-Out of all the current Rockies, I would 9 times out of 10 pick Torrealba to be up in a clutch situation. Meaning if we're tied or losing and there are 2 outs and runners in scoring position and Rockies are at home and it's the later innings, Torrealba is who you want up. He's one of those rare players who you can really see getting better if the crowd is behind him; it's quite a thing to witness in baseball actually because it's rare (more of a football thing perhaps). I could care less if the stats agree or not, Torrealba's the man in that situation (Kaz Matsui is a close second, though). If it's a HUGE MUST WIN game (like 9th inning in the 7th game of World Series or a wild-card tiebreaker) you probably couldn't go wrong with Helton though. Helton's got the ultra-rare 'super-star' gene which allows him to steal your breath away in an ultra-rare 'must hit or lose' situation by getting a hit that no one sees coming, except of course Helton. Holliday is still young and so doesn't quite have it yet, though is mighty close.
-Tulowitzki is going to do something absolutely huge here soon. I mean how do you have 50k people yelling "TULO" as loud as they can (one of the reasons my voice is gone today) in unison when you're up to bat and NOT do something amazing at least once? My advice: keep your eye on him. To quote Homer Simpson: "But, Marge, that little guy hasn't done anything yet. Look at him. He's going to do something and you know it's going to be good."
-Denver Post writer, David Harsanyi, agrees with my pro-scalping beliefs.
-StubHub.com came through for us. Due to a "I thought you were going to buy them. Well I thought you were going to buy them", moment, Ms. Mendoza and I didn't buy yesterday's Game 3 tickets directly from the Rockies; we bought from a Stubhub listing instead. At not even double the face value of 2 tickets (including 'handling' and Stubhub's commission), we got to enjoy the Torrealba homer in super-extreme in-your-face RD (Real Def). All we had to do was pickup the tickets (which made us nervous because they ending up being e-tickets) at McCormicks, which was all of a block out of our way. Very cool stuff. Go Stubhub. Next time we just gotta pick a more alive section (stay away from section 112). My guess is we were surrounded by season ticket holders who didn't quite get the significance of a post-season home game and so they were treating it like any other game. Example?
(overheard this)
Old Man: Sit down people it's only the second inning. (after Ojeda hit into a double-play).
-Weirdest 'Have you ever been to a baseball game?!' moment for me at Game 3 yesterday? Hearing a blond woman behind us yell loudly to Holliday on his second at-bat: "Com'on Holliday, hit another home run"; and then to Torrealba on his second at-bat: "Get another double, Torrealba". Some people are just greedy like that.
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Loved your writing about Torrealba and Helton so much, I quoted you at my blog and linked back to yours. Good stuff, Mendoza 5280. Look forward to reading your insights during the World Series.
Speaking of greedy: I hope the Rockies keep winning for years to come so you can keep writing about it.
Mendoza,
My hat is off to the Rockies and I truly hope that they win the World Series.
As a die-hard Yankees fan, I remember the days in the late 90's and early 2000 when we could always count on a Derek Jeter hit in a "clutch" situation.
Helton is a winner and as Gene Hackman said in The Replacements "Winners always want the ball when the game is on the line".
Go Rockies over the Indians after the tribe ruins the hopes of those !@$#! chowder-heads in Bum-town...
As my motto goes, "Anybody but Boston".
XO
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