27, 2011 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
That's a pretty sad statement.
Not that I’m disagreeing or anything. But it really does seem to be kind of callous to take that chance away from him.
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by trekinaz on Sep 27, 2011 3:17 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Ah, yes, I had a similar thought after I posted
ABSPRH > ROYRPWROYISRDP
where
RHP is Rookie Hazing Pain
PHR is Probability of Rookie Hazing
ROYR is Rookie of the Year Rewards
PWROYISRDP is Probability of Winning Rookie Of the Year In the Same Rotation as Drew Pomeranz
So there’s that. Maybe he did the maths.
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by trekinaz on Sep 27, 2011 3:11 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Darn formatting.
This site is hard to navigate. Or use for typing formulas.
ABS ( RHP ) * PRH > ROYR * PWROYISRDP
I hope that survives the posting process. I’m mobile, so I’m not doing it a third time.
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by trekinaz on Sep 27, 2011 3:15 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Isn't he already over the threshold anyway?
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 3:21 PM MDT up reply actions
2.2 IP left.
8 HRs in first two innings, right?
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I think that he's been on an active roster for over 45 days.
Isn’t that time cumulative?
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 3:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Time in September doesn't count.
IP does.
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But he was on the roster before roster expansion
and also with Cleveland in the spring.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 3:30 PM MDT up reply actions
I think that comes to just under 45 days.
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Eight days with us.
21 or 21 days with them.
So, I’m wrong.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 3:35 PM MDT up reply actions
There's a good reason to start White at AT&T Park
He can, as Vogelsong aptly displayed last night, make numerous mistakes in the middle of the plate and get away with all of them.
Of course the downside of starting him there, is also that he can make numerous mistakes in the middle of the plate and get away with them.
But I don’t care at all about the ROY issue. If he actually pitches that well next year, nobody will care that he isn’t eligible.
by Northsider1964 on Sep 27, 2011 3:38 PM MDT up reply actions
This is perfect.
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by Russ Oates on Sep 27, 2011 3:07 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Whaaa, whaaa, whaaaaaa
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What's the issue here?
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Huh?
I’m saying that the picture is reflecting this….
http://sadtrombone.com/
which summarizes the entire season.
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You're supposed to meditate upon the emptiness of the image replacement
image.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 3:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh, seemed more like
a wail.
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Well, that would work too.
I mean this season deserves a wail of lamentation.
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Curse you all.
I’ve had 99 bottles of beer/problems at Coors Field this year in my head now all day.
This year sucks.
Was it the
“take on down and pass it around” version
or the
“if one of those bottles should happen to fall”
version?
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 3:28 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't know...I was humming it.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 3:29 PM MDT up reply actions
And then it would morph into Mines' fight song....
sigh.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 3:29 PM MDT up reply actions
I was all set to do a 99 problems but the ain't one parody.
But I gave in to popular ideology.
Get well soon Juan.
All I read at first was
“I’ve had 99 bottles of beer.”
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But in the past they've never offered this, have they?
Doesn’t seem all that out of line to me, for people who don’t have it but want it for the last couple days.
Well.
They could give it away for two days is all.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 4:20 PM MDT up reply actions
True.
But I wouldn’t ever expect them to do that. Especially if this is the same as a full subscription, with access to all the archives, etc.
I wouldn't either.
I just like the marketing pitch of it as “a special gift to the fans.” It’s really a way to make more money, which is fine.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 4:24 PM MDT up reply actions
money is great
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can't quite bring myself to root for the phillies
i’ll just say go whoever’s playing atlanta. that’s iffy enough…
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I really don't want the Braves in the playoffs.
Not only do I think the team will be destroyed in the first round, but their fans just don’t deserve it.
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by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Braves are evil. They must be destroyed.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 5:10 PM MDT up reply actions
phillies are way more evil than the braves will ever be
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Nope.
The Phillies will be losers again soon enough.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 5:13 PM MDT up reply actions
and it will be glorious
and so very deserved
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Yes, yes, yes and yes
also, Go Rockies, if it’s not too inconvenient for you to do well this evening…
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by Junction Rox on Sep 27, 2011 5:10 PM MDT up reply actions
hellickson/colon: advantage tampa
however, girardi’s got the A-/B+ team out there, against maddon’s A-team. and girardi’s A-/B+ team is a lot better than maddon’s A-team
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Rays are playing for more.
