Out of post-season contention, the team "lays off" and loses 5 out of six;
their MVP contender can't be bothered to stretch his sore, aching muscles
enough to play for pride (tho he DID condescend to bat long enough to get HR 
#49); in the give-aways, the season tickets go to people who already HAVE 
season tickets, the Jeep to a rich person from the town with the highest 
per-capita income in the state, barring Aspen; and the REAL fans are left
wondering "what happened?".
If I sound bitter, it's probably just because i dislike fakes...I sincerely 
had hoped that this scenario i described would somehow turn out to be a 
nightmare...but I pinched myself till I'm black and blue, and it's still the
truth...
But, being the die-hard fan I m, I'll be back in harness in March, cheering 
for the latest version of the Colorado Rockies...filled anew with the hope 
that THIS year will be different...
GO ROCKIES!!!   We Love you, even if you *don't* deserve it!  May 1998 be the 
year you finally come of age!   (Oct 20, 1998 headline:  Rockies sweep 
rioles
4 games to none; win World Series in a landslide!)    (I AM allowed to dream, 
right?)
--- mil failte, caraid
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