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Rockies Trivia Überthread

The Lodo Magic Man — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:40:19 -0000

How well do you know the history of your Colorado Rockies?

Do you know the rarest feat?

The most obscure fact?

Do you know enough useless information that you frighten small children and the elderly?

Well then, this is thread for you!

Most of the trivia has been created from the information at Baseball Reference and using Sporcle.

Join the insanity after the break.

And welcome to the Rockies Trivia uberthread!

I AM SO SMART! I AM SO SMART! S-M-R-T!!

Ok, maybe I'm not, but are you?

In the Monday Rockpile thread, I brought you the first of many. I'm want to add each of them to the original post here once each one is done. So sit back, fire up your brain cells (smells like scrambled eggs in here), and earn some bragging rights with your fellow Rockies fans!

Name the top 15 all time Colorado batting average leaders with a min of 1500 PA.

Most recent added:

Can you name the pitchers who have thrown at least one complete game for the Rockies?

Good luck!

Do you hate the Dodgers?

The Lodo Magic Man — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:13:56 -0000

Do you really know what it's like to hate someone? I mean really hate 'em? With a passion, a fury, a vengeance?

You know what I'm talking about? Well if you are a Rockies fan, you should when it comes to this:

The Rockies and the Dodgers

If I can speak for most Rockies fans, I can't stand the Dodgers, I hate the Dodgers.

Like good:

hates evil:

We've shared players:

and Managers:

Now tell me that don't breed contempt.

What if you yard sale a few drawings to a neighbor up the street, and the turned out to be Da Vincis?

You would hate his guts, right? You're damn right you would! And that's just talking about some ink on paper. What if the stakes were bigger? What if they were playoffs? division titles? pennants? championships? respect? Huh?

Now you don't just hate him, you want to hit him, you want to embarrass him, you want to beat them! You want to say to them: "I like that movement on that curveball you just threw me, espcially after I put it 15 rows into the left field bleachers!". You want their mothers to say: "Oh no, that's not my child that just took a fourth called strikeout, my child knows how to swing the bat!!!"

Well that's what is going on there for the next three games! There are Dodgers! There are Rockies! There are piles of frustration and hate! And then there is you!

So I ask you, Rockies fans? Are you ready?

Let's leave these guys lost in the mile high air!

Cook to start Saturday.

The Lodo Magic Man — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:48:39 -0000

Cook to start Saturday.

Rockies right-hander Aaron Cook's right foot injury was diagnosed as inflammation and not a more extensive problem, which means he should be healthy enough to start Saturday against the Marlins.

Marquis ready for Tuesday start

The Lodo Magic Man — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:18:24 -0000

Marquis ready for Tuesday start

Marquis to be ready for his start on Tuesday. Good..good.

Jays' Halladay all but gone in Toronto

The Lodo Magic Man — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:24:13 -0000

Jays' Halladay all but gone in Toronto

According to Ken Rosenthal, Roy Halladay is likely to be available.

You know it must be done O'dowd. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it.

Best single game pitching performance for 1998.

The Lodo Magic Man — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:19:21 -0000

What has been the Rockies greatest single game pitching performance?

Ok, ok, ok, pitching, Coors Field, Mile High, altitude. Words not commonly associated with good things for pitchers. After several days of scouring over mountains, piles, pages, rows, columns, so many numbers that my head still hurts. I have compiled a list of the best single game pitching performances by the Rockies and am asking for your help in determining the top spot.

I do apologize for the length of time between 1997 and the 1998 posts. I've just been busy with a lot. Anyway here we go:

Here are the previous years winners:

1993 tie - April 15, 1993. David Nied pitches Colorado's first complete game. W 5-3.
1993 tie - June 26, 1993. Reynoso defeats the Giants. W 5-1.
1994 - June 21, 1994. Nied gets the Rockies first shutout against Houston. W 8-0.
1995 - October 1, 1995. Rockies bullpen allows 1 ER in 7 IP and Rockies win the NL Wild Card. W 10-9.
1996 - June 27, 1996. Kevin Ritz CG against LA. W 13-1.
1997 - September 14, 1997. Pedro Astacio gets 12 K's against the Braves. W 4-0.

