Wake me up when September ends

To say the Rockies are red-hot right now would be an understatement; in fact, there's really no word to summarize how great Colorado has played since June 4. Well, there's one word: ROCKTOBER. Yes, this word has been around longer than the Rox themselves, but it never held such a strong magic until 2007, when the Rox went on the greatest run in MLB history (21 wins in 22 games) to reach the World Series, where they would eventually fall to the Nation in 4 games. I still hate the Red Sox for ruining our party.

Fast forward to '09. As I've mentioned before, the Rox seemed dead in the water after the first two months of the season. But a managerial change - which I, at the time, was not happy about - lit a fire under the lackluster players. Three months later, that fire has turned into lava erupting from the World's biggest volcano: Yellowstone.

On June 4, the Rox were sitting at 20-32. The Dodgers, considered at the time the best team in baseball, were in cruise control at 37-18, 15.5 games ahead of Colorado. After last night's walkoff, the Rockies had closed the gap to TWO GAMES. No team in MLB's long, storied history has EVER overcome a 15.5 deficit to win the Division. The Rox have one more month to make history. Yes, they did lose tonight, which dropped them 3 behind LA, but the National Media has recognized the Rox as a very serious threat, and that Volcanic erupture even has Joe Torre shaking in his Armani boots. Since most of you are not obsessed baseball fans, scaring Joe Torre is like reviving the dead; basically impossible.

After the back-to-back dramatic walk-offs, the Rockies made big time headlines on almost every major sports website in the nation, and, most importantly, made the glorious ESPN.com SportsCenter Highlight of the Night, which is basically the highest honor you can get on ESPN. I even have pictures to prove it!:)

Friday, August 21: San Fransisco @ COLORADO. On the day of another big Red Sox-Yankees showdown at Fenway, ESPN.com decided to showcase the Rockies-Giants series, which made me giddy for the whole weekend series.


Monday, August 24: San Fransisco @ COLORADO. After giving up three runs in the top of the 14th, the Rox completed the most astonishing comeback in the team's history by doing something the franchise has never seen before: a walk-off Grand Slam!



Tuesday, August 25: Los Angeles @ COLORADO. The Rockies seem to have the flair for the dramatic, this time walking-off with a bases-loaded single in the 10th.


It has been one wild, crazy ride this season, and I'll most likely have a few gray hairs by the end of September. GO ROCKIES!