It’s Only a Matter of Time

While searching online for some good reading about the Rockies and their 2008 quest towards Purple Rocktober Glory, I’ve come across several articles that talk about “Colorado’s Rocky Start” to the 2008 season.  I do believe that is the type of lame pun that would earn me a slap right across the face from Rockiescast co-host Ted Burke if I were to use it in his presence.  Honestly, he would be fully justified in doing so.  I often use the phrase “off to a rocky start” and it certainly fits the way things have gone thus far in this young season.  I may have even used it to describe the Rockies first two series of the year without realizing that I was treading dangerously close to the thin line that separates good humor from awful wordplay.  Once you capitalize that “R” and make it a pun on the team name, you’ve crossed that line into dull humor territory that should only be used when trying to be intentionally unfunny.  C’mon guys.

Poor humor aside, the incredible run made by the Rockies at the end of last season seems to have completely made everyone forget that this is not all that different than the start to the Rockies memorable 2007 National League Pennant winning season.  April was not kind to the team, as they finished the month with 10 wins and 16 losses.  I am sitting here perusing tonight’s (Monday) starting line-up as I await the start of the series opener against the Braves, so I decided to take a look to see how a few of our currently underachieving players fared early last season.

Taveras, Tulo & Hawpe (which I think would be an awesome name for a law firm) really picked things up the second month of the season last year.  The same goes for Francis on the mound.  While expectations were very high that the Rockies would come storming out of the gates this season, they are off to a slow start… again.  It is not time to panic, it is not time to think the end of last season was a fluke, and six games into the season is definitely not time to think the season is already lost.  For true, purple-blooded Rockies fans, it is time to show some resolve, support the team through the bad times early and be ready to start celebrating some victories when the bats come to life and the pitching staff settles into their routine.  Also, you should see a doctor about that purple blood.  That’s probably not healthy.