The nominees for 1998 are:

1. April 30, 1998. Kile's 4 hit shutout against the Mets. W 4-0.
Kile: 9 IP. 4 H. 0 ER. 5 BB. 8 K.

2. June 4, 1998. John Thomson 11K's against Arizona. W 5-2.
Thomson: 9 IP. 5 H. 2 ER. 1 BB. 11 K.

3. June 12, 1998. Kile's 2 ER CG loss against the Dodgers. L 1-2.
Kile: 8 IP. 5 H. 2 ER. 1 BB. 7 K.

4. July 21, 1998. Mark Brownson's 4 hitter against Houston. W 5-0.
Brownson: 9 IP. 4 H. 0 ER. 1 BB. 7 K.

5. August 5, 1998. Jamey Wright's CG against the Pirates. W 6-2.
Wright: 9 IP. 5 H. 2 ER. 0 BB. 5 K.

6. August 6, 1998. John Thomson follows up Wright with a second CG against the Pirates. W 5-1.
Thomson: 9 IP. 4 H. 1 ER. 2 BB. 5 K.

7. September 10, 1998. Kile's CG against Florida. W 3-1.
Kile: 9 IP. 2 H. 1 ER. 2 BB. 5 K.

All 1998 pitching gamelogs can be found here: 1998 pitching logs.

Please vote for on the games listed here or, if the game is not listed, please vote for other and list the game, along with any comments below.

What say you Purple Row?

Poll

Best single game pitching for 1998?

Kile 4 hit shutout against the Mets

5 votes

Thomson 11Ks against Arizona

3 votes

Kile CG loss against LA

0 votes

Mark Brownson 4 hit shutout against Houston

15 votes

Jamey Wright CG against the Pirates

2 votes

John Thomson follow up CG against the Pirates

2 votes

Kile CG against the Marlins

1 votes

Other: Please list below.

0 votes

28 votes | Poll has closed

Best single game pitching performance for 1997.

The Lodo Magic Man — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:53:02 -0000

What has been the Rockies greatest single game pitching performance?

Here are the previous years winners:

The nominees for 1997:

1. April 16, 1997. Rockies @ Cubs. Roger Bailey's shutout against the Cubs. W 4-0.
Bailey: 9 IP. 5 H. 0 ER. 1 BB. 0 K.

2. April 22, 1997. Marlins @ Rockies. Roger Bailey's CG against Florida. W 13-4.
Bailey: 9 IP. 6 H. 4 ER. 1 BB. 3 K.

3. May 4, 1997. Phillies @ Rockies. Bailey throws a 9 hit shutout against the Phillies. W 9-0.
Bailey: 9 IP. 9 H. 0 ER. 0 BB. 3 K.

4. May 9, 1997. Rockies @ Phillies. Bailey pitches a CG loss against the Phillies. L 1-3.
Bailey: 8 IP. 7 H. 3 ER. 2 BB. 4 K.

5. June 1, 1997. Rockies @ Marlins. John Thomson pitches a CG against the Marlins. W 9-2.
Thomson: 9 IP. 7 H. 2 ER. 2 BB. 6 K.

6. June 14, 1997. Rockies @ A's. Bailey's CG against the Oakland A's. W 7-1.
Bailey: 9 IP. 8 H. 0 ER. 4 BB. 5 K.

7. June 28, 1997. Giants @ Rockies. Kevin Ritz CG against the Giants. W 9-2.
RItz: 9 IP. 6 H. 2 ER. 3 BB. 5 K.

8. July 24, 1997. Cubs @ Rockies. Jamey Wright CG against the Cubs. W 7-1.
Wright: 9 IP. 6 H. 1 ER. 3 BB. 5 K.

9. August 6, 1997. Rockies @ Mets. John Thomson shutout against the Mets. W 4-0.
Thomson: 9 IP. 4 H. 0 ER. 3 BB. 2 K.

10. September 14, 1997. Rockies @ Braves. Pedro Astacio gets 12 K's against the Braves. W 4-0.
Astacio: 8 IP. 4 H. 0 ER. 2 BB. 12 K.

