Rockies fan here to support ya

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2008 4:09 PM CDT

Hey Brew Crew Ball! Hope you're feeling damn good about clinching that wild card on the last day of the season (I know we were, last year....) Rockies Nation, however, will never forget the instrumental part that you guys played in beating the Padres twice to force our epic playoff, and it seems as if our team felt the same way (I know they wanted to send victory cigars and champagne to Gwynn Jr., but thought the Players' Association might frown on that). I've developed a bit of a liking for the Brewers based on how much our teams seemed to be proud of their joint effort, and now that our season has ended in, um, less than rousing fashion, I come to offer my hat at your service for the soon-to-be-commenced postseason. The Mets did a typical Mets, and you recovered from your early September swoon to pop up on the last day and get that last playoff spot. (Playoff tiebreakers are an awful lot of fun, but murder on your heart). You also got to fire your manager, for which we are all very jealous.

And so, since I do not have a team in this postseason, I'll take the Rays from the AL and be a Brewers backer for the NL. (I think we can all agree that absolutely nobody wants the Cubs in there). I am a friendly and oftentimes odd person who means no harm, with a rather dark sense of humor, and should you allow, would be happy to join you for the '08 postseason.

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Hey, the more, the merrier

Most people on here weren’t alive the last time the Brewers made the postseason, so we might be turning to you for advice on how to behave. :)

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Sep 28, 2008 4:58 PM CDT reply actions

You've got a good start on it already

i.e. freak out. It feels goooood. (Until it ends. That is not so good).

Rockies 2008 Season Motto: "Naaaahhhh."

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Careful

there are some “old timers” here who remeber ’82 quite well.

The Bambi's Bombers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!

by 80badger on Sep 28, 2008 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions

I was -9!

Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)

by Jordan M on Sep 28, 2008 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions

I was -3 but in dog years that’s like -27.

by HRF on Sep 28, 2008 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions

Your math is horrible

What do they teach in school these days?

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Sep 28, 2008 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, you'd actually be 28 years.

See?

Eric Gagne DL time: May 23-June 29 Brewers record in that span: 20-9

by NoahJ on Sep 28, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Welcome!

Since I’ve been over at your part of this blog network before—wondering just how in the world Jorge de la Rosa became a major league-quality starter—you’re definitely welcome to post here.

I didn’t think the Rockies were that bad this year, except for the 800,000 injuries, and those never help.

by morineko on Sep 28, 2008 5:41 PM CDT reply actions

And Luis Vizcaino

and Matt Herges, and Clint Hurdle, and Manny Corpas turning back into suckville, and Todd Helton declining badly, and Matt Holliday not exactly being Matt Holliday, and poor Tulo being unable to sort his head from a hole in the ground, and Clint Hurdle, and Mark Redman and Kip Wells getting so many starts, and Jeff Francis and Franklin Morales being completely fricking broken, and Clint Hurdle, and Livan Freaking Hernandez, and our fascination with waiver wire failures, and, and…

[takes breath]

Oh yeah, and we’re still pretty stumped on George of the Rose too.

Rockies 2008 Season Motto: "Naaaahhhh."

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2008 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions

You also have Scotty P!

The Rockies are full of former Brewers. You also had our Jose Capellan, too, right?

Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)

by Jordan M on Sep 28, 2008 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Yup

but not for very long. Don’t know where he went.

Rockies 2008 Season Motto: "Naaaahhhh."

by Silverblood on Sep 28, 2008 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions

is there a "sorry about your pitching staff" greeting card?

You have my sympathies with the Livan Hernandez problem. I live in Minnesota. Every series I attended this year before he was released, I ended up having to see him pitch. Then I went to Denver on vacation…the week the Rockies picked him up. Luckily I got to see the game Aaron Cook pitched instead (for certain values of lucky…I mean, letting Greg Maddux get a hit?)

Hopefully your Ned Yost version will get fired next year. ^^;;;

by morineko on Sep 28, 2008 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions

I was on the Rockies' bandwagon last year

so I’d gladly accept reciprocation. Most of my friends (the ones who care about baseball, anyway) are Rockies fans, so it was a ton of fun to root for the Rox last year at their houses. Always entertaining to see them come up with silent victory celebrations to avoid waking their sleeping children. Good times.

by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 28, 2008 5:53 PM CDT reply actions

Good tidings!

by HRF on Sep 28, 2008 5:57 PM CDT reply actions

Cheers!

I liked what the Rockies put together last year. Made it exciting to watch every pitch. Hope we can do just as well. Got a lot of fire in the team right now, and I don’t speak for everyone when I say this, but seeing this team making the playoffs and the fans erupting, just about Hallmarks this season as one I’ll never forget as a fan.

So, Welcome + Cheers, can never have too many fans!

by Lavender on Sep 28, 2008 6:01 PM CDT reply actions

thanks for the support

i loved watching the rockies last year and more than happy to have you on the bandwagon this year!

I untuck my shirt!

by Michael M on Sep 28, 2008 11:13 PM CDT reply actions

Well guys...

Still very happy for ya, and I’m watching game highlights and looking at photos for the Crew, but I have to say, I’m having some awful withdrawals for this time last year, when it was us opening up at Citizens Bank Bandbox against Hamels. Hope you get the same result we did against the Silly Phillies (i.e. everyone figured they’d win in four, we swept ’em). Tis bittersweet. Might have to re-watch our tiebreaker.

Rockies 2008 Season Motto: "Naaaahhhh."

by Silverblood on Sep 29, 2008 12:53 AM CDT reply actions

Anyone else kind of want Matt Holliday to run out of the stands in the middle of the game

and stomp on home plate?

by Brendanukkah on Sep 29, 2008 8:23 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

That would be awesome.

Completely out of the blue, of course, but that would be what makes it awesome.

Rockies 2008 Season Motto: "Naaaahhhh."

by Silverblood on Sep 29, 2008 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Only if he threw a smoke bomb at the last second so no one was ever sure whether he really touched the plate or not

jeff: but i shudder to think of the bullpen analogy to sending the runner

by battlekow on Sep 29, 2008 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

More love from a Rockies fan

I’ve been over here before, since I live in Nashville and go to a lot of Sounds games, so I already have a fleeting interest in the Brew Crew. The Rockies are my team, but I can’t think of a better team to root for with us out of it.

by Tom (RFTN) on Sep 29, 2008 10:22 AM CDT reply actions

AAA team could be really good next year

Any media talk about upgrading Greer stadium?

by ol Pete on Sep 29, 2008 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes, they could be

I kept seeing Huntsville atop the Southern League standings and figured that the Brewers would send some of those guys up a level, but it didn’t happen until the very end of the season when they finally brought up Gamel. The bad news is that I’m graduating from Vanderbilt in May and may not be around to see a lot of it, depending on what my job situation is like.

Greer Stadium… yeesh. That place is in severe need of an upgrade, but the Metro government apparently thinks it has better things to spend its money on.

by Tom (RFTN) on Sep 29, 2008 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions

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