On the 1st Day of RoXmas...

All this fan wants is...
To be busy next October
No pears, just playoffs!

On the 2nd Day of RoXmas...

Way to the playoffs? Dominate the N.L. West This is war, no doves...

On the 3rd Day of RoXmas...

L'amour de baseball Rox Le baseball est une grande Trois poules françaises ;)

On the 4th Day of RoXmas...

Hot Stove for the birds
Give me Spring with real baseballs
Season unwraps soon

On the 5th Day of RoXmas...

Just make the playoff

Second season, quest for Ring

Don't need five, just one

On the 6th Day of RoXmas...

Dex needs to step up
Can't lay an egg this summer
 Catalyst for offense...

On the 7th Day of RoXmas...

CarGo stays healthy
Balls a swimmin' in Center
Coors fountains galore

On the 8th Day of RoXmas...

Yankees get the maids
Rox want to be working class
Who's accountable?

On the 9th Day of RoXmas...

Christmas comes early...
Our Rox unwrap Cuddyer
Ladies are dancing?

On the 10th Day of RoXmas...

Tulo a leapin'
He is the Lord of the Rox
Plays beautiful Short

On the 11th Day of RoXmas...

What is a Piper?
Rox need pitching, not piping
Young guns stepping up....

On the 12th Day of RoXmas...

Forget the Drummers
How about a third baseman?
Wiggy out, who's in...

Can Tebow Play Baseball?

Wow, Rox change it up
Lot of new faces come Spring Time
Can we sign Tebow?

Hot Stove On Fire

Angels go all in
Pujols heads to the West Coast
Wilson - a throw in!

Thanksgiving

This Rox fan gives thanks
I might whine and moan a bit...
But we have baseball!

Hot Stove

Rox Hot Stove Sputters
It's Infielders sticker shock
Youngsters get ready!

Tulo's Hardware

Tulo gets hardware
Golden glove, silver slugger
Prefers a new ring...

Break Time Over

Slight chill in the air?
Time to start up that Hot Stove
The sweepstakes begin!

World Series Game 7 (Cardinals Win 6-2)

Rally squirrel wins it
Unpredictable baseball
Wives happy, beards gone!

World Series Game 6 (Cardinals Win 10-9)

The squirrel lives to fight
Scores twice with two outs, two strikes
Walk off Freese the deal!

World Series Game 5 (Rangers Win 4-2)

Pivotal Game Five
Napoli's double breaks tie
Craig's caught stealing gaffes!

World Series Game 4 (Rangers Win 4-0)

Holland throws shutout
Gloves are off, battle begins
Sparring is complete

World Series Game 3 (Cardinals Win 16-7)

They say it's pitching
Pujols would beg to differ
Cards whallop Rangers

World Series Game 2 (Rangers Win 2-1)

Bullpen finally blinks
Cards blunder, Rangers attack
Texas steals in ninth...

World Series Game 1 (Cardinals W 3 - 2)

Season's last Series
Craig's pinch hit single wins it
Card's bullpen still shines

Game 162 (W 6-3)

Rox save best for last
A disappointing season
Pieces here, need wins!

Game 161 (L 0-7)

Three hits, twelve strikeouts
Sums up Rox futility
West Coast Krytonite

Game 160 (L 1-3)

Rox can't solve G-men
Chacin strong but offense weak
Bats dull from outburst

Game 159 (W 19-3)

Millwood wins, has help
Rox manage twenty-five hits
A new team record

Game 158 (W 4-2)

It's a miracle!
Nelson's bases loaded walk
A win in extras

Game 157 (L 2-11)

Astros beat Tulsa
Rox Double A O.J.T
It's big boy baseball

Game 156 (L 6-9)

Look on the bright side
Rox young players getting bats
Lots of losses too ;(

Game 155 (L 0-4)

At a loss for words

Out of ways to spin losses

Win one for haikus!

Here's to Aaron Cook
Cookie takes one more nibble
Ten years in Purple...

Game 154 (L 1-2)

Rox had their chances
LoDo magic just not there
Strikeout ends comeback...

Game 153 (L 2-8)

Here we go again
Baseball gods just piling on
And manage one hit &@!?

Game 152 (L 5-12)

Worse season ever?
Giants sweep the Rox again
Nothing positive!

