Sunday, April 18, 2010

U-baldo!

I'm pretty wound up right now, but who could blame me after this happened. Looking back I wonder if people realize how special this is. Obviously, anyone should realize that it any no hitter is a big deal. It gets even bigger to throw the first in the history of your team, for any club. What really makes this special, is how miserable the Rockies pitching staff had been through most of the team's history. Until the past few years, the pitching staff was notoriously awful. Part of the improvement may be due to bringing in the humidor, but a large part of that was simply lack of pitching talent. Who can forget the immortal Jamey Wright or David Nied, and that legendary bullpen crew of Steve Reed, Darren Holmes, and Mike "Moonshot" Munoz? I certainly can't.

We've come a long way. We've gone from hoping the starter could hold the other team to less than 5 runs, to expecting quality starts every time out, and believing that a few members of the staff could throw a no-hitter. Now, it's actually happened. I for one won't forget Ubaldo's performance. More than that I won't forget the road the Rockies organization has traveled to have a starting pitcher who is even capable of throwing a no hitter, let alone actually doing it.

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