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Article: Rockies on verge of tolerability.(Sports)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- June 13, 2008
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Byline: Bernie Lincicome, Rocky Mountain News
The common modifier for the Rockies lately is "resurgent," meaning a rise from someplace awful, and who won't argue that last place is rather disgusting, never mind that the Rockies remain there.
And considering they still have the next-to-worst record in the National League, the description may be a bit generous.
Maybe a better word would be "tolerable" or "bearable," not so much a return to excellence as a departure from dreadfulness.
There has been an overreaction to small success, in headlines and in promos, declaring that the Rockies are back, more wish than fact, almost as if to ...