Purple Row: FanShots

Herges heads to 15-day DL; Ryan Speier recalled

Russ — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:29:53 -0000

Herges heads to 15-day DL; Ryan Speier recalled

Speier's back-and-forth continues.

Manny Corpas Placed On Waivers

theoldgrizzlybear — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:17:00 -0000

Manny Corpas Placed On Waivers

Most likely just a procedural move. I highly doubt that Manny is going anywhere.

The 2008 Scouting Report, By The Fans, For The Fans

tangotiger — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:32:47 -0000

The 2008 Scouting Report, By The Fans, For The Fans

For the sixth year in a row, I am once again asking for hardcore baseball fans to participate in the annual Scouting Report project, in which you evaluate the fielding characteristics of players on your team. If you have a few minutes, please drop by and evaluate your team:

NLC ring baby--something you can never take away no matter how bad things might seem. Let's get a...

MacFrantic — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:25:17 -0000

NLC ring baby--something you can never take away no matter how bad things might seem. Let's get another one and make this a truly special Rocktember!

Christian Friedrich promoted to Asheville

Russ — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:28:17 -0000

Christian Friedrich promoted to Asheville

Sheng-An Kuo was demoted to take Friedrich's place. Look in the notes section at the bottom for the mention of this.

Game Thread: USA vs. Canada

Jay — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:36:12 -0000

Game Thread: USA vs. Canada

Hey, guys, just visiting from over at LetsGoTribe. Seeing as how our big-league club more or less sucks and we have several good prospects playing in the Olympics, we've been Game Threading the Olympics for a few nights now.

With the Rockies in a similar situation, I thought y'all might like to join us. I'm also inviting A's fans over at Athletics Nation. You can watch a live online broadcast of the game, so tune in and feel free to come on over to discuss, the game is just getting started ...

Ian Stewart named NL Rookie of the Month for July

Russ — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:45:36 -0000

Ian Stewart named NL Rookie of the Month for July

Stewart hit .432/.519/.614 with one HR and 15 RBI in July.

Livan a Rockie

BroJB — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:28:59 -0000

Livan a Rockie

Rox give up nothing and will pay remainder of his salary for year. So sure, what the hell. Let’s see what he’s got left.

"Colorado has a surprise in bullpen"

Russ — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:54:49 -0000

"Colorado has a surprise in bullpen"

A few months late, eh?

Here's some video taken of Christian Friedrich during his debut on July 10. Source

Russ — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:13:30 -0000

Here's some video taken of Christian Friedrich during his debut on July 10. Source

King Ubaldo?

Jeff Aberle — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:34:56 -0000

King Ubaldo?

This fascinating article by Baseball Analyst's Rich Lederer analyzes Ubaldo Jimenez and compares him to yes, Felix Hernandez.

In my opinion, if Ubaldo cuts down on his walks, he becomes the best pitcher on the squad, easily. We can only hope!

De Los Santos to Start; Speier Down

Russ — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:33:47 -0000

De Los Santos to Start; Speier Down

The article states that the Rockies were looking into trades over the weekend and may use De Los Santos a second time if he pitches well.

Hirsh to start Monday night...

jcd823 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:38:34 -0000

Hirsh to start Monday night...

While I have see no announcement from the team, the official website has Hirsh listed as tomorrow's probable pitcher. He has gotta do better than Kip Wells, right?