Giant Shutout by Nicasi000000000!
5-19-2013
Giants vs. Rockies Game 4
My 22nd game of the year.
Today was a Sunday day game, so that means it was a autograph Sunday and They were also giving away a bobble head. Today it was of Dante Bichette.
The Bobble head was of his fist bump after his Coors Field opening game 14th inning walk off home run on April 26, 2013
After we got in of course we had to wait for the 12:40 autograph session. While we were waiting Michael Cuddyer was throwing and running.
He was wearing his Kick Their Ass’s not ours t-shirt!
This is the back of the shirt as he headed back to dugout. The signers today was Jeff Francis, Charlie Blackmon, Wilin Rosario and Tyler Chatwood. I needed 3 of the 4 on my team project. I knew it was going to take work but I was able to get Francis and Rosario during the autograph session with a little help. Than Charlie Blackmon who I also needed signed during warm ups. Then I was informed that Michael Cuddyer was doing an interview on the Root set so I headed over and when he was done I got him on it also so that was 4 guys I needed on my team project. Now all I need is Troy Tulowitzki and D.J. Lemahieu. This is the most successful team project I have had and it is almost done and it is not even June. I know I can get D.J. it is going to probably take the rest of the year to get Tulo! He is usually close to the last person I get on my team projects. Also Cuddy said he was doing well and he is going to be evaluated on Tuesday and then they will know when he will comeback to playing or if he will be rehabbing with the Sky Sox.
Here is Dante Warming up before throwing out his first pitch.
Dante throwing out the first pitch to his Rockies teammate Vinny Castilla.
They are both back working with the Rockies Vinny As the special Assitant to the GM and Dante is the batting coach.
Juan Nicasio throwing first pitch to Angel Pagan. Juan had one of his best outing we have seen in a long time. had 1,2,3 first with the final out of the inning being a strike out to Pablo Sandoval. He was very good with his placement and had many ground ball outs.
Barry Zito was the starting pitcher for the Giants Eric Young Jr. led off the game for the Rockies with a single.
While Dexter Fowler was batting Young stole second…
and advanced to third on a wild pitch to Carlos Gonzalez.
Young scored the first run for the Rockies first run.
Cargo handing his shin guard to 1st base coach Rene Lachman after getting his RBI single.
Cargo Advanced to second on a Troy Tulowitzki ground out and after Giants first baseman Brandon Belt tagged first he threw to second baseman Nick Noonan. Cargo than landed on Noonan and seemed to injure his shoulder.
Noonan taking a few throws to make sure the shoulder was OK.
In the 5th inning I took a walk out to the pavilions to Visit the Ranter. Took a few photos along the way. Here is Juan Nicasio pitching to Brandon Belt. Belt would ground out to first fo the first out of the inning.
Juan Nicasio still pitching in the 6th inning. At this point of the game he had 3 strike outs and the giants only had 1 hit. The second Giants hit of the game was in this inning and that was by Gregor Blanco. He also walked Noonan both runners were left on base.
The Rockies got something going in the bottom of the 5th. Dexter Fowler led the inning off with a base hit Cargo would score him for the Rockies second run of the game. Cargo would score on a Jordan Pacheco single. (3-0) Rockies
D.J lemahieu would hit into a force getting Pacheco out at second after Brandon Belt threw to Brandon Crawford who was covering first. Crawford than threw back to first to get LeMahieu out at first and over threw the base.
As Lemahieu advanced to second Crawford than booted the ball off his glove away from the base LeMahieu successfully reached second. Rutledge would than strike out to end the inning.
I headed back to my spot on the first baseline and got Tulo hitting this single in the 6th inning scoring Young and Fowler. The rockies were now up 5-0 over the Giants.
Matt Belise pitched the 7th inning for the Rockies. Juan Nicasio pitched 6 complete innings. He struck out 5, walked 1 and only allowed 3 hits and no runs. This was a really good start for the struggling Nicasio great to see him do well. This really needed to be a great start for him and it was.
Rex Brothers finished up the game pitching in the 9th. He struck out Hunter Pence, Brandon Belt grounded out and than he struck out Gregor Blanco. The Rockies won this game 5-0 and it was the first time Zito has lost to the Rockies. The Rockies had 5 runs on 11 hits and he walked 5 batters.
That is it for this game and this series. The Rockies took the series 3-1 and is the first time the Rockies won a series against the Giants since I think 2010 or so. Nice to see them beat a team above them in the division. Giants errors did help and the Rockies used them to there advantage through the series.
Next up at Coors 3 against the Diamondbacks I will be there for the whole series.
See you at Coors!
Lincecum Fall and holds onto the Ball!
5-18-2012
Giants vs. Rockies game 3 of the series.
My 22nd game at Coors this year!
After Friday Nights Win it was great to be back at Coors. With the series split the Rockies need this one against the 2 time Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum. Tyler Chatwood was called back up from Colorado Springs after being up for a 2 starts one against the Braves at Coors and one against the Dodgers in L.A. it was a very good start for Tyler. The Rockies did win both games he pitched this year.
Here is a photo of Jerry Weinstein, Wilin Rosario, Tyler Chatwood and Jim Wright coming in from bullpen. Really like the contrast in the photo and I don’t mean of the BNW, I mean how Tyler is in Game mode with his coach and Wilin and Jerry are just have a good time laughing and smiling.
Here is Tyler Chatwood throwing the first pitch to the Giants Angel Pagan. Pagan would ground out to first to start the game with an out. The second batter Marco Scutaro reached on a single. 
he would get out at second when Pablo Sandoval hit into a double play. That ended the first inning for the Giants.
Tim Lincecum who has been one of the coolest away player to the fans signing a lot throwing his first pitch of the game to Dexter Fowler.
Fowler grounded out to third base. Josh Rutledge would also get out and Carlos Gonzalez was walked.
He than stole second and advanced to third on a really bad of the mark by Buster Posey that Marco Scutaro could just not get to and it headed to center field.
