Game 1 Overkilled thread....

I am

extremely unhappy right now... not how I wanted to see us come out in our first postseason. The losing stings, but the smugness is going to sting worse...

"See, the Rockies are a fluke! Can't compete with the big boys! No chance!".... ugh.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 8:48 PM MDT reply actions

Your turn, Speier.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ Oates on Oct 24, 2007 8:49 PM MDT reply actions

It would be better to have the Indians...

I share Kenny Lofton's feelings towards Beckett and the Red Sox.

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by tulolover on Oct 24, 2007 8:56 PM MDT reply actions

You mean that deep rooted,

grudge bearing, sort of feeling?

by tailgateparty on Oct 24, 2007 9:01 PM MDT up reply actions

MAKE IT STOP

JUST CALL OFF THE DOGS. PLEASE!

Watch this little bytch Pedroia do something here, just because he feels like it.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 8:57 PM MDT reply actions

Why didn't Hurdle...

bring in Herges? What is he saving him for? A golf tournament?

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by tulolover on Oct 24, 2007 8:57 PM MDT reply actions

Dang y'all, this Coors ain't tasting so good

right now.

by tailgateparty on Oct 24, 2007 8:58 PM MDT reply actions

Why

am I still subjecting myself to this?

It's like having thumbscrews twisted into both eyes.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 8:58 PM MDT reply actions

That's vintage

early season Speier.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ Oates on Oct 24, 2007 9:00 PM MDT reply actions

Bad time

for everyone to lose their pixie dust simultaneously.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:00 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm sure

Boston's just driving up the score for the fun of it now. Seriously.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:00 PM MDT reply actions

Dear god...

...the wheels have officially come off...

You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 9:01 PM MDT reply actions

I officially hate the Red Sox...

the most arrogant team and fans I have ever seen.

Loves Troy *Thug 4 life* Tulowitzki, Garrett *Fankles* Atkins, Ryan *the Director* Spilborghs, Chris Iannetta,and the Rockies in general.

by tulolover on Oct 24, 2007 9:03 PM MDT reply actions

soooo....

the Boston fans are arrogant because they are cheering the home team on in a World Series game? Or what is it exactly that tips you off to the arrogance as viewed in game 1 of the World Series?

ICKIMORE

P.S. Too bad you haven't seen the scouting report I sent over to Rox Girl on Tuesday.

Red Sox will destroy the Rox

by Ickimore on Oct 25, 2007 3:15 AM MDT up reply actions

Boston fans are arrogant...

...because they're now gloating all over the place, and we're never going to hear the end of "the NL is actually AAAA baseball"-type bullshit.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 25, 2007 8:37 AM MDT up reply actions

That Beyond the Boxscore thing

which called us winning in 7 had this an 11-2 Sox final.

Just scrabbling to find any spark of hope from this fiasco.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:03 PM MDT reply actions

Speaking as a Sox fan... I'm not enjoying this anymore. Winning I like. Humiliating the Mets or the Yankees I like. But the Rockies? I got nothing against the Rockies. And three straight runs walked in? Ugly.

by NBarnes on Oct 24, 2007 9:05 PM MDT reply actions

I agree...

...Colorado deserves better. Maybe it's Karma for the ticket office screwing over the fans with the whole ticket fiasco.

Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 9:07 PM MDT up reply actions

Yeah

Leave Beckett in, as if this wasn't painful enough.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:07 PM MDT reply actions

Oh boy!

We get to watch the Sox bat again!

This will be so fun!

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:11 PM MDT reply actions

At least...

We don't have to see Papelbon tonight, but ANYONE is better than cocky SOB Beckett.

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by tulolover on Oct 24, 2007 9:11 PM MDT reply actions

Well this is for sure...

I'm going to do the following things.

Tune out ESPN.
Not go to ANY baseball website, except this and roxhead.
Try to not snap on people about this game.

I will not listen to east coasters say "I told you so"

Beckett did what he always does, I'm not surprised that we've only scored 1. Our pitching fell apart tonight, which I feel is correctable.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:13 PM MDT reply actions

Very well

We use tonight as a tuneup, which is an unfortunate position to be in for the first game of the World Series, but so be it.

If this continues tomorrow, then I'm really going to get riled up... you haven't seen nothing yet.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:15 PM MDT reply actions

you and me both.

I was completely willing to destroy my laptop, cell phone, TV, or anything else. If this continues tomorrow, I may very well just do those things.

I don't expect this to fly with Hurdle, or any of the Rockies for that matter. We've seen some bad things this year, and we've seen how the Rox respond.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:16 PM MDT up reply actions

Note to pitchers:

Watch Herges.

See him throw strikes?

Get ahead plz.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:17 PM MDT reply actions

1-2-3?

