The title of this piece is a coincidence and while the Rockies lineup today is a disaster its importance in on our life is nothing compared to what happened 10 years ago today. There is plenty of coverage on the greatest attack on US soil on plenty of websites. What I want to talk about …
Category Archive: Seth Smith
Aug 23
Hey Jim, don’t let the door hit you on the way out
Jim Tracy’s curious lineup choices have been subject to much scrutiny this year. On this site, it’s been a particularly popular topic. In fact, his inability to logically piece together a lineup has probably been discussed too much. Nevertheless, I’m picking on sweet ole’ Jim once again and it’s because last night he may have …
Aug 10
Random thoughts about the Rockies and the NL West
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 …
Aug 04
Analyzing recent Rockies lineups
There are some unwritten manager rules in baseball that have been around a long, long time. Some of them are OK, like giving your pitcher the green light to throw at an opposing player when the opposing team plops your stud hitter in the back. Some of them are just plain dumb, like putting the …
Jul 11
Positives from the Colorado Rockies first half
The unofficial halfway point of the baseball season is upon us. Or is this the official halfway point? Whichever it is the Rockies have played 92 of the 162 games they will play in 2011. It is the All-Star break and other than Troy Tulowitzki the Rockies have three days of rest and relaxation. After …
Jul 07
Rockies rotating lineup pain: self inflicted
During last night’s broadcast Alanna Rizzo, Root Sports roving reporter, went in-depth in discussing how much the Rockies lineup had changed since Opening Day. She elaborated on the fact that the Rockies have had seven different players at second base, seven play third, eight different outfielders, 10 different starting pitchers and even three different starting …








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