Wednesday Rockpile: Do the Rockies Need a Tactical Coach?
by Jeff Aberle on Feb 1, 2012 6:30 AM MST
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PrintIn what was otherwise a slow day for Rockies news, David Schoenfield of ESPN's SweetSpot blog posited that Jim Tracy was at the top of the list of baseball managers on the hot seat this season. The palpable dislike of Tracy that pervades the comments (and articles) of this site and others is evidence that Tracy's fate as Rockies' manager is pretty tenuous. Here's the money quote from Schoenfield (emphasis mine):
Throw in the fact that Tracy isn't exactly regarded as a tactical genius and that GM Dan O'Dowd fired Hurdle less than two years after guiding the team to a World Series appearance, and Tracy might be on a short leash.
This is the part where we as fans come up with countless times where in our opinion Jim Tracy made a suboptimal decision that hurt Colorado's chances of winning, right? Well, just about every major league organization's fans could say the same thing about their manager. So why hasn't baseball "caught on" and hired some guys with great tactical acumen to be managers?
First of all, it's definitely important to state that the manager of a baseball team's most important duty lies in keeping his players properly motivated and focused on the field...all while managing considerable egos, figuring out how to be relevant to a cultural melting pot in the locker room, and dealing with the media as the public face of the organization. At those duties, today's MLB managers perform better than you or I.
But then there's the part of the job that they're ostensibly being paid to do, which they seem to screw up on a daily basis, and that's managing baseball games. As Ben Lindbergh of Baseball Prospectus theorizes, maybe the movement toward specialization that has led to the DH, LOOGY, and Bench Coach needs to extend to the Tactical Coach.
Who is the Tactical Coach? He (or she) is the voice of the well-read fan, urging the skipper not to sacrifice bunt or call a double steal at an inopportune moment. As Lindbergh writes:
What he found is that the worst managers may have cost their teams several wins in a single season through poor tactical decisions—namely, sac attempts, intentional walks, and low-percentage stealing. Managerial seasons that bad don’t happen very often—skippers who cost their teams several wins were the Brandon Woods of bad managing. But there were some decisions that Steven’s analysis didn’t consider: starting the best possible players, removing starting pitchers at the optimal times, replacing them with the best possible relievers, pinch-hitting, hitting and running, ordering lineups, and the like.
It's the last few items that Jim Tracy especially seems to struggle with -- and while it might not have cost Colorado a playoff berth last year, putting a AAA lineup out there seemingly every Sunday certainly didn't help matters. Nor does the fact that Coors Field's hitter friendly environment means that giving away outs on the basepaths or via a sac bunt is more damaging than anywhere else.
As Beyond the Boxscore shows, since 2002 25% of Colorado's position players who had at least 100 PAs in a season put up negative fWAR (MLB average was 20%). Some of this is on the front office (relying too much on prospects, badly misjudging veterans, talent poor farm system) and some is on bad injury luck, but the fact is that the manager of the Rockies (Clint Hurdle or Tracy) gave a large amount of playing time to sub-replacement parts.
In a league where millions are being spent to acquire that marginal win to put a team into playoff contention, why is it that a man whose tactical abilities are so obviously suspect is allowed to have so much control over in-game management? Lindbergh thinks the difference between a Jim Tracy tactician and an elite one is several wins. What if he's right? What if Jim Tracy is the Brandon Wood of MLB managers? The thought that Colorado now employs Wood and his managerial equivalent just seems harmonious in a sick way.
In the proposed scenario, Tracy's duties off the field would remain the same, while the Tactical Coach would be brought in for any game-related scenarios, such as drafting the line-up, consulting on any calls to the bullpen, etc. It's not a new idea, but it's certainly one worth heavy consideration given what I've seen in terms of in-game tactics the last few years. Rockies, if you're reading this, I'd love to submit my application for this position.
In other news, Jorge De La Rosa is being brought along slowly from his elbow surgery. He's on a strict pace for a late May or early June start, which in baseball parlance could mean late June or even after the All-Star Break. A strong (albeit abbreviated) 2012 from De La Rosa will go a long way toward putting Colorado in the postseason.
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What is Brent Mayne doing these Days?
Dan Wilson? Brad Ausmus (in San Diego)? Would love to have Scotty Servais, but he’s running the Rangers Minor Leagues. Basically, almost any Catcher with years of playing experiece in the Majors can do this. The Catcher is the QB on the Diamond, imo. And can help out immensely in the Bullpen.
That’s why I personally think Ivan Rodriguez will be a Major League Manager within the next 10-12 years. Fluent in English/Spanish, and new how to call a Game…
I'm not so sure.
That quote from Sandy Alomar (whom I had previously thought would make a great manager) indicated a reluctance to use advanced stats. While I think catchers do have a better intuitive understanding of tactics, I would want to find one who was also open minded and willing to consider statistics and theories that went against his gut feeling.
I heard Bill Cowher is available
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Get well soon Juan.
by Thnikkaman on Feb 1, 2012 7:19 AM MST reply actions 5 recs
It also makes it special
17 today, 16 tomorrow is how many days remain until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training. 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. Can't wait until fantasy starts also. This will be the 4th year for my team. The Blake St. Bombers.
