The winning streak began only a few days after Clint Hurdle was fired as the Colorado manager {FIRE WEDGE JUST TO MAKE A CHANGE} and replaced by Jim Tracy. It was a pivotal point for the Rockies, Cook believes, because the players understood that they were responsible for Hurdle's exit {SEE! FIRE HIM!}. "A lot of us realized that it wasn't him that wasn't out there executing," Cook said.

Rockies' pitching has been nothing short of superb, surrendering four runs or less {HELLO, FAUSTO JEREMY REYES} during the entire winning streak. "I think we've been able to take the pressure off the hitters," Cook said. "A lot of games early in the year, we [in the rotation] were giving up two or three runs early, and the hitters were really not in a position to relax … Tulo [Troy Tulowitzki] was saying the other day, the clubhouse is a lot looser, and guys are expecting to win. {AS OPPOSED TO OUR GUYS WHO ARE SO TIGHTLY WOUND BY WEDGE THAT THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE APPETITES}"

[Cook's] session in front of a videotape machine with Rockies pitching coach Bob Apodaca illuminated the problem for him{WOAH, THEY MADE AN ADJUSTMENT}, however. Cook saw that just before he was driving forward in his delivery{OMG FAUSTO'S TOO DUMB TO NOTICE SOMETHING LIKE THAT}, he was leaning toward the plate, his body tilted forward slightly -- and because of this, his body was ahead of his arm in the synchronization of his mechanics. This was causing his front shoulder to turn open before his arm was in optimal position to throw, flattening out his sinker{FAUSTO!!}.

Cook made an adjustment in his bullpen session{A WHAT??}, staying upright rather than leaning, staying back long enough to create the necessary time for his arm to lock and load. Right away, he could see a difference; right away, there was a difference in performance. His ground ball ratio has increased by a factor of three {SEE, FAUSTO} since he made that adjustment, and his ERA is at 2.91 since.