Herges can start game 3.

I'd be ok with that.

:)

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:19 PM MDT reply actions

I blame myself for that walk.

Sorry.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:21 PM MDT up reply actions

Two-out baserunners!

We haven't had enough of those! We need more!

(Or: Silverblood attempts to mask her burning pain in bitter sarcasm)

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:21 PM MDT reply actions

Try gameday...

Its really slowed down my heart rate and pissed off level.

The TV is just unbearable right now.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:24 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm already on Gameday

due to no other choice, but right now, it's far preferable to TV.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:25 PM MDT up reply actions

It really is a bad sign

that I turned to reading the crap that is Sandworms of Dune during the game.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ Oates on Oct 24, 2007 9:23 PM MDT reply actions

Inning Over!

Thank you matt herges, stop showing the little dancing boston fan kid, please...

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by tulolover on Oct 24, 2007 9:25 PM MDT reply actions

Oh I hope this goes 6 or 7 games...

And we can beat Boston in Boston...

That would cap this amazing run we've had.

Screw the hometown fans at Coors. Half of them are bandwagon fans and the other half are rich stupids who can afford to pay 500 a ticket.

Let the real Rox fans relish in shutting up Boston.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:27 PM MDT reply actions

So much for not wanting to make...

...the other team's fans suffer.

Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 9:28 PM MDT up reply actions

Well...

I'm allowed to be pissed...

And I've always thought it was better watching a road team clench. Now I want to experience it first hand.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:30 PM MDT up reply actions

Okay...

...once again, I don't understand the concept of Rockies fans resenting those jumping on the bandwagon. Wouldn't it just be swell if despite the Rockies magical run, the fans still stayed away? That would encourage ownership to spend more money, and stuff.

by DomCasual on Oct 24, 2007 9:31 PM MDT up reply actions

Still looking for positives...

This will show the boys they've got to bring it, and snap out of whatever remaining layover they're suffering from...

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:28 PM MDT reply actions

Hawpe

looks downright dominated out there tonight.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:29 PM MDT reply actions

Everyone...

I'm sitting here at my cousins with a bunch of smug Sox fans, most of whom just left. But let me tell you something, if it hasn't been said yet. The Red Sox can score 100 runs today, but they won't have won the world series. This is probably going to repeat what you've all said tonight, but this is a game the Sox HAD to win. The Rox take one from Shilling tomorrow and the road trip is a success.

But yes, they're going to be absolutely insufferable.

Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Oct 24, 2007 9:30 PM MDT reply actions

Troy!

And now back to normal?

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ Oates on Oct 24, 2007 9:30 PM MDT reply actions

woo tulo a hit....

second double... he may be coming out of his postseason funk...

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:30 PM MDT reply actions

Followed by a Yorvit first-pitch out

They must time the irony.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:31 PM MDT up reply actions

He wants WS MVP.

You know he's thinking about mirroring Jeters rookie season.

I said he'd win it like 4 months ago.

Also...gameday:

"Troy hits a ground-rule double on a line drive to left field"

Don't know how that's possible in Fenway.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:32 PM MDT up reply actions

bounced into the boxes past the foul line

Not over the Green Monster.

by Rox Girl on Oct 24, 2007 9:35 PM MDT up reply actions

Assumed something like that.

Just sounded hilarious. I would pay to see that.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:36 PM MDT up reply actions

So this

is where everyone disappeared to. Serves me right for just refreshing the old game thread.

And thank you Tulo ...

by Quiz23 on Oct 24, 2007 9:30 PM MDT reply actions

Attn: Rockies Fans

We likely weren't going to win this one anyway, so it really doesn't matter that we got embarassed. At least we got several pitchers some work after the layoff.

Score at the beginning of game 2: 0 to 0

by Roberbola on Oct 24, 2007 9:31 PM MDT reply actions

Exactly

In 1960 the Yankees blew out the Pirates in three games, but unfortunately they needed to win four. They didn't and Bill Mazeroski's homerun won the Series for Pittsburgh. You don't get style points for a blowout.

by Rox Girl on Oct 24, 2007 9:34 PM MDT up reply actions

Can we...

...run the Game 2, 3, and 4 starters through there real quick like, shake the rust off of them as well?

You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 9:36 PM MDT up reply actions

Not a terrible idea

I actually considered the notion of getting the entire bullpen 10 or 15 pitches.

by Roberbola on Oct 24, 2007 9:37 PM MDT up reply actions

Yeah, I'm trying to come back to Earth.