Troy Tulowitzki would ground out to Brandon Crawford at short.
Crawford throwing to first to get Tulo at first.
Brandon Belt stepping on first for the 3rd out of the inning. 
Buster Posey get caught stealing at third in the 2nd inning this was an important out. It would have resulted into a second run in the inning. Posey would have scored on a Brandon Belt double. Belt did score on a Gregor Blanco single for a Giants 1-0 lead.
Posey being called out by third bas umpire Bob Davison.
Troy Tulowitzki does the cross body throw to first.
To get Hunter Pence out at first in the 3rd inning.
The Rockies did take the lead in the 3rd inning. The scored 3 runs on good old fashion small ball it is amazing that it actually works a lead off walk to Charlie Blackmon, he would advance on a Tyler Chatwood sac-bunt and would score on a Fowler double to left field. Fowler scored on a hit ball by Josh Rutledge to Tim Lincecum who had a bad throw to first and advanced to third base. It was a real rough night for Tim he had a few footing issues while pitching once just slipping and the second in the 4th when he pretty much fell off the mound held onto the ball and it was called a baulk. It did advance Nolan Arenado who was at first after he hit a single. After the 4th inning the Rockies had a 4-1 lead.
Here is Josh Rutledge sliding into third after the Lincecum error in the 4th inning.
After a very good start for Tyler Chatwood after the pinch hitter Nick Noonan was announced the Rockies made a switch of their own. Bringing in Josh Outman. The Giants than pulled Noonan and had Joaquin Arias pinch hit. So after a good outing where Chatwood only allowed 1 run in 5 2/3rd innings on 7 hits and walking and striking out 4 batters. It is great to see he held the base runners from 7 hits from not scoring.
The Rockies did score 2 runs in the 5th inning when Wilin Rosario hit a 2 run home run to get just a little more insurance runs. (6-1) Rox
Dexter Fowler getting into the head of Giants relief pitcher Jean Machi in the 7th inning. Who was called up from their triple A affiliate Fresno Grizzly’s that day. He did go on to steal second and score 1 more run on a Rosario single. That was Rosario’s 3rd RBI of the game. The Rockies went on to score 3 more runs in the 8th inning. Before the Rockies got their 3 the Giants did manage a run also in the 8th. Hunter Pence scored on a Brandon Crawford single. Pence lead off the inning with double.
Todd Helton flips the ball to Wilton Lopez to end the game. Lopez replaced Outman in the 8th. He finished the 8th and pitched well enough to only face 3 batters. the Rockies won their second game in a row against the Giants and is the first time they won 2 in a row in about 3 weeks. great to see the bats start to come alive again. The Giants throwing errors and miss played balls helped but we had to hit them to the right spot for those to make the difference and using them to the Rockies advantage. The Rockies 1 this game 10-2 and out scored them 20-11 in the last 2 games. After this game the Rockies are now 2 games behind the 1st Place Diamondbacks and 1 game behind the Giants in the National League west. This week will only keep getting more interesting as we face the Diamondbacks for 3 games.
There is one more from this series a Sunday game and a Dante Bichette bobble head day!
See You at Coors!
Pacheco Goes Deep!
5-17-2013
Giants vs. Rockies game 2 of series.
My 21st game of the year.
I got down to Coors after 5P.M. which is rare for me but I headed in and The Giants were taking batting practice and it was their 2nd or 3rd group. So I was just hanging around in the pavilions and I caught my 3rd baseball of the year.
This one is going to be quick.
After Brandin Pill hit a double to start the 2nd inning for the Giants he advanced to third on a Andres Torres fly out to center field. He would score along with 2 other runs in the inning. (4-0) Rockies The Rockies got 1 back in the bottom of the 2nd and they would tie the game at 4.
Wilin Rosario scoring the run in the 2nd.
Dexter Fowler sliding into 3rd after and than would score on a bad throw from Angel Pagan to third. This must of a scary moment for Dex as Sandoval took to the air!
The Giants took a 5-1 lead in the 4th.
Rosario at bat in the 3rd inning. he would strike out in the inning, but could not pass up the shot!
Jordan Pacheco came up in the 5th inning with bases loaded and 2 out. I was like wow this should get us a run or 2 since he hits well under pressure and is good for a single or double which can get the Rockies 2 or 3 runs and would take the lead. Instead he hit a home run to left field scoring Cargo, Rosario and Lemahieu as well as himself to give the Rockies a 9-5 lead. Fowler also scored earlier in the inning.
Pacheco steps on home plate with the 3 base runners standing at home. The Rockies got one more run in the 6th when Cargo hit a solo home run. (10-5) Rox
The Giants did get 3 runs in the 7th and an additional 1 in the 8th. They did fall short of the win by 1 the Rockies took this one 10-9 as the final this was a much needed win for the Rockies and it was great after the disappointing lose the night before.
Rosario points to the sky after Rafael Betancourt struck out the sides in an incredible save for him. This was Gregor Blanco make the final out of the game. This broke a 10 game losing street for the Rockies against the Giants. That’s it for this one still got 2 games against the Giants this weekend.
See You at Coors.
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Giant Come Back!
San Francisco Giant vs. Colorado Rockies
Game 1 of a 4 game weekend series.
Today I headed down to the Stadium from work and arrived outside Coors around 2:30. As I was walking down the street I ran into a few of the autograph people who get to the stadium early and they were heading to the Hotel to see if they could get a couple of Giants players. After about 45 minutes standing in front of the Motel 6 Tim Lincecum headed out towards the bus and stopped and signed for us I got him on a baseball. Andres Torres also came out but I did not have anything for him to sign and he took a few photos with a few people. Who would of thought a MLB team would stay at a Motel 6. 
and it was not a team bus it was really a magic carpet! Ahhh sence the sarcasm.
After the team magic carpet left I headed back to Coors to wait on-line at the Rockpile Gate. While I was waiting I decided to play around with the camera and the clouds that were floating by.
