Talk about a fall from grace.
After winning 91 games last season and making the playoffs for the second consecutive year, the Rockies had 91 losses, and counting, going into the weekend. It’s the biggest one-season tumble in franchise history, topping the 16-game slide from 90 wins in 2007 to 74 in 2008.
Day in and day out over this long, frustrating season, manager Bud Black has patiently answered questions about the state of the team. Closers who blew saves, starters who imploded and slumping position players all made themselves available to the media.