Event - The baseball semi finals (known as the Championsip Series) are almost over. One team has already made the finals (known as the World Series).
Issue - The Colorado Rockies finished the year winning 14 of their last 15 games of the regular season. That is an incredible finish! Now they have won all their games in the two rounds of playoffs to make the finals. That means they have won 21 of their last 22 games played. This winning streak is very rarely seen in professional sports, especially during the playoffs.
Point to Say - "So, the Rockies have strung together an incredible winning streak!" (see above if you need to throw in stats)
Follow up point - "Even though they've got this great momentum, they have nine days between their last playoff game and the start of the World Series. That's a very long gap between games!"
Backgrounder
The Colorado Rockies story is fast becoming known as "Rocktober".
The Rockies play in the Major League Baseball's West Division. They play out of Denver. They have one Playoff appearance in their history: 1995. They lost to the Atlanta Braves in the Championship Series (semi-finals).
A "layoff" in baseball terms means 'days between games played'. In fact, the 9 days the Rockies are facing is the longest gap between semi-finals and finals in baseball history. Usually, baseball teams play 6 games a week.
The American League playoffs currently are being played between sentimental favourites the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians. Cleveland leads the series 3 games to 1. Meaning, Cleveland needs one more victory to win the semi-final and move to the World Series.
Links
- If you have the time, there are some interesting articles being written on this story. The details of "Rocktober" can be found here and here.
- Here is an overview of the Rockies recent ride.
- This one is on the ability of the Boston Red Sox to come back even though they are "down and out"
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