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The Colorado Rockies are attempting to trademark "Rocktober," because of the incredible winning streak that got them into the post-season and into the World Series. I expect that this filing will be contested by every crappy classic rock station, ever. In related news, sources close to the organization have confirmed that, despite how things have gone for them lately, they have no intentions of applying for a trademark for the term "Sucktastic."

Also (and this is going to get me in trouble with my churchgoing friends), I just found out that the Rockies are the first overtly Christian professional sports team. Now, I've got no problem with people believing in imaginary friends if that's what it takes to convince you that there are no monsters under your bed, but seriously, making your whole team Christian from the top down? That seems a little, I don't know, oppressive. Not to mention the fact that the Coors family, who own that delicious brewery that the Rox's stadium is named for, have a long history of the wrong kind of Christianity, specifically the extreme right-wing, race-hating, homophobic kind. So, just as the Red Sox victory over the Cleveland Indians was a victory over racism, so would a Rockies defeat be a blow against intolerance.

Or whatever. Go Sox!