Normally, this was the kind of game where we would inventory the Colorado Rockies’ missed opportunities. But the missed chances mean nothing compared to what the Rockies’ come-from-behind win accomplished.
The Colorado Rockies have auditioned before for the role before with mixed success. But not until Sunday’s game against the Giants was it clear that the guy they’ve been looking for has been with them all along.
Colorado Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez cut his hand with steak knife, an injury that might have actually done the team a favor on Sunday.
Denver Broncos fans aren’t yet sold on the Kyle Orton as the starting quarterback, but SI.com’s Don Banks has some good things to say about the Broncos backup, Chris Simms, who ranks No. 9 on Banks’ list of NFL backup quarterbacks.
The Colorado Rockies’ run in 2007 was exciting, but not many fans noticed until it was almost over. In just five games in all of the 2007 regular season did the team draw big on their own merits.
The Rockies were handed this game — the Nationals walked 10 batters and hit another — and scoffed at it, instead relying on solo home runs to eke out a one-run win. The Rockies should have won this game 15-4, not 5-4.
Count us among the most skeptical about the Broncos’ chances of dealing Marshall. They’re under no obligation to do so and they won’t give Marshall away for nothing.
Steve Foster is a former assistant sports editor at the Rocky Mountain News, designer at the Chicago Sun-Times and member of the Baseball Writers Association of America. He occasionally blogs at InsideTheRockies.com.