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Name: Kevin Jordan
Date registered: September 10, 2012

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The Eight-Hole — May 16, 2013
An April Surprise — May 2, 2013
Major League? — April 19, 2013
“42” – Was there a point to this film? — April 12, 2013
Last Minute Observations — March 28, 2013

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May 16

The Eight-Hole

Categories:

Rockies, Todd Helton

by Kevin Jordan

Given the Rockies recent struggles at the plate, discussing who should hit eighth might seem a little out of place. Let’s be honest – when a team scores more than three runs only once over their last eight games (and nearly get no-hit twice), the last thing they should be worried about is who should …

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May 02

An April Surprise

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Rockies

by Kevin Jordan

Besides the eternally optimistic (and smoke-blowing) Dick Monfort, did anyone think the Rockies would end April on top of the NL West? Heck, did anyone think they would even be at .500, much less 16-11? This was a 98-loss team whose biggest off-season acquisition was a middle reliever. Even die-hard Rockies fans were predicting another …

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Apr 19

Major League?

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Carlos Gonzalez, Dexter Fowler, Jeff Francis, Juan Nicasio, Nolan Arenado, Off the Field, Rockies, Todd Helton, Wilin Rosario

by Kevin Jordan

“Maybe these guys ain’t so fu**in’ bad.” That’s the thought running through my head, as well as the rest of the Rockies’ fans. When they started off 5-1, it was easy to dismiss considering they had played a mediocre team in Milwaukee and a much worse team in San Diego. After the Giants took the …

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Apr 12

“42” – Was there a point to this film?

Categories:

Baseball History, Off the Field

by Kevin Jordan

***Spoilers ahead*** There are a lot of reasons to make a movie. Money, art, to tell a story, money, to bring a serious issue to the spotlight, and money are just some of those reasons. Oh, and don’t forget money. So, when I saw that a new movie about Jackie Robinson was coming out, I …

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Mar 28

Last Minute Observations

Categories:

Rockies

by Kevin Jordan

Note – as of this writing, the Rockies had not started the game played on March 27. With three games left for the Rockies in spring training, just about the only thing we know for sure for the upcoming season is that the Rockies will, in fact, field a roster with 25 humans; none of …

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Mar 14

First Impressions

Categories:

Chris Nelson, Jason Giambi, Jordan Pacheco, Juan Nicasio, Michael Cuddyer, Nolan Arenado, Todd Helton, Tyler Colvin

by Kevin Jordan

Editor’s note. This was sent into our Supreme Master last week, but our Supreme Master was off vacationing in Maui! Why isn’t he watching every pitch of every Rockies Spring Training game? I asked the same question and all I got in return was some sort of Corona induced psycho babble. In any case, we …

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Dec 07

Line Drives Don’t Kill Pitchers, But Bad Mechanics Might

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News

by Kevin Jordan

Fortunately, Brandon McCarthy has recovered well after being struck in the head this summer.

Over the past couple of years we’ve seen three cases of a pitcher getting hit in the head by a line drive, resulting in a lot of talk about needing to protect pitchers. The first occurred last year when Juan Nicasio (Rockies) was hit, falling to the ground and breaking his neck. The second occurred …

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Nov 21

General Manager for a Day

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News

by Kevin Jordan

What would Kevin do with Fowler? You may not like it....

With free agent season upon us, I’d like to take this opportunity to suspend reality by pretending that the Rockies have non-cheapskate owners and a general manager who doesn’t need his cage cleaned once a week, and look at how I would construct the roster for 2013 if I were in charge of this team. …

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Nov 10

Burning Money

Categories:

Dan O'Dowd, Kevin Slowey

by Kevin Jordan

Now that the 2012 season has finally come to an end, Rockies fans can begin to forget this horrible season ever happened. We all thought we could start forgetting at the end of the regular season, but things actually got worse. First, we had to watch Seth Smith put the A’s on his back and …

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Oct 16

First Round Playoff Musings

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News

by Kevin Jordan

Wilder Card Round First of all, I don’t consider the Wilder Card game to be the first round of the playoffs. It feels more like a play-in game outside of the playoffs kind of like those two ridiculous play-in games in the NCAA tournament. If anything, they cheapen the playoffs. That being said, the Wilder …

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