Who would everybodys favorite be to replace Tracy?
I have no clue where to start
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Any Manager not named Jim Tracy.
I secretly think that Tracy will get fired, Jamie Moyer will retire, and become our interim manager.
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would you rather have Ozzie over Tracy?
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by waterboy31321 on Feb 1, 2012 7:43 AM MST up reply actions
Ozzie Guillen?
I’d give him a season. I’m still in favor of giving Ryne Sandburg a chance.
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Get well soon Juan.
Sandberg has paid his dues...
and is well overdue for a Big League Gig. Cubs dropped the ball on not hiring him. Dale Sveum? Ugh.
im with ya on Sandbagger
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by waterboy31321 on Feb 1, 2012 7:52 AM MST up reply actions
Ozzie: Tactically inept, often hilarious.
Tracy: Tactically inept, with all the personality of balsa wood.
Personally, yeah, I’d rather have Ozzie.
by Shoemaker on Feb 1, 2012 7:47 AM MST via Android app up reply actions 3 recs
good point
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by waterboy31321 on Feb 1, 2012 7:52 AM MST up reply actions
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by papality on Feb 1, 2012 10:33 AM MST via Android app up reply actions
I think the same thing except Giambi replaces Tracy
Your 2012 Colorado Rockies:freshly exorcised from Ty Wigginton
Giambi manages against good teams.
Tracy manages on Sundays.
by Shoemaker on Feb 1, 2012 12:34 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
Well, I meant Giambi and Moyer platooning, but how much harm could JT do on Sundays?
Oh yeah . . .
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
I'd go with Trammel.
If accountability is DOD’s new mantra; He’ll get it. A hard nosed tough minded guy who’s fair. Who leads by example. Who’s physically tough and learned at Sparky Anderson’s right hand. His time with a very poor Tigers team as manager gave him a lot of insight into bad development practices and poor personell choices above him. There would be a lot of his way or the highway under him. He wouldn’t allow some people to punk out the way they have around here. To hell with the tacticle coach. Get me Trammel and have a smooth PR guy handle the media. There is your next Job Muzia!
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When we discussed this at the end of last season,
people (including me) really liked Dave Martinez, Rays Bench Coach. He’s got a lot going for him:
1) Learned under Joe Maddon, the best tactical manager in the game.
2) A super rad beard.
3) Not Jim Tracy.
Pretty compelling case, if you ask me.
by Shoemaker on Feb 1, 2012 7:55 AM MST via Android app up reply actions
He may be unobtanium ...
But my vote is for Terry Francona – the way he was ousted by the Sox was downright shameful.
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Well it is a pretty cool nickname.
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I like the idea of Mayne, Jeff Reed, or Kurt Manwaring too
Calling games at altitude seems like it would give you certain insite as for Weiss I love his 95 line in COL .260/.403/.321 now there is a leadoff hitter.
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by Andrew Martin on Feb 1, 2012 9:20 AM MST via Android app up reply actions
You want Brian Fuentes as the manager?
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In all seriousness, though, someone ought to hire Brian Bannister or Dirk Hayhurst for tactical coach or manager. Former players who are much smarter about baseball than most managers, and with pretty good PR skills, too. Probably have to wait until they’re a little older, since both are still playing age (if not quite playing ability).
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by EmersonCR on Feb 1, 2012 9:52 AM MST via Android app up reply actions
Whether you call that person
a “tactical coach,” or a “guy who distracts Tracy at key moments,” I’m in favor. Anything that has the net effect of Tracy making fewer baseball decisions is a plus in my book.
Just a small town kid who thinks Coors Field on a sunny summer Saturday night is the best place to be on this or any other plane of existence. When a late-inning Todd Helton go-ahead homerun is added to this scenario, my brain melts.
Tracy needs to act more like an absent parent
technically the father but really never there but sends the occasional $100
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by waterboy31321 on Feb 1, 2012 7:53 AM MST up reply actions
Love this analogy
We’re always hearing “Jim Tracy as father figure” type stories. If he does anything well, that’s probably it.
I say the Rockies should just go all-in, hire Jim Tracy’s wife, and have them parent the team together.
And then hire an actual manager.
Just a small town kid who thinks Coors Field on a sunny summer Saturday night is the best place to be on this or any other plane of existence. When a late-inning Todd Helton go-ahead homerun is added to this scenario, my brain melts.
Couldn't we get Tracy a Twitter account?
Or have SDCat introduce him to Doctor Who?
That’d be sure to keep him distracted.
by Shoemaker on Feb 1, 2012 7:57 AM MST via Android app up reply actions
If you've seen Letterman tweet...
Tracy’s style may be similar although less of an intentional comedy routine. @ # hashtag How do you figure out who hits where in your lineup?
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isn't hiring a tactical coach for a major league manager
thoroughly redundant? Maybe my sarcasm meter is broken and this notion is actually presented tongue-in-cheek. Seriously, if he can’t make in-game decision, what the hell do we need him for? Clearly not to effectively mentor young players or establish an atmosphere of accountability in the clubhouse. Eye-candy for female seniors? We already have Dinger – one mascot is enough.
I think bringing in a tactical coach instantly relegates your manager to lame duck status.
Who are the players going to listen to? And if the manager and coach are always on the same page, what’s the point?
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by frightened inmate #2 on Feb 1, 2012 8:50 AM MST up reply actions
Also,
if the manager sets the lineup, I think Tracy’s biggest weakness is still going to be on full display.
This year’s lineup appears to be more tinker-proof than in the past, but we will see how many starts EY2 gets in the outfield.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Feb 1, 2012 8:57 AM MST up reply actions
Think of a guy like Zimm ...
Probably not the best guy to run the day-to-day ballclub or face the media, but a great giy to bounce things off on the bench.
true - I just looked at that more as a way to bring in a great asset
rather than masking the manager’s incompetence.
I was thinking the same thing about redundancy
My answer to the poll would be neither – want a tactical manager. If he’s good at that and we’re winning, I’m not that concerned about PR and good old dad stuff. Besides, Tracy is not good as an interview, either, IMO. I’m as anxious to have somebody who doesn’t say “in the manner in which” and “special” as I am to get rid of the lineup by dartboard technique.
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by purpleJerseygirl on Feb 1, 2012 10:17 AM MST up reply actions
Hope you all know
the “PR” above meant “public relations” not “purple row” – I’m always concerned about the row and the rowbots!
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by purpleJerseygirl on Feb 1, 2012 10:22 AM MST up reply actions
Personally...
I don’t want to see Tracy fired. That means that we will suck in 2012. I want us to win and thus, paper over Tracy’s lack of brilliance. I want 2012 to be… looking for a word…hmmm…well, for lack of a better term…SPECIAL!
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But if you only remember one thing...
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No, I solved this back in November:
Rox start 10-20. Tracy fired. Francona in. Rox go on tear and win NL West.
It’s perfect.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Feb 1, 2012 8:54 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Hard to see a flaw in your reasoning.
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The only time you really want to use "myself" is when you are the recipient of your own action. Usually you're better off using "me."
Your is not the correct contraction of you are. The word you're looking for is you're.
It's anyway, not anyways.
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well paint my barn and call me a bullfrog
that sounds like a winning plan right there.
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by Andrew Martin on Feb 1, 2012 9:25 AM MST via Android app up reply actions
Ok bullfrog
Your barn is painted chartreuse.
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Get well soon Juan.
His MIGHT actually be a 7 ball.
There are no apostrophes in plurals.
A lot is two words. Allot can be one word but it has another meaning.
The only time you really want to use "myself" is when you are the recipient of your own action. Usually you're better off using "me."
Your is not the correct contraction of you are. The word you're looking for is you're.
It's anyway, not anyways.
But if you only remember one thing...
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wanna start a Rckpile meme?
Like that Chuck Norris thing but about Tracy and in reverse?
“If you had five dollars and Jim Tracy had five dollars, you would have more money than Tracy.
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A lot is two words. Allot can be one word but it has another meaning.
The only time you really want to use "myself" is when you are the recipient of your own action. Usually you're better off using "me."
Your is not the correct contraction of you are. The word you're looking for is you're.
It's anyway, not anyways.
But if you only remember one thing...
There are no apostrophes in plurals.
rockpile
There are no apostrophes in plurals.
A lot is two words. Allot can be one word but it has another meaning.
The only time you really want to use "myself" is when you are the recipient of your own action. Usually you're better off using "me."
Your is not the correct contraction of you are. The word you're looking for is you're.
It's anyway, not anyways.
But if you only remember one thing...
There are no apostrophes in plurals.
If at first you don't succeed, you're not Chuck Norris you're Jim Tracy.
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
Jim Tracy once went 0 for 4 with 5 strikeouts
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by The Toddfather's Goatee on Feb 1, 2012 9:42 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
It was a special game.
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
by DAWNMARIE01 on Feb 1, 2012 9:44 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Jim Tracy has so much credibility, he can, with a straight face, bat Eliezer Alfonso clean-up.
oh wait.
Just a small town kid who thinks Coors Field on a sunny summer Saturday night is the best place to be on this or any other plane of existence. When a late-inning Todd Helton go-ahead homerun is added to this scenario, my brain melts.
Jim Tracy once climed to the top of Mt. Everest,
but perished on the descent after changing the sherpa line-up at the summit.
Just a small town kid who thinks Coors Field on a sunny summer Saturday night is the best place to be on this or any other plane of existence. When a late-inning Todd Helton go-ahead homerun is added to this scenario, my brain melts.
Was that the time he pulled oxygen out of the game at 25,000 feet?
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by biondino on Feb 1, 2012 9:50 AM MST up reply actions 2 recs
I think so
Or it might have been the time he was SAVING the oxygen to use at 35,000 feet.
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by Gasstation1 on Feb 1, 2012 9:52 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
When Chuck Norris goes to sleep, he checks his closet for Jim Tracy.
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
If Jim Tracy was Chuck Norris' manager
Chuck Norris would have benched in favor of Jean Claude van Damme for Missing in Action 2
Just a small town kid who thinks Coors Field on a sunny summer Saturday night is the best place to be on this or any other plane of existence. When a late-inning Todd Helton go-ahead homerun is added to this scenario, my brain melts.
