First-year Rockies manager Bud Black yo-yos out a favorite phrase whenever the subject of the old Rockies comes up. Every team is different and unique, he says on auto-dial. But for Coors Field fans, the dreaded June swoon in Colorado is a frighteningly real thing.
For five years, the Rockies tanked in June, stumbling into summer like wounded fawns. They are 55-84 in June since 2012. The month regularly serves as their undoing, the beginning of the end.
On Thursday, darkness rushed at them like five years of futility crammed into three innings. The Rockies’ 10-9 squeaker over the seemingly down-and-out San Francisco Giants deflected an embarrassment.