Chalk up another Coors Field classic. Stunningly, the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates, who once held a 9-0 lead in the first inning against the Colorado Rockies Friday night in Denver, managed to finish off a historic collapse at the hands of the worst team in MLB. The final score? 17-16 Rockies. You read that right: The Pirates and Rockies combined for 33 runs and 40 hits. Colorado’s victory was the first for a team that had allowed nine runs in the first inning since Cleveland pulled off that feat back in 2006. For the Rockies, this win also represents a rare feel-good moment during an otherwise horrid season. The club still has yet to eclipse 30 wins on the year (29-80), though at least for one night, they can let that historic futility slide. One could easily make a case for this contest as the game of the year in MLB. On the flip side, the Pirates suffered one of their biggest losses in recent memory, a nail in the coffin of what has been yet another dreadful campaign in Pittsburgh. They’re left to pick
