Twelve Days of Rox Mas - Day 1

First Day of Christmas
Rox will give us - Postseason?
A Pennant for all!

Twelve Days of Rox Mas - Day 2

On the Second Day
Rox gave to us - Ace Pitcher
U-Ball's No Hitter

Twelve Days of Rox Mas - Day 3

Third day of Christmas
Rox gave us - Silver Sluggers
Tulo/CarGo Show

Twelve Days of Rox Mas - Day 4

Fourth day of Christmas
Rox gave us - two golden gloves
Tulo and CarGo

Twelve Days of Rox Mas - Day 5

Fifth Day of Christmas
Rox gave us - winning season
Not the goal, but nice

Twelve Days of Rox Mas - Day 6

Sixth day of Christmas
Rox gave us - Helton's backup
Keep him in minors,

Twelve Days of Rox Mas - Day 7

On the seventh day
Rox gave us - a batting coach
When Rox hit, Rox win

Twelve Days of Rox Mas - Day 8

Eighth day of Christmas
Rox gave us - backup Catcher
Another Jose!

Twelve Days of Rox Mas - Day 9

Ninth day of Christmas
Rox gave to us - J. Lopez
Second base power?

Twelve Days of Rox Mas - Day 10

Tenth day of Christmas
Rox gave us - de la Rosa
Strong rotations win!

Twelve Days of Rox Mas - Day 11

On eleventh day
Rox gave to us - some spare parts
Strong bench is worthwhile!

Twelve Days of Rox Mas - Day 12

Twelfth day of Christmas
Rox gave to us - a shortstop
Tulo - next Elway?

Winter Meetings

Rox get some new parts
Welcome Lopez, Wiggington
Rox keep to their plan

Tulo!

Mister Fantastic
Gets an early Christmas gift
A Rox forever!

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MVP

MVP - Third Place
CarGo caps off a fine year
Pennants beat Awards...

Clint Barmes

Old Favorite gone
A gritty hard working Rox
This fan will miss him

A what might have been
If wasn't for that deer meat
Made room for Tulo...

Cy Young

A third place finish
U-Ball lost in second half
Go get'em next year

Golden Glove

Baseball gets it right
They're the Dynamic Duo
Tulo and Cargo

Hot Stove League

Let rumors begin
Trade talks, free agents, oh my
Season starts today!

Game 5 World Series (Giants W 3-1)

It is a kid's game
Renteria sends one deep
Playground dreams fulfilled

Game 4 World Series (Giants W 4-0)

Another shutout
Old age adage still holds true
Pitching beats hitting

Game 3 World Series (Rangers W 4-2)

We have a Series
Teams combine for four homers
Ranger bullpen holds

Game 2 World Series (Giants W 9-0)

Cain is masterful
The Ranger bullpen implodes
Giants keep scoring...

Game 1 World Series (Giants W 11-7)

October Baseball!
Giants find Lee's Krytonite
So much for pitching...

Game 162 (L 1-6)

Rox thankfully done
The season's journey complete
Winning year, that's it...

Game 161 (L 0-1)

Another shutout
U-Ball fails to get twenty
Can Rox win one more?

Game 160 (L 0-3)

October baseball
Not what our Rox were hoping
Sad end to season

Game 159 (L 1-6)

Rox mailing it in
Don't watch kids, do your homework
Quitters never win

Game 158 (L 6-7)

Tough last loss at home
Rox just couldn't break on through
Farewell to April

Game 157 (L 7-9)

Eliminated
Offense keeps up, bullpen fails
Defeat, ends campaign

Game 156 (L 1-3)

Just painful to watch
One lousy home run, that's all
Go down with some fight!

Game 155 (L 2-4)

Giants - a playoff team
Rox - the pretenders this year
Bitter offseason

Game 154 (W 10-9)*

No quit for Tulo
Rox most valuable mullet
The Giant Slayer

Game 153 (L 1-2)*

Playoff Atmosphere
Games decided by one pitch
Rox whiffed at their pitch!

Game 152 (L 9-10)

Paybacks are a bitch
Snakes revenge for oh-seven
Baseball can be cruel

Game 151 (L 4-8)

Just devastating
Ace on the mound, Giants lose
Step up or go home!

