Rockies Lose in Sloppy Fashion to Pirates

A day after Troy Tulowitzki and Jorge De La Rosa inspired Colorado Rockies fans everywhere to want to jump back on the bandwagon, the team failed to show up to the ballpark to play the lowly Pirates. After an impressive weekend series against the Cubs in which the Rockies took 3-out-of-4, the second worst team in the league, the Pirates came to town, and made the Rockies look like a junior varsity team—awkward and wondering whose mom was in charge of bringing the juice and snacks for after the game. The loss looked like the Cubs, who played incredibly sloppy defense all weekend long, had decided to stay an extra day and suit up for the Rockies. Colorado committed three errors on Tuesday night. The poor defense did not help Jhoulys Chacin, making his first start in a big league uniform. It was clear very early that the nerves were there for the youngster. Chacin did not make it out of the third inning, giving up just one hit, but walking six batters. His pitches were consist...