I’ve been in Denver all week and was able to attend two Rockies games at Coors Field.Among the highlights:I saw Evan Longoria hit home runs – his 15th and 16th - on back-to-back nights. The first shot got the Rays on the board in the first inning on Tuesday en route to their 12-4 win over the Rockies, whose 11-game winning streak came to an end.I watched Rays’ phenom David Price pitch against Aaron Cook, who in my opinion should have been the MVP of last year’s All-Star Game. (People have a hard time voting for a player from the losing team, but Cook was more valuable to the N.L. than J.D. Drew was to the A.L.) Price got knocked around for four runs in the second inning, but recovered to last seven innings while allowing five runs. He was outpitched by Cook, however, who went seven innings and gave up just three runs. Each surrendered two home runs, but the ones hit off Cook were both solo shots (including Longoria’s). In addition to a solo homer,...
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