Category Archive: Ian Stewart

Aug 24

Thanks to Ian Stewart the Rockies are a mess at third base

New Rockie Kevin Kouzmanoff

In 304 plate appearances in 2008 Ian Stewart batted .259/.349/.455 in his first real look with the Rockies. At the age of 23 it looked like he would develop into a very good everyday third basemen. He had 10 home runs that season and if he could bat .259 in his first season with 10 …

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Aug 11

Why are the Rockies ignoring Iannetta’s breakout season?

Colorado Rockies v Arizona Diamondbacks

There has been quite a bit of talk about what the Rockies will do at the catcher position this off-season.  For whatever reason, the team seems like it might be ready to give up on Chris Iannetta.  A few weeks ago, Troy Renck speculated that the Rockies might want to trade Iannetta this off-season, leaving …

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Aug 10

Random thoughts about the Rockies and the NL West

Jose Reyes

While watching the game and keeping up with baseball in general last night I had a few thoughts run through my head. Not all of these thoughts are clean enough for any sort of public forum and even some of my thoughts relate to baseball. None of them are deep enough for me to justify …

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Jul 27

Weather the Storm

(AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Remember when the Red Sox were 2-10 and the Rockies were the best team in baseball?  It seems like a distant memory, but for about a month the Rox looked like a sure bet to make the playoffs and the Red Sox struggled.  Now, Boston seems close to invincible and the Rox are shopping 90% …

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Jul 25

Jim Tracy is not helping Ian Stewart

Ian Stewart

This might be a first; I am defending Ian Stewart. I wrote negatively about Stewart early last season about his tweets and how they make him appear lazy and essentially the opposite of dedicated to his team and his craft. I have written many times since that he isn’t living up to his potential and …

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