Posts tagged ‘Ian Stewart’

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!

On our return trip from a friend’s baseball-saturated bachelor party in New York, Scott and I got stuck in some traditional East Coast freeway traffic.  So we’re late getting the next episode recorded.  Hopefully we’ll have it posted right about first pitch time for tonight’s game in Mannywood.

In the meantime, check out this other Ian Stewart who did some awesome things unrelated to baseball.  The man has a pretty interesting life story.  And anyone who can be the object of constant mancrush from the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin while leading a decidedly non-rock n’ roll lifestyle must be pretty cool.

This all makes me wonder if Scott jumped the gun on applying the Disco Stu nickname to the Rockies’ third baseman. It’s a great nickname, but would Boogie Woogie Stu be a better fit? If anyone talks to Ian Stewart in the near future, could you ask which type of music he prefers?

- 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.