The man of the perpetual grin and bubble blower extraordinaire gives us something to chew on this morning in an oft repeated phrase “Respect everything. Be in awe of nothing.” Rumor has it that he has printed and bound this and other statements to be delivered to Snakes such as young Mr. Byrnes who opined “I think we’re a good team, I also don’t think the Rockies have outplayed us, because they haven’t,” Byrnes said Saturday afternoon before the Diamondbacks workout at Coors Field. “Not even close. They’ve had a little luck go their way. Definitely, the ball has bounced in their direction. They’ve been the beneficiary of some calls.” Would those calls be the strikes that the Snakes have watched go by or the high-sticking check into the glass that his teammate tried to lay on Mr. Matsui? That kind of talk just makes you look silly when you’re losing.
Category: Baseball
Collapse of the Titans: Rockies will Take Game 2
In a collapse heard round the baseball world after midnight last night, both closers of the battling Diamondbacks and Rockies faltered and hoisted the entire game onto their backs. First, with a hard fought 2-1 lead in the bottom of the ninth, Rox closer Manny Corpas beaned Young with one out later allowing him to score on a ground out by Byrnes. Fortunately, Stephen Drew had a ‘Baldwin Brothers’ moment, walking off of second base after the umpire called him safe and into the eternal jibing that his brothers will offer.
When the Snakes trotted their intimidating closer Valverde out in the eleventh inning having thrown far more pitches than he normally does, he too stumbled. After giving up a single to Spilly, he walked Brad Hawpe and Jamey Carroll to load the bases for defensive hero Willy Taveras. Taveras stood in and patiently took four flaming pitches that, unfortunately, weren’t even close to the strike zone. Base runner trots home to take the lead, ball handed to Speier for a perfect eleventh and the Rockies headed to Sky Harbor Airport for the trip back to the oxygen depleted confines of Coors Field for game 3. As the sign used to warn at the old Mile High Stadium fence, “Breathe Deeply, you are now one mile above sea level.”
Who Are Those Guys?
That line, originally tossed off by both Butch and Sundance as they looked over their shoulders at the pursuers who would not quit, has been asked more often in recent days of the surging Colorado Rockies. Few of them had were familiar with the players, much less having seen the team play. Strange, in a world of satellite television and 24 hours sports news. Perhaps the reason that the Kid Rox are such strangers is that they are not in the news for dog fighting, steroid abuse, tantrums and threats to sit out their contracts, drug problems, alcohol driven incidents, or any of the other myriad issues that athletes succumb to these days.
Perhaps USA Today was on to something back in June when they ran the story entitled “Baseball’s Rockies seek revival on two levels.” Give the article a read and get to use our boys in Purple (who have stuck with the black tunic in hopes of not interrupting the streak) a little better.
Clint Hurdle: Philosopher King on the Wind
When asked by the astute pontificators from TBS about the effects of the gusty winds Saturday night, Hurdle thoughtfully replied ” Well…it’s blowing my paperwork around.” Few can guage the true depth of the Rockies’ leader…
Uh-Oh-Two-Oh!
The Kid Rox took it to the Phillies again yesterday behind the grand slam by bomber power hitter the situational hitting of Kaz Matsui. Oh what New York would give for him now! Two and ought and back to the friendly confines of Coors Field for a Saturday night in LoDo. Rocktober Baby!
Clint Hurdle, Rockies Philosopher King
In response to yet one more dumb question the Rockies have received in the past few days, the Soul Patch speaks…
Asked the importance of winning Game 1, Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said, “I don’t know. I don’t have any experience to draw upon. But I would think it would beat the heck out of losing Game 1.”
Kid Rox in 4…
Rocktober Baby!
Bottom of the 13th inning, Padres leading by two runs and Trevor Hoffman on the mound. One of the most feared closer’s in all of baseball strides to the mound sans his usual theme music [though the Rockies haters on TBS didn’t fail to dig it out of the CD pile] and ….PROMPTLY LOSES THE GAME AND SEASON!
The Colorado Rockies are unstoppable now as we wing into Philadelphia! All the aspens will now turn purple in honor of the conquering heroes.
Kid Rocks on a Roll
Eleven wins in a row and three to go at the Keg. Never give up hope until the last out is counted!
Hope Springs for the Rockies…in September???
Can it be? The calendar flipped quietly over to September as the weekend passed and the Colorado Rockies remain in contention? How many years has it been now since these games (or those in July and August) mattered to other than die-hard fans? With a schedule packed with divisional rivals for the remaining 27 games, we’re back to the hopes that germinated in the spring.
Hope Springs Eternal: Rockies in July
The opening day of Broncos camp is front page news and the top of the hour story each year at this time but something has interfered, taking the edge off of the near religious event; it is the end of July and the Colorado Rockies are relevant in the National League West pennant race. After thumping the Dodgers on Faith day at the ball park (and nearly blowing it in the top of the ninth), the Rox are showing signs of making it a battle all the way to end this year. Dare we dream?
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