Not sure they lose today or tomorrow.
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by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:10 PM MDT up reply actions
The Yanks didn't slough off yesterday either.
Tomorrow might be another story.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 5:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Also, I think Girardi pulls half of those guys after the 6-7 inning.
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by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:12 PM MDT up reply actions
very possible
already clinched, wants to rest the achy old bones.
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I think tomorrow they'll roll out
a JIm Tracy Sunday Special™
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 5:16 PM MDT up reply actions
ALDS starts friday
very possible
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I's confused.
What’s wrong with him?
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by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:21 PM MDT up reply actions
He's just a good player now,
but he started off trending to be a top-notch star.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 5:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Where as most guys develop power, he lost some of his.
It’s just unfortunate for Baltimore.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 5:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Ah yeah.
Much less doubles. I just see it as a minor down year, nothing concerning.
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by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:25 PM MDT up reply actions
It's been a somewhat gradual decline for a few years now though.
His SLG has dropped every year since 2008. His first three years made him seem like he might be a perennial MVP candidate.
Don’t get me wrong. He’s still very good. It’s just surprising that he seems to have missed the mark slightly.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 5:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Of course, Erik Bedard looked like the second coming of Steve Carlton
for a moment there too. So much for that.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 5:34 PM MDT up reply actions
The O’s are one of the few teams I would suggest had a worse season than the Rockies.
This was the year their stockpiled young talent started making noise; instead, it all fell apart. Back to the drawing board.
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I like Baltimore and Toronto going forward.
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by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:24 PM MDT up reply actions
I like Britton, but the rest of their pitching staff has collapsed.
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Britton and Matusz are very similar pitchers.
I like both of those going forward, even with Matusz’s horrible year.
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by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Matusz has a long road ahead of him, I’m afraid.
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They have had so many high draft picks the last 12 years
I can’t beleive they have not produced a star yet
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 5:25 PM MDT up reply actions
check out Wieter’s splits this season. He needs to stop switch hitting
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Fell off a LITTLE bit this year.
But not very much. I’d expect him to be a little bit better next year, but he’s a great #2-3 hitter. The numbers this year aren’t bad at all.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:24 PM MDT up reply actions
Vlad gives the O's an early 1-0 lead
This may actually happen
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 5:22 PM MDT reply actions
Red Sox are 2-19 this month when they fail to score at least 12 runs
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 5:22 PM MDT reply actions
They haven't won two games in a row since late August.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 5:36 PM MDT up reply actions
Man, it would be fun to watch them get demolished in the playoffs.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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I'd rather have the "Blew a 9 game lead on September 3rd" tag attached to them
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 5:41 PM MDT up reply actions
Plus
The second story of what happens to the Red Sox this offseason is they blow this is nothing short of fascinating. It would be a great sequal to this.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 5:45 PM MDT up reply actions
There's talk that they won't pick up Francona's option,
which is insane.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 5:48 PM MDT up reply actions
I'd love to see him come here.............
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:49 PM MDT up reply actions
You shut your face :P
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
i hope you're kidding
francona is a great manager
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
I don't know about great.
He’s good. Better than most.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:33 PM MDT up reply actions
as much as i must hate him as a yankee fan, i respect the hell out of him for
taking a team that had its soul crushed in 2003 and leading them to break the curse in 2004
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
And if I'm not? Just my opinion
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I mean.
It’d be a different atmosphere in Colorado, but Francona is a winner. I’ve always loved him as a manager, hated him as a Red Sock. Bring him to Colorado!
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Except for that time with the Phillies.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 5:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Now, you shut your face :P
"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
First off, relax.
Secondly, prove it. Fast forward time to September 2012 and I’ll believe you.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:53 PM MDT up reply actions
Hey, he's just yelling about 2011. not at you :)
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I will prove it
@Rockies Colorado Rockies
#Rockies announce that the club will retain entire Major League coaching staff for the 2012 season.
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
We sure have one smart organization.
sigh
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Most disappointing season in franchise history.
The response: Eh, it happens. Let’s not change anything!
Now they need to be locked out
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 5:45 PM MDT up reply actions
colon and hellickson both looking sharp
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
Colon is finally turning back into Colon
This bodes well for the postseason
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 5:41 PM MDT up reply actions
<3 zobrist
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
Yesterday's derp disagrees ;)
"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
wasn't really a derp ;)
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:47 PM MDT up reply actions
A ball in your glove, smack in the middle of your glove
that you can’t hold onto because you run into the wall? Sounds like a derp to me.
