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It will be cold again tonight in Denver

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It will be cold again tonight in Denver

The best part of yesterday's snowout in Colorado, for Dodgers' fans, was that it allowed the top starters for both the Phillies and Rockies to pitch Monday in Game 4 on regular rest.  With the NLCS starting Thursday at Dodger Stadium, that means no Ubaldo Jimenez or Cliff Lee in Game 1, and if one were to pitch in Game 2 it would be on short rest. Neither Lee nor Jimenez has ever pitched on three days rest in their careers.

If this division series goes five games, that will likely mean no Aaron Cook or Cole Hamels as well, until at least Game 3 of the NLCS.

In other words, it doesn't really matter who wins tonight, but the other team needs to win tomorrow.

Here are the lineups:

Phillies Rockies
SS Rollins LF Gonzalez
CF Victorino       
CF Fowler
2B Utley 1B Helton
1B Howard SS Tulowitzki
RF Werth C Torrealba
LF Ibañez 3B Atkins
3B Feliz RF Spilborghs   
C Ruiz 2B Barmes
P Happ P Hammel    

TV: TBS (although it may start on TNT)

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So . . .

the ALCS is all set with the Angels playing the Yankees.

Why can’t baseball move up the ALCS a couple of days since they both finished their DS series’ early?

by Seanny Rotten on Oct 11, 2009 7:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

angels vs yankees ALCS

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 11, 2009 7:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

haha

and Vicente Padilla’s ERA: 0.00

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 11, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha the phillies and rockies are out in the cold freezing their asses off

while the dodgers are inside!

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 11, 2009 7:49 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

let's hope then

if Colorado wins, that the weather clears up, cause I don’t feel like traveling to a place like that is right now to watch the Dodgers _;;

by TheNewbster on Oct 11, 2009 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

walk the pitcher

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 11, 2009 7:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I can’t figure out who I’d rather the Dodgers play. What do you guys think?

by KSeal on Oct 11, 2009 7:53 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I think we'll beat whoever we get set up with

but it’d be nice to give a little payback to the Phils for last years 4 games to 1 drubbing.

by Seanny Rotten on Oct 11, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

im kinda sick of the rockies

after that drama last week
but i dont know which is a better matchup
oh well
like theyve said we will play whoever gets there

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 11, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i will say

the Rockies offense is starting to rumble a bit now the playoffs are underway;

-Atkins with some solid hitting and RBIs
-Torrealba with a HR..first since like May(?)

by TheNewbster on Oct 11, 2009 8:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

personally, I'm pulling for the Phils

like shaq3, I am sick of the Rockies. Also, I consider that clincher against them at home to be the closing chapter of the ‘09 Rockies-Dodgers saga, and I don’t want to have it reopened. Combine that with UNFINISHED business of last year- which I, like all of you, am still bitter about- and I’d love to see an NLCS rematch.

As far as the relative ease of each opponent, they are both going to be tough to beat, but I think the Rockies “hunger factor” might be a little higher, given that their opponent would be their (superior) NL West rival!

Bring on either one of them, but all things being equal, I’m rooting for the Phils through Wednesday.

by sarcastro9 on Oct 11, 2009 8:31 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

announcer jinxed the Rox

At the beginning of the inning he said that if you want to get to Hammel, get him in the first 3. (The implication being since he got through the first 3 with ease, he’d be sailing) Oh well. If the Rockies want anyone to blame, they have their scapegoat now.

by sarcastro9 on Oct 11, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The cheater crushed that

(He was the one who pretended he caught the ball at Dodger Stadium last week, right?)

by sarcastro9 on Oct 11, 2009 8:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

the greatest irony is

apparently, they had DAVE HENDERSON throw out the first pitch- talk about tempting fate!

by sarcastro9 on Oct 11, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

McDonald and DeWitt are playing in the Domincan Winter Leauge for Lincey.

I think Mariano Duncan(Dodgers 1st base coach) is the manager for Lincey this year.

by Tripon on Oct 11, 2009 9:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Jamie Hoffmann is also playing winter ball.
Diamond Leungdiamond83 Jamie Hoffmann plays for Escogido http://bit.ly/T2SEq

Source: Diamond Leung

by Tripon on Oct 11, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow...a PEDRO FELIZ walk!

Walking a San Francisco Giant is not a good omen.

by sarcastro9 on Oct 11, 2009 9:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Purple Row

They jumped all over you for posting about Contreas and they knew you were from TRUEBLULA….How????

by KMT on Oct 11, 2009 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry..new to this format

Did you go to Manny’s return game @ Petco?

by KMT on Oct 11, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

no.

And I meant weird to the way the Rockies fans acted about the Contreas comment.

by Tripon on Oct 11, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ok…so they knew you were from this site and the pressure was on them by the Phills at the time so they jumped on you…I see nothing wierd…they saw a chance to vent at anything and they took it….wait until the NLCS

by KMT on Oct 11, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did you go the the Manny return game at Petco?

by KMT on Oct 11, 2009 10:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh hi guys

1. Fuck Matt Stairs

That is all for now, thank you.

by K3vo on Oct 11, 2009 10:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

+1000000

thats right

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 11, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Phillies take the lead

6-5 in the 9th

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 11, 2009 10:59 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

oh wait Lidge is closing....

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 11, 2009 11:00 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

maybe

cause theyre at home

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 11, 2009 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

phillies win

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 11, 2009 11:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

If

the Philies were to win, it’d help TV ratings..and BSPN would have a darling for itself…

so on top of that, as well as pride for the NL West, I’d prefer the Rockies win, even when they booed against us in the NLDS.

by TheNewbster on Oct 11, 2009 11:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I want a NLCS rematch… really… really… BAD.

by PHAT JULIO on Oct 11, 2009 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Say what you want about TNT

but Pujols “gone hunting” was awesome.

Must get that picture.

by Dodger Dude on Oct 12, 2009 12:04 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Buster Olney on Mike and Mike just now

for about 5 minutes, and he talks for 3 minutes about the Redsox/Yankees/Angels, another 2 minutes on the Phillies and Rockies, and then doesn’t say a single word about the Dodgers or Cardinals I believe other than about Holliday dropping the line drive.

These “experts” are douche bags.

by Ivdown on Oct 12, 2009 5:52 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

I really wonder why Olney hates the Dodgers

I'm nobody's fool, least of all yours

by BoulderDodger on Oct 12, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Olney's job w/ his fishwrap was to cover the Yanks.

NOW HEAR THIS: No writer from the eastern seaboard thinks anything happens west of the Adirondacks. I’m not even giving them any credit for having any knowledge of anything past the Mississippi.

by Seanny Rotten on Oct 12, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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