The gates than opened at 4:30 and it was time to head into Coors for batting practice, as I headed up the steps I found it interesting that the Rockies were not taking batting practice not sure if they took it and were done or did not take it at all. After about 30 minutes the Giants headed out and took their swings. I came close to a few but did not get any. Rockpile Ranter did snag is first of the year and Amy got her first out in the Pavillions for the year. Amy had a good grab that was just missed by Ranter, I think there was a elbow thrown but can’t confirm. (once again sarcasm) It was a good catch. Ranters friend Scott also caught his first ball ever and that was the last ball hit during batting practice. Between BP and the game we headed by the wall and Todd Helton signed, Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon. I got Nolan on my 11×14 I took last series of his grand slam. I did not have anything for Charlie and did not get Todd. I really don’t have anything that needs to be important for him to sign.
Before the game Geoff, who won a 20 days of the Rockies contest got to bring out the lineup card to home plate with Walt Weiss.
While I was over their I took this shot of the Rockies warming up. Not that I don’t have photo’s the Rockie warming up but I don’t have a phoo of the Rockies warming up from behind the dugout!
Geoff meeting Walt Weiss.
Here he is shaking hands with Bruce Bochy.
The umps going over some of the ground rules of Coors Field.
It was than time to playball and Jhoulys Chacin took the mound for the Rockies. He got out of the inning 1,2,3. The Rockies also went down quick in the first against Giants closer Matt Cain. He struck out Dexter Fowler and Carlos Gonzalez in the inning.
With Wilin Rosario on base Todd Helton hit his third home run of the season to give the Rockies a 2-0 lead. Nolan Arenado than hit his fourth since being called about 2 weeks ago. He has been a great addition Offensively and Defensibly. 
Rosario got in on hitting a home run of his own in the 3rd. His 3 runs Cargo and Tulo were on base. Cargo walked to lead of the inning.
The Giants got things going in the 4th scoring 5 runs. Chacin faced 9 batters in the inning. Walking 2 and giving up a double to Brandon Crawford that scored a few of the Giants runs it was 6-5 Rox at the end of the inning. One run was a harsh one to see and that was when Chacin walked in Marco Scutaro for the 4th run of the inning. He walked Brandon Belt this was the second walk of the inning. It stinks to walk a guy and to let up runs, but walking in a run just make me a little crazy.
I believe this is Brandon Belt scoring on Crawfords double.
Chacin seemed to settle down a little bit in the 5th sitting the Giants down in order again. Including this strike out of Buster Posey to end the inning.
here is Chacin pitching in the 6th inning with Belt on first and Hunter Pence on third. Both hit singles to get on base. Gregor Blanco sac flied out to Dexter in center.
Hunter Pence scoring the first Giants Run of the inning.
Chacin was taken out of the game by Walt Weiss after a Brandon Crawford single which scored 2 more runs. (7-6) Rockies this play at first made me a little mad, from my vantage point down the 1st base line it looked like it was hit to the left side of second and looked like it went by Tulo but it was actually hit to the right side of the bag and out of his range and too far right for Josh Rutledge to get to. However it still sucks to see a 6 run lead end up being caught and surpassed by the other team.
Adam Ottavino came into pitch to the Giants pitcher Matt Cain. Cain did ground out for the second out of the inning the Giants were not done yet they did score one more in the inning. (8-6) Giants.
D.J. Lemahieu who was called up earlier in the day from Colorado Springs came in to pinch hit for the Rockies in the 6th inning. The blurry spot on the bottom of the photo was the top of a guys head who personal got in the way of most of my photos earlier in the game including stepping in my way as Helton crossed first after hitting his home run in the 2nd inning, while trying to tell me I had a awesome camera. Thanks but with people in the way of the play it just doesn’t work as well. I don’t have the X ray feature on the digital cameras yet! But when it does come out I will be the first in-line to get one just for this reason.
D.J. hit a single and than stole second which was covered by Brandon Crawford and he deflected the ball off his glove, the ball than headed into the outfield and D.J. headed for third.
Ball passing Crawford as D.J. slides into second.
D.J at third during pitch to Dexter Fowler. Fowler flew out to left to end the inning.
Bruce Bochy taking out Cain in the 7th inning and Jeremy Affeldt came into pitch for the Giants till the 9th inning.
Jeremy Affeldt pitching in the 7th inning.
Rob Scahill came into pitch for the Rockies in the 8th inning he was recalled up also before the game, because Jeff Francis went on the disabled list. 
Todd fields a Crawford hit ball in the 8th inning.
He Flipped to Scahill for the out.
Brett Pill taking a swing in the 8th inning he grounded out to Arenado at third for final out of the 8th. Scahill sat the Giants down in order in the 8th. Very good outing for him.
angel Pagan dives back to 1st after his 9th inning single.
Charlie Blackmon makes catch of a Marco Scutaro hit ball for the second out of the 9th. Wilton Lopez would than come into pitch to Pablo Sandoval who lined to Josh Rutledge at second and Pagan was tagged out being of the base to end the game.
This was a bad lose for the Rockies it is important to get these division wins. The Giants 3 games above the Rockies in first place in the National League West. This was the 10th consecutive lose to the Giants dating back to last season. 3 more remain in this series I will be at all 3.
See You at Coors.
Sky Sox go Stormchasing!
5-14-2013
Security Service Stadium
Colorado Springs
Omaha Stormchasers vs. Colorado Springs Sky Sox
The Stormchasers are the triple A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals.
This is my first game of the year down in the Springs.
After turning around twice once because I came to the conclusion that shorts was not a great idea and that I needed a jacket and the second because I forgot the jacket. I was finally on my way to the Springs for the first game down there this year. Like always I got down there about 2 hours before the start of the game I leave Denver early one so I don’t hit traffic 2 is to go see if I can find baseballs or as we like to call them Easter eggs, basically it is just searching for baseballs outside the stadium. There was no batting practice today and the tarp was still on the field, so I thought I may not find any but you never know. So I walked around the fields outfield walls and did not find any I than decided to walk along the stream that runs behind the stadium and found the first Easter egg of the day and the year.
