The Rockies are making bullies cool again.
Bullying has never been less popular than it is now. It’s gotten a real bad rap over the past few years. A generation ago being bullied was just part of life; but campaigns to put an end to bullying have been pretty successful in the modern era. Bullying is such a bad word that’s it’s been tied to everything from alcoholism to suicide.
The Colorado Rockies, who got their asses pushed all over the playground last year, are looking to make bullying cool again – on the baseball diamond, anyway. Manager Walt Weiss has called for a new era of aggressiveness at Coors Field and has dubbed his offense “the Blake Street Bullies”. Now they’re the ones doing the pushing.
Weiss has enough tough guys swinging the bats that the Rockies are threatening from any spot in the order. One after another, players who approach the plate possess the potential to knock the cover off the baseball. Opposing pitchers either know this or will know it soon.
The lineup of Fowler, Rutledge, Gonzolez, Tulowitzki, Cuddyer, Helton, Rosario and Nelson is as potent as any the Rox have fielded since the Bomber days. Their goal is to take pitchers off their games as quickly as possible and to keep the pressure on them by swinging. The approach seems to be working – and the brand of baseball that it allows the Rockies to play will make them one of the most fun teams to watch in all of baseball.
Political correctness can be damned. Save the PSAs for some other baseball town. It’s time for some good old fashioned bullying at 20th and Blake.