I wanted a win here, because it would almost seal the deal. I kinda knew it wouldn't happen. The series looks way up from here though. That, and Holliday doesn't take these kind of losses well.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:34 PM MDT reply actions

I think Ashanti needs more makeup

Geez, did they use a paint gun?

by Roberbola on Oct 24, 2007 9:36 PM MDT reply actions

Bought it from Homer Simpson.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ Oates on Oct 24, 2007 9:36 PM MDT up reply actions

Let's just get all the bad juju

out in one nasty swoop and try to get over this abortion of a game... and yes, I know, I need to be the first. Trying. Really am.

I don't recommend any major sports site. That will set back the recovery, not aid it.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:36 PM MDT reply actions

I've been tempted to look, but I've held back.

I know they will say something horrible, and say that the 22-1 streak doesn't exist anymore. 22-2 isn't bad? Right? 7-1 in the playoffs is good? Right?

So a loss for the Rockies is much more than just a loss to these eastern media guys. It's a miracle to them.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:38 PM MDT up reply actions

Sorry...

...about the TV blackout tonight, but in retrospect, you have no disturbing visuals burned in to your retinas. I'll make sure you're good to go tomorrow night.

You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 9:39 PM MDT up reply actions

Thanks...

But I didn't really need to watch this live.... ;)

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:41 PM MDT up reply actions

We are now giving up hits to Julio Lugo

This is so much fun.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:42 PM MDT reply actions

Without the fifth inning

this would be a lot less painful. Not fun. But less bang your head and make your brain explode painful.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:44 PM MDT reply actions

Truer words.

Y'all know how the rest of that goes.

by Quiz23 on Oct 24, 2007 9:47 PM MDT up reply actions

I've learned one thing from the Media.

And that is that our streak has to end sometime.

Using that logic....

Boston cannot continue to hit this way. 4 games straight of scoring these kinds of runs just can't continue.

Thanks media!

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:46 PM MDT reply actions

More painful positives!

We didn't find out that the Sox tattoo Morales like a pinball machine in a Game 4 at home...

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:47 PM MDT reply actions

This one I like.

Great point. And I kinda cringed at the thought of Frankie going against that lineup. He was the only starter that had trouble with the Phils.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:48 PM MDT up reply actions

K 6 runs per inning...

And we're back baby!

I'm almost on the verge about laughing about this game. It just makes us underdogs even more.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:47 PM MDT reply actions

Beckett's out.

13 run comeback?

by dogs on Oct 24, 2007 9:47 PM MDT reply actions

Let's save that

for tomorrow.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:48 PM MDT up reply actions

Anything can happen.

As Dane Cook says, this is where heroes are made. This is ACTOBER!

By that, it's really October, but y'know.

by Quiz23 on Oct 24, 2007 9:48 PM MDT up reply actions

So tomorrow

I'll get calls from all the Sox fans in the financial industry, and IM's from all my buddies in our Boston office. Can't wait.

Buuuutt, this is only Game One. Let's regroup and be ready to kick some smug ass tomorrow. After all, we're not even supposed to be here, right? Boston wasn't even going to need 4 games, were they? In fact, last week, there wasn't even a team in, where was that again, Denver? Does anybawdy know wheh Denvah is?

Here we go, Rockies! Here we go!

by Since1993 on Oct 24, 2007 9:48 PM MDT reply actions

Yeah,

I can't wait for all the "What happened to your Rockies?" emails, texts, and IMs.

You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 9:53 PM MDT up reply actions

Oh, you silly Rowers and your overflow threads.

So THAT'S where everyone went. It got so quiet for the 3 of us in the other thread.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 9:48 PM MDT reply actions

The Headbanging continues....

guys cmon you could get a hit!

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by tulolover on Oct 24, 2007 9:49 PM MDT reply actions

They're phoning in this game now

Can't say I blame them. Just get it over with and set about mentally preparing for tomorrow.

Timlin could hit Holliday to speed that process.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:51 PM MDT up reply actions

I think it's time for Augie Ojeda

to pitch for the Rockies.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 9:50 PM MDT reply actions

Great way to warm up after a long layoff.

Amazing pitcher, only gets easier from here.

Tough crowd, used to them now.

Big hitters, you know their potential.

What more could we need? This secret scouting game worked out well.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:51 PM MDT reply actions

If I may...

I'm going to rework our DH lineup. It's a gooden.

Taveras
Tulo
Holliday
Hawpe
Atikins
Spilly.
Helton
Torrealba
Matsui

wowowowowowowo

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:53 PM MDT reply actions

Eh

After Brad's three K's tonight, I'm in no haste to move him up.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:54 PM MDT up reply actions

Can't get too down.

Beckett is amazing. I think that lineup would be great because its like you have two mini lineups.

Or maybe put one of the speed guys 7/8 and put Helton right behind him.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:56 PM MDT up reply actions

I was gonna say....

