The harsh words set off a minor firestorm on Twitter and prompted Rockies fans to send me angry emails.
“When are the Rockies going to get some national respect?” was the underlying tone of most of those emails.
The words, in case you missed them, came from Tony Kornheiser, the talented former sportswriter and columnist for The Washington Post, and now more famously known as the co-host of ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption.”
That “PTI” would even discuss the Rockies was unusual, but Kornheiser’s tone was predictable.
“Ever since I saw them in the 2007 World Series, when they went down four-love to Boston, I have this prejudice against them.