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Rockies Go Up 3-0 Over Diamondbacks

Well the Colorado Rockies continue to roll and beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1.
Yorvit Torrealba and Josh Fogg played a wonderful game and Torrealba came away with the biggest hit, a 3-run home run.  They were the players of the game for Rockies.

I think what is getting the Rockies over the hump in this series is their patience.  They are being patient at the plate and forcing the pitchers to throw it over the plate.  This is driving up pitch counts and causing them to get better pitches to hit.

Kudos has to go out to the ground crew also tonight.  They have been up and at it since early this morning trying to get this field ready to go.  It has rained quite a bit here in Denver the last two days and the field looked quite good and didn’t affect the outcome of the game.

Go Rockies!  Game 4 is tomorrow night.  Let’s bring it home in four.

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How bout them Rockies…

Source: Denver Post

This was an excellent game and the Rockies were just a little bit better. They beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 in 11 innings.

There were some exciting plays, exciting pitching, and good fundamental baseball. I think the most exciting play was Taveras running down the line drive off Clark to right-center field.

It was nice to see Valverde get a little bit of his own. He jumped off the mound in the 10th after striking out Helton, but walked off with his head down after walking in the winning run.

No team has come back from losing the first two games at home. I don’t think that it will change in this series.

Let’s win game #3. Go Rockies!!!

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Colorado Rockies Win Game 1

The Rockies won game 1 over the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-1.  The game was great and the Rockies responded quickly to the fast start by the Diamondbacks to score five unanswered runs.
Francis was solid and was able to work out of a few jams and got solid back-up by his defense in the field.  Tulowitzki and Matsui were turning double plays and Holliday made some good plays in the field.

Fans got upset with a call in the seventh when Justin Upton was called for interference and two outs were called.  Fans then began booing and some unruly fans threw water bottles from the upper deck onto the field.

Luckily there were some good fans in the stands who pointed out who was throwing the bottles and the police were able to escort those trouble-makers out of the stadium.

By-the-way, it was interference.  The way Upton reached out and got into Matsui went too far and was definitely interference.  If he would have stayed on the bag, he would have been fine because Matsui was making sure of the out and was not going to throw through.

Rockies have game 1 because of a good team effort.  Let’s get another one tomorrow night.

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Xpenser Looking Good

Well I was reading Lifehacker this evening and found this new expense tracking program on the Internet, Xpenser.  The post on Lifehacker, “Track your Purchases as they Happen at Xpenser” is a pretty good description and overview of the application.
This is an online expense tracking tool that allows you to keep track of expenses via email, sms, instant message, and voice through Jott.

I travel a lot for work and if I can use it to keep track of my travel expenses.  I have everything set up and it was quite easy.  I look forward to my upcoming trip to try this out.

You can read more about the program at the Xpenser Blog.

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Neumann Homes Problems Continue

Well Neumann Homes may be out of our neighborhood, The Village at Harmony Park in Westminster, Colo. They had to auction off their remaining inventory because they couldn’t move them in this real estate climate.
Problems continue in the sub-division with many homes that were bought on spec are remaining on the market. Our subdivision does not allow renters, so many of them were left out in the cold when the market crashed here in Colorado.

Also, there are many problems with the infrastructure. The sidewalks are cracking and are not sloped correctly. Also the concrete was not finished correctly and the top layers are flaking off. But according to Neumann, it is not their problem. They are blaming the concrete contractor, but they hired the contractor, so I don’t see the problem. Continue reading “Neumann Homes Problems Continue”

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MSNBC Interactive News Acquires Newsvine

MSNBC Interactive News Acquires Newsvine – washingtonpost.com
I wonder how this will continue to work for Newsvine.  They are a good company that is doing something intriguing and allowing people to comment on the news stories.  With MSNBC acquiring them, what does it mean for Newsvine?

It appears that they are not making any big changes and even incorporating some of Newsvine’s technology into their own website.  According to Dan Gillmor of the Center for Citizen Media Blog, feels that this is a good thing, “…pulling Newsvine under its wing make perfect sense.”

We, as bloggers and the net community, need to make sure that this is a good thing for Newsvine and MSNBC does not diminish the impact that Newsvine has on the net.

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An Exit Toward Soul-Searching

An Exit Toward Soul-Searching – washingtonpost.com
This is a great article on the stress that employees of the White House go through on a 24 x 7 basis.

It is an incredibly stressful job.  I don’t think the American Public realizes how much work these public servants put into their jobs.  They are all good people just doing a job.

It will all change over here in just over a year and a new crop of people will go into the grinder.  It is sure a thankless job.