How 'bout them Rockies?

The best baseball team no one has ever seen. Maybe next year ESPN will break its long addiction to the Yankees and the Red Sox and show other teams from time to time.

Remember when the Cincinnati Reds were big around here? At one time, The Herald-Dispatch even sent sports writers to cover Reds games every now and then. Nowadays, it's like who cares?

By the way, since the Reds won their last World Series (1990), the Florida Marlins have come into existence and won two. The Rockies started up at the same time, and they are about to play in their first World Series.

The Reds have gone 17 years since winning the pennant. That is the third-longest drought in their history. The longer droughts are 1940 to 1961 (21 years) and 1919 to 1939 (20 years). Who wants to say the present drought will extend another for years, making it the longest ever?
If Reds fans feel too bad for themselves, they can always take solace in the fact that the Pittsburgh Pirates used to be good, but they haven't been in the World Series since 1979. And don't forget the Cubs and the Nationals.

But the biggest bottomfeeders have to be the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. They've never come close to the postseason. At least the Texas Rangers and the Montrel Expos can say they were there.

And is it just me, or have major league uniforms gone from snug to baggy? Just wondering.