Game 151 (L 5-6)

Think Rox could win one
Big crowds, young hungry talent
Same old losing Street...

Game 150 (L 1-9)

A Giant whooping
Rox rooks get six of nine hits
New guys at least care...

Game 149 (L 5-8)

Rookies show their age
Growing pains lead to three runs
Pandas do cycle!

Game 148 (W 6-2)

Rox score a six pack
Millwood picks up the bar tab
Brew up a nice win!

Game 147 (L 1-2)

Extras aren't our friend
Rox can't find hit when needed
But Playoff teams do...

Game 146 (W 4-1)

Pomeranz gets win
No Tulo, CarGo, Helton...
Rox future looks bright?

Game 145 (W 12-7)

Is this the future?
Homers galore, no pitching...
Let the young kids hit!

Game 144 (L 1-4)

Errors, ejections
Its exciting as it gets
With no playoff hope...

Game 143 (L 3-5)

Three solo Rox shots
Millwood, CarGo, Rosario
Three more could have won!

Game 142 (W 8-3)

How those tacos taste?
Rox release their frustrations
Tulo's blast seals it

Game 141 (L 7-10)

Something to cheer for
Tulo bats in one hundred
Not much else to see...

Game 140 (L 2-7)

Can't close out Padres
Dex gets his fifteenth triple
Table set, that's it

Game 139 (W 5-4)

Return of Spilly
Class clown, the royal jester
White wins, welcome back

Game 138 (W 3-0)

He's got triple speed
Go Dex Go, fourteen so far
Rox staff gets shut out

Game 137 (L 2-4)

Ho hum series sweep 
What is it about road trips? 
Dinger should travel...

Game 136 (L 4-9)

Waving the white flag
Rox are just embarrassing
Show some heart and pride

Game 135 (L 1-5)

Rox - Dead Men Walking
Playoff hopes now slim to none
D-Backs head of class

Game 134 (W 7-6)

Hey Hey Kouzmanoff
New Rox third baseman comes through
Tie season series

Game 133 (L 6-7)

Loney should thank Rox
Six of eight homers from us
Last night's hurt the most

Game 132 (L 1-6)

Too bad, no redo
One inning sinks playoff hopes
Farfetched, like balk calls

Game 131 (W 7-6)

A wild pitch walk off
Wacky series but Rox sweep
Roxtober Swagger?

Game 130 (W 8-6)

Entertaining game
Diving catches and moon shots
Herrera seals it

Game 129 (W 9-5)

Tacos after Two
CarGo ignites, Chacin smooth
Barmes a spoiler?

Game 128 (W 5-3)

Smith breaks Sunday's curse
Millwood gets his first Rox win
Good Series winner!

Game 127 (W 8-7)

Call it Redemption
Fowler's atones fielding gaffe
EY was good too...

Game 126 (L 2-8)

It's Anti-Hammel
Never know what you're getting
Just like our Team Rox!

Ichiro

His wand is his bat
Pulls base hits out of his hat
More like a Ninja

Game 125 (W 12-5)

Wish this was the norm
Rox bust out the bats tonight
So much potential...

Game 124 (L 5-6)

Could Rox get it done?
Giambi homers, get close
No magic tonight

Game 123 (W 7-4)

Run down fails, Dex safe
CarGo's double ties the game
Giambi ends it!

Game 122 (L 2-6)

Sunday game of week
Ineptitude on big stage
Bases loaded K!

Game 121 (W 6-1)

Big night for CarGo
Hammel, the pitcher, shows up
Rox flip score and win!

Game 120 (L 1-6)

Beat by bouncing balls /
Groundballs lead to five run sixth /
Red birds stay grounded

Game 119 (L 1-2)

A complete game loss
Third time its happened this year
Eat some Lucky Charms!

Game 118 (L 2-3)

New pitcher steps in
Millwood gives Rox strong seven
Chance in ninth thrown out!

Game 117 (W 3-2)

Call him, "Second Half"
Dex's hit drives in winning run
Esmil gets his sixth win

Game 116 (W 10-7)

Homers everywhere
Smith gets two, Helton adds one
But CarGo's the best!

Game 115 (L 2-3)

A Cookin' Sunday
Tulo can't end game looking?
That's sixteen losses...

Game 114 (W 15-7)

This one goes to Juan
Bats bust out, Chacin gets win
How 'bout Sunday win?

Game 113 (L 3-5)

Scenes you hate to see
Line drives back to the pitcher
Rox lose on tough night

Game 112 (W 6-3)

Tulo's now legal
Gets his twenty-first home run
A rare victory!

Game 111 (L 6-8)

Phillies sweep the Rox
High school pitchers come home and
Get win and a save...

Game 110 (L 0-5)

The Ubaldo Blues
Rox falling fast, need some hope
Hope left for Cleveland...

Game 109 (L 3-4)

No brotherly love
Phillies get to Street again
Just like the playoffs

Game 108 (L 3-8)

Ten K's not enough?
Nicasio's start wasted
Bullpen down in flames

Game 107 (W 10-6)

Thank You Ubaldo
Business of baseball can suck
This Rox fan is sad :(

Game 106 (W 3-2)

Three Matts get two outs
Relief hold win for Hammel
Balk scores winning run

Game 105 (W 3-1)

Rox salvage a game
Veteran Cookie steps up
Tulo's hits score

Game 104 (L 2-3)

What is wrong with Rox?
Pressure of expectations?
Another lost year....

Game 103 (L 5-8)

Look on the bright side
At least our Rox aren't bankrupt
Dodgers still beat us...

Game 102 (L 0-7)

Deadline approaches
Rox sellers, that means failure
Where did April go?

Game 101 (L 3-12)

Behind the eight ball
Hammel spots 'Backs seven runs
Rox didn't have chance...

Game 100 (W 8-4)

CarGo on DL
Who is going to step up?
Dex knows, Cookie too

Game 99 (L 6-9)

Back and forth battle
Rox lose lead late in relief
Footnote, Dex steals home!

Game 98 (W 3-2)

Second walk off win
CarGo's two out hit scores Dex
Rox reverse the curse

Game 97 (W 12-3)

The dominant O's
TulO - CargO both homer
UbaldO gets win!

Game 96 (L 4-7)

Curse of David Nied
Stealing Braves future pitcher
Rox keep sufferin'

Game 95 (L 3-4)

Opportunities....
Third base black hole, big bats flat
Cook tried, defense failed

Game 94 (L 7-8)

Umpire blows the call
Rox blow their cool and get tossed
Street's pitching just blows

Game 93 (W 4-0)

Home swagger is back?
Fowler returns, the wife smiles
Rox shutout Brewers

Game 92 (W 12-3)

Rox get twenty hits
Spilly goes on a rampage
Could this be their run

All Star Game (NL wins 5-1)

Dominant pitching
NL team had more passion
Coors in October?

Home Run Derby - 2011

Red Sox and Yankees
Baseball's lasting rivalry
Home Run hitting too

No contest really
Father pitching to his son
Essence of basebll

Cano don't you know?
Yank wins it, thanks to all Dads
For Backyard BP!

Game 91 (L 0-2)

Yup sums up first half
Decent pitching, no offense
Turn around maybe?

Game 90 (W 2-1)

Street has a new friend
His name is the Double Play
Helton the Rox Star!

Game 89 (W 3-2)

Hammel goes old school
He brings out the stirrup socks
Rox win, new fashion

Game 88 (L 3-6)

Death by injury
Rox a walking MASH unit
Ugly sweep by Braves

Game 87 (L 1-9)

I'm from Atlanta
Years past switched allegiances
Think I've cursed our Rox...

Game 86 (L 3-5)

No CarGo, Tulo
Chacin fights quick deficit
Rox not very good...

Game 85 (L 1-4)

Injury bug bites
Tough road trip before the Break
Season in balance

Game 84 (L 8-16)

CarGo versus the Wall?
Newton proved this long ago
Get well, Rox need you!

Game 83 (W 9-6)

Good old fashion Coors
You return like an old friend
Ellis turns back clock...

Game 82 (W 9-0)

Bust out the Fireworks
Ellis makes most of first start
Homers in debut!

Game 81 (L 4-6)

Limp to half way point
Lose Helton's two thousandth game
Bullpen miserable!

Game 80 (L 2-3)

No luck Jimenez
Four hitter, no decision
Train wreck Street gets loss

Game 79 (W 3-2)

Year's first walk off win
Wig hits, Tulo keeps running
Lucky thirteen win!

Game 78 (L 3-7)

Another day game
Except CarGo, team looks beat
Need good All Star push

Game 77 (L 4-6)

No hitter through four
Yanks then solve Nicasio
Too many ghosts today...

Game 76 (L 3-8)

Hey, Every game counts!
This ain't Little League, Tracy
Need to play to win...

Game 75 (W 4-2)

Bright Lights, Big Apple
Giambi channels the Babe
Good win for U-Ball

Game 74 (L 3-4)

Wiggy versus Tribe
His two homers not enough
Next stop - Big Apple

Game 73 (W 4-3)

A "I can't watch game"
Eighth inning tie, Street's triple
Thank you Mister Smith

Game 72 (W 8-7)

Corrigan returns
Rox broadcaster brings home win
Tulo's hits help too ;)

Game 71 (L 1-9)

Win streak ends at 4
Verlander goes the distance
Ace mystifies Rox

Game 70 (W 5-4)

Jimenez gets win
Nelson gets second homer
Rox back to even

Game 69 (W 13-6)

That ain't Charlie Brown
Blackmon the name, 4 hit game
Awesome walk up song!

Game 68 (W 6-3)

Yup, that's score again
Chacin notches victory
Ace of staff with 8

Game 67 (W 6-3)

Fourteen Padres K
Rox pull offense out of hat
Question: Brothers Bat?

Game 66 (L 1-3)

Coors Field magic gone?
Padres rookie allows one
Blake Street Bombers weep

Game 65 (L 8-10)

Hitting and Pitching
World Series teams do both well
Rox do one each game!

Game 64 (L 7-11)

Bullpen losing steam
It's almost Super for 8
Gwynn robs Rox comeback

Game 63 (W 6-5)

Rox dodge a bullet
Chacin shut out ball though eight
Let's just forget Ninth!

Game 62 (W 9-7)

There's no place like home
Rox click their heels, score nine runs
Ain't Cali no more!

Game 61 (W 5-3)

Rox win a series?
Two runs, ninth inning to win?
It's a miracle..

Game 60 (L 0-2)

Bat exorcism?
Call Jobu - take fear from bats?
Gotta do something...

Game 59 (W 3-0)

San Diego Shutout
Bullpen bends but doesn't break
Two triples help win

Game 58 (L 1-2)

Rox like teenage boys
Family haiku, won't go there
But you get the point

Game 57 (W 2-1)

Confidence booster
Win small ball game in San Fran
Tough, gritty well played!

Game 57 - Inning By Inning

Inning 1: Rox on Fox today / Wearing purple, no Helton / Go three up, three down

Inning 2: Tulo down on strikes / Wiggy groundouts,Spilly out / Chacin scrambling

Inning 3: Nelson gets first hit / Phantom tag ends double play / Chacin laboring

Inning 4: CarGo rips single / Then gets thrown out at second / Still zero zero

Inning 5: Error scores Tulo / Leave two on but get the lead / Pickoff ends the threat

Inning 6: EY gets single / Bunted to second then scores / Giants close to one

Inning 7: Stretch time in San Fran / Wiggy singles but stranded / One, two, three Linstrom

Inning 8: Smith stranded on Third / Will missed run come back to bite? / Betancourt holds'em

Inning 9: Big breath, Street in game / Giant bats looking for win / Breathe again, Rox win

Game 56 (L 1-3)

Short lived excitement
Rox fail to find that key hit
No longer a trend...

Game 55 (W 3-0)

Return of U-Ball
Ace goes nine, shuts out Dodgers
Ends game with strikeout!

Game 54 (L 2-8)

These are imposters
Real Rox off world saving Earth
Excuse I believe...

Game 53 (L 1-7)

Rox sing road trip blues
Dodger blue owns Rox at home
Hollywood horrors

Game 52 (L 3-4)

One run - Ninety Feet
Rox that close to tying game
Outcome the same - Loss

Game 51 (W 15-4)

Junior our Spark Plug 
E.Y. leads off - hits, no K's 
Save runs for later?


Nicasio's Debut
Iannetta goes deep twice
Rox score 15 times!

Game 50 (L 3-10)

Meltdown continues
Running out of things to say
U-Ball still winless

Game 49 (L 3-6)

Can it get much worse?
Rox struggles - no end in sight
Frustrations mounting!

