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Gold Glove Fielding: Yet another reason why Ubaldo Jimenez is awesome

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More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP "Oh, I can get you out this way as well? Man, I should do this more often!" And he did. More than anyone else in the NL. Browse more photos » ...
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NL Cy Day

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The BBWAA announces their NL Cy Young Award choice at 2 PM EST this afternoon. My picks were Tim Lincecum, Chris Carpenter, Ubaldo Jimenez, Javier Vazquez and Adam Wainwright, in that order. The IBWAA award went to Chris Carpenter. Carpenter finished with the best ERA in the National...
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Two-a-Days: Colorado Rockies

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92-70, 2nd Place 3GB, Lost NLDS 3-1 (Philadelphia)Positional MVP – Troy Tulowitzki - .297/.377/.552 – Tulo rebounded from a down year in 2008 to sparkle in 2009. His power burst forth as he slammed 32 home runs but also was running with 20 stolen bases (though he was caught 11...
>> fragilefreddy.blogspot.com/2009/11...
 

SB Nation NL Cy Young Award

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More photos » by Keith Birmingham - AP Browse more photos » Tim Lincecum of the Giants won the 2009 SB Nation National League Cy Young award, easily outdistancing a pair of Cardinals, who figure to be much closer...
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2009 SB Nation Baseball Awards: Cy Young

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(Note: the following preamble is 99% unchanged from the previously announced awards, so feel free to skip it if you've already read it.) One of the nice things about having a whole network of baseball sites is that occasionally we get to pretend we're real writers and...
>> www.amazinavenue.com/2009/11...
 

SB Nation Baseball Awards (Cy Young Edition)

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The results are in for the NL Cy Young award and here they are:   Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Tim Lincecum San Francisco Giants 18 13 - 129 2 Chris Carpenter St. Louis Cardinals 9 4 7 64 3 Adam Wainwright St. Louis Cardinals 4 4...
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2009 SBN Baseball Awards: Cy Young Awards

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More photos » by Charlie Riedel - AP Zack Greinke is good, and he deserves to be in the feature photo over Tim Lincecum. Browse more photos » AL results: Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts ...
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SBN Awards: NL Cy Young

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Every year the bloggers and members of the SBN baseball blog community get together and do our own BWAA-style voting for all of the major awards. This year two Braves placed in the NL Cy Young voting, Javier Vazquez and Jair Jurrjens. Here is the voting breakdown: Rk Player...
>> www.talkingchop.com/2009/11...
 

Friday Rockpile: Free agency filings begin; no surprises for the Rockies

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More photos » by Nam Y. Huh - AP This guy most definitely will be a #1. Can the National League contain him? Browse more photos » Rockies zero in on going the distance - The Denver PostRenck offers...
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Swing and a miss! –or- Jip Jip Jorge!

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Fantasy Baseball: It's time for you to love Ubaldo Jimenez.

More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP Browse more photos » If there's one starting pitcher I'm comfortable reaching for in next year's drafts, that guy is Ubaldo Jimenez. People hear/see Ubaldo&...
>> www.faketeams.com/2009/10...
 

Monday Rockpile: Projecting pitchers, Bill James-style

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More photos » by Nam Y. Huh - AP Will Ubaldo Jimenez win more than 13 games in 2010? No, according to Bill James' projections. Browse more photos » Not much news on the Rockies out there. If...
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Sunday Rockpile: Jim Tracy is the man, man.

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As you guys can probably tell by now, I must have a natural bias against baseball managers, so Troy Renck's points today about Jim Tracy probably help put me a little more at ease with his coming extension, but I'm still on my guard. Once again, I don't think...
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Saturday Rockpile: What the Rox should consider doing with Eric Young Jr.

More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP about 1 month ago: Colorado Rockies' Eric Young, Jr. hits a solo home run against the Cincinnati Reds in the sixth inning of a baseball game in Denver on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009...
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Purple Row Awards: National League Cy Young Award

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Continuing the trend of Purple Row staff handing imaginary hardware to those we feel are most deserving of it, today we reveal the winner of the Purple Row NL Cy Young Award. The main-stream media had a dilemma between Tim Lincecum of the Giants and the pair of Chris Carpenter...
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How Efficient and Effective Were the Rockies in 2009?

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A common theme for Purple Row Academy this entire year has been looking at ways to quantify a player's value to a team, especially through the Wins Above Replacement (WAR) stat used notably by FanGraphs. For those who don't understand what WAR is or how it is calculated...
>> www.purplerow.com/2009/10...
 

I Wanted More

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Yeah, I know, if you’d told me 4 1/2 months ago that the Rockies would be going pitch-for-pitch with the World Champs in October, I would have dismissed you quicker than Jayson Werth dismissed this Ubaldo Jimenez curveball. It absolutely beats rolling over in June and playing...
>> www.bugsandcranks.com/marktow...
 

Tuesday Rockpile: Thanks for a great season, Rockies

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More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP No, this picture had nothing to do with last night. But wouldn't you rather look at this than another picture of a dejected Huston Street. This is what I'll remember the 2009 Rockies...
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Philadelphia vs. Colorado

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The Phillies rounded out the two LCS matchups with a thrilling come from behind victory over the Rockies in Denver last night. The game was a terrific pitchers’ duel with Cliff Lee of Philadelphia outpacing Colorado’s Ubaldo Jimenez and the game entered its final two innings with...
>> fragilefreddy.blogspot.com/2009/10...
 

Rockies NLDS Diary (Part Four): What It Feels Like to Lose To Yourself

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It’s do or die now for the Colorado Rockies, who trail the Phillies two games to one in the NLDS. Ubaldo Jimenez faces off against Cliff Lee for the second time in the series...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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Werth the Trip

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Jayson Werth goes the opposite way and homers to right-center in the top of the sixth to extend the Phillies lead to 2-0. Werth now has four hits in the series, three of them for extra bases. That’s it for the Phillies in the sixth. Ubaldo Jimenez was very good at keeping the ball [...]
>> baseballmusings.com/?p=4234...
 

Another Hit

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Cliff Lee did not give up a hit after the first two batters in the first until Yorvit Torrealba singles leading off the fifth. Ubaldo Jimenez has not made a mistake since the Victorino home run as the Phillies still lead the Rockies 1-0 in the bottom of the fifth. Colorado has a [...]
>> baseballmusings.com/?p=4233...
 

Other NLDS Game 4 Scoreboard Watching (Part 2): Let's Go, Rockies!

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Irrespective of which team you want to win the Phillies-Rockies NLDS, any sane Dodger fan would want the Rockies to win today's Game 4, forcing a Game 5 and using up a key starter on both squads. It's the end of three innings, and the Phillies are up 1-0 thanks to a solo...
>> www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/2009/10...
 

Pitching to Contact

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The announcers were talking about Ubaldo Jimenez pitching to contract as he throws a gopher ball to Shane Victorino in the top of the first. That gives the Phillies a 1-0 lead in the first. Victorino is now hitting .385 for the NLDS, with a double and homer among his five hits. Update...
>> baseballmusings.com/?p=4232...
 

Monday's Playoff Action Open Thread

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We're down to one Division Series matchup left, but they're in action tonight as Cliff Lee and the Phillies take on Ubaldo Jimenez and the Rockies at 5:07 sharp. Poll Who are you rooting for tonight? Phillies Rockies Adam...
>> www.brewcrewball.com/2009/10...
 
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