It was about 2 feet up on the bank of the stream. I actually walked past it the first time past, which happens often while searching out there. The tarp was on the field when I got there. There was no batting practice so no chance of getting any others hit out. So I went and sat in my truck before getting my tickets and head into the stadium. I immediately headed down to the first baseline for autographs. I needed a few Sky Sox on my Rockies photo I have been working on since they were with the Rockies at the beginning of the season. I got Tyler Chatwood and Ryan Wheeler were 2 of the 4 I needed. I also got a few cards signed by Tim Wheeler, Drew Pomeranz and Tyler Colvin. I also brought my 2010 Rockies team ball with hopes of getting Aaron Cook, but he was on the disabled list and was not there. I did get Manny Corpas who I also needed on the ball . Another person I needed on my photo was Chris Volstad who was the starting pitcher for the Sky Sox.
Here he is throwing the first pitch to the Stormchasers Irving Fulu. Fulu started the game with a single and would score 2 batters later when Johnny Giavotella hit a double. The Stormchasers would score 2 runs in the inning.
The first pitch by Volstad was a strike to Fulu.
The last out and 8th batter of the first inning for the Stormchasers was Ex-Rockie and Sky Sock Willy Taveras.
He would ground out to Short Stop Tommy Manzella.
Manzella throwing to Ben Paulson at first for the out.
Nate Adcock was the starting pitcher for the Stormchasers.
He walked Cory Dickerson and Dickerson got into his HEAD! HEEE”SS IN YOOOO HHHEEEAAADDD!!!!
D.J. Lemahieu hit a ball to the Stormchasers short stop who had a little trouble with a bounce.
Advancing Dickerson to second.
Dickerson and Lemahieu would both score to tie the game.
Tyler Colvin ended the inning grounding out to the short stop who got Ben Paulson out at second. No relevance just tried to get Tyco into the post!
Here is a random shot of a bunch of players in the dugout.
Somewhere around the second inning Amy, Jared and Rachel showed up. I did not take to many photos for a few innings. The Stormchasers got 2 runs in the 3rd both were home runs the first hit by Giavotella and the second by Chad Tracy. Tracy was also a former Sky Sox player. The Sky Sox responded with 3 runs of their own the first a home run by Matt Mcbride. Ben Paulson who hit a double would score and so would Tyler Colvin who walked to get on base. Another home run was hit by the Stormchasers Max Ramirez in the 5th inning. In the 6th Corey Dickerson hit a solo shot of his own.
Manny Corpas came into the game for the Sky Sox in the 6th inning. Replacing Volstad who went 5 innings giving up 5 runs, 9 hits including 3 home runs. he did strike out and walked 2. Corpas pitched 3 inning striking out 3 and not giving up any runs or hits. The only 2 base runner were an error at short hit by Fulu in the 6th and a walk to Chad Tracy 8th.
Gregg Golson steals 2nd in the 7th inning after he was walked by the Stormcahasers Evan Teaford. Teaford only lasted 2/3 of an inning. He replaced Adcock who pitched 6 innings and gave up 6 runs, 10 hits, striking out 3 and giving up 2 home runs to the Sky Sox.
Golson was safe at second. The score was 6-5 Sky Sox at this point. The Sky Sox scored 3 more runs in the 8th on Matt Mcbrides 2nd home run of the night, he had a great night going 3 for 5 with 2 home runs and a single. They went on to win 9-5. after the game we hung around for a little while to see if we could get some more autographs and I ended up getting the other 2 Sky Sox players I needed on my Rockies photo Rob Scahill and Chris Volstad. I also got a few cards signed by Volstad.
A few other guys including D.J. Lemahieu stopped, but I did not have anything for most of them. Amy did get a photo I took of D.J. last year signed from a double play last year. It was a ball hit by Matt Kemp and that is Mark Ellis sliding into second. He said that was actually his favorite play he made last year.
The Sky Sox are now 23-14 and in first place by a half game in the Pacific Coast North Division.
That is it from the Springs the Rockies and I will be returning to Coors for a 4 game series against the first place S.F. Giants and 3 against the Diamondback. This is a very important home stand for the Rockies. The Giants are currently leading the National League west by a game and a half over the Diamondbacks and 2 over the Rockies.
See you at Coors!
No title, we sat in the rain a while!
5-9-2013
Yankees vs. Rockies
Game 3
My 18th game of the season.
This was a day game and the last game of the series the Rockies have won 1 and the Yankees have won one.
I got to Coors about 9 A.M. to see if I could have any luck getting any autographs by the players entrance. A few Yankees did stop to sign I only had cards for Hiroki Kuroda so he signed 2 cards for me. It was than time for the gates to open and I headed back to my truck to drop off some stuff and get my umbrella because once again it was threatening to rain. After heading into the stadium I immediately headed to the Yankees side of the field as I was walking over Mariano Rivera came out and started signing, he had an usher get a kid and bring him to the field and he signed for him signing on the warning track. He than began signing and he did another marathon signing for 20 minutes to a half and hour.
Here is Mariano Rivera signing after I had him sign my Old Yankee Stadium ball. 
This is the ball. It was great getting his auto and was one of the Yankees that were on this trip I really wanted. I also wanted Joe Girardi on my 1993 Rockies team photo but he was elusive this whole series. Kevin, Eric and I were waiting by the Yankees dugout before the game but it started pouring and we gave up on trying to get it.
After a few hours of trying for autographs it was time for the game Jeff Francis was the starting pitcher for the Rockies. The Yankees did score a run in the 1st. Jayson Nix who was the second batter of the inning walked and later score the run on a Vernon Wells 2 out single.
C.C. Sabathia started for the Yankees. He walked Eric Young Jr. to start the game. Dexter Fowler hit to Yankees short stop Jayson Nix and EYJ was out at second and Dex got on base. He scored on a Carlos Gonzalez sac fly to left field, Dex did advance to third on a Troy Tulowitzki hit.