I’d call the same thing a derp if CarGo did it too.
"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
CarGo would rather break his wrist than drop the ball.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 5:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Crashing into a wall at almost full speed?
Definitely not a derp.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:52 PM MDT up reply actions
The ball is in your glove. You better damn well not drop ti.
"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
We're not going to agree.
It’s not a derp.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:54 PM MDT up reply actions
I think it's way easier said than done.
I think a lot of guys would have done the same thing Ellsbury did.
Yeah exactly.
I was going to say “I’d like to see you try to catch a baseball after running into a full at almost full speed” but thought that’d be a bit too harsh
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:55 PM MDT up reply actions
lmao fail.
running into a wall********************* wow.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:55 PM MDT up reply actions
I disagree, I wan't even that much of a crash either.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19675183
"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
YMMV
"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
What does YMMV mean?
I cannot for the life of me figure it out.
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
Your Mileage May Vary
"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
That's why I couldn't figure it out
It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
Never heard of it either.
But then, I despise acronyms.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:03 PM MDT up reply actions
I know, right?
It’s the downfall of communication as we know it.
/Smoosh
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:05 PM MDT up reply actions
how do you know /smh?
"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
No I meant if you hate acronyms
how do you know what
/smh means…
"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
Context
learned from here.
If people keep posting that, I know what they’re really trying to say is “smoosh”, and then I end my posts with that eventually, but in the expanded form.
/smoosh
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:08 PM MDT up reply actions
oh well /smh
means /shaking my head
I’m very confused now.
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I've given up trying to cross the
generational barrier.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:10 PM MDT up reply actions
I was kidding you.
/shakes head
But I do hate acronyms. It really is the downfall of civilization.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:11 PM MDT up reply actions
lhwya
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I don't even know what that is.
/Off to google!
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:13 PM MDT up reply actions
look how wrong you are
"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
/looks
Yeah, I am—
Oh…..
SEE!?!?!
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:14 PM MDT up reply actions
I've heard it
Never had a clue what the letters actually stood for, but I got what they were trying to say with the context
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
False
"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
It's a possibility.
I mean. I know it might not be as common anymore, but it’s possible.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:01 PM MDT up reply actions
Looked like a pretty good impact.
Remember, Ellsbury isn’t a big guy. And he’s also very fast. Can’t forget that
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 5:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Pay me $2 million dollars
and I’ll do it every night.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 5:58 PM MDT up reply actions
I also don't get paid 5 million a year to make those kinds of catches.
"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
There's never a compromise, is there? :P
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:00 PM MDT up reply actions
For 5 million dollars nope
"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
Sonofa...
Rockies Colorado Rockies
#Rockies announce that the club will retain entire Major League coaching staff for the 2012 season.
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
That's coaching staff. Maybe Tracy could still be gone
Details, details….
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I'm positive that it includes Tracy.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:05 PM MDT up reply actions
I was kidding you know
"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
It's ok really.
This makes it easier to get rid of the whole lot of them if they fail next year. That’s what needs to be done. Not just a change here or there.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Off with their heads!
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Pretty much.
The staff hasn’t had a real big shakeup in six or seven years.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:07 PM MDT up reply actions
College has made PiP hardcore.....
I’ll bet you have a shiv in your backpack now
"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
Please PiP is cooler than a croquet mallet.
and she’s cooler than the Queen of Hearts and Alice in Wonderland
"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
But is she cooler than...
JUICE NEWTON?
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Everyone is cooler than Juice Newton
"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
The little Message note in the bottom box is gone. I miss it already.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:13 PM MDT up reply actions
eh?
"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
Earlier today
it said Subject (optional) in the top box and Message in the bottom box. Now it only says Subject (optional) in the top box.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh yeah I saw that too.
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I don't quite get the random ellipsis though.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:16 PM MDT up reply actions
Now says neither for me
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:17 PM MDT up reply actions
I reloaded,
but I still have the top box with Subject[random ellipsis](optional).
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:19 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm always randomly elliptical...so don't ask me
"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
That sucked. I hated it.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:16 PM MDT up reply actions
Have you reloaded the page in the last few hours?
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Hahaha
I need a purple swiss army knife.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:09 PM MDT up reply actions
This makes it easier to get rid of the whole lot of themifwhen they fail next year.
