Hello, dear readers. I must start this briefest of blogs by apologizing to you, and to the rest of the universe. I have not submitted anything to the blog page since the All-Star break, and is usually the case when I do not check in with you, the Rockies have played pretty poor baseball since then. I take full responsibility! It will not happen again.
Unless, of course, the Rockies decide to continue the flaccid, strikeout-prone hitting they've been doing lately. As discussed earlier in the season, the road has always been a difficult place for the Rockies to hit. This means that Rockies pitching must carry the load when on a roadtrip, and it hasn't done that recently.
If the Rockies' road hitting woes are centered around the fact that a ball breaks more sharply away from Coors Field, making it a difficult adjustment for hitters, I would like to see the Rockies develop a batting cage that can throw a superhuman breaking ball. Perhaps in Denver, such a machine could simulate the sea-level breaking balls the Rockies would face on the road, allowing them to get some batting practice against such pitches before seeing them live.
At any rate, the Rockies have three more games against Philadelphia. Taking all three of those games would finish this road trip and a respectable 5-6, and would likely keep the Rockies within 4 games of the Padres, who get the opportunity to beat up on the Pirates for a few days. With Roy Halladay out of the way, the Rockies have a somewhat easier task ahead of them, but Ubaldo must set the tone today, or all the excitement of the week leading up to the All-Star break will be lost with one of the most dissapointing road trips in recent Rockies memory.
-T.B.
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