You sound like an angry idiot. Funny.

"You are hilarious. The Rockies aren't winning at home like they did? Stats on that? LOLOL"

Are you on drugs?

Before humidor monitoring - 52-29
After humidor monitoring 38-43
There's your stats

You might say, "they were just a worse team last year". But take a look at the road record -

Before 31-50
After - 35-46

That's compelling. I'm not saying that they were tampering but I am saying it's possible, maybe even likely. I've been through this before with you guys and I know your approach to any evidence is for you to close your eyes, cover your ears and yell NOPE NOPE NOPE!!!!!!!! So I realize I'm wasting my time. It's like showing science to the Omish, they won't listen to or believe it.

WINROCKIES!!!!! What's up man? How ya been? What's up with the disguise?

You really miss all of your pimpled back melon headed thugs don't you? What's to say that Lil Timmy doesn't have a competitive edge from the gange? Grow up and go home. Go and complain to someone in your city council about the losers who designed your armpit of America city instead.

As for your before and after stats every sane fan knows that the Rockies organization has been shredded since the Rocktober mirage. It's not the monitoring, it's Jim Tracy and Dan O'Dowd. Pretty easy to figure out, really.

Every time your pre-adolescent toker whines and cries, SF fans just do everything possible to hold him and cuddle him so he can go back to his crib. Awww how cute.

If that's the case, why did they improve on the road while DRAMATICALLY regressing at home? How do you explain that?

Why did the Yankees and sox start 0-3? Why did Jason hammel carry a no no into the eight? How on earth did you one year wonders even get to the Series much less win one? All mysteries for sure, but that amateur Charlie miller sure wanted to make a name for himself with some childish conspiracy theory while MLB collectively rolled their eyes. He lost all credibility for a lot of people and involved a whole franchise that didn't have much class in the first place to make baseless accusations oops I mean express concerns (more eye rolling). All you sheep laP it up get out of moms basement to rally the cause. Just plain childish and silly.

I've always found it hilarious when people jump on a message board, and tell other people on a message board, that they need to "get a life" and "move out of mom's basement"..

Are you really not able to see the irony in that you are the one angry, throwing around insults and getting all riled up, yet telling everyone else to get a life? Really?

Last year, the Rox were 35-46 on the road. In 2010, they were 31-50. I'm not sure in what universe a 4 game improvement (that is slightly over 4%) over the course of 81 games constitutes a statistically significant improvement. In 2010, the Rox hit .226 on the road. Last year, their road average made the incredible jump to .242 ... A magnificent climb of 16 points (about 1 hit per game). Again, how does that constitute real "improvement?" I would challenge you to have your facts straight before you offer unsubstantiated and unsupportable claims.

Exactly! That is laughable.

Incidentally...in 2010, the Rox won 83 games with a team batting average of .263. In 2011, their average dropped to .258 which resulted in a loss of 5 games in the standings. Meanwhile, the Giants had a team batting average of .251 in 2010, but dropped to .242 last year... a much larger swing, but resulting in a drop of only 6 games in the standings. Should we assume that Timmy's supply of weed to the team has a more significant affect on their overall performance than the humidor? Both are, of course, ridiculous assertions. Correlation is not causation, and in this case, there isn't even substantial enough correlation to suggest that closer regulation of the humidor had any real signficant effect on the team whatsoever. On the other hand, two lengthy injuries to Cargo, a slow start by Tulo, a late season collapse by Huston Street, season long injury problems in the starting rotation, season long problems with performance in the bullpen and a change in batting coaches clearly swamp all other prospective factors.

So, another one has stumbled up the stairs to emerge. I haven't jumped on anyone's page. I post on the page of a team of whom I am a fan. Unlike you trolls I don't jump on other fans' sites inciting argument and innuendo. I find certain things hilarious also. But really who cares. Again, if you all find your happy place on other fan's sites I can't help infuse passion for your team. You have to do that all by your lonesome.

I know it's hard to root for the giants without baseless controversy involving other teams but I think you all can do it if you really try.