Dex sliding into home.
Yankees catcher Chris Stewart missed the tag and Dex got his hand on the plate before being tagged on the back.
Nolan Arenado fields a ball an throws to second base to get Chris Nelson out at second. Nelly walked to led off the inning.
Nelly sliding into second.
Chris Stewart is safe at first on the hit.
Nolan Arenado taking a big swing sending the ball deep to left center in his 2nd inning at bat.
The ball was caught by center fielder Brett Gardner.
Nelly making a big turn at second after hitting the ball to start off the 4th inning. He did stop at second and did go on to score the second run of the game for the Yankees. (2-1) Yanks
After the Rockies at bats in the 4th the rain got real heavy.
The tarp came out and we headed into a 1 hour and 58 minute rain delay. Two very heavy rain cells came through and for the second time this series they evacuated the rockpile and upper deck.
When the game continued Adam Ottavino came out to pitch for the Rockies. Adam Warren pitched for the Yankees.
Robison Cano can only watch as Ottavino’s slider sails into the bullpen in right field for his 9th home run of the season and a 3-1 Yankees lead. Cano also hit a single in the 3rd inning which was his 1500th career hit.
That awkward moment when a pitcher gets to the mound before the manager gets to the mound to remove the previous pitcher,Boone Logan heading to the mound while Warren still had the ball. The delay was because Girardi was meeting with the Umpires because of a double switch that would put Ichiro in center field. this switch was in the 6th inning.
With the Yankees up 3-1 the Rockies would put Wilton Lopez on the mound amongst the cringe of the Coors Field crowd. This was actually a good outing for Lopez. He started the inning striking out Jayson Nix and got Cano and wells both to ground out to second to get out of the inning only facing the 3 batters. Lopez has been known to get himself in trouble and let up a few runs. He also pitched well in the 9th inning. Facing 4 batters. the only base runner was Lyle Overbay who hit a single. This was one of his best performances I have seen him pitch this year he has had single good inning but to pitch well for 2 is nice to see after a bunch of really bad outing for him.
Eric Young Jr. walked in the Rockies 8th and would get into David Robison’s head! Robinson threw to first a few times.
With the Rockies coming up in the 9th inning the Yankees released the Sandman from the bullpen for the second game in a row.
Mariano Rivera came into pitch to the Rockies he got the first 2 batters out. As much as it sucks to see him come in against your team it is truly amazing to watch this guy pitch. As much as it his great to see him pitch I would have been O.K. only seeing him pitch once this series.
He did hit the Rockies third batter of the game Jordan Pacheco. 
Josh Rutledge would make the last out of the game grounding out to short and getting out at first. The Yankees won this one and did not need a bad call to do it this game. Overall the Rockies pitched well in this series and had a few good offensive moments. This was Rivera’s 621st save in his career. It was cool they way he treated the fanes this whole series and took a lot of time to sign for fans.
Well the Yankees would shake hands at the end of this one and take the series.
This was a rough home stand with the Rockies only winning 2 out of the s 6 games against the Rays and Yankees. After the weekend away series in St. Louis they are 2 and a half games behind the Giants with a 20 and 17 record. I did not see the Sunday game they won, but I heard that Jorge pitched a great game good to see him getting back to the way he use to pitch. Well the Rockies have one more series with the Cubs before returning home next weekend and playing the Giants and then the Diamondbacks.
That’s it for this one. May be heading down to my first game of the year in the Springs.
2 to 2 and 1 for the men in blue!
5-8-2013
Yankees vs. Rockies Game 2
My 17th Game at Coors this season.
Today started earlier than normal, I usually head to Coors at about 3 O’clock or so if I am not going early for autographs. Instead I headed down at about 12:30 for the Dexter Fowler Radio Show on 104.3 ESPN Radio. It is pretty cool it is at Jackson’s Lodo across from Coors. Dex basically answers questions and talks about himself and the team, during the hour-long radio show. It is hosted by different host depending on when the show is scheduled during the day. You can listen on the radio, but it is fun to be there. Dex is a really good guy and takes photos and signs autos for fans.
Today since it was early in the day not as many people were there but it was a good crowd. There were 4 of us from group today.
I than headed home for a little while and then headed back to Coors for the early gates that open at 4:30 I got there about 4 and the line for the was pretty long. When we entered the stadium the tarp was on the field and there was no batting practice so we waited in the area where they put up the chains so you can’t access the rest of the stadium and waited for it to open. We than headed down to the wall on the third base side to see if we can have any luck getting any Yankee autographs. Today it was raining for the most part while we were waiting and we all configured our umbrellas so our stuff and we would not get wet for the most part it work, but we did learn Amy did not know how to hold an umbrella still and kept getting us wet, mainly me but I think she did get everyone we were standing with at one point or another! So during warm ups no one came over and including Chris Nelson who we saw the night before an said he would come over to take photos with use in his new uniform. After the game we saw him again and he said he forgot. I did get a few photos over there.
In the photo above he is standing watching the video that the Rockies put together of him.
It was than game time and we headed to our seats an I sat in my usual section. Amy sat out in right above the auxiliary score board in the front row. Kevin sat in his normal section. Mariano later Met up with me in the section I sit in.
The starting pitcher for the Rockies this game was Juan Nicasio. Above he is throwing out the first pitch to Brett Gardiner who hit a single to start the game I guess there goes that chance for a no-hitter early! Two batter later Vernon Wells hit a home run that Scored Gardiner and himself that put a quick end to a chance for a second shutout in a row! Those were the only 2 hits in the inning Nicasio did face the first 5 batter in the Yankees line up.
Vernon Wells running to first while everyone watches if the ball is going out or being caught by Carlos Gonzalez in left field.
Goose Gossage was at the game tonight here he is taking his seat in the middle of the first.
David Phelps was the starting pitcher for the Yankees did slightly better in the first than Nicasio getting all 3 batters he face to ground out.
