Dodgers Experiencing Flashbacks To 1996
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 9:35 AM PDT
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Entering the final weekend of the 1996 season, the Dodgers hosted the Padres with a two-game lead in the National League West. The wild card was also in play, as Montreal was still three games behind with three to play.
Montreal lost to the Braves Friday night to clinch a playoff spot for the Dodgers, who lost game one to San Diego. On Saturday, the Padres won again, which clinched a playoff spot for them as well. The two teams came to Dodger Stadium on Sunday in a tie for the division, but it was really just a battle of seeding. The Padres of course did end up completing the sweep, thanks in part to former Dodger Chris Gwynn's two-run double in the 11th inning.
The Dodgers were deflated, sure. But they also made the playoffs, so the pain of that loss was mitigated. The Dodgers were swept in the first round by the Braves, so the easy thing to do is blame that playoff loss on how the Dodgers ended the season. However, the hard-charging Padres, fresh off their sweep of the Dodgers, went into the first round with all the momentum, and...also got swept, by the Cardinals.
Say it with me again: It's not how you play this week, it's how you play next week and beyond that determine playoff success.
This weekend feels like 1996 all over again, only the playoff spots were decided long before the final Sunday. The Dodgers punched their ticket to the postseason way back on Saturday in Pittsburgh, and the Rockies sealed the deal by beating the Brewers at home yesterday. In terms of playoff seeding and home field advantage, however, there are still a lot of things in play.
| Team | W-L | GB |
| Dodgers | 93-66 | --- |
| Phillies | 92-67 | 1 |
| Cardinals | 91-68 | 2 |
| Rockies | 91-68 | 2 |
Any of the four NL playoff teams can still clinch the number one seed. The Dodgers are in the driver's seat for this. Their magic number with each team is two. Yes, that's right: the Dodgers are in such a funk right now, their magic number for the division actually went up!* Two wins this weekend secures the Dodgers as the number one seed, with home field advantage in the first two rounds.
*The magic number has been two over the Rockies since last Saturday night, but for intents and purposes it was one because any tie between the two teams gave the division to the Dodgers. However, the Rockies and Dodgers can't tie anymore, and any win is worth two in the world of magic numbers, since the other team is also losing.
Tonight's game features the best pitching match-up of the series, with Randy Wolf facing off with Ubaldo Jimenez. Wolf had what he called a terrible start on June 24 against the White Sox, giving up five runs and three home runs in 3.1 innings. However, since then he has been great, pitching at least six innings in 17 straight starts, and is 8-3 with a 2.87 ERA and 3.49 FIP during that stretch. If Wolf, who has thrown 209.1 innings this year, gets more than four outs this evening, he will set a new career high in innings pitched.
| NL IP Since May 1 | |
| Pitcher | IP |
| Adam Wainwright |
197.2 |
| Bronson Arroyo |
195.1 |
| Dan Haren |
194.1 |
| Tim Lincecum |
194.0 |
| Ubaldo Jimenez |
193.0 |
The Dodgers knocked around Ubaldo Jimenez twice in successive starts in April, but he has blossomed quite nicely into a genuine ace. Since the beginning of May, Jimenez has pitched six innings or longer in 27 of 28 starts, and has thrown seven innings or more in 18 of those starts. Over that span, he is 13-9 with a 3.12 ERA and a 3.32 FIP, and has averaged 6.89 innings per start.
Since May 1, Jimenez is fifth in the National League with 193 innings, but he's likely to pass three of the four ahead of him since Adam Wainwright is the only one besides Jimenez scheduled to pitch this weekend.
So when you see a stat tonight that says Jimenez is 0-3 with a 7.77 ERA in four starts against the Dodgers this season don't be fooled. In his third start against them, May 27 in Colorado, Jimenez had allowed just two runs entering the seventh inning before giving up three more. In his last start, June 29 at Dodger Stadium, Jimenez was even better, allowing just two runs over seven innings, in a game the Dodgers won late because they have Andre Ethier and the Rockies don't. The Dodgers will have their hands full with Jimenez tonight.
| Most HR at Dodger Stadium | ||
| Player | Year | HR |
| Gary Sheffield |
2000 | 23 |
| Adrian Beltre |
2004 | 23 |
| Andre Ethier |
2009 | 22 |
| Mike Piazza |
1997 | 22 |
Andre Ethier has hit 22 home runs at home this season, which is one shy of the Dodger Stadium record, jointly held by Gary Sheffield (in 2000) and Adrian Beltre (in 2004).
The first 50,000 fans at the game tonight will receive a replica of Tommy Lasorda's Hall of Fame plaque, as part of a celebration of his 60 years in the Dodger organization. You know, Vin Scully also has 60 years with the organization...
The Dodgers will honor their second-round draft pick, Garrett Gould, on the field before the game tonight.
This weekend is filled with True Blue LA at Dodger Stadium. Tonight, Phil Gurnee will be in the press box, followed by True Blue LA night tomorrow as 32 close friends and family convene at the greatest place on Earth, and I will be in the press box for Sunday's regular season finale. There will be celebrating this weekend at Dodger Stadium, and True Blue LA will be heavily involved.
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Be sure to check out Xeifrank's simulation of tonight's game here.
Game Time: 7:10pm
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It's like it's the day of my wedding and
I’m sick to my stomach,
Aching for this to be over asap,
Can’t wait for the party afterward,
Go Dodgers!
Please.
by RawhideBlue on Oct 2, 2009 9:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I love a good history lesson
a look at the last weekend of the 1980 season makes for good reading too …..
but back then there were no consultation prizes.
by shooterm1 on Oct 2, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was trying to think why HFA affect the regular season numbers more than the post season
HFA during the regular season = A lot of no travel days
There are a lot of series where you did not play the day before and have to travel that same day for a game the next day (17/8 series). Where on the road you are constantly traveling and have no routine.
HFA during playoffs = One less travel day at the beginning of the series.
Where if Dodger secure HFA for the first round, the team they face will have three days to get to LA at a time of their choosing (not the dead of night). After that travel is dead even.
Usually when I sleep in a new place (hotel, etc.) the first night I usually sleep a little lighter, but after that I sleep normally. I’m not sure how much a good night sleep correlates to on field performance, but if it does this pretty much explains the numbers right there.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 10:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That’s a good point. I hadn’t thought of it that way before.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I looked up the numbers for this decade
well, 2000-2008.
In regular season: home teams went 11835-10021 (.541)
In postseason: home teams went 159-133 (.545)
Seems about the same.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have some last minute advice if someone could let the team know before they start their day...
Brilliant isn’t it?
by RawhideBlue on Oct 2, 2009 10:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I eagerly anticipate your posts after the Dodgers win the NL West.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know me too. You're just going to have to wait.
Waiting seems to be the theme this week.
by RawhideBlue on Oct 2, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Andre "out" Ethier?
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers2-2009oct02,0,4412829,full.story
(way down at the bottom quoting a “scout”)
Is Ethier allowed to come back into the game after 8 innings still?
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 10:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think the scout was right
Ethier can’t hit LHP. It is definitely a problem, the same way Ryan Howard can’t hit lefties is a problem for Philadelphia. But once a player reaches a certain level (Ethier is not at Ryan Howard’s level of fame, but he has made a giant leap into semi-star status this season), it becomes less and less likely the player will sit.
Ethier is .250/.316/.381 hitter against LHP in his career, with a .290 BABIP, so he hasn’t been terribly unlucky either. And most of that success came in 2006.
From 2007-2009, Ethier is hitting .231/.305/.365 against LHP. His BABIP is .266, but the fact remains that Ethier is a terrible hitter against lefties.
Pierre isn’t really a solution, but in a perfect world the Dodgers would have a competent RHB outfielder to sub for Ethier 20% of the time. But it’s a problem that will likely be ignored this offseason.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It will be ignored
because addressing it would require Pierre to become the 5th outfielder on the squad which won’t happen. I know people get annoyed at all the Pierre bashing done by some of us, but I feel keeping Pierre on the team limit’s the Dodger’s options and I just don’t buy the “he’s the best 4th outfielder is baseball.”
by Michael White on Oct 2, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then why doesn't the Phillies
Bring in someone to play for Howard 20% of the time, finding a backup RH 1B/3B would seem pretty doable. Instead Howard may play in 160+ games again.
Generally, its because teams don’t like to platoon players unless they really feel that player cannot do the job on a full time basis.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably
because starters these days rarely see the lineup three times anymore except for the good ones. Then Howard can feast on the RH underbelly of middle relief that most teams have.
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most teams will bring in a LHP to face Howard late in games anyway.
Howard has faced a LHP 36% of his PA this year. Among LHB, only Adrian Gonzalez (37%) has faced more lefties than Howard.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you get my email (from last night)?
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why can't we just trade Pierre for a similar calibur right handed hitting outfielder?
We already ate most of the contract. Pierre is underutilized on this team unless something happens to Manny or Xavier fails to materialize the promise he has shown.
Or trade Xavier for another promising right handed outfielder?
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No trade market for Pierre. The most we would get for him (even with eating 80% or so of his salary) is a middling non-prospect.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 12:56 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure about that
If he were traded it would be for another vet. Maybe Milton Bradley :)
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who pitches Sunday?
I imagine it hinges a bit on whether the blue avoid losing the first two…
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 10:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nothing has been announced, but Billingsley would be on regular rest, and in line to start game 3 on 5 days rest next Saturday.
