Tagged: Arizona

316-28-30

Day 90

Ok, so my head still feels like Mike Tyson had a sparring session at my expense. The rest of my body feels better and my spirit is super high today.This is because the numbers in my title say it all.

Lock combination? Julian date? Historical reference? Nope, none of the above.

What they are, is the exact section, row and seat at Chase Field I will be sitting in for opening day baseball and the first game of the season for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks.

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I’m sure some people would find reason to complain about nose bleed seats or how it’s not enjoyable. Not this guy though. I couldn’t be happier. Sit me next to a trash can in the outfield I could care less! It’s baseball.Sitting behind homeplate in the upper deck is, for me, the best seat in the house.

Two words- opening day! Everybody is 0-0 and by the end of the day someone is a winner and there is a loser. Go team go and can one win turn into two and three and into a season with playoffs and the World Series?!

Yes, I will be in the heart of the enemy in Arizona and unfriendly confines but this makes me all the happier to root for the Rockies. I will be back in Colorado to take in the home opener for  the Rockies that Friday, but the first game of the year can never be duplicated and I get a little happier every day it grows closer.

So, today as I pull myself off the couch and hope to feel better by the weekend, I keep thinking about 316-28-30 and smile. Patience.

Dominica Falls as Ubaldo Balls…Rockies Good Guy Gets Props

Day 70

 

You read it here. Ubaldo Jimenez is a pitcher with whom good things couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

Everyone is talking about the Cinderellas of the World Baseball Classic. The Netherlands over took the amazing Dominican Republic to advance. What I hope most people don’t lose sight of is Dominican and Rockies pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez set a record for strikeouts with 10 in his four innings during that game. It went 11 innings and Ubaldo will be coming to Arizona because of the Dominican Republics elimination. But he can come holding his head high.

 

ubaldo.jpgI told you he had silly stuff, I said he was a grounded and great young talent for the Rockies. I told you I saw him throw a fastball 102 mph. Now the world got to see the reason why the Rockies locked down Ubaldo with a four year contract.

Props goes to the Netherlands for doing what had to be done. They overcame immense odds and a team that outstacked them in talent at pretty much every position. The underdogs did what most thought was unthinkable. But for 65 pitches they didn’t do it against Ubaldo Jimenez. 

Does this mean he is the man who will be the first to win 20 games for the Rockies organization? No. Would I like to see him be the first? Yes. Do I hope that every game I manage to see this summer is majority Ubaldo on the mound? Most definitely.

Ubaldo balls as Dominica falls but  in this man’s eyes the Rockies will rise because of him. I’m sure the coaches in Arizona will monitor his arm like it’s golden and not overworked and they should. Don’t be worried though Rockies faithful because I think this mans arm has not yet begun to wreck havoc on the NL West and the rest of baseball. The Netherlands pitching clinic was like a nice appetizer at Red Lobster. April will serve up the main entree. Patience…

 

Photo credit: Andres Leighton (AP)