D-Back/Rockies Rivalry Grows!

by Redhawk on May 1, 2008 7:41 PM EDT Comment 23 comments

Hey gang, I'm a regular poster over at the Purple Row, the Rockies SBN site. The Colorado Rockies have been running some very funny TV adds to promote the team. The latest one really speaks to the D-Back/Rockies growing rivalry. (which I find to be great, to have a respected and fun rivalry in sports)

In case you thought getting a horse head in your bed was scary, wait till you see this! (wait till the VERY end):

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nice

Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.

by seton hall snake pit on May 1, 2008 7:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Don't mean to hate, but...

The ending makes no sense. In Godfather, the guy wakes up with his prized horse’s head in his bed. Here, an AZ player (sleeping in a full uniform including hat, hah) wakes up next to the Rockies mascot? Colorado killed their own mascot to show how serious they were? Or their mascot sleeps with players from other teams? What? Shouldn’t it have been a snake, or a snake head, or Baxter’s head, or something like that?
Probably (ok, definitely) getting a little too picky over a silly commercial. The “Holliday touched the plate” commercial from the related videos is decent

by manphibian on May 1, 2008 8:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You can understand the confusion,

team rules forbade them from watching the uncut, rated R version for reference.

Watching the AMC version just isn’t the same.

by dahlian on May 2, 2008 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dinger

is a traitor. Trust me, we know this. He’s evil. So you’re right, it does make no sense.

Mrs. Silverblood Fankles

by Silverblood on May 2, 2008 2:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well

your mascot DOES kinda suck. Not that we can talk. ;-)

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 2, 2008 3:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is there a mascot in baseball that doesn't suck?

I think its a legal requirement to hate your own mascot after the age of 5

by Wimb on May 2, 2008 3:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dude, shuddup.

Dinger sucks. The Rockies suck.

Besides—Stomper and Billy the Marlin are kinda tight?

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 2, 2008 4:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

BIG Purple Dinosaur

Now that sucks any way you look at it. Funny thing is, he sucks so bad, that it’s becoming sort of a joke. Like the funny drunk Uncle at Thanksgiving….he’s both loved and hated, and loved cause he’s hated.

Garrett Atkins for 2nd ! Ian Stewart for 3rd !

by Redhawk on May 2, 2008 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah.

Hate to tell ya this, but he looks like what happened when Barney molested/impregnated Baby Bop.

That having been said, the whole “dinosaurs under Coors Field” thing IS pretty sweet.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 2, 2008 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

and when Dinger came out…was at the height of Barney….BUT the Nuggets have one of the best mascots in Rockie (who I say should work Coors Field in his off season), so I guess it averages out.

Dino’s in the dirt is cool. (does slow down construction projects…I’m in construction, and excavation has to actually watch out for hitting bones) But what’s cooler: Coors Field is the only baseball park that serves Rocky Mtn Oysters!

Garrett Atkins for 2nd ! Ian Stewart for 3rd !

by Redhawk on May 2, 2008 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rocky Mountain Oysters??

You have GOT to be kidding me…. and the Rockies are proud of this??

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 2, 2008 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No but I am

Most fans don’t even know we sell them.

And I’m actually old enough to consider them good. They taste like Gizzards by the way.

Garrett Atkins for 2nd ! Ian Stewart for 3rd !

by Redhawk on May 2, 2008 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Err....

I wouldn’t eat gizzards, either. Nor tripe or menudo.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 2, 2008 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Funny

thx for posting…. I love the growing rivalry with the Rockies and hope it continues

by dstorm on May 1, 2008 10:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It would help

if we looked capable of holding up our end of the bargain. Rivalries are more fun when both teams are actually good. You guys are there, we… are not.

Mrs. Silverblood Fankles

by Silverblood on May 2, 2008 2:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh. Yeah, right.

Like THAT’S gonna work. Lull us into a false sense of security, will ya??

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 2, 2008 5:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lets see

D-Backs, running away with the division, and has both the best hitting and pitching in the NL

The Rockies: lost a series to the Giants…..who out HIT US! But they didn’t SWEEP us damn it!

Garrett Atkins for 2nd ! Ian Stewart for 3rd !

by Redhawk on May 2, 2008 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh my.

You flatter us.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 2, 2008 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I saw that

and laughed, but its not half as funny as the Mariners ‘Fungo’ advert. Seeing Miggy Batista come dancing in with a boombox cracks me up everytime.

http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/sea/fan_forum/commercials_2008.jsp

Classic :)

by Wimb on May 2, 2008 2:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That was cringe-worthy

The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.

by soco on May 2, 2008 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Mariners ads are one of my favorite (non-Diamondback) things about baseball.

"Hold on a minute, there are three important, brilliant, and complicated reasons why you should listen to me."

by kishi on May 2, 2008 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Godfather is one of my favorite books

and if I never have to see another parody, it’ll be a day to soon.

The commercial really doesn’t make any sense, but then, it’s amusing so I guess it accomplishes what it’s going for.

The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.

by soco on May 2, 2008 9:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs