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Game #160: Francis vs Webb

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So what began so fitfully in April starts winding to a conclusion with the same two teams on the same field. It's kind of like a samurai movie, where a pair of n00bish acolytes square off at the beginning before taking their long journeys of growth into true warriors, becoming mortal enemies along the way and then meeting one final time for all the glory. And the Padres would be the old master, I guess, kind of wisely waiting on the sidelines and hoping that D-backs and us sort of kill each other off so they can reclaim their crown. Okay. I feel good about this series now, because if this is a samurai movie, then we are the underdog that wins.

We are the team that lost that first clash, we're the team who's true superiority has been overshadowed by the sneaky dealings of the Snakes in front of us, and we're the team that comes home battered, beaten, weary and with hardly a prayer of victory because the odds are still stacked so heavily in their favor. Let's give this fairy tale the ending it deserves, then. Let's take down the Snakes, one game at a time, starting tonight.

Go Rockies!

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Hoof boy
So worried. Excited as hell, and awfully tired from systemically depriving myself of sleep, but this IS a fairy tale that not even a hack Hollywood screenwriter would buy as plausible (well, maybe, Kevin Costner always needs work, I suppose) and let's finish it. Let's do this. Let's come home to the screaming love of our fans and win the biggest game in Rockies history, ever.

GO ROCKIES!!!

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 5:40 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

I can't remember being this excited
for a game in quite some time...the media is giving Bob Melvin all kinds of props for moving Brandon Webb tonight, but I can just feel that the Rox are going to light him up tonight. Coors Field will be electric and this team is going to be jacked up.

LET'S GO ROX!

Up in the Rockies

by rockiesfan06 on Sep 28, 2007 5:44 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

LINEUPS
for the biggest game in our history:

Slithering Snakeys:
That Other Young Kid, CF
Upchuck, RF
Byrnes-a-Bowl, LF
Thug Jackson, 1B
Markie Smark, 3B
Snydering, C
Drewpy Drawers, SS
Ojeda Christ, What a Pain 2B
Spiderwebbed, P

Most Glorious Rocky Mountain High Emperors:
Purple Dragon, 2B
Iceman tROY, SS
MattieVP, LF
Bearded Bomber, 1B
Fankles Batkins, 3B
Bradley Hip-Hawpe, RF
Torrealba Train, C
Sullyborghs, CF
JEFFREY FRANCHISE, P

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 5:59 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

OTHER LINEUPS SHOW
Sullivan instead of Spilborghs...anybody know who's starting in CF?

by 86 wins in 07 on Sep 28, 2007 6:03 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Sullivan
That's who Sullyborghs is, an amalgam. Or should it be Spillyvan?
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:05 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Our platoon duo get their names squished
It makes it easier just to remember one.

by Rox Girl on Sep 28, 2007 6:08 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh man
And I thought I was amped for the other games.

I really WILL get NOTHING done tonight, except a lot of high heart rates.

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:10 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Yep...
Eric Byrnes doesn't screw us over, I'm feeling good about this.

by Rox Girl on Sep 28, 2007 6:12 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

1-2-3
Way to go, Franchise.
The Coors Effect... thinking about changing the name to The Humidor Effect.

by Rox Fan in TN on Sep 28, 2007 6:12 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Big start
Let's tack a few on Webb and get the D'Backs reeling.

They're young and chances are they'll press.

Also, anybody else underwhlemed by the crowd thus far?  I know it's an early start in the Rockie mountains, but I was expecting a playoff atmosphere early and there's plenty of green out there.

by David OhNo on Sep 28, 2007 6:13 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Holy shit
It's insane how psyched, excited, and scared I am.

Let's get it going against the Spiderwebber. NOW!

