It figures

How else should the Colorado Rockies season end but with a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth inning?
It's another testimonial to Clint Hurdle's book – the one that says, "I will use this pitcher in the eighth inning and another pitcher in the ninth, regardless of success," .. the same one used by managers all over the game and the same one that needs to be rewritten or burned. The successful pitcher Sunday struck out 10 in seven innings.
Now starts the offseason. One thing seems certain. We won't be seeing the same Rockies when spring training starts in a few months. Matt Holliday may not be part of the crowd. Garrett Atkins may leave. So might Brian Fuentes. The Rockies are in a position where they have to get something – pitching? – for those players while they can. If they wait another year (in Hollilday's or Atkins' case), they won't get anything.
Let the fun begin.