Also-Rans Face off / Rockies Preview
by Phil Gurnee on Aug 19, 2011 11:42 AM PDT
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Rockies are 58 - 67 one full game a head of the Dodgers as two teams who had aspirations for post season play find themselves playing out the string in August. For the Dodgers it was more of a pipe dream where many things had to go right for a postseason endeavor but for the Rockies as early as April they were crowned the NL Western champions so it must really be a tough pill to swallow to find themselves in this situation.
They still have Cargo and Tulo but Ubaldo is no more. They got a pomeranian for him. At least their brightest pitching prospect didn't undergo TJ surgery, he simply got whacked upside the noggin with a line drive and is out for the year. Which in his case was the best case scenario as it could have been much worse. Rockie fans will need to wait until next year to see if Juan Nicasio can shake off the mental aspect of being beaned and come back to the level he was at before the ball dented his skull.
1st Base - Todd Helton / Jason Giambi - does any team have an older duo manning 1st base? How is Giambi in the NL? The White Sox could have saved 60 Million by simply signing Giambi to DH, and he would certainly have produced at a level you'd expect a DH to produce at. Then again the last time we saw the Rockies, Jason could not even run to 1st base without hurting himself.
2nd Base - Mark Ellis - seems strange to me they are still giving him at bats and have decided to try Chris Nelson as a 3rd baseman. Ellis came over when the Rockies still thought they would be in the hunt and he made a huge impact in his first week but has since cooled off. In the last 28 days he has a .475 OPS. Jonathan Herrera may end up playing some 2nd.
SS - Some guy name Tulo, you might have heard of him.
3rd - right now they are using former number one pick Chris Nelson at 3rd base. He's struggling but at least they are going to give him regular at bats for the rest of the year. I suspect he'll either be the starting 2nd baseman or 3rd baseman in 2012. Like the James Loney era in LA is coming to an end it would appear the Ian Stewart era is also ending for the Rockies. They are two completely different players, but still incredibly ineffective.
C - Chris Ianetta continues to be a plus offensively. He had a terrible July, but is smoking hot in August with a .974 OPS.
RF - Carlos Gonzalez - Other then a terrible April, Cargo has posted a plus .900 OPS every month.
CF - Dexter Fowler is now getting full time at bats and he's doing what he's always done. Since 2009 he has posted three season OPS+ of 94, 92, 97. Of course it has taken a scorching 2nd half to get him to his normal level. .892 OPS in the 2nd half.
LF - Looks like Seth Smith and Eric Young are getting the time in LF. Earlier in the year Carlos Gonzalez was playing LF and Smith right field but in August they looked to have been flip flopped.
Bench has Giambi, Wiggington, Herrera, Spilborghs, Eliezer Alfonzo is the backup catcher. Nice old group who can hit a home run if you need it, play terrible infield defense if you need it.
Match Ups:
Triple Stat Line = TSL = tERA / SIERA / xFIP
Hiroki Kuroda versus Jason Hammel - Hammel used to be able to strike out hitters but in 2011 he's strictly a contact pitcher which might not be a good idea pitching in Coors. His K rate in 2010 was 7.14, in 2011 it is 4.78. Too bad for him his GB rate has dropped from 46% to 43%. I'm not an expert nor did I sleep at a Holiday Inn but those don't appear to be good trends. His TSL 5.99 / 4.89 / 4.71
Ted Lilly versus Esmil Rodgers - hard throwing Rogers is back in the rotation. He throws a 94MPH fastball, along with a 84MPH slider. He also has a change up and curveball that he will mix in. TSL = 5.57 / 4.51 / 4.74
Chad Billingsley versus Kevin Millwood - The 36 year old Millwood has only made two starts for the Rockies since being signed to help the beleagured rotation. Once upon a time he was a good pitcher, got paid a lot of money, was not so good, and will spend the next few years of his career bouncing around from team to team. Chad Billingsley might end up with the exact same career path.
Bullpen:
Huston Street is hurt which doesn't really help a team because Rafael Betancourt takes over the closing duties and this guy is nails. Betancourt has had some of the best peripherals of any bullpen pitcher over the last few years. I'm not going to spend any time on the rest of the bullpen, hopefully we see a plethora of them.