Or platooned with Steven Seagal.
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
by DAWNMARIE01 on Feb 1, 2012 10:03 AM MST up reply actions 2 recs
well played!
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It really would
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by EmersonCR on Feb 1, 2012 9:55 AM MST via Android app up reply actions
It WAS an 8 ball
But then he had some of it
by Purple Row Troll on Feb 1, 2012 10:16 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm pretty sure it's a magic 1 all.
Jim shakes it and asks how he should set up his line-up. It comes up with “Chinese Fire Drill”
Lets hire Jonah Hill for tactical coach. I liked what he did in that movie.
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by Resolution on Feb 1, 2012 9:22 AM MST reply actions 1 recs
When he tried to steal the liquor in the detergent bottles? Not sure how that applies….
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by frightened inmate #2 on Feb 1, 2012 9:27 AM MST up reply actions
and also man, he didn’t ‘try’, he succeeded. If smuggling booze in novel, inconspicuous vessels doesn’t have enough tact for you, then you sir, are simply insatiable.
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other news about Jorge de la Rosa – he may have kept injury hidden and pitched through pain and blah blah blah
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the sad thing is if they really had caught it early he would be back for opening day
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He was pitching incredibly well at the time and the team was sinking
I can understand it, though I don’t like it
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Feb 1, 2012 9:51 AM MST up reply actions
yea I mean, it’s also way better for this to happen during a season like 2011… though would we have 2011’d if he hadn’t gotten injured…
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The whole scenario mirrors Jeff Francis in 2008
Except Francis was able to hold on and keep pitching (albeit horribly). His injury opened the door for Jorge to join the rotation. Almost seems as if Jorge’s opened the door for Pomeranz.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Feb 1, 2012 9:59 AM MST up reply actions
Read something like that last night.
pretty gutsy. Love it.
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by CentralCaliRox on Feb 1, 2012 11:34 AM MST up reply actions
there’s a fine line between gutsy and stupid. Not really sure what this thing classifies as but without making a judgement on JDLR’s decision, I found it interesting.
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I presume tactical coach would be given more authority than the suggestive support of the current bench coach
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Feb 1, 2012 9:53 AM MST up reply actions
someone who would punch Tracy in the balls
when he tries to bat Elizier Alfonzo 4th for example.
Is it April yet?
someone should punch DOD/JT in the balls the next time Eliezer Alfonzo or Alfredo Amezega is batting for the Rockies
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by waterboy31321 on Feb 1, 2012 10:26 AM MST up reply actions
Yes, same thing..
This whole ‘tactical coach’ thingy is kinda dumb. The manager should have enough confidence in his bench coach to trust his tactical ideas.
I don't like the idea...
of hiring a Tactical Coach. If the team Manager cannot figure out the tactics of a ball game, then he should be using his talents at something else. In Jim Tracy ’’s case, he probably should be playing solitaire somewhere in Ohio. His declining record as a manager is simply not acceptable.
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by Roxman on Feb 1, 2012 10:20 AM MST via mobile reply actions
de la Rosa
Any thoughts on both Jorge and Jimenez trying to hide their injuries last year? I wonder if this was simply them wanting to play and/or live up to expectations, or if there could be some deeper communication issue between players and staff.
I don't think it was a communication issue
Not when Jorge intentionally told them it was a blister, then his groin, when it was his elbow. Even if Jorge was from Saturn, he could easily point to his elbow.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Feb 1, 2012 10:37 AM MST up reply actions
I guess what I meant by communication
is not that there was a language barrier – more of an ability of the staff to really figure out if their players are being completely honest.
I figured that's probably what you meant
I just tend to consider outright lying a larger issue outside of the communication umbrella. But that’s semantics. I’m not sure what the team can do. They’ve no doubt stressed honesty with injuries after Francis frayed his shoulder, but unless they start doing weekly MRIs, pain is always the #1 relied-upon symptom.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Feb 1, 2012 10:46 AM MST up reply actions
It's probably more than deceit your dealing with, too.
If even normal non-athlete men like me are apt to say “oh, it’s not a big deal” when something hurts, imagine how 20-something athletes feel. I suspect DLR and Ubaldo really didn’t think anything was that wrong. Complaining would have been unmanly.
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by EmersonCR on Feb 1, 2012 10:57 AM MST via Android app up reply actions
Definitely
My dad is a doctor and has gotten patients come in after experiencing pain for months, or even years, before finally realizing it wasn’t just temporary aches.
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"Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est"
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Feb 1, 2012 11:03 AM MST up reply actions
Well, DLR knew he was in pain, but that's not rare for a pitcher and he was pitching very well.
But yeah, the deception didn’t make me feel great.
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I imagine there's all sorts of aches and pains during the season
This was certainly more than normal, but there’s a lot of rationalization a man can do to keep doing something he loves.
"Some guy on the net thinks I suck, and he should know - he's got his own blog." - Nick Hornby
"Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est"
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Feb 1, 2012 11:05 AM MST up reply actions
E: the fire Tracy movement
I think we can all agree that Tracy will not be fired before the start of the season. So IF, Tracy were to be fired in season because the Rox are sucking so bad, god forbid, who on the current staff is next in line to manage? Tracy was Hurdle’s placeholder, who might be Tracy’s?
