GO AWAY 2011 SEASON!!!

The 2011 season ends tomorrow.  The light is near, and Alex White probably wants it to end just as bad as you do.

Despite pitching in less than 50 innings, Colorado's rookie has allowed 14 home runs on the season, beaten on the Rockies roster only by Jason Hammel (21 in 170.1) and Jhoulys Chacin (20 in 194 IP).  If there's any place to close out the season on a sweeter note, AT&T Park (HR park factor of 82 for LHB) is a decent enough place.  May the force be with you, Alex.  He'll be opposed by Madison Bumgarner, who is quietly 4th in MLB in FIP thanks to a K/BB near four.

Alex White

#43 / Pitcher / Colorado Rockies

Height: 6-3

Weight: 215

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Aug 29, 1988

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2011 - Alex White	2-3	6	6	0	0	0	0	32.1	42	32	31	11	14	23	8.63	1.73

Madison Bumgarner (FFF face)

#40 / Pitcher / San Francisco Giants

Height: 6-5

Weight: 225

Bats: R

Throws: L

Born: Aug 01, 1989

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2011 - Madison Bumgarner	12-13	34	32	0	0	0	0	197.2	200	82	73	12	46	182	3.32	1.24

Current Series

3 game series vs Giants @ AT&T Park

Colorado Rockies Purple Row @ San Francisco Giants McCovey Chronicles Monday, Sep 26, 2011, 8:15 PM MDT AT&T Park Jhoulys Chacin vs Ryan Vogelsong Jhoulys Chacin #45 / Pitcher / Colorado Rockies Height: 6-3 Weight: 215 Bats: R Throws: R Born: Jan 07, 1988 W-L ERA WHIP K BB 2011 - Jhoulys Chacin 11-13 3.66 1.32 147 86 Ryan Vogelsong #32 / Pitcher / San Francisco Giants Height: 6-4 Weight: 215 Bats: R Throws: R Born: Jul 22, 1977 W-L ERA WHIP K BB 2011 - Ryan Vogelsong 12-7 2.81 1.28 135 61 Mostly clear. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around . Complete Coverage >
Tue 09/27		8:15 PM MDT
Wed 09/28		1:45 PM MDT

The path to avoiding 90 losses starts here. GO ROCKIES!

Lineups after the jump...

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These might be the most crucial games Colorado has played since it fell out of the race. Why? Because their September Tankapalooza has put the Rockies into a 4 way tie at 71-87. What happens in these next four games will determine if the Rockies get anywhere from the 11th pick (worst case) and 4th pick (best case). If Colorado loses all of their remaining games, the likely outcome is the 7th pick. In terms of projected future value, the difference between the 4th and the 11th pick in the MLB draft has historically been pretty big.

So c'mon Jim Tracy, keep doing what you were doing before! Problem is, I think that Kevin Millwood is going to pitch well against a guy making his 5th career start in Lucas Harrell.

Kevin Millwood

#40 / Pitcher / Colorado Rockies

Height: 6-4

Weight: 230

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Dec 24, 1974

Lucas Harrell

#64 / Pitcher / Houston Astros

Height: 6-2

Weight: 210

Bats: B

Throws: R

Born: Jun 03, 1985

GO ROCKIES!!

Current Series

Astros lead the series 1-0

Thu 09/22	WP: Henry Sosa (3 - 5) SV: Mark Melancon LP: Alex White (2 - 3)	6 - 9 loss
Colorado Rockies Purple Row @ Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes Friday, Sep 23, 2011, 6:05 PM MDT Minute Maid Park Drew Pomeranz #47 / Pitcher / Colorado Rockies Height: 6-5 Weight: 230 Bats: R Throws: L Born: Nov 22, 1988   W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2011 - Drew Pomeranz 1-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 6 2 2 0 4 7 1.69 .94  vs Brett Myers #39 / Pitcher / Houston Astros Height: 6-4 Weight: 240 Bats: R Throws: R Born: Aug 17, 1980   W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2011 - Brett Myers 6-13 32 31 2 0 0 0 205.0 212 108 100 31 55 151 4.39 1.30 Clear. Winds blowing in from center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 85.   Complete Coverage >
Sat 09/24		5:05 PM MDT
Sun 09/25		12:05 PM MDT

This is going to be an exciting game for one reason and one reason alone: Drew Pomeranz is pitching. Pomeranz has been one of the only bright spots of this abysmal September race to the bottom. One of the few signs of hope. One of the youngest, scaredest looking pitchfaces around.

Brett Myers just keeps getting uglier, too. He used to be a decent looking man, and now he looks like he's going to dance around a pumpkin and sneer because there's no way you're going to guess his name, and he'll be able to take your firstborn child. 

Lineups after the jump.

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OVERFLOWS WILL GO HERE. Who am I kidding, there hasn't been need for an overflow in ages.

This is the final Thursday game of the season, and thus, my final game thread of the year. The Rockies can't get back to .500 this year, but I can with a win, which would bring my win/loss record of game threads to 8-8 on the year.

Apparently the game has no temperature. We're playing in a vacuum, people.

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In what is quite likely Aaron Cook's last start as a Rockie, Colorado attempts to win their final home game of the 2011 season.

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Same old 2011 Rockies tonight. It's the bottom of the fifth inning, the Rockies are down, 1-0, and have only one hit. Yay!

Current Series

3 game series vs Padres @ Coors Field

San Diego Padres Gaslamp Ball @ Colorado Rockies Purple Row Monday, Sep 19, 2011, 6:40 PM MDT Coors Field Cory Luebke vs Kevin Millwood Cory Luebke #52 / Pitcher / San Diego Padres Height: 6-4 Weight: 205 Bats: R Throws: L Born: Mar 04, 1985 W-L ERA WHIP K BB 2011 - Cory Luebke 5-9 3.27 1.07 139 37 Kevin Millwood #40 / Pitcher / Colorado Rockies Height: 6-4 Weight: 230 Bats: R Throws: R Born: Dec 24, 1974 W-L ERA WHIP K BB 2011 - Kevin Millwood 3-2 3.68 1.18 29 6 Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75. Complete Coverage >
Tue 09/20		6:40 PM MDT
Wed 09/21		1:10 PM MDT

Can't it just end already?

Oh, and Go Rockies. Lineups after the jump...

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