Schilling doesn't throw at 96 MPH anymore. Rockies aren't going to get overpowered tomorrow. Nor by Dice-K or Lester.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 9:57 PM MDT up reply actions

Come on Timlin...

Hit Holliday....

You'll see the effects (tomorrow)

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:53 PM MDT reply actions

I certainly hope that somebody

on our club steps up and lets everyone have it in the clubhouse tonight. This is an unacceptable way to play in the WS.

You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 9:53 PM MDT reply actions

Tulo.

He'll speak up...I'll almost bet on that one.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:54 PM MDT up reply actions

They're really tight

really good friends, but I agree. Time for someone (Tulo, methinks) to tell them there is no way this can continue.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:55 PM MDT up reply actions

How could you...

...need pep talks to get up for the World Series?

I think it's timing personally.

Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 9:57 PM MDT up reply actions

I thought you were only coming back

if it was close?

But still, they look a little lifeless out there (to say the damn least). Tulo has been taking them to task all year for that. He needs to do it again.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:58 PM MDT up reply actions

I've seen stranger things....

such as a Boston fan posting regularly on a Rockies message board.

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:59 PM MDT up reply actions

Another positive.....

No Ed Montague behind home plate tomorrow.

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by tulolover on Oct 24, 2007 9:53 PM MDT reply actions

That doesn't help

when Holliday swings at ball four.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:54 PM MDT up reply actions

In this game

That may have been called a strike.

Yes, bitterness is setting in. Yes, I know it's game one and I need to chill out a little. But * it, I can't help it. I'm surprised I haven't already received 1823471023984710 IMs from my Sox fan friends, honestly.

by Quiz23 on Oct 24, 2007 9:56 PM MDT up reply actions

We're not the assholes you think we are

That's why.

Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 9:58 PM MDT up reply actions

Some of you.

Not all of you.

by Quiz23 on Oct 24, 2007 9:59 PM MDT up reply actions

Comment

from another board I post on (for college hockey):

"It's fun watching batting practice and all, but when does the game start?"

That was the most overt from the same guy. Every post he's had so far has been a dig at the Rockies, saying this game was no surprise.

by Quiz23 on Oct 24, 2007 10:08 PM MDT up reply actions

come on

Before this game I saw a million comments on here about how the Rox were going to light up Beckett because they did it back in June.

It's the same thing as on the Boston fan sites, just in reverse.

ICKIMORE

Red Sox will destroy the Rox

by Ickimore on Oct 25, 2007 3:28 AM MDT up reply actions

Do you expect any less?

It's a Rockies fan site. And I don't think anyone said "The Rox are going to light up Beckett, just like in June" or "The Rox are going to blow out the Red Sox" or "The Rockies will sweep Boston" or anything stupid like that.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 25, 2007 8:39 AM MDT up reply actions

You mean Robert DeNiro?

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 9:55 PM MDT up reply actions

It's not DeNero...

It's Frank from FrankTV.

TBS allowed Fox to carry the AL only under one circumstance...

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 9:57 PM MDT up reply actions

Okay, that totally made me laugh.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 9:59 PM MDT up reply actions

Seriously though,

Montague really did sound like DeNiro.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 10:02 PM MDT up reply actions

So, I guess we've moved over here?

Holliday is the MVP. Questions, punks?

by duke on Oct 24, 2007 9:56 PM MDT reply actions

Highlights:

"The Inning That Shall Not Be Named"

It can join the Royals series that didn't happen and the road trip that didn't happen.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:57 PM MDT reply actions

I'm cool with that.

by Quiz23 on Oct 24, 2007 9:58 PM MDT up reply actions

How the mighty have fallen...

...it seems like only yesterday Gagne was such a fearful closer for the Dodgers, writing his name in the record books, now he's a mop-up guy.

You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 9:58 PM MDT reply actions

Gagne?

Put him in. Get them ready to hit tomorrow.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 9:59 PM MDT up reply actions

Not only a mopup guy, but a shitty mopup guy.

That's what happens when you go off the 'roids.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 9:59 PM MDT up reply actions

Gagne

Gagne's problem isn't his fastball, it's his changeup.

ICKIMORE

Red Sox will destroy the Rox

by Ickimore on Oct 25, 2007 3:29 AM MDT up reply actions

I Agree with SouthByTheBorder

It's not his changeup, it's the 'roids (or lack thereof).

Every day is a Holliday!

by free7694 on Oct 25, 2007 8:43 AM MDT up reply actions

Not how

I had imagined game one to be.

The good news...even 100 to 2...is still only ONE loss. We've been in the loser's bracket before.

I'm Manny Ramirez's Barber

by Redhawk on Oct 24, 2007 9:59 PM MDT reply actions

Get'em Hawk!