In the second inning Nelly made another attempt to get a hit as a Yankee and once again was unsuccessful, this time grounding out to the shortstop Reid Brignac. Yes once again Troy Tulowitzki was not in the line up, I am not sure of the reason to cold, to wet, a sore this or a strained that. Who can keep up or care enough to listen to the reason anymore.
Rockies responded quickly in the first inning Wilin Rosario hit a single with one out and Todd Helton hit his 2nd home run of the season and ties the game at 2.
Here is Helton’s home run going into the crowd above the auxiliary scoreboard.
Ichiro watches as it bounces back onto the field.
Todd high fives Nolan Arenado after running the base’s.
Both starting pitchers pitched well Nicasio pitched five innings and Romaine pitched 6. Beside the 2 runs each of them let up in the first no other runs were scored off them.
Josh Outman came into pitch for the Rockies in the 6th. He pitched the 6th and 7th for the Rockies. Now the next photo is something I have to explain before I post it, it is something that was brought to my attention going through search topics for this blog and it is “Josh Outman Adjusting Cup”. So this was the first time I have seen him pitch since I have seen that topic and well here it is!
“Josh Outman Adjusting Cup” It is very 4-year-old needing to pee. After I noticed and took this shot I realized that he did this before every pitch. One of those thing I wish I never noticed.
Nelly’s 5th inning attempt at his first hit as a Yankee. This time he grounded out to second.
He did end up getting it in the 7th inning when he hit it to Dexter Fowler who over ran the ball and Nelly ended up getting to 3rd base. It was a single and an error for the advancement to 3rd. It was nice to see him get his first hit with his new team. Wish him the best of luck and hope all goes well with him with the Yankees. He has been a really cool guy to the fans and always had time to sign, take photo’s or just hang with us for a few minutes after a game.
Nelly stepping on third.
Rex Brothers pitched in the 8th for the Rockies sitting all 3 Yankees batters down in the inning.
The last out of the inning was Robinson Cano striking out.
In the 8th and was hit by a pitch, Eric Young Jr. came into pinch hit for him. so it must be something to do with Tulo’s leg that is why he was not in the starting line up. Young stole second.
Jonny Herrera goes for the deep throw to first.
It was a little of the mark and Vernon Wells got on base. Rafael Betancourt would than walk Lyle Overbay so runners would than be on first and second. Ichiro than sac bunted and advanced the runners wells and Overbay to second and third. He than intentionally walked Jyson Nix to load the base’s to hopefully get a forced out or double play. Travis Hafner pinch hit for Nelly and struck out so the rockies had 2 outs and base’s loaded Brennan Boesch pinch hit for the pitch David Robinson. Boesch hit a ball to Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado who threw it to first and it was called safe which scored the runner Wells from 3rd. According to people who saw the replay and a photo I have seen he was out at first so I am giving that RBI to the umpire who blew the call. So this games final score was the Rockies 2, Yankees 2 and the umps 1.
That was the final score of this game.
Walt Weiss came out to argue the call.
Here is a quote I took from a News paper article from Rockies first baseman Todd Helton.
“Felt like he was out,” Rockies first baseman Todd Helton said. “I don’t know what the replay showed. It was close. Yeah, it’s a tough call. It’s a shame the game had to be decided on a call like that. But got to give them credit for being in that situation in the first place.”
This was from the Washington post. 
Mariano Rivera came in to pitch for the Yankees in the 9th which pretty much sealed the win for the Yankees. this was his 620 career save. So we got to see Rivera pitch the most saves in MLB history. If that counts for much!
Michael Cuddyer did get a hit off of Mariano for a single with 2 outs.
Rosario also made contact but he flew out to Brett Gardner in centerfield to end the game.
Chris Stewart who came in to catch in the 9th shakes hands with Mariano after the save and the Yankees win this broke a 5 game losing streak at Coors for the Yankees going back over 6 years. So that was it for this one the Yankees won 3-2. It stinks that a blown call decided this game but unfortunately the Rockies were in a bad situation that a blown call should have not of decided the outcome.
After the game I got to meet up with Nelly and congratulated him on his first Yankees hit and wished him good luck with his new team. Here he is signing autographs for a few fans.
So that is it for this game. There is one more from this series as I am writing this the Rockies are not doing so well in St. Louis. Friday night they had 1 hit against the Cardinals Shelby Miller in a very impressive pitching performance. The real crazy thing is the only hit was a lead off hit by Eric Young Jr. and then the next 27 batters got out. It is only the 4th time this has happened in almost 40 years.
Cargo Drops a Bomb on the Bombers!
5-7-2013
NY Yankees vs. Colorado Rockies
My 16th game of the Year.
Today I finally got my first Batting Practice baseball’s of the year! Yes, that is plural baseball’s. I caught both during the Rockies batting practice and both were hit by Troy Tulowitzki. The Yankees batting Practice was also pretty good but I did not get any from them but did have a chance on a few. During the Yankees batting practice I noticed that Mariano Rivera was signing on the wall in left field I looked at the crowd and realized I would never make it over and get an autograph so I stayed in the pavilions. 
Yes, That is five rows of people pushing, climbing and leaning all to get their stuff signed by the best closer in the history of Major League Baseball. He actually signed 2 different time during batting practice once for 5-10 minutes before he headed out to the field and then for 40 minutes after at the end of batting practice.
After batting practice while Mariano Rivera was still signing I headed to the Rockies side of the field figuring I would never get to the Yankees wall. On the Rockies side Todd did sign and I had him sign my #17 ball that I had David Neid sign when the 1993 guys were here opening weekend. I did this because they are the only 2 # 17′s to play for the Rockies and I am figuring that they will be the only 2 after Helton retires. 
Jorge De La Rosa, Yorvit Torrealba and Jim Wright head in from the bullpen.
Here is Jorge taking the mound and writing in the dirt.
Here is his first pitch to the Yankees Ichiro Suzuki. Ichiro lined out to Jonny Herrera at shortstop. Jorge pitched well and the only batter to get on base was Jason Nix who hit a single.