While I like Sanderg, Trammell and Francona as future replacements, an in season will be done with someone in house.
by MileHighHawkeye on Feb 1, 2012 10:36 AM MST via mobile reply actions
Go crazy
Hire Goose Gossage. He and Carney on the same coaching staff would be entertaining.
Whiskey tends to make me high, and sad songs make me cry. Pretty women break my heart almost every night. I run on beans and nicotine; I'm a real, live buckaroo. And my heart's not pure, my boots ain't clean, and I never tell the truth.
vinny castilla
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by papality on Feb 1, 2012 10:41 AM MST via Android app up reply actions
Do you think Runnells?
This was a discussion on Mile High Hockey a while back, and how they never go outside the organization to hire the new coach. New blood might be good but rarely do they go outside the org to replace a mid-season firing.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Feb 1, 2012 10:42 AM MST up reply actions
If we were going in house I would love Jerry Weinstein
Your 2012 Colorado Rockies:freshly exorcised from Ty Wigginton
Admittedly I don't know much about him.
What is it that you like?
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by frightened inmate #2 on Feb 1, 2012 10:57 AM MST up reply actions
That he looks like this
"Some guy on the net thinks I suck, and he should know - he's got his own blog." - Nick Hornby
"Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est"
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Feb 1, 2012 11:02 AM MST up reply actions
Oh, Maddon glasses.
I got ya.
Filling up your senses like a night in the forest since 1992.
by frightened inmate #2 on Feb 1, 2012 11:06 AM MST up reply actions
Hey Everyone Guess What
ITS FEBRUARY!!!!!!!!! Approximately 2 Weeks until Pitchers and Catchers Report!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's Jim Tracy's Fault.
by wolf213 on Feb 1, 2012 11:09 AM MST reply actions 1 recs
Too bad Brandon Wood
wasn’t also crazy awesome in 2009. But I digress. Tracy is obviously on a short leash, that has to be one of the most obvious managerial situations in sports…I wonder how many other managers in any sport, and certainly coaches in college, are in their last year of a deal? Lame ducks almost never happen, and I’m pretty surprised DOD is allowing it to happen here but whatever. I do not think it is a good strategy, and I doubt it will end well. Either Tracy will be fired after a poor start, or he’ll get hot enough by summer to earn an extension. Oh well, something to watch anyway.
One interesting challenge: find 5 sports blogs that cover teams (that are not recent champions) that actually like their manager/coach. I’m starting to think SB Nation in particular must have some rule about it.
#FIREJIMTRACY #OCCUPYTHEBENCH
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Get well soon Juan.
by Thnikkaman on Feb 1, 2012 12:18 PM MST up reply actions 3 recs
#PLAYING2NDBASEDOESNTMEANTHEYALWAYSBAT2NDINTHELINEUP
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Get well soon Juan.
#HITTINGAGRANDSLAMDOESN'TMEANYUOCANBATCLEANUP
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Will the good 2012 ever get here?
by Roxman on Feb 1, 2012 12:52 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
#LOOKOVERTHERESOMETHINGSPECIALTHISWAYCOMES
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Get well soon Juan.
by Thnikkaman on Feb 1, 2012 1:17 PM MST up reply actions 3 recs
This one's great.
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"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
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#JIMTRACYUSESDEPENDS
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That's mean
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why, how so?
lots of things in his life depend on other things. what did you think i meant?
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#papalityplayingdumbdoesntringtrue
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#thisishowdesperatetheoffseasonhasbecome
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Sorry, hope you didn't get in trouble.
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Get well soon Juan.
Some days Purple Row is the only thing that keeps me sane at work.
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
Some days Purple Row is the only thing that keeps me sane at work.
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by Greg Stanwood on Feb 1, 2012 2:06 PM MST up reply actions
Some days Purple Row is the only thing that keeps me insane at work.
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
Some days Purple Row is the only thing that keeps me insane at work.
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Some days Purple Row is the only thing that keeps me insane at school.
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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Some days Purple Row is the only thing that keeps me insane at school.
I'M SORRY I WAS EVER MAD AT YOU, ROCKIES! COME BACK TO ME! I LOVE YOU!!
by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 3:29 PM MST up reply actions
This is so good. I just had to make it "green".
17 today, 16 tomorrow is how many days remain until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training. 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. Can't wait until fantasy starts also. This will be the 4th year for my team. The Blake St. Bombers.
I read this as saying Lice and Cumin.
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by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 3:15 PM MST up reply actions
EWWWWW
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
You should lessen the amount of cumin
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I read that as ending in the word "in"
and thought Timmy looks gross but not that gross
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
Yes.
Score a goal. Unit. Basket. Go squadron! Do good! Defeat the opponents soundly in this...skirmish.
No?
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Maybe...
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by Greg Stanwood on Feb 1, 2012 2:07 PM MST up reply actions
Maybe!
I don’t know why you insist on seeing everything so black-and-white, Cat….
"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.
She's an AI hosted on a server in San Diego.
She only thinks in 1s and 0s.
Avalanche 2011-12 season, Mission 45 Wins.
Get well soon Juan.
Now I know!
"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.
