know-your-foe Stories - Purple Row
Crumbling Rockies continue east coast trip in Atlanta
I'm going to try a new tactic here. The Rockies cannot win this series. There's no reason to believe they can. Colorado has won 2 series in 13 tries this season, and to pull out number 3 vs Atlanta on the road, they would have to win at least 3 of 4. That streak has only happened twice this year,...
Next Stop - Chavez Ravine
If it seems like the Rockies have had a lot of off days - they have. Colorado has played in just eight games thus far; only Washington and Cincinnati have played as few in all of MLB. Hopefully the added rest will be to their advantage as the open yet another road series, this time against the...
Know Your Foe: Rox head east to the Windy City, NL West "Aces" folding
The schedule-makers were not kind to the Rockies in April. Every foe save the Padres are widely considered the top (or second best) team in their division. There's Arizona, the WS Champion Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers, D-backs again, Dodgers again, and finally San Diego. The difficult month will be a...
Know Your Foe: Rockies face '07 Rocktober victims in season's first week
The regular season has arrived, and that means new things from Know Your Foe. I'll still profile what you need to know in the NL West, but this space will now also be used to look forward at who the Rockies will face in the upcoming week. The Rockies epic Rocktober run in 2007 was truly...
Know Your Foe: Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres
Arizona Diamondbacks There are not many teams that are this close to solidifying their 25-man roster for the 2009 season. That is largely due to the small turnover the roster felt over the off-season. Gone are Orlando Hudson, Randy Johnson, Adam Dunn, Brandon Lyon and Juan Cruz but they were...
Know Your Foe: Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants
Happy Tuesday. Opening Day is 13 days away! That means it is time to evaluate who exactly will be representing our divisional foes on the field in 2009. This week I run down what the most likely 25-man roster will be for the Dodgers and Giants, and the D-Backs and Padres will follow next...
Know Your Foe: Who is Max Scherzer?
As with previous installments of KYF, I have made acquaintance with the SBNation gurus of our divisional foes to profile an up-and-coming player. This week is Arizona RHP Max Scherzer. So what is the best part about Scherzer? DBacksSkins: The most exciting thing about Scherzer is that not only...
Know Your Foe: Who is Chase Headley?
30th. 20th. 26th. 27th. Those numbers used to be reserved for the rankings of the Rockies pitching staff. Now, they signify the last four years' rankings for the San Diego Padre offense. Needless to say, their offense could use a savior coming up through the minors to bail out their sickly O. ...
Know Your Foe: Who is James McDonald?
"It is time for the 2009 World Series. The NL West champions send out their young stud to the mound, a 25-year-old right-hander who brings an intimidating swagger to the mound despite his gangly 6' 4" 200-pound frame. The young gun whips a 95mph fastball past the hitter with ease, then drops a...
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