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:13 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

BK Kim
is shutting down the Mets?  Hang on... wow... we can actually be thankful for something BK Kim is doing?  Can't we get him pitching for the Brewers tonight instead?
The Coors Effect... thinking about changing the name to The Humidor Effect.

by Rox Fan in TN on Sep 28, 2007 6:14 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

He figures that if he helps us out
he'll get a WS ring. ;)
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by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:16 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kaz
starts things off well for us.  Let's go Tulo!
The Coors Effect... thinking about changing the name to The Humidor Effect.

by Rox Fan in TN on Sep 28, 2007 6:15 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm actually glad we will miss Owings
According to VORP, he's their fifth best hitter, and basically Ryan Spilborghs in offensive value.

So what you face is a solid mid rotation guy that also gives them an AL batting order.  

Not that I want to face Webb, but Owings could be dangerous here.

by David OhNo on Sep 28, 2007 6:18 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Fifth-best hitter?
That's just sad.
The Coors Effect... thinking about changing the name to The Humidor Effect.

by Rox Fan in TN on Sep 28, 2007 6:20 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gargh...
Kaz caught stealing...
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:18 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh, come on!
I think he was safe.  Anybody else?  Why are we running with Holliday up?
The Coors Effect... thinking about changing the name to The Humidor Effect.

by Rox Fan in TN on Sep 28, 2007 6:19 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

because it isn't really Holliday
the swing is looking worse and worse, and we're just hoping he can hit a few bleeders and bloops to hold the average, and then have them pitch to him based on reputation.

by David OhNo on Sep 28, 2007 6:20 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

First blown call of the game
Kaz was safe.  We should replace umpires with four Hyundai Cams!  :)

by BroJB on Sep 28, 2007 6:20 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

For the first time ever
my MLB.TV is way ahead of my Gameday.

by David OhNo on Sep 28, 2007 6:23 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Er....Francis... come on...
Don't do that...
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:23 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice play
by Torrealba, breaking up the sacrifice.  We needed that.
The Coors Effect... thinking about changing the name to The Humidor Effect.

by Rox Fan in TN on Sep 28, 2007 6:25 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

As much as we talk smack
about Ryan Braun, he just helped the Rockies.  1-0 Brewers in the first.
The Coors Effect... thinking about changing the name to The Humidor Effect.

by Rox Fan in TN on Sep 28, 2007 6:26 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Er....
I wouldn't call them "quibbles." And no one's ever debated the fact he can hit.
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by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:28 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

2-0 Brewers
I like that, at least.
The Coors Effect... thinking about changing the name to The Humidor Effect.

by Rox Fan in TN on Sep 28, 2007 6:30 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know
Anyone with eyes understands just what a special hitter he is.

by MADness on Sep 28, 2007 6:34 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

AAAHHh scary
Francis, don't become Fuentes when under pressure.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:26 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Jeebus
I hate Augie Ojeda. Who the hell is Augie Ojeda, anyway?
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:31 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

My boy Fankles Batkins
is rollin'.

Come on Brad, your favorite pitcher!

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:37 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Ugh
Not that. Anything but that!
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:39 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Webb can be hit tonight
He's got his good stuff, but his command isn't all there.  One run won't win this thing for the D-Backs.

Let's knuckle down here Jeff.

by BroJB on Sep 28, 2007 6:42 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

That was weak Yorvit
I can't help but think Yorvit plays right in to Webb's hands, he has no discipline and hits up on his front foot too much.  Webb can get him to chase the sinker all day knowing that when he does make contact he'll just dribble it to the left side.

He's played so much lately, maybe Iannetta would have been a better choice tonight.

by David OhNo on Sep 28, 2007 6:43 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

At least bat Yorvit eighth
The way Cory's been swinging the bat against RHP's this year, I think he would have been more suited to the seventh slot in the lineup.

by Rox Girl on Sep 28, 2007 6:47 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gah
Franchise is looking wobbly...

And where is everyone? At the game?

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:44 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

just got back from
some good couscous. MLB.TV tuned in, baklava firmly in hand.
Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 6:45 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm here
wish I was at the game.
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 6:46 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Francis
without his best stuff, but Webb doesn't have his either, so we're still in this.

And as I type this, Jackson homers.  Bah.

I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 6:48 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

.... Ouuch.....
They're just setting this thing up to be won dramatically later, right?

