On Thursday night in an 11-4 drubbing at the hands of the Cincinnati Reds (the 19-35 Cincinnati Reds, by the way), Reds pitcher Alfredo Simon hit a bouncer over the head of reliever Chad Qualls. Rockies rookie shortstop Trevor Story fielded the ball … and dropped it. Simon, not exactly the most swift afoot, lumbered to first while Rockies fans groaned … and yet another Cincinnati run scored.
It wasn’t so much that Story had bobbled the ball. It was, though, that the Rockies had bobbled the whole entire game … no, series … against a team that was ripe for a sweep.