Comment on Column: Don't get too giddy about playoff just yet

The last button Rockies skipper Bud Black pushed right at Coors Field was on the front of the clubhouse microwave. Rookie pitcher Angel Chivilli got thrown to the wolves (the wolves, er, Reds, won on Wednesday, thanks to a six-run ninth), which means Colorado’s lugging a five-game losing skid into Nolan Arenado’s backyard. Check that.

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