2009 vs. 2007

When people talk about the run the Rockies had in 2007 most of the talk including among Rockies fans centers around the 15 games at the end of the season to take us on a breathtaking ride into the playoffs and to the World Series.

But that run really started on May 21st, when the Rockies at 18-27 in 5th place and 7 games behind the Dodgers and 8.5 games behind the Wild Card leading Braves. The Rockies then went on a 7 game winning streak to eventually finish the season with 72 wins and 46 losses. But it was a season of ups and downs as the Rockies first went 20-7 to reach 38-34, then lost 9 out of 10 on a disastrous road trip to fall to 39-43, and reached the All-Star break at 44-44, and for the next two months they were up and down struggling at 32-28 prior to the finish run.

In 2009, the Rockies run began on June 3rd starting at the low point of 20-32. This time they started with an 11 game winning streak, and they have continued to build on it, never losing more than 3 straight or 5 out of 10 at any point. They have also steadily built on their record rather than falling back. From 12 under they rose to 1 under. After 1 loss they climbed to 4 over, 4 more games they reached 5 over .500, 9 games later they were 6 over (never going below 3 over), from there they have never gotten lower than 5 over and have built slowly to 18 over.

This is a very different run so far, and this year doesn't require a super finish, at least so far. There are a lot of similarities between the two years, but with the run approaching 80 games this year, without faltering, this can not be termed a fluke. There's still a long way to go to clinch a playoff spot, but this is a better more complete team than in 2007.