2007 NLCS: Diamondbacks vs. Rockies

D-Backs in 6.

i'm hoping it's the rockies

The opposite (but not QUITE) of what I think might happen.

That mean Rockies in four (I think).

Arizona in 7. Exhausted series winners to be slaughtered in WS.

Rockies in 4, why not?

dbacks in 6

I'm waiting to see if any stars get hurt in bar fights between now and Thursday.

I've given up trying to predict the NL this year - so using the Andy K method leaves me with Rockies in 4 also.

Go Promise Keepers, hurrah.

I promise not to beat my wife (however I shall put her in her place).

And I shall fight valiantly for my Colorado Rockies.

I'd forgotten all about the Colorado Christer wingnut element, but rlly who cares

that is always in the back of my mind.
i think it's weird.

Diamondbacks in 7

Rockies are dangerous.

COL in 7

col in 6

Rockies 6. Law of crappy batting averages catches up to d-backs.

This series still sounds like something from "Back to the Future" to me.

It's San Jose versus El Paso in the National League Playoffs!

I think Colorado will take it in 7. They impressed me against Philadelphia. Though I love it when a team like Arizona or Florida or New Mexico beats the shit out of Chicago.

They better play a bunch of Meat Puppets going into commercial breaks...

Rockies in 6. DBacks win the two games that Webb starts, and lose the rest.

colorado in 5

Rockies in 6, ratings at all-time low

But they have adjusted the game times to be more "West Coast friendly" (???)!

(Are these two teams not located within the Mountain Time Zone?)

Rockies in 6 and then Cleve in 5. MLB folds to make way for "American Cricket" which features celebrity sportscaster David Beckham

If it's clevo vs colo I will be in flyover state heaven. I will roll up the sleeves on my flannel shirt and get to cashing in some union benefits while latte bonfires burn throughout the heartland.

feel the Western excitement! Is Game 1 sold out yet?

Arizona is in the Pacific time zone until November.

Joe Sheehan:

I’ll reiterate my objection to Bob Melvin’s rotation: he’s getting his second-best starter just one start in the series, and not using him until Game Four. Micah Owings is a much better pitcher than Livan Hernandez is at this point, and arguably better than Doug Davis. Allowing salaries or experience or other factors to obscure that point reduces the D’backs’ chances of winning this series. Even facing a Rockies’ rotation decimated by injuries—and no, Aaron Cook didn’t make the roster—the D’backs are at small or big loss in all games not started by Brandon Webb.

[he picks AZ in 7 anyway)

lol?

you can't account for livan/el duque in the playoffs.

watch livan go 7 2/3 6 H 2 R in game 3.

Much booing and throwing of stuff.

the '73 Shea tossing-garbage-at-Rose crowd is off the hook! There are morons in the desert too!

interference call was obv proper, we agree?

I fell asleep before last play of Montero oversliding the bag, OOPS!

Neyer Game 1 chat:

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=16480

Mike (DC): My wife thinks your hot

Rob Neyer: (9:52 PM ET ) That's great, Mike ... but what do *you* think?

Much booing and throwing of stuff.
I think the crowd had just realized that they had bought tickets to a baseball game.

I think it's funny how players and commentators always talk about good hard slides and how sometimes you have to throw at batters, but as soon as it starts raining or people throw stuff, it's all, the last thing you want is someone to get hurt.

"You had obvious intent on the part of the runner to break up the double play, and when it turns into intentional, that's when he's out for interference," Vanover told a pool reporter.
wouldn't this make pretty much every slide interference.

sounds like Vanover is just inarticulate. Runner used his arm/rolling block AFTER he reached the base, isn't that the offense?

I agree with Morbs, it was definitely interference.

I was surprised to see that the runner at 2b had to go back to 2b, I guess I didn't really know all the details on that rule.

Upton elbow was flagrant

It also was unnecessary. Matsui had no chance at 1B. But it was still a nice try by Upton. If he had just kept his elbow out of it, it would've been an A+ break-up slide.

That game was really something. Not to get all Joe Morgany, but it seems like the Rockies just do all the little things right, whereas Eric Byrnes throws the ball to the wrong base and Stephen Drew falls asleep on the basepaths.

I'm glad I went to bed in the 7th inning of the Boston game so I could see the last 4 innings of this one.

does eric byrnes do a somersault everytime he throws the ball back to the infield?

He was getting sacked by an invisible linebacker and was trying to get rid of the ball.

Byrnes is going to run onto the field and do his "tight and shiny" routine if this game is delayed.

Talking about breaks...

Such as running into a wall.

holy crap, 3-run homer. rockies are unstoppable.

wtf, torrealba has had a ridiculous post season

good luck dbags

wow. my anti-prediction is coming true!

Byrnes is insane if he thinks the Dbacks have outplayed the Rockies. The Rocks are putting on a clinic out there.

Dbacks are making all the dumb mistakes (oversliding/walking away from bases, interference, leaving Valverde in the game to walk a million guys when he was clearly tired), but I wouldn't say they're getting badly outplayed otherwise (although I'm not sure if that's even logical the way I've phrased it).

If Rox win tonight, they get SEVEN days off before the Series! Wouldn't this add up to being victimized by their own success, as the last thing they should do is stop playing? I think they should barnstorm the Arizona Fall League, injury risk be damned.

What kind of rain/cold would have resulted in a postponement last night? And if it had, would anyone have noticed? (Five minutes every half-inning to gravel the infield...)

Byrnes is insane if he thinks the Dbacks have outplayed the Rockies.

Is it news that Byrnes has a room-temperature IQ?

Ben (Minnesota): Would it not make more sense to hold Webb out until game 5 in regular rest given pitchers usualy do better on normal rest. They need to win game 5 with a different pitcher besides webb anyways. So why not go with the freshest arm?

Rob Neyer: (11:34 PM ET ) Because if he pitches Game 5 he can't pitch Game 7.

Neither option is attractive. But you might as well get nuts once you're down 3-0.

btw, make that 8 days off if Rockies sweep.

I think you have to start Micah Owings. Obviously what the Dbacks need most is offense, so bat him cleanup!

Daerest TBS pleeeeeeeeaz shut up with "why wuld Klint Hurdel risk destroying precious chemistry of team by bringing in Willy 2veras OMG"

dbacks are looking like the cubs

And then, the World Series...

The opposite (but not QUITE) of what I think might happen.

That mean Rockies in four (I think).

-- Andy K, Monday, October 8, 2007 5:54 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link

Rockies in 4, why not?

-- Steve Shasta, Monday, October 8, 2007 6:04 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link

I've given up trying to predict the NL this year - so using the Andy K method leaves me with Rockies in 4 also.

-- The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Monday, October 8, 2007 6:26 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link

Rob Neyer: (1:43 AM ET ) By the way, why do they keep raving about Taveras? I know he made some nice plays, but the guy got three hits in four games. The Rockies are a great story, but does that mean we check our intellects at the door?

love the barnstorming idea, even just as a pr ploy