123!

You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 10:00 PM MDT reply actions

Hey! That's the first time it's happened!

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 10:01 PM MDT up reply actions

Painful positives session:

Herges, Affeldt, and Hawkins looking good. Yes, closing the barn door after the cows are out, but we need every scrap of this we can find.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 10:00 PM MDT reply actions

Truly...

...Francis has had rough outings before, and had one tonight.

Morales has been suspect-ish this post-season, and this was new to him (coming out of the 'pen).

Spier, well, I don't know what happened to him.

But yeah, the rest have performed admirably.

You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions

Frank From Frank TV...

how did I know those idiots at TBS had something to do with this? Nice to know that Hawk still knows how to pitch...take notes other Rox pitchers. These guys can be taken care of.

Loves Troy *Thug 4 life* Tulowitzki, Garrett *Fankles* Atkins, Ryan *the Director* Spilborghs, Chris Iannetta,and the Rockies in general.

by tulolover on Oct 24, 2007 10:01 PM MDT reply actions

If Gagne gets us 1-2-3....

I'll...

Never mind. Not worth it. That would just be symbolic of this crapstorm.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 10:01 PM MDT reply actions

Exerpt from the Boston Herald...

I think you guys have the wrong idea about MOST Sox fans (and yes, there are the idiots). See this excerpt from today's Boston Herald.

There was an unusual moment Sunday night in Fenway. The Indians were slouching off the field after the bottom of their calamitous 8th inning, one which saw the game go from a 5-2 sweat-inducing grind to an 11-2 slaughter. Some slob in the grandstand above third base stood up and hollered, "Cleveland sucks!"

If he had yelled it about the Yankees, he would have ignited a chant. As it was, not a single one of the hundreds of fans who undoubtedly heard him uttered a word of agreement, and the guy simply sat down.

Instead, people were gazing at the morose Cleveland players walking toward the dugout as if they were each lugging a cross.
Some fans surely thought about the tens of thousands of spectators waving their silly little towels at Jacobs Field a few nights before, every one of them so full of hope.

That used to be us. The looks on their players' faces used to be the looks on ours.

No need to mock what we know better than anyone else.

Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 10:02 PM MDT reply actions

it's the patronizing I hate

just FYI

by jakester @ Purple Row on Oct 24, 2007 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions

And then

the Red Sox realized they had enough money to buy as many players as needed...even to the point of paying $50 million dollars just for the right to "talk" to a player...more then (or very close to) the entire year's payroll of several major league teams including Cleveland, and Colorado.

I'm Manny Ramirez's Barber

by Redhawk on Oct 24, 2007 10:08 PM MDT up reply actions

just curious

If patronizing is the problem, what did you think of the Sox players that make the league minimum: Youkilis, Pedroia, and Ellsbury?

And out of curiosity, how does one team afford to pay all those high priced free agents? Could it be from fan financial support from all those fans that go to the "band box" that is Fenway Park? Since Coors has more seats than Fenway, dont you believe it possible for the Rox to garner the same level of support?

Or are there just not enough Rockie's fans out there?

ICKIMORE

P.S. Too bad you haven't seen the scouting report I sent over to Rox Girl on Tuesday.

Red Sox will destroy the Rox

by Ickimore on Oct 25, 2007 3:35 AM MDT up reply actions

Wrong 'patronizing'.

When the national media broadcasts every single game your team plays, and dotes on your team as much as they dote on the freaking Red Sox and Yankees, you're bound to have a million or so more fans than, say, the Rockies, whom half the sportswriters had never heard of until a week ago. It stands to reason as well that when your team's been around for over 90 years longer than some other teams, the older team will probably have more fans. Fans = $$$.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 25, 2007 8:42 AM MDT up reply actions

Oh... and to clarify,

the subject of my last comment was completely disjointed from the substance of the comment.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 25, 2007 8:43 AM MDT up reply actions

Here are my thoughts

This is a really humiliating performance. Rough for us fans. Even rougher for the team.
This can't be blamed on the umps, the weather, the layoff, or anything. No excuses, the Rockies got their butts whipped.

The Red Sox were better tonight. Much much much better. The media will be right to question the Rockies and whether they're World Series quality. Bias or not, the Rockies gave them no reason to question their assumptions.

The Rockies now get to decide whether they're happy to be here or if they actually want to win. Few would blame them for rolling over. They're in the JV circuit after all. Heck, even I (fairweather fan) would applaud their season if they lost all four games by increasingly awful scores. Sometimes you just get beat by a better team. Sometimes you get beat four times in a row by an equal or lesser team - it's the nature of baseball. The Rockies did get swept by the Royals, after all.

But something tells me we're not going to let this continue.

