Posts tagged ‘Jason Marquis’

The Rockies have offered arbitration to Jason Marquis. Presumably, this was just so they can receive a compensatory draft pick when he signs with another team, but it still seems a bit risky to me. What if he accepts? Nobody expects him to, but the option is on the table. Not that I’d be opposed to having him back, but Marquis doesn’t seem to fit into the 2010 plans. Neither does the salary he would receive through the arbitration process.

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.

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).

Scott and I had a tough time picking this Beard of the Month. We had listener suggestions for two different beards, both making very strong cases for their respective candidates. Well, I suppose the beards made strong cases for themselves, but the suggestions translated the awesome-beardness into words very effectively. Lauren suggested Todd Helton on the merits of his recent efforts to grow his trademark mountain man goatee into a full mountain man beard. Meredith suggested Chad Gaudin for the Lincolnesque chinstrap he featured throughout the month of July. All else being equal, Rockiescast obviously would prefer Todd to Chad. We have very strong feelings about Todd. That’s nothing new.

What was new, however, was Todd’s full beard.  This ended up being the kicker. At month’s end, Todd’s beard status was somewhat ambiguous.  From afar, he looked to have an impressive mountain man beard engulfing his face. But up close (our favorite Helton vantage point), the patchiness of the cheek areas made it unclear whether Todd was in the process of growing the full beard or Todd was just too lazy to shave for a while (aka: the Beard Marquis).

Gaudin, on the other hand, seemed to maintain his chin beard with the BotM criteria in mind. It was already in full force when the month began, and Chad maintained a consistent look throughout the month. Then the calendar page flipped to August, and suddenly he was back to just a goatee. So Chad Gaudin’s beard was just a special July treat for baseball fans. And while it was here, it was indeed Special. Meredith was pretty accurate with her comparison of Gaudin’s beard to Abraham Lincoln’s. What really struck me though was Gaudin’s resemblance to Dwight’s cousin Mose from The Office. Take a look at the pictures accompanying this post and see if you are struck in the same fashion. Also, note how much more intimidating the Padres would be if they changed their name to the San Diego Fear! As an added bonus to the whole situation, Gaudin’s beard is red. While this always scores bonus beard points in my book, it serves a fantastic nickname purpose here. Combine the color of Gaudin’s beard with his resemblance to Mose, and voila…You’ve got Flaming Mose!

Hit my 500th double and I didn’t even need to slide

So I joined a club with 49 other guys
Then I hit me a homer and the Rox won again
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Do you don’t you want me to beat you
Throw me a fastball and my bat will defeat you
Throw me, throw me, throw me, c’mon throw me a fastball
and I’ll hit one over the right-center-field wall

Helton skelton
Helton skelton
Helton skelton, yeah

Will you won’t you want me to beat you
Threw a two and one fastball then you watched as the ball flew
Throw me, throw me, throw me, c’mon throw me a fastball
and I will hit one over the right-center-field wall

Look out
Helton skelton
Helton skelton
Helton skelton, yeah
Look out cuz here I come

(Marquis) No more blisters on my fingers!

Rock This Town 

by Jason Marquis

Well my Bradley and me won’t go out late Saturday night
Gotta get a good night sleep so on Sunday we feel alright
Well, I’ll step on the mound, get a ground ball or two,
Bradley’s gonna double cuz it’s what he likes to do
And we’re gonna take back Home Field for the National League.

Well we got an NL team that really don’t look half bad
And seeing Fuentes on the AL squad makes Brad feel glad
But we’re going into Busch and we’ll send Brian home a loser,

And we can use a little help from the NL roster chooser,
C’mon Charlie Manuel, add Huston Street right away.

We’re gonna rock this town, rock it inside out
We’re gonna rock this town, make ‘em scream and shout
Let’s rock, rock, rock man rock
Bradley’s got the pop, and my sinker’s gonna drop
We’re gonna rock St. Louis, rock it inside out