Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 27, 2007
Wrong Low

Dave Krieger of the Rockey Mountain News apologizes for underestimating the Rockies:

I did not appreciate the kid Rocks sufficiently.

Back on March 1, I wrote in this space that the Rocks would win 85 games this year. Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium, they won No. 86. And they still have four to play.

In my defense, this is all uncharted territory. The Rocks are guaranteed the best record in their 15-year history. Their current 10-game winning streak is the longest in the big leagues this year. They are one game behind San Diego in the wild-card race and two behind Arizona for the National League West division flag.

"The average fan might not have seen this coming, but the average baseball person did," Ken Rosenthal wrote on FoxSports.com a couple of days ago.

Frankly, the average baseball person kept awful quiet about it. Back in March, I got a lot of mail calling my prediction idiotic, but not one correspondent called it too low. Or Tulo, for that matter.

He may also lose a bet to the Rockies owner, who picked the club to win the NL West.

Update: Just to be fair, here's my look at the NL West from the start of the season. I had the Rockies third in a coin toss division.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:52 AM | Predictions | TrackBack (0)
Comments

As a baseball fan, I've been watching them nightly and pulling for them every time. To read about Jeff Kent and Derek Lowe (and LA sportswriters) complaining that the Dodger youth (read: Loney and Kemp who're both playing fantastically well) somehow don't "get it" and to watch the Rockies youth kick their ass is a great treat. What a great finish to the season!

Posted by: Kent at September 27, 2007 09:42 AM
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