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Purple Row's 2008 Game of the Year

This award comes down to two games: the 22-inning marathon against the Padres or the Rockies' amazing come-from-behind victory on Indepence Day.

Look at Fangraph's Win Probability Charts for these two games:

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via www.fangraphs.com

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via www.fangraphs.com

The first was a very close game; the second looked like a bottomless pit until the very end.

I didn't stay up for the entirety of the first game, as it ended around 4:30 my time (ET). But I did watch the last inning in the morning.

As for the second game, Silverblood, who attended the game, texted me this shortly after the game's conclusion: "Holy. Hell."

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Which was the game of the year?
22-inning victory over the Padres
43 votes
Spirited comeback against the Marlins
54 votes
Other (explain in comments)
1 votes

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Both?

Can’t I vote for both? This was a really disappointing season, but those were two really great games, and two of my favorite Rockies games ever.

by holly96 on Oct 27, 2008 12:12 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sure, if

I had it as Games of the Year. :-p

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by Russ on Oct 27, 2008 12:19 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Heh

Well, it looks like the Marlins game is pulling ahead, anyway. But the 22-inning game is certainly a worthy close second.

by holly96 on Oct 27, 2008 12:43 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was actually in Colorado at the time when the Marlins game happened, so I was able to watch that one. I remember some family members who were watching along with me just burst out laughing when Holliday hit the grand slam in the seventh, because everything about the situation and the comeback in general was so ridiculous.

Hell of a game.

by Azreous on Oct 27, 2008 12:52 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was in the LF bleachers for that whole thing

with my sister. We’d come for the fireworks, and it looked as if that was going to be the only highlight. But in the 7th/8th/9th… well, let’s just say I don’t think I’ve ever screamed that hard at a baseball game before.

Ah. Happy memories.

[melancholic sigh]

Blast and botheration.

by Silverblood on Oct 27, 2008 1:25 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have four Rockies games on my iPod.

Three are the playoff clinchers from 2007.

The fourth is the July 4th game.

I watched every inning of that game live. Hell, I was home alone on July 4 – what else was I going to do? Called my parents, who were in Topeka, in the seventh and talked them through the Holliday grand slam. I think that’s one of the great games in franchise history.

The 22-inning game was a bit more of a freak show – a novelty, sure, and a neat linescore to look at, but it got sloppy as the game went on. The July 4 game was like two teams playing Playstation baseball on the lowest difficulty level with pitch speed turned down all the way.

Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.

by Franchise26 on Oct 27, 2008 6:37 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

where did you come across

games to put on your ipod? and how can I get some of those?

Aut Vincam Aut Periam

by PioneerSkies on Oct 29, 2008 6:24 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Do a search

for “Colorado Rockies” in the iTunes store.

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by Russ on Oct 29, 2008 6:43 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

July 4 game takes it

The 22-inning game was memorable for sure, but in my book you’ve really got to go with the July 4 18-17 win over Florida as the game of the year if not one of the Rockies best of all-time. You had a sellout festive holiday crowd, the Rockies greatest comeback in franchise history (9 runs from 13-4 down), and six Colorado homers including the Holliday grand slam.

Speaking of the Holliday Slam, YouTube took my video down from the TV broadcast a few days after (copywrite stuff), but I still have a still frame (a little fuzzy) of the moment that I use as my SB Nation avatar…

I like the Holliday touchdown hop, and the catcher wincing from the blast.

by DeepPurple on Oct 30, 2008 12:04 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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