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Why?

Note: Try being creative if you choose to answer; however, there are only two correct answers for an A+.

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Satan and God

have a lousy bet going. It’s like the Book of Job all over again.

by Tom (RFTN) on Jun 29, 2008 2:42 PM MDT reply actions  

and we are Job, being tested on our faith.

by onholliday on Jun 29, 2008 3:09 PM MDT up reply actions  

No,

We’re the Israelites, with Moses leading the way. The NL pennant last year was our parting of the Red Sea. This is our 40 years of wandering in the desert.

Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.

by Franchise26 on Jun 29, 2008 6:19 PM MDT up reply actions  

Because...

This is the thing about baseball, ever since it was base ball and played by guys in pillbox hats and twirly mustaches. You’re up and then you’re down, only to go up and come back down again. That’s why it was so important for us to enjoy last year. Why it’s important now to revel in the good and hope the bad doesn’t last.

by Since1993 on Jun 29, 2008 5:35 PM MDT reply actions  

Damn,

Everybody beat me to the ‘because’ answer. Guess I can forget about that A+.

But that’s the only answer. Because… that’s baseball. That’s the way this game treats you. It is, ultimately, a game of failure, and the greatest test of all is your ability to keep getting back up every time the sonuvabitch knocks you down, to not wither and die in the face of its cruelty, to always believe that better days are right around the corner if you keep grinding.

Those 25 guys are putting on the CR cap tomorrow and they’re gonna play the game they’ve always played the only way they know how to play it. That’s all they can do. That’s all we can ask.

Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.

by Franchise26 on Jun 29, 2008 6:15 PM MDT reply actions  

All right,

“Because” is one of the answers. You can get an A+++ if you come up with the secret answer. Whoops, that should be an A++; the fourth one is actually just some drambuie on everyone’s screen (OK, I had to change that joke just a little bit).

"Keep your head down, and inch toward daylight." - Blade of Tyshalle

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by Russ Oates on Jun 29, 2008 6:33 PM MDT reply actions  

Because Clint Hurdle

is the manager of this team, Bob Apodaca is the pitching coach, and nobody’s really sure what to do with all this young talent besides hope the players figure it all out.

Oh yeah, and Jeff Baker hasn’t decided to thunderbolt the team to the playoffs yet.

And I lost my Rockies magazine – I actually think I must have left it under my seat at opening day (no wonder that game was so bad), because I can’t remember if I had it or not (which means I did), and yeah. So there goes that, plus the 11+ autographs I had.

And probably our karma is all messed up for some reason and there’s a nasty little hex hanging around and no one dares to perform the proper voodoo to remove it.

Besides all that, because life sucks.

...or something like that.

by Squeaky on Jun 29, 2008 6:42 PM MDT reply actions  

Because

of our uniforms..dress for success.

InToddwetrust

by InToddwetrust on Jun 29, 2008 7:06 PM MDT reply actions  

or Dinger? What about Dinger?

by onholliday on Jun 30, 2008 11:08 AM MDT up reply actions  

You ask why...

I say why not?

After all, this team is where it is based on merit.

by alex colfax on Jun 29, 2008 7:14 PM MDT reply actions  

A+

"Keep your head down, and inch toward daylight." - Blade of Tyshalle

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by Russ Oates on Jun 29, 2008 7:15 PM MDT up reply actions  

Because of Matsui Curse

When you ship off Jennings (apparently nothing) and get three players that add up to (next to nothing) to Houston, that’s bad Karma and you MUST PAY!!!
That’s one thing. But when you Let My Matsui Go!! in favor of some Colorado Springs golf caddy named Jayson Nix…. you are cursed by the Man from the East Who Played his Best and helped the Rockies win in the West.
He slammed it in Philly when things got Chilly
He set the table for batters so able
But for what amounts to Rookie bucks,
O’Dowd sent a message that Matsui sucks

Comin’ back to bite you, Baby!!!

