Source: www.purplerow.com --- Thursday, March 29, 2018
It’s just one game, even if it was pretty ugly. The first game of the Baseball season is always an indicator for how things will go through the summer months. That is how we know that Matt Davidson is going to break the single season home run record, Clayton Kershaw is heading for the worst season of his career, and the Miami Marlins are going to be a sideshow. Okay, sarcasm aside, one of those might actually be true. But when one has been so long without Baseball it’s easy to- put a lot into one game, especially when it turns into an ugly 8-2 loss. But, and this is the beauty of Baseball, it is just one game and the Rockies and Diamondbacks will play another one tomorrow. Make no mistake, though: this game was ugly. The Rockies seemed to take all of the fears and criticisms of fans and pundits, from an offense that couldn’t find any consistency to a young starting pitcher and middle relief being exposed. It managed to suck the fun out of what is supposed to be one of the most fun days of the year. Opening Day started out very fun, as DJ LeMahieu hit the first home run of the Rockies’ season in the top of the first. It stopped being fun almost immediately after that as the rest of the game played out in a manner eerily reminiscent of the last time the Rockies played at Chase Field. Jon Gray, struggling with his command, gave up three runs in the first inning. He managed to settle down and avoid major trouble in the next few inni ...
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