I was frustrated with the Rockies earlier this year. I seriously wanted them to just move the team somewhere else and then burn Coors Field to the ground and pretend the whole major league baseball in Denver thing never happened.
Then they finally set fire to something - Clint Hurdle's managerial job. And the Rockies went on their June tear, winning 21 of 25 games at one point - and presto, they are now back in the running for the playoffs. Only they are still 9 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West, so it is unlikely that they will win the division. So they are competing with a slew of other teams for the NL wildcard. Everyone seems to agree that the Rockies don't have enough to earn playing time in October as presently constituted.
This past week the Toronto Blue Jays said their ace pitcher, Roy Halladay, was available for trade. If you're not familiar with the guy, he is a six-time All-Star who won the 2003 Cy Young Award. His record is 74-30 over the past five years. And. . . he's a Colorado native. He pitched for Arvada West High School.
So, I, like many other like-minded fans, immediately thought this would be perfect for the Rockies. An ace pitcher comes home to help the local team make a run back to the World Series. It's sort of the baseball version of the Chauncey Billups story. Maybe Roy Halladay would even decide to wear #7 for his first start and John Elway would come to throw out the first pitch.
So will the Rockies do it? Nope. No one is even talking about them doing it. Except for local talk radio pundits who mostly talk about how stupid the Rockies are for not doing it. It's similar to the "will they sign Matt Holliday?" debate - you already know that they won't do anything, so what is the debate? So Halladay (almost the same name, but different guy) will end up with the Phillies or Angels or on any contending team that doesn't wear purple pinstripes.
It's not like the Rockies don't have players to trade. They've been crapping their pants for two years trying to figure out what to do with two third basemen - the incumbent Garrett Atkins and the prospect Ian Stewart. Now, they've apparently decided that since Atkins is struggling at the plate this year he is therefore only good to be traded for a relief pitcher. I say keep Atkins, and trade Stewart as part of a deal to get Halladay.
Of course, just Stewart wouldn't be enough. But I suppose the Rockies could throw in an outfielder since they have four guys to play two outfield spots - Carlos Gonzalez, Dexter Fowler, Ryan Spilborghs, and Seth Smith. And then let the Blue Jays pick a couple of pitchers from the farm system - because chances are whatever pitching prospects the Rockies have will not grow up to have stellar careers in Denver anyways.
But the Rockies won't do it. They won't even think about doing it. It goes against their mission statement, which is to consistently win 75 games per year.
Maybe we should go back to that burning Coors Field to the ground idea. . .
Then they finally set fire to something - Clint Hurdle's managerial job. And the Rockies went on their June tear, winning 21 of 25 games at one point - and presto, they are now back in the running for the playoffs. Only they are still 9 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West, so it is unlikely that they will win the division. So they are competing with a slew of other teams for the NL wildcard. Everyone seems to agree that the Rockies don't have enough to earn playing time in October as presently constituted.
This past week the Toronto Blue Jays said their ace pitcher, Roy Halladay, was available for trade. If you're not familiar with the guy, he is a six-time All-Star who won the 2003 Cy Young Award. His record is 74-30 over the past five years. And. . . he's a Colorado native. He pitched for Arvada West High School.
So, I, like many other like-minded fans, immediately thought this would be perfect for the Rockies. An ace pitcher comes home to help the local team make a run back to the World Series. It's sort of the baseball version of the Chauncey Billups story. Maybe Roy Halladay would even decide to wear #7 for his first start and John Elway would come to throw out the first pitch.
So will the Rockies do it? Nope. No one is even talking about them doing it. Except for local talk radio pundits who mostly talk about how stupid the Rockies are for not doing it. It's similar to the "will they sign Matt Holliday?" debate - you already know that they won't do anything, so what is the debate? So Halladay (almost the same name, but different guy) will end up with the Phillies or Angels or on any contending team that doesn't wear purple pinstripes.
It's not like the Rockies don't have players to trade. They've been crapping their pants for two years trying to figure out what to do with two third basemen - the incumbent Garrett Atkins and the prospect Ian Stewart. Now, they've apparently decided that since Atkins is struggling at the plate this year he is therefore only good to be traded for a relief pitcher. I say keep Atkins, and trade Stewart as part of a deal to get Halladay.
Of course, just Stewart wouldn't be enough. But I suppose the Rockies could throw in an outfielder since they have four guys to play two outfield spots - Carlos Gonzalez, Dexter Fowler, Ryan Spilborghs, and Seth Smith. And then let the Blue Jays pick a couple of pitchers from the farm system - because chances are whatever pitching prospects the Rockies have will not grow up to have stellar careers in Denver anyways.
But the Rockies won't do it. They won't even think about doing it. It goes against their mission statement, which is to consistently win 75 games per year.
Maybe we should go back to that burning Coors Field to the ground idea. . .
The object of the Rockies' desire. . . not
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Yeah, when they fired Clint Hurdle, a lot of people said what the Rockies really need is new ownership... too bad that's never going to happen.
Look at you, calling yourself a Rockies fan.
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