I went to Coor's Field in Lower Downtown Denver yesterday afternoon with my friend Mark and sister Susan to watch the Colorado Rockies play the San Diego Padres. Although the announced crowd was 27,555, it did not look to me like there were that many in attendance, and most of the people there seemed to be Padres fans. Which makes sense, since the Denver Broncos were playing their first game of the season over at Empower Field, and virtually everyone in the state has been obsessing about the start of the football season for months now.
In any case, it was a nice day for baseball, sunny and 79 degrees. Mark and Susan (seen in the photograph on the right) and I enjoyed spending the afternoon at the ballpark, although the Rockies did not exactly distinguish themselves on the field, giving up 4 home runs and losing by a score of 8-1. The Rockies currently have a win-loss record of 40-103, with 19 games still to play. Which means there is a remote possibility that they can break last year's record setting number of losses by my South Side heroes, the Chicago White Sox. Needless to say, the Rockies are currently still the worst team in baseball this year.
It has gotten so bad for the Rockies this year that it looks like fans are beginning to bring emotional support dogs to the park, judging by the woman with the Yorkie in the photograph on the left. In my opinion, if fans are now allowed to bring emotional support dogs to the ballpark, every game will seem like Bark in the Park Day. And by the way, that message painted over the dugout is all about celebrating 30 years at Coors Field. The ballpark opened back in 1995, and they actually went to the playoffs that year. How times have changed.
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