All pitching logs for 1997 can be found here: 1997 pitching logs.

Please vote for on the games listed here or vote for other and list the game, along with any comments below.

What say you Purple Row?

Poll

Best single game pitching for 1997?

Bailey's shutout against the Cubs

1 votes

Bailey defeats the Marlins.

0 votes

Bailey's 9 hit shutout against the Phillies.

1 votes

Bailey's CG loss.

0 votes

Thomson's CG against the Marlins.

0 votes

Bailey's CG against Oakland.

0 votes

Ritz CG against the Giants.

0 votes

Wright's CG against the Cubs.

0 votes

Thomson shuts out the Mets.

1 votes

Astacio gets 12 K's against the Braves.

21 votes

Other. List the game in the comments below.

0 votes

24 votes | Poll has closed

Best single game pitching performance for 1996.

The Lodo Magic Man — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:02:53 -0000

What has been the Rockies greatest single game pitching performance?

Here are the previous years winners:

The nominees for 1996:

1. May 5, 1996. Rockies @ Marlins. Kevin Ritz CG against the Marlins. W 5-4.
Ritz: 9 IP. 7 H. 3 ER. 3 BB. 5 K.

2. May 19, 1996. Cardinals @ Rockies. Mark Thompson CG against the Cards. W 10-3.
Thompson: 9 IP. 7 H. 2 ER. 1 BB. 3 K.

3. June 13, 1996. Phillies @ Rockies. Bryan Rekar defeats Schilling and the Phillies. W 4-1.
Rekar: 8 IP. 4 H. 1 ER. 2 BB. 1 K.

4. June 27, 1996. Rockies @ Dodgers. Kevin Ritz CG against LA. W 13-1.
Ritz: 9 IP. 6 H. 1 ER. 1 BB. 6 K.

5. July 3, 1996. Rockies @ Giants. Jamey Wright's first start and win. W 3-2.
Wright: 6 IP. 4 H. 1 ER. 2 BB. 4 K.

6. August 6, 1996. Marlins @ Rockies. Mark Thompson's shutout against Florida. W 11-0.
Thompson: 9 IP. 7 H. 0 ER. 4 BB. 4 K.

7. August 24, 1996. Pirates @ Rockies. Mark Thompson CG against the Pirates. W 9-3.
Thompson: 9 IP. 8 H. 3 ER. 1 BB. 2 K.

All pitching logs for 1996 can be found here: 1996 pitching logs

Please vote for on the games listed here or vote for other and list the game, along with any comments below.

Poll

What was the best single game pitching for 1996?

Ritz CG against Florida

0 votes

Thompson CG against the Cards.

1 votes

Rekar VS Schilling.

6 votes

Ritz CG against the Dodgers.

12 votes

Jamey Wright first start.

0 votes

Thompson shutout against Florida.

8 votes

Thompson CG against the Pirates.

0 votes

Other: List game below.

0 votes

27 votes | Poll has closed

Best single game pitching for 1995.

The Lodo Magic Man — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:48:33 -0000

1995. The first year after the strike. The Rockies first playoff appearance. The wild-card. Coors Field. What was the best single game pitching performance for 1995?

