cactus-league Stories - Purple Row
"It's like Christmas except it's warmer."
OK, I know it's not really opening day, but today does mark the first Spring Training game for many teams. In honor of this glorious occasion (and in an attempt to make a 32-degree day in mid-Missouri feel a bit warmer), I put together something "artsy" and fun. It's simple, but it makes me smile*....
Saturday Rockpile: ESPN's power rankings and pre-season predictions, Fogg to the Orioles?, more
ESPN.com has posted their first power rankings of the 2009 season. Colorado comes in at #24. The East Coast Sports Network likes the Rockies' depth at closer, but doesn't think the team will get too many leads for Corpas and Street to be able to hold. The self-proclaimed worldwide leader in sports...
Rockies 4, White Sox 1: Good Jorge and the Colorado bullpen dominate the ChiSox
9 IP, 11 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 11 K. That line was the story of today's Cactus League contest between the Rockies and White Sox. Though that looks like some of last season's lines put up by other teams' hurlers against the Rockies' offense, Colorado's pitchers were actually responsible for this...
Spring Training Game #32: Jorge De La Rosa vs. Mark Buehrle
The Rockies (13-16) head north to Glendale's Camelback Ranch to take on the Chicago White Sox (14-17) today at 2:05 MT. Hopefully, good Jorge starts making more appearances, beginning with today. <!-- BEGIN WIDGET --> Jorge De La Rosa #29 / Pitcher / Colorado...
Cubs 9, Rockies 8: Lackluster pitching dooms Rox
Ryan Spilborghs (who is still on an incredible tear) and Christian Colonel (who is beginning to have a nice little spring himself) each had two hits and two RBIs, but it wasn't enough to keep the Rockies from falling 9-8 to the Chicago Cubs. Unimpressive pitching ran rampant for the Rox today, as...
Spring Training Game #24: Greg Smith vs. Chad Gaudin
<!-- BEGIN WIDGET --> <!-- END WIDGET --> <!-- BEGIN WIDGET --> Greg Smith #23 / Pitcher / Colorado Rockies Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 Bats: L Throws: L Born: Dec 22, 1983 <!-- END WIDGET --> -vs- <!-- BEGIN WIDGET --> Chad...
Giambi, Powell power A's to victory over mistake-prone Giants
A sellout crowd at Phoenix Municipal Stadium was witness to Jason Giambi's first home run of the spring as the Oakland A's had little trouble with a split-squad San Francisco Giants team, winning 8-3. Six of the runs the A's scored were unearned. Orlando Cabrera, who is scheduled to start at SS...
Rockies Review: Now With 50% Fewer Wisecracks
It's been a bugger of a week. Let's get to it. -------- Unfortunate things, like losing Bucky the Lemur until May thanks to a sprained elbow, have befallen the Purple in the last seven days. But to everyone's astonishment, they did win a game, then followed it up by doing the same thing; nobody...
A's hit, walk their way to a laugher over the Padres
Highlighted by solo home runs off the bats of Ryan Sweeney, Landon Powell, Travis Buck and Josh Donaldson, doubling their spring total as a team, the Oakland A's scored 11 consecutive runs en route to a 15-6 rout against the San Diego Padres in Peoria, AZ. A day after getting 16 hits, the A's did...
1 Is Enough: A's Blank Indians 1-0 For First Win
Last season, 1/4 of the time the A's impotent offense managed one run or none at all, prompting Billy Beane to go out and improve Oakland's lineup so that young pitchers - guys like Dallas Braden and Trevor Cahill, for example, would have a margin for error as they got their feet wet in the big...
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