Much to the chagrin of baseball purists, sabermetrics are here to stay.Many baseball fans are well-aware of the new brand of statistics, but even the casual fan has started to be introduced to the emerging new style of keeping track of how well a player performs.Sabermetrics are a very useful tool. They dig far deeper into the actual game than…...
The Rockies are three games into their 2011 spring schedule. So far so good, they are 3-0. What does that mean? Absolutely nothing. Is it nice for Rockies fans to see that their team won another spring game? Sure. However, if the truth were told, the fans at home care more than the players in the clubhouse. Especially at this…...
The Rockies were in a good spot. They had chased Josh Johnson from the game and had runners on first and third with only one out in the 7th inning. As has been the case far too often in 2010, the Rockies failed to tie the game, despite a Seth Smith bullet up the middle with the bases loaded that…...
Donnie Murphy ended what looked like the Rockies first late inning win after the All-Star break. He launched a two-run walk off home run to right-center field to give the Marlins a 9-8 victory.After booting a routine ground ball double play that resulted in a three run inning, Jonathan Herrera redeemed himself in the top of the 8th inning, stroking…...
Just another day at work for the Rockies. A 4-2 victory over the NL West leading San Diego Padres at Coors Field on Saturday night. The victory moved the Rockies to within just one game of taking the lead over.The game was yet another example of just how deep this Rockies organization is. Jason Hammel, the Rockies fifth starter, continued…...
What a difference a month makes.With the Rockies down 5-0 half way through the game on Wednesday night, no one at Coors Field was making their exit plans. The crowd was rewarded with yet another walk off win, the third in three games for the Rockies. This time the Rockies won it 8-7 on a ninth inning solo home run…...
For the second time this season, the Rockies made Tim Lincecum, the two-time defending Cy Young winner, look like just another pitcher. This time, 22-year old Jhoulys Chacin kept the Rockies in the game long enough to win 6-3.Chacin shook off a two-run first inning in which Aubrey Huff hit a long home run to right field. He held the…...
Where is Jim Mora when you need him? Wednesday night would be a perfect chance for his famous “playoffs, playoffs?” press conference. A team that seemed to be destined to win their first-ever National League West title, the Rockies look more like the team of the early 2000’s that struggled to win 70 games every year. The Rockies dropped a…...
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