JOSH ROENICKE RUMORS
Baseball is in the blood of Twins' Roenicke
Not many six-year-olds get to spend their summers hanging out with big league players and walking around baseball clubhouses. Twins reliever Josh Roenicke wasn't like many six-year-olds.
Roenicke's father, Gary, spent 12 seasons with four different teams as a major league outfielder. Josh's uncle, Ron, also played in the majors and spent eight years with six teams. So...
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The Benefactors of the Rockies Four-Man Rotation
Coming into the 2012 season, many people picked the Rockies as a sleeper team and a possible contender for the second Wild Card in the National League. However, this year proved to be an utter disaster for Colorado, as the Rockies finished dead last in the NL West, with a record of 64-98 It seemed as if the Rockies would be in trouble when Troy Tulowitzki got hurt on May 30th, but...
Rockies lose pitcher to Twins in waiver claim
The Minnesota Twins claimed Colorado Rockies reliever Josh Roenicke off waivers Friday. The Twins also claimed triple-A infielder Tommy Field from the Rockies, the Kansas City Royals took pitcher Guillermo Moscoso and the Chicago Cubs were awarded reliever Zach Putnam. Roenicke was surprised by the move, The Denver Post reported. "It is confusing. It's brutal,"...
Twins claim pair from Colorado, including reliever
The Minnesota Twins have claimed two players off waivers from Colorado, middle infielder Tommy Field and right-handed reliever Josh Roenicke.
The 30-year-old Roenicke had a 3.25 ERA in 88 2-3 innings last season for the Rockies with 43 walks and 54 strikeouts. He's the nephew of Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke and has also pitched for Cincinnati and Toronto.
The 25-year...
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November 02, 2012
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Giancarlo Stanton Blasts Moon Shot That Travels Estimated 494 Feet (Video)
Put Giancarlo Stanton in Coors Field, and what do you get? Moon shots. No, seriously, this ball looked like it was going to land directly on the earth's natural satellite. And judging by pitcher Josh Roenicke's reaction, he likely anticipated that being the case as well. When Stanton's absolute bomb finally did land, it plunked off the center-field bleachers just about...
BP Unfiltered: The Longest Home Run Hit Since 2009 by Ben Lindbergh
On Friday night, with the Marlins losing 5-4 to the Rockies in the top of the sixth and Josh Roenicke on the mound, Giancarlo Stanton hit an important home run. It wasn't important because it tied the game, although the Marlins would go on to win by one run. This was a matchup between two last-place teams, so the outcome was about as inconsequential as the outcomes of baseball...
Colorado Rockies winning streak ends against Marlins
Josh Roenicke has shouldered a huge load for the Rockies.As Giancarlo Stanton's home run rocketed into the center field bleachers, the Colorado Rockies lead was gone. Three batter's later the Marlins took the lead for good on John Buck's RBI double.The Rockies still had a chance to take the lead back in the 8th inning, but ultimately the rally fell short and the Rockies...
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Giancarlo Stanton hits a monstrous homer
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When you hear the name "Giancarlo Stanton", the one baseball trait that should come to your mind is "massive homers". In tonight's Marlins-Rockies game at Coors Field, Stanton delivered one of his trademark blasts to left center that landed five rows from the top of the concourse. As soon as he made contact, Rockies...
Scuffling Dodger offense stifled again
It took six innings on Tuesday night before the boo birds began perching themselves above the Dodger Stadium batters box.
After a 1-2-3 sixth inning induced in eight pitches by Josh Roenicke (4-0), voices of displeasure began raining down upon a team that managed to put up 16 consecutive zeroes on the scoreboard against a team that entered Tuesday with a Major League-worst 5.46...
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August 08, 2012
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Lance Roenicke torn about playing for dad
MILWAUKEE -- If Brewers 25th-round draft pick Lance Roenicke is able to make it to the major leagues, there will be a familiar face waiting for his arrival in the manager's office: his father and Milwaukee skipper, Ron Roenicke.Lance Roenicke, a fifth-year senior outfielder out of the University of California Santa Barbara, was selected by his father's Brewers with the 785th...
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June 06, 2012
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