It turns out that Yogi Berra was right all along: “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.”
The Rockies were beaten down. At 8-28, they were the worst team in baseball. Their confidence was down and the mental mistakes were up. Then came the breakout game. On May 9, the Rockies stomped the Giants 9-1 and awoke from the downtrodden depression that was the 2024 season.
What’s ensued has been a seven-game winning streak fueled by abundant hitting and shutdown pitching that’s featured two series sweeps. On Wednesday, Austin Gomber was lights out in Colorado’s first shutout in 93 games.