Indubitably!
Score a goal. Unit. Basket. Go squadron! Do good! Defeat the opponents soundly in this...skirmish.
What is wrong with you people?
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by Muzia on Feb 1, 2012 2:17 PM MST reply actions 5 recs
Everything thus far has been discussed ad nausium.
The %99 want Tracy gone.
We need new material.
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Get well soon Juan.
then switch to Purple Row managers. Should they keep their jobs for another season?
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yes?
Score a goal. Unit. Basket. Go squadron! Do good! Defeat the opponents soundly in this...skirmish.
Oh.
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It depends
I want the job for OT thread starter.
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Get well soon Juan.
Does anyone want the Cursed Guarantee position? We can always fire Aberle and get some new blood around here.
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Remind me, what is the Cursed Guarantee position?
And how many samples of my bad writing do you need?
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Get well soon Juan.
You can be a good writer, but you just have to be wrong whenever you guarantee something will happen.
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No thanks.
I don’t like making guarantees.
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Get well soon Juan.
SIGN ME UP FOR THAT!
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Can you guarantee that your guarantees will never come to pass?
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If I do, and one of my guarantees does come true
does the world end?
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You have to be heartbreakingly wrong in your guarantees.
Score a goal. Unit. Basket. Go squadron! Do good! Defeat the opponents soundly in this...skirmish.
Yeah, guarantees should be verboten.
Score a goal. Unit. Basket. Go squadron! Do good! Defeat the opponents soundly in this...skirmish.
I'm irreplaceable
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To quote a very wise man...
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tryants.”
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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It's like no one reads...
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Back to the depends again?
I heard you can stuff them and not be worried about it
17 today, 16 tomorrow is how many days remain until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training. Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES. Can't wait until fantasy starts also. This will be the 4th year for my team. The Blake St. Bombers.
TWSS!
17 today, 16 tomorrow is how many days remain until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training. Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES. Can't wait until fantasy starts also. This will be the 4th year for my team. The Blake St. Bombers.
You know...
Left to Right
Top to Bottom
Cooler than a polar bear's toenails...
Metrosexual: It's like being gay, but not being into guys.
I read
how could I quote the very wise Russ Oates if I hadn’t read?
I simply adapted to a different subject…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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Sweet.
I’m actually the ghost of Thomas Jefferson, by the way.
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nope
z’d through everything
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JFK
It's like no one reads....
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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That's when you, like, try to be a tyrant....
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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What do you mean by mean?
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(n1 + n2 + n3...)/ # of values
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by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 3:17 PM MST up reply actions
Don't you get all mathy
with me, young lady.
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Now that's just mean.
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by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 3:19 PM MST up reply actions
The jury's still out
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The jury is hung.
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Out to dry?
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by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 3:22 PM MST up reply actions
Depends on the size of the gavel
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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No
But maybe this is ( Family Feud video).
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So Raffy is the jury?
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What's your standard deviation?
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by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 3:24 PM MST up reply actions
That's not important.
But fits on a log squared curve.
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Get well soon Juan.
sorry
Tracy exhausted his testability
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What is wrong with you that you ask this question of us?
Have you met Purple Row before?
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this should be green...
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Who are you calling "you people"?
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by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 3:18 PM MST up reply actions
What do you mean by "you people"?
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Yeah!
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by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 3:19 PM MST up reply actions
So, Jim Tracy
is the general, and the tactical coach is his colonel who eventually leads the bloody coup against Tracy?
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The Dinger suggestion may not be so ridiculous
Have a look at this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1965569.stm
He is now serving his third term in office.
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You mean like Tracy was before Hurdle was fired?
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"The tree
of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tryants."
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Rockies ST Ballpark gets Ballpark of the year honors.
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Get well soon Juan.
nice.
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by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 3:12 PM MST up reply actions
I was reading this RP on my phone in a WalMart bathroom.
I can’t believe how much echo there is in there when someone laughs hysterically. I got to the part about “depends” and I tried not to be loud but I couldn’t help myself.
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I cannot decide which part of your comment is more
disturbing.
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This is why I never go to the bathroom in WalMart.
Dude, TMI.
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by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 3:21 PM MST up reply actions
That is actually
pretty low on my long list of reason why I will not go into Walmart bathrooms
Is it April yet?
by Rosenort on Feb 1, 2012 3:24 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Still makes the list though...
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by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 3:24 PM MST up reply actions
When you got to go, you got to go.
17 today, 16 tomorrow is how many days remain until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training. 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. Can't wait until fantasy starts also. This will be the 4th year for my team. The Blake St. Bombers.
Sorry. This RP is so funny. I tried to stop myself but I gave up when the tears started falling out of my eyes from laughing
17 today, 16 tomorrow is how many days remain until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training. 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. Can't wait until fantasy starts also. This will be the 4th year for my team. The Blake St. Bombers.
That's why I don't read the RP in the bathroom.
Besides, I might (and probably will) drop my phone.
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by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 3:37 PM MST up reply actions
That is one thing (knock on wood) that I have never done.
Dropped a phone in the toilet.
17 today, 16 tomorrow is how many days remain until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training. 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. Can't wait until fantasy starts also. This will be the 4th year for my team. The Blake St. Bombers.
