Posts tagged ‘Jason Hammel’

For once I can (partially) blame someone else for stupid things I’ve said.  If you listened to Episode 139, you heard me mention that the Rockies had placed Melvin Mora on the disabled list and activated Jason Hammel — despite not planning to have him start immediately.  If you watched last night’s debacle, you might have noticed that Mora had a pinch hit appearance, which is hard to do from the DL.  Of course, it turns out that Mora was never placed on the list at all.

In all of the confusion the weather caused with the Rockies roster plans, the team’s own website seems to have diverged from reality.  Check out coloradorockies.com’s list of transactions for May 12 below.

So I’m going to pin most of the blame for this on MLB Advanced Media, which runs all of the MLB team sites.  Obviously though, I share some of the responsibility for this error, as I made the mistake of assuming that I could trust MLB for accurate info on transactions made within MLB.  At least we don’t have to worry about that Mora shortage!

With last night’s awesome win, the Rox are 20 game above .500 for the first time in franchise history.  This will not be surprising to you if you already knew that coming into this game the Rox were at 19 games above .500 for the first time in franchise history.

Is it just me, or was Mr. Late Night doing his Todd Helton impression in that last at bat?  High-pressure situation, fouling off a lot of pitches with 2 strikes, finally putting the ball in play in just the right spot to win the game.  Six inches to the right and Brandon Phillips makes the play and the Rockies lose.

Joe Beimel should buy Matt Daley dinner, or maybe carry around his pink backpack for a week, for bailing him out last night.  A veteran pitcher should not come into the game, walk a guy on four pitches, and then rely on a rookie to get out of the jam.  Fortunately, Matt Daley is awesome.  I see a direct correlation between Beimel’s poor performance and his unfortunate lack of beard.

During the post-game interview with Smith, Spilly got him with a shaving cream pie to the face.  Sure it was funny, but Spilly should not be allowed anywhere near shaving cream until he grows his beard back.

Right after that happened, Alanna Rizzo totally ratted Spilly out.  Not cool Alanna.

I knew all along that the winning run in this game would be scored by Jason Marquis.  I swear.

If people can be awarded honorary degrees from universities, I see no reason why we can’t award Jason Hammel an honorary win for last night’s game.  I think I like him more and more every time he pitches.

Too bad Yorvit’s streak ahd to end, but at least it didn’t end ten days ago like I would have expected.

Thank you Ramon Troncoso.  The Dodger’s reliever started the 9th inning with a throwing error, allowing the lead-off man to get two second.  One sac bunt and two intentional walks later, the bases were loaded for Mark Reynolds.  Troncos proceeded to walk Reynolds to lose the game, bringing the Rox to within 2 1/2 games of the Dodgers.