PURPLE MOUNTAIN MAJESTY

by Jack Cobra, Cobra Brigade

Well, that was easy enough. While every other team in MLB struggles through the gauntlet known as the regular season and the playoffs, the Colorado Rockies have shown that there is a new recipe for success......never lose.

The Rockies secured their bid in the 2007 World Series last night with a 6-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Let the bandwagon jumping begin....if it hasn't already. This Rockies team has won 21 of their last 22 games after dealing with a Un-Magic Number of 2 since September 15th to fight their way into the playoffs and now Rocky magic is sweeping the nation.

While this team has a few superstars (in the making) in Matt Holliday, Jeff Francis and Troy Tulowitcszkilavaski, it has taken a total team effort....with a minimal payroll to get the job done. This is a team filled mostly with players you've never heard of and may never want to hear of for fear that they will come in to your home town and pillage the local Village Pantry. Still, albeit unlikely, this Rockies team is getting the job done with timely hitting, good pitching and some of the best defense anyone has seen over the last decade.

The Rockies will now wait a week to play their next game in some undecided American League ballpark that will surely be filled with white towel waving crazies trying to get them to lose their focus and get them off their game.