Heartbreak in D-Town
The Rox lost their groove (might've been that damn 8 days off or more simply, they just ran into a better team). I was hoping for at least one win ...
What cracked me up is how the radio stations this morning were all quick to find an excuse. One station was saying that the Red Sox paid more for a better team so they were expected to win, another was making fun of how quickly people were jumping from the bandwagon. Money or not, the Rockies gave it one hell of a shot - no one expected them to be playing in October, let alone go to the big dance. Considering they were in last place (or close to it ...) the last half dozen years, this was huge.
Some thoughts on the 'morning after':
- no one got arrested in Denver last night, 37 in Boston were
- Fox loses out on revenue with a sweep (and we can finally get back to regular programming ... heh)
- Denver (unfortunately) loses out on quite a bit of revenue with no Game 5 (but at least it won't be nuts to get to the Broncos game tonight)
- maybe they will reconsider the playoffs a bit as there has been a blowout every year for 5 years (two sweeps by the way) and a lot of it has to do with one team getting rusty while waiting on the other (yeah right)
- ratings outside of Denver and Boston were likely not ideal
Not to be cliche, but ... maybe better luck next year. The key here is, if you choose to be a fan, be a fan, even when they lose. Ask any Bostonian. Or a Mets fan.
What cracked me up is how the radio stations this morning were all quick to find an excuse. One station was saying that the Red Sox paid more for a better team so they were expected to win, another was making fun of how quickly people were jumping from the bandwagon. Money or not, the Rockies gave it one hell of a shot - no one expected them to be playing in October, let alone go to the big dance. Considering they were in last place (or close to it ...) the last half dozen years, this was huge.
Some thoughts on the 'morning after':
- no one got arrested in Denver last night, 37 in Boston were
- Fox loses out on revenue with a sweep (and we can finally get back to regular programming ... heh)
- Denver (unfortunately) loses out on quite a bit of revenue with no Game 5 (but at least it won't be nuts to get to the Broncos game tonight)
- maybe they will reconsider the playoffs a bit as there has been a blowout every year for 5 years (two sweeps by the way) and a lot of it has to do with one team getting rusty while waiting on the other (yeah right)
- ratings outside of Denver and Boston were likely not ideal
Not to be cliche, but ... maybe better luck next year. The key here is, if you choose to be a fan, be a fan, even when they lose. Ask any Bostonian. Or a Mets fan.
Found a link to this posted here: http://neighbors.denverpost.com/blog.php/tag/rockies/