so, i'm sitting here wondering (yes, it is 5 in the morning -- i'm working on 4 computers for my brother this week while i'm here) wondering why oh why my Rockies are doing so bad...
I've been a Rockies fan pretty much since they started in 1993...Lissette and I have been driving up to Colorado for the past 5 years or so because Price can get us AMAZING seats to the games. We’ve made it our own little tradition. She is a Padres fan and it is a great little rivalry between her and I...in years past our two teams have been battling it out for last place. This year it is more of the same. The Rockies are in last place and the Padres are beating them by 1/2 a game...and that stinking 1/2 a game was tonight. We were tied going into the 9th (8 to 8) and then stupid Fuentes gives up 5 runs and the rest of our stinking bullpen give up another 2 runs...we lose by 7 runs thanks to our lousy pitching that really really has been pissing me off...we've lost 8 games straight and it is VERY hard for me to believe this is pretty much the same squad that won 21 out of 22 games straight at the end of last season to take the NL championship. As a side note, I saw one of the World Series rings tonight. There is a lady named Marcie and she is the one that Price gets all of his Rockies hookups through. She works for the Rockies front office and came down to say “hi” and then she handed me her ring and said, “Check it out”. I put it on my pinkie (only finger it would fit on) and was slightly worried when it didn’t come off right away…wow, it had TONS of diamonds on it and was very very cool…I should have taken a picture of myself wearing it…maybe Thursday night (she is getting us on the field with the team for the Fireworks Show :-)
So, back to my rant…i just don't get it...yes, we've had injuries and yes, we've had some tough losses that we shouldn't have had...but WHY can't the team cough up some money and GET A REAL PITCHING STAFF??? The only one i have faith in anymore is Matt Herges - i love that guy...he is the oldest pitcher on their team BY FAR (he is 38), but he has a great curve ball and he is pretty consistent (compared to the rest of them)...he pitched 2 innings tonight and didn’t give up a single run...he did hit someone, but i'm sure the curve is hard to control at times...I also trust...well, no one...Aaron Cook is doing ok (10 and 5 w/3.64 era) but he's blown some games he shouldn't have...so, i pretty much HATE our pitching staff at the moment (can you tell i'm bitter)...
BUT, on a bright note - we still have 2 more games this week to go to...tomorrow (cook is starting) we are going to sit in the new seats that are right on the right side at the field…we can reach down and pick up the foul balls!!! The other game is thursday against the Marlins (who actually have a winning record)...I’m bummed we won’t get to see Peavy pitch…every time we see the Padres he is just sitting next to us watching...
Oh, did I mention where our seats are? They are RIGHT NEXT to the dugout. We are basically sitting with the team. If you were to take a rope down the line where the team sits and run it towards the catcher you’d run into our seats. I have several pictures, but only one tonight (I’ll put up more tomorrow)...
I've been a Rockies fan pretty much since they started in 1993...Lissette and I have been driving up to Colorado for the past 5 years or so because Price can get us AMAZING seats to the games. We’ve made it our own little tradition. She is a Padres fan and it is a great little rivalry between her and I...in years past our two teams have been battling it out for last place. This year it is more of the same. The Rockies are in last place and the Padres are beating them by 1/2 a game...and that stinking 1/2 a game was tonight. We were tied going into the 9th (8 to 8) and then stupid Fuentes gives up 5 runs and the rest of our stinking bullpen give up another 2 runs...we lose by 7 runs thanks to our lousy pitching that really really has been pissing me off...we've lost 8 games straight and it is VERY hard for me to believe this is pretty much the same squad that won 21 out of 22 games straight at the end of last season to take the NL championship. As a side note, I saw one of the World Series rings tonight. There is a lady named Marcie and she is the one that Price gets all of his Rockies hookups through. She works for the Rockies front office and came down to say “hi” and then she handed me her ring and said, “Check it out”. I put it on my pinkie (only finger it would fit on) and was slightly worried when it didn’t come off right away…wow, it had TONS of diamonds on it and was very very cool…I should have taken a picture of myself wearing it…maybe Thursday night (she is getting us on the field with the team for the Fireworks Show :-)
So, back to my rant…i just don't get it...yes, we've had injuries and yes, we've had some tough losses that we shouldn't have had...but WHY can't the team cough up some money and GET A REAL PITCHING STAFF??? The only one i have faith in anymore is Matt Herges - i love that guy...he is the oldest pitcher on their team BY FAR (he is 38), but he has a great curve ball and he is pretty consistent (compared to the rest of them)...he pitched 2 innings tonight and didn’t give up a single run...he did hit someone, but i'm sure the curve is hard to control at times...I also trust...well, no one...Aaron Cook is doing ok (10 and 5 w/3.64 era) but he's blown some games he shouldn't have...so, i pretty much HATE our pitching staff at the moment (can you tell i'm bitter)...
BUT, on a bright note - we still have 2 more games this week to go to...tomorrow (cook is starting) we are going to sit in the new seats that are right on the right side at the field…we can reach down and pick up the foul balls!!! The other game is thursday against the Marlins (who actually have a winning record)...I’m bummed we won’t get to see Peavy pitch…every time we see the Padres he is just sitting next to us watching...
Oh, did I mention where our seats are? They are RIGHT NEXT to the dugout. We are basically sitting with the team. If you were to take a rope down the line where the team sits and run it towards the catcher you’d run into our seats. I have several pictures, but only one tonight (I’ll put up more tomorrow)...
even a bad game don't look so bad (well, almost) from this point of view...
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