So here is the good news: The Rockies scored 8 runs last night, meaning everybody can get four tacos for a dollar at Taco Bell today.

Now the bad news: Everything else.

At the juncture the Rockies hit the seven run mark or as we like to call it
here-----taco time-----they had a 7-3 edge on the Padres Monday night at Coors Field. That would get bumped up to 8-3 on a hit by Troy Tulowitzki (Yes, he actually got a hit). After that, it all went south and in a hurry. Then, speaking of heading south, Manuel Corpas came in and on the last day of June 2008 channeled his June 2007 alter ego, a month which he was replaced by Manuel Corpas after a month that Barry Zito would consider tough.

When the Rockies had escaped the Fuentes fallout, it was an 8-8 game. The Padres then went on to score seven more and win it 15-8. They scored the final 12 runs of the game and the Rockies were dealt their eighth straight loss. They did not win at all on their recent road trip and home sweet home does not seem to be the cure for their baseball blues.

However, despite losing again last night and ending June in a swoon, they are only 10 games back in the National League West. They have a 32-51 record and their .378 winning percentage is the second worst in MLB behind the Mariners at .376. To help alleviate the issues in the Pacific Northwest, Seattle fired their GM and manager. The chances of that happening here? Probably none at all. Yes, Dan O'Dowd deserves credit for sticking to his plan and seeing 2007 bear that fruit, though, it is starting to look more and more like a hot streak instead of a season that finally got hot. I admire Clint Hurdle, I think his style his very underappreciated. The ability to grow into the job as well as mature throughout his seasons in the dugout has been enjoyable to view. He understands how any other franchises would most likely have let him go before the 2007 season. They did not and it paid off in a huge way.

They are struggling to keep up in a division where last week, one of the teams won a game without getting a hit. Blame goes around, nobody gets the sole responsibility, nobody is off the hook entirely.

Any organization will tell you that with success comes expectations and in that regard, neither of those two, nor Tulowitzki, Jeff Francis, Todd Helton, Franklin Morales, and Corpas among others, has lived up to the challenge. Their last great memories in a Rockies uniform came in 2007, however, astonshingly, the chance to turn around 2008 isn't done yet......For further proof, look no farther than the division standings and most importantly, their 2007 run itself. Think positive, Rockies fans, it's not over yet.

-"z"