Baseball is played without a clock, but time’s running out on another season for Carlos Gonzalez. October means it’s over. So I’ve dropped by CarGo’s locker to say goodbye. Thumbing through a sales brochure for luxury watches, he looks up from his chair. There’s mischief in his eyes and the devil in his smile.
“You already miss me?” Gonzalez asks.
We do this dance every October. The Rockies miss the playoffs. Again. And everybody begins to wonder: Is this the end of CarGo in Colorado? With his 31st birthday looming and only one more season remaining on his contract, will this be the winter when the Rockies finally trade Gonzalez?