Putting the "Struggle" at Home in Perspective

So much attention is paid to the Rockies Historic struggles on the road, that it may be less noticed how much the Rockies struggle at Home as well in April and May. A mention in the paper on Saturday morning, had me scrambling to back up my thinking that the Rockies historically struggle at home early. Part of that may be the colder weather, the sparseness of home games early, but it always seems that the Rockies struggle at home, before turning it on in after Memorial Day.

Keep in mind, that despite their success over the past few years, the Rockies in 2007, 2008, and 2009 hit the 18-27 mark in each of those years. Achieving that low point required the Rockies to play badly at home and away. Even last season, when the low point was only 20-22, the Rockies were 16-12 at home on June 12th. Over the past 4+ years the Rockies have amassed a 55-58 record in April and May at Home vs. 54-69 on the Road (44-66 before this season). From June on, they are 149-76 at Home and 98-116 on the Road.

Yes, the Rockies need to play better at home, but they are not playing unusually bad at home. The fast start on the road just hid it, because there was a huge concentration on the road record, not the early home record.

UPDATE START: On April 14th I mentioned that we would revisit the "Start" on May 1st. Because of the rainout at Wrigley last week the Rockies are still one game short of the first 6th being complete, but the 17-9 record so far is still pretty good. A good read for the Rockies is gaining their 19th win before game 46. An excellent chance the Rocks will achieve that this season. Last year they reached 19 wins in game 37.