As the old baseball adage goes, “three strikes and you’re out!” In this case, three 100-loss seasons in a row and I am done. I have called the Rockies and told them I will not be renewing my season tickets.
I started buying mini-season plans and then season tickets after the magical Rocktober run in 2007. The Rockies won 21 of 22 games down the stretch, forced the best Game 163 in history, and made it to their first and only World Series. Like many people in Colorado I fervently smashed my refresh button when those tickets went on sale.
Those halcyon days gave hope to fans like me that we would enter a period of ongoing success. Maybe get back to the World Series and bring a championship to Coors Field.
In retrospect, we never should have gotten our hopes up. The Rockies had six losin