A Month of Mancrush

As the first month of the regular season draws to a close, let’s take a look back at the four men whose baseball and grooming habits have caught Rockiescast’s lustful eye.  But you know…it’s a platonic lustful, like frat brothers.

3/31-4/6 

The Man: Jason LaRue, C, St. Louis Cardinals

The Crush: There wasn’t a lot to be happy about with the Rockies performance in the first week of the season, so we distracted ourselves with some eye-candy outside the organization.  Mr. LaRue caught our attention pretty quickly when the Rockies opened the season in St. Louis.  Rockiescast is a sucker for a man with muttonchops or a well-executed fu man chu, so the room got a few degrees hotter when we noticed LaRue has both.  Too bad he can’t hit.

4/7-4/13 

The Man: Matthew Thomas Holliday, LF, Colorado Rockies

The Crush: After struggling through the first week of the season, MTH woke up his bat with one handsome home run swing on the season’s first Sunday afternoon.  Over the next 6 games, Holliday collected 12 hits, drove in 11 runs, and dropped two more bombs.  It was good enough to raise his average by .158.  That’s an improvement more than double Jason LaRue’s average!  Rockiescast’s prediction: get used to seeing this guy’s picture near the word “mancrush” on this site.  He could be The Manone.

4/15-4/20

The Man: Clint Barmes, 2B-SS, Colorado Rockies

The Crush: Rockiescast has a soft spot for Clint Barmes.  We make no secrets about that.  But it didn’t take our predisposition to get us all fired up for Barmes this week.  No, his 8-for-25, 4-double week at the plate did that for us.  He even got a chance to show off his stamina, playing the entirety of the Rockies’ 22-inning victory in San Diego.  Not bad for a guy who was supposed to be a reserve infielder this year.

4/21-4/27

The Man: Aaron Cook, SP, Colorado Rockies

The Crush: As the Rockies run-production woes persisted, Aaron Cook carried the team on his back for 7 innings during his lone start this week.  He lasted 8 innings total, allowing 2 earned runs on 4 hits.  At one point, the Cookie Monster retired 16 straight batters.  He also went 2-for-3 at the plate, making him a better hitterthan Jason LaRue.  Based on the way Rockiescast blushes whenever a Cook sinker shatters an opponent’s bat, we have a feeling you’ll see this handsome red goateeon the mancrush list pretty often this year.