...WHAT A SECOND! Why are that yuppie from Philly's friends in Chicago carrying a sign that says "Go Bobcats"???

by jakester @ Purple Row on Oct 24, 2007 10:02 PM MDT reply actions

'Increasingly awful scores'?

Wow... now that's a sunny thought...

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 10:08 PM MDT up reply actions

Not swept

They won the one in the middle. But what are we talking about? That series didn't happen.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 10:12 PM MDT up reply actions

SO..

do they just give the trophy to Boston tonight? or do we get to play a few more?

I'm Manny Ramirez's Barber

by Redhawk on Oct 24, 2007 10:03 PM MDT reply actions

I keep asking myself

why I'm watching this. Well, I watched every game since the start of the season. Even the ones that didn't happen.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 10:04 PM MDT reply actions

you're watching to hear that stat

About teams that win game 1 by more than 10 runs losing the World Series 100% of the time...

by jakester @ Purple Row on Oct 24, 2007 10:05 PM MDT up reply actions

Yup

1-2-3 against Gagne, and Hawpe gets the sombrero.

Good night, all. Never did finish my homework.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 10:08 PM MDT reply actions

Let's try to squeeze one more

painful positive out of this very, very painful night:

Maybe Francona will think Gagne is good now and use him more often.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 10:09 PM MDT reply actions

Hah. Hahaha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

That'd be absofreakinglutely fantastic, wouldn't it?? Thanks for posting that.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 10:11 PM MDT up reply actions

Well....

It's kinda nice knowing that you can't watch much worse losses than this........

by roxintober on Oct 24, 2007 10:09 PM MDT reply actions

Wow, Bradley...

...way to not represent the Bayou State (LSU) tonight, with 4 Ks.

You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 10:09 PM MDT reply actions

I know...

...he's from Texas. But he's still and LSU boy.

You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 10:11 PM MDT up reply actions

Besides

Josh Douchebag Beckett's from Texas, so we don't need to mention that.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 10:12 PM MDT up reply actions

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow,

you're just a day away.

"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ Oates on Oct 24, 2007 10:10 PM MDT reply actions

I have something in NYC tomorrow night

so I'll miss a good deal of the game. My phone will have text updates. Well, guys, it can only go up from here...

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 10:10 PM MDT reply actions

C'mon Rox Girl

Put the Game 2 thread up!

by jakester @ Purple Row on Oct 24, 2007 10:10 PM MDT reply actions

Let's not

taint it with the bad mojo of tonight, which was a certified stinker all around.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 10:11 PM MDT up reply actions

Please...

I hope to see some better at-bats tomorrow. These guys swing at everything. What's the deal?

by dogs on Oct 24, 2007 10:11 PM MDT reply actions

See ya tomorrow Rox

Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 10:12 PM MDT reply actions

Also...

What's up with this commentary crew? I like Eric Karros because he's unintentionally hilarious and sort of adorable, but Byrnes and that lady are a joke. And that other guy -- I'm pretty sure I've seen him feeding seals at the zoo.

by dogs on Oct 24, 2007 10:19 PM MDT reply actions

Well

I just sat through the most excruciating 27 outs since that one Padres game with a similar Inning That Did Not End.

Dear god, let it get better tomorrow...

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 10:19 PM MDT reply actions

Rockies Win Game 2

Well, since Cleveland's 3 - 1 series lead over Boston was insurmountable, I guess that means Colorado's done too, right?

Seeing the series go back to Coors 1 - 1 will be incredibly enjoyable after the way tonight went.

Insert clever and witty remark slash pun here!

by ES46NE10 on Oct 24, 2007 10:22 PM MDT reply actions

I think

anything would have been more enjoyable than tonight, possibly including a root canal with no anesthesia, and yet... I stayed for the whole damn thing when smarter people would have gone and finished homework.

I don't want to know what that says about me.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 10:25 PM MDT up reply actions

Or the rest of us

who stayed and watched and commented. I missed the first (finishing up a column) and a bit of the fifth (though that really didn't matter much, given how long that damn inning was) on an interview, but still.

Painful, but I wasn't going to turn it off. Tempted, but didn't.

I'll miss most of (if not all of) tomorrow, sadly - previous plans I could not manage to rearrange, but who knows? The superstitious fan in me thinks that maybe it'll be better ...

by Quiz23 on Oct 24, 2007 11:27 PM MDT up reply actions

I'll also miss a lot of tomorrow

and if they win, what am I going to do, excommunicate myself?

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 11:27 PM MDT up reply actions

I don't want to think of that yet.

by Quiz23 on Oct 24, 2007 11:29 PM MDT up reply actions

Rockies are 0-1.