This would be a great OT Thread...In fact...I'll start one.
Cooler than a polar bear's toenails...
Metrosexual: It's like being gay, but not being into guys.
Im done talking about it now.
17 today, 16 tomorrow is how many days remain until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training. 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. Can't wait until fantasy starts also. This will be the 4th year for my team. The Blake St. Bombers.
That's a GREAT idea, jdub!
I was just thinking that and made one!
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by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 3:40 PM MST up reply actions
I try not to be loud in public restrooms myself
but as you say, you can’t always help yourself…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
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I doubt that it's really that unusual to hear someone laughing hysterically in a WalMart restroom.
The off-season sucks.
That is all.
Hysterically or maniacally?
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If Javier Vazquez retires, the new career active K leader will be
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Feb 1, 2012 3:24 PM MST reply actions
and he will be with us! Yea!
17 today, 16 tomorrow is how many days remain until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training. Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES. Can't wait until fantasy starts also. This will be the 4th year for my team. The Blake St. Bombers.
Ohhh yeahhhh
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hungover?
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Here we go again.
RAFFY!
17 today, 16 tomorrow is how many days remain until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training. Self taught and falling in love with this game is very easy to do, you can never hate it, and that is something that not one person can take away from anybody. The love of baseball and OUR COLORADO ROCKIES. Can't wait until fantasy starts also. This will be the 4th year for my team. The Blake St. Bombers.
hug?
I'M SORRY I WAS EVER MAD AT YOU, ROCKIES! COME BACK TO ME! I LOVE YOU!!
by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 3:40 PM MST up reply actions
?
I'M SORRY I WAS EVER MAD AT YOU, ROCKIES! COME BACK TO ME! I LOVE YOU!!
by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 3:42 PM MST up reply actions
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We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
In line for seats at the Grand Junction Rockies 2012 home opener
I'M SORRY I WAS EVER MAD AT YOU, ROCKIES! COME BACK TO ME! I LOVE YOU!!
by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 4:00 PM MST up reply actions
wish I could put color in format...ah well
I'M SORRY I WAS EVER MAD AT YOU, ROCKIES! COME BACK TO ME! I LOVE YOU!!
by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 4:01 PM MST up reply actions
sorry OT but for those of you subjected to me telling steakman and papality
about my mom’s cancer good news! What had appeared on the CT scan to be stage 4 cancer has after 2 liver and one lung biopsy to be not cancer after all. The Granuloma in her lungs are not cancerous and while they don’t know yet what it is anything is better than aggressive Big C.
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
by TomCat009 on Feb 1, 2012 3:32 PM MST reply actions 2 recs
Thank goodness! That is terrific news!
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Yeah I am ear to ear right now
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
Wow that is huge news
stage 4 is scary stuff
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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Yeah 30 days ago we were told 2-8 monthes
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
Wow. Talk about
messing with your head :(.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Certainly a bolt out of the blue September was 10 year since we lost my dad
he had found out it was Esophageal Cancer on Aug 17(my brothers 20th birthday) and died on Sept 9 so we all certainly weren’t counting on a best case scenario
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
I had the same prognosis with my uncle 14 months ago. We were told less than 3 months, but he’s still around and doing okay.
Some days, I feel like I’ve accidentally entered the Church of Tulowitzki on Baseball Easter.
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That is awesome, it is amazing to live in a time where there are usually things that
we can do to fight it.
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
That's awesome!
I felt bad for a while after our “ur mom” competition even though it was all tongue in cheek
SI Power Rank
has us sitting at #21. The comments seem pretty fair:
The Rockies are the winner of this year’s inaugural tough-to-project award. SI’s Tom Verducci already covered how they aged the roster, providing a curious mix of players. The rotation would seem to be too inexperienced for 2012 success, but with time and with the club’s retooled farm system, Colorado might be taking one step back to take two steps forward.
spots 9-14 are interesting
could be reshuffled basically any way and still make sense
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not sure if i buy us below the dodgers, royals, and pirates, though
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Meh again we have to prove ourselves this year that is fine
although I think Cuddyer is the only guy still on this team in 2 years of our Offseason adds
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
I meant of the older crew Chatwood and maybe Outman if he morphs into a LH
Matt Belisle
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
I think Outman's already left handed
Or maybe I’m missing something …
by BostonTransplant on Feb 1, 2012 4:46 PM MST up reply actions
Oh nevermind
Gotta read the second line …
by BostonTransplant on Feb 1, 2012 4:47 PM MST up reply actions
chatwood's young enough that there's still hope
but i am no fan
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Why not?
MOYER IS OUR SAVIOR
@DylanZable
by CentralCaliRox on Feb 1, 2012 4:42 PM MST up reply actions
nearly even K/BB throughout his career
rushing him might have ruined him, 5.16 SIERA last year
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He's 21 with good stuff.
MOYER IS OUR SAVIOR
@DylanZable
by CentralCaliRox on Feb 1, 2012 4:47 PM MST up reply actions
but I understand your point.
Still has a long ways to go though.
