Tuesday, July 8, 2014  Dick Monfort's interview with Patrick
Saunders of the Denver Post is revealing  Dick Monfort seems
like a very nice guy. He just doesn't know baseball. On the
field, the Colorado Rockies won their fourth game in 22 chances.
That alone should be enough to celebrate.  However, more
pressing news came as Dick Monfort broke his silence and sat
down with Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post.  The interview
was both revealing, damning, and gave Rockies fans a little bit
of a reason to be hopeful.  Monfort was very quick to say that
he isn't going to let injuries be an excuse for the failures of
2014. The first question Saunders asked was direct. asking
about, regardless of injuries, if the Rockies have
underachieved. Monfort's response has two words that reveal
enough about his thoughts to tell a story.  He said, "We had
some health issues, maybe more than normal. But we also built,
we thought, enough extra pitching where we could weather some of
this."  The key words are "we thought." That is