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Saturday Rockpile: Francis' shoulder iffy, but Helton progressing nicely
The Rockies seemed to have a bad news/good news cycle over the last 24 hours, with word from Jack Etkin that Jeff Francis is behind other pitchers due to the shoulder problems that flared up last season, meanwhile as jrockies posted in a Fanshot, Troy Renck reports that Todd Helton is taking...
Thursday Rockpile: More on Podsednik and other invites
Jack Etkin breaks down the Rockies recent non-roster invitees, with particular emphasis on Scott Podsednik, who seems the most likely outside of Glendon Rusch to see significant playing time with the MLB club. Right now, the odds seem fairly solid that Podsednik will be on the opening day roster as...
Saturday Rockpile: Iannetta accepts team USA bid; Rockies Spring Training tickets on sale today
Add Chris Iannetta's name to the list of Rockies playing in the WBC, as our catcher has accepted an invitation to participate with Team USA according to a Troy Renck blog post. Iannetta joins Brian McCann as catchers for the US so far. If you're planning on making a trip down to Hi Corbett Field...
Washington Nationals' Winter Meetings Update...More Outfielders On The Way!!!
(ed. note - "Subtitle: 'How Can Washington's Nationals Survive All This Negativity...'") It's tough hearing it all day long...The Nationals are awful. Awful. All day long. Very little concrete news, just consistent criticism whenever Washington's raised as a possible free agent destination or...
Thursday Pebble Report: New Casper pitching coach; Blackmon honored
The Rockies hired Craig Bjornson from the Dodgers organization to replace Eduardo Villacis as the pitching coach at their lowest level minor league affiliate in Casper. The Ghosts pitchers as a team had their best showing relative to the Pioneer League since 2002 last season, but player...
A's Likely to Trade for Matt Holliday
The deal isn't official yet and particulars haven't been announced, but it looks like the A's could get Matt Holliday from the Rockies for something like outfielder Carlos Gonzalez and pitchers Greg Smith and Huston Street. Trying to figure out what the Athletics' plan for the past year has been...
11 Games Left, Exciting Times
This is an unconventional season for A's fans. At least compared to recent seasons. The A's are viewed by many as the team that is little to no threat in the American League since the word "rebuilding" doesn't usually have any correlation to the word "contending". They are seen as mutually...
Spring Training: What We've Learned So Far
There isn't much to be deduced from what you see during the spring. For example, veteran pitchers almost always have bad springs. I remember for several seasons that Hudson, Mulder and Zito almost always seemed to get hit around down in Arizona and then the season started and a switch almost...
Governmental Interventions
I realize that I very well might get a lot of people angry by saying this, but I really wish that the congressional meetings on sports-related issues would just stop. I know, I know. The Mitchell Report probably would've never been commissioned without the push from our federal government riding...
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