Category Archive: Marco Scutaro

Sep 21

Did Marco Scutaro cheat the Rockies?

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Over the past few days I continue to hear the Rockies radio guys talk about how Marco Scutaro has “really turned it on” since being traded to the San Francisco Giants. Yesterday Jerry Schemmel was raving about his 32 RBI since joining the team (or since August 1st, I can’t recall exactly) and how that …

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Aug 13

30 games below .500

Tracy hangs his head because his team is awful

The Rockies fell to 30 games below .500 after yesterday’s gut wrenching loss to the hated San Francisco Giants. With the team up 6-4 going into the eighth and Matt Belisle coming into the game and the bottom of the Giants punchless order most thought the game was over. But this is baseball and each …

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Jul 31

Colorado Rockies trade deadline (or lack thereof) review

Hernandez remains a Rockie because O'Dowd values him too much

The Rockies are not going to the make the playoffs. Breaking news at 10pm! For the past few weeks there have been many Rockies fans who wanted to see the team unload some players and hopefully get something in return. The problem is the Rockies don’t have anything that any other GM in his right …

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Jul 15

The weekend that was for the Colorado Rockies, in case you missed it

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Coming out of the All-Star break it is easy to forget that the Rockies returned to action this weekend. The team was 19 games under .500 and tied with the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros with the fewest wins in baseball after the first half. Not a lot to root for. But maybe that wasn’t …

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May 22

10 doom and gloom stats

Time for the Scutaro experiement to end.

Reading Blake Street Bulletin is getting depressing. Writing about the Rockies is getting depressing. But I try to think of something positive to write every day and struggle to come up with anything that I could even put a tiny bit of meat on – I’m talking a chicken wing from KFC after I got …

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May 14

Defending Jim Tracy. Sorta.

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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 …

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May 04

3 Up – 3 Down: Looking back on the first month

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The first month of the season has been a roller coaster ride for Rockies fans,but the team managed to enter May with a .500 record.  Jeremy Guthrie is the first player to go down with an injury and JhoulysChacin was demoted, so the starting pitching depth will be tested.  Here, we discuss Guthrie’s replacement, evaluate …

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Apr 28

Box score lovin

Sometimes you just need to sit back and thoroughly read a box score. Last night’s game certainly provided a lovely box score, offensively, for the Rockies.   AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB M. Scutaro 2b 5 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 J. Herrera 3b 4 3 1 1 …

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Apr 27

3 Up – 3 Down: Scutaro, Impressive Youngsters and Starting Pitching

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The Rockies had a .500 road trip to Milwaukee and Pittsburgh this week, and the success was largely a result of dominant pitching and timely hitting.  Here are three questions that came up during the week: How do you evaluate Marco Scutaro’s performance so far? Brendan: Quietly disappointing.  Quiet because he has not struggled so …

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Apr 15

Jordan Pacheco optioned to AAA

Pacheco was sent to AAA to work on his defense

On Saturday night after the Todd Helton home run the Colorado Rockies recalled Drew Pomeranz to start today’s game and to make room for Pomeranz they sent Jordan Pacheco down to AAA. Pomeranz is here to stay for the remainder of the season, presumably, and Pacheco is heading to Colorado Springs to work on his …

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