Game 48 (L 1-2)

Rox back to even
Our team can't hit, run, or field
This is depressing

Game 47 (L 2-5)

Tough day at Ballpark
Jorge's elbow calls it quits
Rox split the twin bill

Game 46 (W 12-4)

CarGo's bat smokin'
G Reynolds huge in relief
Rox win in blow out

Game 45 (L 1-3)

No Identity
No urgency, no desire
Rox rudderless ship

Game 44 (L 2-3)

Rox, I Will Follow
Until the End of the World
Your play makes me Numb..

Game 43 (L 6-7):

Uh-oh PauliNO
Must mean extra inning loss
Rox give one away

Game 42 (W 7-1)

Great Giambino
A child's game, forty years young
First three homer game!

Game 41 (L 1-2)

Playoff atmosphere
Base hit, bunt, wild pitch, sac fly
The one run difference

Game 40 (W 5-3)

Season's turning point?
CarGo - The Giant Slayer
Rox back in first place!

Game 39 (W 7-4)

Take that Lincecum
Rox go deep, slay the Giant
Season's biggest win!

Game 38 (L 2-8)

My dearest Rockies
Oh why do you pain me so?
You evil temptress

Game 37 (L 7-9)

Offense and Pitching
Parts not working together
Rox blow six run lead

Ninth inning homer
Old Friend Hawpe not so friendly
He hits game winner

Game 36 (W 12-7)

Friday the thirteenth
Tulo slashes the Padres
Rox offense alive...

Game 35 (L 9-5)

Hat trick for Beltran
Met's slugger hits 3 dingers
U-Ball just not right.

Game 34 (L 3-4)

Where did the runs go?
Rox should break the Humidor
Coors Field needs fireworks!

Game 33 (W 2-1)

Rox find home again
Iannetta plates both runs
Bullpen slams the door!

Fear the Fu Manchu
'Netta loves some home cooking
Steal at your own risk....

Game 32 (L 0-3)

Forget the pink bats
What Rox need is Thor's Hammer
Mjolnir - A Big Stick!

Game 31 (L 2-3)

Lady Luck is cruel
Let Giants have it in May
When it counts Rox win!

Game 30 (L 3-4)

Glad I went to bed
Another bullpen meltdown
April wins, May stinks

Game 29 (L 2-3)

Huston's luck runs out
Homers erase Hammel's win
D-Bags take series :(

Game 28 (W 6-4)

Chacin impresses
Stewart back (?), 'Netta homers
Huston sweats, Rox win!

Game 27 (L 4-3)

Rox Achilles heel
D-Backs bite stings will to win
Homerun blocks comeback...

Game 26 (L 8-4)

Rox can't win at home?
Hurdle seemed to find some wins
Too bad wrong dugout!

Game 25 (W 4-1)

Keep calm and turn two
Rox motto behind Hammel
Warmer weather please?

Game 24 (L 0-3)

Snowing at my Game...
Steeler field goal beats Broncos
(Shrug) April Baseball!

Game 23 (W 4-3)

Todd turns back the clock
Two dingers top the Ivy
Rox Star keeps rockin'

Game 22 (W 5-3)

Weather fit for Bears
Cubbies commit four errors
Bats frozen but win!

Game 21 (L 3-6)

Pitching duel at first
Offenses then come alive
Rox bullpen falters...

Game 20 (W 3-1)

Small ball type of night
Sacrifice scores winning run
Hammel toughs out win!

Game 19 (L 1-4)

Rox manage one hit
Ball plays tricks in humid air
Tough night all around

Game 18 (W 10-2)

Rox avoid a sweep
De La Rosa our Savior
Scoring runs help too

Game 17 (L 3-6)

Beat down continues...
Giant exclamation point!
Good thing it's April

Game 16 (L 1-8)

They are still the Champs
Good old fashion butt kicking
April leads mean zilch...

Game 15 (W 9-5)

Dex starts the rally
Rox win another series
Giant games up next...

Game 14 (L 3-8)

Rox can't win them all
Sure Tulo would disagree
Time to start new streak...

Game 13 (W 5-0)

Chacin throws shut out
'Netta hits grand slam triple?
Best record in baseball

Game 12 (W 9-4)

Rox get the brooms out
Tulo sweeps away the Mets
Ruth's ghost in the house?

