Heartbreaking loss ends Rockies’ season

It hurts when your ball club is eliminated, and it hurts even more when the elimination comes after the regular season is over. But losing, as we Red Sox fans are beginning to remember, is what being a good ball club sometimes feels like. Nobody wins every game, or every series, every year. So long as Rockies fans associated the postseason with the incredible run in 2007, success for the Rockies would always seem magical. Now that they’ve been to the playoffs at the end of a season of solid play, and then still lost, it helps Colorado see what good teams in MLB go through year after year. Good teams lose in the postseason, but the great teams make sure they play in October as often as possible so they can maximize their chances to win it all. I think this year might be the time when fans in Colorado can really look to next year with the expectation that the Rockies will contend for the NL West title, and play in the postseason. Now, we might see the Rockies ownership be held to a higher standard (and a higher payroll). It’s a bad night for the 2009 Rockies, but it’s a great time for Rockies fans.