Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Go Rockies! It's Great to be a Denverite

The Colorado Rockies have won 17 out of their last 18 games, an exhilarating, jaw-dropping streak that even beats their miraculous 2007 run going into the playoffs. So it's a bit befuddling, the day after their latest victory - trouncing the talented LA Angels 11-1 - to see such a dismissive piece on the Rockies on ESPN.

Truly the Rockies have never seemed to get respect as a baseball town on the national stage. Even in 2007 their amazing October and World series appearance was viewed largely as a fluke. But I think that's fine.

The mountain West is generally overlooked in national news coverage, movies, and television, which often act as if all the excitement in America occurs exclusively on one coast or the other. But who needs the attention? One of the reasons Julia and I moved to Denver is that it seemed like such an overlooked gem. Maybe we should count our blessings and be content that, for now, the hype and spotlight keep passing a mile over our heads.