Irrespective of which team you want to win the Phillies-Rockies NLDS, any sane Dodger fan would want the Rockies to win today's Game 4, forcing a Game 5 and using up a key starter on both squads.
It's the end of three innings, and the Phillies are up 1-0 thanks to a solo shot by Shane Don't Throw At My Head Victorino. The Rockies could better help themselves out here if they didn't waste two leadoff singles in the bottom of the first inning, and then watch Dexter Fowler GIDP in the third. But then, no lead is safe at Coors Field, so there's a lot more ball to play.
Cliff Lee, two hits and no runs through three innings; Ubaldo Jimenez, four hits and one run through four.
Let's go, Rockies! Win this game (or at least take it to the 17th inning)!
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Let's get some shit going, Rox. Pretend like it's September.
Thank you for trying to liven the proceedings up, but watching this game on Gameday is one of the most painfully dull experiences of my life.
They could use it to quell rioters.
Couldn't disagree more. I want the Phillies....
1. Jim Tracy mojo
2. That dumb "Beat LA", which is ok in Frisco because they are the rival, but not from wannabe Arizona, San Diego, or Colorado.
@Josh S
Do I wish they would put away their pitchforks and torches? Sure I do. If I keep talking like this, will they return quietly to their homes? We'll have to wait and see.
@dsheridan, if you're not in favor of a Game 5 of this series, you're nuts (like Matt Holliday). It would mean one less day of rest, two more plane flights, and at least one lost starter (likely Cole Hamels / Aaron Cook, if not others).
I'm not saying the Rockies should win it all. I'm just saying they should exhaust each other in the process of getting to the end of their series.
Exactly, Sax.
Rox better hurry up and produce or else they'll run up against Phil' bullpen...oh, wait...maybe that's actually their game plan.
two on, two out, and Carlos Gonzalez (Rockies' leadoff hitter) blows it, flying out to Werth.
1-0 Phils through 5.
I still want to believe that everyone here looks like their avatar. That being the case, MC would be the most dashing dresser, by far. But that wouldn't be logical, would it?
And where the heck is Karina? I need to tell her something.
Haven't heard from Karina in some time, Neeebs.
Werth HR. 2-0.
Werth makes it 2-0 with a HR.
Rocks- might want to go to plan B if plan A was don't score.
Why would I want a fuckin black taco? So the regular one is maybe, what, 49 cents? Or I can pay 89 cents for a black taco that has yet undetermined better qualities than the regular tacos at Taco Smell, other than their oddball coloring?
1-out walk to Helton in the sixth, and Cliff Lee is at 87 pitches. Can you get something started here, Rockies???
Ask and ye shall receive, Sax!
I had time to read Anna Karenina in the time it took Helton to score from first.
in the past few games i've noticed that carlos ruiz often flattens out his right leg and rests on his left knee when catching (as you can see in this picture http://tinyurl.com/yz2wb26).
99% of the time when he does this the pitch is a fastball (ive only seen one slider thrown when he makes this position, because obviously if the pitch is in the dirt it would be difficult to stop). Maybe something to take advantage of...
I'm totally hearing you, Koufax. When I first started noticing it, it seemed to my admittedly less than scientific analysis that the leg flattening usually ended up being a pitch away and low (eg, let's try to get batter to swing at something outside the zone).
How many base runners have we seen get hung up b/t 2nd and 3rd the last few days?
Hot damn, the Rox score a run on a Tulo double! And then proceeds to get doubled off of SECOND to end the inning.
Sigh.
2-1 Phils after six.
spanked that dub...
@neeebs,
I do find that I mentally substitute SOSGers avatars when I don't know their faces.
@Mr. C - Hey, I look exactly like Andre.
@MLASF
Sorry, for some reason my brain stuck you with your previous wild-eyed Ron Artest avi.
What can I say, it's a mysterious place up there.
they've pulled everything they can out of Ubaldo: seven innings of two run ball, and he escapes the jam in the seventh.
Hmm, leaving a pitcher in waaaaaay too long? Yep, that's the Jim Tracy I know.
Hey Ladies: I look like a cross between Matt Kemp and Ethier.
Yeah, I liked that crazed Artest .avi from a ways back, MLASF.
Does anyone know the game temp?
White hankies...hahaha...
Seth Smith is aboard in the seventh, with one out for the Rox
SFDF
45F per gameday.
fielding error puts smith at second with one out
@sf dodger fan: it was 48 degrees at first pitch in Colorado
Barmes flies to center, so two away in the bottom of the seventh
Thx for the temps...Splibourgh is hated up here by gnatters,,,feared too...
I look like Gibson...the Kirk variety...
It's getting down to "When do pitchers and catchers report?" time for the Rox.
Cliff Lee, 105 pitches through seven, and he gets out of the jam in the seventh.
Ubaldo is out having pitched 126 pitches over seven innings, and leaving with a 2-1 deficit.
I look like Gibson...the Mel variety. Or the guitar variety.
"Blogger Steve Sax said...
I look like Gibson...the Mel variety. Or the guitar variety."...
funny...
@sax
Now I'm stuck with a mental image of Mel Gibson with a disproportionately long neck and giant ass, thanks.
Good eye hero...
Sax-
You mean you don't take after your dad?
Related: I hear now that Steve Lyons is also going on that Steve Garvey Cougar Cruise.
one out and Frankln Morales cannot find the strike zone. Bases juiced. Will Tracy make a move? I don't know. Will he ask himself this exact question in his mind? Probably.
