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Why I won't be doing the recap tonight. :-)
Tankapalooza 2010 standings
| Rk | Tm | W | L | W-L% | GB |
| 1 | Pirates | 47 | 92 | .338 | - |
| 2 | Orioles | 53 | 87 | .379 | 5.5 |
| 3 | Mariners | 55 | 85 | .393 | 7.5 |
| 4 | D-backs | 57 | 83 | .407 | 9.5 |
| Indians | 57 | 83 | .407 | 9.5 | |
| 6 | Royals | 57 | 82 | .410 | 10 |
Not that it probably matters, but Arizona are now mathematically eliminated from the playoffs - we're 22.5 back in both the NL West and wild-card. Number of games until the blessed end of the season: 22. Still, we face the Rockies this evening, with another chance to play spoiler - hopefully, it'll go better than we did against the Giants or Astros. Colorado has won seven straight, though are still rated as a slim (14%) chance of making the post-season. They're 3.5 back in the wild-card and the West, with the Giants the only team between then and current wild-card leader, Atlanta.
As has been noted before, they are a very different, much tougherto team at home: they are 47-22 at Coors, compared to 29-42 on the road. It's all down to their offense: six runs per game in Denver, 3.5 everywhere else. Hopefully, Arizona will get a few of their "special" humidor balls this evening. ;-) Looking at the pitching match-ups, it doesn't look too good for Arizona; it'll be a major surprise if we manage to take this series. Fortunately, I don't have to recap any of the games. Tonight, 'charmer will be covering for me, and gets to smell what the Rock Colonel is cooking in Coors.
- Stephen Drew ss
- Rusty Ryal lf
- Kelly Johnson 2b
- Chris Young cf
- Adam LaRoche 1b
- Mark Reynolds 3b
- Miguel Montero c
- Gerardo Parra rf
- Joe Saunders lhp