Right....?

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:49 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

damn
gotta stay positive, but that really sucked.

by BroJB on Sep 28, 2007 6:49 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Ugh...
Okay. We've got to get them back.

by Rox Girl on Sep 28, 2007 6:49 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Francis
Not the right game to bring his B stuff.

Offense had better get it going and fast.

by BroJB on Sep 28, 2007 6:50 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Come on
there needs to be an eruption after that catch

by midwest roxfan on Sep 28, 2007 6:50 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Denver fans spent too long ignoring the Rox
They forgot how to cheer for them, apparently.

by Rox Girl on Sep 28, 2007 6:52 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Defintley
I dont like cheesy gimmiks...but those towels in Philly help people really get into the game - and those can be some NEGATIVE fans - I feellike we need something like that just to get people loud - it is silent there right now

by midwest roxfan on Sep 28, 2007 6:54 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is it just me...
or is Francis a little less reliable in really big-time spots? The Philly debacle and now this, except this time we don't have the option of going on an ungodly tear for the last few weeks.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:51 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Only if
you really feel Francis is an ace.  On the scouting scale, he's an easy number three and a borderline number two.  

I also think this is only brought up when he struggles and not when he's succeeded, as he has on our recent streak.

by David OhNo on Sep 28, 2007 6:52 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Francis is without a doubt
the ace of this team, and has come up with a number of really brilliant pitching performances.

But he does seem to be a little less steady tonight, and that's not what you hope to see out of your own team's #1, regardless of where he falls in comparison to others -- we don't have them pitching tonight.

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:54 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

KAZ!
Way to slap it!
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 6:56 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Okay guys
Can we get some runs instead of just stringing some hits together with nothing to show for it?
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:56 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Argh
Tulo, what were you swinging at?
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:58 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Holliday
even hurt, is a beast.
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 6:58 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

I have to say
he's playing on half a side and he's still godly.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:58 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Uh... Todd?
Way to kill the inning quickly.

We keep getting hits and not finding ways to score them. Keeping the faith, but I'm getting a bad feeling about this.

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 6:59 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Big run there
Important to answer back with something.

I like the Rox approach offensively -- just taking the ball where it's pitched.

by BroJB on Sep 28, 2007 7:00 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

thats a frustrating inning
we should have had a few more there

by midwest roxfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:00 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

I would have like one more out of that
But at least we're on the board. Too many early swings on Webb, though. Hopefully next inning gives him a lot of work.

by Rox Girl on Sep 28, 2007 7:00 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

And Francis
can hold them in the top half, or it won't matter how many we get...
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:01 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Probably
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 7:01 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes
cant expect Francis to do it all with the bat - but he looked pretty bad on the paths

by midwest roxfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:03 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

exactly
we have done such a good job of being patient - perhaps there just a bit more nervous than the last few games

by midwest roxfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:01 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Okay, some pretty hard-hit outs
But we'll take 1-2-3 any way it comes.

Batkins time.

Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 7:06 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

That's what we needed
1-2-3, only about ten pitches from Jeff. Let's give Webb three times as many here.

by Rox Girl on Sep 28, 2007 7:06 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

c'mon boys
Let's get some runs. The bottom of the order has been getting done lately, so...
Really, really excited about 2008

by Just Hoping on Sep 28, 2007 7:06 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

getting
IT done
Really, really excited about 2008

by Just Hoping on Sep 28, 2007 7:07 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh great
Capuano just walked the bases loaded for the Padres.
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by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:08 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Yorvit vs. Webb
is awful. Just awful.
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by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:10 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Come on.
At least strike out so we can flip the lineup. What a joke.
Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 7:11 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh wait
he's not batting 8th like he should. My bad.
Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 7:12 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're right, I agree
I just think the error's compounded by batting him higher. He's played so much lately, we had a late game last night followed by a flight back to Denver, he's got a .513 OPS against Webb, like you say, there is almost zero benefit to playing him at all.

by Rox Girl on Sep 28, 2007 7:17 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Meanwhile,
Capuano imploding in Milwaukee.  Tied at 2.  Pads still up.