If the division is still on the line Sunday, with Billingsley starting, heads may in fact explode here.
For some reason, Billingsley is more controversial than abortion, health care, stem cell research, and baby seal clubbing all rolled into one. He brings out the haters more than any other Dodger.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Our version would be Iannetta
His topic resulted in a 600 comment thread within four hours. Billingsley is certainly the most talented of the options for Sunday and I figured it would be him, but if you need that win, who would it be then?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I figured it would be him, but if you need that win, who would it be then?
Still Billingsley
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay.
Well, we’d be countering with a near implosive Marquis, arguably the last starter we’d want on the hill at that point as well. Seems like a very evenly matched series in terms of each individual pitching matchup.
Quite frankly, that probably increases the low chances of a sweep more than one evenly matched one and one lopsided matchup for both sides
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It could actually be a Marquis/Contreras two headed beast
Versus a Billingsley/Padilla two headed beast
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When are people going to realize that ass size does not necessarily correlate with age?
If Bills were in the minors until today and he started Sunday people would think he was Jesus.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Broxton Brings Out The Haters Too...
…and it gets even more vicious with Broxton because of his weight.
In truth, I think it is fair to say that there are an awful lot of people professing to be Dodger fans who think Billingsley and Broxton would be a less menacing duo to Los Angeles society if they gave up baseball and took up careers in white slavery and bank robbery.
by CanuckDodger on Oct 2, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's one downside of being a Dodgers fan
You have to carry the baggage of more “fans” than most teams, who don’t actually know anything, and don’t care that they don’t know anything, except when Chavez Ravine becomes the glamour place to be.
Something actually Yankees fans tend to have to suffer with, too.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think Dodger fans have any problem with fans joining the party.
55K is a lot of people, they can’t all be smart.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
any gems by bill plashcke lately?
EXECUTE: It's the Clutch thing to do
by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baby seal clubbing is controversial?
Would somebody like to take the “pro” position on that one?
by Michael White on Oct 2, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only in that its not done enough :)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The people doing the clubbing?
You’d think cutting off the hands of Gorilla’s would not have many supporters but they must since it is a lucrative business.
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I should clarify
I don’t know Kuroda’s status yet, but I believe Kuroda would start before Billingsley in the playoffs if healthy. That said, I believe Torre will go with Bills for game 4.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha I laughed at this. It’s like we’re all a bunch of mother’s trying to stick up for child’s failures.
You wanna know how great baseball is? The greatest basketball player ever left his sport to play baseball.
by Jesse S. on Oct 2, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you should see a Chris Iannetta thread on Purple Row
because that goes past the catchers and becomes a “YOU STATS NERDS HATE BASEBALL” and such
EXECUTE: It's the Clutch thing to do
by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And then the UN steps in and tries to mediate. :-)
by holly96 on Oct 2, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes you did
EXECUTE: It's the Clutch thing to do
by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
0-4, 5 Runs scored, .245 BA
Against Wainwright & Carpenter this year. Conversely, the Dodgers got after Hamels twice and Lee is struggling.
I realize you’d rather not back into the playoffs, but as with every Torre-managed team: the only goal is to win it all.. hard to do that when you can already mark down 0-2 in the NLDS.
I suppose the Phillies could lose out and be the team you face anyway, but as it stands now.. if you get the division, you get the Cards. And you’re not advancing past the Cards. If it gets to a game 5, they’ll have Carpenter or Wainwright go again.
The Dogers are one of the few teams in the history of baseball that benefit from facing Lefty starters.
by ELGee on Oct 2, 2009 10:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
We can't back into the playoffs
We can only stomp over colorado to claim the Division. Thanks.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We certainly could be down 0-2 against the Cardinals, but I fail to see how a sample of four games determine our fate next week.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I tried to explain this to him yesterday
apparently it didn’t work, as he just made the exact same post again.
by Michael White on Oct 2, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
0-3, 6 runs scored, .186 BA
against Randy Wolf this year.
Hard to sweep if you can’t win game one.
(Sucks when facts don’t support your case, doesn’t it?)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rockies fan dropping by.
This will definitely be a fun weekend to watch head-to-head games, as well as scoreboard watch. Has there ever been a season where all 4 playoff teams were within 2 games of each other heading into the final 3 games?
I find it interesting how both NL West teams match up against the Central/East teams for the playoffs.
It seems that the Dodgers would do better against the Phillies, and might struggle against the Cards.
The Rockies would seem to match up better against the Cards, but would probably struggle against the Phillies.
Hopefully both teams will do well and then battle in the CS for the pennant.
by ddavis539 on Oct 2, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why do Coloradoans keep saying this?
All of our series against the Phils (116 run differential) and St. Louis (99 run differential) were hard fought.
Are they really so delusional from there incredibly good 2nd half record that they think they will fly past St. Louis?
I think they are struggling to find meaning where there is none except for HFA (which doesn’t really matter) especially as St. Louis and Phil will decide who they play against and Dodgers and Col have no say about it.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Um, we did go 6-1 versus St. Louis this year
And in our four game sweep in St. Louis, only one of those games was even close.
And the “run”, as you say, started well before the 2nd half. We’re 73-40 over what amounts to almost 3/4 of the season.
There is meaning here. Yeah, yeah, I know…small sample size, but we’ve done a good job keeping Pujols in check, and we’re only 24-25 versus LH starters, because our own better lineups are very LH-weighted. Against Philly, this could be somewhat mitigated by the fact that U-Ball and JLDR are lefties and can do well against Utley/Howard/Ibanez, but still.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's the bummer about facing the cards in the nlds for us
it would be much better if we faced philly and then the rox in the postseason. we can play at 60% and beat both teams, not so with the cards.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"we can play at 60%"
That seems a bit unnecessarily arrogant, considering LA’s been pretty much a .500 ball club for the last four months.
The Rox have gained 12.5 games in the standings since June.
Sure, the odds are heavily that LA ends up division champs, and congrats will be earned and given.
But I can only hope your team is taking the Rockies as lightly as you seem to be, at this point, because if the Dodgers play us like they just played the Pads and Pirates, you may be disappointed on Sunday.
Rockies at 100% >>> Dodgers at 60%
And probably Rockies at 100% < Dodgers at 100%
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the truth can hurt
The rox are a cute, spunky team with some solid OPSs in the middle, but the current D’s are starting a new dynasty. i love it when spunky underdogs like the rox or rays make a run, but, let’s be honest, you could fit all of the people in Denver and Tampa into a ’hood in LA and no one would know the difference. Denver went from being a second to third-tier sports town the day Elway retired.
Enjoy their last year in the sun before the next five years or so of cellar-dwelling.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not going to defend the “60%” comment because that was stupid, but the Dodgers have been playing much better than you suggest over the last four months.
Pythagorean Records Since June 1:
Rockies 66-44
Dodgers 62-45
Rockies have still been better, but its close.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So wait, wait wait.
So they only play baseball for 4 months?
by Tripon on Oct 2, 2009 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, in the D's case
they played HOF baseball for one and excellent baseball for two. that may still be enough for the best record, we’ll see.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And stillnotah8er
is the last person on our blog to gain insight into how the majority of True Blue members feel. It is comments like “60%” that make us cringe.
Most of know how good Tulo is, how good Fowler and Carlos Gonzalez are going to be. We shall be competitors for many moons, I’m just glad Jim Tracy is your manager and not ours.
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"I’m just glad Jim Tracy is your manager and not ours."
I feel the same.
I don’t know what actually led to Tracy wearing out his welcome in LA (after all, there was a division title in there somewhere). But his in game decisions have been nearly ninja-like in their efficacy since he’s been on our bench. And miles better than Hurdle’s (yes, even during 2007).
It should be a fun weekend, and I hope it goes down to Sunday, just for the interest factor, no matter how it turns out.
stillnotah8er does strike me as your village idiot. Either that, or everything he learned about baseball, he learned from John Kruk.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's a good take
being that I was the one suggesting that JB sit for a month in late july, and that the possibility of one or more of our starters might have issues a month after that was a worthy concern… and took all sorts of personal attacks for it.
my current idiot stance is waiting for a-rod and VG to have their annual postseason whiff-fest. watch as the bill james taliban defend their projections of dozens of hits for both.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jim Tracy is the fiddler, and is utterly stubborn.
The Dodgers 1st base situation basically sums up why people have a problem with Tracy, to where he converted a career backup catcher to a 1st baseman in order to not play Choi, who might or might now have been the solution, but he needed PAs to show what he could do.
by Tripon on Oct 2, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Much ado about nothing?
What got more criticism – Phillips starting 18 games (and playing 3 others) at 1B in 2005, or Matt Kemp’s 21 starts (and 23 games) batting 8th this season?
Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t think either thing should have happened, but it seems the ratio of criticism to actual cost/benefit was out of proportion.
Choi not getting another MLB plate appearance after 2005 pretty much rendered any 2005 hand-wringing moot.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Carlos Pena
may not have gotten another major league at bat after being released by both the Red Sox and Yankee’s so I’m not exactly sold on that argument. Whatever his future was, he was the better option then Philips and only Jim Tracy would have played Philips at first base.
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just saying I didn't consider
my hand wringing in 2005 moot. It was a lost year, you play for the future. There was never any credible reason for playing Jason Philips at 1st base in 2005. Ever. Not one fucking at bat. Not one. Ever
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s a fair point. And it pissed me off too. It just doesn’t anymore.
