Jeff Bridich, the Harvard-educated, new-school general manager who pulled the trigger on the Tulowitzki deal late Monday night, acknowledged Tuesday he was "hurting in [some] ways and excited in other ways.''
He knows how the Rockies franchise came of age in the Tulowitzki era -- if you were in the LoDo area of Denver in the fall of 2007, you can probably close your eyes and still hear the chants of "Tu-lo, Tu-lo, Tu-lo -- but he couldn't ignore the reality that the prime of Tulowitzki's career was being wasted on a run of mediocre teams that always fell short for the same reason -- a lack of quality pitching.