I attended the final Colorado Rockies home game of the season with my friend Mark and sister Susan - seen in the photograph on the left - yesterday afternoon at Coors Field, and the Rockies actually won, beating the Los Angeles Angels 3-1. Of course, the Angels are not exactly world-beaters, currently 16 games under .500, but a win is a win. And the Rockies played pretty good baseball. Kyle Freeland worked 6 innings and allowed just 1 run on 5 hits. Now if he could just do that every game...
Since this was the final game at home, the Rockies players and coaches took their traditional walk around the ballpark to thank fans for their support, and I was impressed with the number of players who actually took the time to greet the fans up close, such as Victor Vodnik, who earned his 10th save of the season in the 9th inning and can be seen greeting fans in the seating area under the mechanical scoreboard, which shows, to my dismay, that my South Side heroes, the Chicago White Sox, lost to the San Diego Padres 3 to 2. Just wait until next year, guys!
I was especially impressed to see Mickey Moniak, who has had a very good season this year, reaching up to shake hands with every fan in the outfield, as seen in the photograph on the left. Moniak has hit 24 home runs so far this year, with a .272 average. His fellow outfielder, Jorden Beck, was also out there greeting the fans, and as we were leaving the stadium, I saw infielder Ryan Ritter still out in right field signing autographs. It is nice that there are still players in baseball that take the time to mix with the fans, who, when you get right down to it, are the ones who are actually paying their salaries. See you next season, guys!
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