As we left the stadium around midnight last night, I didn’t have that terrible sense of loss I normally would in such a situation. Don’t get me wrong, being down 0-2 sucks. I have to admit, though, losing to the Rockies just isn’t as painful as losing to, say, the Yankees (or any other team I can’t stand). They are, after all, much like us, a young franchise who’s current success is built on the backs of young players.
Although the Dbacks don’t have an MVP or Rookie-of the-Year candidate to turn to, and they have a losing record this season to the Rockies, and they have a forty point disadvantage in team batting average, and they haven’t had any long winning streaks to give them momentum, and their season slugging percentage and fielding percentage trail the Rockies, all hope is not lost. In fact, now that the Diamondbacks have lost the only real advantage they had, the home field, any arguments about who the underdog is in this series can be put to rest.
It would be an unbelievable feat to come back and win this series, but defying the odds is what makes baseball so fun. In the spirit of the ‘87 and ‘91 Twins and the ‘01 Dbacks (all down 3-2 at one point in their final series’ runs), it is time to call on the underdog gods to work their magic once again. Besides, a miraculous comeback is a hundred times more fun than a sweep anyway.
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If the Twins can't win, then I go for the Dbacks, too! I think it was the rain last night that messed them up! I'll keep praying to the underdog god, or is that the undergod dog????
Well, that sucked. Now I am off to join the ASU football bandwagon. 6-0 and they have 3 games with top 10 ranked teams left on their schedule...
Well now...it might have been a better show if the D-Backs (or even the Twins) had gone to the series...what a drag.....
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