You remember the Colorado Rockies, right? Those obnoxious purple monsters who play a mile high and de-soul the Giants about a dozen times a year? Those meanies?
When the Giants have needed a little help from the Rockies, whether it’s beating the Braves just once in the course of a season or the Dodgers at a crucial time, the Rockies have gleefully driven themselves off a cliff, laughing maniacally as they plunge to the bottom of a ravine, all to make sure the Giants don’t get that help and either don’t make the playoffs or have a harder row to hoe in order to get there.