Besides, Jason Phillips is a good role model for you tonight, with those goggles :)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No goggles
I wanted to wear the goggles during the Joe Torre press conference but my wife talked me out of it.
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uhm . . .
what does Carlos Pena have to do w/ the discussion? I’m a bit lost.
by Seanny Rotten on Oct 2, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was close to being out of baseball, just like Choi.
Phil’s point was that baseball teams make dumb decisions a lot, and just because Choi isn’t/wasn’t in MLB dosn’t mean he couldn’t have been.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Carlos Pena almost didn’t get another shot, in which case he would look like Choi now. Who knows what would have happened if Choi played again. Well, he probably wouldn’t have a Carlos Pena year. Point is, he didn’t have much of as shot after 2005 anyway.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's not our village idiot
and we don’t call anyone names here so don’t come here and do that. We do differ on just about every baseball opinion.
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That seems a bit unnecessarily arrogant, considering LA’s been pretty much a .500 ball club for the last four months.
Actually, what is really unnecessarily arrogant is coming into our house and lecturing us about the deficiencies of our favorite baseball team.
2009-10 LA Kings Hockey: Where Smyt Happens!!
by DodgerBlueBalls on Oct 2, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mea culpa
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't be so defensive
I don’t see a single comment where Mondo was “lecturing you about deficiencies” of the Dodgers. He commented on how this series would be interesting, debated playoff matchups, maintained Jim Tracy has been well received in Colorado, and objected to the nearly universally regarded ridiculous comment that the Dodgers at 60% would beat the Rockies at 100%.
He even preemptively said the Dodgers would earn and be given his congratulations should LA win the division. Your post is simply false and bellicose
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he took a 20-32 team to the playoffs
of course he’s “well-received”.
did I say you guys will be at 100%? we only were in the first month of the season. i’m sure at least one of those lefty sluggers has an LA girlfriend that rocks his world – pun intended.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why are you so irritating?
I’m haven’t put my finger on it but you’ve replaced Rolex as the most irritating poster on the site. Your almost at D4P level.
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's better than "well-received"
He’s been remarkably effective.
As for being 100%, I honestly can’t think of a single Rockies game this year where the club wasn’t putting it all out there on the field, every day.
And our rotation is healthy, as is our bullpen. In fact, in terms of roster health, we’re as close to 100% as at any time during this season. And Tracy’s already said he’s not resting anyone until the division fate is settled. If that happens tonight, then maybe the Rox are 80% the following two days.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, as a dodger fan
I’m just happy that you’re in the playoffs and not the Braves, who smothered us. Try to work on that horse at the airport BTW – that thing is downright creepy. Also, you may want to give people an option to turn around on the drive there at the halfway point.
I personally have faith that Ubaldo’s performance against the mighty bats of SF a couple of weeks ago is a nice glimpse into the coming weeks.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That drive to the airport is a pain in the ass
And if you’re not paying attention you can get sent around another time.
Only seen the horse once, but yeah, it’s like a demon horse.
Gladly sharing a name with Dexter Fowler!
by ShadowPenguin on Oct 2, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the horse
That horse is gawdawful ugly. And fail in every way.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gonzalez is gimpy
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gimpy enough to get two recent triples :)
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
his arms are strong
he can spin the wheels on his wheelchair pretty fast
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
not to blow my own horn
but the thought of cargon furiously moving a wheelchair and taking the turn around 2B on one wheel cracked me up as well.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WTF?!? Rox fans coming in here and saying “don’t be so sensitive” and calling my words “false and bellicose???”
I’m out…
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Oct 2, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mondo, Uball is right handed
Don’t make me sad :-(
Gladly sharing a name with Dexter Fowler!
by ShadowPenguin on Oct 2, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mondo's weekly brainfart
There, that’s better. I still feel like we match up a lot better with the Cards.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"but we’ve done a good job keeping Pujols in check"
OK, now I know you are delusional.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why?
He hit .160 against the Rockies this season. So that statement is an absolute fact. You can, however, argue how much that really means going forward.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Beat me to it PF :-/
Was gonna post Pujols .160/.241/.320 line against us this year.
Gladly sharing a name with Dexter Fowler!
by ShadowPenguin on Oct 2, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
going forward
it means nothing. Always expect a player to bat at their career wOBA.
But it has been nice watching Pujols whiff mightily against our pitching.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty much
There’s potentially something there about our pitchers and their style. Maybe we have a scouting report on him. There may be something to it, but he’s still as likely to hit .400 in an NLDS series as .160
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"My shit doesn't work in the postseason"
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to the stats you guys did seem to handle Pujols above average during the regular season. But what that leads me to believe is he’s going to be a beast now in the playoffs against you guys. There’s only so long you can keep Pujols down before he returns to his average.
You wanna know how great baseball is? The greatest basketball player ever left his sport to play baseball.
by Jesse S. on Oct 2, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pujols versus the Rockies this year
Games – 7
AB – 25
Hits – 4
HR – 1
2B – 1
RBI – 6 (three were on the double)
BB – 3 (so yeah, we actually pitched to him)
K – 5
OPS. – .561
Compare that to his performance against ANY other team.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Compare that to his performance against ANY other team."
Duh, that was my entire point. Oh I’m sorry, the Rockies are the best pitching team in baseball, I forgot . . . . . .
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by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually
by some metrics, they are.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOT
ICE BURN
we’re not the best pitching team in baseball. We’re 8th in runs against, 5th in FIP, 1st in Value (WAR), and most importantly, 1st in having Joe Beimel around :V
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
8th in runs against is incredible with Coors Canaveral there
that would very easily be top 5 in a neutral home park.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
whatever dude
it’d be like 24th if it wasn’t for the humidor.
Rockies pitchers suck.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's still above average
They are second to Philly in wOBA, HR and runs, but with park adjustments it’s more in the moderately above average range. Not SUXOR, but but not as good as the raw stats suggest obviously. Both pitching and offense are pretty well above average, but the pitching is better than the offense.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no?
They’re about middle of the pack in terms of WAR, 16th to be precise, tied for 5th in wOBA, 5th in OBP, 6th in wRAA, and 5th overall in total runs scored (2nd in the NL behind Philly).
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We're also tied for 2nd in Quality Starts
8th in saves.
Well above LA in quality starts, saves, complete games, walks allowed….
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good luck with that keeping your starter in the entire game for the rest of the post season
saves, he said saves:)
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We don't have to, is the thing
our best relief pitchers aren’t exhausted and blowing games open.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
but can they take liners off the right knee?
and come back a week later to score a big win? didn’t think so.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no....our pitchers are healthy, too
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
but can they beat chad and george
in a nathan’s style hot-dog-eating contest? didn’t think so. what is ubaldo, 120 with his boots on in the rain?
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We wouldn't need U-ball for that
We’d just enter Rincon and Peralta. Though we may have to resign Ray King, just for backup.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and russ ortiz
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
George Frazier wins the broadcaster division hands down
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only delusion going on here appears to be
your level of knowledge and awareness of the Rockies.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I am very self aware of how I don't care about the mountains and place them at about Detroit threat level.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This actually made me laugh
To each their own. I’ll take serene mountain nature over inner city crimes though.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't knock it until you try it.
its very exhilarating to knock off a liquor store.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We can do that here *and* enjoy fresh powder
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sometimes simultaneously!
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, skiing the Sierras really sucks
all that beauty and 20’ of snow makes me sick.
Having to drive an hour to ski gets tiresome too.
Sucks to have to squeeze in surf sessions in between.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...that's much better than Detroit
I’m not sure what you’re getting at here, both of our states kick the crap out of Michigan
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
or less than 15 minutes
I can leave my office, drive to the MOST KICK ASS SKI AREA IN THE WORLD, change into my ski clothes get on the gondola and be doing a daffy into Climax in under 15 minutes.
by MammothDodger on Oct 2, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You should respect your opponent
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Otherwise noted as
“Read and Learn”
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We don't play you unless we both get through
hopefully that happens.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just going to presume you haven't seen today's schedule, then
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/looks at watch
OH MY GOD IS THAT TODAY
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
are those active EMGs in that p-bass?
if so, good call, i’m a sucker for the 80s sound too
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've only ever played Pbasses with the passive hardware
but knowing Mondo, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was modded
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope, straight passive
My Fender J and P basses have stock American Standard pickups
My Sadowsky does have the onboard pre-amp
And the funky Italia is as passive as passive gets
The only mods on my basses are aftermarket pickguards and graphite saddles (I got tired of breaking strings at the bridge on stage)
And I play flatwounds on all but the P (and I hardly play the P), with the toned rolled off.
BTW, RMN….the Denver Post blog briefly wrote up our show at the Meadowlark last week….actually compared us to Yo La Tengo.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you mentioned that on PR
kudos, man
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
if you ever want a fretless and/or five string
consider lakland, they cured me of my bias against asian axes
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In retrospect
I should have went with a Lakland Daryl Jones over the Sadowsky.
That said, I actually do 95% of my playing on my 1999 American Standard Jazz. It just seems to play more true than any of my others. The Sad is my only Asian axe (it’s a Metro model).