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
I just don't understand
how this team can fail so miserably, yet the only person who gets cut is Ubaldo freaking Jimenez!! Arguably our most popular player. This is insane. I AM PISSED.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:07 PM MDT up reply actions
fyi, I meant cut in the sense
like “cut from the future plans”.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:10 PM MDT up reply actions
He wasn't exactly cut
We did get some value for him
"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
How so?
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I think you took the word a bit harshly.
Cut him from the future plans after he failed for a half season.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Essentially, down to the core, it's synonymous.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Ubaldo disappointed, Rockies cut ties.
Sure they had their reasons (velocity decreased, etc.). But after the MOST DISAPPOINTING season is Rockies history, nothing else changes?
Sigh.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:18 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm just not seeing the two decisions as related.
And trading Ubaldo was also about the farm system.
There will be more player moves in the offseason.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:19 PM MDT up reply actions
Doesn't solve the "ENTIRE COACHING STAFF COMES BACK AFTER FAILURE SEASON"
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:21 PM MDT up reply actions
As I said, I think it's for the best
if they aren’t going to fire Tracy.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, I do agree with that.
I just don’t want Tracy back.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:22 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't they Ubaldo's disappointing first half was why they traded him.
They traded him because they thought he was at peak value, there was a weak starting pitching market at the deadline, and our farm system had next to no pitching depth.
I don’t see it as a reactionary move to his 2011 performance, especially when O’Dowd was quoted as saying he would have probably made the move if Cleveland gave us that offer and we were in first place.
Yeah this is all very true.
But I’ve read some quotes about Ubaldo’s disappointing season, stuff like that.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, I read a couple of those, though they seemed a bit ambiguous.
And don’t get me wrong, I’m really disappointed that the organization doesn’t seem to be holding the staff accountable for such a disappointing season.
I just don’t think that Ubaldo was necessarily a casualty of 2011 at all, much less the only one.
No, just wondering what you meant.
"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
Actually, he was stabbed.
That’s what happened with his finger.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Here was my line of thinking before this news came out:
If Tracy won’t fire some members of his staff, fire Tracy.
If O’Dowd won’t fire Tracy, fire O’Dowd.
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
Not happening.
People within the organization are in love with each other.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:11 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't really think this is the case.
They may have different perceptions of personnel than some here do, but I don’t think the reason they’re not fired right now is because they like each other too much.
I think Tracy has a short leash to start the year. And I think that was essentially the whole reason behind letting him make the rest of the coaching decisions.
I don't understand the last two sentences.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:14 PM MDT up reply actions
It's like okay, you do it your way, let's see if you know how to solve it.
If that doesn’t work, you’re gone. Not that DOD has said any of this explicitly, but that was always my interpretation of the decision.
Man, I hate that line of thinking.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:17 PM MDT up reply actions
For some reason, I read this as "I don't understand the last two seasons."
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
Well, we could set Dinger on fire
I know that would make me feel better
"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
Sell the team to someone who will fire O'Dowd.
Or there’s always the whole pitchforks and torches option.
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
I was disappointed that Dauer wasn't fired
mostly because I think he really doesn’t know when to send runners and when not to. Or he has no control over guys ignoring his stop signs. I mean at minimum he should literally hold up stop signs.
Or implement shock collars
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I'm a bit upset at keeping Runnells too.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Because I see him and Tracy in the same boat.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:25 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm fine with Runnells. But Dauer drives me batty.
"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
Dauer is useless as a 3rd base coach
Actually, less than useless, I’m pretty sure we’d be better off without a 3rd base coach at all.
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
Well, if two massive collapses to end the season don't do the trick,
I guess they always say that the third time’s the charm.
It's the 3 strike rule
"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
Everybody can step back from the ledge.
Apodaca not going anywhere (nor is any of the rest of the coaching staff), per Rockies official twitter.
You mean walk closer to ledge?
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:04 PM MDT up reply actions
I was referring to all the Apodaca panic earlier.
Just assumed most people had already accepted Tracy was coming back.
I WILL NEVER ACCEPT ;P
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:06 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm gonna pretend 2011 never happened.
It’s the best way to relive grief.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:32 PM MDT up reply actions
Denial is not a river in Egypt
"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
This is your fault. Your Ellsbury love and all
"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
Per Renck...Tracy says
Tracy “making changes would be easy way out”
Discuss
"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
exactly
more meaningless tracy blabber
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
thanks, I felt all the cool kids were ignoring me !
