New Delhi, June 10 -- The ball left Colin Rea's hand and didn't come back the way he needed it to. Hunter Goodman knew it before it landed. So did the 27,000 people at Coors Field on Tuesday night who watched the Colorado Rockies catcher drive a two-run homer into the seats in the first inning, setting a tempo the Chicago Cubs never found an answer for in a 7-3 Colorado victory.

a 22-year-old outfielder who had never played a major league game before Tuesday - ripped a triple down the right-field line, slid into third, and then got up and danced. Not a polite shuffle. A dance. The third-base coach watched, the Rockies dugout erupted, and for a brief, weightless moment the 25-42 team at the bottom of the NL West looked like the most fun g...