A fitting end to a painful season

Watching the final pitch of the Rockies season sail out of the strike zone yesterday, I came to the conclusion that you couldn't possibly find a more fitting way to end the 2008 season. Your biggest free agent bust in 7 years on the mound in a tie ballgame in the 9th inning, the bases loaded (his doing of course with a hit and two walks); you're facing a team that you couldn't beat in a train, on a plane, in a car or at a bar, and how does he choose to end the year? By going ahead of the hitter 1-2 and throwing 3 straight balls to walk in the winning run, sending us into the offseason on a bitter note.

Since the end is finally here, in the coming week or two I'll be doing a full-blown Rockies season recap complete with the positives, the negatives, the best games, the disheartening defeats, the productive players, the forgettable faces (Willy Taveras might just possibly see his name under this list), the keys to this ultra-important offseason, and the players to watch for next year. It'll all be in list form too for all you out there with the attention span of Robin Williams.