September should be a magical baseball month of record breaking and playoff chasing. In Colorado Septembers, clouds should be chased away and stars should be stealing the night away. But, these days, it’s hard to remember dancing in September at Coors Field.
It’s been 17 years since Todd Helton walked-off the Dodgers, igniting Rocktober and fueling a run to the World Series. Since then, the Rockies have put together three winning seasons and two postseason runs.
The result has been a lot of Septembers where the Rockies weren’t in the playoff hunt and could only play spoiler.