Matt Holliday is gone, but memories of him will live on.
The three time all-star and 2007 National League MVP runner up was shipped off to Oakland for basically nothing.
It was sad day in Colorado sports history; the Rockies should have done all they could to lock up Holliday for the rest of his career.
For two amazing months in 2007 Holliday carried the Rockies all the way to the World Series and gave baseball fan around the state a reason to take off the brown paper bag. Holliday along the way provided one of the most memorable plays that I have ever seen. When he slide into home and scored the winning run propelling the Rockies into the playoffs, capping one of the best season turnarounds in baseball history fans all across the sate were jumping in unison.
The Image of Holliday’s raspberry on his chin and the team piling on top of him will be burned into my mind for the rest of my life. And the thing that make it so great is that the play was so controversial was he safe or out? I don’t know, but the ump said that he was safe, so that is all that matters
That play is something that I will be able to tell my kids about. That is the stuff that legends are made out of. It is comparable to Elway’s helicopter in Super Bowl XXII, Sakic hosting the Cup giving Colorado it’s first major sports championship, and Dikembe Mutombo laying on the court with a death grip on the basketball celebrating the Nuggets improbable playoff series win against Utah. This is what sports are all about the defining moments of a team or a player’s career. I am very lucky to have witnessed the greatness of Holliday and he amazing desire to get his team into the playoffs. With that play Holliday solidified his place among the legends in Colorado sports.
Holliday is gone, but we will never forget his blood stained shirt and face and how he made baseball in Colorado relevant again. Thanks for the memories.
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