It’s Rocktober, right? Is that still a thing?

The Colorado Rockies have been to the playoffs just five times in their 33-year history, and have won just 10 games in the postseason in those five appearances, the least amount of playoff wins by any team in the league.

There’s only a handful of memorable playoff moments from those 10 wins. Tony Wolters’ two-out, RBI single in the 13th inning of the 2018 Wild Card Game at Wrigley Field, Matt Holliday’s slide in Game 163 of the 2007 season against the Padres (that wasn’t technically a playoff game, but it was a do-or-die scenario) and the final out of the 2007 NLCS where Todd Helton raised both fists in the air after securing the catch.

That’s about it. Three moments. In 33 years.

Since the Rockies haven’t made the playoffs since the 2018 season — and seem to be moving farther away from going back each season — they haven’t had the opportunity to have memorable playoff moments. Their top moment from the 2025 season was probably their 17-16 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates after they erased a nine-run first inning deficit. That game was on Aug. 1, far away from playoff baseball. The Pirates were also the fifth-worst club in the MLB this year.

All of this goes to show that this franchise is consistently the laughingstock of the MLB. No one takes them serious, no one thinks they can win games and opposing teams look at them an extension of their farm system — especially the New York Yankees, who traded for a pair of Rockies players back at the deadline in Ryan McMahon and Jake Bird. Bird hasn’t pitched since the start of August when he went from being the best reliever on the Rockies to the worst reliever on the Yankees, and isn’t on New York’s playoff roster, while McMahon has been making some plays in the pinstripes.

On Thursday night, McMahon one-upped the great Derek Jeter with a big-time catch in the top of the eighth inning in New York’s 4-0 series-clinching win over the Boston Red Sox. For the Rockies fans at home, it was something to smile about baseball-wise in October for once.

RYAN MCMAHON!!!!! 😱#POSTSEASON pic.twitter.com/1rES3HgKs4

— MLB (@MLB) October 3, 2025

It feels like when you’re walking with a big group of people on the sidewalk and you either get pushed to the side into the grass or into the back so you’re listening to the conversation but aren’t actually a part of it. That’s the reality of Colorado Rockies baseball in the grand scheme of things in 2025.

Nonetheless, there were still plenty of fans happy to see one of their favorite players make it out to a successful franchise and have an impact in the playoffs. McMahon didn’t play in game one because him being a left-handed hitter wasn’t the best matchup in that contest, but played in both Games 2 and 3. He went 1-for-4 from the plate with a walk across the two outings.

Another former Rockie, Trevor Story, also made a solid impact in the series. He was 5-for-13 at the plate with a big home run in Game 2 that was one of his three RBIs on the night. This series was his first playoff appearance since 2018 when he was with the Rockies.

Is this what the people want? Obviously not. They want to be at Coors Field seeing their own team make these memorable moments. Thanks to poor ownership and a general manager who failed to construct a competent team, they’re a long ways from doing that, so they have to resort to cheering on the former players who got out of Coors and were able to make their way to a winning team.