Hiroki Kuroda was the starting pitcher for the Yankees. He also pitched well Josh Rutledge did get a hit but was picked off on first base and Kuroda only faced 3 Rockies batters in the inning.
Chris Nelson who was recently traded to the Yankees made his Coors Field return only after a few game in NY. In the second inning he came to the plate with 2 outs he was hitless since going to the Yankees after this at bat he was still hit less in a twist of irony from the baseball gods he grounded out to his replacement on the Rockies Nolan Arenado.
Arenado throwing to Todd Helton on first base.
Nelson running to first.
Kuroda went a little high on a pitch to Arenado during his 2nd inning at bat. Arenado did end up grounding out to end the inning.
Ichiro at bat in the 3rd inning. He would hit a single with 2 outs.
He would steal 2nd base and then was left on second.
Yorvit Torrealba making contact in the 3rd inning. he did ground out for the first out of the 3rd inning. Jonny Herrera hit a double that looked like may get some get the Rockies a run. De La Rosa did ground out, Dexter Fowler would walk and Josh Rutledge would also ground out to end the inning.
Before the 4th inning an announcement was made to evacuate the upper deck and rockpile.
here is everyone leaving the upper deck
and the empty Rockpile.
They did continue the game without any rain delay. Not much had happened in the next few innings Jorge continued to pitch very well and so did Kuroda. Kuroda struck out 2 of the 3 batters he faced in the 4th. The Yankees Chris Stewart did hit a single in the 5th, but that was the only offence for either team in the inning.
With 2 outs in the 6th inning Josh Rutledge would hit a single to get on base.
Carlos Gonzalez would drop the bomb on Kuroda with this 2 run home run to give the Rockies a 2-0 lead. Michael Cuddyer and Todd Helton would both get on base in the inning after the Cargo home run and were left on base.
Cargo high fives Josh Rutledge after his 6th inning home run.
Matt Belise would come in t pitch for the Rockies in the 7th. Jorge went 6 innings not allowing a run, the Yankees only had 3 hits. Jorge struck out 2 and walked 1. Very good outing for him.
Nelson made contact in the 7th and looked like he may of had his first Yankees hit and well that did not happen he hit into a double play getting Brett Gardner out at second and himself at first. Gardner did come into the game in the 7th for the Yankees.
Josh Rutledge throwing to Herrera who was covering at second.
Who throw to Todd at First.
To complete the double play.
Brett Gardner taking a swing in the 9th to strike out against Rafael Betancourt to end the game for the Rockies win.
Torrealba dropped the ball
and picked it up and
threw to first to end the game.
Torrealba celebrates the win in his very animated way jumping and flailing as he heads to the mound.
here he is shaking hands with Betancourt after the win. So The Rockies win TTTTHHHHEEEEE RRRRRROOOOOCCCCKKKKKKIIIIIEEEESSSS WWWIIIIIIIIINNNNNN!!!!!!
Had to do it. Well that is it for this one still have 2 more from this series. It did rain through most of this game. I am so over the bad weather for games this year at least it was not snow. The weather did not get any better the rest of the series either.
See You at Coors!
Rays Against The Chacin
5-5-2013
Rays vs. Rox
Game 3
My 15th game at Coors this year.
Today was another cluster of a day at Coors. With it being autograph Sunday and a bobble head give away day, once again we had to get to the stadium way earlier than we would need on a regular Sunday. What really stinks is this year the game time is at 2:10 which seemed like a good idea, till we relized with the promo’s we still have to get to the gate at the same time as in past years when the games started at 1:10.
Today was Vinny Castilla day.
So the autograph signers today were Jordan Pacheco, Juan Nicasio, Wilton Lopez and Josh Outman. So I already had everyone on my team project except Josh Outman so I got in his line. I was the first one in his line. Now another thing that happens now is that the gates open 2 hours before game time but the autograph session still starts an hour and a half before game time so you than have to wait in line for almost a half hour. By the time that they start signing you really can’t get on a second line for another autograph because of the extra amount of people and the 30 minutes of people getting on-line that makes the lines way to long to get a second auto which is not that bad but in the past most of the time you would be able to get 3 or all 4 players signing. So you really have to pick who you get wisely! Luckily I only need 1 player.
After waiting around for the end of autograph session I than headed down to get a place along the wall to see who else I could get. Todd Helton signed and skipped over the ball i had for him to sign. he seemed to only be signing with a black sharpie and was not taking pens and other color markers that fans had. The ball I had for him to sign was actually a ball I also had David Neid sign because I wanted the 2 #17 that played for the Rockies on the same ball. Since most likely their will only be those two once Todd retires. Some days autograph collecting is like fishing some days you leave with a bucket full and others the big one gets away. Not too worried sure I should have more opportunities to get the ball signed.
So Dinger got all dressed up for Cinco De Mayo and Vinny’s Bobble head day in his Matador outfit.
For the first pitch they had Vinny and his three son’s come out to the field. His 2 son’s Christian and Daulton stood on the mound with him and his older son Marco who you can see snagging baseballs in the outfield during the Rockies Batting Practice caught the ball behind home plate
Jhoulys Chacin made his rehab start today wait this wasn’t a rehab start. Ooops!!
Well it looked like a rehab start. The first inning was really rough inning for him and even more rough to watch. It looked like he was having a tough time with the placement and location of pitches. He gave up a single to Desmond Jennings then walked the next batter Matt Joyce. He did get Evan Longoria to fly out to Michael Cuddyer in right field, but Jennings did move up to third. Jennings did go on a score on a Jame Loney single for a 1-0 Rays lead. Then with Joyce on scored on a passed ball/wild pitch not sure oddly enough I really don’t pay that much attention and the flash the official scorers decision on the board so fast I rarely see it. As Wilin Rosario ran and got the ball Chacin covered home and got the ball and tagged Joyce but the ball came out of his glove. Loney would also score and the Rays would have a 3-0 lead.
