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If you’re a baseball fan, you know that the Colorado Rockies, after barely qualifying for post-season play, have swept their way into the World Series, winning three straight over the Chicago Cubs and four straight from the Arizona Diamondbacks. Since mid- September, they have won an unprecedented 21 out of 22 games, mystifying baseball gurus across the land.

Over and over the Rockies manager and team members are being asked, “How do you explain your recent success?” Over and over their first answer is “I don’t really know.” Certainly their winning percentage defies the odds. But as they continue talking it becomes obvious that their success has come the same way it does for any winning baseball team – the right combination of great pitching, stellar defense, and timely hitting. What is truly amazing about this incredible winning streak, however, is that on any given day it could be anyone on the Rockies 25 man roster who makes the big play that propels them to victory. Their formula for success has been “Anyone, anytime.” There are some excellent ball players on the Rockies, the names Holliday and Helton come to mind, but most of them are not well known. They’re a humble bunch of guys beginning with their manager, Clint Hurdle, who said the other day “There’s only two kinds of baseball players, those who have been humbled by the game and those who are going to be.” Continue reading ‘Teamwork’