SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — “Well, I rolled and I tumbled, cried the whole night long.”
Muddy Waters wasn’t singing about the Rockies’ bullpen blues. But if the song fits …”
A case in point: On Oct. 2 of last season, Colorado took a 4-1 lead into the bottom of the seventh against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. But then the bullpen imploded. The Rockies not only tied a franchise record by issuing six walks in the inning, but they also walked five straight to open the inning, the first time that’s happened in franchise history. The Rockies lost, 6-4.
