Watching The Colorado Rockies Play The Texas Rangers At Coors Field

My friend Mark, sister Susan, and I drove down to Denver's Coors Field to watch the Colorado Rockies play the Texas Rangers yesterday afternoon. We bought the tickets a week earlier, and so were committed to attending the game, despite the cool temperatures and the forecast for rain. Combined with the fact that the Rockies lost to the Rangers the previous evening by a score of 10 to 0, it was not surprising that attendance for the game was a little sparse, as seen in the photograph on the left that I took during the playing of the National Anthem. The box score I checked online after the game said the attendance was 18,726, but I suspect there were a lot of no-shows. When the game started, it was cold and windy, and then the rain started. But we had umbrellas, and after a while the rain stopped, the sun came out, and Coors Field was surrounded by blue skies.

It was a close game, and an exciting one, with the Rockies ahead 4-3 at the start of the 9th inning. However, I had paid in advance for 3 hours of parking in a lot just a few blocks away, and by the time the 9th inning started I needed to move the car or face being towed. Susan and I left Mark to watch the final three outs - no doubt the Rockies' closer would make quick work of the last three Ranger's batters. After finding a metered spot, I would meet up with Mark after the game, when he would no doubt fill me in about a great Rockies victory. Before we left, the usher was kind enough to take the photograph on the right of, from left to right, Mark, Susan and me. Once Susan and I got to the car, the rain started up again, and it was really pouring by the time I took my umbrella and walked back to the ballpark to meet Mark, who informed me that the Rockies blew the lead, gave up two runs, and went down in order in the bottom of the 9th, losing by a score of 5-4. Who could have seen that coming? The Rockies now have a record of 19 and 31 (a .380 winning percentage), currently the 2nd worse team in the Major Leagues. All I have to say is thank God for the Los Angeles Angels.