Rockies off to a historically bad start
Maybe there should be some crying in baseball.
Zoom in: The Colorado Rockies are chasing the wrong kind of history again.
An abysmal 6-28 start this season is giving way to a historic turn, as the Rockies contend for the worst MLB start in 125 years, according to an NBC News analysis of sports data dating back to 1901.
Threat level: At this rate, NBC projects the team will win its 10th game by Memorial Day weekend — roughly three weeks away.
Context: A start this bad has been accomplished twice — by the 1904 Washington Senators and the 1932 Boston Red Sox, NBC reports.
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