Game 150 (L 1-3)

Most disappointing
Playoff chase, manage one run?
Games slipping away...

Game 149 (L 6-7)

Good riddance L.A.
A tough place for Rox to win
Two wins good enough

Game 148 (W 12-2)

Gimme some Mora
Melvin's home run clinches it
Tulo's gone insane

Game 147 (W 7-5)

The Mullet's revenge
Not the fish Mister Scully
Tulo's will to win!

Game 146 (W 9-6)

Dynamic Duo
Powers Rox to Victory
One goal - playoff bid!

Game 145 (L 6-7)*

Something positive?
Rox kept at it till the end
Game mimics Season...

Game 144 (L 4-6)

Can't keep streak alive
Tough loss this late in Season
Give me nine Tulo's?

Game 143 (W 4-2)

Giambi's Walk Off
Caps off Rox tenth victory
Bring on the Padres!

Game 142 (W 2-1)

Nine is pretty fine
Rest of team steps up and wins
Division is ours?

Game 141 (W 13-4)

Meh...D-Backs in Town
Tulo takes batting practice
Wins just keep coming

Game 140 (W 6-5)

It's simply magic
Erase five run deficit
Steals home - winning run!

Game 139 (W 9-2)

Amazing Tulo
His lumber punishes balls
Hits two souvenirs!

Game 138 (W 4-3)

Rox find ways to win
Chacin gets win, Street gets save
CarGo hits homers!

Game 137 (W 10-5)

U-Ball wins Eighteenth!
Finally gets club record
O's bash way to win

(TulO, CarGO, and UbaldO!)

Game 136 (W 4-2)

Rox get out the brooms
A sweep of slumping Padres
Tulo wants playoffs

Game 135 (W 6-2)

Rox making statement
Big hurdle, but road wins help
Keep swinging CarGo

Game 134 (W 4-3)

Rox bullpen holds on
Mighty Giambi's bat roars
Cookie finally wins

Game 133 (L 11-12)

Sums up the season
So close yet so far away
At least Rox don't quit!

Game 132 (L 1-2)

A battle of Aces
U-Ball comes up short again
CarGo's milestone

Game 131 (L 2-5)

Eighth inning meltdown

Belisle's arm falling off

Rox need some relief!

Game 130 (W 2-1)

Bizarro finish
CarGo's broken bat triple!
A win is a win...

Game 129 (W 10-5)*

Nice day at Coors Field
Hot sun, blue sky, Manny tossed
Rox win, take series!

Game 128 (W 5-3)

Found fountain of youth?
Helton gets his homer stroke
Keep hammering Rox

Game 127 (L 2-6)*

Rox arch enemy
Torre casts spell on Tracy
Blake's Slam - Mighty Blow!

Game 126 (W 12-10)

Amazing comeback
Rox crawl back from ten-one hole
Sweep Braves, not dead yet!

Game 125 (W 5-2)

Rocky Mountain Way
Key hits, strikeouts, double plays
Equals a winner!

Game 124 (W 5-4)

Helton's four hit night
Knocks in winning run in eighth
Closed my eyes for Street

Game 123 (W 1-0)

Rare one run game win
Rox scrape out a run in eighth
Thanks to EY's speed!

Game 122 (L 1-3)

Rox can't win with Ace
Like it or not Rox finished
Now it is for pride...

Game 121 (L 3-4)

Wicked punch to gut
One strike, one out from winning...
Who angered the gods?

Brad Hawpe

A total class act
Rox right fielder will be missed
This fan says thank you!

Game 120 (L 0-2)

Another shutout
Our punchless, powerless Rox
Where'd the offense go?

Game 119 (W 3-2)

Wild night in LA
Mora scores without a hit
Tulo's throw saves win

Game 118 (L 0-6)

Nightmare continues
Rox are homeless and scoreless
Pack the humidor!

Game 117 (W 6-5)

Error leads to tie
U-Ball can't get win eighteen
Tulo's single clutch

Game 116 (L 4-5)

Was on vacation
Rox play like they want one too
Can't give away games!

