Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 29, 2007
Fun While it Lasted

The team that pulled rabbits out of hats since the middle of September lost the magic in the World Series. And that's okay:

When little Jamey Carroll lifted a drive to left in the bottom of the ninth, the 50,041 in attendance held their breath. Could it be? Was it possible?

Well, no. It couldn't. It wasn't. The magic carpet ride is over.

But, man, what a ride.

Give credit to the Red Sox, who dominated the World Series and clearly earned their second championship in four years. The Rockies faithful ceded the ball yard to Red Sox Nation when it was over, and for all their celebrating, they couldn't resist a profane chant aimed at the Yankees, too.

For the Rocks, it ended on as beautiful a night for baseball as Colorado has ever seen.

Like the Red Sox, the Rockies have a model for sustainability, although I suspect it's more like the Twins model than the Red Sox model. The difference is a willingness to pay the price for quality free agents. However, if the Rockies start selling out the stadium due to this run, that could change as well.

Congratulations to the Rockies on a terrific and somewhat surprising season. They found a formula that works for them and had the patience to see it through.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:41 AM | World Series | TrackBack (0)
Comments

The Rockies did win 21 of the final 26 games they played this season. The problem is the last 4 losses.

Posted by: soccer dad at October 29, 2007 12:01 PM

Yaknow - after watching them in the WS it's pretty hard to figure out how they went 21-1 against anybody - I'm not knocking them because I think they're pretty good but how hot can you get when you're throwing Morales and Ubaldo and the Foggballer out there every time thru the rotation?

Posted by: Bandit at October 29, 2007 01:00 PM

A lot of very good teams got swept in the WS before.. '76 Yanks, '90 A's, '99 Braves, and even the '04 Cardinals. Hats off to the Rockies. Any team that goes from consistent losing records, to a World Series failure in one season...is a success.

Posted by: Devon Young at October 29, 2007 05:59 PM
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