THERE IS NO NEED TO PANIC

A whole 4 games into the post-All-Star game and people feel the need to jump off the Rockies bandwagon. Losing 3 out of 4 games coming off a 5 day layoff is just too much, I cannot root for this team anymore. But really, there is no need to panic… I repeat, THERE IS NO NEED TO PANIC.

Dinger's got his rally cap on and

is ready for the second half to start heating up.

They just could have easily won the last series against the division leading Reds. The NL Central leading Reds, the Little Red Machine that could, the team that has outplayed Wainwright, Carpenters, Pujols, Holliday’s Cardinals through 80something games, the team with the left side of the field as good as anyone in the league; Bruce, Votto, Phillips.

Then they come into Miami where people are more excited about signing Big Z than the Marlins. And on a night where Jimenez only goes 5 and 1/3, his shortest outing this year, the Rockies still look like they have it in the bag. Unfortunately Huston Street gave up his first blown save of the year and the Rox lost.

The streaky Rockies are 4 ½ games out of first place in the division and ½ games out of 2^nd, close enough to get the leaders looking over their shoulders as the leaves start to change. And with 2 teams coming out of the NL West, in a four horse race; it’s not going to be how you start but how you finish.