2. Being on the other side has confirmed the horrible rumor: Red Sox fans are ALMOST as obnoxious and annoying as Yankee fans. Granted, the Sox don't have as many unlikable players the Yanks but when it comes to fans you'd like to punch in the face, they're up there.
3. Why Hurdle is pitching the bullpen like he's up 6-1 every game is beyond me. Herges is a perfectly capable horse, eating up innings-and he's just about the only player on the Rockies that doesn't look overwhelmed by the World Series. Fuentes sucks and has sucked all year-4 blown saves in a row and countless other close games he lost control of seem to be his calling card.
4. I have no explanation what happened to Brad Hawpe and Garret Atkins. These guys were clutch all year round and now they have all but disappeared. What's worse is that they are traditional fastball hitters and they are getting blown away by 89 MPH fastballs. Not good.
5. Another painful phenomenon to watch is the terrible contact most Rockies players are making at bat. I've never seen so many foul balls on pitches right over the plate. Last night I was yelling at the TV "LOOK FOR A FIRST PITCH CURVE (from Okajima)" and still, despite being down in the game and the series, bats firmly on the shoulders. A few weak foul balls, then the strikeout-I know Boston has some good pitchers but Colorado is making them all look like Cy Young winners.
6. Troy Tulowitski isn't a bad player, but he's not the sensation the media is making him out to be. He's sort of like a poor man's Michael Young with a stronger arm. As a young guy he has time to grow but the comparisons to Cal Ripken need to stop for now (unless you want to relate the fact they are big, slow white guys with an unexpected amount of agility). Anyone remember another Colorado player with this much buzz about 2 years ago, Clint Barmes? (Whose career was derailed when he fell down a flight of stairs carrying deer meat?)
7. The Rockies have been pressing the entire World Series while the Red Sox seem relaxed, confident and even having fun. Maybe it's the lasting image of David Ortiz in those silly little kid swim goggles that is putting a chuckle in their hearts.
8. Matt Holliday is a heck of a player-can you imagine if he was teamed up with Todd Helton when Helton was hitting .372 and 30+ HRs? Imagine the respect Helton might have if Barry Bonds + pals didn't juice up to action-figure type levels during those years?
9. I give the Rockies fans credit, they stayed in the game until the very end. See, unlike Boston, our bandwagon at least sticks with the team until the final out.
10. If Boston sweeps at least I can anticipate the return of $5 Rockies tickets in the middle of July 2008. Oh yeah, and Jacoby Ellsbury looks like an ugly girl.
