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Sky Sox come to town, win 9 to nothing

So the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, AAA affiliate of the Rockies, came to town tonight and after a 30-minute rain delay shut down the hometown Nashville Sounds by the score of 9-0.  It was pretty much over after an Omar Quintanilla walk and a Cory Sullivan single were followed by a three-run homer by Seth Smith.  Then John Koronka shut down the Sounds for seven innings and that was that.  Quintanilla also had a homer later in the game.

Seriously, writing about the Rockies lately has become so depressing that it’s better to just forget about the 4-0 loss to the Giants tonight and focus instead on the Sky Sox, who look like an actual baseball team right now.  Considering the night that Franklin Morales had, compared with what John Koronka was doing, it’s worth wondering whether or not Franklin really should be in AAA right now.  On the season, Morales now has 17 walks against just 9 strikeouts on the year.  That is just awful.

And that nine-run showing by the Sky Sox offense looked a lot better than what the Rockies have done of late.  Helton, Holliday, and Atkins are hitting, but nobody else on the team is.  Jayson Nix, scuffling offensively, was designated for assignment over the weekend; but his replacement, Jeff Baker, isn’t doing much better (.194.)  How about giving Omar Quintanilla, currently hitting .329, a shot?  Can we find a spot for Ian Stewart (six homers)?  Sure, there’s the whole deal of playing in an extreme hitters’ park, but even in Nashville the Sky Sox offense looked fine.

Seriously, watching the two, it’s hard to tell which team is the AAA team and which is the major league club.  That’s never a good sign.  Something needs to change, and it needs to change quickly — before the Diamondbacks run away with the division.

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