Posts tagged ‘Clint Barmes’

Virginia ranked 8th in the country in deer-vehicle collisions from 2007-2008. 8th? We can do better than that, and I did my part last night to try to help us climb those rankings. I went back to find the deer I hit and it was gone, which means I won’t be able to give Clint Barmes that gift I thought I had for him.

Aaron Cook is on the mound lookin’ like the Cook of old
And Tulo’s got a bat you’d think was made of solid gold
Todd Helton’s got the goat again and he’s swingin’ like he means it
And EY’s running first to home so fast you barely see it
Yorvit has become Mr. Clutch, CarGonza’s bat goes “THUD!”
DLR is downright nasty and Ubaldo is a stud
It’s been a long, long season and the Rockies have fought hard
And now for all their effort they have clinched (at least) the Wild Card

Barmes with a crazy catch he maybe never made
Iannetta’s walk-off homer brought us a cheap taco day
Ian Stewart avoiding double plays, looking like an acrobat
Huston Street back to close games, how freakin’ sweet is that?
Now that we’ve clinched the Wild Card the journey doesn’t end
The Rockies still have one more important message left to send
The Wild Card is fine and good, but you know what would be best?
To bust out the brooms, sweep the boys in blue, and watch the Rockies take the west!

Car-Gone, Car-Gone, Car-Gonza’s on fire.  We don’t need no water let the crazy homerun hitting continue for the next ten years!  OK, so maybe that doesn’t really fit the rhythm, but Carlos Gonzalez is the hottest thing since Hansel.  After all, how do you overshadow Clint Barmes, who has homered in three straight games?  Car-Gonza’s answer is to homer in four straight, and six of his last eight games.  Yet even with Carlos and Clint’s recent power eruptions, Jason Marquis tying the league lead in wins with 14 and Huston Street saving his 31st game in 32 chances, I left tonight’s game not all that satisfied. 

Despite the Rox winning their fourth third game in a row, the inability to drive in runs tonight really bothered me.  Ted talks all the time about run scoring efficiency and I’m pretty sure leaving the bases loaded three times in a game against struggling pitchers is not what he had in mind.  This game should have been a blowout.  Cheap tacos should have been provided to the peole of Colorado.  Maybe I’ll let it slide (this time) because they won, but this offensive inefficiency isn’t going to get it done against the Giants and the Dodgers.  When Ted and I make our trip to the ballpark to see the final game of the series tomorrow, I want to see cheap tacos earned.  That would make me feel a whole lot better heading into the next week and a half of incredibly important games.  They’ve closed each of the last three series with a Happy Taco game.  Let’s make it one more as we sweep the season series against the Nats.

Scott enjoys a Ben's Chili Bowl chili half-smoke (all the way) with some onion rings and a cold tasting Coors Light. Ted enjoys taking a picture of Scott enjoying a Ben's Chili Bowl chili half-smoke with some onion rings and a cold tasting Coors Light (and his knee).

- Rockies win – Rox record improves to 33-33, hitting the .500 mark for the first time since being 4-4.

- Rockies win – Jim Tracy’s career managerial record evens up at 577-577.

- W for Ubaldo – brings his mark up to 6-6, the first time his record would hit .500 this season.

- W for Ubaldo – evens up his career mark at 22-22.  Appearing in 3 seasons prior to this one, Ubaldo has never finished a season with a winning or losing record. (0-0 in 2006, 4-4 in 2007, 12-12 in 2008)

- 4 total bases in 4 at-bats for Ian Stewart – brings his slugging % to .500.

- 7 total bases in 5 at-bats for BARMESSSSS! - brings his slugging % to .500.

- If Ubaldo can go deep into this game, pitching 129 innings while striking out 188 hitters, he’ll hit 500 career IP and K’s.

- Ubaldo goes the distance – Huston Street doesn’t have to come in to save the game, thus ensuring his record stays at 1-1.

During the week-long streak:

50 runs scored, 16 runs allowed

Barmesssss! - 14 for 30 (.467), 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 10 RBI

Ian “Disco” Stewart - 11 for 32 (.344), 3 doubles, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 1 SB (we’ll forgive the 8 strikeouts to 1 walk)

Tulo - since returning from injury - 5 games played - 6 for 17 (.353), 1 double, 2 HR, 1 SB

Pitching - Awesome.  I don’t have time to look up the individual stats, but 16 runs allowed in 7 games, 6 of those games against teams with the 5th (MIL) and 6th (STL) highest run outputs in the NL this season.

Jim Tracy - 9 and 4 as Rockies skipper.

Life - Good.