The Rockies’ final series of the season starts Friday against the San Francisco Giants. It will be six months before you can catch another regular season game. There’s that, and five other reasons you should watch this weekend.
No. 5 – Unlucky 13
Kyle Kendrick gets the start tonight against the San Francisco Giants, with a 6-13 record. Ending the season with 13 losses can only mean bad things, and the Rockies don’t need any more help in their pursuit of mediocrity. Since nothing matters anyway, pray that Kendrick gets loss No. 14 to help the Rocks avoid an offseason full of bad luck. Nothing, at this point, can fix his ERA, however.
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No. 4 – The end of suffering
Welcome to the end of the Rockies season, where the record is atrocious and the points don’t matter. At 66-93, the Rockies have easily one of the worst records in baseball (however it is still not the worst), and have missed the playoffs for the sixth year in a row. Yet all of our suffering will come to a close on October 4.
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— Denver Post Rockies (@DPRockies) October 2, 2015
No. 3 – Defensive magic
Despite a generally inept pitching staff, the Rockies have still managed to come up with some stellar defensive plays throughout the season, like this Brandon Barnes-grab:
And, of course, there’s always the possibility that Gold Glove-winner Nolan Arenado makes a spectacular play. This one came against the very same Giants that the Rockies play tonight:
No. 2 – Goodbye George
After 19 years, Rockies color analyst George Frazier will hang up the microphone and head back to his home state of Oklahoma.
Say a last goodbye to George and all those famous mispronunciations and errants turns of phrase.
The #Rockies & @ROOTSPORTS_RM hosted a retirement ceremony for George Frazier last night: http://t.co/oPtaP0oBzn pic.twitter.com/Z0o9hvHsUH
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) September 26, 2015
No. 1 – NL Home Run chase
Carlos Gonzalez and Nolan Arenado are both vying for the National League home run crown. Washington Nationals-slugger Bryce Harper and Arenado are tied with 41 apiece. Cargo has a little bit more work to do at 40 home runs.
Meanwhile, Arenado has all but won the National League RBI title, with 20 more than runner-up Paul Goldschmidt, and may indeed grab the league title with 127 total RBI’s. Currently that’s four more than Toronto’s Josh Donaldson. Best case scenario? Nolan mimics his 40th home run, as seen here: