An Apology to the Rockies
A few days ago, before the championship series begun, I wrote that the Arizona Diamondbacks would ride their aces to a series victory. Two games later, the Rockies are up 2-0 and have won both of their games in Arizona. The statistic being run around is that no team has ever come back to win a seven-game baseball series after losing two games at home. If that holds true, it appears as if the Rockies are on their way to the World Series.
Maybe they are a team of destiny. Maybe their momentum, which I so callously disregarded before, is too great for any team to overcome. Or maybe, just maybe, they really are the best that the National League has to offer. But no matter what the reason is, the Rockies deserve all the credit for playing a wonderful last two months of the season, thus far at least.
As a Tigers fan, I can say from personal experience that Colorado fans should enjoy this. Deep runs in the playoffs don’t happen every year for teams outside of Boston and New York and the Rockies may lose their “team of destiny” status to some other hungry team next year. So enjoy this run right now.
As for the Diamondbacks, it is still possible to come back from this deficit. The truth is that stats like the one above are meant to be broken. But to win, they have to play near perfect baseball now. They have to show that they can get timely hits and continue their hot pitching. And they have to remember that each game starts at 0-0, and not worry about the Rockie’s momentum or 2-0 series lead.
And to all baseball fans, watch this series. It is entertaining and worth watching.
