While much of the baseball world remains focused on the American League Championship Series between Boston and Cleveland, the Colorado Rockies are quietly surging into the World Series:
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies were one strike away from not even making the playoffs. Now, they’re one win away from their first World Series.
With a cold rain falling, Josh Fogg shut down Arizona’s bats in his first postseason start and Yorvit Torrealba hit a tiebreaking three-run homer to fuel the Rockies’ 4-1 victory Sunday night in Game 3 of the NL championship series.
MVP hopeful Matt Holliday also homered as the wild-card Rockies took a 3-0 lead with their 20th win in 21 games, a streak that has taken Colorado from afterthoughts to the buzz of baseball.
“Tomorrow we’re going to come here just like we have been doing,” Torrealba said. “We’re going to relax, watch TV, and when it’s time to play, we’re going to try to get one more win.”
And not think about their first World Series until then.
One of the great things about the baseball post-season is that, every now and then, you get a story like this, and it’s just fun to watch even if you aren’t a fan of the team.
