Annual Black and Purple Thread

[Stifle Tower]

Gotta be impressed by the Rockies great start. And they've won mostly on the road. Can they keep it up?
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My apologies, colton...I know "gotta" ain't a word.

 

[franklin]

Can Rosario and Fowler keep it up? Fowler isn't hitting 70 homers of course, but hopefully at a lesser pace. I question if a catcher can though.

This team can slug 1 through 8 and is top five in every hitting category. If Rockies could ever get some pitching.

 

[franklin]

So...uh...any 10-1 teams out there?

Pretty good start. Who the heck is this Maholm kid? Doesn't do anything for years, but like everyone else, goes to the ATL and becomes a pitching threat.

 

[Bronco70]

Are they going to be playing today? I saw some pretty snowy pics the other day...

 

[Bronco70]

The NL West is looking pretty solid so far (Padres notwithstanding)...

 

[franklin]

Giants in a slugfest tonight. I might have to invest in the baseball package.

 

[Bronco70]

Dammit.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Don't look now, but Rockies are in 1st.
I will admit I hadn't given them much of a shot, figuring it would be the Giants and Dodgers battling for 1st and one of the wild cards all season. Colorado AND Arizona have been early surprises.

 

[//r00t 4 Jazz]

Always hard to repeat, especially as much pressure and innings as the Giants put on their starting pitching. I don't think SFG will be bad but I think for this year the pitching will feel all the extra innings from last year and not be as dominate, I still think they'll be good but I don't expect them to be able to repeat.

 

[franklin]

Oh snopes, Bronco and //root. Dis a good one already.

 

[Bronco70]

Oh snopes, Bronco and //root. Dis a good one already.

Agreed.

Cain has struggled recently, and Vogelsong appears to have forgotten how to pitch altogether.

 

[Bronco70]

Nice snag and throw by Arenado there.

 

[scootsy]

Let me try.

ROCKIES don't stand for steroid use like the BRAVES do with Dan Uggla. Back in 2009, Yorvit Torrealba was banging for a catcher and was the only ROX who could get a hit in the post season. But he was obviously roided up so they dumped him for this young bonehead Chris Iannetta (who the broke DODGERS were dumb enough to pick up). Now flip back to a club like the BRAVES. They reward roid use with a $62 million dollar Dan Uggla contract.

I don't even have to get started on the CUBS hiding Sammy Sosa's problem or the GIANTS drug problems with Barry Bonds or promoting Tim Lincecum's weed addiction.

don't need players who juice when they only put the opponents balls in the humidor.

 

[scootsy]

What's your team again, rootsytool? I'll make sure to rub it in when Chacin fans your roster. Then you'll know the face know the name.

may keep runners off base, but he can't strike out anyone.

 

[scootsy]

first time watching harvey pitch this year... maybe he doesn't have his best stuff today, but he looks EXTREMELY hittable.

 

[scootsy]

first time watching harvey pitch this year... maybe he doesn't have his best stuff today, but he looks EXTREMELY hittable.

helping himself out at the plate though lol.

 

[scootsy]

what a throw by duda... wish there were more of's with the ability to take a guy out at the plate.

 

[Bronco70]

Two wins in a row for the Rox, scoring 10 in each. Egads, SF has become an error machine.

Sigh.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

Yea, that was rough. Good job Rockies. That hurt.

 

[Bronco70]

Colorado used to be automatic wins for us.

The Rockies' bats sure woke up for this series. Rosario went bananas.

They looked good. The NL West is turning out to be a very competitive division.