It's pretty simple really..

The same reason you like to discuss the Rockies with Rockies fans, is the same reasons some Giants fans enjoy discussing the Rockies, or the Giants, with other team's fans..

There are always going to be fans that post on different message boards. We have regulars from the braves, phillies and even a dodger fan or two that posts on our boards as well as others..

Nothing wrong with it, it's just fun banther between teams and fans..

You can't control it, so you can either ignore it, or not. But getting mad, attacking others, then calling THEM losers is just sad.

BTW, \I lived in the Estes-Allens park area for 7 years in 90's and travel back 2-3 times a summer to see games there. LOVE the atmosphere at Coors, been to well over 100 games there and have had numerous great conversations with knowledgeable rocks fans at the games and have a ton of respect for Tulo and Cargo and the very underrated fan base you guys have.

Your post reeks of defeat. I presented my case with stats and facts and all you could reply with was irrelevant nonsense and insults. You are clearly finished in this "friendly" debate.

Saturn, the point wasn't about the amount of improvement on the road, that isn't necessary for my case. The point is that they played at the same level on the road, while regressing profoundly at home. It perfectly coincides with the humidor monitoring. My point was also challenging the claim that the Rockies were just a much worse team last year. How much worse could they be if they improved their road record? This is something I would expect to be really easy to understand.

The regression at home was, as I demonstrated, statistically insignificant. It is also swamped by other factors, such as the significant number of games Cargo missed as the result of injury and the decline of effectiveness in the pitching staff which was the result of several injuries, the complete collapse of performance with the closer position after a strong start and a season long problem in the bullpen which is related directly to personnel changes. There isn't a single factor you can point to statistically that requires or even suggests the bullpen as a relevant factor...not one. You are not only grasping at straws, you don't have a single point of solid evidence to even suggest a gram of strength to your case.

Well sure, if you completely ignore what I'm saying, it makes it easy for you to say I have no case. So all those things you mentioned didn't take effect on the road? Was Gonzales not injured for road games? If they were so bad, why did they IMPROVE on the road? How many times does this need to be explained to you?

They were unstoppable at home, with incredible home records. At the same time, they were a losing team on the road. They start monitoring the humidor and instantly they are a losing team at home just like they are on the road and their road record stays about the same, while their home record plummets. How can you not understand this?

I'm not lobbying for everyone to believe the Rockies were tampering, I'm pointing out that it's not out of the question despite how much you guys don't WANT to believe it. There is evidence there that is more than just a coincidence.

The reason that these highly intellectual and philosophical discussion are moot is because for all of the stats that baseball produces, there is no stat nor the sum of any stats that can account for the human element. Instead of using the real facts of direct investigation that revealed no tampering, you insist that there is a possibility that the facts are in fact a lie. The fallacy arrives when you develop a hypothesis that defies fact and instead support your hypothesis with hand picked stats. Furthermore using past results to indicate future events is a highly improbable venture in baseball. Age, injury, personnel, finances all play a part in the human element that I mentioned above. There is no one intelligent answer to the question, "Why has the Rox's record changed over the past ten years?" Any attempt to provide such an answer would be speculation, which pretty much shreds your silly insinuations.

You are correct, I have no hard proof, nor did I ever claim that I did. However, there is statistical evidence that perfectly coincides with the monitoring of the humidor. These are not "hand picked stats", they are the W-L record over 324 games. I could go further back too, and that will go along my point as well.

"Instead of using the real facts of direct investigation that revealed no tampering"

Just because a crime isn't proven, doesn't mean a crime wasn't commited. It doesn't mean it WAS commited either. See my point?

Bottom line is that the Rockies experienced declines both at home and on the road last season, and they were statistically identical. You can whine about the humidor till the cows come home for all I care...your argument becomes increasingly silly as you try to preserve it. The simple fact of the matter is that every other factor easily explains why the team declined last year and the decline was not strictly a home phenomenon. You can not produce one statistic, not one, that supports your case. You are advancing a silly, unsupportable argument.