What more can be said about Rockies that won't be said in the build-up toward the World Series? I've lived in Colorado long enough to have seen two Stanley Cups and two Super Bowls. I've also seen the Denver Nuggets come up from perennial laughingstock to the makings of a yearly playoff team. But the one thing I thought I would never see was the Rockies in the World Series. Truly unbelievable.
Especially when you consider the ongoing debate between small market and big market teams, the effect of the altitude and dry air, and the fact that every year there was some other Cinderella doing what the Rockies could not (i.e., win games after the month of July). Turns out the Rockies were patient enough to use their farm system (Colorado Springs and Tulsa are well represented here), and clever enough to put the baseballs in a humidor. And this year it was the Rockies turn to be the Marlins or the Astros or the Tigers or the Twins.
Now I have to figure out what to do if Cleveland beats Boston. I may have to place wagers with my family back in OH-IO.
