On The Plus Side...

So on the plus side…

The grass is still green, the sky is still blue, it’s summer outside, and there’s baseball being played. I am a baseball fan- a fan of the most wonderful game in the world, where anything can happen and it is impossible to predict. I am a fan of one of the most classy organizations. I love watching my favorite players swing, throw, and run. I especially like it when they wear the purple uniforms.
This is what I have to be grateful for: I have eyes that can see and ears that can listen to the radio and witness a group of guys try to score more runs than the other team. No matter what- there’s always another game to be played, and it doesn’t care what happened yesterday. Bad roadtrip? Come home where the air is thin and light and the hometeam will still play in front of the crowd while the sun sets in the background. Season over? Playoff chances dashed? We don’t have to worry about the team not playing next year, so there is always a next year. And we have a valid reason to not give up, because this is baseball, afterall. There’s 27 times one hundred and sixty-two chances to make something awesome happen.
I still love talking baseball. I think Purple Row is the best place to do that. It’s not perfect, but it’s the best. We are all part of a group that is knowledgeable and passionate about this game, and the players who play it. I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.

We didn’t file for bankruptcy last week

After five east coast road trips before the ASB, we don’t have to make any in the 71 games after it.

At least we’re not more than 7.5 games back.

Thanks to all of you that wanted me to reconsider my leaving…you touched my heart.:) <3

Today with a new attitude :

Hot Dogs eaten at Coors field under a beautiful starry sky with a cool breeze blowing and our team wearing Purple shirts is magical.
We have a team of fine character that appear to be friends.
Purple Row has many fine commenters and a very patient staff

What everyone else has already said, plus:

I still love me some Rockies. I loved ‘em when they were far worse than they are now, and I’m a-gonna love ’em tomorrow.

Purple has always been my favorite color, and I have a ton of purple Rockies shirts and other stuff.

There’s a run coming. The Rockies are going to catch fire at some point and that’s always a blast, whether they’re still in it or not.

Maria made a fabulous and much needed FanPost. Thank you!

Todd Helton is getting the recognition he deserves by being up for the Final Vote and proving to everyone that he can still play great baseball! Love the Toddfather!!

Still have one of the most classy teams in all of baseball.

Despite struggling this year to find their identity, this team is built to win and I truly believe it will in the next 5 years, just you wait!

Tulo and CarGo are locked up for a while in purple pinstripes.

There is no better place to find Rockies coverage than at the Row — a place that unites Rox fans worldwide.

Helton just surpassed 2000 games in a ROCKIES UNIFORM. Not many players can say that.

Witnessed the first (but not last) walk off win a week ago against the Sox in person.

There is this kid named Arenado who is raking at Modesto.

There is this kid named Rosario who will be in the Future’s Game two years in a row.

There is this lefty named Friedrich pitching and an outfielder named Wheeler raking in Tulsa.

Rockies gear should be going on clearance soon…
Yay for 50% off!

I still get goosebumps when I push my way through the turnstiles, and a huge uncontrollable smile spreads across my face when I see that outfield grass.

I literally tear up every time I go to Coors Field. There is such joy for me there. And as an added plus, Rockies games are still affordable for this middle-class guy. Second best place on earth for me. (Jenny Lake at the base of the Cathedral Group in Grand Teton National Park has an unbreakable grip on my heart.)

I think my jinx invoked yesterday counter-balanced the jinx I put on the Rockies on Sunday games.

While I can’t throw a baseball for 6 weeks I won’t have to have surgery that I know of…

Todd didn’t make it to the ASG but now he gets to go home and relax with his wife and daughters for a couple days…

Baseball is fun to: watch, play, analyze, collect (cards) and generally enjoy…

It’s currently raining outside…

I get to watch the Braves Rockies on my birthday at the only Coors Field

I am gainfully employed and get to do what I went to school for in about 6 weeks.

I have 3 wonderfully healthy children that surprise me every day (my wife called me before my golf game yesterday and told me that my 3 year old correctly identified a diamond shape as a rhombus).

I get to travel to Denver to go see my first Rockies game in person this September against the Giants.

Not only will it be my first game, but I am going to be able to take all three of my children to Coors field.

This community exists to express my joy and frustration which is way better than internalizing it.

I live in a country where I have so little to worry about that my biggest concern is how the Rockies are doing.

Rockies rank 6th in NL attendance, and 7th for opening day team salaries. Revenues should be available to maintain or enhance this team salary level in the short-term.

At least this guy isn’t in our starting lineup:

y2k was all bark and no bite.

I’m spending four days with my lovely wife, which will help me get through three weeks I won’t be able to see her afterward.

Big things are coming my way.

Maria still gets a free lunch when I come to town.

The Rockies won’t lose for at least 4 days.

On an unrelated plus side:
I too have something personal to look forward to: in August or September that is Rockies-related, and could be kinda big. Could be, could be. We’ll see ; P

There are baseball games almost every day and it’s still months away from the truly awfulness of the offseason.

The National League won the AllStar game .
Tulo did very well
No injuries.

We have not had to endure endless delays and postponements at Coors Field this week. ‘Cause they might have gotten in two games with the weather we’ve had.

The weather forecast is improving just as the Rox come home!

Jeff Aberle is a fantastic writer and he is on staff at the fantastic Purple Row.

Some things in life are bad, they really make you mad. Other things just make you swear and curse……Always look on the bright side of life!