why are we the one team in the hunt that has to deal with a decent pitcher?

by BroJB on Sep 28, 2007 7:12 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

With Redman going tomorrow....
I just... yeah, I've got a bad feeling about this.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:14 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey
Still a long way to go in this one, only down 2 runs. Let's not look at tomorrow quite yet.
Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 7:15 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just thinking ahead
and hoping that we've got a little ninth-inning magic roar left in us. Hell, if we have a little fifth-inning magic roar, I'm not gonna say no.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:16 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is not the team it was in June or July
that said, gosh, Webb is pitching so well, Francis is off, gee willikers how will we ever win this one? They find ways.
Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 7:18 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah
Having cycled through last-minute HR, pitcher's duel, slugfest, blowout, they have to go back to the start on this one. They can only win so many different ways. ;)
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:20 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

We haven't had the opponent balk in
the winning run yet, that would be fun. Or maybe Matt could go Roy Hobbs and hit the light tower, we haven't done that one yet, either. I think we still have a few left.

by Rox Girl on Sep 28, 2007 7:23 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

How about...
five-spot fifth.

Mmm, alliteration.

Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 7:21 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Just some hits
leading to runs would be nice... ;)
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:22 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

5-spot would qualify as such.
Although I'd take walks leading to runs too.
Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 7:22 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

OK Jeff
another 1..2...3 lets go

by midwest roxfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:25 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Stupid rain in Pittsburgh
pushing Webb up... <grumble grumble>
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by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:25 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

6th inning will be key tonight
Francis has gotta hold 'em and give the meat of the order a chance to get things done in the bottom.

by BroJB on Sep 28, 2007 7:27 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Um....
Yeah...

Well. Okay.

Not so good.

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:30 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Poor defense
Hawpe fields that in no position to make a throw, and then misses the cutoff allowing for the runner to advance to second...

by David OhNo on Sep 28, 2007 7:31 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

What is this "losing?" you speak of?
I don't like it.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:31 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

and they flip the order
this team is very annoying to play

by midwest roxfan on Sep 28, 2007 7:32 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

we should...
probably beam webb right now
Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 7:32 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

So many mental lapses, it seems
I wonder if the late night game yesterday has affected us.

by Rox Girl on Sep 28, 2007 7:33 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

At least they
only got 1.

Bad, but not terrible start from Franchise.  Let's back him up and start crushing the ball.

I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 7:33 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

We've got to answer back right now
If the Rox go down quietly in this inning, things won't be too bright.

Got to get to Webb now.

And for god sakes, make it happen before Torrealba gets up.

by BroJB on Sep 28, 2007 7:34 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Time to
Cowboy up. Let's put a hurt on.
Really, really excited about 2008

by Just Hoping on Sep 28, 2007 7:35 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Mutter
well, I guess we're saving it for the bottom of the ninth.
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 7:39 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

There may be
gloom in Mudville, unless they really have something special planned...
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:39 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Webb's settled in...
....and we're in deep, deep doodoo.

I'll keep hoping, but maybe it's time to start rooting even harder for Florida and Milwaukee.

by BroJB on Sep 28, 2007 7:40 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Braun just grounded into
the inning-ending DP.

Grrrrr.

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:44 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not what I was expecting when I got back . . .
"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ Oates on Sep 28, 2007 7:50 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

You just got back now?
What, did the 7 fall off the tracks? ;)
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by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:52 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let's just say dinner wasn't sitting well with me.
"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ Oates on Sep 28, 2007 7:53 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aw.
Sorry to hear that. :(
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by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:53 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bad Speier
has reappeared.

It's official. We're screwed....

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:51 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

SD ahead 4-3
Someone lost their rabbit's feet and pixie dust tonight.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:52 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Dodged a bullet
let's use that to gain momentum.
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 7:54 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Okay, atkins.
Time for some mmmmmmmbbbbbbbrrrrrrraaaaadddddhawpe action.
Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 7:58 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

If Brad reaches
you can't let Yorvit hit. Hell, you can't let him hit anyway.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:59 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

HAWPE!!!
We love you.
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 7:59 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

BRAD HAWPE!!!
Still amazing.
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by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 7:59 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by Russ Oates on Sep 28, 2007 8:00 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Yorvit bunts
at least he can't hit that into a DP.
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 8:00 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Come ON
Don't let Yorvit hit!
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by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:00 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Sully
Bah.
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 8:02 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Gameday is SO fried
Updates?
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:03 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Wait
I sort of think it's figuring something out, but still.

COME ON STEWART!

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:03 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gameday
now randomly reverting to Yorvit's AB.
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by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:05 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Stewart walks
Fantastic AB.
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 8:07 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Maybe the best he's had
since getting to the majors. At least he didn't K...
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:09 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

For a guy stuck in a rut
I was not expecting that, but he looked completely locked in.

by David OhNo on Sep 28, 2007 8:09 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Purple Dragon time...
COME ON, KAZ! COME ON!

Is the crowd getting jacked up, at least?

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:08 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

yea kind of
on their feet at least

by midwest roxfan on Sep 28, 2007 8:09 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

that was a great ab
from a young kid off the bench

by midwest roxfan on Sep 28, 2007 8:08 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

I can't believe...
nobody else has said this, but bunting with a man on 2nd down 2 runs is questionable strategy---even with Yorvit up.

by DenverBears on Sep 28, 2007 8:10 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

I agree with you
but I've harped on Yorvit twice already and was wanting someone else to take the initiative.

by David OhNo on Sep 28, 2007 8:15 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kaz
grounds out.

So close, and we're definitely still in this.  A shutdown 8th is critical here.

I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 8:11 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Ugh
Kaz chasing out of the zone, threat ended.

I expect the ninth to be earth-shaking at this rate. <cough>

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:11 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

The Mets are toast
but if they lose again tonight (looking likely) we're still tied with them. Of course, if the Padres hang on, that may not matter either.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:13 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

come on Taylor
lets shut this thing down

by midwest roxfan on Sep 28, 2007 8:13 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Um
Bucky is a questionable choice for a shutdown inning, seeing as he only pitched yesterday for the first time in 1.5 years.

And now he's got a guy on third with only one out.

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:16 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah...
I was like, Buchholz? Are you kidding me?
Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 8:16 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey Jeff...
put that in your humidor and smoke it!
Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 8:19 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

well played.
I enjoyed that comment.

by roxintober on Sep 28, 2007 8:20 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bucky!
let's give him a win for that one!
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 8:21 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Niiiice
Bucky gets the guy to third... and keeps him there.

Time for some serious September magic.

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:21 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

all right
it comes down to our big guns...they are going to do it!

by midwest roxfan on Sep 28, 2007 8:22 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Like some Purple Row post said...
Tulo, Todd, Holliday, Atkins, Hawpe, Manny...how can they not?
Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 8:23 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Um
Not what we wanted out of you there, Tulo.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:25 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Holliday!
Let's do this thing.
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 8:25 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Holy SHIT
Holliday isn't hurt. This is just par for the course.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:25 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Todd
Stop with the first-pitch outs. Just stop.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:26 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Well
bottom of the ninth it is.
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 8:28 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Hawpe
a PH (GOD NOT YORVIT) and Sully.

Not who we might have wanted, but we'll make do.

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:29 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

they have before.
Valverde isn't untouchable.  

by roxintober on Sep 28, 2007 8:31 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

So, um, Herges
Let's not allow any baserunners.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:32 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Unfortunately,
I like our chances a lot more if Herges throws strikes.
Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 8:33 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

HEH
Eat it, Byrnes.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:35 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Ladies and gentlemen,
I give you the 2007 Colorado Rockies baseball season.
Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 8:38 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Yup
here it is...and if we CAN rally here...talk about the momentum for the rest of the weekend...lets get it started BRAD

by midwest roxfan on Sep 28, 2007 8:39 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Herges
does his thing.

