.....a minor league deal with the Rockies.
Why the Rockies? Yikes.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb
.....a minor league deal with the Rockies.
Why the Rockies? Yikes.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb
Uh, Colorado's a nice place to retire if you're not a beach type? Clean air, mountains and all that.Originally Posted by Vottomatic
Reds & Nats, 2013 LCS. Take2 (9/13) Reds but no Nats
It's a death sentence for pitchers.
Note to self: next time read link before responding.Was guessing old Roy had decided to hang 'em up and manage or coach in the clean mountain air. He actually seems older than he is. Only 35 (though old enough in baseball dog years).
Reds & Nats, 2013 LCS. Take2 (9/13) Reds but no Nats
Idk, Ubaldo Jimenes was alot better in the mountains than he's been in Cleveland. Maybe he doesn't think Cleveland rocks
Maybe they bought him a tractor to go with his bulldozer?
Tom Servo (05-03-2013)
Trying to follow Mike Hampton's path to irrelevance.
I thought Colorado had solved their issues with hitting in that stadium. Is it really still a "death sentence"?
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
Nobody else wanted him?
Reds Fan Since 1971
Yeah. He's trying to rekindle the romance with his wife. She thinks his tractor's sexy.
It seemed like it was getting better for a while, but maybe that was just because they had improved their pitching for a few years with a briefly dominant Ubaldo Jimenez and inning eaters like Jeff Francis, Aaron Cook, Jason Hammel, and Jason Marquis, who were just good enough to give up less runs than their potent offense scored. Since then though they've been rolling with a vast collection of youngsters (Juan Nicasio, Drew Pomeranz, Alex White, Tyler Chatwood, Christian Friedrich, Josh Outman, Esmil Rogers) mostly varying from passable to horrible, or ineffective retreads (Francis again, Jaime Moyer, Jonathan Sanchez, basically anybody with a pulse). And the most talented pitchers they do have, Jorge De La Rosa and Jhoulys Chacin, they've had problems keeping healthy.
Jeremy Guthrie and Jason Hammel have both gotten significantly better since leaving Colorado in favor of the AL. But neither of those guys are big strikeout guys, Guthrie in particular. So while the park matters, I would say the big issue is the Rockies going to the Minnesota Twins school of starting pitchers and not having enough starters who can avoid having their pitch connect with the bat.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Of course now I have that cheesy song going through my head. "I'm...too sexy with my tractor, too sexy with my dozer, too sexy with my blue, blue, blue jeans"
I guess that's better than yesterday when I couldn't get a freaking Taylor Swift song out of my head. *shudders*
Roy Oswalt returns to the majors as the Rockies face the Nationals tonight
Currently in the 4th inning. Nats batting.
Oswalt 4 IP, 6 hits, 2 ER, 9 K's, O BB's, 1 HR
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