Congratulations Rockies… in the 13th over the Padres 9 to 8

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Nicely done!

The Colorado Rockies rose to the occasion in the bottom of the 13th inning to beat the Padres 9 to 8 with the winning score coming from Matt Holliday.

The controversial question out there and being blogged across the sportosphere is… “Did he touch the plate?“.

Well, did he? The best view has got to be from the ump but Holliday could have done a great deal more to reassure us as his post game response was basically “I don’t know, but the ump said I did”. Okay that is the same answer we all have. I almost wish we could have gone on for another couple hitters (and gotten another run) just to leave no doubt.

I think he did hit the plate right when his hand was also getting stepped on. But isn’t that what folks expect our bias to be… the Rockies fans think it was a good call and the Padres fans don’t. But ultimately it is the ump standing a mere couple feet away that has the best view. And the biggest reason I believe he did touch the plate is not the ump’s call, as we all know those can be wrong. But the comment by the Padres manager Bud Black: “It looked to me like he did get it.” That seals it for me.

I am dang proud of our Rockies and they did one heck of a job tonight. And once again (or maybe for the first time that I can remember) the city is full of Rockies enthusiasm. Seats are full and I heard cheers ring across the CPV tonite after the game as the celebration continued. This is another great thing to be a part of a city, the celebration of your heroes or in this case the creation of them. What do you want to bet that a whole batch of kids are running around in Rockies jerseys over the next week. It’s nice to have heroes without bullets too. And of course, the fact that the Rockies were counted out makes it even sweeter. They were even refused when asked to prepare for post season tickets, unlike other teams that were “expected” to make it. Why, I feel just like when I first watched Rocky.

Apparently some of our fans had already given up after the Padres scored that 2 run homer in the top of the 13th. Someone who was passing by the stadium while the Padres were still jumping around celebrating (jinx) said the roads were packed with grumpy looking people dumping out of Coors Field at a record pace. She didn’t know what had happened but said the crowd looked upset. This, ladies and gentlemen, is why I hate to leave until the very last play. Even if it means you fight the crowds getting out (whoopie) isn’t that you want to bear witness to, one of those awe inspiring come backs in the face of dangerous odds. Where people simply do something wonderful.

Midway through the 6th inning I got online and picked up tickets to all the possible future games just in case the Cinderella story comes true. I can tell how far out the confidence level goes because each game out my available tickets got better and better. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that I have a reason to use every last ticket and need to buy some more.

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