"Starting pitcher Jhoulys Chacin #45 of the Colorado Rockies warms up in the bullpen before the start of a game against the Houston Astros at Coors Field on August 22, 2011 in Denver, Colorado."
"Catcher Humberto Quintero #55 of the Houston Astros receives a ball from starting pitcher Brett Myers #39 in the bullpen before a game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on August 22, 2011 in Denver, Colorado."
"Brian Bogusevic #19 of the Houston Astros breaks his bat during the fifth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on August 22, 2011 in Denver, Colorado."
"A fan sits alone in the purple row of seats that are exactly one mile (5,280 feet) above sea level during a game between the Houston Astros and Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on August 23, 2011 in Denver, Colorado."
"Carlos Gonzalez #5 of the Colorado Rockies goes airborne as he slides safely into second base for a stolen base during the third inning against the Houston Astros at Coors Field on August 23, 2011 in Denver, Colorado."
A staple concept among those knowledgable about baseball is that more often than not, good pitching trumps good hitting. It's a healthy contributing factor as to why the Phillies are so good. Their starting pitching rotation has four the of the best in the game.
So what about when you have bad pitching? Lots, and I mean lots, of action.
The Astros are one of the worst teams in Major League Baseball and the Rockies aren't having much of a season either but the games between them the past three days have created more photo worthy action than probably all of the games I've shot this season.
In the three game series, the two teams combined for 43 runs on 73 hits.
Oddly enough some of my favorite images from the series are of the feature variety. When I saw Patrick, who is a great Maryland sports photographer, filing some features from his game on the other side of the country on Monday I grabbed my cameras and dashed out of the press box in search of a little friendly competition. At this point in the season there aren't many photographers at the games so I have to find other means to motivate myself.
Naturally his bullpen photo kicked my bullpen photos in the rear.
I'm looking forward to having two weeks off (as of now) before September gets crazy again but the competition isn't over. We're both doing NASCAR in Richmond next month. Hopefully he wins again because if not he may make me hitchhike my way back to Baltimore to catch a plane.
-JCE
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