SB Nation User Blog: holly96

Rockies Preparing to Part with Fan Favorites

holly96 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:58:24 -0000

Rockies Preparing to Part with Fan Favorites

Joel Sherman has news from the Rockies, with tidbits on Hawpe, Betancourt, Torrealba, Francis, and Atkins.

Some news good, some bad, some - it depends on how you look at it.

Ubaldo Jimenez among pitchers who should have more Ws

holly96 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:35:20 -0000

Ubaldo Jimenez among pitchers who should have more Ws

Jerry Crasnick includes Ubaldo Jimenez among a list of starters who have been better than their records suggest. There's a pretty good writeup and a couple nice quotes.

Shop PurpleRowCares!

holly96 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:17:42 -0000

Most of this information is already in the previous t-shirt thread, but I thought it would be a good idea to have everything in one easily accessible place. Plus, some people may have stopped checking new posts over there.

The PurpleRowCares shop is now open for business! Get your Purple Row merchandise featuring designs created by various Purple Row members.

A few things to keep in mind:

Because we have a Basic shop, we can only have one of each item available. So if you want a different design on any item, comment here or shoot us an e-mail at purplerow.cares@gmail.com and we can easily change it for you.
I added a variety of products to our shop in addition to the apparel Charlie got us started with (and there are still more apparel options), but feel free to browse the various products CafePress offers and we can add anything else you're interested in.
We can still add more Purple Row designs to the shop, if anyone has something they want us to upload.
Although this all started out with the idea to come up with a t-shirt for our favorite Rockies blog, this is also a great way to give back at the same time. When and if the orders start coming in, we will have some profit that we can donate to charity. At some point we'll do a poll to decide what organization to support (depending on how things go, we may be able to eventually make donations to more than one charity).

Please feel free to comment here with any questions, or e-mail purplerow.cares@gmail.com.

Stark's Rumblings and Grumblings: Spilly, Street, and more

holly96 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:43:21 -0000

Stark's Rumblings and Grumblings: Spilly, Street, and more

In his column, Jayson Stark mentions a number of Rockies, including Spilborghs, Street, Hawpe, and Marquis.

Harry Kalas dead at 73

holly96 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:05:24 -0000

Harry Kalas dead at 73

Better stories will probably be up later, as this is just breaking. Kalas was the voice of the Phillies as well as a voice for NFL Films.

Where are you, Rowbots?

holly96 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:41:15 -0000

Since we seem to have a lot of new members recently, I thought it would be fun to see where everyone lives to get to know each other a little bit better. I know the majority of us are probably somewhere in Colorado, but there are plenty of us elsewhere and it might be fun to see where our fellow fans are located. Maybe this can even facilitate some meet ups! I know I'd love to find someone in my area to go to games with.

They did this recently over at Mile High Report and it was neat to see how many places were represented. I'm sure we don't have nearly as many members as MHR and probably aren't quite as far flung, but it should be fun just the same. And maybe someone who's ambitious enough (I can't make any promises for myself) could do something similar to the MHR Around the World post.

So, Rowbots, tell us where you are! Comment with your city/state or city/country.

Fogg Agrees to Return to Rockies

holly96 — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:36:30 -0000

Fogg Agrees to Return to Rockies

Rockies make SI Pictures of the Year

holly96 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:02:04 -0000

Rockies make SI Pictures of the Year

A Rockies photo made the SI special issue Pictures of the Year: The Best Sports Photos of 2008. It's from the August 27 game in San Francisco, and features Rockies Chris Iannetta and (of all people) Livan Hernandez.

I can't find an actual gallery including this photo on SI.com, so I had to link to the photo on the US Presswire site. Following is the copy that accompanies the photo in the print issue:

In a unanimous decision, Rockies catcher Chris Iannetta (left) and pitcher Livan Hernandez joined umpire Rob Drake in calling the Giants' Dave Roberts out at the plate to end the sixth inning at AT&T Park. Colorado led 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth when San Francisco's Roberts, who had tripled, attempted to score from third on Fred Lewis's fly-out to center. Rockies outfielder Willy Taveras gunned Roberts down with a perfect one-hop throw. A game-save? Nope, the Giants won anyway, 4-1.

Photographer Kyle Terada, US Presswire: "This photo shows the magnitude of the moment: Roberts dejected while the Rockies celebrate with a lot of emotion. Each individual is nicely placed in the frame--and it's fun that it looks like the umpire knocked Roberts out."

Reasons Why Smart Women Love Baseball

holly96 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:38:33 -0000

Reasons Why Smart Women Love Baseball

For all the ladies of the row.