In all things, it is better to hope than despair.
That's not me.
I’m kinda a nerd.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:39 PM MDT up reply actions
hypothetical high five
…nice.
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
^5
/and to over half the blog
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Which half?
"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
Oh so it's the cool kids vs the crazies....awesome
"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
Meh, you're a cool nerd
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
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Nerds are cool.
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As opposed to whom?
This place isn’t exactly rolling in coolness. Hipsters, maybe. But not coolness.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:41 PM MDT up reply actions
This blog is totally cool
"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
It's certainly cool for me.
I’m also a married guy in his thirties who reads books and watches movies with subtitles.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah but you combine reading with movies
due to watching silent movies….sooooo
"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
Speak for yourself.
Lol
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:42 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm kidding, of course.
Lol.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:44 PM MDT up reply actions
You do know that I was joking on my part from the beginning, right?
In all things, it is better to hope than despair.
You never joke butterfly. Who you trying kid? ;)
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
(I was joking)
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
/i don’t understand why I’m so hard to read…
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 7:04 PM MDT up reply actions
wibbley wobbley timey wimey
"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
Hey! No need for that kind of talk :)
"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
that's what she said
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
wait a minute
you just called me uncool! i take back having answered your question!
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
I'm pretty sure I want this organization
to take the easiest way out of this string of disappointing seasons as possible.
Well. It'd be him blaming his failures on other guys.
So, I respect this. Although this was also a pretty sneaky play from DOD.
“This is your last chance. You can do anything you want. But it is on your head.”
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:23 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't get it.
Do we want the hard way out? I’m confused.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:24 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm just posting Renck's tweet. I don't know
"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
Wasn't directly at you of course.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh I know, just clarifying.....
"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
Yeah
So we’ll win the World Series in 2099.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Speak for yourself.
"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
You're gonna live forever?
You’re gonna learn how to fly?
HIGH!
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:28 PM MDT up reply actions
I don't exist therefore I cannot die and I can live forever.
"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
oooo wooo-oooooo oooo-wooo
ooo-ooo-oooo woooo-oooo
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:35 PM MDT up reply actions
Dang...you're right!
Unless we all find a way to live longer.
This year sucks.
by prettyinpurple on Sep 27, 2011 6:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Also,
It’s a bit of surprise but Tracy said “he believes in this group”
"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
both are things jim tracy is not capable of
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
God, I hate the air raid sirens to celebrate a homerun
poor taste.
"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
He seemed to be getting into a groove.
I mean, his WHIP was still bad, but he was striking people out and limiting runs.
Then he laid a big egg last night against the Toledo Mud Hens.
by DumbAndNerdy on Sep 27, 2011 6:30 PM MDT up reply actions
More from Renck re Tracy's comments
Tracy said staff starting w him has to do much better job teaching baserunning by using “additional information”
Tracy “I watched how the staff reacted when things were down. All they did was work hard”. Tracy believes players can get their message
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I have a big problem with the way Tracy reacts in the dugout late in games.
Sits down in the left corner of the bench, stares at the ground, always disappointed. If you want players to get YOUR message, be better than that.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:30 PM MDT up reply actions
"using additional information" STOP SIGNS...I'm telling ya
"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
Dauer needs to go, for sure.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:30 PM MDT up reply actions
"Additional information"
So, like the basics of base running.
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"Baserunning for Dummies"...I'm pretty sure it's on Amazon.com
"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
lol
granderson with the RBI GIDP?
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
tell that to hellickson
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
Holliday is out of the game right?
"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
barring a ridiculous couple of days, alex rodriguez will have the second full season of his career without at least 30 HR and 100 RBI
the other season was in 1997
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
Full season?
He played 2/3 of a season
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 6:53 PM MDT up reply actions
true
second season with over 400 PAs would have been the correct thing to say.
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
or, the only season of his career with 100 or fewer games played since 1995
when he appeared in 48 games, as a 19 year old
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
Should we have a wake?
"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
oof
hellickson’s in trouble, joe.
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
Rays Triple Play!
"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
5-4-3
"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
This is the Rays year, huh?
