I attended two Colorado Rockies games this past weekend. On Saturday they played the lowly Arizona Diamondbacks and got beat badly. Monday afternoon, however, they played the San Francisco Giants, a team only 4 games out of first place, and won 6 to 0. It was Labor Day, and they had a group from the Air Force Academy singing the national anthem. All the Rockies players and coaches lined up along the 1st base line for this, but strangely enough, the Giants players and coaches did not (as seen in the photograph on the left). San Francisco, of course, is famous for it's anti-establishment politics and so maybe the team was just reflecting this attitude. Or perhaps they were just hung over from the night before. They certainly played like it.
Besides the convincing Rockies victory, another feel good story was the major league debut of San Francisco Giants pitcher Ty Blach. Blach grew up in Denver, and his family, who still lives here, was at the game to see him throw 3 innings of one hit baseball. Blach (seen in his windup in the photograph on the right) attended Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado and was actually coached by Rockies Manager Walt Weiss. Weiss was very happy to see his former high school player pitch so well, especially since the Rockies had an insurmountable lead at that point. And by the way, the Rockies are only 11 games out of first at the beginning of September, far better than last year. Mediocre at last!
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