Game 115 (W 5-4)

Mister Fantastic
Tulo's three run shot wins it
Who else will step up?

Game 114 (L 0-4)

Rox sunk in New York
Another awful road trip
Playoff hopes fading

Game 113 (W 6-2)

Rox win in New York
Mora's homer smacks the Mets
Playoff dreams alive!

Game 112 (L 0-1)

Just four lousy hits?
No run support for U-Ball
Typical road loss...

Game 111 (W 8-4)

CarGo MVP?
Has become superhero!
BOOM, POW - sounds his bat

Game 110 (L 7-8)

Mighty comeback squashed
Street gives up walk off homer
Rox find ways to lose :(

Game 109 (W 6-3)

Tulo, Cargo Show
The Wonder Twins Activate
In the form of Wins!

Game 108 (L- 1-5)

The Rox nemesis

Pirates mess with playoff hopes

Francis didn't help

Game 107 (W 6-1)

Chief gets Seventeen!
Ties Rox record for most wins
Three homers help too

Game 106 (L 0-10)

Went with my cousins
Didn't pay attention much
But had a great time

P.S. Written by my son, ahh the joys of just watching a game with no care in the world, something to think about as we grow older!

Game 105 (W 8-7)

Cubs rally again
Our man Flash in Centerfield
Catches ball, saves day

Game 104 (W 6-5)

Walk off upper deck
Cargo's exclamation point
Completes the cycle!

Game 103 (W 17-2)*

Broncos beat the Bears ;)
Rox just allow a safety
Twelve runs in the Eighth!

Game 102 (W 9-3)

Losing streak over!
Ubaldo finally wins one
Uphill climb begins...

Game 101 (L 2-6)*

Break up the Pirates
Oh yeah they're worse team in league
Rox just pathetic

Game 100 (L 2-4)

The swoon continues
Our Rox are falling apart
Our thoughts with Huston...

Game 99 (L 4-5)

What's that thump you hear?
Our Rox hitting Rock bottom
Nightmare road trip ends...

Game 98 (L 3-4)

Our Rox falling fast
Who is going to step up?
It ain't over yet!

Game 97 (L 2-10)

Game of Adjustments
U-Ball has shortest outing
Rox falling apart

Game 96 (L 0-6)

Nothing to cheer for
Miserable muggy night
East Coast road trips stink!

Game 95 (L 2-3)

Ninth inning demons
Expansion brethren win out
Cheese steaks on order...

Game 94 (L 2-5)

Can this road trip end?
Hammel back to losing ways
Rox offense sputters

Game 93 (W 10-0)

Pitching spot in doubt...
Francis throws seven solid
Mora's Bat solid!

Game 92 (L 8-9)

Heartbreak Huston Show

Walk off homer shuts Street down

Ends Rox come back win

Game 91 (W 1-0)

Cookie Monster Back
'Netta's homer just enough
Rox salvage a win!

Game 90 (L 1-8)

The Reds Homer Nite
Rox didn't get the memo
Third loss in a row

Game 89 (L 2-3)

Slow start from layoff
Rox need to find their bats, quick!
Long road trip ahead...

All Star Game

U-Ball makes Rox proud

Secures World Series home field

Game One in Coors Field!

Game 88 (L 7-9)

Bummer loss at break
Overused bullpen blows it
Rest arms, two games back!

Game 87 (W 4-2)

Rox win their sixth straight

CarGo out to prove a point

Prefer the Play Offs!

Game 86 (W 10-8)

Kryptonite removed

Our Rox look like Supermen

Less Clark, more Stewart

Game 85 (W 4-2)

No comebacks today
U-Ball solid, wins fifteen
Rox sweep away Cards

Game 84 (W 8-7)

Cards fans not happy

Third walk off win in a row

The Holliday Curse!

Game 83 (W 12-9)

Baseball in England?

No, Rox have epic comeback

Smith's walk off seals it

Game 82 (W 4-3)

A battle of wills
Helton comes through with Sac Fly
Rox win in fifteen

Game 81 (L 8-11)

Bad call hurts the Rox
Rox come back and get the lead
But Corpas blows it!

