nsecutive game"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Scaling the RocksPebble ReportRockpileRockies Game ThreadsRockies Fan ExperienceMLB PlayoffsRocktoberRockies Game RecapsBrewers 6 http://www.marlinsfanproshop.com/authentic-starlin-castro-jersey , Rockies 0: Milwaukee sweeps Colorado out of playoffsNew,354commentsThe Rockies were shutout for the second consecutive gameByEric Garcia McKinley@garcia_mckinleyOct7, 2018,5:52pm Brewers 6, Rockies 0: Milwaukee sweeps Colorado out of playoffsThe Brewers swept the Rockies out of the 2018 playoffs after a 6-0 win at Coors Field on Sunday. It was, overall, a pretty awful thing to watch for Rockies fans Martin Prado Jersey , as they didn’t even get the joy of watching a competitive team take on another National League contender. Instead, they watched their team’s offense rollover and finish the season with something less than even a whimper. Offensive offenseThe Rockies scored in exactly one (1) inning of the 28 innings played during this series, and it wasn’t even a big inning. It was two (2) runs. The Rockies ended their season with two consecutive shutouts and didn’t score in the final 19 innings of the series. It’s not just poor outcomes, either. Everyone was pressing at the plate, and guys who consistently put up quality at bats over the final three weeks of the regular season were either flailing at balls or swinging at first pitches at the edge of the plate. Less than perfectM谩rquez was good, but he wasn’t perfect. He unfortunately needed to be perfect to give the Rockies a chance. He allowed two runs on seven hits in five innings pitched. Scott Oberg gave up the other two runs. He gave up a single and a double, but the runs scored on a balk and a wild pitch. He struck out three batters as well. Wade Davis gave up the other two runs in the ninth inning: solo shots by Orlando Arcia and Keon Broxton. Up nextSpring training: February 2019. We’ll be here for all the stuff between now and then http://www.marlinsfanproshop.com/authentic-starlin-castro-jersey , too. Former Sun Sentinel beat writer David O’Brien reflects on covering the defending World Series champs...at least, what was left of them."Worth the price of a subscription (if you aren’t subscribing already), The Athletic is featuring an article series this week about “the worst team I ever covered.” Pretty self-explanatory: beat writers with decades of experience in particular sports explain what it’s like on the field and behind the scenes of a non-competitive, dysfunctional season. Unsurprising, the 1998 Florida Marlins earned a mention in the MLB installment.David O’Brien—now an Atlanta Braves beat writer at The Athletic—was working for the Sun Sentinel at that time. As he recalls, even the coaching staff had no delusions about defending their 1997 World Series championship:The late Wayne Huizenga had ordered his front office to slash payroll as he aimed to sell the franchise. That meant trading away critical starting rotation workhorses KevinBrown and AlLeiter, plus bullpen cogs RobbNen and DennisCook. None of the players received in those transactions were proven major leaguers.Leyland described his remaining pitchers as “a great group of guys Wei-Yin Chen Jersey , the kind you want to take out to dinner—and then release them.” The high point of the regular season was Opening Day, when 41,126 fans showed up on an overcast afternoon for this awkward banner-raising ceremony and an 11-6 victory:But the Fish went downhill immediately after that with an 11-game losing streak from April 1-12, during which they allowed an average of 7.27 runs per game. Then there was another 11-game skid in late May/early June.The Marlins finished at 54-108 and did not have a winning record against any National League team. Twenty years later, they still hold franchise records for worst ERA (5.18), WHIP (1.61) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (1.42). En route to establishing a new home run record, MarkMcGwire absolutely feasted on these scrubs and neophytes (.313/.488/.969 Jeff Locke Jersey , 7 HR in 9 G).By Wins Above Replacement, MarkKotsay and CliffFloyd were the most valuable players. That should tell you everything you need to know. All-Stars GarySheffield and MikePiazza headlined a trade in mid-May, but they combined to appear in just 45 Marlins games, finishing the season on the Dodgers and Mets, respectively.We head toward the 2019 season with expectations of the Marlins as a last-place team, but the silver lining is that things probably won’t get this bad.