Over the past week the Rockies had a decent chance to win 7 out of 7 games, but in the end only won 2. The biggest reason being the batters failed to capitalize on Run scoring situations. But here's an overlooked secret: The Rockies haven't been scoring well all year.
Through 54 games, the Rockies have scored 4 runs or less in 28 of the games. Their record is 6-22 in those games. In the other 26 games where they have scored 5 runs or more, they are 22-4.
The critics are out again with this slump. One clueless guy applauded the lack of turnout to last night's game as evidence the Denver fans won't turn out anymore for bad play. Really? Last night's attendance was 600 less than the night before and about 2,000 less than Houston drew for TWO games on Monday and Tuesday. It's also 3,000 MORE than their worst season of average from 2005 23,634. It's 6,000 less than the Rockies Season Average. There have been 8 games with a lower attendance including the game against Arizona Monday a week ago.
The headline writer labeled the Rockies "Embarrassed". Sure it wasn't great to lose 3 of 4 to the AL's worst team, but let's be realistic. The Rockies recently beat the World Champion San Francisco Giants in 3 of 4, and that didn't get labeled with superlatives.
The Rockies are still in the Division Hunt, and are still playing better than .500 ball. They had a good April and a not-so-good May. It may turn out that this team isn't a contender, but it is definitely an improvement over last year especially in the Pitching. I think the fans are supporting the product and we haven't even started the summer or had really good weather yet.
I don't believe we have seen the best in this team yet, and we may not have seen it's worst. Will the first 3rd of the season be a learning experience, the best or the worst in this team? Let's not jump off the bandwagagon too quickly while we are still in the running.
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