Hope Springs Eternal III

5 days, 4 hours, 56 minutes until pitchers and catchers wing into Tucson…

Is this more unwarranted optimism that’s being played out in baseball circles around the league this week as the long season begins its first throes? Maybe not. The Rockies’ youth movement and development within the farm system coupled with the overall lack of improvement in the other Western division clubs might make it more promising than what we’ve seen in the past.

I suppose that we’ll have to wait until June or July to find out but either way this season goes, Rockies fans will have to admit that there is nothing quite like watching the sun go down over the Rocky Mountains visible over left field on a warm summer night…all is well with the world.