To the Rockies:

So the Red Sox just won the World Series. In what was (for about 3 weeks) ROCKTOBER!




Dear Colorado Rockies,

You had me all wrapped up in your hype, Colorado. I was rooting for you. Not just because it was the Red Sox either. I mean, if you were playing the Yankees, get real you already know what it is. But any other team, I'm pullin for the purple people. I believed that even with the 8 day layoff, you were too hot. Afterall, it wasn't your hitting that got you through the playoffs. It was the pitching. And the starting rotation doesn't pitch in actual games but every 5 days anyways. I ignored all the talk of the NL being garbage, and that you would be exposed against any of the AL playoff teams (mostly because you had to play the Red Sox). I let my guard down, and you let me down. I started bracing myself for the worse after the game 1 pounding you suffered. But then you kept it close in game 2.

"OK, maybe you have a chance," I said. "Do it for Todd Helton. Do it for Denver, for Colorado. For all those crazy fans that were out there screaming when you won the NLCS. LET'S GO ROCKIES. YEAH SON. YOU DONT WANT NONE WITH THE ROCKIES!"

Then? Another loss, only this time, it was in Denver. Down 3-0 at this point. Now, I just want you to win game 4 so there will be a World Series game and a Monday Night Football game in the same city on the same night, going on at the same time, only miles apart. Then the Sox put up a run in the 1st inning.

Here I am going "Ah shit. They started already. This is gonna be ugly."

But you kept it somewhat close. You started to come back at the end of the game. But I still expected the worse. You fell short, or some would say. I say not by a long shot.

Tell me how many people, including people on your own team expected that you would even make the playoffs with a month left in the season? How many people picked you to beat the Phillies? By the time you started with the D-Backs, we started to believe along with you. When it turned in to 20 of 21 we were like "damn, will they ever lose again?" Your team is young. Real young. You proved that you can put together a streak, and a long one. You proved that your pitching could carry you, along with timely hits, not an abundance of them.

You have something to build on. Keep your heads held high. While you probably won't be picked to make the playoffs at all next year, you can rest your hat on the fact that despite everyone doubting you, you came out and did your thing. The layoff hurt you. It did. 8 days is way too long. But should have you NOT swept through the other rounds in the playoffs? We know the answer to that. You can't do that.

I'll close with this: You had an awesome season. You finished with more regular season wins than you have in your franchise's history. You rode the 'Rocktober' wave all the way to the World Series, where you were handled by an opponent who was supposed to do just that. But there's always next year. Hopefully you wont get as used to hearing that as Cubs fans.