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Instrasquad Monday … No Helton (on the lineup card, at least)
*– See update at the bottom
First off, my apologies for the lack of a blog the last couple of days. I ran into some issues with the technology that are beyond my expertise. Those have been rectified. I have no idea how.
The Rockies are off according to the Cactus League schedule, but they’re on the field at Hi Corbett for an intrasquad game.
But first baseman Todd Helton won’t be. Helton, who homered on Sunday in his first Cactus League game this year, had hoped to play designated hitter. But pitchers are batting in this game. Also, it rained overnight in Tucson, so there’s no reason to risk his recovering back on a wet field.
Here are lineups:
Team A
CF Dexter Fowler
SS Jonathan Herrera
3B Ian Stewart
RF Daniel Ortmeier
2B Chris Nelson
C Paul Phillips
1B Edwin Bellorin
LF Christian Colonel
RHP Jason Marquis
Team B
2B Eric Young Jr.
SS Omar Quintanilla
CF Carlos Gonzalez
1B Joe Koshansky
LF Matt Miller
C Matt McKenry
3B Luis Gonzalez
CF Chris Frey
LHP Glendon Rusch
*UPDATE – One need not be on a lineup card to participate in an intrasquad game. The Rockies arranged for Helton to bat third in six different half-innings. He went 2-for-6 with a double.
Thoughts of Tucson, B game extravaganza
First baseman Todd Helton has expressed a desire to play in today’s B game against D-backs, but he’s not in the starting lineup. Helton was hoping to be the designated hitter, but the lineup has the pitcher batting. Here it is:
Eric Young Jr. 2B
Dexter Fowler CF
Carlos Gonzalez RF
Daniel Ortmeier 1B
Yorvit Torrealba C
Matt Miller LF
Luis Gonzalez 3B
Chris Nelson SS
Jason Marquis P
– A couple of days ago, I wrote that six communities outside of Tucson — mostly in the Phoenix metro area — are in various stages of proposing a new spring home for the Rockies. Tucson continues to try, but with so many teams in Phoenix and with the local community having to overcome the economy and the distance from Phoenix, the Rockies have one foot out the door and another on a banana peel.
A move to Phoenix makes a lot of sense. But it’s too bad.
At the risk of sounding like a John Mellencamp song, I get enough of the big town during the regular season, especially Phoenix. I like being off the Major League path. Tucson has good restaurants and is surrounded by natural beauty. Yes, Phoenix is more convenient. When the Rockies play there, you just have to deal with the awful traffic. When the Rockies play in Tucson, you’ve got a two-hour drive before the traffic jam before the game, and a two-hour drive after a postgame jam that’s worse than the pregame snarl.
Oops.
Actually, Phoenix is a nice place to visit. I recommend Mrs. White’s Golden Rule Cafe, a soul food joint down the street from Chase Field (smothered chicken or smothered pork chops are worth every bite; worry about the calories some other time), and My Florist, a funky fern bar-restaurant complete with a pianist (where you could go worldly and order tuna nicoise salad, or go grade school and ask for PB&J) not terribly far from the ballpark. But give me something different during Spring Training.
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