Can Rockies rally again?

The Rockies are back home at Coors Field and trying to make the World Series against the Red Sox more competitive. Game 2, a one-run loss, was a step in the right direction (compared to Game 1) but there was never a moment in which the Red Sox were afraid they were going to lose the game.

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Boston looks like the best team right now, but how the Red Sox will respond at Coors Field is a question that will be answered early in this contest. A 2-0 lead in the World Series has meant sure victory for the last six teams to be ahead.

But this has been the year of the comeback and the most intriguing comeback story is the Rockies, who pulled off an improbable rally just to reach the postseason. The story doesn't have an ending yet and though things look rocky now, the folks in Colorado are eventually hoping for a Rockie ending.

INSIDE THE WORLD SERIES RED SOX LEAD ROCKIES, 2-0
	Red Sox	Rockies
Runs	15	2
BA	.333	.180
Extra-base hits	10	4
Left on base	24	10

TRAILED 2-0 IN WORLD SERIES: LAST 10 YEARS
	RESULT	OPPONENT
2007 Rockies	?	Red Sox
2005 Astros	Lost in 4	White Sox
2004 Cardinals	Lost in 4	Red Sox
2001 Yankees	Lost in 7	Diamondbacks
2000 Mets	Lost in 5	Yankees
1999 Braves	Lost in 4	Yankees
1998 Padres	Lost in 4	Yankees

Todd Jones watches the Rockies and understands what they are going through, because he and the Detroit Tigers went through it last year. "It's exactly the same," Jones said over his cell phone, while driving to the grocery store in Birmingham, Ala.

The Tigers finished off a sweep of the Oakland Athletics on Oct. 14 last year, and then sat around and waited for the World Series to begin. And they waited, and waited, for six days. The Rockies, of course, waited for eight days before this World Series began.

"We played intrasquad games, and tried to simulate games," Jones recalled. "We had to try to pitch inside. But the first thing I was thinking about on the mound is that I didn't want to smoke one of my teammates. You can't simulate pitching in games. ... I came into Game 1 of the World Series last year just to get an inning of work, because I hadn't pitched in so long."

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