I really dig Lakland tone…but as my stuff’s all local anyway, the $$$ for a Lakland seems misplaced at this time.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i didn't know d jones had a sig model
that’s exactly the kind of tone i was talking about in terms of active stuff
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is very nice tone :-)
Active generally doesn’t work for what I do…my roots are in stuff like 60s garage rock, surf, etc., and I’m now playing in a kind of sonic alt-country project, where that kind of tonality just doesn’t really lend itself.
But damn, that’s some fine fine tone.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You mean the three day Dodger festival where we celebrate our season,
get our rotation in order, and play Mark Loretta to screw with everyone’s heads?
Not sure what that has to do with anything other than to see what city you book your plane tickets to.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
loretta is an innovator
bringing a little bit of rugby back to baseball
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know about Rugby
I would not get stuck in a dark room with that guy.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
referring to the scrum at 3b
somebody put something in the bigelow when joe drew up that card
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was talking about his propensity
to grab things with his groin
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Momentum is only as good as your next day's starter"
hell yes
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh no!
- M. Holliday singled to shallow center, C. Rasmus scored, A. Pujols to third
- R. Ankiel grounded out to first, A. Pujols scored, M. Holliday to second
- Y. Molina singled to right, M. Holliday scored, Y. Molina caught stealing, pitcher to first to shortstop
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- B. Molina safe at first on third baseman G. Atkins’ fielding error, E. Velez scored, F. Sanchez to third, R. Winn to second
- J. Uribe singled to shallow left, F. Sanchez scored, R. Winn to third, B. Molina to second
- T. Ishikawa hit sacrifice fly to deep center, R. Winn scored
- B. Molina singled to right center, R. Winn scored, P. Sandoval to third
- J. Uribe grounded into fielder’s choice, P. Sandoval scored, B. Molina out at second
- T. Ishikawa singled to shallow right, P. Sandoval scored, J. Uribe to third
- A. Rowand grounded out to third, J. Uribe scored, T. Ishikawa to second
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Players have rough spots
ahem/ Ethier
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no just ours
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think anybody actually believes that we're going to fly past the redbirds
He was just saying he thinks the Rockies will do better against 1 club rather than the other.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s not a matter of “flying past” a team. It’s just that the Rockies have a right-handed lineup that has been more than 20 games over .500 against right handers and an alternate lineup that is within a game of .500 against lefties, so the less lefties they face, the better, in theory.
But baseballs’ such a tough sport to predict, none of that probably matters. Just a week ago, a lot of Rockies fans were afraid of Atlanta winning out and the Rockies stumbling out of contention…
by ddavis539 on Oct 2, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trayvon Robinson
At Baseball Prospectus, Kevin Goldstein has a full-length article on our OF prospect Trayvon Robinson. A good read.
by CanuckDodger on Oct 2, 2009 10:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
2-0 South Korea in the U-20 World Cup
and its not even half time yet
by Michael White on Oct 2, 2009 10:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It would be nice to just have everything end tonight
Dodgers win, Cards and Philly loses, and we mail it in the rest of the weekend.
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 10:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If the Dodgers win tonight
tomorrow for TBLA night will be the most “house money” lineup of the year
by Michael White on Oct 2, 2009 10:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Not sure about that
But will definitely be Pieresville and Ausmusland.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably not, but if everyting is sewn up by Sunday
then that will be the Housiest Money lineup of all tiem
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gotta be tonight
…they’re honoring Tommy for Christ’s sake! I would absolutely love to be in the locker room before the game when he comes in, at Torre’s request, and gets all riled up and starts ranting to the team to “go out and beat those c***suckers and send those motherf***ing Rockettes back to wherever the f**k they came from. Jesus F***ing Christ, their manager is a guy we fired because he couldn’t hack it here in LA! You’re playing for Joe F***ing Torre! And for the entire f***ing city of Los Angeles, and for the name on the front of your f***ing jersey and every other God damn Dodger who came before you. Now get out there and go hit the living s**t out of the ball and bring home a title!” All the while spitting out marinara from the 7 meatball sandwiches he devoured in the All you can eat pavilion.
Besides, I’m grilling Dodger dogs, eating peanuts and drinking beer out of a Dodger cup at home during the game, so they gotta win. Don’t they?
by KellyStephen on Oct 2, 2009 10:51 AM PDT reply actions 7 recs
Eric will probably post in his game preview
Why Matt Kemp loves Jiminez.
One tidbit, Ethier is 3 for 17 against Colorado RH at Dodger Stadium, he is 4-8 against LH.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2009 11:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Chin-Lung Hu loves Jimenez more :)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the only chink i see in the cards' armor
in terms of wainwright and carpenter is the fact that they give up an extra .025 BA to lefties.
of course, they also can’t hit haeger, excepting pujols… too bad that won’t be a factor.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 11:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Mike (LA)
Do you see the Dodgers going after a starting pitcher this off-season? Either via free-agency (Lackey), or a trade (Oswalt, Halladay, etc.)? Seems like they would dominate with Kershaw and another ace at the top of the rotation.
Jerry Crasnick
(1:05 PM)
Mike, I’m sure Ned Colletti will dabble in the ace market, but Kershaw and Billingsley give the Dodgers a pretty nice young 1-2 punch. The Dodgers are always going to have success with turnaround guys or health-issue guys because of the ballpark (can you say Randy Wolf?), so I’m not sure they need to commit to $60 million-plus for another starter, but I wouldn’t rule it out.
Jason Wiedder (Rancho Cucamonga, Ca)
Hi Jerry. I work with an old buddy of yours Peter Ross! Do you think Joe Torre will be able to turn the Dodgers around in the playoffs? If it wasn’t for Andre Eithier They would not be in the playoff race.
Jerry Crasnick
(1:07 PM)
Jason, Wow, Peter Ross — my old Munjoy Hill buddy. Give him my best regards. As for the Dodgers, it’s pretty tough to judge how a team will fare based on how it’s playing while sitting on a sizable lead in late September. I was always a big late season "momentum’’ guy until the Cardinals and Tigers threw that out the window in 2006. The Dodgers just need to clinch, and then they’ll relax and start playing better.
by Tripon on Oct 2, 2009 11:50 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If it wasn’t for Andre Eithier They would not be in the playoff race.
Those kind of comments make me gag. Gee if it wasn’t for fill in the blank then fill in the blank would not be in the playoff race.
Blank = Pujols, Carpenter, Wainwright, Utley, Howard, Werth, Ibanez, Hamels, Tulo, Jiminez, Ethier, Kemp, Kershaw, Broxton
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 12:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That’s why Jerry gets paid the big bucks, Phil :-)
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Oct 2, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was the questioner, not Crasnick, FWIW
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think we say stupid thing like this
because we over analyze sports in general.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
just noticed that peavy is the chisox starter
that game should be great. very happy espn has it.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 12:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice how the Padres turned around their
season once they traded him and how the White Sox season cratered once they acquired him.
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the pads were way too late to turn around much
didn’t they have barely 30 wins going into the ASG? that’s a really bad front-office IMO.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Overall, yes
But their haul for Peavy actually looks pretty good going forward. And there’s worse things they could have done than use a rebuilding (tearing down?) year to groom a shortstop with actual promise.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'm a big eckstien fan
but they are obviously not serious in terms of structuring a team around him, tg jr, kouz, etc… and it is a crime. they’re in one of the most tourist-friendly places in the country. there’s a reason that gonzo got so many IBBs this year, and it has less to do with him than with everybody else.
it is just sad to see a team become like the current A’s – happy to get a welfare check.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You might want to check who their shortstop is
It certainly isn’t Eckstein. In fact, their actual shortstop has drawn comparisons to Furcal. Wait…you just played San Diego…did you watch the games?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HA
I miss him
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hardly knew him, but I miss him too
Actually, I knew Wimberly better at the time. RG called it
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well seeing what's he's done I miss him
I didn’t really care at the time of the claim.
Whatever happened to Blake DeWitt?
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they just offered DE another year or two, no?
i saw the meltdown game in early july with great seats. yes, they got rid of that kid with the superman name who barely hit 220… and now they have, what – a slightly more talented bobby crosby?
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, they offered Eck a contract...
…to continue to play second base. By slightly more talented Bobby Crosby, you surely must mean Mike McCoy
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Khalil
was a superb SS, and barely above average hitter with some pop. Isn’t that a tradeoff you’d take every time?
Now, granted no one could have seen him go on the DL twice for “depression”.
by Seanny Rotten on Oct 2, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
barely above average?
he’s sitting on the bench for a reason
.202/.275/.351 in his last year… career .302 obp… just horrible.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sunday House Money Lineup
Pierre LF
Repko RF
Kemp CF
Loretta 1B
DeWitt 3B
Castro 2B
Hu SS
Ellis C
Elbert P
by silverwidow on Oct 2, 2009 12:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Blake and Belliard need to get their sea legs back.
Do you think Loretta will get through security?
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Put Loretta on 3B.
Dewitt to 2B, Castro at SS so we can have Hu on first.
Hence, Hu’s on first? It’s marketing genius for a Sunday game.
by RawhideBlue on Oct 2, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you don't know how painful it is
to actually be at a game when everyone thinks of that at once. he got on base in a reds game last year. must…. not…. kill….
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
save the hostilities
for tonight’s game.
by RawhideBlue on Oct 2, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So tomorrow night
Does this site become Rockies West?
