Twice Bitten, Once Shy
The Snakes got the best of the Rox two games of three over the weekend. Despite a solid showing by BK on Friday, in which his only real mistake was to Tracy, the Rox' offense couldn't muster anything against Estes and lost 7-1. Choo Freeman continued to be less than impressive in his audition to earn a spot in the battle for centerfield in 2006. Freeman went 0-2 in an abbreviated appearance and missplayed a fairly routine fly in left-center into a double. In Freeman's defense, if September was truly being viewed as an evaluation period for the various candidates in center, then all candidates should get equal time. The Rox know what Mohr can do and have a pretty good idea what Sullivan brings to the table. Freeman is the only current centerfielder Hurdle doesn't really know what he can do on a daily basis. Hurdle's explanation is that production earns more playing time. That only makes sense to me if you are bent on winning games, not on evaluating your talent. Don't look for Freeman to be in the organization come spring 2006.
In the second game of the series, Zach Day turned in another subpar performance that doesn't give Rox fans warm fuzzies about the possibility of him being in the rotation in 2006. The offense did manage to make an appearance early and late, but it was not enough to overcome the long ball by Arizona and the Rox lost 8-5.
On Sunday, the Rox only version of a stopper, Aaron Cook, took the mound and pitched only the second complete game of the season for the Rockies. I wonder if anyone else is willing to join me and declare Cook as the team ace. He is without a doubt our best pitcher right now and the most consistent of all the starters. While Sunny Kim has been effective and a pleasant surprise, Cook has been downright dominating. Two Glaus solo homers were the only blemishes to Cook's outing. The offense showed up in the fourth and exposed Russ Ortiz for what he is with six runs.
There will not be any additional posts this week as I will be on a family getaway to Pagosa Springs, CO for a much-needed vacation. Hopefully there will be good things to report next week.
My friend Rick Cummings, great-great nephew of Candy Cummings, from NFTMM, sent me an email this morning. "The Colorado Rockies gave free tickets to Saturday's game to all the refugees from New Orleans being sheltered at Lowry. My God, haven't these people suffered enough?"
In the second game of the series, Zach Day turned in another subpar performance that doesn't give Rox fans warm fuzzies about the possibility of him being in the rotation in 2006. The offense did manage to make an appearance early and late, but it was not enough to overcome the long ball by Arizona and the Rox lost 8-5.
On Sunday, the Rox only version of a stopper, Aaron Cook, took the mound and pitched only the second complete game of the season for the Rockies. I wonder if anyone else is willing to join me and declare Cook as the team ace. He is without a doubt our best pitcher right now and the most consistent of all the starters. While Sunny Kim has been effective and a pleasant surprise, Cook has been downright dominating. Two Glaus solo homers were the only blemishes to Cook's outing. The offense showed up in the fourth and exposed Russ Ortiz for what he is with six runs.
There will not be any additional posts this week as I will be on a family getaway to Pagosa Springs, CO for a much-needed vacation. Hopefully there will be good things to report next week.
My friend Rick Cummings, great-great nephew of Candy Cummings, from NFTMM, sent me an email this morning. "The Colorado Rockies gave free tickets to Saturday's game to all the refugees from New Orleans being sheltered at Lowry. My God, haven't these people suffered enough?"
posted by Todd Nikkel | 7:32 AM
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