Nigel_Stompbottom |
01-11-2009 04:45 PM |
My team is the Colorado Rockies. And thats because I am born and raised in Colorado, so it was neat to see a team be brought here after the Zephyrs left. I used to work in a radio station the year the Rox went to the play offs and this station was the AM affiliate of the Rockies. I listened to a lot of games so you couldnt help but get caught up into it all. Blakestreet bombers all the way.
After I left the job, I tried to keep up with them but started to really fail at keeping a glance towards the MLB. They were always in mediocrity so it was really difficult to show support for a product that was sub par. Plus, that same affiliate was also the Avalanche radio, so when they got hot in pre-strike, I was also caught up in that. I will admit, I am a casual fan and want to watch a team win.
Anyway, when the Rox made the WS versus the Red Sox 2 years prior, a part of me knew it was doomed. I am sure that sounds a hindsight 2020 but roll with me on this one. There was too much time off. For a bunch of youngsters to just plidow threw a bunch of other teams and then have to sit and wait while the AL figured out who it was going to send, well... thats bad. The Rockies bats were hot, the pitchers were closing it out, and all was going right. Then the bloated budget AL champs came to town... and it all went to shite. Too many days off, too much time was given to think and inflate the ego. And it killed them.
Then it killed them this year. Struggling to defend that NL Champ banner, the team was deflated. And now with the owner doing a firesale of talent, Holliday gone, Fuentes gone, Taveras gone, Helton all but retired, the team is going to head back into mediocrity.
Rocktober was a great month, but it only comes along once in a while. I hope O'Dowd and the Rox prove me wrong this year but I see the team finishing dead last in a crappy NL West division.
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