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2009 1:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
it can be if you'd like
we just stopped by for some tea and scrumpets and conversation
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On that we can agree
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I prefer trumpets
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel as if the joke was missed
although I may have misquoted it in the first place
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't be like another "Dave"
Extortion attempts is a dangerous game. :)
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
My blackmailer will be asking for far, far less than $2M.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can see the mood here and DT and Dodger Stadium snowballing into some sort of negative ball of energy with a loss tonight.
But, no matter what happens I will be there Sunday, and there will be no Webkinz giveaway so the Dodgers should be bulletproof on that day :)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It already is. Unfortunately for us. Do we have a significant amount of Dodger Fans trolling at Purple Row? Are they reciprocating some sort of Dodger fan indiscrestion of which I am not aware of?
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Oct 2, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Outside of ELGee, and maybe the first few posts of Mondogarage, the Rockies’ commenters haven’t been trolling. They have added to the discussion.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and I've called Mondogarage's mother.
She’s coming to pick him up right now.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, you were the one that called when the phone just rang here?
Yeah, I went there :)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
OHHHHHHHHHHH
snap
(of all the times for me to be at work and not have my handy dandy list of .gif’s I need to post for these occasions)
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SNAP
Haven’t seen nor heard from my mom in 18 years. If you find her, tell her I’m sorry she turned out that way.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh don't be that guy mondo
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, but it's all true
Seen her once since 1973, and could care less. Mom jokes to me are like water off a duck’s ass.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well fine crap on the silly joke
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WHOA!
Rockies fan throws HIS OWN MOTHER RIGHT UNDER THE BUS!
by Seanny Rotten on Oct 2, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some fans want to win
Others are committed.
Like the Egg McMuffin…..sure, the chicken wants to contribute, but the pig is committed to it.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No trolling label implied
It was more a fact that many of the game thread participants will be at the game, though with the software could post from Dodger Stadium.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you
“Trolls” aren’t just fans of a different team. ELGee actually isn’t a Rockies fan. Or if he is, he’s not signed up for Purple Row
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no worries
i was obviously trolling when i suggested that JB needed to sit for a while in late july – never mind the subsequent blown saves that ended up making this week meaningful
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you're a troll
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I resemble that remark
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you do live under a bridge
i’ve seen it
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno...
is there a van down by the river?
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's on the natl register of historic places!
big negative points if you can’t name it… do they let people from colorado springs and boulder into rockies games, or do they need to pay an extra fee?
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pulling for a state constitutional amendment
banning Boulder residents from Coors Field. Trying to keep the patchouli smell out, ya know
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought Boulder
was the only good thing about Colorado. Denver looked like a stinkhole when I drove through but then if someone drove through on the five and only saw the City of Commerce they would say the same thing about LA.
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As they'd say about Commerce City here, ironically
I dunno when you drove through Denver, but it went through a bit of a renaissance in the mid-late 90s. Yeah, there’s shitty parts, but there’s a lot of life here (and a great music scene, to boot)
The good thing about Boulder is that it serves as a natural holding pen for…well…Boulderites.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you drove through along I-70, it would look pretty bad.
It goes through the suburbs and then north Denver, which is mostly industrial. It also matters when you drove through.
by holly96 on Oct 2, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, PF lives in FoCo
so 19th and Platte River wouldn’t really be a smart location to set up shop
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ELGee is sort of our anti-troll
He goes around to every other SBN site to tell them how much he hates Purple Row because he can’t swear there, or something.
by Rox Girl on Oct 2, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I never quite understood
why you were chosen to the do the game recap on the night you miss posted when you were on vacation. Purple Row seems to have a shitload of writers why use someone whose on vacation?
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I thought I'd have more Internet access on that trip
than I wound up with, i.e., I had thought the friend who’s place I was staying at would have it or that there’d at least be a better available 24 hr public option than a rest stop in Vermont, but it turns out I was mistaken. It was my scheduled day and I always have pretty weird psychological issues when it comes to asking other people for help (among other weird psychological issues, but we won’t go there) so I ended up blogging from the freeway. It was kind of an interesting experience, actually, and the game turned out to be totally worth the effort.
by Rox Girl on Oct 2, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I missed this?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Our September 11 comeback win over Heath Bell and the Padres
I was blogging from a Vermont rest stop and forgot to change the promo summary before I hit publish so it still indicated that the Rockies lost.
by Rox Girl on Oct 2, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember that night
and fearing for your safety at a remote rest stop while simultaneously admiring your dedication.
by ddavis539 on Oct 2, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh
I did the same thing. I even had a visual in my head of Rox Girl sitting in a car with traffic going by and shady characters lurking about.
by holly96 on Oct 2, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did she look like Natalie Portman?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
with a stache?
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's hilarious
I didn’t check the promo summary. I’m pretty sure I’ve made worse mistakes from the comfort of my home though.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No question I have. Still funny though :)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I called Huston Street left handed
and made an entire article about how he fits in as a left handed closer
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I covered a minor league game in June, and didn’t notice that Claudio Vargas (on a rehab start) left after one inning, and wrote a game story about how he pitched the first five innings.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I called U-Ball left handed today
In this very thread.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we're too goody two shoes and don't allow fun
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So instead, we just to other SB blogs and swear our asses off
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, I thought of you the other night when the Dodgers clinched a playoff spot, I was in my car, outside of my nephew’s house (I get no reception inside there) listening to the end of the game on radio, waiting to publish the game story from my phone.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's sort of weird what lengths you go to
once you get into blogging that you probably never would have guessed you’d go before you started.
by Rox Girl on Oct 2, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hear you there
I thought I’d do three articles a week to start. And now I’ve done double, writing in front of a Wyoming Motel 6 ice machine at midnight after a 14 hour work day.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, have you had to work in Rock Springs yet?
I spent many a day there growing up.
by holly96 on Oct 2, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have not
but we do in fact have projects there and in much of Sweetwater County. Little America is a big one. My partner actually handles that portion of the state more often, while I patrol the NE side. I will probably go to Rock Springs at some point though
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, Little America
I think we stopped there for gas now and then.
I had cousins in Rock Springs, so we went there a lot (they’ve since moved away, though one cousin is in Rawlins, I think, working as a prison guard). It’s an interesting place. I used to get woken up in the middle of the night by semis passing through or the buses picking up miners for their shifts.
by holly96 on Oct 2, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I spent a day there after a massive car accident
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's unfortunate
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I always feel guilty writing articles at work
but after the guilt there is still an article about groundball tendencies of the 2007 Rockies bullpen up on the page
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been guilty of that this week as well
but it’ll help my R&L quota
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
do we actually have quotas
because i’ve done like 2
maybe 1
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I set my own personal high quotas
I torture myself
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I write when inspiration strikes
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I find it a little off-putting that only the first 50,000 tonight get Lasorda replica HOF plaques. I can understand limiting the giveaway to save money, but why not make 12% more and give one to everybody?
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 1:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That is strange. Maybe they figured they could only attract 50,000 to see the Rockies anyway
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's almost always identified as first 50,000
But tomorrow is team photo day.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sweet
I know what i’m getting for xmas from my cousin
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The lawyers insist on it. They probably make 60,000 of the things, but this protects them in case they run out at a particular gate and someone gets nothing.
Half-joking.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If they advertised 60,000
no one would be rushing to get to the stadium on time. Whenever there’s a handout we’re hoofing it big time to make sure we’re not #50,001.
by RawhideBlue on Oct 2, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Dodgers have lost two series in a row
Five times this year and proceeded to win the next series.
Three of the last four times they have played the Rockies, the Dodgers lost the proceeding series.
Does any of this matter, we’ll see.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2009 1:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
dun dun DUNNNNNNNNNNN
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is really bad when he is not hitting
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pujols is really bad when he's not hitting too
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he crushed a 30-year-old B Bonds record
and also won a $20 HR season over bet for me! for both of these, he is immortal.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ha ha HAAAAAAAAA
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of the Pen
It looks like with two of the last three games being blowouts, the pen who will actually be on the roster has either been getting rest or only minor tune ups. Probably very limited use and just tune ups this series as well.
Looks like they will be fresh as daises for the playoffs, the rotation will be in order, old guys got time off, injuries will be healed, Furcal learned once again to hit, everything is lined up as it gets set-up wise. Joe is good at that type of managing stuff.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 2:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i would hope
that this is why we’ve had no beard and belly lately
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully both are back today
I cannot, and refuse to take, and more of Loretta’s bullshit play.
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jim Tracy is 40-49 in his last 89 games managed at Dodger Stadium
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That is the most random stat of all time
I love it.
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're baiting Rox fans with silly stats :)
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gotta wonder how much any stats even matter in this series
Assuming the odds are good the Dodgers can win 1 game, it’s best for both squads for that to be tonight. If Philly and St L can both lose too, all the better.
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't see the Rockies putting to much energy into trying to win
the Division. Times like these I hate the wild card, takes so much fun out of potential ass kicking final weekend series. Just like Eric alluded to in 96 what a snooze affair for what should have been a dragged out fight.
And for me but this is just me, how silly is it that teams in a dogfight to win the pennant get to use 35 players and then when the playoffs starts we go back to the real rules of baseball. Baseball has many unique rules which I consider an addition to the game but the expanded rosters in Sept is one of the most ludicrous in sports. Okay that is my annual stupid roster expansion rule post.
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can’t see the Rockies putting to much energy into trying to win
I can. You underestimate the underdog mentality. Finishing better than the Dodgers for just the second time in franchise history and earning the first division title would be huge for the organization and the team’s confidence, not to mention the division title would come with the requisite sweep of the Dodgers and its accompanying confidence boost.
The Rockies are hungry. I can see it.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is just a fans opinion
not a teams opinion. You see what you want to see but I doubt the energy is really there given what they’d have to do to accomplish the task.
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's why I can't buy into this reasoning
How much energy do you think had to be there for the Rox to climb from the 29th worst record in the majors (as of June 3rd) to being where they are now? Win or lose this weekend, this club has an incredibly amount of pride and work ethic. And seeing a first ever division title actually within reach, they’ll certainly have the energy and effort to make it happen.
As for execution and success, that may well turn out to be an entirely different story.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plenty of energy
because the had to do the near impossible just to make the playoffs. Now they are in, natural for some energy to dissipate.
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tulo's energy never dissipates
It just goes into shattering bats when things go bad. As Tulo goes, so do the Rockies. I’ve read it dozens of times
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I sort of agree with you, too, given how much the Rockies celebrated after clinching a playoff spot yesterday.
Contrast that with how the Dodgers celebrated (hardly), although I’m sure a lot of the difference came from the Dodgers being on the road and the Rox at home.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it more had to do with it being just their 3rd playoffs
with a predominantly homegrown roster to boot. Then consider the expectations of the team and where it came from since June. It’s a huge accomplishment to make the playoffs, but I don’t think that necessarily means they’re satisfied and will quit. They’re like a fat man on an eating binge. Once they get going, they’re insatiable.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But how was it "near impossible"?
This isn’t 2007…we’ve been in the WC lead, or within two games of it, for over two months. The truly impossible-seeming part was back in June.
And besides, the last time we had to do the “near impossible just to make the playoffs”, we swept the first two playoff series. So no, the club didn’t just lay down just because they got in the dance back then, and they won’t now.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't forget
when they were 20-32, some folks (not me) thought RJ could actually pitch 30 games
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
RJ as in Randy Johnson?
He wasn’t any good for them anyway
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he had a 5-1-1 stretch around june
when the rox we’re bottoming out – and seemed to be a big part of the nl west picture in late june
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The never had the opportunity to lay down in the regular season though.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure they did.
When they were 18-28, or 20-32.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, obviously I meant after clinching a playoff spot.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is true, then
But that is also no basis to presume they’re going to lay down. Because they’ve never clinched a spot prior to the last day of the season before. So there’s no empirical evidence to suggest either way.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
there’s no empirical evidence to suggest either way.
Exactly. (I never said they would lay down.)
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
However
Every piece of anecdotal evidence suggests they’ll do the opposite.
It’s almost like we have a whole team of Eckstein’s gritty veteraneyness, but with actual talent in most spots.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except Barmes. Man, I hate that guy.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
but teh defense and 20 hr
but but but
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Barmes is near Gold Glove ability
(and no, I’m not even citing the…ahem….catch the other day).
But yeah, he frustrates the hell out of me at the plate, most times.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I don’t claim my hatred of him is rational. I just strongly dislike him.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Matt Kemp is a punk
for no reason at all. Like at all.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is only one Punk
And he plays for the d’backs.
Of course, his teammate is even worse. He’ll go unnamed.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
DING DING DING!!!
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On this we can agree. Most hated player in MLB (if not sports).
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
come on, Milton Bradley
everyone hates him, that’s why he underperforms and has a bad attitude
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Padres want him back
Bud Black wants the other knee apparently
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he wants to cruch Chase Headley's hand too
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate Byrnes, even though he’s a fellow Bruin!
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's true I'm not in the clubhouse, and I don't speak to the players
But after following every quote possible this season, I definitely believe they’ll want it. And there’s plenty of energy in that clubhouse. Any other Rox fans can back me up. They are this close. They aren’t going to just pack up and be satisfied. They learned last season that opportunities don’t just pop up all the time
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm posting from the clubhouse
Omar Quintanilla hates all of us.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does he blame bloggers because he sucks?
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's more the fact that we've all sold him up the river for Giambi
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and because we caught him trying to curse the thong
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And he just flat sucks at hitting
unless it’s the Reds or Tim Lincecum
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ELGee is sort of our anti-troll
He goes around to every other SBN site to tell them how much he hates Purple Row because he can’t swear there, or something.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
also no he's not
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh okay
Ha, a Rockies fan but says “I hate Purple Row”. It amused me.
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we have a few of them that just can't follow the rules
at all. like at all, it’s obnoxious.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes, the team has a lot of heart
but are they clutch?
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CLUTCH DOESN'T EXIST
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Means little, but
On MLB Network’s Quick Pitch yesterday, there were many clips where looking forward to the playoffs was discussed, but nothing about this w/e’s series. The fan in me wants to believe the Rockies are looking ahead.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But if you were here watching the entire 2+ hour postgame on FSRM
You’d have seen several players talk about how the job’s not done yet, and that there’s a division to play for.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And people wonder why we have different perceptions on the same situation.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's standard, when trying to gauge a team solely from national coverage
I certainly don’t presume to know what’s actually going on with the Dodgers, because MLBN can’t give enough time to cover as much ground as your locals, and ESPN is so full of epic fail from the get go.
All we can see is certain players slumping, certain players being questions for post-season spots and such, but we’re as much outsiders of your club as LA folks are of ours.
I don’t even know how LA feels about Coletti, but the Sherrill deal alone looks like a gem from here.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I did title that comment above "Means little"
There’s been a fair amount of discussion here on whether or not Colletti overpaid for Sherrill by sending 3B propsect Josh Bell. There is no unanimity on Colletti in LA, I don’t think.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which team will give us more trouble in the last ten days of the season?
- The last team that hired Jim Tracy
- The last team that fired Jim Tracy
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ooooooh
that’s kind of cool
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eric - are you bringing a mini TV to the stadium tomorrow?
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 2:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nope. I’ll just check my phone a lot.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll make sure you know the score
If Cal is winning
by delias man on Oct 2, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No need to check past 6:30 or so then :)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a good feeling about the game tomorrow
I think everyone is going to rally around the Stafon injury. SC didn’t have a great practice week, but I think they’ll take care of business.
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
beating a team who just lost by 40 points should be real tough.
by meercatjohn on Oct 2, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure how much of a bearing that game has on this week
college kids mail it in sometimes. I think Oregon sort of bum rushed Cal a bit, and Masoli was on fire. I’ve seen him play that well only last year v. Oregon State and Oklahoma State, and they lit those two teams up like crazy.
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we discussed that ridiculous spread
i’m sure it will drift towards 7 by kickoff, if not higher.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t wait for the first cringe-worthy comment when an announcer says USC needs a killer instinct to “step on the throat” of their opponent.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well I am sure
Pete Arbogast is up for the task :)
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is one thing we will be able to agree on tomorrow,
FIGHT ON ’SC!!!!
by Rox Girl on Oct 2, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little
Hook ’em Horns.
Vince Young. Yeah.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not trying to be
I’m actually from Austin (pre-Denver and all that stuff)….and I root not against ’SC, but for the Horns.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never been so miserable leaving a stadium in my entire life
My sister was crying. I felt like crying.
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But still, just being there had to be epic
I mean, it was like the greatest college football game ever. And would have been had Young been, say, tackled on the 2.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was too heartbreaking to enjoy
Maybe when we win another NC, I’ll be able to appreciate it, but as of now I’m still pretty bitter about the loss, Bush’s lateral, Ting’s stone hands, etc.
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Easily worst sports loss of my lifetime.
Yet also the second-greatest game I’ve ever seen, in any sport
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mine's really easy
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t that the closest he ever go to touching home plate? ;)
great photo, btw
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Naw, he touched it
He said so in the 2008 promo commercials ;-)
People tend to forget the catcher didn’t catch the throw.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now I have to go find the Ubaldo Hair-B-There commercial.
by holly96 on Oct 2, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This one's good for a laugh in the movie capital
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnF6Xmh45uw&feature=PlayList&p=D192F0C2B2D5FC40&index=5
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I've never really thought of including a baseball game
On a list of best games I’ve ever seen. I think it’s the nature of how the different sports are played.
Gibby is certainly my #1 sports moment though, that and Jarrett’s catch on 4th and 9. And about 10 Fisher and Horry shots.
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The more interesting SoCal/NorCal game is UCLA - Stanford
at least to me. 3:30 games, so the final should be know around first pitch Saturday.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes, the two undefeated teams in the pac-10
remember that stupid ad before the sc/ucla game? who would have thought that sarkisian was the brains all along and it would come true so soon…
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
doh!
forgot week one…
the one undefeated team?
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty sure Sark wasn't the brains behind USC
Sark was terrible. We lost b/c Corp was terrible and we turned the ball over 3 times.
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe
but i sure thought of gruden vs the raiders watching that husky game…
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I did feel like I was watching the Raiders, that's for sure
Corp = J Russ
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
12:30 UCLA at Stanford
or 3:30 eastern time
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
such an easy team to hate
they already had the nicest stadium after phone park in the bay area – so, of course, they needed a new one…
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't been to the new Stanford stadium
I’ll try and go when I move back to LA next year. We used to turn the old place into Coliseum North
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oops, must have missed the “EDT” on that. Well, guess I’ll know the outcome before I arrive at DS.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the past 50 years
There have been 102 players with 20 HR and a sub-.300 OBP. I actually thought there would be a lot less than that.
http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/JbbGd
Clint Barmes (23, .294) is one of those players.