Previous winners:

1. May 19, 1995. Rockies @ Reds. Kevin Ritz gets no run support. L 0-2.
Ritz: 7 IP. 7 H. 2 ER. 1 BB. 6 K.

2. June 27, 1995. Rockies @ Giants. Bill Swift beats the Giants. W 5-1.
Swift: 7 IP. 2 H. 1 ER. 3 BB. 6K.

3. July 24, 1995. Rockies @ Phillies. Bryan Rekar CG against the Phillies. W 11-3.
Rekar: 9 IP. 8 H. 3 ER. 3 BB. 5 K.

4. August 30, 1995. Rockies @ Pirates. Bryan Rekar against the Pirates. W 6-0.
Rekar: 8 IP. 7 H. 0 ER. 3 BB. 4 K.

5. September 2, 1995. Rockies @ Cardinals. Roger Bailey beats the Cards. W 6-1.
Bailey: 8.1 IP. 5 H. 1 ER. 3 BB. 4 K.

6. September 15, 1995. Rockies @ Padres. Kevin Ritz against the Padres. W 5-1.
Ritz: 7.2 IP. 3 H. 0 ER. 1 BB. 5 K.

7. October 1, 1995. Giants @ Rockies. The bullpen holds back the Giants and Rockies win the NL Wild Card. W 10-9.
Bullpen: 7 IP. 6 H. 1 ER. 2 BB. 5 K.

Please vote for one of the games listed or vote other and list the game in the comments below.

All pitching gamelogs for 1995 are here: 1995 pitching logs.

Poll

Best single game pitching 1995:

Ritz gets no run support

0 votes

Swift against the Giants

3 votes

Rekar complete game against the Phillies

3 votes

Rekar versus the Pirates.

1 votes

Bailey beats the Cardinals

0 votes

Ritz against the Padres

4 votes

The bullpen holds on.

17 votes

Other: list in the comments below.

0 votes

28 votes | Poll has closed

Best single game pitching for 1994.

The Lodo Magic Man — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:32:09 -0000

What has been the Rockies greatest single game pitching performance?

We have chosen from a list of the 1993 games: here.

Thanks to everyone that voted!

On to the 1994 games!

The 1993 games were voted to a tie between:

April 15, 1993. Mets @ Rockies. David Nied pitches Colorado's first complete game. W 5-3.
Nied: 9 IP. 6 H. 2 ER. 0 BB. 6 K.

and

June 26, 1993. Rockies @ Giants. Armando Reynoso defeats the Giants. W 5-1.
Reynoso: 9 IP. 7 H. 1 ER. 2 BB. 8 K.

Here are the nominees for the 1994 games.:

1. April 23, 1994. Cubs @ Rockies. Greg Harris defeats the Cubs. W 8-2.
Harris: 9 IP. 8 H. 2 ER. 3 BB. 8 K.

2. May 3, 1994. Cardinals @ Rockies. Armando Reynoso allows 5 hits against the Cards. W 10-1.
Reynoso: 9 IP. 5 H. 1 ER. 3 BB. 6 K.

3. May 10, 1994. Rockies @ Giants. Greg Harris almost goes the distance against the Giants. W 4-2.
Harris: 8.1 IP. 3 H. 2 ER. 3 BB. 4 K.

4. May 31, 1994. Rockies @ Mets. Greg Harris versus the Mets. W 3-2
Harris: 8 IP. 5 H. 2 ER. 1 BB. 3 K.

5. June 21, 1994. Astros @ Rockies. Nied gets the Rockies first CG shutout against Houston. W 8-0.
Nied: 9 IP. 4 H. 0 ER. 1 BB. 4 K.

6. July 7, 1994. Rockies @ Marlins. Nied defeats the Marlins. W 5-1.
Nied: 9 IP. 7 H. 1 ER. 4 BB. 5 K.

If you find a game in 1994 that is not listed, please mark other and list the game and any of your comments below.

1994 pitching logs.

What say you, Rockies fans? The best for 1994 is.....

Poll

Best single game pitching for 1994:

Harris defeats the Cubs

0 votes

Reynoso defeats the Cards

1 votes

Harris against the Giants

0 votes

Harris against the Mets

0 votes

Nied shutout against Houston

25 votes

Nied defeats the Marlins

1 votes

Other: List a game in the comments below.

0 votes

27 votes | Poll has closed