After listening to this afternoon's first Spring Training game I'm going to make a prediction: Tulo and Holliday will be the 2 best assets the Rox have this year, which means they will be the 2 best assets in the NL.
We'll see.
-Mendoza's 5280 (reasons to be really REALLY excited for the Rox this season)
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Pics Pics and More Pics
From Mrs. Mendoza we have here pics from the Rockies' dugout, batting cage, visitor's batting cage, right behind homeplate and the infamous humidor (silver doors).
By the way, I forgot to mention that the Colorado Rockies have what is quite possibly the greatest perk of all time: 2 tickets to every game for each part-time employee (4 tix for full-time).
What's amazing is that she is getting paid for this stuff.
T-Minus 2 weeks till we visit Hi-Corbett. My gosh time is slogging by.
-Mendoza's 5280 (reasons to fixup your resume and apply like Mrs. Mendoza did).
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
She got the job!
Mrs. Mendoza's a happy-camper tonight because she got the Rockies job. Soon enough, whenever you call 1-800-388-ROCK you might possibly be talking to Mrs. Mendoza.
This is a good omen for the Rockies. Why? Because her last job was with the marketing department of Denver International Airport years ago, and we'll just say that DIA has experienced amazing growth when she was there and since then.
-Mendoza's 5280 (reasons to order tix by phone now instead of online)
This is a good omen for the Rockies. Why? Because her last job was with the marketing department of Denver International Airport years ago, and we'll just say that DIA has experienced amazing growth when she was there and since then.
-Mendoza's 5280 (reasons to order tix by phone now instead of online)
Monday, February 11, 2008
Franklin Morales as the best Rox pitching prospect?
Wow. That is quite a statement and it was not made by me...
It was made by Troy Renck in this weekend's Sunday Denver Post.
His reasons? Franklin Morales is extra-gifted, beyond Ubaldo, in that he's got the goods (90+ fastball, deceptive to lefties) and he's got a little bit of the 'Wild Thing' in him, oh ya and he's a rare breed in that he's a lefty and can bring the heat.
But while I am intrigued by what Morales can eventually offer I think we'll be seeing over a dozen wins from our man Ubaldo this season. He's supposedly put on at least 15 pounds (all muscle) and has the confidence in knowing that he was just as good as Schilling in game 2 of the World Series.
I think with his nasty fastball, capable of 100-mph numbers, and his low-90s slider and his tall lanky appearance he's basically an up and coming Randy Johnson junior. He doesn't scare the bajesus out of them like Randy does (or did; remember deer-in-headlights Mike Piazza facing him about a decade ago?) but he does bring the goods like Randy.
Hopefully he can find the strikezone this season.
T Minus just barely less than a month till we go to see them in person.
-Mendoza's 5280 (ways to strike batters out without using fear).
It was made by Troy Renck in this weekend's Sunday Denver Post.
His reasons? Franklin Morales is extra-gifted, beyond Ubaldo, in that he's got the goods (90+ fastball, deceptive to lefties) and he's got a little bit of the 'Wild Thing' in him, oh ya and he's a rare breed in that he's a lefty and can bring the heat.
But while I am intrigued by what Morales can eventually offer I think we'll be seeing over a dozen wins from our man Ubaldo this season. He's supposedly put on at least 15 pounds (all muscle) and has the confidence in knowing that he was just as good as Schilling in game 2 of the World Series.
I think with his nasty fastball, capable of 100-mph numbers, and his low-90s slider and his tall lanky appearance he's basically an up and coming Randy Johnson junior. He doesn't scare the bajesus out of them like Randy does (or did; remember deer-in-headlights Mike Piazza facing him about a decade ago?) but he does bring the goods like Randy.
Hopefully he can find the strikezone this season.
T Minus just barely less than a month till we go to see them in person.
-Mendoza's 5280 (ways to strike batters out without using fear).
Go Rox/Monfort's/O'Dowd!
Atkins gets a well-deserved 1000% percent raise and talk of Hawpe about to locked in too. Awesome.
Fuentes talk will likely go to arbitration though (where it should be) because the old fool is asking for waaaay waaay too much for being just about over the hill. Yes, I'm going to go on record as saying that keeping Fuentes on for more than $5 mill will end up being a mistake for the Rox. I think he showed signs of 'headcaseness' near the end last season due to being nervous as all hell that the youngster Corpas will totally replace him. Well I, like most true Rox Nation fans, am thrilled about Corpas and would gladly take him over Fuentes any day of the week. Fuentes sees the writing on the wall and so is going to use his 'twice an All-Star' leverage now to man-handle the Rox into doing well over $6 mill.
Who knows I could be totally wrong on Fuentes. We'll see.
-Mendoza's 5280 (reasons to worry about Fuentes?)
Fuentes talk will likely go to arbitration though (where it should be) because the old fool is asking for waaaay waaay too much for being just about over the hill. Yes, I'm going to go on record as saying that keeping Fuentes on for more than $5 mill will end up being a mistake for the Rox. I think he showed signs of 'headcaseness' near the end last season due to being nervous as all hell that the youngster Corpas will totally replace him. Well I, like most true Rox Nation fans, am thrilled about Corpas and would gladly take him over Fuentes any day of the week. Fuentes sees the writing on the wall and so is going to use his 'twice an All-Star' leverage now to man-handle the Rox into doing well over $6 mill.
Who knows I could be totally wrong on Fuentes. We'll see.
-Mendoza's 5280 (reasons to worry about Fuentes?)
Monday, February 4, 2008
Rare Political Post for Super-Tuesday
I promise not to turn this blog about baseball into a blog about politics, but I found this video of a song made from an Obama speech really flipping amazing.
-Mendoza's 5280 (reasons not to mix politics with baseball, EVER)
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Best Super Bowl commercial - Chester Pitts and his oboe
Right here.
"What do you play?"
"Play the oboe."
"You play the oboe."
hahahahahahahhaaa
Subtle humor. Awesome.
The Coke ads were pretty good too; so was the 'enAble' Pepsi ad with the 2 deaf guys.
"What do you play?"
"Play the oboe."
"You play the oboe."
hahahahahahahhaaa
Subtle humor. Awesome.
The Coke ads were pretty good too; so was the 'enAble' Pepsi ad with the 2 deaf guys.
How do you jinx your own team?
List this book for sale on Amazon.com before the last, and most important game, is even done with.
Suck it, Boston. I hope you Bostonians are crying tonight. If not, the Rox Nation should help bring on the tears to the Sox Nation by next October.
-Mendoza's 5280 (ways the Boston Globe jinxed the Pats).
Fan flips off camera at SuperBowl 42
So first off I'm ecstatic that Brady lost; no city should ever win both the Super Bowl and World Series in the same year, especially Boston. Second, I'm disgusted at Fox's lack of thinking when it came to allowing fans behind their pre- and post-game commentators (Howie, Jimmy, Terry, etc). Anyhow, immediately when the game ended they went back up to the post-game show and this guy was here in the background of Jimmy Johnson flipping the double-bird middle-finger to the camera.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for obscene things, especially during the Super Bowl (ie Janet Jackson) but I really hate Fox and especially hate News Corp for helping to make idiots like Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly have loud voices. So if you'd like to send Fox/New Corp. a taste of their own propaganda-spreading BS, go file a complaint with the FCC here.
-Mendoza's 5280 (reasons to flip the bird to Fox and News Corp.)
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