[Wizard of Os]

Can i whine unnecessarily?

Game one was great. Game two was good, too, despite the outcome (read: loss). Sure lowly Arizona topped them, but they kept it close against El Duque! And it's only the second game! And Todd Helton looked like a leader of men out there, going two-for-two with a ribbie and a couple of walks!

Fine, okay. No problem.

Then, 12-5 against a dude that hadn't started a game in two years. Argh. And another great example of Rockie pitching. Young Jeff Francis (look at the guy's official headshot -- he looks like a 19-year-old fraternity house pledge) started and gave up four runs in the first two innings. They put Sun-Woo Kim in there, and he let up five earned runs in one and one-third innings. ERA for the season? A svelte 33.75. How do you say, "Welcome to Colorado!" in Korean?

Grrrr...same old...at least Helton was good (one-for-two, two runs scored).

Consoling words, please...somebody!

Cheers.

[desertrat]

I follow the DBacks pretty closely since I live in Tucson. I watched the games and have to admit the Rockies look like they could be a bad team this year. What do they have in their farm system, any prospects that may help out this year? As for the DBacks, this team has a lot of young hitting prospects, one of which is Conor Jackson, who had a big game last night. Pitching is a concern however. With this being the NL West, I guess just about everyone has a chance to win the division, but it looks like the Rockies chances are the longest shot.

P.S. Rockies spring training camp is here in Tucson,I saw them play once, other than Helton, not much about them looked impressive unfortunately.

[EmpireWF]

It must be tough but you do have some nice young talent and a first baseman who doesn't want to move. Give the pitchers time to learn (I know it's been forever already) how to pitch at Coors and hopefully they can be at least competitive.

[EmpireWF]

LOL, I'm looking at the standings moments ago and I see the Rockies in 1st place. I look at their home/road splits and WHAT?!?! They're 1-2 at home and 3-0 on the road. What's happening?

[Wizard of Os]

What's the reason for the 3-0 run on the road? The Padres! Look at those scores: 10-4, 12-4, 10-4. Marrero, Helton, Sullivan, Barmes, Holliday -- they lit up the Padres pitching like Xmas trees, one and all. You gotta love scoring seven runs in the top of the first; you gotta roll your eyes with the inevitability of the Rockies giving up four in the bottom of the first.

I was also happy to see Josh Fogg do well-ish, settling down in the first game of the series after the first two silly innings.

And now i'm optimistic again...who's next? The Diamondbacks again? I reckon we got a little revenge t' be seekin'...god, baseball is great.

Cheers, all.

[ThePundit]

Can you D'backs fans answer something for me? What's the deal with Sean Greene? I have him on my fantasy team. He got like 1 hit last week. I benched him this week. I have a feeling he's really on the downside. What do you guys think?

[desertrat]

Shawn Green has slowly faded every year since he left Toronto. I don't want to say he was on steroids, but sometimes I wonder when I look at him just how did he hit all those HRs in the past. I definitely think Green is on the downside of his career. Rockies are a weird team so far but I don't expect it to last with their pitching. But you never know in the NL West, it is a wide open division with a lot of mediocre to bad teams, anyone could win this one.

[ThePundit]

Desert - I thought the same thing about Green with steroids. How can you not? That's the problem with steroids. Anyone who goes from good power numbers to bad ones are automatically under suspicion.