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After last season, it surprises me sometimes how much opportunity I see for the team to crawl back into the playoff discussion. In these cases, fantasists such as myself, should normally be institutionalized as a danger to a pessimistic society, but I know I'm not the only one who's had this thought.
Two things that Saunders doesn't mention: One big advantage we have over last season is a ...
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The RMN has a really nice Jack Etkin article on the adjustments made by Ian Stewart in between stop #1 in the majors this season and stop #2. It's clear that some Rockies fans still have to make some adjustments of their own to Stew, but at least those are growing fewer in number.
At the trade deadline, one of the impediments to the Rockies making a move was one of specificity. They were ...
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Colorado Springs: Off
Tulsa: L 3-5
Arkansas just nibbled away at Alan Johnson over the course of his eight inning start, and although he wound up taking the loss, there's not much to be down on him for. Six strikeouts, just one walk and seven hits, one a solo homerun, two others went for doubles and a 14/4 GO/AO rate, and the efficiency to limit himself to just 93 pitches. Over eight ...
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The man from Defiance, OH has been none too good against the Rockies in his six appearances (four starts). In 23 2/3 IP, he owns a 6.46 ERA, and has allowed 17 runs on 31 hits and 17 walks. He's also allowed four home runs.
Our guy from Vancouver, British Columbia has gone 5-2 in his 12 games against the Dodgers and sports a 2.69 ERA in 77 IP. In the NL West, he's done his best against the ...
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Herges heads to 15-day DL; Ryan Speier recalled
Speier's back-and-forth continues.
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The fine ladies who frequent this establishment have often given some creative titles to some of the Rockies. You can see some of them on this:
If you view the URL of the image, you'll know what this is part of. Obviously, there's supposed to be one answer for all three phrases since each one trails off. I already have one answer to it, but it's specific to a situation.
So, your ...
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Happy birthday, Todd Helton! You turned 35 today, and all you got was still being on the DL. Kind of sucks, doesn't it? All right, I guess you'll get a bit more than just a continued stay on the DL for his birthday. You also received a comparison to Don Mattingly .
Also in that link:
Outfielder Ryan Spilborghs, out since July 9 with a strained left oblique muscle, will begin a rehab ...
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Miscellaneous: Rox Girl does a team-by-team review of the minor league system over at her RMN blog , but I'm sure we'll go a bit more in-depth here once the minor league seasons end (playoffs included).
The Springs, L 4-5 in 10 innings: Scott Podsednik collected two hits, stole a base, scored once, and drove in one in another game for the Sky Sox. His on-again-off-again teammate Cory ...
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With what do the Rockies follow their three-game sweep of the Nats? Find out tonight!
Go Rockies!
W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Ubaldo Jimenez
8-11
26
26
1
0
0
0
153.0
148
74
67
9
77
122
3.94
1.47
W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA ...
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The 2008 Scouting Report, By The Fans, For The Fans
For the sixth year in a row, I am once again asking for hardcore baseball fans to participate in the annual Scouting Report project, in which you evaluate the fielding characteristics of players on your team. If you have a few minutes, please drop by and evaluate your team:
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So the Rockies get to face Manny and the Dodgers. Ramirez has been on fire since joining LA:
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
2008 - Manny Ramirez
16
59
11
25
3
0
6
21
10
12
0
0
.424
.514
.780
A little Ubaldo Jimenez should shut Manny down today. But Manny isn't the only new face around on ...
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Olympics: Dexter Fowler discusses what's been going on lately with the team in his journal .
The Springs, W 9-0: Oscar Villarreal made his Sky Sox debut, walking five and striking out four in four innings. He did not allow a hit. Thirty-three of the his 66 pitches went for strikes. Mark Redman held Salt Lake to no hits, but did walk three. Matt Daley allowed a hit in the eighth, but that ...
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That's right. SB Nation has brought in two guys to blog about the Colorado Buffaloes. Check 'em out at The Ralphie Report !
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Christian Friedrich promoted to Asheville
Sheng-An Kuo was demoted to take Friedrich's place. Look in the notes section at the bottom for the mention of this.
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Troy Renck has a new mailbag and answers a question about pitching coaches and Leo Mazzone:
Why is it that Leo Mazzone hasn't caught onto a team since he was let go from Baltimore? With the future of the rotation needing direction (Ubaldo Jimenez, Franklin Morales, Greg Reynolds), could you see the Rockies shaking things up by replacing Bob Apodaca with Mazzone? -- Chad, Kearney, Neb. ...
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The Springs, W 6-2: Joe Koshansky hit a three-run homer, his 28th, in the eighth inning to give the Sky Sox a four-run cushion. A Jeff Dragicevich RBI single, a Mike McCoy sac fly, and a Matt Miller RBI single accounted for the other three runs.
Greg Reynolds, making his first start in nearly a month, fared well. He allowed no runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out ...
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Next Game
Colorado Rockies @ Washington Nationals
Sunday, Aug 17, 2008, 11:35 AM MDT Nationals Park
Aaron Cook vs Odalis Perez
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Sunny. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 85.
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I'd have been a lot more confident we'd get the sweep today a couple of weeks ago, but Cookie's ...
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Modesto: 3-1
"Chacin just knows how to fiddle, just because you own a Stradivarius doesn't mean you can play the violin."
A scout told me that recently when I asked about whether he likes Jimenez or Chacin as the ace of the Rockies rotation in five years. This was a mixed response that was both encouraging for the Machine, but sort of discouraging with the implication that he feels U-ball ...
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Livan experiment, take two.
With JDLR's recent spate of strong starts, you have to think that Livan won't get a third chance with another bad outing tonight. While we're on the subject of preparing for 2009, you would think that at some point Ian Stewart's career .342/.419/.658 line against left handed pitching would dictate his placement higher in the batting order than say someone like ...
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2008 has pretty much lost meaning to Rockies fans, as last night's anemic game thread would indicate, so increasingly our focus is going to be on 2009. This offseason is shaping up to be an interesting battle as all five teams will enter with big holes to fill, and whoever does the best job at that might well head into April as the favorite. While it's easy to get caught up in the Rockies big ...
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