MOYER IS OUR SAVIOR
@DylanZable
by CentralCaliRox on Feb 1, 2012 4:48 PM MST up reply actions
Hard to say a 21 year old has had a "career"
Love his stuff. All he needs is a bit of command and he’ll be a fixture for us, either in bullpen or rotation. That’s 50/50 for sure, but it’s not like the raw material isn’t there.
by BostonTransplant on Feb 1, 2012 4:48 PM MST up reply actions
exactly
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I'd have preferred us to be at 30
the way the team plays with low expectations (among the baseball writers at least)
MOYER IS OUR SAVIOR
@DylanZable
by CentralCaliRox on Feb 1, 2012 4:43 PM MST up reply actions
JFK's Quote of the Day:
“The field was even greener than my boy’s mind had pictured it. In later years, friends of ours visited Ireland and said the grass there was plenty green all right, but that not even the Emerald Isle itself was as green as the grass that grew in Ebbets Field.” ~Duke Snider
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
Assistant GM of the PRMLB Cincinnati Reds
JFK
surprisingly eloquent fellow
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I think he even more eloquent
in tomorrow’s quote
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
Assistant GM of the PRMLB Cincinnati Reds
JFK
Eloquently said.
;P
I'M SORRY I WAS EVER MAD AT YOU, ROCKIES! COME BACK TO ME! I LOVE YOU!!
by prettyinpurple on Feb 1, 2012 6:40 PM MST up reply actions
ha thanks
I noticed the missing is (or ’s) as soon as I hit post
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
Assistant GM of the PRMLB Cincinnati Reds
JFK
That is one awesome quote
Thanks for that. It always seems to me that the grass at Coors Field is the greenest I’ve ever seen. Probably because it’s my favorite place to be in the summer.
Waiting for spring.
I get the same feeling cresting the steps and getting a first glimpse at a baseball field that I do walking into a cathedral.
For much the same reason.
Altar Boy in the Church of Santo Ubaldo
"...buffalo chicken is a fine anti-depressant, after all." -UZ
"... One order of buffalo wings, please..." -Yokel, after July 30, 2011
Here's a quote for you then:
"These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don’t have big old Gothic cathedrals like they do in Europe. But we got baseball parks." ~Jimmy Buffet
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
Assistant GM of the PRMLB Cincinnati Reds
JFK
Late to the party here
Tactical coach should be the Coach.
If Tracy can’t do it, dump him an bring someone else in. Don’t want too many chefs in the kitchen.
And what a party it is
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@Paul_Franz
My blerg
by EmersonCR on Feb 1, 2012 5:28 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
Dead Man's Party?
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Who could ask for more?
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
In line for seats at the Grand Junction Rockies 2012 home opener
Everybody's comin'?
Leave their bodies at the door?
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I agree with this. Until I see a better reason for why there should be a tactical coach plus a manager (or in other words, why the manager wouldn’t be able to fill both roles himself), just having a crappy manager isn’t reason enough.
Unless of course we want to hire a tactical coach as part of a greater ‘fire Tracy/succession planning’ effort.
"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
PRMLB: The Brew Crew
I'm so glad we're less than three weeks from P&C report day
Dunno if I can stand reading about Jim Tracy for much longer. Isn’t there anyone who’s in the best shape of his life or has a new cutter?
by BostonTransplant on Feb 1, 2012 9:07 PM MST reply actions
I hear Jim Tracy is in the best shape of his life
and also developed a new cutter.
Die-hard Rockies fan since seven years after Jamie Moyer's MLB debut.
Poo-Bah of the San Diego Padres in the Purple Row OOTP League.
@Paul_Franz
My blerg
If Javier Vazquez doesn't retire...
why shouldn’t we go after him? He eats innings, had one of the better 2nd halfs in baseball last year, and thrives when not in New York. Being out of big market spotlight helps him, and he’s far from old. Why the lack of interest in him? He’d seem like a reasonable fit for us, both in terms of contract size and filling that need DOD expressed for an innings eating veteran, as yet unfilled.
i don't think he'd want to play here
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It's so funny that everyone and their uncle wants to move to Colorado ....
But none of them are major league pitchers.
by BostonTransplant on Feb 1, 2012 10:00 PM MST up reply actions
FYP
But none of them are good major league pitchers.
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Why not?
We have a humidor and Denver isn’t death to pitchers anymore. Is it?
by The Fanimal on Feb 1, 2012 10:37 PM MST via iPhone app up reply actions
i believe he has said it's miami or retirement
he wants to be close to puerto rico
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If he re-ups in FLA that team is NASTY
SS Reyes
LF Lomo
3B Hanley
RF Stanton
1B Sanchez
C Buck
CF Bonafacio
2B Infante
P
SP JJohnson 2.64 FIP 2011
SP ASanchez 3.35 FIP
SP Buehlre 3.83 Career ERA in a hitters park
SP Nolasco 3.54 FIP
SP Vazquez 3.57 FIP including a 1.8 ERA over his final 18 starts with a 112/17 K/BB
CL Bell
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage." ― Thucydides
This...
He refuses to play anywhere but on the East Coast. He flies home all the time to visit family, and it’s become quite apparent that he views his family as being much more important than baseball (hey, that’s a good thing, right??).
-C
It’s rough to sit through these games and not have someone that can’t hit a Ball?
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