My room is dark tonight, illuminated by the 13″ television in the corner.  The score stands at love all for the Rockies and the Giants.  Ubaldo is pitching like a magician, but unfortunately little Tim Lincecum is biting right back.  As the Diamondbacks and Mets start the top of their 13th inning, I can’t help but to reminisce about that 22 inning game.  Iannetta stands on 2nd base after Q laid down a sac bunt and Ryan Spilborghs stands on deck, I wouldn’t mind scoring right now, but I sure do love my extra innings. 
    As the game unfolds I flip over to ESPN to see what is going on elsewhere.  Spilly strikes out on 3 pitches.  I was watching a repeat from earlier in the day, PTI, and they are discussing the allegations of Referee Tim Donaghy.  Tim is claiming that a few years back a NBA playoff game was fixed(I’m fuzzy on the details, but it is something to that affect).  Willy strikes out and leaves Iannetta on second: we head to a scoreless 8th.  Back to the allegations of the ref…some heavyweights in the NBA hierarchy are trying to brush the whole thing off, but there are a few guys biting at the story.  Michael Wilbon, he was at the game, he watched it and he noted that there was something suspicious about the officiation that night.  Although my young soul doesn’t know great agonies of sport collapses, I am heartbroken.  I recently read a book called “Eight Men Out” which is the story of the men who threw the 1919 World Series for the Chicago White Sox.  That story, despite its age, it bothered me, players are supposed to love the game, play it for themselves and the fans.  I believe that most people that I watch have their hearts wholly invested in every moment of every game, because when it comes to the Rockies I know that I sure do. 
    Quicky update–Mets beat Dbacks in bottom 13th, Rockies and Giants are still scoreless in bottom 8.
    I am just wondering when this will end.   I know it began many many decades ago, corruption of sports and the members of teams and officiants of games.  I know that for every miserable player, the cheats and hacks, there are handfuls of the good guys.  I also know that I am sick and tired of this bull ****, sick and tired.  From the 1919 WS Black Sox to the Mitchell Report, Spygate and now the Donaghy contraversy and everything in between, it just really upsets me.  I care about sports, I care about watching people who care and love something, playing out their passions in front of the world.  I know that my blog will never been seen by these players and maybe if they somehow managed to pass over it, they may just overlook my words that I lay down, but as a true fan I ask for a purification of all sports. 
    Thankfully I am a true hearted fan of the Colorado Rockies, I trust them and believe in them, they have the spirits of young kids who just love the sport and are happy to play.  I hope to never eat those words, but I do believe in them and that is very important to me now and forever. 
    We are now in the top of the 9th with Fuentes trying to keep the game in tact, he takes his time doing it.  I just realized that Ubaldo who is 1-6 will not get the decision tonight because he had no run support whatsoever. However Fuentes manages to induce a ground ball out and finishes the top of the 9th scoreless.  Now if we win its going to be a walk off.  On a random note I just began playing survivor on MLB and my first team I chose to pick, TX Rangers are looking to win!  This is a weird game, I was just thinking about it and we are playing in a hitters park, why hasn’t anyone scored? 
    Lets begin the rundown at the bottom of the 9th inning
       1.  Atty walks on a full count
       2.  Basehit Hawpe!
       3.  Atty on third with nobody out!
       4.  With a 3-0 count on Iannetta, nobody is warming up in the Giants bull pen
       5.  Iannetta fouls one off his knee cap and drops to the dirt, uh oh!
       6.  He is walked, poor guy looks hurt but he heads to first, now the Giants can force the             the out at home plate and there are still no outs
       7.  Taschner?  Looks like a pitching change for the Giants
       8.  Baker is going to pinch hit for Q
       9.  Baker hits one high, but for no good reason Atkins does not try to run.
       10.Torrealba up to bat with bases loaded and one out
       11.Torrealba pops one to shallow left
       12.Atty goes, they call him out
       13.Molina drops the ball, he is safe!

Actually Molina never has the ball, we win 1-0 with a walk off sac fly, dropped ball-whatever I will take it.  We are now only 8.5 games out!  These Rockies deserve this, they are a good ball club. 

–Signing off- Amy “I’m tired and need some redemption” P.