Game 80 (W 6-3)

Rox making a run?
Chacin a Giant Slayer?
Stay tuned half way there...

Game 79 (W 7-3)

Dex glad to be home
Three hits, two runs, and two steals
Just what the Rox need!

Game 78 (L 3-13)

Padres' frustration
Gets taken out on Francis
Least Rox gained a game

Game 77 (W 6-3)

He's often maligned
But Barmes still drives them in
Plays a mean short too

Game 76 (W 10-6)

The Rox own Petco

Jimenez no hits through five

Homers beat Padres

Important Series

Four homers, Ace on the mound

Rox get within five

Game 75 (L 3-10)

Miserable series
Error puts Rox in a hole
Grand Slam seals the deal

Game 74 (L 2-4)

First inning error
No double play leads to Slam
Rox late nights catch up

Game 73 (W 4-3)

Herrera's singles
Key to come from behind win
Rox love Interleague!

Game 72 (L 11-13)*

Is it over yet?
Over four hours of baseball!
Sox finally win one : (

Game 71 (W 8-6)

The Red Sox Slayer

Giambi hits missile shot

Freaking Beautiful!

Game 70 Inning By Inning

First Inning
A quiet first frame
Nice stab at mound by Chacin
CarGo gets first hit

Second Inning

Chacin strikes out two

Red Sox go down in order

Rox get one more hit

Third Inning

Rox bend but don't break

The Sox leave bases loaded

Rox get doubled off

Fourth Inning

A fast fourth inning

Rox and Sox both get a hit

But nothing doing

Fifth Inning

Nelson gets first hit

Helton gets two out Ribby

Rox get run, strike first

Sixth Inning

Nifty double play

Ends Sox threat, Rox go quickly

Tight - one nothing game

Seventh Inning

Beimel and Ortiz

An epic confrontation

Sox leave bases full again

Eighth Inning

Sox down to three outs

The Rox buy some insurance

Nail biter awaits

Ninth Inning

Belisle's first save chance

The Sox get run, make it close

Barmes play saves day!

Game 70 (W 2-1)*

Biemel throws his pitch
Mighty Ortiz takes a swing
Bases full, grounds out!

Game 69 (L 1-6)

A Corpas collapse
Bullpen puts it out of reach
Brooms get put away

Game 68 (W 8-7)

Rox almost blow it
Betancourt gets final out
Rox win with rally!

Game 67 (W 2-0)*

Small ball kind of win
Hammel pitches seven strong
Rox squeak out a win

Game 66 (W 5-1)

Thirteen is lucky
Need a win? Call Ubaldo
Tulo hits help too!

Game 65 (L 1-2)

Unlucky thirteen
Rox are experts at the whiff
Where have the hits gone?

Game 64 (L 3-9)

Cook way off Target
Twins get the lucky bounces
New park to lose in :(

Game 63 (W 10-3)

Spilly was spiffy
Two homer day, bat finds ball
Rox sweep the Blue Jays

Game 62 (W 1-0)

Hammel's masterpiece
Rare one run shutout at home
Helton's mojo back?

Game 61 (W 5-3)*

Mother Nature won
Wacky weather in Denver
Jimenez gets twelfth

Game 60 (L 4-5)

Rox just embarrassed
Lose three of four to worst team!
Help Wanted - Offense...

Game 59 (L 2-6)*

Look on the bright side
Nice summer night, baseball too
Slam ruins party : (

Game 58 (L 3-4)

Bullpen falters late
Rox can't put away bad teams
Trend won't go away

Game 57 (W 5-1)

Is it Hammel Time?

Throws seven shutout innings

Nice start to homestand

Game 56 (W 3-2)

Sweepless in Phoenix
Whew Jimenez breaks the brooms
Gets win eleven!

Game 55 (L 3-4)

Helton shown the bench
Chacin struggles in the sixth
Rox comeback falls short

Night, day, yin, and yang

Rox consistently average

Want winning version

Game 54 (L 6-7)

Loss defines ugly
Miscues, bobbled balls, blown save
Bizzaro Rox back...

Game 53 (L 1-4)

Rox gave one away

Francis not pulled soon enough

Play for one run wins!

Ken Griffey Tribute

The Kid says goodbye
Majestic lefty could rake
Did it naturally!

First ballot famer
He was Gold Glove collector
Hit and stole homers

Game 52 (W 2-1)

San Fran nail biter
Give Clint some love, hit wins game
Bullpen lights out too

Game 51 (W 4-0)

Take that Halladay
Cy Young in Colorado?
His name, Jimenez

Game 50 (L 3-4)*

B.S. strikeout call
Helton goes down on close call
Rox go down fighting

Game 49 (W 11-3)*

No Cookie for you
Rox pitcher shuts down L.A.
Coors Field hit parade

or

Tracy's one hundredth
Rox three defensive web gems
Helps rout nemesis

Game 48 (L 4-5)

The curse continues

Mental block against Dodgers

Need to beat L.A.!

Game 47 (W 8-2)

Back to back to back
Smith, CarGo, Spilly go deep
Broom time in LoDo!

Game 46 (W 7-3)*

U-Ball gets ninth win
Throws so hard, hear the mitt smack
Record book season?

Game 45 (W 3-2)

That was a nice win!
Chacin cruises, Corpas saves
Tulo warming up...

Game 44 (W 11-7)

Release the Offense!

Giambi powers attack

Ends awful road trip

Game 43 (W 3-0)

Francis goes six strong

Bullpen finishes shut out

Yo-Yo ride goes on...

Game 42 (L 2-9)

Short lived excitement

Rough start to Interleague play

Rox rocked by Royals

Game 41 (W 4-0)

Yahoo the Rox win!

Tulo hits monster homer

U-Ball gets eighth win

Game 40 (L 3-7)

See the Bad News Rox

A horror show on defense

No hits to be found!

Game 39 (L 2-6)

An ugly series
No offense or timely hits
Rox just struggling

Game 38 (L 2-4)

Close one in Chi Town
Walk off homer downs the Rox
Wastes Cookie's good start

Game 37 (W 2-1)

The Canuck comes back
Francis first start since oh eight
Rox turn the corner?

Game 36 (W 4-3)*

Rox win one run game
Thanks CarGo son gets thrown ball
Sweep doubleheader

Game 35 (W 6-2)

A much needed win
Rox Ace takes care of business
Stewart's hits plates lead

Game 34 (L 6 - 14)

Rain, rain go away
Rox pitching all wet tonight
Nats the surprise team!

Game 33 (W 4-3)

Rox-ky homecoming
Halladay's Cy Youngs ignored
O's walk off wins it

Game 32 (L 5-9)

Rox gave one away
Fielding not crisp, ugly loss
Why Phillies are champs

Game 31 (L 0-2)

A day for Pink Bats
Celebrate Moms everywhere
No win just flowers :(

Game 30 (W 8-0)

Stewart and CarGo
Regular old Iron Men
It is Hollywood!

Game 29 (L 5-6)

Good for what ails you?
What Dodgers think of our Rox
Rox need to fight back

Game 28 (W 6-5)

No joy in Mudville?

Expectations too heavy?

Rox win...have some fun!

Note: Before the 12th and Ian's homer this was draftL

Padres confident

Padres loose and having fun

Rox could learn something

Game 27 (L 2-3)

Rox can't win close ones
Bullpen gives it up again
Need a new closer!

Game 26 (W 5-2)

Chief sits down thirteen
Only blemish is one run
First pitcher to six

Game 25 (W 4-1)

Showcase the future
Nice composure, closets brooms
Chacin gets first win

Game 24 (L 1-6)

Rotation issues
Two starters move to D.L.
Rodger's rough debut

Game 23 (L 2-5)

When in Las Vegas
Should you bet on Rox to win?
Apparently not!

Game 22 (L 11-12)

Coors Field Hit Parade
Old Fashion pitcher beat down
Bitter tasting loss

Game 21 (W 12-1)

Cake walk for U-Ball
Rox score early and often
Keep squashing those snakes!

Game 20 (L 3-5)*

Recall Bichette's Blast?

History almost repeats

Instead a strikeout : (

Game 19 (W 8-4)

Day to say farewell

Smith provides two souvenirs

Barmes catch saves day

Game 18 (W 8-1)*

Guess what Cookie found?

His first win and release point

Complete game nice too

Game 17 (L 1-4)

Rare doubleheader

Rox don't have much punch at plate

Can we clone U-Ball?

Game 16 (W 2-0)

Shut out ends road trip

Two homers enough for win

U-Ball wins fourth straight

Game 15 (L 4-6)

Fourteen left on base

More hits than Nats, Rox still lose

Tough loss on the road

Game 14 (W 10-4)

Rox with heavy heart

Baseball like life, ups and downs

Won one for Keli

Game 13 (L 2-5)

Sinker ain't sinking!

Cook's pitch looking like softballs

Offense squashed by Nats? #&@!

Game 12 (L 3-4)

Morales blows save

What's up with the ninth inning?

Umpire gave Braves gifts...

Game 11 (W 4-0)

The Chief dominates

Throws the Rox first no hitter

Dexter saves the day!

Game 10 (L 5-9)

At least it's Friday

Rox get tomahawked by Braves

Short night for Hammel...

Game 9 (L 0-5)

Strikeouts and errors

Young season, alarming trend

Pitchers still need help!

Game 8* (W 6-5)

A walk off homer

'Netta atones for error

A sloppy Rox win

Game 7 (W 11-3)

A great night for Smiths

Greg strikes out eight and gets win

Seth assists, goes deep...

Game 6 (W 4-2)*

Late night, early game

Jimenez labored through six

Rox score just enough

Game 5*

A battle of wills

Rox blink in top of fourteenth

Waste Hawpe's two homers

Game 4*

The Joy of Baseball

Hot sunshine, blue skies, green grass

Opening Day Win

Game 3

One mistake ballgame
An error here, wild pitch there
Extra outs lose games

Game 2

No perfect season...

Smith gets roughed up, pen starts slow

Bright side, offense scores

Game 1*

CarGo leads the way

Jimenez tosses six strong

Winning Formula...

T-Minus 1

High Expectations
Division title or bust
Enough talk, play ball

T-Minus 2

Rox division foes...
Dodgers divorce, Giants score?
D-backs could surprise

T-Minus 3

Rox Bullpen questions...
Will Street get healthy and pitch?
Is there a dark horse?

T-Minus 4

Defense wins titles
A super sophomore season?
Run Dexter and catch

T-Minus 5

World Series Starter?
Need dominant Jimenez
A true Number One!

T-Minus 6

A winning campaign...
Helton's Rox Star status grows
Ring for the Captain?

T-Minus 7

Division winner?
Needs Tulo MVP year...
And a hot April

T-minus 8

Consistent winner
Rox need Francis back in form
Can Pitcher's repeat?

T-Minus 9

To be successful

Nice to have a hot April

No playing catch up!

Golden Ticket

Season Tix arrive

I feel like a kid again

Time to oil the mitt

Rox tickets arrive

Never know what you might get

Like box of chocolates

April Yet?

Enough fake baseball

Sixty degrees in Denver

I want stats that count!

A Month to Milwaukee

One month to first pitch
Start with Beer, brauts, Milwaukee
Indoor baseball start :-(

First Spring Game

First Spring Training Game
First pitch twenty-ten season
Roxtober starts here

Spring Continues...

Quiet spring so far

First spring game a week away

Team looks confident

Year 18 Begins

Arizona sun

Catchers and Pitchers play catch

Baseball Springs ahead

Spring Training

Rub up those baseballs

Spring Training, green grass blue skies

Melt away that snow!

Record?

Early projections

Eighty-six wins, Wild Card

Rox want Division!

Welcome Melvin

Rox sign right hand bat
Pre-Spring Training roster set
Real baseball up next!

Giambi Back

Giambi comes back

Love the late inning power

Please regrow the 'stache!

Countdown

Only thirty days

Pitchers and Catchers report

Time for new baseballs

New Voice

Schemmel, Rox new voice
Summer's voice new play by play
Great new addition

New Catcher

Rox get new catcher
Olivo will add some punch
Yorvit will be missed