Dodgers will have no excuses for not scoring some runs this weekend. Ted Lilly in the daytime in Coors would appear to be a nightmare but he's pitching so well lately that I think he delivers again. The Dodgers ran into a legitimate buzzsaw with the Brewers but they played that very good team solidly and came within a few breaks of winning that series or at the least breaking even. The Rockies are not the Brewers, if the Dodgers don't win 2 out of three and score at least three runs in every game, they deserve to be in last place by the time this series is over.
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There’s way too many Betancourts.
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Possibly a worse name than De La Rosa.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 19, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
His 5 ERA coming off the year he had a 1.73 influenced me.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 19, 2011 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s way too many Betancourts.
FARC agrees!
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t believe how they’ve been a non-factor this year. They and the Reds are two big NL disappointments.
haha.
I really thought the Reds were gonna be beastly this season. Rockies I did not believe in.
by Lex in Brooklyn on Aug 19, 2011 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Yonder Alonso anyone?
Has a good bat but nowhere to play since the only position he is ok at is 1B and there is no chance they move Votto. Since we are very unlikely to get Fielder I would love to get him to play 1B. Any chance they deal him this offseason? Would we be able to get him for maybe Webster and an outfielder?
Thanks for linking that
I learned something today. Guys like this worked behind the scenes, but we baseball nerds owe them a lot.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Jay Leno quip featured in Jayson Stark's latest column
“Passengers on a Delta flight from Madison, Wis., to Atlanta had to deal with a bat flying loose in the plane. A bat can do real damage — unless, of course, it’s held by an L.A. Dodger.”
Sad but true.
Nothing is ever easy.
Glad to see Jay Leno still paying top dollar for his joke writers.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 19, 2011 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Jose Tabata about to get rich
Per Dejan Kovacevic:
Hearing #Pirates deal with Tabata is for six years plus THREE option years. Stunning.
May be irrelavent, but I'm going to throw it anyway
Does this affect McCutchen?
by Julio Nievas on Aug 19, 2011 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
he'd better get
a whole lot more
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 19, 2011 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa. I don't... get it.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Assuming it’s not insane it buys out his first year of arb (which they almost certainly were going to give him) then the options effectively set a ceiling on his arbitration price following that. Unless the numbers are crazy, it’s a great idea.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 19, 2011 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Little League World Series
Just saw the players introduce themselves and say who their favorite player was, some highlights:
2 kids said Ichiro
1 kid said Mike Napoli
1 kid said Orlando Cabrera…
Good night everyone
Heh. 50% of those kids are smart at least.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
last time with all the kids from Hawaii
guess who they said?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 19, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Still think some of them so ridic trying to copy Bryce Harper eye black gimmick. Can’t they come up with some original ideas?
by silverwidow on Aug 19, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not like Bryce Harper was the first guy with eye black.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 19, 2011 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
You know what I mean: the overdone crap that Harper does.
by silverwidow on Aug 19, 2011 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Do does Kirk Gibson
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I never saw any of that in my Little League. Different eras, yeah, but I just want to know what they’re trying to prove.
Oh, I definitely did. And you’re not much older than me.
by Michael White on Aug 19, 2011 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
That they’re kids and easily impressionable. Especially if they’re looking at a dude as studly as Bryce Harper.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 19, 2011 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
That little leaguers like Bryce Harper? I don’t see what’s wrong with that.
by Julio Nievas on Aug 19, 2011 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you think 11 and 12 year olds know who Bryce Harper is? Young kids probably know MLB players, but very few minor leaguers. If they know Harper, I doubt they care about him one way or the other.
by Michael White on Aug 19, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think I ever tried it, but I remember playing little league ball with guys who used eye black for every game.
by Michael White on Aug 19, 2011 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I heard Josh Bell smeared eye black on his letter to MLB teams.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 19, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
LOL
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 19, 2011 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Hah. Kudos to you, MSTI Mike
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
My office building is right at an intersection (yes, there are traffic lights in the high desert), and a few times a day there is someone who screeches on their brakes heading into the intersection (it’s a three-way light, one street ends into another street). It’s like watching a movie from my window seeing these near crashes.
do the tumbleweeds cause problems too?
by delias man on Aug 19, 2011 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s the loose meth rocks that get kicked up and star a windshield.
