The evolution of Denver, Colorado as a baseball town completed another stage on Thursday, October 1st, 2009.
On a beautiful fall day at Coors Field, Franklin Morales struck out Alcides Escobar for the final out of the Rockies’ 9-2 win against the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Rockies clinched the 2009 National League Wildcard Championship.
photo by Mikespille
The Rockies did what they needed to do – bring home one victory from Philadelphia. One could argue they needed to win both, but we all know that isn’t true. They simply needed to steal the home field advantage, because with it they quite possibly might have stolen the Phillies’ confidence. Had the [...]
Having locked up the Wild Card spot with a total team effort, the Rockies will try to keep on rolling. Colorado has a chance to win their first ever NL West Pennant.
With the magic number at ONE – today’s game looms large.