Amazingly, there are six such players this season that fit the bill: Barmes, Jimmy Rollins, Hank Blalock, Chris Davis, Bengie Molina, & Miguel Olivo.
There has never been a year with more 20-HR, sub-.300 OBP guys
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I was hoping Olivo would be on that list
I like Barmes’ glove and pop
that’s about it. And the word is the FO wants to buy out his arbitration
noooo
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And yet ESPN loves Jimmy Rollins
Which pretty much tells us all we need to know about ESPN.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, he does have heart
and is pretty clutch, too
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Back to baseball and since we are in LA
The movie capital of the world, here’s what I think happened when Jim Tracy first met with the team after he replaced Hurdle.
Player A: You, boss, you’re such a hero, you’re so rich in baseball knowledge, how come you’re coming down here and wasting your time with such a bunch of bums?
Tracy: You see this ring? You see this ring?
Player A: What ring, there is no ring.
Tracy: Well, there should be a ring for the great 2004 Dodger team, yeah that team would have gone all the way if the front office just listened to me and not traded the heart and soul of the team. I made 970,000 moves that
year, and each one more brillant than the one before. You see pal, that’s who I am, and you’re nothing.
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2009 2:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He may well have done it.
We’ll never know.
Unless Xei can run the simulator and tell us :).
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I totally thought he was going to mention the 2004 Dodger team yesterday during one postgame interview.
It ended up he was talking about some minor league team he had managed, and I was relieved.
by holly96 on Oct 2, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I bet you he had it on top of his tongue till he realized, “Wait, NO. Must use a different example…”
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whaddaya mean Dexter Fowler has gap power
I want him to pound the ball into the ground and leg it out like Dave Roberts did!
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was hoping he’d try to get Tulo to be more lie Cesar Izturis. :)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
I thought using Tulo as an example but it didn’ t fit.
Of course I could have gone for A material on an SBN site. :)
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently this has been discussed over in Rocky Mountain land
cool
by bhsportsguy on Oct 2, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's mostly me
I’m not a big Tracy fan, but I was even less of a Hurdle fan.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yo E:
Is PurpleRow/PurpleHaze/PurpleWhatever down this afternoon? Or are all of the Rox fans just lost and looking for a great place to hang out? If so, c’mon in folks! Always room on the Dodger bandwagon!
by KellyStephen on Oct 2, 2009 2:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I've been trying to encourage interaction with fans of other teams
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty much immediately
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They're like a bunch of angry Fire ants at MCC
by ddavis539 on Oct 2, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes too much hatred it consumes them and becomes
self-hatred. Good grief.
by Seanny Rotten on Oct 2, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
especially once I mentioned TBLA was more welcoming
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Compared to that site, anything is
by KellyStephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mother Thresa’s nether region is more inviting than McCovey Chronicles.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well played, sir!
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
mother of God
well not literally
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You guys have no idea how long I deliberated over what word(s) to use before settling on “nether region”
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How long before "cobweb patch" came to mind?
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The fact that you could think of both Mother Theresa and nether region at the same time is somewhat disturbing
by KellyStephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did they respond with nasty pics and comments like "GTFO"?
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They were not nearly that tame
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone got cussed out
it was awful
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They banned me
I wear it like a badge of honor…the ban message said something to the effect of “it’s not because of anything you did or said…I just don’t know what to do with you”.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m hiding your comments, but not necessarily because of anything you wrote. I just don’t know how to handle the situation, and this is the easiest way to move on.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
which is translated into
“I have zero control over this reader base and we have no standards of conduct whatsoever so you’re banned”
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Truly, the inmates are running the asylum
How else do you explain all those slices of cake being left by 2nd base for Benji and Panda to trip over?
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha nice translation. Poor mod… he sounds trapped.
You wanna know how great baseball is? The greatest basketball player ever left his sport to play baseball.
by Jesse S. on Oct 2, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No doubt in a firey, descending, hot air balloon
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When did anyone over at MCC ever not spell out “F”????
by KellyStephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LA is a welcoming place
we’re always willing to charge ridiculous rent or sell our incredibly overpriced houses to newcomers drawn by the tinsel… and always pleasantly impressed if you can last a year or two here!
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And when the acting/modeling career doesn’t work out, there’s still plenty of work available in alternate industries.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I got banned there on my first day
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cool…just as long as we keep those G’nt fans outta here
by KellyStephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We're just doing our warm up exercises
For a 2000+ post Game Thread tonight.
Which, sadly, I won’t be around to participate in.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Why can't they put the game on MLB Network tonight?
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 3:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
FOX was going to air tomorrows game on National TV
until they decided the Braves/Nationals game would be more interesting.
by ddavis539 on Oct 2, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I asked about that, because tomorrow is TBLA day at the Stadium, but the game isn’t on Fox because the Dodgers have reached their maximum of 10 games on Fox this season.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You would think they could average it out
I don’t think the Rockies have been on FOX all year
by ddavis539 on Oct 2, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They were on in April…at Dodger Stadium :)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They might break in, when we are about to clinch :)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd like to trade tomorrow's broadcast for tonight
tomorrow doesn’t work for me. I hate it when SC and the Dodgers play at the same time.
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You should come over tonight to watch…Dodger dogs, peanuts, beer. And Dodger seats!
by KellyStephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
siblings?
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m known as Eric’s older brother in these parts…I remember the good old days when it was the other way around.
But now that he’s been on the field, in the clubhouse, in the dugout at Mecca I just gotta take a backseat
by KellyStephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not to mention the Vin Scully Pressbox!
by KellyStephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he must educate me
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The younger one will crow about it, the older one will not admit it.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For some reason, I was under the inclination you were his wife
My bad
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
Yeah my SISTER-in-law is named Kelly.
by Seanny Rotten on Oct 2, 2009 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and Sunday's is on TBS
but probably blacked out as well
by ddavis539 on Oct 2, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, because FSRM will be broadcasting it
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rock fans - what's your playoff rotation?
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 3:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ubaldo-Cook-DLR-Hammel
and Cook and Hammel might be swapped depending on how this series goes. Hammel is better on the road, his BABIP is gigantic at home
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The real mystery
is if/how Marquis/Contereras might be used, or if they even make the roster
by ddavis539 on Oct 2, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he's really struggled the 2nd half
although the middle innings of his last start went better than normal. It might boil down to how well he does on Sunday
by ddavis539 on Oct 2, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not the entire 2nd half
More like the last month or so.
by holly96 on Oct 2, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe not with Tracy but with Rox fans
He’s been very hittable and wild in the last month
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They both might
Marquis almost assuredly.
BTW that was all just my opinion, I just know that Tracy will waste Hammel or DLR in the pen and let Jason “You’re pitching 7 innings and you’re gonna like it” Marquis lose us a game
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tracy - stubborn?
I’d rather see Marquis getting run out there then Jason Phillips every day
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well the issue is that 2nd half he turned back into a pumpkin
and now he’s barely good enough to the 5th starter. I’d almost throw Contreras before him.
His last start was passable, but he wasn’t locating at all, and he was getting absurdly lucky with GIDPs
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Marquis really didn't start to sag until early August
His first few post AS game starts were actually fine.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well "sag"
the box scores didn’t look too bad, but you could see he was starting to labor as the days go by (and still I think of you)
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Contreras has post-season experience
and seems to be less of a head-case than Morales, so might be a good asset to have.
by ddavis539 on Oct 2, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Contreras has to make the roster
He and Belisle would serve as long men, if needed.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cook for game 2?
Really? Well… He did good against the Cards when he returned.
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and did excellently against Milwaukee's potent lineup yesterday
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
5/12 against cook
Yeah, pretty good
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
5/12?
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I mean
5/16, Rockies’ potent lineup against Cook last night.
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sorry
I’m still lost as to what you’re referring to with those slash numbers
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you hitting the crackpipe?
I hope you don’t mean his start against the Pirates, because that would be some ironic smack. If so, Cook came down with a back injury in that game. He tried to pitch through it, but that was the cause for elevated pitches.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would do it that way as well
the only one with a solid case to be better than Cook is DLR, but I like splitting DLR/Jimenez, both throw hard
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would start DLR for game 2
He’s a strong throwing lefty. Cards suffer against strong throwing lefties. I think they are the worst team against lefties. I can understand though, that a game 3 at STL is important. But I rather be 2-0.
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
plus we have an entire LHB lineup to stack againt Wainwright
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right now we're in line to play Philly
Games 2 and 3 will happen either way, so they’ll still get their turn. There’s no guarantee Ubaldo can win on the road vs Lee or Carpenter though
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, but have you seen Lee's numbers the last six starts?
Not much better than Manny Parra.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WOW
he seriously came back to earth, good call on that!
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Phillies, too
You’ll see Ryan Howard cursing at himself every time he goes up there to bat
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
woah there
you have one too many on the list. is there a 3-spot controversy i’m unaware of?
