Jeff Francis is coming back to earth.Everyone following the Colorado Rockies knows the answer to the question.The question, what is wrong with this team, can be answered with one simple word. Pitching.The men on the mound have been absolutely brutal. That is putting it lightly. There is no way to be positive, there is no way to spin this team's pitching into a positive light. They are bad. Very bad.As bad as they have been, however, fans might need to hunker down and get prepared for the rest of the season, because the team's biggest issue, the issue that has spiked the stock of Pepto-Bismol among Rockies fans, is about to get worse.The pitching has been bad, but sprinkled into the bad outings has been a few good outings that have been decent enough to save the bullpen, and decent enough to get the team through some tough times. Those outings were coming from guys who are now either hurt or who were pitching above what their talent suggested they were good enough to be pitc...
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