I went to my first Colorado Rockies game this season yesterday afternoon at Coors Field with my friend Mark and sister Susan (Mark is in the above photograph on the left, I am on the right, and Susan is still very camera shy). It was a contest between the Rockies, the worst team in the National League, and the Oakland A's, the worst team in all of baseball. Not surprisingly, Oakland won the first two games of the series, but yesterday the Rockies were able to avoid the sweep with a 2-0 shutout. And the pitching was actually pretty good - Ty Blach pitched 5 scoreless innings, and the closer, Justin Lawrence, retired the side in the 9th. I recognized only a few of Colorado's players - at 23 games under .500, it appears the Rockies are already preparing for next season by experimenting with the roster. And one of the few players I recognized, C.J. Cron, one of their best hitters, was traded to the Angels right after the game. Despite the poor records of both teams, the game still drew almost 32,000 fans, almost all of whom were there to enjoy the atmosphere at Coors Field instead of good baseball. Which is probably why there is no incentive for team owner Dick Monfort to put a decent product on the field.
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