Game 11 (W 6-5)

Olde Tyme Double Bill
Bottom ninth, bases loaded
Lindstrom - Nerves of Steel

Game 10 (W 5-4)

Start spreading the news
Best Rox start in history
Thanks to Tulo's Blast!

Game 9 (W 7-6)

Big City Tulo
Defensive gem, three run bomb
Rox rare New York win!

Game 8 (W 6-5)

All Hail Giambi!
Down one, two outs, clutch single
Leads to game winner

Game 7 (W 6-4)

Wig's bat finds key hit
Solid outing from Reynolds
Rox depth lead to win

Game 6 (L 3-4)

Extra inning fail
Rox scoreless for thirteen frames
Chances there, hits not!

Game 5 (W 7-1)

Rogers impressive
K'd seven, allowed one run
Tulo En Fuego

Game 4 (W 7-5)

Early season sweep
Homers hit, bullpen solid
First Rox road trip looms...

Game 3 (W 3-0)

Season's first shutout
Chacin's pitches were unseen
Tulo's first hit - Gone!

Game 3 - Snowout

No Haiku Today
Game postponed because of snow
That's Colorado!

Game 2 (W 3-1)

Proof that defense wins
Back to back to back web gems
Street sweats out the save...

Game 1 (L 6-7)

Doh! Rox lose by one...
Team forgets their Spring Focus
Score runner from Third!!!!!

Notes:  Rox loss 30 of 58 games last year by one run.  Iannetta was on third with one out in bottom of fourth and was left stranded...

Opening Day

It's April, No Foolin'
Scorebook, fresh beer, brat in hand
Hooray Baseball's here!

T-Minus 1 Day

Paint the town Purple
Make it Summer of the Rox
Bring me Roxtober!

T-Minus 2 Days

Once a pinch hitter...
Mister Smith goes to right field
Now lets hit Lefties

T-Minus 3 Days

Year of sexy Dex?
Climbs outfield walls, catches flies...
Call him Spider-man

T-Minus 4 Days

Batman and Robin
CarGo's Bat, Tulo robs them
M.V.P duo?

T-Minus 5 Days (In Honor of Tulo's Song Contest)

Hits Home Run FIREWORKS
WE R WHO WE R, BABY
YEAH, walk up songs rock!

T-Minus 6 Days

Third base question marks
Will Stewart's offense awake?
If not, Ty's bat will

T-Minus 7 Days

Herrera / Lopez?
A tag team at second base
Just play good defense

T-Minus 8 Days

Rox aging wonder
Helton find fountain of youth?
Don't be great, just good!

T-Minus 9 Days

Rox catcher unknowns...
Iannetta dilemma
Will he hit or not?

T-Minus 10 Days

Winning year equals:
Consistent Starting Pitching
Lights out from the Pen!

Box Score Music?

Spring Training (Week 2)

March Madness begins
That elusive roster spot
Childhood dreams come true

Spring Training (Week 1)

First week in the books
Trending: Cook's shoulder, bruises
Who plays second base?

A Tease

Ahhh Spring you tease me
Real baseball but doesn't count
Yup, just like New Coke

Spring Training Game 1 (W 8-7)

First win new campaign
Historic game at new home
It's never easy...

Vegas Thinks

Twenty-two to one
Our Rox odds to win it all
Roxtober returns!

New Baseballs

Dust off those old mitts
Grab bats, balls it's Spring Training
Snow will be gone soon!

Something Different - Surnacronyms

Seen on Rob Neyer's Website...and of course tailored to our Rox

Rockin'
Offense
eXplosion

Team's
Unquestionable
Leader,
Overachiever

Can't
Always
Rush
Greatness
Out-of-Sight

Unbelievable
But
Also
Looking to
Dominate
Once again!

G
I
A
M
B
I

Arbitration

Arbitration Time
Stewart gets a big time raise
How 'bout break out year?

Almost There

Hot Stove simmering

Spring Training sites warming up

Scruff up those baseballs...

Jeff Francis

The Rox Physicist

Game One World Series Starter

Good Luck in K.C.

CarGo's Extension

Late Rox Christmas gift
Purple pinstripes forever?
Sweet deal, fingers crossed...

Larry Walker

A Hall of Famer?
Remember All-Star antics...
Eye popping numbers!

Happy New Year

It's a brand New Year
Will Rox fans be in Heaven
Here's to two eleven!