Natasha Betancourt gets Pedro Feliz to pop foul out. Two out, bases still rancho ardiendoing
Rancho nothing came of it.
Now come on, Rox! I don't want to have to go three days with no baseball to watch.
Betancourt gets out of Morales' jam! 2-1 going to the bottom of the eighth.
Near enough to call it 'do or die'...
cliff lee is still going!!!
115 pitches, just walked Dexter Fowler with one out, up 2-1 still in the bottom of the eighth.
Come on, Rox, get to the Phils' pen!
Holy cow. Fowler just jumped over Utley! That was crazy.
How tall is Fowler?...like 6-8?...
Rancho almost ardiendo! Madsen comes in to blow it (I hope).
He's got SUPER long legs. I mentioned that to Christine more than once during the last series of the season.
He really just jumped over/around the left knee of Utley. I could do that (if I weren't all Kirk Gibsoned up now)
Yahoo Sports says he's 6'4".
Well, he ended up jumping over/around his knee, but he was high enough to clear a bent over Utley. It was pretty athletic to do that and not even glance Utley's uniform.
Tracy Mac leaping ability...
I don't know what just happened there in the Helton AB, but now there's two on with still one out. And Ryan Madson just replaced Cliffy Lee.
Wow. Giant catch there in left field. Thought it was dropping for sure.
Rox are doing their usual pressure thing but great catch by Francisco...
Tulo swings at a pitch not even NEAR the strike zone to get the second out. Thanks, Troy!
Ben Francisco pulled an anti-Matt Holliday.
Is Giambi still juicing?
We're about to find out.
Porn 'stache!
HELL YES!...
I don't think they got Giambi to hit singles, but I guess that works.
@ Dusty Baker...GAY porn 'stache...
I think Giambi probably hits ON singles.
4 to fucking 2!
There we go!
@SFDF:
I stand corrected!
I'm not buying the 'Tracy mojo' thing...too cold in Roxland maybe...but...LA owns these guys this year...
I kind of hate Rockies' fans. I feel a little sick being happy right now. But I just have to remind myself that I'm not rooting for the Rockies; I'm just rooting for the best possible outcome for the Dodgers.
Thome: Do what Giambi just did.
Dusty...I live in SF...I see that stuff all the time...West Hollywood has nothing on The Castro or Tenderloin...
4-2 Rox! WOW!
Erin: The baseball gods understand your predicament. Don't worry about it. It was like us "rooting" for Jints down the stretch.
The Madson/Lidge competition for suckiness continues.
@Erin, I totally hear you on h ow difficult it is to root for the Rockies. If they actually pull this win out, we're going to have to put up new Scoreboard Watching threads for every lead change tomorrow.
"how" should really be one word, not two. my bad
4-2 it is, going to the ninth...
Come on and close this down, not-Phils!*
*That's another approach you might use, Erin.
Good one, DB.
Steve Sax, Your 6:09 Yoda-like...
Huston with a K on Dobbs. One out
Cook v. Hamels if this goes to the 5th game.
Shouldn't we be hoping for extra innings? I mean, that's the ideal situation.
So if the Phils win, we see Pedro?..
Man, those white towels are really distracting.
I cannot wait for TBS to out of the picture...terrible commentary...
In liking the way this is looking. Can we post a generic "go rox/go phils, boo phils/boo rox thread" tomorrow?
Horrible out pitch, Street. Your prize: Howard.
walk him...
WALK THIS GUY!!!...
He's about to walk him the old fashioned way.
Ouch.
I won't say it...
Rancho looking like extra innings!
OUCH
I'll take the blame for this one. Not exactly what I wanted when I was hoping for extra innings.
Takin' it to the Street, indeed.
Does my bullpen suck? It most certainly does.
Tracy is stupid
why have Street, who's looked bad, face Werth who's been hot, when you can face Stairs or Cairo?
hindsight is 20/20 I know, but whatever
Scott Eyre to close it out? The bullpen really does stink.
Announcers gave a reason for not using Lidge, but I'm not buying it.
Liner to the ankle...
NOT!...
I'm prepared for a Philly victory, and a loss!
The Colorado season rests on the shoulders of Todd Helton.
And now Tulo.
Culowitzki
Can I change avatars since it's between NLDS and NLCS? My current one served us well, but I'm feeling outdated.
Lidge to pitch to Tulo?
Walk-off.
Looks like we have a Game 5 on our hands.
A blown save here would just blow this bullpen apart for the rest of the Phils' post-season.
Tujols.
dusty, i'm wondering the same
i havent shaved since the colorado series
i'm feeling dirty
my beard is worse than Kershaw's lol
Yikes, this game is craaaaaazy
deuces wild...
K coming up
Tulo blows
Ouchie! Rematch!
Damn.
But...
BRING IT.
And now I'm officially nervous.
JL, you have one of the strongest avatars out there.
My playoff beard is coming in ok. Haven't shaved since day before our NLDS started. My father in law immediately said nice playoff beard when he saw it, but my mother in law was scared by it. So it's working on that level, too.
yup
shoot. Well, that's all she wrote for the Rockies.
Phillies vs. Dodgers.
Hamels game 1
Happ/Pedro/Blanton game 2
Lee game 3
Happ/Pedro/Blanton game 3
but I guess Lee might go game 2 on 3 days rest
Meh it's not like lidge was blowing him away. That was a crappy at bat by tulo
And that's that...
I am this arrogant.
Lee might go on short rest, but I'm guessing he doesn't. He's made a lot of pitches in post-season so far, incl. tonight.
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