baseball

I know this is three days late, but I had to say something about Monday night's play-in game between the Rockies and Padres I haven't seen anywhere else.

After the Padres tied the game 6-6 in the eighth, every Rockies hitter came up to the plate looking for the solo home run to end the game. For five innings, everybody was swinging for the fences and through the ball.

Then the Padres score two in the top of the 13th, and the Rockies come back with a rally built on doubles. I honestly believe if the Padres scored just one run in the 13th, they'd be playing hte Phillies right now. The Rockies would have kept trying to aim for the fences, with even more desperation. But being down two actually took some of the pressure off the individual hitters and once you string together a few hits everyone feeds off the energy.

Didn't get a chance to see the Rockies win Game 1 against the Phillies. I can't see them keeping this up through the playoffs, but it's fun to watch a team get hot at the end.