Journal ak3ldama's Journal: Little baseball writeup. 4
I keep reading various places do articles on the coming World Series but I wish to interject my views (primarily as to why/how the rockies should do well.)
* The Rockies may play in the NL but they came from the NL West, which had 3 "contenders" for the post season and had 4 teams in total that were good. The dodgers were contending well up till being swept by the Rockies at the end of the season. The Rockies played well in inter-league play, even beating the Bo'Sox mid season while being a ".500" club.
* The Rockies hitting is "fearless" when facing good pitching. They are young and could not care less if an opposing pitcher is supposed to be good.
* Clint Hurdle has setup the roster to be able to alternate right handed and left handed hitters.
* Todd Helton has been basically anemic so far this post season, look for him to step up to the forefront this series.
* Their good defense has been great this post season inspite of being such a young team. I (as a fan of CR) hope this continues at this the biggest stage.
* While Brian Fuentes has a tendency to combust, at least now they have Manuel Corpas to bail him out of trouble.
* Herges has been great, and Latroy Hawkins has yet to @#$! up this post season.
That's my perspective of the Rockies, as a fan so to speak. People say the Red Sox are a good team, I'll say what I said before the NLCS: "I have faith that the Rockies will continue to dominate."
Meh (Score:2)
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While I'd like to see the Rockies win it all... (Score:2)
One correction in your JE: The Rockies Defense has been excellent all year, not just in the post season, and you're right about the fearless hitting.
In the end, though, it's pitching that wins championships, and even without Wakefield (which may be a plus for Boston, since I'm not sure what a Knuckleball would do in the rarefied air) I think Boston has the edge in pitching.
I do think it'll be a good series overall though.
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One correction in your JE: The Rockies Defense has been excellent all year
Yea i wasn't sure if my wording on that was clear; oh well.
In the end, though, it's pitching that wins championships
True, what I am seeing is that the type of pitching the rockies has will do well against the "high powered" offense of the Red Sox. The Rockies have been finding ways to beat good pitching so I think that should keep going through this series. The Red Sox have shown that they are succeptable to things like hitting into double plays - something the Rockies are good at getting. Also, the Rockies infield range is on their side.
In the end, I th