...that headline should have read, "Worst Team in NL Before They Got To Colorado." Taking two of three already from the Rockies, the Astros are now half a game ahead of the Pirates, and good for them! If the Rockies aren't going to be winning games, at least they're doing their best to keep their opponents out of the basement.
The Beard is thinking it's about time to fire Don Baylor. It was great to see Groove back in the dugout, but frankly, when a team that looks on paper like they'll hit a ton is hitting this poorly, something has to change. The Rockies as a team are hitting .254 with runners in scoring position, and a crap-lousy .213 with RISP and two outs... the latter number good for worst in the major leagues. Let that one soak in for a bit.
How many times in past seasons, Rockies fans, did we look at the team's explosive offense, and mutter to ourselves, "If they had even average pitching they'd be winning games." Now we look at our pitching (4th in the NL in ERA) and mutter about the hitting. There have always excuses about the failures of Rockies pitching, and many of them are good excuses. But there's no excuse for this team not hitting. No excuse for them failing to score runs against two of the worst pitching staffs in the league, the Diamondbacks and Astros. No excuses!
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