It's no different from losing by a score of 2-1. We knew your guys could be rusty. Time for 'em to turn it around tomorrow, as Boston's pitching significantly drops off after Beckett.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 10:25 PM MDT reply actions

Yes, but

we have to time learning how to hit again with our pitchers learning how to hold down the Sawx.

I'm sure they can do it, but I think my entire body is purple, and with bruises, not happiness.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 10:28 PM MDT up reply actions

For what it's worth,

Helton and Tulo both had two-hit games tonight. That's an improvement for them in the postseason.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 10:35 PM MDT up reply actions

what a nightmare.

i think i vomitted in my mouth multiple times.

A visiting Halos fan.

by westcoastbias on Oct 24, 2007 10:27 PM MDT reply actions

I just figured it out....

...and, damn. It's brilliant. The Rockies are just trying to make the plot for the future sports movie based on their season that much more impressive.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 10:31 PM MDT reply actions

That

or to help the eventual MLB-produced championship video have more chances to use that much more ridiculously dramatic music.

by Quiz23 on Oct 24, 2007 11:29 PM MDT up reply actions

Ok

The only game I saw at Coors this year was that game that Ubaldo got crushed by the Cubs. I had had about 3 beers and he was gone. I also was at that game in April at Shea where Fuentes gave up a HR to Damon frickin Easley to blow a save. Those were both bad losses.

Howevaah, I was also at game 2 in Philly where Ka came through with the most ridiculously clutch hit of the postseason. And they looked bad in that game during the first couple of innings. But they are a resilient bunch. And I'd much rather lose to Boston in this fashion than some heartbreaker 2-1 to Beckett.

No worries, we have our secret weapon going tommorow. And maybe tix to game three will be cheaper on stubhub tommorow morning.

by moomacher on Oct 24, 2007 10:39 PM MDT reply actions

Breaking news....

There is actually another Rox fan at my school, and he, poor soul, elected to suffer through it with a thousand Red Sox bandwagoners.

We're consoling each other via Facebook now. It's therapeutic.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 10:42 PM MDT reply actions

Not to be creepy...

But after following the blog link in your signature, it seems that I go to your school, too. But, as a graduate student, I enjoy my fandom in Brooklyn.

So that makes three Rockies fans out of, what, 1300 people?

by dogs on Oct 24, 2007 10:50 PM MDT up reply actions

Crazy!

What are you studying?

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 10:54 PM MDT up reply actions

SLC

Writing -- poetry. First year, so my wife and I just moved here from Denver in August.

You're an undergraduate, right? I'm in an undergrad class for my elective, and I've been really impressed by how smart most of these kids are (much different from the kids at UCDHSC, where I went for undergrad).

by dogs on Oct 24, 2007 11:05 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm a sophomore writing (fiction)

student. What are you thinking of the school thus far?

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions

Wow, fiction...

My three teachers are spectacular, and, like I say, I like the undergraduates. As for my fellow graduate writers -- the jury is still out.

The campus is beautiful, but as for the area around the campus, let's just say I'm glad we decided to live in Brooklyn.

I'm going to sleep now, but it's good to know that the Rockies are represented at our school by someone other than myself. I wore an otherwise inconspicuous purple t-shirt to class today. I was hyper-aware of people wearing Rockies colors when I was out today, and I saw a few on my commute, but I saw none on campus.

I did see signs on campus about a World Series watching party, and I thought momentarily of attending, but I was looking forward to watching at home with my wife.

by dogs on Oct 24, 2007 11:21 PM MDT up reply actions

I wore a Rockies jersey today

and I have a Rockies sticker placed prominently on my purse, so if you see that, it's most likely me.

I like Bronxville very much, Yonkers not so much. And according to our Rox fan compatriot, the World Series watching party was murder, as he suffered through all of it with a bunch of bandwagoners... good thing I skipped that too.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 11:24 PM MDT up reply actions

Got that out of our system

Thankfully. I don't believe for a minute that we'll see that kind of effort tomorrow. Give it up for the Sox. They were waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy better tonight. No excuses. The Rox stunk it up. I'm going to bed believing that the boys will rise up tomorrow and get the split we all want. One game is still only one game, despite what the Heads will tell you.

Go Rockies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Wishes come true, not free." - Stephen Sondheim

by rockhead on Oct 24, 2007 10:47 PM MDT reply actions

Well, Holliday's pissed.

I just watched his interview on FSN, he did wverything but yell "F** THIS! I AM NOT PUTTING UP WITH THIS S** ANYMORE!". These boys do not look defeated, they look angry.

Every day is a Holliday!

by free7694 on Oct 24, 2007 10:55 PM MDT reply actions

That's good.

