Why We're Rooting for the Rockies

Judie Kleinmaier has found good reasons to root for the Rockies:

...now that the Milwaukee Brewers are out of it, and my husband's Chicago White Sox are long gone from the race, there was no team with a particular pull on me. That is, until I heard that the Rockies had voted a full share of playoff earnings to the family of a Rockies minor league coach killed in July by a line drive.

Mike Coolbaugh was coaching first base for the Tulsa Drillers, the Rockies' Double-A affiliate, when he was hit in the head July 22 by the line drive and died. He is survived by his wife, Amanda, and two sons, 5-year-old Joseph and 3-year-old Jacob....

A couple of days ago, I heard that the Rockies players had decided to help the family by voting them a full playoff share -- which could top $360,000 if the team wins the Series....

Not that I needed it, but another reason to root for the Rockies is that they are the only one of the last four teams -- Colorado, Arizona, the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians -- that has never made it to the World Series...

Go, Rockies.

- Barry Orton