Corpas comment not so graceful to Colorado - The Denver Post

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Mark Grace insists he was cracking a joke, not leveling a charge against Rockies closer Manny Corpas. During Sunday's ninth inning, Corpas blew his first save, surrendering a two-run homer to Diamondbacks third baseman Mark Reynolds. Grace, Arizona's color commentator, said Corpas "didn't have enough Vaseline on that ball." The remark angered Rockies fans listening to the Arizona broadcast on ... [link]

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Rockies Really Need To Lighten Up
Published 4/8/2008 by Mark Townsend at Bugs & Cranks
... During Sunday’s game — the one where Corpas blew the save — Grace commented that perhaps Manny hadn’t used enough Vaseline on the ball Mark Reynolds hit out for a game changing home run. ...

Tuesday Morning Rockpile:
Published 4/8/2008 by Russ at Purple Row
... we'll get out of him what we always expected: "One thing that has been a problem for me has been something happens in the first inning and gets away," Cook said. "After I gave up that run, I stepped off the mound and told myself, 'Let's get going here.' " Breakthrough season? What we always expected out of him? Whatever you want to call it, we definitely want to see more outings like last night instead of trips to the DL. ----- Troy Tulowitzki's response upon hearing about Mark Grace's remark on Manny Corpas ...

Blog-O-Rah-Rah: Cheerleaders Videotape Assault
Published 4/9/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... . • THE DENVER POST throws out news that Mark Grace says he was only joking, but the Rockies aren’t laughing about the commentator’s comments that pitcher Manny Corpas“ didn’t have enough Vaseline on that ball .” • While tears are shed for the final year of Yankee Stadium, BIG LEAGUE STEW wonders if anyone is feeling sad about ...

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