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
by mleadman on Aug 19, 2011 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Safelite
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 19, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
more than replacing the windshield?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 19, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
surprisingly replacing windshields is not that expensive.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Safelite repairs
Safelite LIES TO YOUR FACE!!!!!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 19, 2011 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
They should workshop that new jingle with Humma checking for meter.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 19, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently auto glass is quite a competitive business. Keeps the prices down and the service up. They come to you!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Yes, was quite shocked when I broke my Forerunner’s windshield by jamming the wiper into the wrong place. I was expecting a huge bill.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Last night I was coming down a one way street approaching an intersection with a light where the cross street is a feeder off the freeway. As I approached the intersection in the left lane just as the light had turned green for me, going a good 30 mph, some idiot turned LEFT into my one-way street, on his red light, going faster than I was. i immediate slowed down and honked him. What I couldn’t believe was that instead immediately stomping the brakes as I and a whole column of cars behind me appeared before him, he SPED UP, with just a clearance of about 2 inches as he squeezed into my left shoulder. After I got across the intersection and parked, I noticed that he had shortly afterwards turned ionto a driveway, so I got out and was going back to get his license plate. But he sped out backing up, reversed to face the correct direction, then took a left turn at the intersection so I couldn’t get it.
What the hell was going through his mind when he sped up? I guess he wanted to get to that driveway, but, jeez, what a stupid thing to do. He could easily have crashed or at least broadsided me and caused a multiple crash behind me. I mean, there obviously was no one behind him also going the wrong way. There was no danger in hius just coming to a stop and letting the traffic go around him until it cleared.
at the age of 19 I did a similar thing in Downtown LA, it is quite amazing how our brain will tell us we are right no matter how much contrary evidence is staring us in the face. I call it the Joey Joe syndrome.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Aug 19, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
that's a rec
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Weirdest accident I've seen
was once after midnight on Colorado Blvd in Pasadena I saw a car in front of me turn in front of a car going going the other direction. That car t-boned the other and they both took off in opposite directions. Only double hit and run I’ve heard of.
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
The drivers: Fred Tony and Hippo Vaughn
by Eric Stephen on Aug 19, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Yikes. Was this in Goleta?
I swear too many people today are driving like they are living in a Fast and the Furious movie. Scary.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
all the la weather girls with ludicrous boob jobs are dropping like flies
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Aug 19, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Anybody remember these?
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Never saw one of those but I do remember driving by the Helms bakery before it got converted into what it is now.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
These trucks
were where I learned the wonder of the glazed donut. One also almost killed my brother. The kids used to run out to the trucks as the pulled up. one time my brother was late and ran out just as the driver was pulling away. He grabbed onto the bumper and got dragged down the street. Skinned his feet up pretty good.
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
must’ve been a great donut
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 19, 2011 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
he didn’t know how let go?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I am assuming front bumper.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Then he’d have been early not late
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Meercat, your mind is a wonderful thing.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
If you go there now, there are some displays regarding the old Helms Bakery there. It’s basically a furniture gallery and such now, but I did enjoy spending maybe 30 minutes reading and looking at the Helms displays there. Nostalgic.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
And the Jazz Bakery.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
The Jazz Bakery was always among the best bakeries, but never quite good enough to be the best. Plus, the people who frequented the Jazz Bakery were always among the most whiny.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 19, 2011 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t walk in there. Are there a couple other food spots in there?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Yep. La Dijonnaise and Beacon. Both OK.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
jazz bakery
was supposed to move next door to the fonda theater but jerry brown’s desire to destroy development agencies kinda killed that plan.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Aug 19, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I definitely remember buying yummy baked goods off the Helms truck when I was very young. That stopped before I was 10, I believe. I think it was the cream puffs that we loved.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
According to Wiki they closed in 69
I’m wondering when the Glendale Bakery closed on San Fernando? What the hell was it called?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
List of things to irritate members
1. Wear obscene amounts of Eye Black when playing baseball whenever Silverwidow is near
2. Wear a Fedora whenever Delias is around
3. Wear another teams jersey to a game that does not involve that team – I think that annoys more then one
4. When talking about Billingsley only refer to him as good or solid not elite or great
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
I must be losing my touch, I can only think of four right now.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
talk incessantly about your days BFF-ing with ex Dodgers in Vero Beach.
by delias man on Aug 19, 2011 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just to make sure we push each other on this, I enjoy VeroJoe’s stories. How else would we know that Jamie was verbally bitch slapping Frank?
