May 14
In many of the professional sports if a team appears unprepared the head coach, manager or whatever the elder leader of the team is called in that sport, is typically held accountable. If a defensive back is not hustling on a play and completely misses a coverage the onus is on the player, but as …
May 07
Duh. The title of this piece isn’t exactly ground breaking news: the Rockies pitching is atrocious. How bad is it? Who would most fans say are the Rockies best pitchers, right now? Or at least who has been the best year to date? I would venture to say that many fans would say Jamie Moyer …
Apr 16
The baseball season is a 162 game marathon that unfolds at a snail’s pace. Currently, the Rockies are 4-5. Even if this season goes spectacularly well, we are likely to see worse nine game stretches than 4-5. Certainly things could be better, but they could also be much worse. Nevertheless, the start of the season …
Apr 11
More than a week has passed since Tulo was hit with a pitch from a former teammate, and one aspect of the much discussed incident deserves some attention: why are we just now hearing about the contract dispute and clubhouse strife? When the Rockies traded Ubaldo Jiménez to the Cleveland Indians, most fans groaned and …
Apr 03
When the Rockies first traded Ubaldo, I was among those that were very much against it. I felt like he still had the skill set to be the successful pitcher he was in 2009 and the first half of 2010. This may come as a shocker, but I was wrong – very, very wrong. What …
Mar 06
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know by now that Rockies’ starting pitcher Alex White was arrested for DUI in Scottsdale on Saturday night. I’m not here to destroy White over this. People make mistakes. I think he’s probably a decent human being. However, before we go much further, let’s get one …
Feb 28
In part one I tried to determine just what makes an excellent pitcher. An excellent pitcher will most likely succeed at Coors Field. A staff of Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Justin Verlander, CC Sabathia, and Felix Hernandez would probably “fit” just fine at Coors. In thinking about building a staff at Coors, I think we …
Feb 27
The Oakland Athletics’ signing of Cuban phenom, Yoenis Cespedes, raised a lot of eyebrows across the league. $36 million over 4 years for someone that has never seen a minute of major league action? Seems like quite a gamble.However, it got us thinking about which $30 million player we would want as a Rocky: the …
Feb 25
As pitchers and catchers report to their respective spring trainings, the Colorado Rockies prepare for a year in which they are determined to be better than this disappointment that was 2011. How are they going to be better? The answer from the front office has been loud and clear in the offseason. They tore up …
Feb 23
Although I’m inclined to agree with our honorable skipper here at BSB, sometimes it’s just too darned difficult to accept the Rockies’ front-office shenanigans without wondering how things might’ve turned out if other, more competent people had been running things. Like the fans, for instance. Rockies fans, like my Grammy, with the team’s best interests …
Loading ...
Loading tweets...
Recent Comments