Tom Ley

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Name: Tom Ley
Date registered: February 16, 2012

Latest posts

  1. Jim Tracy in a Nutshell — May 23, 2012
  2. Are Fowler’s Seven Pounds Paying Off? — May 20, 2012
  3. A Return to the Bad Old Days — May 3, 2012
  4. Drew Pomeranz and Reasons to Be Hopeful — April 25, 2012
  5. Tulo pulls a Skrimshander — April 18, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. Jim Tracy in a Nutshell — 18 comments
  2. Musing on O’Dowd’s Legacy — 11 comments
  3. Nicknaming the Rockies — 11 comments
  4. Five Years — 8 comments
  5. A Return to the Bad Old Days — 8 comments

Author's posts listings

May 23

Jim Tracy in a Nutshell

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Fire Jim Tracy, News

by Tom Ley

Jim Tracy

We complain a lot about Jim Tracy on this blog, and I’m sure that sometimes it seems like we are unfairly picking on him. At times, I have even wondered if maybe I just target Tracy because that’s the simple and easy thing to do. When a team plays awful, it’s always easy to place …

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May 20

Are Fowler’s Seven Pounds Paying Off?

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Dexter Fowler, Rockies

by Tom Ley

San Diego Padres v Colorado Rockies

Heading into this season, I and many other Rockies fans were hoping that this would be the year in which Dexter Fowler would finally take the next step and become a truly meaningful contributor. Now, 35 games into the season, it’s still unclear what will ultimately become of Fowler this year. He has certainly been …

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May 03

A Return to the Bad Old Days

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News

by Tom Ley

bichette

I imagine that most Rockies fans cut their teeth rooting for the team in the mid 90’s, when it was led by a cartoonish squad of power hitters who became known as The Blake Street Bombers. In those days, there was no humidor to help ground potential home run balls that were sent soaring through …

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Apr 25

Drew Pomeranz and Reasons to Be Hopeful

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Drew Pomeranz

by Tom Ley

Pomeranz

This past Saturday, Drew Pomeranz took the mound to make his second start of the season for the Rockies. He pitched five innings, allowing two earned runs off of two hits and three walks, while striking out six. On the surface, there isn’t anything incredibly impressive about that stat line, but there is a lot …

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Apr 18

Tulo pulls a Skrimshander

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Troy Tulowitzki

by Tom Ley

Tulo

One of the best books I read last year was The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach. The story revolves around a virtuosic Division III college shortstop named Henry Skrimshander, whose world begins to crumble when he gets a case of the yips and can no longer throw the ball to first base with any …

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Apr 07

Evaluating Guthrie’s First Start

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Jeremy Guthrie, News

by Tom Ley

Jeremy Guthrie gray

Heading into Friday night’s opening game, I was eagerly anticipating getting my first look at the Rockies’ opening day starter and de facto ace, Jeremy Gutrhie. If you were to only look at Guthrie’s stat line from the game (7 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO), you would probably assume that he …

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Mar 26

An Appreciation of Helton’s 2000 Season. Or, The BBWAA is Insane, Vol. 2376

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Hall of Fame, Jason Giambi, Todd Helton

by Tom Ley

Helton

Recently I was perusing Todd Helton’s Baseball Reference page (because it’s always a party at my apartment) and I stumbled across a piece of information that’s mere existence made me want to break my laptop over my knee and punch the nearest member of the BBWAA in the face. The thing that made me so …

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Mar 20

Diving into the Rockies’ Bench

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Brandon Wood, Chris Nelson, Jonathan Herrera, Jordan Pacheco

by Tom Ley

Pacheco

One of the major storylines that always arises out of spring training is teams’ quests to find positional depth. The spring performances of fringe major league players are heavily scrutinized by GM’s and coaching staffs as they look to stock their team’s bench. We all know what a quality bench player is supposed to look …

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Mar 15

Nicknaming the Rockies

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News

by Tom Ley

Seven Poungs

So, spring training everyone! Are we havin’ fun yet? Haha, just kidding, of course you aren’t having fun. By now the warm intoxication of pitchers and catchers reporting has given way to the dull hangover of analyzing 46 pitch Jamie Moyer outings and meaningless coach speak (Last week Jim Tracy praised Drew Pomeranz for his …

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Mar 05

Musing on O’Dowd’s Legacy

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News

by Tom Ley

o'dowd

Rockies fans have had a complicated relationship with their team’s General Manager, Dan O’Dowd. At times he has presented himself as a shrewd and tactical GM, while at other times he has made decisions that have made fans want to bang their head into the nearest hard surface. This dichotomy has bred a certain amount …

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