I wonder what will happen if they hit him tomorrow... I also wonder if it's disturbing for me to hope this on one of the guys that I love dearly on a team I love dearly...

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 10:56 PM MDT up reply actions

I think they already did hit him

right in the stomach.

Every day is a Holliday!

by free7694 on Oct 24, 2007 10:59 PM MDT up reply actions

As long as

the boys channel that rage into a win tomorrow.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 11:01 PM MDT up reply actions

I coulda sworn...

...I saw him interviewed as well, and he said, "We were not really outplayed tonight. The Red Sox just got really really lucky."

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 11:02 PM MDT up reply actions

If only Byrnes was still a Rockie

We'd get "I don't think the Red Sox have outplayed us, because they haven't, not even close."

Every day is a Holliday!

by free7694 on Oct 24, 2007 11:03 PM MDT up reply actions

To be honest,

I love Byrnesie and all, but that is NEVER going to get old.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions

Hey guys...

Rockies 4-game sweep starts tomorrow.

Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Oct 24, 2007 11:04 PM MDT reply actions

Great minds.

"5 game Rockies World Series win...

...to begin tomorrow.

Come on, Sandy Baby, loosen up. You're too tight.
by DbacksSkins on Wed Oct 24, 2007 at 09:48:32 PM PDT
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I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 11:10 PM MDT up reply actions

My belief...

is that the Rockies will be ready to fight tommorrow. This team is fired up and ready to win. Boston and their media groupies are on cloud 9 right now, but they will be brought back to reality. This was only one game. There are 6 more (if needed) to win this game. It's not like Boston has never been clobbered or that every team in baseball hasn't had a game just like this. Boston isn't familiar with U-ball and his talents. They will just underestimate him, I am guessing, and some things will go our way. Rest well fellow Rocks fans, game 2 will be different! Our boys have played all year with the media telling them they can't do things and they have...is this different? Rockies stuff has always been dramatic, so I am expecting no difference here. Have faith!

Loves Troy *Thug 4 life* Tulowitzki, Garrett *Fankles* Atkins, Ryan *the Director* Spilborghs, Chris Iannetta,and the Rockies in general.

by tulolover on Oct 24, 2007 11:21 PM MDT reply actions

Tonight was thoroughly forgettable

which means it should be forgotten. Bring on Game Two.

by SpongeDan on Oct 24, 2007 11:33 PM MDT reply actions

Agreed

And I think someone else ... Silverblood, maybe? ... already decreed that this game Did. Not. Happen. and for all intents and purposes Does. Not. Exist. anymore.

by Quiz23 on Oct 24, 2007 11:36 PM MDT up reply actions

Well, that was interesting

Long time lurker, first time commenter...

So, hi. I'm guessing everyone's in bed right now trying to forget tonight happened and dreaming about a better game tomorrow, but I finally decided to delurk and register. As a quick intro, I grew up in the Denver area, now live in the SF Bay area (go by AT&T Park every day, am glad the Giants stink so I don't have to hear about them).

During the NLCS and tonight I hung out over in the ESPN.com game conversations, and as much as I enjoy the back and forth with opposing fans and other neutral fans, I decided I needed a haven with mostly fellow Rox fans, especially after tonight, so I might hang out here more tomorrow night. Plus, there are way more Sox fans than Dbacks fans and it was hard to keep up tonight.

Anyway, long-winded introduction over, I'm looking forward to tomorrow, despite what happened tonight. It was painful, it was embarrassing, but tomorrow is a new day and a new game.

by holly96 on Oct 25, 2007 12:10 AM MDT reply actions

Welcome

This is a good group.

Friendly Diamondbacks Visitor

by 4CornersFan on Oct 25, 2007 5:12 AM MDT up reply actions

I concur.

It's even fun being a foreign fan around here, the way 4Corners and I are. They're a great bunch.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 25, 2007 8:46 AM MDT up reply actions

That's why it's a best of seven.

mvn.com/mlb-rockies - Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.

by Franchise26 on Oct 25, 2007 12:20 AM MDT reply actions

we looked

like the team we saw in april, cant make pitches cant hit just have a uncaring attitude . not what i wanted to see

BECKETT ISNT ELWAY

by roxfan4life on Oct 25, 2007 12:42 AM MDT reply actions

Dear Rockies

Please Win, for the love of God. Don't be intimidated. The Red Sox act like they're hot shit, especially at home, but if you can steal one at Fenway they can be taken. Their offense can turn to garbage at any moment and their outfield defense (well, Manny at least, -40 UZR) will make Coors an adventure and a half.

The entire baseball world is counting on you to save us from an entire offseason of sanctimonious douchebaggery.

by Arma Virumque Cano on Oct 25, 2007 5:22 AM MDT reply actions