Kaz he could!!!!

Robobubba has spoken!

by robobubba on Jun 29, 2008 7:45 PM MDT reply actions  

Interesting because.....

The only time (other than after the first game of the season) the Rockies had a winning record this year was April 20th. They were 9-8, leading late in Houston, going for the sweep and thier 5th win in a row. A late Houston rally was sparked by none other than Kaz Matsui. That game was the first loss of a 4 game skid and a 3-13 stretch.

So I will totally buy into the curse of Kaz.

Thank god for baseball season.

by jcd823 on Jun 29, 2008 7:58 PM MDT up reply actions  

Nothing?

Taylor Buchholz is hardly a nothing.

It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time It's Tulowitzki!...Tulo-witzki-witzki-witzki ..... rockiesmagicnumber.blogspot.com

by Andrew Martin on Jun 30, 2008 12:15 AM MDT up reply actions  

Buchholt in 2007 when it mattered

Was a nothing.

He has been the luckiest pitcher on the team this year. Line-out double plays.

Watch closely the next time he pitches. It’s like an accident ready to happen.

Robobubba has spoken!

by robobubba on Jun 30, 2008 10:24 PM MDT up reply actions  

I am starting think that I might be the problem.

No joke. I left to California for Army Reserve training on June 3rd, and I was not able to watch or keep track of the team for 2 1/2 weeks. I got to the airport Froday the 20th to fly home, and the first thing I did was get a paper to check out the Rockies record. After some quick math, I realized that they had gone 11-4 since I left. I was stoked beyond belief. I thought maybe the team had started another second half turnaround, and I would actually get to watch some winning.

The team has gone 1-8 since I returned home. Doh.

Thank god for baseball season.

by jcd823 on Jun 29, 2008 7:46 PM MDT reply actions  

Scapegoat

What ever happened to the scapegoat? I think Chacin was the initial scapegoat and the team went on a little run after that.

Seriously, does nobody want to win the division? Despite the recent troubles, we’re still just 9 games back.

by kosmo99 on Jun 29, 2008 7:57 PM MDT reply actions  

We, as baseball fans, are simple and sadistic

creatures. It hurts. We whimper, we sob, we cut our wrists, we curl up in corners, we curse the day we laid eyes on men in purple and black. And then, no matter how bad it’s been before, when they begin to spark, we cling onto them, adore them, and get so happy when they win. I think there’s a weird chemical trigger in the brains of sports fans. And this time…. well, it’s bad. But here we are anyway.

We are all dead.

by Silverblood on Jun 29, 2008 8:03 PM MDT reply actions  

A+++

"Keep your head down, and inch toward daylight." - Blade of Tyshalle

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by Russ Oates on Jun 29, 2008 8:04 PM MDT up reply actions  

I think I got it!

We lost today because:

1) Detroit scored 4 runs.
2) We scored 3 runs.

We have a losing record for the season because:

1) Our opponents won 50 games.
2) We’ve won 32 games.

We could argue the comparative merits of OBP versus SLG, or WHIP versus ERA, but there's very little room in these stats for argument.

by IowaRockie on Jun 29, 2008 8:22 PM MDT reply actions  

WHY?

A: Chicken Thigh

Colorado Rockies: Continuing a long tradition of playing meaningless games in June!

by Redhawk on Jun 29, 2008 10:53 PM MDT reply actions  

Why?

Fate.

Loss the power of the force.

by roxhead on Jun 30, 2008 1:00 AM MDT reply actions  

Because

It is what it is. We say that at work all the time when things go to hell. Do those five words get an A?

by Prospector on Jun 30, 2008 9:06 AM MDT reply actions  

How is it that.....

The rockies are the anti-venom for bad streak teams…Pods had lost 8.
Tiger catcher Sunday had never had a Big League hit.
The Rockies are so nice.

Robobubba has spoken!

by robobubba on Jun 30, 2008 10:34 PM MDT reply actions  

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