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 7:00 PM MDT up reply actions
I could probably live with a Rays v Dback WS
I just might root for the Rays……
"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
nah
i get the feeling the d-backs young arms are going to crumble in the NLDS, gotta like rays-brewers, crew in 7
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
Mmmmm I still like Philly in the NL.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 7:05 PM MDT up reply actions
i just want them to lose SOOO bad
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
by papality on Sep 27, 2011 7:06 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't want Milwaukee to win though.
I don’t mind them going to the Series, as long as they lose.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 7:06 PM MDT up reply actions
y u hate greinke??
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
Not the most likeable fella
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 7:10 PM MDT up reply actions
but he uses FIP to help him pitch better
<3
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
Oh wow...I forgot that part.
"I think I speak for everyone in here when I say: It''s playoffs or bust"- Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I will not
"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
Wow.
Russell Martin, you slow.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 7:00 PM MDT up reply actions
Hence why I call him Turtle....plus he looks like Turtle
"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
his ejection the other night was total BS
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
Wow.
I wonder what he said.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 7:02 PM MDT up reply actions
And Texeria failed to score on a double just before that
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 7:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Failed to score FROM SECOND on a double
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 7:04 PM MDT up reply actions
todd helton syndrome
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
texeira is not 38
"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
No
Stupid syndrome. He somehow thought the ball was going to be caught (it was not close) and then just didn’t hustle and strolled over the third thinking he’s score anyway because there was nobody out.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 7:06 PM MDT up reply actions
He's secretly a Rays fan.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Sep 27, 2011 7:07 PM MDT up reply actions
well we've had some of that famous zorilla D already tonight
now for the baserunning…
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
Nope
Plus I think they will add on. Baltimore’s pitching is a mess right now
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 7:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Right now?
Baltimore’s pitching has been a mess for a decade.
Jason Giambi for player-manager in 2012!
How the world will end in 2012: George of the Roses builds a Machine that Pommels everyone with La Violencia during Whiteouts.
Touche
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 7:31 PM MDT up reply actions
It's set up VERY well right now for the Red Sox to regain their one game lead
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 7:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Nevermind
HAHA
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 7:31 PM MDT up reply actions
7-4 evil
adam jones solo HR
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
Those are the things playoff spots are made of
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Sep 27, 2011 7:31 PM MDT up reply actions
ellsbury/verlander/bautista is going to be one hell of an MVP vote
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
also, who do you guys think gets the most votes from the rays?
i bet it’s shields and zobrist, with shields getting more
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
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by Andrew Martin on Sep 27, 2011 8:59 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Not like anybody will see this, but here's my two cents
First, it’s nice to see we actually accomplished something this season, and judging by the first half of this thread, that was making the entire Rockies fan base go crazy! (Really guys? Counting down from 99 problems all the way to 1?)
In all seriousness, this year said a lot. Often times in sports because we have social media and live in an age of 24/7 communication we take for granted the ubiquitous nature of speech, without actually acknowledging what truly says the most: actions. (You know the saying, actions speak louder than words.)
What this year said to me: We can’t keep missing on big-time free agents like Michael Young and Lance Berkman. Had we actually landed those two guys, we surely wouldn’t be sitting in the position we are now. Whether it’s ponying up and handing over some extra cash, or prospects, as some point in time we simply have to come to terms with the concept of paying for what you get.
But perhaps the action that spoke loudest to me was not electing to fire anybody from this year’s coaching staff. What management (or the Monforts) said by doing that, was that losing is acceptable for the Colorado Rockies organization. Conversely, this is flat-out unacceptable from a fans standpoint. This season was pure crap, and someone is to blame. Everyone from the top down deserves to be put under the microscope, evaluated to the nth degree and disposed of should any mold of any kind be discovered. Why Jim Tracy or any member of his coaching staff have already been reported as “safe” is beyond my level of comprehension after such an atrocious year like this one.
So all I can say really, is that I’m disappointed for having got so excited before this season began, and from now on I’ll keep in mind to always temper my expectations with the Colorado Rockies on matter what the circumstance! Because after this year, the Rockies have spoke, and the message is clear: Losing is acceptable.
We would have had the budget probably for Young or Berkman, not both
$7mil looked like way too much to put Berkman in the OF. All told, the Rockies offer was fair – Berkman just exceeded expectations. As for Young, he was a trade piece, and supposedly both O’Dowd and Texas’ GM agreed to a deal, but Nolan Ryan nixed it. Tough to fault the Rox there too. But missing both certainly hurt.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Sep 28, 2011 1:02 AM MDT up reply actions
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