Saw a glimpse this afternoon of why Jhoulys (yo-lease) Chacin (susheen?) is so highly touted by Rockies brass. The dude was pretty much dealing today while turning in a 1-hit, 0 runs, 7 inning gem. I like the fact that he didn't walk that many people (a lesson that could be learned from a few others on the starting rotation). The performance couldn't have come at a better time. Getting swept at AT&T would've been a disastrous way to begin the Cali roadie. Plus, with the starting pitching so lousy since the last Super Ubaldo outing, it was refreshing to finally see a "quality start" from the butt end of the rotation. With Franky (who will be making his season debut with the Drillers on Thurs) and DLR still (probably) a few weeks out from coming back from the DL (notice I didn't mention Hambone), it would be a god send to have one of the youngsters step up and take advantage of their opportunity. It looks like the leading candidate to fill that role is YoDog.
Not only was there good pitching today, but the Rocks actually came up with some timely hits after forcing Filthy Sanchez out of the game early by not swinging the bat. Good strategy guys (especially for Barmey).
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Amen, brother. I was dreading watching the game on some level. I don't expect good things from the Rockies at this point.
Except the games we attend. Damn, they should give us full-season tickets so they can benefit from the good luck we've brought so far this year.
Make it GNO every night. At a minimum, Lauren could watch the road games with us to help their luck.
Chacin got a little Hazel Mae love last night on MLB Network....
Yo!Lease!
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