It is possible we push on most dislikes / likes.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
by meercatjohn on Aug 19, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Drink Dr. Pepper
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
more like
Don’t Drink Dr. Pepper
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 19, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Generate insane fictitious trades involving too good a player acquired for too far too little given back.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Aug 19, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Throw with an inverted W
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
by mleadman on Aug 19, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
good call! lol
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Comment on movies, television programs, music — anything popular culture.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Comment on current pop culture and media.
/Special Xeifrank category
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
We call him "Z" Frank
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
by underdog on Aug 19, 2011 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Complain about all the comments on movies, TV, etc., and then disappear when the Dodgers are discussed.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
ivDowns
lack of love life
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Even better, touche
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Talk about the Guitar
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
beat me to it
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 19, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Santana:now::Choi:then
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
repeatedly bring up the Carlos Santana trade
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 19, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck that guy!
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
cue the gif
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 19, 2011 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
ok
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
by mleadman on Aug 19, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
And for being a total fucking fuckwit.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretending to be a Dodger fan when you're really a Red Sox fan
by Michael White on Aug 19, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Guilty.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Call something 10 years old
old school
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Make a list of other commenters’ pet peeves
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Wow - I'm sensing some real built up hostility here
we may need a group hug session
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo touchey.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep, someone is getting tossed the first inning
KCAL! FTMFW!
by robotmadeofnails on Aug 19, 2011 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
mention Paul Newman
(sorry Humma, couldn’t resist)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 19, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck that guy!
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Mentioning 4G
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Suggest a starting role for Justin Sellers (or any prospect)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 19, 2011 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Compare Justin Sellers to Dustin Pedroia.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 19, 2011 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Talking about Kyle Russell as a non-prospect
That’ll piss me off fast :)
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Yes I said yes that’s annoying yes.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn’t sure if I went too far with the Mikado takeoff.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
write page-long comments rosterbating on bad catching options
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Telling someone to use their blogger powers
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Talk about how "bad" Eli Manning is
That one will win you over some fans
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Interesting
that not a single reply to this is green.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Aug 19, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Complain about the lineup every single day
by Eric Stephen on Aug 19, 2011 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
But… but… but… the lineup is terrible every single day.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Ask if Kemp has had a hit this series ;)
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Ouch!
Once upon a time he [Kevin Millwood] was a good pitcher, got paid a lot of money, was not so good, and will spend the next few years of his career bouncing around from team to team. Chad Billingsley might end up with the exact same career path.
Harsh! But possible.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Bills is nothing like Kevin Millwood, Millwood had good control.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 19, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Losers lineup
Fowler CF
Nelson 3B
Gonzalez RF
Tulowitzki SS
Helton 1B
Smith LF
Alfonzo C
Ellis 2B
Hammel P
Ianetta coming off a huge game takes a seat. Tracy calls that his Hee Sop Choi move
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Elizer was feeling sexy today.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 19, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I blame arm angles
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Eli Whiteside was placed on the new concussion-centric 7-day DL by the Giants.
I had forgotten about the 7-day option.
that was a hell of a faceplant he did
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 19, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
is there a video?
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I love that you haven't let this go
but for the Rockies as early as April they were crowned the NL Western champions so it must really be a tough pill to swallow to find themselves in this situation
Turns out, it was the leukemia talking.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
have to have Loney’s bat in the lineup.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
WOW!
That’s a shitty lineup!
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
You’d be hard pressed to look at our 25 man roster and come up with a shittier lineup.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Is Velez still on the 25-man?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
This is just dumb
You could easily have Gwynn play CF, Kemp in RF and Rivera in LF.
by Michael White on Aug 19, 2011 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Or simply Gwynn in RF and Rivera in LF, though I thought I remember Purple people telling us that left field is harder in Coors then right.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I assumed Gwynn’s arm didn’t play in RF, but ya, that works too
by Michael White on Aug 19, 2011 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I think that's true. I remember hearing that elsewhere (and seeing that)
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MILES IS THIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Miles hitting third
for the love of God, why? WHY?!?!?
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Aug 19, 2011 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Because
Blake is a has a pain in the neck.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
FTFY
Blake is a has a pain in the neck shoulder.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 19, 2011 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Humma Kavula told me to never let facts get in the way of the joke.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
And I was right!
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Aug 19, 2011 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
pushing me closer to snapping into insanity
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
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