This was a rough game for an Indians fan to watch. The notion of an Indians/Rockies series in 2008 was filled with regret to begin with, since that would have been the World Series matchup the prior season had the Tribe not blown a 3-1 lead to Boston in the ALCS. The fact that the Sox ran roughshod over the Rox made it even tougher to swallow. Then you tack on the fact that there were already some serious warning signs that 2008 wasn’t going as planned (Cleveland came into this game 33-37, five back in the Central), the scary notion of Paul Byrd pitching at Coors Field, and it wasn’t exactly a fun time.
Oh, and that was before the game started, and Jeff Baker hit a two-run inside the park home run that got through the massive gaps in the Coors outfield. It only got worse from there, with Colorado scoring in each of the third through the seventh, with all but the fifth featuring multiple tallies. I knew the “Bauer” on this scoresheet was much too old to be Trevor, but I had forgotten that Rick Bauer briefly toiled for the Tribe. The Indians pair of runs came as the result of leadoff triples and sacrifice flies because, you know, Coors Field.
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