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Rockies' ideal season relies on young arms

With Spring Training fast approaching, MLB.com will take a look at a different aspect of this year's Rockies squad each day this week. Today's topic: The perfect season

DENVER -- Rockies fans are sustained through the winter -- and have been soothed through six straight losing seasons -- by the memory of the surprise 2007 World Series appearance. But in 2017, the Rockies are better served aspiring to recapture the spirit of '09.

There was a miraculous quality to 2007, with 14 wins in the last 15 regular-season games and a 21-of-22 run until being swept by the Red Sox in the World Series.