You can’t spell “It Klutz Riot, Yow!” without Troy Tulowitzki.
Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki admits that the problems that have led to six errors already this season, which matches last year’s total, have crossed over from the physical to mental.
Tulowitzki, out of the lineup Wednesday—in the rubber game of three with the Padres—for the first time this season, has six errors in 63 chances this season, after finishing last year with six in 684 chances en route to his second straight Gold Glove.
Tulowitzki is also hitting a sub-par .244, but the defensive errors are alarming to the Rockies, their fans and himself.
“Sometimes, I’ll look back at a season and say, ‘Wow, that was a good fielding season. I didn’t even know I had that in me,’” Tulowitzki said. “Now that I’m off to this bad start and matched my error total, I know that stuff, but I’m also a fan of the game. I realize this happens. There are some pretty good players that this has happened to. It just hasn’t happened to me yet.
“It’s tough to sometimes just be out there and say, ‘Is this really going on?’ It doesn’t seem real, but it is.”
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Posted: April 19, 2012 at 06:48 AM |
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1. Perry Posted: April 19, 2012 at 10:42 AM (#4110450)Source here.
Aw, c'mon, that's nearly as bad as some of my sentence construction. The stuff about the rubber game has no bearing on the rest of the sentence and chops it up very awkwardly.
Did anyone else notice that Tulo cited both his Gold Glove AND his Fielding Bible Award during spring training?
That is cool but the Fielding Bible (and Dewan) were, for some reason, give immediate legitimacy by writers, at least on all non-Jeter topics. I think it's probably because of the great title. Anyway, Tulo probably knows about that because he didn't have to go out of his way to find out about it, compared to whether Rick Reuschel knows (or cares) he's been inducted into the Hall of Merit.
He's not even the worst active starter in the Bay Area, as long as Josh Donaldson is around.
And in the same game, I watched a player successfully bunt TWICE against the defensive shift (Carlos Pena)!
I was watching the Giants game recently and wondering if Brandon Crawford is the worst active starter in the major leagues.
J.P. Arencibia would be a candidate right now.
Can't hit, and can't seem to field very well, either.
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