Comeback 2: Electric Boogaloo

This is the part in the 80's movie where it looks like it's over for the Rockies. Like Lorenzo Lamas as Chilly D, they've lost all of their friends from the Body Rock Crew because they became too big of a hot shot and they no longer have a job at a fancy club because they punched the owner when the owner tried to make out with them, and Lorenzo doesn't swing that way. It's time for the Rockies to win back their friends with heart-warming apologies so that there can be a montage where they get ready for the big dance/performance/competition/etcetera. If all goes well, it can end with a triumphant freeze frame.

It is the pathos of the 80's movie. Everything must look down and out, so that when they win in the end, it is all the better.

So far it has been one crazy summer for the Rockies. First they played like crap. Then they looked like they were running on a Ferrari engine. Now, the Royals and that mean Beckersted family have crushed the Rockies and Hoops McCann's dreams. We're talking about the Royals here--they're like the France of baseball, minus the culture. Yet, they keep robbing the Rockies of their precious hopes and dreams. It is totally not funky fresh, choice, or mint. The season is looking less and less salvageable with each and every loss to the Royals.

Come on, Rockies. Let's see that montage. Crank up the Joe Esposito and show us hit after hit, strikeout after strikeout, players learning from their mistakes and seeing the team win because of it. Maybe you need a biker kid from Bad News Bears or a Mexican kid from The Big Green. So those movies were from the 70's and 90's respectively, the principle remains--the Rockies are in the down part of the movie (usually 50-70 minutes in) and the must make their exultant comeback and triumph over the Nazis! Wait, I mean triumph over the rest of the baseball! Then, they can celebrate their glory by lifting that trophy up into the air, while the loudspeakers sing, "You're the best! Around! Nothing's gonna ever keep you down!" And... freeze frame.

That's my script for the 2008 80's Rockies season. Likely? No. Possible? No. Maybe? Yes.