Achy breaky heart. Why is it OK to watch a Rockies team, which I have spent thousands of dollars on in attire and paid tribute to with permanent ink on my body, crumble year after year? Will the suffering ever end? It’s the same old story: bad pitching. I would be happy with a starting rotation that all had earned run averages below 5.00 and a bullpen that doesn’t blow game after game. I sit here in oilfield country with my husband and dog, pay $200 per year for the MLB package and dress in Rockies attire (it’s my entire summer wardrobe), only to feel unsatisfied every game and take a cold shower.
Tanya, Watford City, N.D.
Kiz: What can I say? Love hurts. Any smart general manager can build a bullpen with a keen eye for quality spare parts. But Colorado needs to make a major move for a strong arm to fortify its starting rotation. The trade deadline is Friday. Let’s see if general manager Jeff Bridich is willing to move a big bat for a big arm. I don’t want to see Carlos Gonzalez, Troy Tulowitzki or Charlie Blackmon go. But one must, if the Rockies want pitching.
Weiss not working out. You almost went there, Kiz, but chickened out. In a column about the Rockies’ constant blundering, you wrote, referring to manager Walt Weiss: “His team not only looks lost, it commits such fundamental errors as to appear poorly coached.” Here’s a clue: His record as manager is 181-237. Maybe, just maybe, his teams not only appear poorly coach, but they actually are poorly coached.
Bill, keeping score
Kiz: We here at Kickin’ It Headquarters are called many things. Chicken is not often one of them. But we do not take advocating the dismissal of any coach lightly, contrary to what my old friends Joe Sacco or Dan Hawkins might tell you.
ESPN vs. HBO. Bill Simmons lands at HBO with a multiplatform deal. What’s the impact, if any, on ESPN?
David, Colorado Springs
Kiz: So long as ESPN has the best goose in the business, it won’t miss Simmons. But the golden eggs harvested by ESPN are beginning to show a crack or two. Why? Millennials are slowly teaching America how to cut the cable television cord. It won’t mean the fall of ESPN’s empire, although more of the network’s high-priced talent will move on to greener pastures. Simmons will find fun and well-deserved riches at HBO, but might also have to adjust to the fact that he’s small potatoes next to Tyrion Lannister.
Kicking and screaming. And today’s parting shot is a kick in the ankles of soccer.
America will stop making fun of soccer when the fake injuries stop.
P.S., prefers tackle football