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Teams usually carry four starters
Marquis could supplant Hammel if he dominates Sunday
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You only need three to be swept by the Phillies. ;)
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, both are better teams than 2007 :)
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh God
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought the qutote was
These are the Phillies of two years ago
by ddavis539 on Oct 2, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah and you only
cardinals
shut up
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
shut up
Really? It’s not as if I’m some troll on Purple Row. And I did put a “;)” on it. Don’t be so sensitive.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know RMN well
That was a funny-gosh-shucks-sarcastic shut up
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 2, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
like fumbling over my own words
quit being so sensitive ;-) lolzers
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We’re big on sensitive out here, you know.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we don't have to pitch Ubaldo on short rest
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't worry
they’ll get plenty of rest… most of October, actually.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
please, keep trash talking
it’s High-Layrious
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's a seasonal thing
autumn, when a young man’s thoughts lightly turn to bashing a-rod
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so bash a-rod
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
predicting sweeps
against upstart small-market teams also comes with the territory
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well if your argument is simply based on "small market" then go right ahead
because big beats small right
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's upstart?
Two years removed from a WS appearance. Top 10 in attendance.
That’s the part I just. don’t. get. this. year.
This isn’t 2007, and the Rox didn’t come out of nowhere. This team’s been at or near the front of the WC chase for months. But as is typical of national media, ESPN just wanted us to go away so they can go back to Favre’s 452nd unretirement news conference.
This team has been consistently very good for four months.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey at least you guys have MANNY MANNY MANNY MANNY MANNY
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't call it as much a sting as...
….the blunt force of Kruk’s stupidity.
I don’t see how Dodgers fans would have much to quibble with ESPN about, though, because ManRam pretty much ensures you guys wall to wall coverage.
In the Rox case, ESPN pretty much just ignores our very existence, at least until they have three minutes on a late season weeknight they just have to fill. And when they do, they’re pretty much universally uninformed and ignorant about the club.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've noticed a marginal increase of Rockies coverage
with the addition of Giambi. Maybe it’s there duty to keep their fan base updated on what happens with former Yankees.
by ddavis539 on Oct 2, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
small-market
Denver is about the same population as Fresno. yes, that Fresno. it is also near absolutely nothing except a decent university, the air force academy, and some good skiing.
of course a national network like ESPN doesn’t care about it.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who cares about the population of the city of Denver?
You need to look at the population of the Denver metro area, which is more than twice that of Fresno.
by holly96 on Oct 2, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
fresno county has almost a million
all of denver would barely qualify as a cute ethnic neighborhood in LA.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, and nobody looks at Denver and counts just the city of Denver.
That’s the point. Who cares if it’s less than Fresno? The metro area (most of which is within 20 minutes of downtown) is over 2 million. And if you add in Boulder, it’s even more.
Yes, it’s still a relatively small-market compared to many other sports towns. But your comparison to Fresno is laughable.
by holly96 on Oct 2, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you seem to be missing a lot about Denver
yes, Denver CITY has a low population. But the Denver Metro is massive, and the Denver Sports Market covers Wyoming, Montana, parts of Utah, Kansas, New Mexico, etc etc.
The United States Census Bureau estimated that the population of Denver was 598,707 in 2008, making it the 24th most populous U.S. city.4 The 10-county Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated 2008 population of 2,506,626 and ranked as the 21st most populous U.S. metropolitan statistical area5 and the 12-county Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area had an estimated 2008 population of 3,049,562 and ranked as the 16th most populous U.S. metropolitan area.8
But please, keep going. Your points are all excellent and well read and right and stuff.
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
24th and 16th
sounds like the average finish for the rockies’ pitching staff in a given year
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except this year, it's more like 8th.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha
Not entirely there fault though… What’s the Rockies’ ERA+?
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you are smaller than San Diego
Is that the point?
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and san diego has the marines just up the road
instead of flyboys with cute white gloves and goofy hats
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
cute white gloves
San Diego also has a naval base. Shall I summon the village people?
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok, ok
but they have TWO branches, dammit
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you guys seriously talking about this?
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm letting myself get trolled miserably
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We get a tad defensive about our hometown.
Nothing wrong with that.
by holly96 on Oct 2, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can talk about our crime rate, which I believe is WAY lower than Denver's...
Not bashing on my home city (which I love), but come on…
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's only because you send your basketball players over here
to commit their criminal acts.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
pffffff have you SEEN the Nuggets?
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha
most tatted up team in the NBA I believe, they haven’t slowed down EVEN though A.I. left.
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, Kenyon Martin has to contribute somehow
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fort Carson called, and said...
“I have 35,000 battle tested soldiers and thousands of tanks.
And I’m one hour from Denver."
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My pony is slow
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Denver has more federal employees than anywhere but D.C.
Your point?
by holly96 on Oct 2, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who cares?
I thought this was a baseball chat?
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Denver has an inferiority complex
we’re like the Canada of the USA
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah...
I can see that, well at least you guys aren’t those east coasters who think we’re all about Beverly Hills and Compton and nothing in between.
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hear there's desert there too
and disneyland, right?
(I was born in Lompoc)
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow, you two trolling at the same time
it’s like a coupon or two-for-tuesday
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
but seriously, I'm a big John Stockton fan
he played for that team you guys have, right?
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
good one
glad to see you’re getting the point
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wait, I'm sorry
I’m mixing up my states in the middle of nowhere with nothing but mormons… you guys have the team that won a couple of NBA rings, right?
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Careful, you're starting to sound like an East Coaster.
by holly96 on Oct 2, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they're probably posting from Queens
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The population of the Denver metro area is:
2,506,626
That’s plenty large enough.
And we don’t care about ESPN either, because we prefer intelligence and accuracy in our sports news.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I mentioned this elsewhere
but ESPN did a bunch of stuff covering us this morning, and ostensibly last night
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They've covered us pretty decently (though of course not perfectly) for awhile.
People just let the complaints carry over past when they’re still valid.
by holly96 on Oct 2, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We have many posts here that our friend, sarcastro, finds about ESPN. They do cover us, but it just seems they cover us the wrong way. And you’re right about Kruk.
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup, after 3- and 4-game sweeps
They’ll make us wait 8 days for WS Game 1 again.
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by Mondogarage on Oct 2, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This all being said
I haven’t looked through TBLA enough – what does your rotation look like come next week?
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
depends on who you ask
wolf CK kuroda is my take, though some put CK third. you’ll get five different answers on the four spot, though I think wolf again makes the most sense (though that threatens to violate the rules of oh-so-modern orthodoxy)
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wolf for sure in game 1. Probably Kershaw in game 2, Kuroda in 3 (if healthy, he’s being skipped this weekend with a stiff neck), probably Billingsley in game 4.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and Torre has already said he will go with four starters in the first round. Most people here recognize that and don’t make the same tired argument over and over again.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so Bills still has some good favor then
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes
opposing teams definitely favor his run support hex and sixth-inning meatballs
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s lost some control, everyone here drills him for that. He has rather bad luck, which everyone drills him for that too. I mean, 6 IP, and only 2 hits in his last start and we got an LA Columnist saying that is terrible work… 5 walks is unacceptable though
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
was it Jim Rice doing the analysis
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Three BBs were pitching around Adrian Gonzalez, of which I approve given the Padres sad lineup. The really bad walk was to Eckstein. Bills definitely lost command to Headley on that other walk though.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Torre still likes him. He has the inside track, too, especially after Garland’s last start, and the fact that Padilla was moved to the pen for this week.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Before Kuroda was out with a stiff neck, I would have thought Wolf/Kuroda/Kershaw for the first 3 (which is who likely would have started this weekend in that order too).
by Eric Stephen on Oct 2, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Personally - I'd go
1 – Kershaw
2 – Billingsley
3 – Wolf
4 – Kuroda
by oshea2002 on Oct 2, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
accounting for rest and such?
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by Andrew Martin on Oct 2, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Furcal
Ethier
Manny
Kemp
Loney
Blake
Martin
Hudson
Wolf
by silverwidow on Oct 2, 2009 3:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Finally...
Jesus Christ, our playoff rotation to play, my prayer has been answered. Kemp should be rested though
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rest Kemp? No thanks.
That means JP starting. I’ll pass on that. The last time Pierre started over Kemp in a crucial game was Game 4 of last year’s NLCS. That’s putting a bad tone on things.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's like seeing one of your employees work all year
And not getting a vacation, you see him work hard every day and you just got to give him a few days off. Buuuuuuuuut I rather have him over Pierre. You can count on that.
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was at that game
and I was pissed when they were announcing the batting order and I realized once they got past the 6th spot or so that Matt Kemp wasn’t staring and that Juan Pierre would be announced as the CF.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I bet that wasn’t the only thing you were pissed in that game.
by PHAT JULIO on Oct 2, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But if I recall correctly, Kemp didn't hit that series
If I recall only Manny was hitting. Kemp wasn’t an all star that year, he really broke out this year.
by Dodger Dude on Oct 2, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
IIRC, JP didn’t hit all year. You’re going to defend that decision on a sample of 3 games? Kemp hit in the NLDS.
by David Young on Oct 2, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
unless they clinch tonight
let’s hope his greco-roman antics at third are our last ML ’09 memory.
by stillnotah8er on Oct 2, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
With all the fingers pointing upward this season,
divine intervention will provide rest to Kemp.
by RawhideBlue on Oct 2, 2009 3:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I love all things baseball and I've enjoyed the spirited discussion here today but...
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Please for the love of (blankety blank) put the Dinger madness to rest. Don’t make me call you again. Goodnight."
(Inspired by KellyStephen). Thanks.
by RawhideBlue on Oct 2, 2009 3:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
no
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