Alex Cobb was the starting pitcher for the Rays he started the inning by striking out Dexter Fowler. Nolan Arenado grounded out and Carlos Gonzalez got the Rockies first hit a single, he would than steal second and would be left on base when Troy Tulowitzki struck out to end the inning there is another one of those Tulo outs with a runner in scoring position.
Chacin did settle down a little and only face 3 batters in the inning. The second batter Sean Rodriguez did walk but got out on a double play ball hit by Rays Pitcher Alex Cobb.
Michael Cuddyer started the bottom of the second off with a solo home run to put the Rockies on the board.
The Rays continued to hit Chacin in the 3rd but the fielding got them out of the inning. Jennings who leads off the inning hit a single but was out on a fielder’s choice at second hit by Matt Joyce. Longoria hit into a double play to end the inning.
Tulo would hit the second Rockies solo home run to start off the 4th inning. For the Rockies 2nd run. (3-2) Rays
Did not pick up the camera for that one!
He would also bat in the 5th inning and came up with two runners on base and one out and swung at the first pitch he saw and hit into a double play to end the inning. Once again nice solo shot how about hitting in the clutch a single would have scored two runs but he swung at bad pitches and hitting into double plays is so efficient. Well if you are the other team it is maybe they should start paying half his salary. So there are 2 more RBI’s he did not get! Once again he is a good player not a timely hitter the thing that makes me mad is he can be a great player if he was more reliable with runners on and in clutch situations, it is understandable that he can’t always be the RBI guy and he does get an ok amount of big at bats but could make some real bad at bats great at bats. I think as the “Team Leader” he should be able to accomplish this.
The Rockies got another solo home run in the 7th, here is the ball going out as Desmond Jenning climbs the wall to get it.
Here is Nolan Arenado after taking his third home run stroll around the base’s in his week-long MLB career. This is 7th game and he has hit 3 home runs already. I would say that is a pretty good start.
Things got rough once again for the Rockies in the 6th inning Chacin had a good 5th and fell apart again in the 6th. Walking the leadoff batter Longoria then after striking out Loney the next 3 batters would get on base and 3 runs would score. (6-2) Rays
Chacin would complete the inning.
Josh Outman came into pitch and the Rays added to their total with 2 more runs in the 8th inning.
That would be the final score and the rays would win the game 8-3 and the series taking 2 of the 3 games.
Jamie Wright pitched the 9th inning for the Rays. He struck out all 3 Rockies batters in the inning. He has played for 10 different teams in his 17 year career including the Rockies and The Royals twice. He was drafted by the Rockies out of High School in the 1st round in 1993. He has always been a good guy and last year I did a post about him Called doing the Wright thing when he jumped into the crowd when a kid got hit with a baseball and helped him than gave him his glove. Here is a link to that post. http://roxaddict.mlblogs.com/2012/06/02/doing-the-wright-thing/
Here he is with catcher Jose Lobaton after the last out of the game.
That is it for this game and this series. Next Up 3 against the Yankees.
See You at Coors.
ARENADO! Need I say more!
5-4-2012
Rays vs. Rockies
Game 2
My 14th game of the season.
This game started with another very lack luster batting practice. The Rockies hit a few when we first got in and that was about it. The Rays have not had the best batting practices especially for the pavilions in left field area. They hit a few over to the right field side but that is about it. I still have not got my first batting practice ball of the season.
Jon Garland was the starting pitcher for the Rockies. Desmond Jennings broke up the chance of a no hitter early with a lead off single. Garland would get the next 2 batters out and Evan Longoria would also hit a single. Jame Loney would make the third out of the inning.
Desmond Jennings dives back to first base after his single.
David Price started for the Rays and eric young Jr. quickly started things of for the Rockies. His hit was followed up by a Josh Ruthledge single. he would score on a Troy Tulowitzki single for the quick 1-0 lead.
Eric Young Jr. scoring the first run of the game for the Rockies.
Garland only allowed 3 base runners in the first 2 innings. The only runner was Ryan Roberts who came in to the game after garland hit Yunel Escobar with a pitch that took him out of the game. The Rays took a 3-1 lead in the 3rd. inning. The Rockies tied the game with 2 of their own in the inning once again Eric Young Jr. lead off with a single and Carlos Gonzalez was walked. troy Tulowitzki hit a very timely double to score EYJ and Cargo. It is cool to see Tulo hitting in timely situations but I would not exactly start calling him Mr. Clutch just yet.
The next run was scored in the 5th inning when Carlos Gonzalez hit a lead off solo home run for a Rockies 4-3 lead. I did not have anyphotos of that I was actually on the concourse with out my camera when he hit it. I did not take many photos till later in the game since there was not that much action from the third to the 7th inning. I did take photos but not to many great shots or anything relivant to the game till I got the following photo in the 7th inning.
Ohh Yeah there it is with base’s loaded and Nolan Arenado at the plate, his 2nd home run of his career and first Coors home run the 7th inning Grand Slam home run.
All he could do is watch as the ball heads quickly to the pavilions.
Desmond Jennings could only do the same watching the ball go over the wall. the Rockies would take a 9-3 lead.
O.K. you may be wondering how he hit a 5 run home run but he didn’t Cargo scored on a Michael Cuddyer single for the Rockies 5th run of the game.
Here he is celebrating at home plate after running the base’s.
more celebrating at home. I did not take many photos this game but I think I got one that really counted. Most player wait years or may even never hit a Grand Slam home run in there career and Nolan has done it on only his 6th game and 26th major league at bat.
I credit these hits and runs to the rally bird that landed on the infield to the third base side of the pitchers mound and remained through most of the inning including Arenado’s home run.
Nolan Arenado makes final out of the game tossing a Ben Zobrist grounder to Pacheco at first.
That was the game the Rockies won 9-3.
Rockies celebrate their win and Arenado’s monster night. I feel we will be seeing a lot of this from him.
Mark Stout interviewing Nolan Arenado after the game. Arenado was the player of the game.
That is it for this one there is one more from this series and then Mid weeks the Yankees will be here at Coors and I will be there for all 3.
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