Let's have the sluggers do theirs.

I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 8:38 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

He did
I'm playing Fuentes' song right now ("For You" by Staind) just because it's a great song... and yeah. COME ON, GUYS!!
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:44 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

he knows that he can't hit sometimes.
when he needs it, he's got a good eye.

by roxintober on Sep 28, 2007 8:44 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sure he does...
That's like that Ichiro could hit 40 homers if he wanted to...

by David OhNo on Sep 28, 2007 8:46 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's good, Yorvit.
"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ Oates on Sep 28, 2007 8:44 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

all right
just what we needed
come on now...crowd...get up!

by midwest roxfan on Sep 28, 2007 8:44 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

YES
COME ON!!

COME ON!!

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:49 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

big spot for a young kid here
all right joe...walk - base hit - lets go

by midwest roxfan on Sep 28, 2007 8:50 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

It's up to Kaz...
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:51 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

So close
It's been a great run, and we're still not eliminated, but it just became a LOT harder.  Let's win out, and we can still make it.
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 8:54 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

It's not over
but that takes a deep chip out of it. Win today and tomorrow, we can still make it somewhere... if we EVER got some HELP...
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 8:54 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

yes
lets finally get a little help from some other teams...finish off strong..and just see what happens

by midwest roxfan on Sep 28, 2007 8:54 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

unbelievable.
How in the world can we win 11 games straight, and NOT move ahead of anyone.  Sure, we noticed this before, but it hurts much more now that we win 11 of 12 and nothing really to show for it.

Insane.

by roxintober on Sep 28, 2007 9:01 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

I blame
the Giants. If they'd just held on in that one game where they were up 4-2, things could be different.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 9:02 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Right.
That turned around the Pads.  They loose that game, and things are quite different.  I don't think they stay this hot.

Clint Hurdle said it..."It's been a crazy year so far, maybe the crazy isn't over"

by roxintober on Sep 28, 2007 9:09 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

ANYONE CONSIDER WHERE THE ROX WOULD BE
if 2 or 3 of those record breaking consecutive BLOWN SAVES would have been saved???!!!???

by 86 wins in 07 on Sep 28, 2007 9:07 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm sure we all have
a lot of times.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 9:08 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Among others...
...how about the couple games that LaTroy Hawkins couldn't hold early in the year, Yorvi's homer turned double that could have won us another game in philly, losing three out of four to the pirates and nats in august...losing two out of three at home to the marlins...

It kills me to have seen just how close the Rockies have come to being the best team in the National League, and how a loss tomorrow probably ends the playoff dream for this year.

The margin for error is so small in this game...

by roxrok on Sep 28, 2007 9:11 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

This blows
I live in a suite with seven other guys at school. Most of them are Cubs fans. Needless to say there is much rejoicing on my floor right now. All except for in my room, where I have dimmed the lights and am playing that sad piano melody from the Charlie Brown shows on loop, trying to drown out that obnoxious "Go Cubs Go" song.
mvn.com/mlb-rockies - Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.

by Franchise26 on Sep 28, 2007 9:10 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

oh that's good
the one after he loses the spelling bee?  I can hear it from CA...

by roxrok on Sep 28, 2007 9:12 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

D-Backs WILL PAY.
That celebration will justify a 500 ft bomb from Holliday.

Truth.

by roxintober on Sep 28, 2007 9:12 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

I was gonna go with
Byrnes being introduced to a Jorge Julio fastball as retribution for their little dance.
Every day is a Holliday!

by free7694 on Sep 28, 2007 11:39 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

At least we have 18 more innings
of the best Rockies team ever.

I can't bear to give them up after only 2 more games. No matter the implications, whether they're for everything or nothing, let's win them.

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 9:20 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm not
going to give up on them.  I'm still going Sunday.
I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Sep 28, 2007 9:26 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not giving them up either
I'd do anything to avoid it, which is why the prospect that there may be only 2 games left makes me so sad. Extend the season another, oh, two months? ;)

And since I can't be at Coors, cheer extra-loud for me.

Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 9:27 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

HOW MANY ROX FANS WOULD HAVE TAKEN
87/88/89 wins at the beginning of the year?

by 86 wins in 07 on Sep 28, 2007 9:32 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Oy...
I'm in Boston right now, and my dorm is across the street from Fenway.

This sucks.

Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 28, 2007 9:51 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Weekend
Don't forget Padres-Brewers is an afternoon game tomorrow, so we'll know ahead of time if SD loses.   I know, fat chance the way Brew Crew is folding. If we can get to Sunday still alive,  we've got Suppan for Brewers vs. Tomko (4-11). It is not over for a Wild Card tie with the Padres; Mets could be in the picture too.

by DeepPurple on Sep 28, 2007 10:07 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

No reason to feel bad about this.
Sure, it's not ending the way we hoped, but here's the good news:

This was not a desperate run made by a team of aged veterans.  It was not a one-time shot at glory.

This is the beginning, not the end.  For the first time, we'll go into the off season with visions of world series contention dancing in our heads.  No longer will the national media either ignore us or denigrate us.  No longer will we be begging for other team's table scraps.

There have three Rockies franchises:

  1.  The early success story, which culminated in the '95 playoffs
  2. The small market also-rans, ingored by the national media -- and, let's face it, most Coloradans.
  3. The team that may very well enter the '08 season as the favorite to win teh National League Championship.  The team taht will pack Coors Field night after night next season (and hopefully beyond) and be able to keep it's prodigious homegrown talen.
The team that will win a world series in teh next 3 years.

Welcome to phase 3. folks.

by BroJB on Sep 28, 2007 10:37 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Spelling!
Wow, my spelling in that post was way off.  I made so many errors I feel like Ryan Braun!

by BroJB on Sep 28, 2007 10:39 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Hahaha
Well-played, sir.
Get Demented. Standing by my guys forever.

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2007 10:40 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

All good things
must come to an end. It was a helluva run though. In the spring of '06 I predicted a losing record for '06, winning record but no playoffs for '07, and NL, and possibly World Series, Champs in '08. It looks like I got 2 of 3 right so far, let's hope I'm as accurate about next year as I was in this year and last.
Every day is a Holliday!

by free7694 on Sep 28, 2007 11:46 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey...
Who jinx the team?

It wasn't me... I did everything today the same as I have the past 12 days.

And since the streak started on a day I didn't have time to jump in the shower.. I, for one, am glad its over.

kidding...

Anyway, bummer of a loss. Lets get 2 more and see what happens.

by roxhead on Sep 29, 2007 12:30 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

They played themselves to the point they had
to be perfect the last two weeks to get a shot. They may go 13-1 and still fail.  Better game management needed for 08.  You cannot expect to go 14-0 in today's baseball.  Too much mediocrity.

That D back lineup  is pretty much a disgrace but the won the division, despite being outscored, outhit, out defended.

Is the age of baseball when bad teams make the playoff (see St. Louis last year).

by PinchHitLancePainter on Sep 29, 2007 7:44 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Err..
Just for the sake of defending the Cardinals, whom I've followed pretty much since birth, they weren't so much a bad team but a good team that had a bad first half.  They were the best team in baseball for most of the second half and did everything right in the playoffs.  Now the Padres making the playoffs with barely a .500 record based almost entirely on their pitching...now that's a bad team.

by raoulduke1977 on Sep 29, 2007 8:16 AM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Except you'd hope they would get a LITTLE help.
Even to the tune of one or two games. The Padres have played a bit above the pace most experts predicted two weeks ago, which was them finishing at 88 games.
Yes, those guys.

by potterhead4 on Sep 29, 2007 10:47 AM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Come on
There's no point in sounding like a sore loser.  The Rockies had a great, improbable run in the late season.  The Diamondbacks have been just as improbable all season.  That's going to come down on Arizona's side in the long run.  

Besides, I don't think trashing the Diamondbacks does much to bolster up the Rockies- they have split the season series so far.

by kishi on Sep 29, 2007 12:29 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

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