Well, first of all I just want to say that the New York Mets might go down in history as the biggest chokers of all time. Wow, I was amazed at how bad they got all of a sudden. Congratulations are very much deserved by the Phillies, and I hope they do well in the playoffs.
That said, lets get to the really exciting story in baseball today. The Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres are playing a one game, sudden death playoff game tonight to see who will win the wildcard spot in the playoffs. This is all brought about the Rockies mystifying winning streak as of late brought on by good pitching, and great defensive baseball. Oh yeah, and because San Diego couldn't beat Milwaukee to save their lives.
I was talking with a friend about this yesterday after the Rockies beat the AL West champ Diamondbacks, and learned that the Padres had lost to Milwaukee. I wonder what was going on in the minds of the players and coaches for Colorado? Really, think about it. This is a franchise that has only even reached the playoffs once, in 1999. Since then they have more or less floundered in mediocrity and have been affectionately referred to as cellar dwellers in other seasons.
Tonight they have a chance, in their own stadium, to complete a miraculous run, and enter the playoffs as, in my opinion, THE HOTTEST TEAM IN BASEBALL. That is of course, if we base who the "hottest" is on only the past few weeks's games. At Coors field tonight in Denver, Colorado hosts the San Diego Padres as a result of winning the season series 10 games to 8. The first pitch is scheduled to be thrown at 7:37pm ET tonight.
Of course in my earlier predictions I predicted the Padres would win the Wild Card. I will stick to that, although, in the back of my heart, I think I want the Rockies to complete this unthinkable run and squeak into the playoffs. I can do that, its my blog.
It's going to be an interesting game, lots of emotion riding on it, and tons of adrenaline, at the end of the night, only one team will be alive to play another day. Who will it be?
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I have a couple of questions before I comment:
1.) Where is the back of your heart?
2.) How does one play defensive baseball?
Ok, now that I got that out of the way, I would like to whole-heartedly agree with the claim that right now the Rockies are the hottest team in baseball. They have shown resilience and have managed to deliver timely hitting and effective pitching when they needed it the most.
I wonder, though, if this "hotness" will stick around through the whole postseason should they win tonight. They need to keep their momentum going and not let a loss in the playoffs throw them off completely.
This all, of course, is assuming they make it. The Padres are no slouch. I still say that the Pads have one of the best pitching staffs out there and if they make it they will be a force to be reckoned with.
This season has been an exciting one, and it doesn't look like the excitement and intensity is going to let up any time soon.
You know, I always wondered about "defensive" baseball too. However, in broadcasting school, this question came up, and it is the same as good fielding, not allowing runs, and not making errors basically. Weird to say, but it makes sense. You will hear commentators say it from time to time as well.
I am surprised that you didn't comment on the Phillies miracle run, and the Mets untimely (I hate to use this next word) meltdown.
I'm goin with the Rockies. Unstoppable. Perhaps we should discuss the untimely meltdown of the beloved team of my (current) home city. If I'm correct, they had the worst record in baseball post-All Star break. Wow.
Or we could talk about the untimely meltdown of the beloved team of my (former) city. 15 straight division titles, and this season...3rd place behind the Mets and Phillies. Posh!
Nice blog.
David, nobody cares about Detroit or Atlanta. Well, at least nobody you regularly follows this blog.
Yeah I would have mentioned something about the Phils, but I didn't have time.
Suffice it to say that I'm stoked about it. They're definitely hot right now, and will give whomever they go against some serious problems.
Look for Jimmy Rollins to continue to back up his talk throughout the postseason with a stellar "walk".
Props to my Brewers for helping the Rockies out! Although the Brew Crew had quite the choke of their own this year too, which pretty well overshadows the fact we had our first winning season in 15 years...
I'm happy to see Colorado getting to play a game in October this year, although I'm gonna go with my gut and not my heart on the playoff game tonight and say that San Diego pulls it out in extra innings (just to add some drama). Either way, if the Rockies win, they won't go far against the red-hot Phils.
Mets suck, 'nuf said.
I would love to see a Rockies/Phillies matchup. I think that would be much more exciting than if the Padres play them. My gut tells me that if the Padres play the Phils then it will be a short series, but if it turns out to be the Rocks and Phils, then we have the proverbial barn-burner on our hands. I could be totally off, but thats what I am thinking.
The other matchup that really peaks my interest in the Yankees/Indians. The Yanks swept the seasons series, but I think the Tribe will have something to say about that in the post season.
I think Baseball is fun to play but not to watch.
who comments like that?
lol
"I think baseball is fun to play but not to watch."
hilarious
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